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EARLY SETTLERS OF SANGAMON COUNTY - 1876
By John Carroll Power

These biographies were submitted by a researcher and evidently abstracted from the 1876 History of Sangamon County, IL. Errors could occur, so one should always verify the correctness by obtaining copies of vitals and performing all necessary research to document what is contained herein.



BALL, JOHN S., born about 1795, in Madison county, Ky. Went to Clarksville, Tenn., and from there to Eddyville, Ky., from there to Sangamon county, and after spending several years, returned to Kentucky; back to Sangamon county, then to JoDaviess county; from there to Missouri, where he left his family, went to California, and at the end of three years returned to his family in Missouri. Now resides with his sons in Morgan county. His son--

THOMAS H., married in Morgan county to Eliza A. Hodgson, has two children, COLUMBUS A. and IDA BELL, and reside in Ball township.



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