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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.



PURVINES, ALEXANDER C., born March 16, 1794, in Cabarras county, N. C., married Margaret Weddington, and had one child there. They moved to what became Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in 1819, and settled on Richland creek, where they had three children--

ALFRED B., born Oct. 25, 1818, in North Carolina, died in Sangamon county March 11, 1839.

JOHN W., born Oct. 25, 1821, in Sangamon county, died, aged twenty-three years.

ELIZABETH J., born June 23, 1824, in Sangamon county, married John C. Bone. She had one child, ALMEDA J., who married Robert P. Harrison. See his name. Mrs. E. J. Bone died in 1852.

ORAMEL G. L., born Nov. 10, 1826, in Sangamon county, married, February 4, 1862, to Louisa Potter. They have two children, MARY E. and ELIJAH A., and live in Menard county, three miles northeast of Pleasant Plains, Illinois.

Mrs. Margaret Purvines died January, 1831, and Alex. C. Purvines married, Oct., 1831, to Mrs. Jane Hamilton, whose maiden name was Coleman. They had eight children--

MARGARET A., born Sept. 5, 1832, married Abraham J. Duff, have six children, and live in Logan county, Illinois.

WILLIAM G., born Sept. 3, 1834, married Emily F. Eaton. They have four children, VIOLA, LOREN, ALICE and CARROLL, and reside one and three-quarter miles northeast of Pleasant Plains, Illinois.

NANCY S., born Aug. 9, 1836, died, aged sixteen years.

SARAH A., born July 17, 1838, married Samuel H. Armstrong, and lives in Menard county, Illinois.

ALEXANDER J., born August 3, 1840, married Susan Jones. They have seven children, and live in Iroquois county, Illinois.

ITHA L., born Sept. 12, 1843, married E. L. Bone, have five children, and live in Menard county, Illinois.

JAMES O. and

EDGAR C. live with their mother.

Alexander C. Purvines died July 16, 1861, from injuries received by being thrown from a wagon, by a runaway team. His widow, Mrs. Jane Purvines, resides one and one-half miles northeast of Pleasant Plains, Sangamon county, Illinois.--1873.



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