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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.



DILLON, JOSHUA, was born Oct. 4, 1806, in Fauquier county, Va. The grandfather of Mr. Dillon sprang from Quaker ancestors. He resided in Loudon county, Va., and was a soldier in the army that achieved American Independence. His son, Samuel, married in 1800 to Nancy Fletcher, and served his country in the war of 1812-15. Samuel Dillon and wife raised two children, Joshua, whose name heads this sketch, and Harriet. Joshua Dillon was married March 29, 1829, in Culpepper county, Va., to Elizabeth S. Jeffries, who was born there, August 10, 1808. They united in Virginia with the Regular Primitive Baptists in 1832-3, and still belong to that church. They moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving June 18, 1834, in what is now Fancy Creek township. They brought four children with them, and seven were born in Sangamon county. Of their children--

WILLIAM, born Jan. 31, 1830, in Fauquier county, Va., raised in Sangamon county, married in Macon county, April 14, 1853, to Mary E. Cantrill. They had ten children, FANNIE and ELLA MAY died young. WILLIAM S., LOUIS E., FRANK, GEORGE J., MARY E., ROBERT LEE and ANNIE SHEPHERD, twins, and PARTHENIA J., reside with their parents. Dr. William Dillon is a practicing physician, and resides at Payson, Adams county, Ill.

ROBERT, born June 29, 1831, in Culpepper county, Va., raised in Sangamon county, married March 16, 1858, in Decatur, Ill., to Maria F. Jennings, who was born Nov. 10, 1837, in New Jersey. Mr. Dillon enlisted in 1862, in Co. E, 41st Ill. Inf., and after four months service, he was honorably discharged on account of physical disability. In the spring of 1866 they moved to Nebraska, and from there in April, 1871, to Colorado; thence to New Mexico in 1873. They have six children, FRANCES H., JOSHUA L., RICHARD O., SARAH E., PARTHENIA A. and WILLIAM J., and reside near Trinidad, Colorado.

SARAH F., born July 27, 1832, in Culpepper county, Va., married in Sangamon county, Ill., Sept. 5, 1849, to John H. Crow. See his name. She died Jan. 19, 1855, leaving three children. HENRY L., the second child, died, aged twenty-two years. ELIZABETH H. was married Oct. 11, 1874, to Albert D. Harrison. They have one child, LOUIS ARTHUR, the first great-grand-child of Joshua Dillon. Mr. Harrison is a druggist in Tecumseh, Neb. ISAAC R. Crow resides with his father.

ANN ELIZABETH, born Oct. 7, 1833, in Culpepper county, Va., married in Sangamon county, Oct., 1853, to Reuben McDannold. They have seven children, JOHN L., PARTHENIA L., MARY A., WILLIAM R., THOMAS I., EMMA J. and EDDIE, and reside three miles west of Springfield, Ill.

HARRIET E., born March 20, 1836, in Sangamon county, died in her twelfth year.

MARY E., born Oct. 18, 1837, in Sangamon county, was married Oct. 23, 1852, to Eli Ulery, and died Dec. 5, 1864, at Mt. Zion, Macon county, Ill. Three only, of her seven children are living, DONNA I., PERLIE and ELI. They reside with their father.

THOMAS J., born July 15, 1839, died in his twelfth year.

PARTHENIA R., was born Nov. 1, 1841, in Sangamon county, married Mar. 23, 1862, in Macon county, to John H. Crow. They have two children, SARAH F. and LILLIE R., and reside in Tecumseh, Neb. See his name.

JOB A., born June 5, 1843, in Sangamon county. He enlisted for three years, in 1861, in Co. E, 41st Ill. Inf., was captured at Jackson, Miss., spent seventy-three days in a rebel prison at Belle Isle, and was honorably discharged at the expiration of his term of service. He was educated at Mt. Zion, Ill., graduated in 1867, at the Law school in Albany, N. Y. He was married in June, 1867, in Sangamon county, Ill., to Huldah J. Oder. They have one living child, JESSE P., and reside in Tecumseh, Neb. Job A. Dillon moved to Nebraska in 1868, was elected to the State Senate in 1872, and is a practicing lawyer in Tecumseh.

JOSEPH J., born Feb. 5, 1845, in Sangamon county, was married Jan. 26, 1869, to Sophia J. Irwin. They have one child, JOSHUA, and reside near Tecumseh, Neb.

AMANDA JANE, born July 6, 1847, in Sangamon county, Ill., educated at Mt. Zion, Ill., married May 30, 1865, in Springfield, Ill., to Dr. S. B. McGlumpherv, who was born Aug. 27, 1831, in Washington county, Penn. He attended college at Waynesburg, Green county, Penn., and arrived in Decatur, Ill., Oct. 25, 1859. He graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, Ill., Jan. 27, 1864. He moved to Tecumseh, Neb., arriving April 20, 1872, and was appointed by the Governor assistant physician to the Nebraska Hospital for the Insane, Aug. 18, 1874. Dr. S. B. McGlumphery and wife have two living children, LENA B. and NELLIE S., and reside in Lincoln, Neb.

Joshua Dillon and wife reside near Tecumseh, Neb.



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