COUNCIL, DAVID G., was born Jan. 15, 1817, in Montgomery county, Tenn. Came to what is now Christian county, Ill.; then to Sangamon county in the autumn of 1830. He came to Springfield in 1838, where he was married March 28, 1839, to Mary J. Donaldson, who was born in Kentucky in 1818. They had seven children, namely--

LOUISA, born May 14, 1841, was married Dec. 28, 1865, to Jacob S. Wright, who was born June 11, 1841, in Owen county, Ind. They have one child, CHARLIE. Jacob S. Wright came to Springfield in August, 1866. His father was a soldier in the war of 1812; was wounded in the head during an engagement with the Indians, and but for the interposition of Tecumseh would have been killed. He was made prisoner, taken to Sandusky, and retained there until exchanged. J. S. Wright enlisted at Lincoln, Ill., as a private, in Co. E, 7th Ill. Inf.; served three months, and re-enlisted in 1862 in Co. H, 106th Ill. Inf.; was at the siege and capture of Vicksburg, and in the expedition and capture of Little Rock, Ark.; served full time, and was honorably discharged in 1865, at Springfield, Ill., where he now lives.

WILLIAM M., born Feb. 8, 1843, in Springfield, was married Jan. 5, 1864, to Mary E. Huffman, who was born May 11, 1845, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mrs. Mary E. Council died Sept. 2, 1871, leaving two children, MINNIE and ARTHUR, who reside with their father. William M. Council was married June 9, 1875, in Springfield, to Jennie Barkley, who was born Sept. 1, 1841, in Lafayette, Christian county, Ky. W. M. Council lives in Springfield.

JAMES, born Feb. 9, 1845, in Springfield, Ill., was married there, April 30, 1860, to Alsinda A. Shawn, who was born Sept. 4, 1848, in Newark, Ohio. She is a niece of Judge Shawn, of Menard county. They have two children, FRANK A. and FLORENCE A. James Council is a contractor and builder, and resides in Springfield, Ill.

DAVID G., Jun., born Dec. 2, 1846, in Springfield, was married there, July 15, 1868, to Mrs. Jennie Kimble, whose maiden name was Richmond. She was born in 1846, in Painesville, O. They have one child, OLIVE L., and live in Springfield, Ill.

MARY E., born June 15, 1851, in Springfield, was married there, August 12, 1869, to Thomas D. Hirst, who was born June 7, 1836, in Loudon county Va. They have two children, EDDIE L. and HARRY E. T. D. Hirst is running a plaining mill in Clinton, Ill., and lives there.

MARTHA J., born August 2, 1853, and

JOHN T., born June 4, 1856, reside with their mother.

When D. G. Council came to Illinois, he left five sisters in Tennessee, whom he completely lost sight of. He accidentally heard that one sister had moved to Marion county, Ill. He visited her family, and after the close of the rebellion he visited his old home in Tennessee. He found his sisters still residing there with their families. Some of their sons had been in the Union army, and others had joined the rebels. One of his nephews from Christian county, ??., was a prisioner at one time, and guarded by another nephew. (The boys were own cousins.) Two of those who went in the rebel army were killed or died in the service, and the remainder were doing well, and still resided ?? Tennessee. D. G. Council was the ??oneer of stair building in Springfield, ??d foreman for Hannah & Ragsdale in ??r extensive contracts. He died in ??ngfield, Ill., August 28, 1875, and his ??w resides in the city.