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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, MRS. ELIZABETH, whose maiden name was Foster, was born in Bedford county, Va., and married there to John Hall. They had five children in Va., and moved to Adair county, Ky., where four children were born, and Mr. Hall died there. His widow and children moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1830, north of Spring creek, and six miles west of Springfield. Mrs. Hall was married there to Samuel Willis, and in 1844 or '5, moved to DeWitt county, where Mr. Willis died. She now lives with her son,

CASWELL HALL, near Leroy, McLean county, Ill. Her son--

JOEL HALL, born Feb. 19, 1821, in Adair county, Ky., came with his mother to Sangamon county in 1830. In 1841 he went to DeWitt county, and was there married to Martha Banta. They moved to Missouri, in 1856, have nine living children, and reside in Eagleville, Harrison county, Mo. Her daughter married Trulove Sparks. See his name.



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