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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.



STEVENSON, MILES, was born in Tennessee, and came to Sangamon county about 1822, in what is now Cartwright township. He was married to Deborah Irwin. They had one child in Sangamon county, and moved to Menard county, where six children were born. Of their seven sons--

JAMES M., born Nov. 7, 1829, near what is now Richland Station, Sangamon county, Ill. He was married May 4, 1856, to Martha A. Loving, of Logan county. They have two children, MINERVA J. and SOPHRONIA A., and live near Salisbury, Sangamon county, Ill.

SAMUEL L. and WILLIAM A., died aged about seventeen years each.

DAVID F., is unmarried, and lives with his brother, James M.

JOHN, enlisted in 1862 for three years in Co. F, 114th Ill. Inf. He was captured at the battle of Guntown, Mississippi, June, 1864, was in Andersonville prison pen until the end of the rebellion, and came very near losing his life. He was honorably discharged in 1865, married Mary Loving, has two children, FRANLIN C. and MATILDA, and live near Salisbury, Sangamon county, Illinois.

ALBERT, died young.

WESLEY, married Effie Sharp, has two children, and lives near Cantrall, Illinois.

Mrs. Deborah Stevenson died December, 1852, and Miles Stevenson died May 14, 1868, both in Menard county, Ill.



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