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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.



MCBRIDE, JAMES, was born April 11, 1782, in Bedford county, Va. He was there married to Elizabeth Boyd, who was born April, 1783, in the same county. They had two children in Virginia, and moved to Madison county, Ky., in 1807, where eight children were born. James McBride went to South Carolina on business, and died there, Nov., 1826. His family moved to Montgomery county, Ky., where two of the children died, and one married and settled there. Mrs. McBride and seven of her children moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in Nov., 1837, in what is now Cooper township, north of Sangamon river. Of her children--

JOHN, born Oct 23, 1803, in Virginia, married in Montgomery county, Ky., to Nancy Pebworth. She died March, 1865, in Missouri. Their only child, JAMES, is married and lives in Indiana. John McBride lives in Illiopolis township with the Gragg family.

AMELIA, born March 20, 1806, in Virginia, died in Kentucky, May, 1834.

NANCY, born Dec. 11, 1808, in Kentucky, died in Sangamon county, Sept., 1838.

JAMES, born March 26, 1811, in Madison county, Ky., is unmarried, and lives in Mechanicsburg.

SOPHIA, born March 11, 1813, in Madison county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, to William Gragg. See his name.

THOMAS, born March 11, 1816, in Kentucky, died there, March, 1834.

CORRENA, born July 27, 1818, in Kentucky, died in Sangamon county, Sept., 1838.

WILLIAM, born Sept. 22, 1820, in Kentucky, is unmarried, and resides in Illiopolis township.

ELIZABETH, born June 17, 1824, in Madison county, Ky., is unmarried, and resides with her brother-in-law, William Gragg.

JEFFERSON, born June 8, 1826, in Madison county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, Jan. 5, 1847, to Ann M. Hesser. They had ten children; the eldest died in infancy. ALBERT O., born March 12, 1851, resides at Buffalo. MARIA L., born April 20, 1853, married August 27, 1872, to Jasper Daley, have one child, and reside at Moravia, Iowa. GEORGE W., born March 20, 1855, resides with his parents. ELIZABETH E., born April 20, 1857, married Jan. 15, 1873, to Caleb Duvall, and resides near Asherville, Kansas. FRANCES C., SAMUEL J., NOAH E., JESSE T. and FLORA ANNIE MAY; the five latter reside with their parents at Moravia, Appanoose county, Iowa.

Mrs. Elizabeth McBride died March 27, 1856, in Sangamon county.



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