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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.



HARPER, JAMES, was born Jan. 3, 1801, in Tennessee. He was marmied there to Elizabeth Cochran, who was born Oct. 7, 1801. They had five children in Tennessee, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving June 10, 1831, where they had three children. Of their children--

LOUISA, born Sept. 29, 1821, in Tennessee, was married in Sangamon county to Allison Lucas.

MARTHA, born May 15, 1823, in Tennessee, and died in Sangamon county, Illinois.

WILLIAM, born Oct. 1, 1825, in Tennessee, married in Sangamon county to Lucretia Penick, and live in Christian county, Ill.

LAFAYETTE, born Aug. 9, 1827, in Tennessee, raised in Sangamon county, was a soldier, from Galena, in the Mexican war, married, Sept. 18, 1847, to Martha J. Smith, have eight children, and live near Osage Mission, Kansas.

ELIZABETH J., born March 10, 1831, in Tennessee, married in Sangamon county to Zacharia Burtle. See his name.

MELINDA, born April 17, 1833, in Sangamon county, married Thomas O. Gatton. See his name.

FRANCIS M., born July 16, 1835, in Sangamon county, married Bell Deboe, and live in Cotton Hill township, Post-office, Pawnee.

MARY E., born April 16, 1839, in Sangamon county, married Josephus Gatton, Jun. See his name.

James and Elizabeth Harper both died in Sangamon county, and were buried at St. Bernard Catholic church.



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