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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.



CONSTANT, ISAAC, brother of Thomas, Abigail, John and Jacob. He was born April 3, 1789, in Clarke county, Ky.; was married July 4, 1811, in the same county, to Amy Dean. They had eight children in Kentucky, one of whom died there. The family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Oct. 7, 1830, in what is now Williams township. Of their seven children--

JOHN, born July 7, 1812, in Kentucky, died in Sangamon county Sept. 20, 1835.

REBECCA, born Aug. 21, 1813, in Kentucky, died in Sangamon county Nov. 18, 1832.

ABIGAIL D., born May 3, 1815, in Kentucky, married Rezin H. Constant. See his name.

MARY A., born Dec. 23, 1816, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Miletus W. Ellis. See his name.

GEORGE W., born Oct. 23, 1818, in Clarke county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, Ill., Nov. 26, 1840, to Martha B. Stewart. They had three children in Sangamon county. WILLIAM S. married Parthenia Bates. They have one child, and live two miles northwest of Williamsville. JAMES H. married Mary Keagle. They have two living children, WILLIAM and LUCY, and live two and a half miles northwest of Williamsville. MARY A. married March 29, 1871, to James H. Groves, and reside two miles east of Williamsville. Mrs. Martha B. Constant died June 1, 1850. G. W. Constant was married Oct. 7, 1852, to Mary W. Stapleford. She was born in Milford, Kent county, Del., and came to Springfield Oct. 14, 1836, in company with her brother-in-law, Benjamin S. Clements, who was the first Mayor of Springfield. George W. Constant and wife reside at Williamsville.

AVERY G., born June 8, 1821, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Louisa Fisher. They had six children. JULIA, the third child, married James Bates. See his name. ELLEN and ALBERT died young. CHARLES A. lives in Springfield. ISAAC F. and AVERY live with their mother. Avery G. Constant died March 6, 1858, and his widow resides at Williamsville.

SAMUEL D., born Feb. 21, 1823, died, aged six years, in Kentucky.

JAMES, born July 12, 1825, in Kentucky, died in Sangamon county March 2, 1842.

Isaac Constant died Dec. 25, 1854, and his widow died July 7, 1860, both in Williams township.



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