BRAWNER, WILLIAM T. was born August 9, 1799, in Maryland. His father died when he was seven years old, and his mother moved to Madison county, Ky., when he was eighteen years old. He was there married, Dec. 25, 1822, to Elizabeth Ball. They had three children in Kentucky, and the family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in Oct., 1829, in what is now Curran township, where they had seven children, namely:

JOHN S., born Nov. 18, 1818, married in Sangamon county, to Nancy McCredy; have eight children, and reside in Adair county, Mo.

MARY born Oct. 23, 1825, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to William C. Hillerman; had six children, THOMAS A., JACOB, RUTH, HULDAH, FRANKLIN and MARY, and Mrs. Hillerman died, March 18, 1869. Mr. H. married in 1870 to Rebecca Drennan. They have one child, ANN E., and reside in Chatham.

COLUMBIA, born Dec. 18, 1827, in Kentucky, is unmarried, and resides with her mother.

MINERVA, born May 11, 1830, in Sangamon county, married William Duval, have eight children, and reside in Knox county.

JAMES H., born March 23, 1833, in Sangamon county, married Martha A. McGinnis. They have three children, SALLY, ROBERT S. and WILLIAM P., and reside in Chatham township.

ELIZA H., born Oct. 28, 1835, in Sangamon county, is unmarried, and resides with her mother.

CLARISSA, born April 1, 1838, married Nelson Combs, and died in March, 1864, about five months after marriage.

WILLIAM M., born Sept. 27, 1840, in Sangamon county, married April 7, 1870, to Isabel Works, who was born August 12, 1847, in Owen county, Ky. They have one child, JOHN H., and reside in Curran township.

LEWIS B., born Jan. 20, 1843, in Sangamon county, married April 18, 1872, to Laura F. Tippitt, who was born Sept. 12, 1856, in Owen county, Ky. They have one child, ELIZABETH, and reside in Curran township.

ISAAC, born Nov. 5, 1845, died at ten years of age.

William T. Brawner died Nov. 12, 1846, and his widow resides in Curran township, south of Lick creek.