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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.



WEST, ELIJAH, was born July 30, 1786, near Carlisle, Nicholas county, Kentucky. He married Elizabeth Henderson, had nine children in Kentucky, and moved to Macoupin county, Illinois, and from there to Sangamon county, arriving in 1835, in Auburn township. Of their children--

JESSE B. married Eliza J. Peebler, in Iowa, and lives there.

MAHALA married Davidson Smith, and lives in Wisconsin.

ELIJAH A. was married in Sangamon county to Atha Organ. They had four children. ATHA A. married Scott Bumgarner, and lives in Auburn township. WILLIAM T., ELIJAH A., Jun., and MARGARET A. live with their mother. Elijah A. West died Nov. 20, 1855, and his widow lives in Auburn township, Sangamon county, Illinois.

JOHN H. died unmarried.

NATHAN A. went to Iowa, and married Mary Peebler. They live in Oregon.

SARAH A. married John Allsbury, and died in Piatt county, Illinois.

WILLIAM M. married Hannah J. Landers, and lives in Auburn township, Sangamon county, Illinois.

MILTON M. died unmarried.

ELIZABETH lives in Piatt county, Illinois.

Elijah West died Jan. 8, 1840, and his widow died also, both in Sangamon county, Illinois.



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