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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.



FAIRCHILD, MOSES, was born Aug., 1793, in Essex county, N. Y. He was married Nov. 9, 1817, at Shelbourn, Vt., to Adah Holabird, who was born there, in July, 1793. They had six living children in Essex county, New York, and the family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1833, at Rochester, where they had one child. Of their seven children--

HIRAM, born Oct. 10, 1819, in Essex county, N. Y., married in Springfield, Ill., Feb. 14, 1850, to Martha L. Beall. They had nine children in Sangamon county, six of whom died under four years. Of the other three, CHARLES H., born Oct. 27, 1850, HIRAM R., born Nov. 4, 1854, and WILLIAM P., born Oct. 29, 1856, all reside with their parents, three-quarters of a mile east of Clarksville, Sangamon county.

CHARLES, born Sept. 25, 1821, in Essex county, N. Y., married in Sangamon county, Jan. 31, 1848, to Lavina Sattley. They had eight living children, BELLE, MARY E., BENJAMIN S., ADAH E., CHARLES, ROBERT, RALPH S. and WINFIELD S. reside with their parents, one mile east of Rochester, on the farm where Moses Fairchild settled in 1833.

HENRY, born Sept. 20, 1823, in New York, raised in Sangamon county, married in Jacksonville to Jane Ragsdale. They had one child, HOMER LINCOLN, and Mrs. Jane F. died. Mr. F. married Nancy McKittrick. They have three children, and reside near Tower Hill, Shelby county, Ill.

MARY J., born May 27, 1826, in Essex county, N. Y., married in Sangamon county, March 24, 1852, to Joseph E. Ross, who was born Oct. 13, 1823, in Clarke county, O., and came to Sangamon county, in 1841 or '2. They had four children, ADAH MAY and IDA F., the third and fourth, died young. JOHN HENRY and CHARLES OSCAR reside with their parents, two and a half miles north of Breckenridge.

DANIEL., born August 23, 1829, in New York, and died in Sangamon county, Dec. 8, 1846.

HYMAN, born Dec. 2, 1832, in New York, raised in Sangamon county, went to California in 1850 married there to Mrs. Mary J. Waddle, whose maiden name was Barker. They had twins, and Mrs. F. died. He was married in Sangamon county to Mrs. Susan Giger, whose maiden name was Benson. They have three children, and reside near Grafton, Yolo county, California.

MOSES, Jun., born July 9, 1835, in Sangamon county, died in his fourth year.

Moses Fairchild died in Sangamon county, and Mrs. Adah Fairchild resides with her daughter, Mrs. Ross.



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