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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.



HAZLETT, ROBERT, was born Dec. 20, 1799, in Stokes county, N. C. Rebecca Daigh was born Dec. 12, 1802, in Bath county, Va. They were married March 29, 1820, in Virginia, had three children there, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1828, at Springfield. In the spring of 1831 they moved to what is now Cooper township, where they had three children. Of the six children--

WILLIAM P, born Nov. 29, 1821, in Bath county, Va., married in Sangamon county, Oct. 19, 1843, to Zerilda Haggard. Thay had ten children, three of whom died under three years. Of the other seven--SARAH R. married Dec. 24, 1863, to Brice A. Patton, has three chilpren, and lives in Lawrence county, Mo. ROBERT H., born July 6, 1847, is a graduate of the Law School of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor. He resides in Springfield, and is one of the law firm of Hazlett & Kane. ELIZABETH A. married Feb. 23, 1870, to Henry Spengler. They have one child, LOURETTA B., and live two miles southeast of Farmingdale. WILLIAM J., MARTIN M., CHARLES E. and AMELIA B., reside with their parents, three-quarters of a mile east of Bradfordton.

JOHN A., born Feb. 9, 1823, in Mason county, Va., was married in Sangamon county, Ill., to Mary J. Drennan. They have nine living children, and live five miles north of Edinburg, Ill.

ELIZA J. married Isaac Troxell. They had two children, WILLIAM E. and GEORGE L., and Mrs. Troxell died.

ELIZABETH A., born Feb. 14, 1828, in Sangamon county, was married, Feb. 13, 1851, to Henry W. Neeley. They had one child, and moved to Grimes county, near Anderson, Texas, in 1852, where they had five living children. JOSEPH W., born in Sangamon county, married Sept. 8, 1870, to Frances C. Criger, and live near Anderson, Texas. REBECCA L., born in Texas, married Nov. 30, 1871, to Daniel McMahon, and live near Anderson, Texas. GEORGE L., ELIZA A. and ADA E., live with their mother. H. W. Neeley died July 3, 1871, near Anderson, Texas, and his widow and child reside there.

CHARLES F., born Feb. 29, 1832, in Sangamon county, went to California in the spring of 1853, and reside at Tehama, Tehama county, Cal.

REBECCA V., born May 29, 1833, married Ephraim Nelms, had two children, and Mr. N. died. She married John M. Abel, have four children, and live near Niantic.

Robert Hazlett died Aug. 15, 1835, and his widow married Joseph Firey, of Christian county. They had two children; both died young. Mr. Fiery died, and his widow resides near her son, John A. Hazlett, in Christian county.



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