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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.



HALL, BENJ. LOGAN, brother to David Hall, was born Jan. 6, 1806, in Shelby county, Ky. He was there married Jan. 6, 1831, to Eveline Pickrell. They had one child in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in Sept., 1833, in what is now Mechanicsburg township, where ten children were born, three died young. Of their eight children--

OLIVER P., born March 11, 1832, in Shelby county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, Jan. 24, 1855, to Susan M. Short, who was born Oct. 14, 1833, in Pickaway county, Ohio, and came to Sangamon county in 1846. They had six children. HARVEY E., the second child, born Oct. 7, 1857, died March 12, 1864. The other five, WILLIAM L., LEWIS B., J. LESLIE, RENA and OSCAR E., live with their parents, one and one-half miles north of Mechanicsburg.

GEORGE W., born Feb. 19, 1836, in Sangamon county, married Jan. 14, 1859, to Eliza G. Hammitt. They had three children, and Mrs. Hall died Nov. 10, 1869. The children, MATTIE B., VIRGINIA M. and ELIZA L., live with their aunt, Mrs. Rev. H. Buck, in Decatur. Geo. W. Hall was married, Aug. 16, 1870, to Laura McNeill, in Mechanicsburg, and in August following, moved to Ottawa, Kansas, where Mr. Hall died Jan. 15, 1872. His widow lives in Mechanicsburg.

MARIA B, born June 18, 1838, married Nov. 16, 1865, to David H. Hall, who was born Jan. 19, 1828, in Shelby county, Ky. They had five children; three died young. EVELYN and FLORENCE, twins, live with their parents in Woodside township, four miles southwest of Springfield.

FRANKLIN, born Aug. 10, 1840, married Sept. 13, 1864, to Cecelia Hanks, in Sangamon county. They had one child, and Mrs. Hall died March 23, 1866. F. Hall and Elizabeth Hanks--sister to his first wife--were married Sept. 18, 1867, in Decatur. They have two children, and live in Taylorville.

WILLIAM T., born Dec. 21, 1844, in Sangamon county, married Jan. 9, 1872, in Jacksonville, Ill., to Florence M. Winn. They live at Salina, Kansas.

HARDIN O., born April 2, 1849, married Oct. 18, 1870, near Mexico, Mo., to Irene Lucky. They have one child, ROBERT L., and live three miles northwest of Mechanicsburg.

MARY L., born Sept. 29, 1851, died Feb. 28, 1866.

EVA F., born July 14, 1855, died Sept. 26, 1867.

BENJAMIN L., Jun. born Sept. 11, 1858, lives with his parents.

Benj. Logan Hall and wife reside in Buffalo, Sangamon county, Ill.



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