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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.



LASWELL, ANDREW, was born in Feb., 1781, in Loudon county, Va. When thirteen years old, he went on a pack-horse, in company with his brothers and sisters, to Shelby county, Ky. When a young man he went to Greene county, and was there married to Nancy Wright, who was born in 1784, in Culpepper county, Va., and taken by her parents to Green county, Ky. They had nine children in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in Nov., 1824, and settled one mile west of Springfield. Of their children--

POLLY, born in 1805, in Kentucky, married to John Crowder. See his name.

THOMAS, born Nov. 13, 1806, in Green county, Ky., married Feb. 4, 1830, in Sangamon county, to Sally Henry, who was born June 4, 1811, in Gallia county, Ohio. They had ten living children. MARY married James Tomlinson, has six children, and lives in Gardner township. ANDREW J. married Eveline Jones in Missouri. She died, leaving three children, and he married Drucilla Rick, has one child, and lives in Gardner township. NANCY married Jules Beauloss, and died, leaving three children. AMANDA married John Turner, has five children, and lives in Labette county, near Fort Scott, Kansas. EMILY married Thomas Vance; has four children, and live in Labette county, Kansas. ELIZABETH married Jacob Hurst, and lives in Labette county, Kansas. LUCINDA married Newton Simpson, who died, leaving one child. Mr. Simpson served three years in the 10th Ill. Cav. His widow married John Ryan, who was a veteran soldier, and was "with Sherman in his march to the sea." Mr. and Mrs. Ryan have two children, and live in Springfield. JOHN, HENRY and LAURA E. live with their parents, five miles northwest of Springfield.

MOSES, born May, 1809, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Mary Enyart. His wife and children are all dead. He lives in Springfield.

PETER, born in 1811 in Kentucky, has been twice married, and lives in Oregon.

SALLY died, aged nineteen years.

ELLEN married Martin McCoy, who died in 1870, leaving a widow and child, near Auburn, Illinois.

JOHN, born in 1815 in Green county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to Virginia Barrett. He died in Dec., 1871, leaving three children. His family lives in Springfield.

ELIZABETH married William Robbins. See his name. They have four children, and live near Mechanicsburg.

Andrew Laswell died April 11, 1853, and his widow died April, 1855, both near Springfield.



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