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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.



McGRAW, CHARLES G., was born Feb. 13, 1801, in Mason county, Ky., near Washington. His parents moved to Harrison county in 1810 or '11. He spent a few years, when a young man, in Nashville, Tenn., and St. Louis, Mo.; came to Springfield in March, 1836, and engaged in the mercantile trade, as a member of the firm of Hill & McGraw. C. G. McGraw was married April, 1839, to Vienna Adams, daughter of James Adams. See his name. They had one child--

JAMES A., born March 8, 1840, in Springfield, Ill., is unmarried, and is a merchant in his native city.

Mrs. Vienna McGraw died Feb. 12, 1844. C. G. McGraw was married Dec. 15, 1848, to Almira Walker. They had two children--

ALIDA, born Feb. 26, 1850, in Springfield, was married in Logan county, Ill., Sept. 8, 1869, to Alexander Downey. They had one child, RUSH V., who lives with his mother. Mr. Downey died in Pontiac, March 22, 1872, and his widow was married Jan. 6, 1875, to R. Fenwick, in Bloomington, Ill., where they now reside--1876.

FANNIE M., born May 5, 1852, in Springfield, is unmarried, and lives in Bloomington, Illinois.

Charles G. McGraw died Aug. 1, 1858, near McLean, and his widow died July 22, 1872, in Bloomington, Illinois.



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