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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.



ELDER, SAMUEL, born June 22, 1787, in North Carolina, or Sevier county, Tenn. Phoebe Clinkenbeard was born Dec. 26, 1798, in Sevier county, Tenn. They were married March 20, 1813, in that county, and had three children there. They moved to Bourbon county, Ky, where one child was born, thence to Scott county, Ind., where they had five children. After seven years residence there, they returned to Bourbon county, Ky., where they had seven children, and the family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Nov. 27, 1834, in what is now Rochester township, where they had four children. Of their twenty children, five died in infancy.

LAVINA, born Feb. 12, 1815, in Tennessee, was married in Sangamon county to William Clinkenbeard. See his name.

HARRISON, born Feb. 29, 1816, died in his fourteenth year.

MARY B., born May 18, 1817, in Sevier county, Tenn., was married in Sangamon county, Ill., to Jonathan Constant. See his name.

JAMES, born Oct. 24, 1821, in Scott county, Ind., was married in Sangamon county, Ill., Feb. 27, 1844, to Harriet Walker. They had seven children. HIRAM died in infancy. SARAH J. died Sept. 14, 1859, in her fourteenth year, and WILLIAM W., the fifth child, died, aged three years. LYDIA E., born Oct. 5, 1849, was married Feb. 23, 1871, to Joseph F. Ellington, who was born Oct. 17, 1843, in Bath county, Ky. They have one child, JAMES A., and reside one mile north of Buffalo. MARY L., born Nov. 19, 1852, married Zachary T. Greening. See his name. FRANCES J., born Sept. 16, 1859, and HARRIET A., born July 4, 1867, reside with their parents, two miles north of Buffalo, Sangamon county, Ill.

RACHEL, born Dec. 8, 1822, in Indiana, died in Sangamon county, Nov., 1835.

SARAH, born March 4, 1825, in Scott county, Ind., was married in Sangamon county to Jotham S. Rogers. They had two children in Springfield. HANSON G. died, aged eight years. MARY L., born July 14, 1850, was married in Springfield, May 29, 1873, to John Hunter, who was born March 31, 1841, in Philadelphia. They reside in Washington, D. C. Jotham S. Rogers, died in Springfield, in 1851, and his widow married Isaac Lindsay. See his name. They have five children, and reside in Springfield.

JONATHAN, born July 24, 1826, in Bourbon county, Ky., was married in Sangamon county to Josephine Flagg. They had one child, IVA, who was married in Springfield, Ill., to Leonard Gardner, and have two children. Mrs. Josephine Elder died, and he married Sarah Wolvern. They have five children, and reside near Sullivan, Moultrie county, Illinois.

MERCY, born Jan. 7, 1829, in Bourbon county, Ky., was married in Sangamon county to Isaac Lindsay. See his name.

ISAAC, born March 12, 1830, in Bourbon county, Ky., was married Nov. 3, 1853, to Harriet Lanning, in Springfield. She was born March 6, 1835, in Auglaize county, Ohio. They have three living children, CHARLES A., EDWARD B. and ISAAC N., and live one and a half miles northeast of Lanesville, Sangamon county, Ill.

SAMUEL S., born May 5, 1831, in Bourbon county, Ky, was married in Springfield, Dec. 17, 1851, to Sarah A. Shives, who was born July 4, 1833, in Pennsylvania. They had two children, AUGUSTA J. married Dec. 17, 1875, to Lewis Allen Constant, son of Jonathan Constant. See his name. They live in Springfield. WILLIAM G. died in his third year. S. S. Elder has been for many years and is now engaged in the tin ware and stove business, and resides in Springfield, Ill.

ELIZABETH J., born May 30, 1832, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, in 1850, to Ethan P. May. He was born June 12, 1829. They had thirteen children; two died young. MARY E., born March 15, 1851, married George Enlow, and lives in Rochester, Ill. GEORGE W., SARAH E., FANNIE A., MARTHA A., CHARLES, WILLIAM D., HARRIET J., EMMA L., SAMUEL L., AUGUSTA L. and FREDERICK T. The family reside in Rochester, Sangamon county, Ill.

SINAI ANN, born June 16, 1833, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county to Franklin Hoyt. They had one child, JAMES E., and Mr. Hoyt died. His widow married E. P. Walker. They had two children, SAMUEL M. and CHESTER, who reside with their mother. Mr. Walker enlisted and died in the army. His widow married William Hunter, who was born in Philadelphia. They have two children, DORA and WILLIE, who reside with their parents, in Jacksonville, Ill.

HARRIET, born August 15, 1835, in in Sangamon county, was married Jan. 11, 1855, to Levi F. Dyson, who was born Nov. 8, 1825, near Poolesville, Montgomery county, Md. They reside in Springfield. Mr. Dyson came to Springfield in Nov., 1841, and engaged in the stove and tinware business, which he continues to the present time.

DAVID L., born May 25, 1839, in Sangamon county, was married in Sullivan, Moultrie county, to Mary Berry. They have two children, JAMES and WILLIAM, and reside in Springfield, Illinois.

HANNAH R., born July 1, 1841, in Sangamon county, was the twentieth child. She was married Feb. 9, 1858, to George P. Sidener, who was born Dec. 5, 1833, in Bourbon county, Ky. They had seven children; two of whom died young. CHARLES LINCOLN, ADA A., JAMES GRANT, EDWARD B. and WILLIAM A., and reside two miles north of Rochester, Sangamon county, Illinois.

Samuel Elder died Oct. 24, 1846, and his widow resides with her daughter, Mrs. Dyson, in Springfield, Ill.



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