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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.



OPDYCKE, STACY B., born Jan. 1, 1795, at New Castle, New Jersey, learned the trade of a carpenter there, and went to Kaskaskia, Ill., in 1816, walking nearly the whole distance. He was married in Kaskaskia, April 25, 1833, to Hannah G. Griffith, who was born Feb. 11, 1804, in Pennsylvania. She was a daughter of Dr. Thomas Griffith, of Tazewell county, Ill., and sister of Mrs. Charlotte Pricket, of Springfield, Ill. Mr. and Mrs. Opdycke moved from Kaskaskia, Randolph county, to Chester, in the same county, where they had one child, and from there to Springfield, Ill., in 1835, where three children were born, two of whom died young. Of their two children--

CHARLOTTE, born March 19, 1835, was married in Springfield, Ill., to John D. Keedy. See his name.

THOMAS G., born April 9, 1847, died in Nov., 1864, in Springfield.

Stacy B. Opdycke was engaged in porkpacking with James L. Lamb for several years, and was afterwards merchandizing with Tinsley & Fonday.

Mrs. Hannah G. Opdycke died Oct. 9, 1847, and Stacy B. Opdycke died June 18, 1858, both in Springfield, Illinois.



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