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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.



PLANCK, JACOB C., born Jan. 27, 1804, in Maryland, went when a boy, to Kentucky, and was married in Flemingsburg, Fleming county, Ky., about 1826, to Mary M. Rogers, who was born there, April 4, 1806. They moved to Springfield, Ill., in the autumn of 1826, where they had nine children, one of whom died in infancy, and one aged seven years, Of the other seven--

EMILY R., born Jan., 1828, in Springfield, Ill., was married there, Feb., 1845, to Benjamin A. Watson. See his name.

EMELINE, born Dec. 4, 1829, in Springfield, was married Dec., 1848, to Walter Davis, a native of Richmond, Virginia. They had four children, three of whom died young. Mr. Davis died Jan. 6, 1861, and Mrs. Davis died Oct. 4, 1863, both in Springfield, Illinois, leaving one child, CLARA, born May 21, 1854. She was married March 25, 1875, to James Hoyt, a native of Williamsburg, New York. They live in Springfield, Illinois.

JULIA J., born July 24, 1832, in Springfield, was married there, Oct. 6, 1852, to Joseph B. Fosselman, who was born March 4, 1830, in Perry county, Penn. They have two living children, ANNA M. was married Feb. 23, 1876, to Emery Wolgamot. See his name. EDWARD lives with his parents. J. B. Fosselman came to Springfield in 1850, and being an experienced druggist, he engaged in that business, and prosecuted it for ten years, when he changed to the wholesale grocery trade, which he continued thirteen years. He is now in the drug business in Springfield, Ill.

WILLIAM H., born Oct. 16, 1835, in Springfield, was married there in 1863, to Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson, whose maiden name was Abrams. They have one child, KATIE, and live in St. Louis, Missouri.

AMELIA R, born May 25, 1839, in Springfield, was married Dec. 24, 1860, to Alexander R. Dodds. See his name. They had one child, EVA MAY, and Mr. Dodds died Jan., 1864. Mrs. Amelia R. Dodds and her daughter live in Springfield, Illinois.

CHARLES, born Dec. 10, 1842, in Springfield, was married Dec. 1, 1868, to Mrs. Hattie Bailey, whose maiden name was Stevens, a native of Rochester, New York. They live in Holland, Ottawa county, Michigan.

MARY E., born Sept. 13, 1849, in Springfield, was married there, Feb. 18, 1865, to James Smith, who was born May 20, 1841, in Vermont. They had one child, LILLIE MAY, and Mr. Smith died Nov., 1874, in Sandusky, O. Mrs. Smith and her daughter live in Holland, Ottawa county, Michigan.

Mrs. Mary Planck died Jan. 14, 1867, and Jacob C. Planck died August 3, 1867, both in Springfield, Illinois.



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