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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.



POOR, EVAN, was married in Tennessee to Mahala Enochs, a native of that State. They had one child in Tennessee, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1829 at Springfield. One child was born in Sangamon county, and Mrs. Mahala Poor died. Evan Poor was married to Mary Moris. They had one child. Of his three children--

WILLIAM, born Nov. 28, 1827, in Tennessee, married in Sangamon county, July 13, 1848, to Elizabeth C. Smith. They had six children--JAMES MADISON, born April 21, 1849, was killed Nov. 16, 1862, by a horse that he was riding, falling on and crushing him. MARY C., born Sept. 18, 1852, married April 20, 1871, to William Curtwright, have one child, WILLIAM S., and live near Curran, Illinois. MARTHA J. lives with her parents. MELISSA A. died, March 25, 1871, in her tenth year. JOHN CARROLL and THOMAS M. reside with their parents, one mile north of Curran, Sangamon county, Illinois.

JAMES A., born Feb. 8, 1830, in Sangamon county, married, March 12, 1857, to Sarah A. Smith. They had three children, ELLIS A., WILLIAM R. and EMMA M. James A. Poor died Nov. 12, 1867. His widow married, Dec. 24, 1868, to James McCausland, and live one mile north of Curran, Sangamon county, Illinois.

MARGARET C., born in Springfield, died at sixteen years of age, in Iowa.

Evan Poor died in Springfield, in 1834. Mrs. Mary Poor, after living a widow twenty-seven years, married Rev. Mr. Lynn, a Presbyterian minister, and resides near Glasgow, Jefferson county, Iowa--1874.



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