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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, FRANKLIN, brother to Lucy and Josiah, came to Springfield Nov., 1855. They came too late to be classed as early settlers, Mr. Franklin Barrows and family continue to reside in Springfield.

Prentiss Barrows, the father of Josiah, Lucy and Franklin, was a soldier of the Revolution, under command of Benedict Arnold, and occupied the same building used as Gen. Arnold's headquarters. Prentiss Barrows was standing in the yard when Arnold left the Americans to join the British, and as he passed, something heavy in his pockets struck Barrows, and it was always believed that it was gold, a part of the price of his treason. Prentiss Barrows died in 1812, at Bridport, Vt., from disease contracted in the army of the Revolution.



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