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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.




SMITH, PHILIP, was born about 1790 in Montgomery county, North Carolina. He was married there to Nancy Cooper. They had seven children, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in 1822 in what is now Cooper township, and the next year moved to Williams township, where five children were born. Of their children--

EPHRAIM, born in North Carolina, has been twice married, and lives in Putnam county.

TILGHMAN, born in North Carolina, married in Sangamon county to Nancy Doughty, have several children, and live near Burlington, Iowa.

ELIZABETH married Andrew Sutton. Both died, leaving one child, WILLIAM I.

PHILIP Jun., born May 13, 1813, in North Carolina, married in Sangamon county July 17, 1834, had ten children. MARY A. married William Dolvan, have two children, and live at Elkhart, Illinois. JOHN enlisted in 1862 in Co. C, 114th Ill. Inf., for three years, served until June, 1864, when he was discharged on account of physical disability, married Martha Williams, have two children, ULYSSES F. and IDA BELL. Mrs. Smith died March 13, 1872, and he resides with his parents--1874. NANCY J. married Sylvanus Tuttle, had one child, RALSTON. Mr. Tuttle enlisted in 1862 for three years in Co. C, 114th Ill. Inf., and was killed at the siege of Vicksburg, May 19, 1863. His widow married William H. Smith. They have two children, PHILIP and IVY MAY, and live in Wiliiamsville, Illinois. WILLIAM O. enlisted August, 1862, in Co. C, 114th Ill. Inf., came home on sick furlough and died Oct. 13, 1862, in his 21st year. HENRY T. married Harrict Kinnaman, have two children, and live in Williams township. REZIN married Izora Fisher, and lives in Williams township. JULIA F. married Edward Clapman, and live in Williams township. LAURA L. and SUSAN C. live with their parents, four and a half miles southeast of Williamsville, Illinois.

LEVI married Eveline Darnall. They have eleven children, and reside in Henry county Iowa.

CELIA married Joseph Hill. Both died of cholera and left four children.

JOHN, married Martha Brown, had two children, JOHN W. and ROMULUS, and Mrs. Martha Smith died. He married Elizabeth Hendrix. They had three children. SUSAN married in 1860 to William H. Smith, had one child, FLORA E., and Mrs. Susan Smith died. ALICE A. married William T. Ham. See his name. JENNIE married George Strawn, and lives in Williamsville, Illinois. John Smith died and his widow married Stephen King. See his name.

EDA married George Sutton, have six children, and reside near Lincoln.

NANCY A. married William McDaniel, had two children, and he died, and she married William Starr, had three children, and he died and she married Mr. West, and lives near Riverton, Illinois.

MARY A. married Charles Kinnaman and had nine children. CELIA J.; ANTHONY W. served three years in Co. C, 114th Ill. Inf. He married Emily Blue, has two children, and lives in Williamsville, Illinois. GEORGE W. lives in Palmer, Christian county, Illinois. All the other members of the family live at Clayton, Adams county, Illinois.

LOUISA married William House, who died, leaving one child, and she married Joseph Young, and lives in California.

IRVIN M. married Jennie Holt, and lives in Louisa county, Iowa.

Mrs. Nancy Smith died in 1854, near Barclay, and Philip Smith died in 1860 in Christian county, Illinois.




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