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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.



GROVE, JOHN R., was born August 28, 1805, in Montgomery county, Ky. Maria L. Grooms was born Feb. 11, 1812, in the same county. They were married in Mt. Sterling, Ky., Feb. 14, 1832, and had two children in Bath county. The family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving late in 1835, in what is now the northeast corner of Chatham township, where they had two children. Of their four children--

ELIZABETH C., born July 15, 1833, in Bath county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to Andrew T. Thompson. See his name.

SARAH B., born Jan. 11, 1835, in Bath county. Ky., married in Sangamon county to William O. Jones. They had five children: CHARLES L., FREDERICK O., MARIA L., ALBERT

HALE and EDNA G. Mr. Jones died Dec., 1873, near Decatur, and his family reside there.--1874.

LOUISA J., born April 17, 1837, in Sangamon county, married about 1860, in Decatur, to Noah Matkin. They had two children, OTTO and JOHN. Mr. Matkin died in 1868, and his family reside in Greencastle, Ind.

MARIA E., born Jan. 15, 1843, in Sangamon county, died Nov. 26, 1858, in Jacksonville, Ill., while attending school there.

Mrs. Maria L. Grove died Nov. 7, 1844, and Mr. Grove was married Sept. 21, 1846, to Priscilla M. Thompson. They had one child--

JOHN H., born Dec. 5, 1847, and died Dec. 18, 1862.

John R. Grove died Sept. 20, 1849, in Mechanicsburg. His widow married Rev. Joseph M. Grout. See sketch of the Thompson family.



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