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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.




BRADLEY, TERRY, was born in Rutherford county, North Carolina, and married there to Chloe Elliott, a sister to Andrew Elliott. See his name. They had eleven children born in Rutherford county, N. C., and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in what is now Gardner township, south of Spring creek, in 1834. Of their children--

SIMMONS, born March 3, 1811, in North Carolina, married March 28, 1839, in Sangamon county, to Jane Douglas. They had six children; three died young. WILLIAM H., born Jan. 5, 1840, married March 6, 1862, to Mary Rannebarger, who was born Jan. 13, 1842, near Columbus, O. They had three children. ELLA J. died, aged two years. EDWARD E. and LOTTIE B. reside with their parents, seven miles west of Springfield. THOMAS LEVI and JOHN ELI, twins, born Nov. 22, 1842. THOMAS L., married Nov. 24, 1864, to Hannah J. Smith, have two children, and reside in Curran township. JOHN E., married July 9, 1868, to Nancy A. Sims, had one child, HIRAM J., and she died April, 1869. He was married Dec. 16, 1869, to Sarah O'Hara, and reside at Philadelphia, Cass county, Ill. Simmons Bradley died Nov. 18, 1866, and his widow resides seven miles west of Springfield.

WILLIAM, born March 26, 1812, in Rutherford county, N. C., and came with his parents to Sangamon county in 1834. He was married Aug., 1846, in Jasper county, Mo., to Elizabeth Ragan, a native of Kentucky. They came to Sangamon county and had six children, one of whom died young. In 1857 they returned to Missouri, where two children were born. Of the seven children, three are married; MOLLIE, the third child, born in Sangamon county, and married in Missouri, July 4, 1875, to J. J. Gates, a native of Pike county, Ill. William Bradley died Dec. 13, 1875. His widow and seven children, married and unmarried, reside near Carthage, Jasper county, Mo.

SARAH, born in North Carolina, married in Sangamon county to Caleb Darden. They had three children. Their son THOMAS was a soldier in an Illinois regiment, and died at Memphis, Tenn. The entire family are dead.

WINNIE, born in North Carolina, married in Sangamon county to William Brundage. They had three children, and moved to Dallas county, Tex., in 1854.

RICHARD, born in Rutherford county, N. C., came with his parents to Sangamon county, was married about 1844 to Mary A. Baldwin. They had four children born in Sangamon county. Mrs. B. died Sept. 10, 1852, and the youngest child died soon after. Mr. B. moved in the fall of 1866, with his three children, to Kansas. Of his children, RICHARD J., born Dec. 8, 1845, in Sangamon county; SARAH C., born Feb. 9, 1848, in Sangamon county, married in 1870, in Kansas, to Franklin Campbell, and has one child, MARY E. WILLIAM B., born in Sangamon county. Richard Bradley and his three children reside near Fredonia, Wilson county, Kan.

JONATHAN, born in North Carolina, raised in Sangamon county, went to Texas, was pressed into the rebel service, and died there.

MELINDA, born in North Carolina, and died in Sangamon county at 26 or '7 years of age.

RHODA, born in North Carolina, married in Sangamon county to John Brundage, moved to Texas and died there, leaving two children, who reside in Kansas.

ELIZABETH, born in North Carolina, married in Sangamon county to Abraham Duff, son of Charles Duff, resides since 1866 near Neodesha, Wilson county, Kan.

LEADBETTER, born March 17, 1826, in Rutherford county, N. C., came with his parents in 1834 to Sangamon county, married April 22, 1856, to Martha J. Archer. They have seven children, BENNETT C., ANNA, ELIZABETH, LOUIE, WALTER L., LAURIETTA and JACKSON, and reside four and a half miles west of Springfield, on the farm settled by his father in 1834.

MYRA, born in North Carolina, married in Sangamon county to William King, who died, and she married Henry Morgan. See his name.

Terry Bradley died in 1835, and Mrs. Chloe Bradley died July 20, 1865, both in Sangamon county.




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