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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.



CARSON, JOHN, was born Aug. 8, 1794, on Saluda river, S. C., and raised in Campbell county, Tenn. He was in a Tennessee regiment in the war of 1812. After the war he came to Madison county, Ill., with his father, and was there married to Margery Parkison, in 1818. She was born Oct. 19, 1799. They came to Sangamon county in 1820 or '21, and settled on Lick creek, in what is now Chatham township. They had ten children, all born in Sangamon county except one. Of their children--

JAMES S., born Oct., 1819, married Permelia Swanson. They had five children. He was accidentally shot and killed April 12, 1859, by another hunter mistaking his call for that of a turkey. That was in Fayette county. His only two surviving children, WESLEY McD. and ISAAC M., reside in Loami township.

RACHEL, born in 1823, in Sangamon county, married Ransom Youtsler. They both died, leaving five children. Her death took place Nov. 9, 1863.

ELIZABETH, born Dec. 25, 1824, in Sangamon county, married William P. Campbell. See his name.

AMANDA E., born April 17, 1829, in Sangamon county, married May 5, 1852, to Peter C. Campbell. See his name.

WILLIAM P., born Dec. 25, 1830, in Sangamon county, married April 5, 1855, to Minerva Workman. They have seven children, DAVID, SARAH, JOHN C., ELIZABETH, LYDIA A., LEE and AMANDA, and live in Loami township.

ISAAC C., born Feb. 7, 1833, in Sangamon county, married Martha Lawson, have one child, and live in Crawford county, Kan.

JOHN M., born March, 1836, in Sangamon county, married Elizabeth Workman. They have six children, and live in Crawford county, Kan.

LOUISA, born April 11, 1840, in Sangamon county, married William A. Barnes. He was born Aug. 2, 1836, in Talladega county, Ala. She died May 27, 1872, leaving four children with their relatives in Chatham and Loami townships. W. A. Barnes married Lucy A. Allen, and live in Chatham.

John Carson died in Fayette county, Nov., 1844, and his widow married John Campbell. See his name.



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