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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.



MCDANIEL, WILLIAM, was born Oct. 20, 1786, in Clarke county, Ky. He was married there to Margaret McDonald. They had twelve living children in Clark and Harrison counties. The family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in Nov., 1833, and setlled near Mechanicsburg. Of their children--

LUANNA, born March 22, 1809, in Clark county, Ky., married there May 15, 1828, to Thomas Sparks, and came with her parents to Sangamon county, in 1833. They had seven children--MARY E., born March 8, 1829, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Solomon Lanham. See his name. MARGARET A. married James Lawyer, and lives in Salisbury. CYNTHIA A. marrisd George Bowers. EMILY W. married H. H. Clemons, and lives near Dover, Shawnee county, Kansas. JOHN W., born June 11, 1838, served three years as a Union soldier, from Illinois, about one year in rebel prisons. He was married to Mrs. Sarah Myers, whose maiden name was Curry. They have two children, MARY C. and SARAH M., and live near Dawson, Ill. MARTHA died, in 1865, aged twenty-two years. HARRIET B. married D. W. Walters, had one child, MATTIE E., and Mrs. Walters died, Feb. 2, 1872. Thomas Sparks died, Feb. 14, 1851, in Sangamon county, and Mrs. Luanna Sparks died, June 22, 1873, in Missouri, caused by an accident while riding in a spring wagon.

SALLY, born Aug. 28, 1811, in Clark county, Ky., married there to Thomas Correll. See his name.

ELIZABEYH, born in 1811, in Kentucky, married there to Frederick Sutcliffe, and came with her parents to Sangamon county, had three children, and Mr. S. died. The was twice married after, and died, leaving two children, in Iowa.

MARY A., born Aug. 4, 1813, in Clark county, Ky., married James Herrin. See his name.

DAVID S., born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Matilda A. Shinkle. He died, and his widow married Aaron Morgan. See his name.

CLARK, born in Kentucky, died in Sangamon county, in his twentieth year.

ROBERT P., born Sept. 4, 1819, in Harrison county, Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, Jan. 18, 1844, to Elizabeth R. Correll. He died, Aug. 5, 1851, leaving two children--RUFUS died, aged eighteen years, and ROBERT W., aged two years. His widow married James H. McDaniel. See his name.

MARTHA, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Aaron McIntire. They both died in Fulton county, Mo., leaving several children.

MARGARET, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Jacob Maxwell, and died, without children.

WILLIAM, born in Kentucky, died in Sangamon county, aged nineteen years.

JAMES H., born May 12, 1827, in Harrison county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, Nov. 3, 1853, to Mrs. Elizabeth R. McDaniel, whose maiden name was Correll. They had three children--IRVIN died, aged four years. JENNIE and LIZZIE live with their parents, two miles south of Dawson, Sangamon county, Illinois.

JOSEPH, born in Kentucky, raised in Sangamon county, is unmarried, and lives at Farmington, Iowa.

William McDaniel died, January, 1852, and his widow died, Dec. 31, 1856, both in Sangamon county.



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