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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.



FUNDERBURK, HENRY, was born Feb. 18, 1773, in Orange district, S. C. Polly Rape was born in February, 1786, in the same district. They were married and had two children. They then moved to Dickson county, Tenn., where four children were born, and then to St. Clair county, Ill., in 1816. From St. Clair county they moved to what became Sangamon county, arriving in the spring of 1817 or '18 west of Horse creek, near where Daniel G. Jones now resides, in Cotton Hill township. Mr. F. moved in company with William Nelson. They both built cabins and raised crops the year they came. Mr. F. had seven children born in Sangamon county, making a total of thirteen. Of their children--

POLLY, born Dec. 14, 1803, in South Carolina, came with her parents to what is now Sangamon county, in the spring of 1817 or '18, married Elijah Hinkle, who died, and she married William Chambers, and he died, and she married John Bowman, and resides near Taylorville. She had no children. She could have given me definite information whether the family came in 1817 or 18, but I could not obtain any information from herself or her brother James.

ELIZABETH, born Jan. 31, 1806, in South Carolina, came to Sangamon county with her parents in the spring of 1817 or '18, married Thomas Hanks. They have eleven children, and reside near Whitehall, Greene county.

JACOB, born Nov. 9, 1808, in Tennessee, married in Sangamon county to Ruth Sampson. They have ten children, and live in Vernon county, Mo.

JAMES, born Dec. 14, 1810, in Tennessee, married in Sangamon county to Nancy Nelson. They have six children, and live near Taylorville.

HENRY, born Feb. 14, 1813, in Tennessee, married in Sangamon county Nov. 5, 1835, to Jane Snodgrass. They have eight children. E. JANE, born May 6, 1838, married John Durbin, have five children, and live near Conesville, Muscatine county, Iowa. JOHN S., born April 14, 1840, died April 8, 1842. CARTER, born August 14, 1857, married Alice Wenicke, and live near D. G. Jones, in Cotton Hill township. POLLY, born Jan. 15, 1846, lives with her parents. LEWIS, born June 12, 1851, married Mary Hinkle, and live in Christian county, east of Pawnee. COOPER, born Jan. 8, 1851, resides east of Pawnee. NANCY, born July 17, 1853, and JAMES H., born Sept. 9, 1857, live with their parents in Cotton Hill township.

MILLY, born March 17, 1815, in Tennessee, married in Sangamon county to Abishai Rape. They both died, leaving a daughter, who married George Morgan, and lives in Christian county.

SALLY, born April 8, 1819, in Sangamon county, married Henry Dixon. They had eight children, and Mr. D. died. The family live near Taylorville.

RAPE, born Feb. 10, 1821, in Sangamon county, married Amanda Jones. She had one child, ALEXANDER. He married Harriet A. Levi, who died, and he married Salena Morrow, and lives in Christian county. Mrs. Amanda F. died, and Mr. F. married Mary Sanders, and she died. He then married Caroline Armstrong. They had eight children, MARY J., ABEL, GEORGE W., AMANDA, ALBERT C., MELVIN, EDWARD L., and MILES, and reside in Ball township.

MARTHA, born June 3, 1826, in Sangamon county, married John H. Sanders. See his name.

NANCY, born April 1, 1828, in Sangamon county, married James White. He died, leaving a widow and seven children, at Taylorville.

ELIZA, born Aug. 2, 1830, in Sangamon county, married Robert E. Sanders. See his name.

ORLENA, born Oct. 21, 1832, in Sangamon county, married William Crowder, who died, and she married Benj. Howard, have four children, and live near Taylorville.

Mrs. Polly Funderburk died Aug. 1, 1841, and Henry Funderburk died Aug. 14, 1843, both near where they settled in 1818, in Cotton Hill township.



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