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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.



JACOBS, DANIEL, was born May 27, 1795, near Winchester, Clark county, Ky. Charlotte Webb, was born April 19, 1797, in Jessamine or Clark county, Ky. Her father, Adin Webb, was a soldier from Clark county, in the war of 1812, and died somewhere in the northern lake region. Daniel Jacobs and Charlotte Webb were married, Jan. 30, 1819, in Clark county. They had four children in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Nov 7, 1825, in what is now Loami township, where seven children were born. Of their eleven children--

HENRY W., born March 5, 1820, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, July, 1846, to Priscilla A. Hall. They had eight living children; and AARON died, aged nineteen years. Mr. Jacobs lives in Graysonville, Missouri.

MARY, born Oct. 1, 1821, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, Dec. 17, 1840, to Benjamin F. Darneille. See his name.

AMANDA, born April 19, 1823, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to John T. Wyckoff. She had one child, and died.

ELIZABETH, born Feb. 17, 1825, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to L. P. Bradley. They have nine living children, and reside two miles west of Girard, Illinois.

MARTHA, born April 2, 1827, in Sangamon county, married, July 16, 1850, to James L. Foster, who was born Jan. 8, 1822, in Boone county, Ky., and came to Sangamon county in 1848. They had eight children--LIZZIE and MARTHA W. died, aged four years each. ELLEN, born May 25, 1851, married Feb. 18, 1874, to Luther Rigg, and live in New Berlin township. GEORGE W., JAMES A., HUBBARD C., SUSAN and CHARLES reside with their parents, one and one-fourth miles west of Loami.

JAMES A., born Aug. 4, 1829, in Sangamon county, married Oct. 11, 1855, to Mary E. Neal. They had five children--LIZZIE, the third child, died Feb. 24, 1865, aged five years. AMANDA, HENRY C., CHARLOTTE and ALPHEUS live with their parents, at the homestead where Mr, Jacobs' parents settled in 1825, and where he was born. It is two miles southeast of Loami.

SUSAN, born Nov. 20, 1831, in Sangamon county, married, March 4, 1852, to Hubbard S. Coley. See his name.

ISABEL, born Jan. 30, 1834, in Sangamon county, married Stephen Staley. See his name.

CHARLOTTE, born Jan. 22, 1836, in Sangamon county, married W. Washington McGinnis. See his name.

KATE, born Feb. 16, 1838, married Greenberry McGinnis. See his name.

ANNIS, born Oct. 10, 1840, in Sangamon county, married Feb. 10, 1859, to James E. Dodd, have five children, and live five miles west of Auburn.

Daniel Jacobs died Oct. 5, 1853, and his widow resides--1874--at the homestead settled by them in 1825, two miles southeast of Loami.



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