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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.



BILYEU, PETER, was born in 1777, in Alleghany county, Md., and was taken by his parents to Green river, Ky. He was there married to Diana Blackwill. They had two children in Kentucky, and moved to Overton county, Tenn., where twelve children were born; two died young. The family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Oct. 1, 1829, in what is now Loami township, where one child was born. Of their children--

SARAH, born Nov. 26, 1801, in Kentucky, married March 23, 1819, to William Workman. See his name.

JOHN, born in 1803, in Kentucky, married Elizabeth Workman in Tennessee, came to Sangamon county, raised a large family, moved to Christian county, and died there in 1867.

LYDIA, born in Tennessee, married David Workman. See his name.

NANCY, born in Tennessee, married Jacob Teeple, moved to Missouri, raised a family, and he died there. She died in Christian county, Ill.

ISAAC, born in Tennessee, married Polly Bilyeu, raised a family, and resides in Missouri.

GEORGE, born in Tennessee, married Elizabeth Workman, raised a family, and resides in Christian county.

ELIZABETH married Richard Bilyeu. He was killed in time of the rebellion, in Miller county, Mo., leaving a widow and several children there.

POLLY married James McMullen, have children, and reside in Missouri.

DIANA married Thomas Greening, who died, and she married Stephen Workman, Jun. He died, leaving a widow and four children in Christian county.

HANNAH married John Wyckoff. He died in Christian county. His family reside in Missouri.

CYNTHIA, born Aug. 29, 1827, in Tennessee, married in Sangamon county to Levi Harbour, Jun. See his name.

MINERVA married Robert Fowler, and resides in Kansas.

Peter Bilyeu died July 7, 1863, and his widow died Sept., 1865, both in Christian county, Ill.



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