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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.



BARROW, ABRAHAM, was born Oct. 15, 1803, in Frederick county, Va. Mahala Larrick was born Nov. 14, 1809, in the same county. They were married there, Oct. 20, 1831. Two of their children were born in Berkley county, Va. They moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Sept. 19, 1835, in what is now Cotton Hill township, where they had four children. Of their children--

JOHN T., born Feb. 27, 1833, in Berkley county, Va., was married, Dec. 12, 1861, in Christian county, Ill., to Eliza J. Ducker, who was born July 24, 1842, in Ohio. They had two children in Sangamon county. They moved to Sarpy county, Neb., Nov. 6, 1865. Three children were born in Nebraska. They moved to Texas in 1870, and settled in Dallas county, where one child was born. Thence to Fort Worth, in Tarrant county, where two children were born. Of their eight children, six died in infancy. FLORA A. and CHARLES H., reside with their parents, at Fort Worth, Tarrant county, Texas.

ORANGE P., born in Virginia, died in Sangamon county in infancy.

JOSEPH W., born March 11, 1837, in Sangamon county, was married April 12, 1860, to Susan E. Hardin. They have four children, MARY V., SARAH E., PRESLEY L. and MAHALA D., and reside near Taylorville.

MARY J., born March 16, 1840, in Sangamon county, married May 3, 1859, to Thomas W. Fleming. They had two children. MARY A. died July 27, 1874, and EMMA L. resides with her mother. Mr. Fleming died July 26, 1866. Mrs. Fleming was married Sept., 1871, to John L. Morgan, who was born in Sandusky, Ohio, and served three years in Co. E., 13th U. S. Inf. He was honorably discharged August 6, 1868. They reside near Zion Chapel, three miles north of Pawnee.

ANN E., born Feb. 13, 1842, in Sangamon county, married John Q. A. Husband. See his name.

ELIZA V., born March 30, 1851, in Sangamon county, married Feb. 9, 1870, to Nimrod Vickers. One child, FRANK, died in infancy. They reside in Christian county, four miles east of Pawnee.

Abraham Barrow died April 9, 1862, and Mrs. Mahala Barrow died Oct. 18, 1874, both at the family homestead, six miles south of Springfield.



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