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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.



BRYAN, LARKIN, was born Nov. 2, 1800, in Woodford county, Ky. He was married there in 1820 to Mrs. Harriet Chapman, whose maiden name was Thornberry. They moved to the Missouri lead mines, and from there to Sangamon county, in the fall of 1821, and settled five miles northeast of Springfield. They had seven children in Sangamon county. Of their children--

WILLIAM C., born Jan. 29, 1822, married Anna Brennan, have three children, and reside near Charleston, Ill.

MARY F., born July 11, 1824, married Presley Chrisman. She died, leaving her husband and three children near Promise City, Wayne county, Iowa.

RACHEL J., born Dec. 7, 1825, married Willis Chrisman. They have four children, and reside in Sangamon county, near Waverly.

JAMES H., born March 7, 1827, is unmarried, and resides in Springfield. He has a saw mill on South Fork.

CINTHIA A., born Oct. 18, 1829, married John Kline, and resides in St. Joseph, Mo.

LARKIN A., born March 3, 1830, married Nov. 1, 1860, to Sarah A. Mitchell, who was born April 16, 1842, in Finedon, Northamptonshire, England. They had five children. HARRIET E. died in her seventh year. JAMES W., JESSIE H., LAVINIA A. and CHARLES W. reside with their parents, near Waverly, Ill.

HARRIET M., born July 3, 1832, married DeWitt C. Marsh. See his name.

Mrs. Harriet Bryan died April 4, 1862, and Larkin Bryan was married Jan. 14, 1863, to Mrs. Sarah yeamans, who had previously been Mrs. Britt, and whose maiden name was Wilson. He died two miles north of Springfield, in 1874. His widow resides in Springfield.



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