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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.



GREENSLATE, JOHN, was born Nov. 18, 1801, near Lexington, Ky., and raised in Greenup county. He was married June 8, 1826, in Portsmouth, O., to Sarah M. Oliver, who was born Feb. 18, 1808, in Lewis county, Ky. They made their home in Greenup county until they had four children, and moved to Louisville, Ky., thence to Alton, Ill., and from there to Sangamon county, arriving in May, 1836, four miles northeast of Springfield, where four children were born; two died, each in their eighth year. Of the other six children--

GEORGE, born Sept. 8, 1827, in Greenup county, brought up in Sangamon county, and married in Logan county to Mary J. Iden. They had four children, and he enlisted in 1862, for three years, in the 116th Ill. Inf., at Lincoln, and died at Jackson, Tenn., Dec. 8, 1862. His widow married James Broughton, and lives near Mt. Pulaski.

LUCINDA M., born June 12, 1830, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Jackson Kelly, had two children, and Mr. K. died. She then married John Napier, and lives near Camp Butler.

MARY J., born April 17, 1832, in Kentucky, married William Scroggins, had three children, and Mr. S. died. She married Benj. Baker, has five children, and lives in Logan county.

SILAS M., born in Kentucky, died in Sangamon county in his eighteenth year.

SARAH E., born and died in Sangaman county, in her twenty-first year.

JAMES C., born April 11, 1842, in Sangamon county, enlisted in 1861, for three years, in the 32d Ill. Inf., at Springfield, and was killed in battle, April 6, 1862, at Pitsburg Landing, Tenn.

John Greenslate died June 26, 1845, in Sangamon county, and his widow married William Bedinger. See his name.



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