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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.



WALGAMOT, SAMUEL, born in 1776, in Washington county, Maryland, was married there to Mary Beard, who was born Jan. 12, 1791, in the same county. They had four children in Maryland, and moved across the state line into Franklin county, Pennsylvania, where three children were born. They returned to Maryland, and from there came to Sangamon county, Illinois. They were seven weeks on the way, arriving May 30, 1840, in what is now Woodside township. Of their children--

ELIZABETH, born Jan. 5, 1812, in Maryland, was married November, 1837 to Samuel Stover. See his name.

MARY, born March 3, 1813, in Maryland, was married April, 1840, to George Baugh, and died Oct. 24, 1840, in Sangamon county, Illinois.

CATHARINE, born Dec. 1, 1815, it Pennsylvania, was married in Maryland January, 1840, to William E. Redman See his name.

JOHN B., born April 5, 1819, in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, was married in Sangamon county, Illinois, Jan. 19 1843, to Anna M. Todd. They had on living child, MARY J., born Jan. 5, 1844 in Sangamon county, was married Oct. 26, 1869, to John M. Baugh, who was born Jan. 14, 1847. They had two children, MILTON A. and BRYAN G. Mr. Baugh was killed by lightning, May 28, 1874, while working in his cornfield, near Woodside, Sangamon county, Illinois. His widow and children reside there. Mrs. Anna M. Wolgamot died July 28, 1846, and John B. Wolgamot was married Oct. 24, 1854, to Emily E. Wood. They had seven children, three of whom died under seven years of age. ANNIE M., ELIZABETH E, JOHN R. and BARBARA reside with their father. Mrs. Emily E. Walgamot died Feb. 21, 1869, and John B. Walgamot was married Aug. 18, 1874, to Mrs. R. J. Widup, and resides at Woodside, Sangamon county, Illinois.

RARBARA, born March 25, 1820, in Pennsylvania, was married in Sangamon county, Illinois, to Adam Johnson. See his name in Omissions.

SAMUEL, Jun., born Feb. 12, 1823, in Pennsylvania, married Lydia Cressy, who died, and he married Eliza Mahar. They have one child, KATE, and reside near Ottawa, Kansas.

ISABEL, born May 1, 1825, in Pennsylvania, married Seldon C. Whitney. They have five children, BARBARA A., DAVID S., BETTIE, KATIE and MAY, and reside near Ottawa, Kansas.

Samuel Walgamot died Sept. 3, 1868, and his widow died Jan. 21, 1873, both in Woodside township, Sangamon county, Illinois.



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