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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.



HARBOUR, SAMUEL, was born Sept. 24, 1799, in Garrard county, Ky., and was taken by his parents, in infancy, to Christian county. In 1817 he accompanied his brother Levi to Madison county, Ill., and from there he came to what is now Chatham township, Sangamon county, arriving Oct., 1819. He was married March, 1823, to Elizabeth Briscoe. They had one child--

ELIZABETH, born Jan. 26, 1824, married James McBride. They had five children, and she died, April 5, 1854, leaving her family in Brown county, Ill.

Mrs. Elizabeth Harbour died Feb., 1824, and Samuel Harbour and Elizabeth Lindley were married July 28, 1826. They had nine children--

LEVI, born March 11, 1827, married Jan. 27, 1847, to Cynthia Bilyeu. They have ten children--ANNA married Samuel Workman. See his name. SAMUEL married Mary Workman, have two children, PETER and LEVI, and live in Loami township. PETER married Sally Workman, and live in Loami township. MARY J. married John Brewer, have one child, JESSE, and live in Chatham township. NANCY married Jacob Workman, have one child, and live in Loami township. ELIZABETH, DICEY, SALLY, LEVI, Jun., and JOHN W., reside with their parents, two miles south of Loami.

WILLIS, born Oct. 17, 1828, married Oct. 14, 1858, to Matilda L. White. They have five living children, ELIZABETH, JOHN W., MARTHA J., WILLIS, Jun., and BENJAMIN F., and reside five miles southwest of Chatham.

ANNA, born July 6, 1830, married Jacob Workman. See his name.

ELISHA, born March 4, 1832, married Manvilla Shelton. They had six children, and Mrs. Harbour died, and he married Tabitha Ribble, and lives in Macoupin county.

JOSEPH, born Dec. 13, 1833, in Sangamon county, married March 15, 1860, to Rachel L. White, who was born Nov. 10, 1842, in Lafayette county, Wis. They had nine children, three of whom died under three years of age. Of the other six--EMMA J., RACHEL A., GEORGE B., MATILDA E., CHARLES M. and DAVID F., reside with their parents, five miles west of Chatham.

LAVINA J., born Dec. 11, 1835, married Oct. 19, 1856, to Jasper Harbour. Mr. H. died Nov. 25, 1869, in Barton county, Mo., leaving a widow and three children, who live in Chatham township.

NANCY D., born Feb. 26, 1839, lives with her mother.

SAMUEL, Jun., born Dec. 10, 1841, died Jan. 23, 1865.

Samuel Harbour died in 1874, and his widow resides on the farm where they settled, in 1829. It is five miles west of Chatham.



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