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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.




KELLY, WILLIAM, was born in Rutherford county, North Carolina; married there to Dicey Ann Cook; came to Sangamon county in company with his son-in-law, Andrew Elliott, in the fall of 1819. They had children, and some live in North Carolina, and some in Sangamon county. Of their children -

Zilpah M., born March 12, 1797, in North Carolina, married there to Andrew Elliott. See his name.

Zilla, married John Holt.

Emmaleeca married Lucien Berry.

Jane married Jacob Cooper. See his name.

Alzira married Benjamin Cook.

Alta married William McGinnis, who died and she married John Fullerton, and resides at Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri.

Clemantine married Nathan Ralstow.

William Kelly and wife moved to Jasper county, Mo., in 1836, and both died there, near Carthage.




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