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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.



MCATEE, SMITH, was born in 1801 or '2, in Kentucky, came to Sangamon county, about 1825, and entered what is now part of Daniel G. Jones' farm, in Cotton Hill township. He went to Galena and worked in the lead mines until he earned money to make improvements on his land. He was married, in 1829, to Elizabeth Rape, in Sangamon county. She had one child--

HENRY R., born in 1830, and died, unmarried, Nov. 14, 1856.

Mrs. Elizabeth McAtee died, and he married her sister, Tennessee Rape, in 1831. They had seven living children in Sangamon county.

ELIZABETH, born March 5, 1832, married John W. Greenawalt. See his name.

JOHN W., born Jan., 1852, died in his nineteenth year.

SUSANNAH, born April 2, 1836, died in her fourteenth year.

BENJAMIN F., born March 3, 1838, married Feb. 26, 1863, to Almyra Marshall. They have three children, NORMAN A., LAURA BELL and EUGENE CARROLL, and live three miles north of Pawnee, in Ball township--1874.

THOMAS J., born November 22, 1839, died, unmarried, Sept. 3, 1865.

SARAH, born Dec. 14, 1841, died at twelve years of age.

MARTHA, born Oct. 31, 1844, died, unmarried, Aug. 19, 1865.

Mrs. Tennessee McAtee died March 9, 1847. Smith McAtee was married, Nov., 1847, to Mrs. Margaret Wall, whose maiden name was Jones. They had two children--

JANE, born Dec. 17, 1849, is unmarried, and lives with her mother.

MARY, born July 6, 1850, in Sangamon county, married, Jan. 23, 1869, to Henry B. Rose, who was born March 12, 1844, in Floyd county, Ky. He was a soldier in Co. C, and transferred to Co. G, 14th Ky. Cav.; enlisted for one year, served fourteen months, and was honorably discharged. Mr. and Mrs. Rose have two children, EDGAR J. and HENRY E., and reside near Independence, Montgomery county, Kan.--1874.

Smith McAtee died May 19, 1851. His widow married Felix Stovall. He died, and she lives in Cotton Hill township, Sangamon county.

Hezekiah McAtee, the father of Smith and Andrew, came with them to Sangamon county, and after tarrying a few days moved on with the other members of his family, to Pike county, Illinois.



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