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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.



O'NEAL, SAMUEL, was born Oct. 11, 1811, in Kentucky, and came to Sangamon county, Ill., when he was a young man. He married three times, and his wives all died. His son--

JAMES HENRY, disappeared very mysteriously. He left a wife, but no children. After the death of his father, advertisements were kept in the papers for two years, in order to ascertain where he was, that he might obtain his proportion of his father's estate. At the end of that time, his debts were paid from it, and the remainder divided among the other heirs. Samuel O'Neal's daughter--

SARAH, married Jan. 6, 1862, to Charles H. Willison. She died May 8, 1864, leaving one child, MARY E., who lives with her father. He married Sarah J. Henkle. See Jacob Henkle.

Samuel O'Neal was married June 5, 1847, to Lucy Scott. They had six children, four of whom died under eleven years. Of the other two--

MINERVA E., born Aug. 25, 1854, and

WILLIAM F., born June 15, 1862, live with their mother.

Samuel O'Neal died in 1863, and his widow and children reside in Ball township, four miles southeast of Chatham, Illinois.



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