All Rights Reserved © Copyright 1999, 2000 All material contained on these pages are furnished for the free use of those engaged researching their family origins. Any commercial use, without the consent of the host/author of these pages is prohibited. We have tried to use images that were obtained from sources permitting free distribution, or generated by the author, and are subject to the same restrictions/permissions. All persons contributing material for posting on these pages does so in recognition of their free, non-commercial distribution, and further, is responsible to assure that no copyright is violated by their submission.
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.



VEATCH, WILLIAM, born about 1810, in Harrison county, Kentucky, and was married there to Ursula Foster. They came to Sangamon county in company with her brother, Evan Foster, in 1830, and lived on Lick creek until 1847, when they moved to Mechanicsburg. They had eight children, all born in Sangamon county, Illinois.

MARY, died at 19 years of age.

MARTHA, was burned to death by her clothes taking fire, when she was a child.

J. WESLEY, born Nov. 7, 1836, in Sangamon county, married April 11, 1860, to Eliza Robbins. They have five children, JOHN H., URSULA E., ANN M., GEORGE T. and SARAH F., and reside three miles southwest of Mechanicsburg, Illinois.

WILLIAM, born in 1839, married Sarah Anderson, have four children, and live near Sweet Home, Nodaway county, Missouri.

SAMUEL, born in Sangamon county, enlisted in the fall of 1861, in Co. B, 30th Ill. Inf. for three years, re-enlisted as a veteran, served to the end of the rebellion, was honorably discharged, and died January, 1867, in Sangamon county, Illinois.

JAMES F., born in Sangamon county, enlisted in 1861, in Co. B, 30th Ill. Inf. and died of disease at Vicksburg, in July, 1863.

SARAH A., born Feb. 4, 1845, in Sangamon county, married Thomas Alsbury, has six children, and lives near Sweet Home, Missouri.

JOEL M., born in 1847, in Sangamon county, enlisted in 1864, in Co. B, 10th Ill. Cav., and was killed in the battle at Little Rock, Arkansas, in the same year.

William Veath died March, 1852, and Mrs. Ursula Veatch died in 1868, both in Sangamon county, Illinois.



Return to 1876 Biography Index
Return to Sangamon County ILGenWeb