BRITT, JOHN P., was born July 4, 1804, in Greenbrier county, Va. He came to Sangamon county in 1832, and was married Dec. 1, 1833, to Sarah B. Wilson, who was born Feb. 17, 1815, in Union county, Ky. They had five living chidren, namely:

ZERILDA A., born Oct. 15, 1835, in Springfield, was married, Jan. 17, 1859, in Princeton, Ill., to Francis A. Haines. See his name.

MARY F., born August 24, 1840, in Springfield, married Feb. 19, 1868, to John G. English. They have two children, GRACE and PEARL, and reside near Taylorville, Ill.

JOHN W., born Oct. 22, 1842, in Hancock county, was married August 17, 1862, in Springfield, to Caroline Haines. She died, and he went to China. He returned to America, and was last heard from in California.

JULIA A., born Nov. 3, 1846, in Springfield, and resides with her mother.

SARAH H., born Jan. 21, 1849, in Springfield, was married March 18, 1868, in her native city, to John Branch Gilliland, who was born Feb. 29, 1848, in Decatur, Ala. They have two living children, ALICE BELLE and MARY JOSEPHINE, and reside in Springfield. Mr. G. is a printer, and has been ten years employed in the Journal office. His father, Wm. A. Gilliland, is a printer in the Register office.

John P. Britt died July 7, 1852, in Springfield, and his widow married Wm. B. Yeamans, who died August 30, 1860, and she married Jan. 19, 1863 to Larkin Bryan who died in 1874, and Mrs. Sarah B. Bryan resides in Springfield.

Obadiah and William Britt, brothers to John P., came to Sangamon county, and a few years later moved to Bureau county, Ill. Mrs. Jemima Britt, mother of the three brothers, came with them to Sangamon county, and went with two of them to Bureau county, where she lost her life by falling from a wagon and the wheels passing over her.