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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.



LANHAM, MRS. ANN E., whose maiden name was Havner, was born May 29, 1800, in Loudon county, Va. She was married in Harrison county, Ohio, to Walter Lanham, and moved to Perry county, Ohio, where they had three children, and Mr. Lanham died there. Mrs. Lanham, with her children, came to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1840, at Mechanicsburg. Of her three children--

SOLOMON, born May 4, 1821, in Perry county, Ohio, married in Sangamon county, Nov. 25, 1846, to Mary E. Sparks. They had seven living children, ANNIE, WILLIAM T., MINNIE M., LEWIS A., LUELLA A., CHARLES W. and HARVEY O., and live with their parents, two and one-half miles southwest of Dawson, Illinois.

WESLEY, born May 26, 1823, in Ohio, married, Aug. 4, 1844, in Sangamon county, to Nancy A. Steele. They had four children--FRANCIS M., born Dec. 8, 1847, married, May 26, 1871, to Emma Skinner, had one child, and mother and child died. He lives near Harristown, Ill. EDWARD W., born July 1, 1850, married, March 26, 1874, to Frances M. Leeds, and live near Harristown, Illinois. CHARLES O., born April 27, 1854, lives near Harristown. ANNA L., born July 2, 1856, lives with her mother. Wesley Lanham died Aug. 26, 1861. His widow married William Graham, and reside one mile northeast of Illiopolis.

NANCY, born in 1825, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county, Aug., 1844, to Asa Maxfield. They have two living children, MINER VA A. and EDGAR, and live in Carrollton, Missouri.

Mrs. Ann E. Lanham died Feb. 27, 1874, in Sangamon county.



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