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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.



POWER, GEORGE. See his name, page 578. He was awarded the premium of a gold headed cane for the most skillful feat of horseback riding, by an elderly gentleman, at the fair of the Sangamon county Agricultural Society, in September, 1876. He was in his seventy-ninth year, and the eldest of five competitors. The cane was presented in presence of the langest number of visitors during the fair, by the president of the society, ex-Governor John M. Palmer.



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