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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.



POFFENBERGER, CHRISTIAN, was born in Washington county, Md., and was there married to Mary Brantner. They had seven children in Maryland, and moved, in 1826, to Franklin county, near Columbus, O., where four children were born. The family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Oct., 1839, in Round Prairie, five miles east of Springfield. Of their children--

LAVINA, born in Maryland, died in Ohio, aged fourteen years.

BARBARA, and a twin that died in infancy, were born in Maryland. She married in Sangamon county to Daniel Price. They have two children, and live in Abingdon, Iowa.

GEORGE W., born Oct. 16, 1817, in Washington county, Md., married in Sangamon county, Feb. 9, 1841, to Rachel Jones. They have six children born in Sangamon county. JOHN A., born March 4, 1843, married Feb. 4, 1869, to Mary E. Keys. She died March 7, 1871, and he lives with his parents. DANIEL, born July 19, 1846, married Jan. 4, 1870, to Rebecca J. Matthews. They have two children, and live in Cotton Hill township. MARY E., born July 30, 1848, lives with her parents. GEORGE W., Jun., born Feb. 15, 1852, married in 1874 to Belle Fairchild, daughter of Charles Fairchild. See his name. They have one child, and live at the old George Brunk homestead, in the northwest corner of Cotton Hill township. ELIZA A., born April 1, 1854, married Sept. 4, 1873, to Luther Osborn Meredith. See his name. EDWIN, born May 22, 1857, lives with his parents. George W. Poffenberger and wife reside two and a half miles west of Rochester, Sangamon county, Illinois.

SAMUEL, born in 1819, in Maryland, married in Sangamon county to Louisa Dockum, moved to Iowa in 1846, had one child, and Mrs. P. died. He married Hannah Smith, had two children, and she died. Mr. Poffenberger is married again, and resides near Winterset, Iowa.

SARAH A., born August 20, 1821, in Maryland, married in Sangamon county, Dec. 24, 1840, to Adam Unclebee. They had two children. CHARLES served three years in the 3d Ill. Cav.; married Agnes C. Lake, and she died March 16, 1871. See Lake family. Charles Unclebee is married again, and lives in Cotton Hill township. Adam Unclebee died March 20, 1842, and his widow married John S. Hillman. See his name.

EMANUEL, born and died in Maryland, aged eleven years.

MARY A., born in Maryland, married in Sangamon county to Joseph Price, have a large family, and live in Missouri.

JOHN, born in Ohio, raised in Sangamon county, has a family, and lives in Keokuk county, Iowa.

JANE, born in Ohio, brought up in Sangamon county, was married in Jefferson county, Iowa, to John Carson, and lives near Winterset, Iowa.

WILLIAM C., born March 22, 1834, in Columbus, Ohio, was married Oct. 29, 1858, in Sangamon county, Ill., to Lucinda Safley. They have five children, GEORGE W., MARY ANN, JOHN McC., MAY and WILLIAM D., who live with their parents in Springfield, Illinois.

ANDREW, born in Ohio, died, aged ten years, in Iowa.

Christian Poffenberger moved his family to Jefferson county, near Fairfield, Iowa, in 1846. His wife died February, 1853, and he died October, 1857, aged seventy-one years. They both died in Iowa.



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