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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.



McLOUD, JOHN K., was born in 1809 or '10, in Washington county, Tenn. He came to Sangamon county in 1837 or '8, and was married to Mrs. Margaret McNabb, whose maiden name was Dunlap. They had six children, namely--

LOUISA married Collin H. Cowardin, have six children, and live in Sullivan county, Mo.

LUZETTA, married Oct. 13, 1863, to Cyrus Lilly, a native of Augusta county, Va. They have four children, LAURA B., NORA E., MARY M. and GRACE M,, and reside three miles west of Sherman, Illinois.

DRUCILLA married Augustus Young. They have five children, and live in Logan county, Illinois.

WILLIAM P., born April 9, 1844, in Sangamon county, married March 9, 1871, to Mayne E. Myers, who was born in Licking county, Ohio, Dec. 13, 1849. They have one child, CLARENCE P., and reside at the family homestead, two and a half miles west of Sherman, Illinois.--1874.

MARY E., married Bernard Henley, have two children, and live in Sullivan county, Mo.

MARGARET E., married Adolphus Allen, and lives in Sullivan county, Mo.

Mrs. Margaret McLoud died April 7, 1860. John K. McLoud resides in Fancy Creek township, two and a half miles west of Sherman, Sangamon county, Illinois.--1874.



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