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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.



GIBSON, JAMES M., brother to Preston H., born May 19, 1812, in Gallatin county, Ky., eight miles above Warsaw. He came to Sangamon county about 1829, and was married April 14, 1832, to Sally Greenwood. They had eight living children--

NANCY J., born March 21, 1833, married James E. Campbell, who was born Oct. 22, 1824, at Delphi, Ross county, Ohio. They have eight children, MARY A., GEORGE W., PERMELIA C., MARGARET R., THEODORE M., COMMODORE P., EMMA F. and ALLEN EVA, and reside three miles southwest of Curran.

JOHN W., born Nov. 18, 1834, in Sangamon county, went to California in 1859, and lives at Saratoga, Santa Clara county.

SAMUEL P., born Feb. 10, 1836, in Sangamon county, married Sarah Van Doren. They have three living children, EMMA, PETER and WILLIAM, and live in Piatt county.

THOMAS B., born Sept. 8, 1838, married March 1, 1864, to Sophia A. McComas, have three children, LONA M., ARCHIE C. and NELLIE E., and live five miles west of Chatham.

PRESTON H., born July 19, 1840, in Sangamon county, married Mary E. Sommers, have one child, HELEN, and live at Brownsville, Neb.

MARGARET R., born Feb. 10, 1842, in Sangamon county, married G. W. Campbell. They have three living children, EUGENE, ROBERT and JAMES L., and live in Piatt county, Ill.

MARTHA A., born Jan. 7, 1844, married Dec. 30, 1869, to James Kinter, who was born Dec. 23, 1846, in Jefferson county, Pa. She died May 24, 1873, in Curran township.

DAVID W., born June 6, 1848, resides in Curran township.

Mrs. Sally Gibson died May 12, 1853, and J. M. Gibson was married Sept. 7, 1854, to Cynthia McComas. They had five children--

VAN OSCAR, GARRETT M., CHARLES L., ETTA F. and JAMES A., all live with their mother.

James M. Gibson died May 12, 1865, and his widow, Mrs. Cynthia Gibson, resides two miles south of Curran.



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