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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.




LIGHTFOOT, HENRY F., was born Feb. 22, 1787, near Madison Court House, Virginia, and was there married Feb. 21, 1811, to Mary T. Jones, who was born Jan. 6, 1792, at the same place. They moved to Adair county, Ky., where they had three children, and from there to Warren county, near Bowling Green, where three children were born; thence to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Oct. 23, 1830, near Springfield. Two children were born in Sangamon county. Of their children--

JOHN A., born Sept. 3, 1814, in Adair county, Ky., was married Sept. 24, 1838, to Susan J. Jones. She died Sept. 5, 1844, in Chester, Ill., leaving one child, HENRY F., who was born Sept. 1, 1840, at Georgetown, Randolph county, Ill. He was married in the fall of 1864, at Rock Island, Ill., to Fannie F. Kelly. H. F. Lightfoot died in St. Louis, leaving two children, HENRY W., and (???), who live with their mother in St. Louis, Mo. John A. Lightfoot married Cornelia Sigler. She died, leaving three children, CHARLES W., MARY A. and SUSAN M., with their relatives in Jacksonville, Ill. J. A. Lightfoot is employed in the U. S. Custom House at New Orleans.

GOODRICH, born April 19, 1817, in Adair county, Ky., married in Sangamon county Dec. 1, 1842, to Nancy Callerman. They had eight living children. MARY E., born Sept. 18, 1847, married Sept. 2, 1868, to John F. Fagan. See his name. ELIZABETH J., born June 22, 1849, married Sept. 6, 1870, to Richard T. Lewis, who was born April 18, 1838, in Delaware county, Ohio, came to Sangamon unt?? 1844. He enlisted at S??8, 1861, in Co. G, 10th Ill. Cav., for three years. Re-enlisted as a veteran Dec. 12, 1863; served until the end of the rebellion, and was honorably discharged Nov., 1865, at San Antonia, Texas, and mustered out at Springfield Jan. 6, 1866. He resides at Elkhart, Logan county, Illinois. JAMES R., born April 17, 1852, married Dec. 24, 1873, to Julia A. Plunkett, and live near Marysville, Nodaway county, Mo. SUSAN M. married Jan. 8, 1874, to John L. Callerman, Jun. See his name. JOHN L., JUDITH L., ALICE B. and JULIA ANN live with their parents, three miles north of Springfield, Illinois.

DOLLY A., born Feb. 9, 1820, in Adair county, Ky., married Dec. 6, 1839, to Peter Lanterman. See his name.

MARGARET S., born Nov. 16, 1822, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Philip F. Lightfoot. They had two children. REUBEN enlisted in 1862, for three years, in Co. A, 38th Ill. Inf. He was wounded at the battle of Stone's river, and died Jan. 4, 1863. GABRIEL lives near Springfield, Ill. Mrs. Margaret S. Lightfoot died Dec. 15, 1847, while on a visit in Alabama.

ROBERT S., born March 13, 1825, in Kentucky, came to Sangamon county with his parents, went to California soon after the discovery of gold, and died there.

ELIZABETH M. married in Sangamon county to Henry Shuck, and died, leaving one child, ANNIE, who lives with her father in Springfield.

PHILIP H., born August 24, 1829, in Kentucky, died in Sangamon county in his seventh year.

GABRIEL M., born August 8, 1832, died March 12, 1846.

Henry F. Lightfoot died Feb. 10, 1846, while on a visit to Kentucky near Danville. His widow died Oct., 1858, in Sangamon county.




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