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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.



BROWN, JAMES M., was born Sept. 28, 1812, in Davidson county, near Nashville, Tenn. He came to Sangamon county, arriving March 31, 1831, at the house of Gen. M. K. Anderson, east of Pleasant Plains. He was married Aug. 7, 1832, to Elizabeth Willis. They had eight living children in Sangamon county. Of their children--

MARTHA J., born Oct. 6, 1833, was married Sept. 14, 1856, to Daniel T. Hughes. They have three living children, ADA, LULIE and ARTHUR, and reside at Greenview, Ill.

CLARISSA M., born July 18, 1835, was married June 13, 1852, to J. S. Young, a native of Somerset county, Penn. They have seven living children. JOSEPHINE, born August 23, 1854, was married Nov. 20, 1873, to Charles A. Robinson, a native Michigan. They have one child, GERTRUDE I., and reside near Oak Grove, Seward county, Neb. JEREMIAH S., JAMES M., ROSA B., MARY F. DORA E. and CLARA M., and reside near Valparaiso, Saunders county, Neb.

SARAH E., born Dec. 5, 1837, was married April 20, 1856, to James K. VanDemark, a native of Ohio. They have one child, ROSA S., and reside near Valparaiso, Neb.

MARY J., born Sept. 20, 1841, married George W. Sampson. He died Oct., 1874, near Fairfield, Iowa. Mrs. Sampson and her children, JAMES and NELLIE, reside with her parents.

JOHN H., born Jan. 29, 1846, was married, August 13, 1865, to Adaline K. Adams. He is now (1875) a widower, with three children, CHARLES N., JAMES W. and ZACHEUS K., and resides at Crowder, Saunders county, Neb.

JAMES T., born Dec. 13, 1848, married Amanda A. Pierce. They have one child, CHARLES E., and reside near Pleasant Plains, Sangamon county.

LAVINA F., born Jan. 19, 1854, was married Sept. 25, 1873, to Thomas Broderick. They have one child, and reside near Pleasant Plains, Sangamon county, Illinois.

JOSEPH C., born March 7, 1853, was married, Sept. 11, 1873, to Sarah A. Snook. They have one child, THEODORE O., and reside near Crowder, Saunders county, Neb.

James M. Brown and wife reside two and a half miles west of Pleasant Plains, Sangamon county, Ill.



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