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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.



MANN, CHRISTOPHER C., born Jan. 2, 1819, in Bracken county, Ky., came to Sangamon county later than his brother, Uriah. He was married in Sangamon county Nov. 10, 1843, to Ann R. King. They had six children, namely--

HENRY F., born Nov. 10, 1844. He went from Springfield and enlisted in Chicago June 17, 1861, in Co. E, 24th Ill. Inf., for three years. He was captured by John Morgan at Pulaski, Tenn., in 1862, and escaped in about twenty-four hours. He was slightly wounded at Rocky Face Ridge, Ga., in May, 1862; served until Aug. 6, 1864, when he was honorably discharged at Chicago. He was married Jan. 30, 1868, in Sangamon county, to Jeanetta Snodgrass, who was born Dec. 22, 1848. They have three children, LUAMMA, MARETHA J. and CHARLES E., and reside seven miles east of Springfield, in Clear Lake township.

WILLIAM, born July 9, 1847, enlisted Aug., 1862, in Co. I, 114th Ill. Inf., for three years; served until the suppression of the rebellion, and was honorably discharged at Springfield. He lives at Carthage, Missouri.

MARY, born Nov. 25, 1849, married Oct. 1, 1869, to John Huffman in Sangamon county. They have two children, and live at Carthage, Missouri.

ALICE J., born April 28, 1852, married April 2, 1869, to John B. Allen; have three children, and live at Carthage, Missouri.

MARETHA, born Oct. 17, 1858, married May 11, 1872, to James Farley, who was born May 14, 1845, in county Dublin, Ireland, and raised in Louisville, Ky. They have one child, GLENARA, and reside at Riverton, Sangamon county, Illinois--1874.

EMILY E., born Sept. 6, 1857, married Dec. 24, 1873, to Franklin Steele, and reside at Riverton, Illinois.

Christopher C. Mann died Jan. 31, 1859, and his widow resides at Riverton, Sangamon county, Illinois.



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