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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.



SKEEN, JAMES, was born March 29, 1811, in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. Lydia A. Moore was born Feb. 13, 1813, in Lycoming county, Pennsylvania. Her parents moved to Lancaster county, when she was a child. James Skeen and Lydia A. Moore were married November, 1834, and had two children in Lancaster county, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving May 15, 1838, at Springfield. A few days later they moved twelve miles west of Springfield and south of Spring creek, where they had seven children, namely--

ELIZA J., born Sept. 21, 1825, in Pennsylvania, married in Sangamon county to William Parsons. They have six children, and reside near Decaturville, Camden county, Missouri.

SAMUEL, born Dec. 7, 1837, in Pennsylvania, died 1838 in Sangamon county.

SARAH A., born Feb. 26, 1840, in Sangamon county, married John Allen, had one child, ELIZABETH, and the MARY S., born Dec. 19, 1843, married Moses O. Booker. They had one child, MARY O., and Mr. Booker enlisted August, 1862, for three years, in Co. A, 106th Ill. Inf. He died Sept. 17, 1863, at Paducah, Kentucky. His widow maried James Davenport, had one child, ELIZA J., and the mother died April 26, 1870.

NANCY, born June 23, 1845, married Feb. 17, 1869, to Bryant Fay. They have one child, and live in Berlin, Illinois.

REUBEN, born Jan. 4, 1847, married Catharine E. Shryer, April, 1868. They have two children, WILLIE and EPHRAIM, and reside near Bates, Illinois.

LYDIA C., born Nov. 23, 1849, married John Davenport, have one child, and live near Berlin, Illinois.

WILLIAM F. and ISABELLA, (twins) born March 29, 1853. She died in infancy, and he lives with his mother.

AGNES J., born March 18, 1858, lives with her mother.

James Skeen died Oct. 12, 1859, in Sangamon county, and his widow resides five miles east of Berlin, Sangamon county, Illinois.



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