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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.



PENNY, HIRAM, was born Oct. 5, 1790, in North Carolina, and was taken, when quite young, by his parents to Pope county, Illinois. He was married in Kentucky, opposite where they lived in Illinois, to Catharine McHenry. They had five children in Pope county, and moved to Sangamon county, arriving in the fall of 1822, in what is now Cartwright township, where they had four children. Of their children--

ALEXANDER, born March 1, 1815, in Pope county, Illinois, married in Sangamon county to Mary Archer. They had one child, WILLIAM H., who enlisted Sept. 18, 1862, for three years, in Co. F, 114th Ill. Inf., was captured at Guntown, Miss., June 10, 1864, and was starved to death in Andersonville prison. Alexander Penny married for a second wife, Elizabeth Hennings, and died, in Wilson county, Kansas, in 1870, leaving a widow and one child.

HENRY J., born May 22, 1817, married Louisa Hannahs, have two children, and live in Carroll county, Missouri.

ELIZABETH J., born March, 1819, died at eighteen years of age.

WILLIAM G., born Jan. 5, 1821, married Eleanor Duff, had six children, and he enlisted in an Illinois regiment, and died at Little Rock, Arkansas. His widow died, and his sons live in Webster county, Nebraska.

JEMIMA, born Sept. 11, 1822, married James Ross. They had two children, and Mrs. Ross died. Mr. Ross was a soldier, and died in the Union army. Their son lives in Logan county, and their daughter in Iowa.

SOLOMON A., born Sept. 15, 1824, in Sangamon county, married Polly Duncan, had one child, and Mrs. Penny died. He moved to Kansas, married again, and died there.

CAROLINE, born Nov. 21, 1828, married Samuel Campbell. They have two children and live in Kansas.

HIRAM D., born Oct. 16, 1830, married Jane Irwin, who died, and he married Laura Graves, and lives in Wilson county, Kansas.

Hiram Penny died Dec. 10, 1852, in Sangamon county. His widow died April 30, 1873, in Wilson county, Kansas.

William Penny, the father of Hiram, was born in 1751, and was captain of a company from North Carolina in the Revolutionary army. He moved to Pope county, Ill., and from there to Sangamon county, and died, March 15, 1821, on Richland creek, in what is now Cartwright township. He had two brothers, Solomon and Robert. Solomon married Jane Renshaw, raised a family, and died after leaving the county. Robert raised a family and died. His widow, more than ninety years old, lives with her daughter, Mrs. Abraham Freeman, in Springfield.



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