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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.



HINSLEY, ALFRED, was born in 1792, in North Carolina. He was there married, in 1819, to Lucy Elkin, who was born April, 1803. They had two children in North Carolina, and moved to Jones county, Ga., where two children were born, from there to Smith county, Tenn., where one child was born. The family moved to White county, Ill., and from there to Sangamon county, arriving Nov., 1834, at old Salem, and in 1836 moved to what is now Gardner township, where they had one living child. Of their children--

CAROLINE, born in 1810, in North Carolina, died in Illinois, unmarried, in 1857.

JANE, born in North Carolina, married in Illinois to Alfred Wagoner. They have five children, and live in Petersburg.

MARTHA, born in Georgia, married in Illinois to James S. Carter, have four children, and live in Petersburg.

ALFRED N., born Dec. 27, 1826, in Jones county, Ga., married in Sangamon county, July 23, 1851, to Margaret A. Lemmon. They have three children, SUSAN A., MILDRED L. and ULICK P., and live at Salisbury.

LECY, born in Smith county, Tenn., married in Illinois to James Bryant, have four children, and live in Petersburg.

JAMES F., born in Sangamon county, has been twice married, and lives in Petersburg.

MARY, born Jan. 11, 1840, in Menard county, married S. Spear, and lives in Bates county, Missouri.

SARAH, born Dec. 3, 1842, in Menard county, was killed March 7, 1868, at Greenview, Ill., by an accident on the Jacksonville branch of the Chicago & Alton railroad.

Alfred Hinsley died Oct. 13, 1844, and his widow resides in Petersburg.



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