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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.



BOYER, WILLIAM T., was born April 4, 1817, in Adair county, Ky. Sarah A. Jackson was born Dec. 7, 1820, in the same county. They were married Oct. 24, 1839, near Franklin, Morgan county, Ill. They had one child in Morgan county, and moved to what is now New Berlin township, arriving in 1840. They had ten children in Sangamon county. Four of their children died under ten years. Of the other six children--

SARAH A., born Oct. 19, 1843, in Sangamon county, married March 14, 1867, to John Mitchell. They had four children, EMMA M. and LAURA A. died under five years. RHODA E. and ANNIE, and reside in Talkington township, seven miles west of Auburn.

MARY F., born Sept. 8, 1845, in Sangamon county, married, March 30, 1863, to John H. Cox. They have three children, WILLIAM H., GEORGE W. and CHARLEY, and reside near Franklin, Morgan county.

WILLIAM A., born Dec. 5, 1849, resides with his parents.

ELIZA J., born March 11, 1851, married William A. Young, Nov. 11, 1869, have one child, INA, and reside in Talkington township, six and a quarter miles west of Auburn.

ANNIE M. and

JACOB C. reside with their parents, six miles southwest of Loami.



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