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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.



CLOYD, THOMAS, son of David, was born Jan. 14, 1798, in Botetourt county, Va., and went with his parents to Washington county, Ky., in 1815. He was married there April 27, 1820, to Ann Withrow. They had three children in Kentucky, and in 1824 moved to Fayette county, Ill., where they had one child, and from there to Sangamon county, arriving October, 1825, in what is now Curran township, north of Lick creek, where they had two children. Of their six children--

ANN CORDELIA, born June 29, 1820, in Washington county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to Rev. Charles D. Alsbury. See his name.

JOHN CALVIN, born Sept. 6, 1821, in Washington county, Ky. He was married in Sangamon county to America Clements. They had two children, one of whom died young. DICEY married James H. Jones, and lives in Henry county, Mo. Mrs. America Cloyd died, and J. C. Cloyd married September, 1848, to Sophia L. Lanterman. They have eight children. CHARLES married Elizabeth J. Branham, has one child, ELIZA M., and live in Curran township. ELEANOR married Asbury M. Branham. They have three children, WILLIAM C., CORD F. and a daughter, and live in Curran township. NANCY J., CORDELIA, WALLACE R., GORDON, AMANDA M. and JOHN C., Jun., live with their parents, three miles southeast of Curran.

NANCY, born Dec. 25, 1823, in Kentucky, married Jan. 2, 1840, to Robert Cummings. See his name.

MATTHEW, born Sept. 10, 1825, in Fayette county, Ill., married in Sangamon county, Oct. 18, 1848, to Fanny Clements. They have nine children. ROBERT T. lives with his parents. ELIZA J. married William F. Smith. See his name. WM. O. lives with his parents. JULIA F. married May 27, 1873, to Benjamin F. Caldwell. See his name. MATTHEW F., ANN M., HENRIETTA, ALICE and SAMUEL, live with their parents in Chatham township.

THOMAS GORDON, born June 7, 1827, in Sangamon county, married Sept. 27, 1849, to Priscilla J. Baucom, who was born Dec. 31, 1831, in Madison county. They have three children, THOMAS, JOHN C. and ANNIE E., and live near Chatham. Although Thomas G. Cloy was but three and a half years old at the time, he remembers one incident connected with the "deep snow" of 1830-31. That was seeing his father drive a team over a stake and ridered fence, and it troubled him greatly, fearing that the team would go down through the snow and become stranded on the fence.

JOSEPH D., born Dec. 5, 1831, in Sangamon county, married Dec. 16, 1852, to Sarah M. Byers, who was born Oct. 13, 1833, in or near Shepherdstown, Va. They had nine children; one died young. MARY E., SARAH E., VIRGINIA B., JOSEPH D., Jun., THOMAS E., WILLIS, MARGARET F. and LAURA reside with their parents, half a mile north of Chatham.

Thomas Cloyd and wife now--June, 1873--reside near Woodside Station.



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