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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.



SLATER, JAY, born Feb. 25, 1795, in Massachusetts, was married March 12, 1826, in Sangamon county, Ill., to Lucretia Carman, who was born in 1806, in New York. They had six living children in Sangamon county--

JAMES HARVEY, born Dec. 28, 1826, nine miles south of Springfield, left home March 28, 1849, driving an ox team over the plains, and arrived in California Sept. 11, of that year. In the autumn of 1851 he went to Oregon, and was one of the delegates to the territorial legislature of Oregon, also a member of the constitutional convention. He was married there in 1853 to Elizabeth Gray, a native of Georgia. They had nine children. James Harvey Slater was elected in 1870 to represent Oregon in the United States Congress. He lives at LaGrande, Union county, Oregon.

LYMAN BEECHER, born Aug. 7, 1828, in Sangamon county, was married April 28, 1853, in Mt. Auburn, Christian county, Ill., to Angeline Bodkin. She died July 30, 1854. Lyman B. Slater graduated in the medical department of Missouri State University, in St. Louis, in 1855. Dr. Slater was married Oct. 4, 1855, to Sarah Stockwell, who was born July 15, 1830, in Vermont. They have six children, MARGARET, LYMAN T., EMMA, ALICE L., MARY T., and JAMES H., who live with their parents. Dr. L. B. Slater is a practicing physician, and resides at Taylorville, Ill.

JULIA, born Sept. 26, 1833, in Sangamon county, married William Campbell. They have three children, MARY, OLIVE and CHARES.

JOHN M., born Aug. 26, 1835, in Sangamon county, was married April 30 1856 to Leah Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell. They had eight children, LEWIS J. and IDA C., died young, LAURA L., CHARLES GRANT, LYMAN H., JOHN A., NORA E. and ROBERT O., live with their parents, half a mile north of Cross Plains postoffice, Sangamon county, Ill.

OLIVE J., born Nov. 8, 1838, in Sangamon county, was married March 2, 1858, to Samuel P. Stevens. They have four children, ENOS, SAMUEL, MARIETTA and LYMAN, and live near Arvilla, Jasper county, Missouri.

SOPHRONIA P., born Jan. 19, 1845, was married in 1865 to William Neer. They have two children, and live four miles west of Grove City, Christian county, Illinois.

Mrs. Lucretia Slater died July, 1853, and Jay Slater was married March 15, 1854, to Lavina Alkire, who was born Oct. 6, 1823, in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, and came to Springfield in 1838. Mr. and Mrs. Slater had two children, one died in infancy.

ALBERT J., born Dec. 19, 1856, in Sangamon county, is a student--1874.

Jay Slater died July 19, 1860, in Sangamon county. Mrs. Lavina Slater was married Oct. 19, 1863, in Sangamon county to Frederick G. Tabler, who was born Sept. 2, 1827, in the Kingdom of Wurtemburg, Germany, and came to America in 1857. Mr. and Mrs. Tabler have two children.

GEOGE F., born Sept. 10, 1864, and

MARY E,, born Dec. 15, 1866. The two latter reside with their parents, one and a half miles northwest of Bradfordton, Sangamon county, Illinois.



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