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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.



BILLINGS, ROBERT, was born Jan., 1801, in Dorchester county, Md. Mary Dean was born April 6, 1810, in Somerset county, Md. They were married Oct., 1829, in Sussex county, Delaware, and had two children born in Summit county, Md. They moved into Baltimore county, where one child was born and died, and then moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Oct. 1840, in what is now Rochester township, and had nine children in Sangamon county. Of their children--

NANCY E., born July 15, 1830, in Maryland, married in Sangamon county to John Short, had one child, and Mrs. Short died.

MARY E., born Feb. 15, 1833, in Maryland, married in Sangamon county to James Wilson, have two children, and reside in Cotton Hill township.

WILLIAM EDWARD, born in Sangamon county, died in his 23d year.

GEORGIANN, born in Sangamon county, married Samuel Long, had one child, and Mr. Long died, and she married Wm. Thompson. They have three children, and reside near Lincoln.

SUSAN JANE, born in Sangamon county, married John Popp, have three children, and reside in Cotton Hill township.

CHARLES H., born in Sangamon county, married Mrs. Martha Mortar. He died July 31, 1871.

JOANNA, born in Sangamon county, resides with her parents.

CHARLOTTE married John Miller, have two children, and reside two and a half miles south of Rochester.

CAROLINE married William Glenn. They have two children, and reside three miles south of Rochester.

JENNIE, born in Sangamon county, Oct. 29, 1853, resides with her parents.

Robert Billings and his wife reside two and a half miles south of Rochester.



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