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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.



BARROWS, JOSIAH, was born Sept. 17, 1793, in Thompson, Wind ham county, Conn. In 1798, his parents moved to Bridport, Vt., where Josiah was married Feb. 25, 1825, in Lebanon, New Hampshire, to Joanna Allen. She died Sept., 1826, in Vermont, and Mr. Barrows was married Jan., 1829, in Lebanon, N. H,, to Emily Young. She died Nov., 1831, in Vermont, and he was married, July, 1836, in New Haven, Vt., to Mrs. T. M. Case, whose maiden name was Mills. They had two children in Vermont, and came to Illinois, arriving in Chatham, Sangamon county, Oct., 1839, where they had two children, and moved to Springfield about 1846. Of their children--

MARY P., was born in Vermont in 1837, and was married Jan. 1, 1861, in Springfield, to John H. Morse. They have three children, JOHN, GEORGE and HORACE, and reside at Morse's Mills, Jefferson county, Mo. Mr. Morse was an avowed abolitionist, and during the war to suppress the rebellion, was much annoyed by the rebels. His store was robbed, but being warned, he had time to remove some of the lighter goods. Amid all his troubles he continued to flourish, and has several times represented his district in the State Senate of Missouri. He is always engaged in some public enterprise.

SAMUEL M., born about 1838, in Vermont, raised in Sangamon county, Ill., married Sept. 1867, in Vineland, Jefferson county, Mo., to Ellen Morse. They have four children, JULIA, KATIE, ELLEN and ARTHUR. S. M. Barrows was a Union man, and subjected, like his brother-in-law, to annoyance during the war. He is Post Master, and resides at Morse's Mills, Mo.

LUCY, died in Springfield, aged about sixteen years.

ANNA, born in Springfield, resides with her sister, Mrs. Morse.

LOUISA CASE, daughter of Mrs. Barrows by a former marriage, resides with her half-sister, Mrs. Morse.

Mrs. T. M. Barrows left Springfield to visit her daughter, Mrs. Morse, in Missouri, and died there, Nov. 1865.

Josiah Barrows, after the death of his wife, spent his winters in Missouri, and summers in Springfield, Ill., until 1875. He now resides with his children in Missouri.



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