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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.



SIMPSON, WILLIAM, was born in 1808, in Simpson county, Ky. He came to Sangamon county, Ill., in 1829, and was married to Ehzabeth Willis, who was born May 17, 1806. They had six children in Sangamon county, namely:

MARTHA, born Aug. 6, 1837, married May 8, 1861, to Joel H. Ellis. See his name.

MARGARET J., born March 10, 1839, is unmarried, and lives at the southeast corner of Gardner township, at the homestead.

HENRIETTA, born Jan. 10, 1841, is unmarried, and lives near Sidney, Champaign county, Ill.

MARY, born March 24, 1843, married April 24, 1873, to Miller Winston, and lives near Sidney, Champaign county, Illinois.

NANCY, born Aug. 30, 1845, married Sept. 28, 1859, to John Spinning. They have one child, WILLIAM S., and live in Bloomington, Illinois.

WILLIAM T., born April 5, 1852, married Oct. 16, 1873, to Burzilla K. Reed, and lives at the family homestead, three and a half miles southwest of Farmingdale, Sangamon county, Ill.

Mrs. Elizabeth Simpson died Feb. 17, 1860, and William Simpson died March 30, 1872, both in Sangamon county, Ill.



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