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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.



CROW, ROBERT - was born in 1781, in Wythe county, Va. Margaret Kershner was born in 1787, in Augusta county, Va., where they were married, and soon after moved to Christian county, Ky. They had eight children there, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in 1822, in what is now Auburn township. Of their children-- JANE married Philip Wineman, and died. See his name.

DAVID, born in Kentucky, never married, and lives with his sister, Mrs. Moore.

EDWARD, born in 1810, in Kentucky, died unmarried, in Sangamon county, July 28, 1868.

WILLIAM D., married July 17, 1846, to Julia A. Messick. They had seven children in Sangamon county.

MARGARET E. married George E. Stoke, and resides in Ball township. WILLIAM T., JAMES G.,

ABRAHAM LINCOLN, CHARLES H., HERBERT A. and ADA M. Wm. D. Crow died April 27, 1869, and his widow and children reside at Crow's mill.

MARY, born in Kentucky, married Wm. McAllister, and had one child. All three died at the family homestead, near Crow's mill.

ELIZABETH, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Morrison M. Moore, See his name.

GRANDISON B., born in Chester county, Ky., was raised in Sangamon county, and went to Oregon in 1847, and in Sept., 1848, went to California, gold having been discovered there in June, 1848. After spending eighteen years there, he returned to Sangamon county, in 1866, and now resides at the family homestead, in Ball township.--1874.

FRANCES M., born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to George Armitage, and resides near Palmer City, Christian county. Robert Crow died Sept., 1840, and his widow died Sept., 1851, both in Ball township.



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