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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.



FOSTER, MEREDITH, was born Nov. 14, 1790, in Louisa county, Va., and was married in Culpepper county, Feb. 10, 1820, to Margaret Boyer, who was born March 9, 1797, in Culpepper county, Va. They had six children in Virginia, and the family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1835, lived several days in camp about four miles west of Springfield, and then moved on a farm near by. They had four children in Sangamon county, one of whom died young. Of their nine children--

WILLIAM B., born April 9, 1822, in Page county, Va., came with his parents to Sangamon county in 1835; went in 1849 to California. He was married there to Emma Creamer. They had three children, MAGGIE, IDA and WILLIE, and Mrs. Foster died. Mr. Foster married again, and resides at Richmond, Sacramento county, Cal.

HENRY H., born Sept. 4, 1824, in Page county, Va. He was married in Sangamon county Dec. 2, 1847, to Nancy Davis. See sketch of John Davis. They have one child, ROBERT MEREDITH, and reside in Curran township, near Chatham.

JOHN E., born July 24, 1826, in Page county, Va. He enlisted at Springfield, Ill., in 1846, in Co. A, 4th Ill. Inf., and served under Col. E. D. Baker through the Mexican war. He died on his way home, June 13, 1847, at Virginia, Cass county, Ill.

ABNER M., born Jan. 25, 1828, in Page county, Va., married in Sangamon county, December, 1863, to Mrs. Hatch, who was formerly Mrs. Murphy, and whose maiden name was Lawton. She is a native of Lincoln, Penobscot county, Maine. They reside two miles east of Loami.

MARY J., born Nov. 21, 1830, in Page county, Va., married in Sangamon county to James Lockridge. See his name. They had ten children, four of whom died young. Of the six, CHARLES M., MARY M., SARAH I., LULA A., LENORA and EVA, reside with their parents.

CATHARINE A., born April 20, 1834, in Page county, Va., married in Sangamon county to James Young. They have eight children, ABNER, MAGGIE, JAMES, EUGENE, NANCY, FRANK, ALBERT and ETTA, and reside near Curran.

ROBERT F., born Jan. 3, 1837, in Sangamon county, Ill., and lives with his sister, Mrs. Grissom, near Chatham.

CHARLES N., born Dec. 3, 1838, in Sangamon county, and was killed July 5, 1868, by an accident on the Chicago & Alton railroad.

MARGARET R., born Dec. 28, 1842, in Sangamon county, married Nov. 19, 1861, to Thomas Grissom, who was born Feb. 8, 1841, in Sangamon county, Ill. They have three children, AGNES, IDA and EDWARD, and reside three miles northwest of Chatham.

Mrs. Margaret Foster died Dec. 13, 1866, and Meredith Foster died Aug. 31, 1867, both in Sangamon county.



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