WHITESIDES, CHARLES, born 1785 in Virginia, and taken by his parents to Fayette county, Kentucky. They traveled in boats from Pittsburg down the Ohio river to Limestone--now Maysville--Kentucky. Charles Whitesides was married in 1810 in Fayette county, Kentucky to Elizabeth Graves, who was born in 1788 in that county. They had five children in Fayette county, and in 1819 moved to Cumberland county, same state, where five children were born, and the family moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving June 30, 1831, in Springfield. In 1833 they moved to the vicinity of Williamsville, and in 1835 moved to German Prairie, northeast of Springfield. Of their children--

JOHN M., born April 11, 1811, in Fayette county, Kentucky, was married in Cumberland county, same state, to Elizabeth Dawson. They had five children, and Mrs. Whitesides died in Kentucky. He and his children came to Sangamon county in 1844, and now reside in Linn county, Kansas.

EMILY, born in 1813 in Kentucky, died in Sangamon county in 1833.

WILLIAM A., born Nov. 5, 1815, in Fayette county, Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, Illinois, Feb. 19, 1846, to Honor A. Branch. They had two children, ALBERT, born Dec. 27, 1846, died Dec. 7, 1860; LOUISIANA, born Sept. 11, 1849, was married Oct. 13, 1870, to Edmond Miller. See his name. She died Nov. 23, 1871. Mrs. Rebecca Branch, the mother of Mrs. Whitesides, died at their house July 25, 1876. She spent the last sixteen years of her life in their family. William A. Whitesides and family reside two miles northeast of Rochester, Sangamon county, Illinois.

THOMAS H. born May 12, 1817, in Kentucky, was married to Mary Randolph. They went to Pike's Peak, where Mrs. Whitesides died, leaving four children, two of whom have since died. T. H. Whitesides resides near Mt. Pulaski, Logan county, Illinois.

CHARLES H. born March, 1819, in Fayette county, Kentucky, was married in Springfield to Emeline Sargent. They had five children, and moved to California in 1850. The last heard from them, in 1872, they were in the Sandwch Islands.

NICHOLAS B., born April 18, 1821, in Cumberland county, Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, April 8, 1847, to Agnes J. Turley. They had five children, two of whom died young. EMILY C., born March 4, 1850, resides with her father. MARY E., born March 11, 1854, was married Jan. 19, 1873, to Wilson W. Yates, and resides near Plato, Iroquois county, Illinois. IDA A., born April 19, 1862, resides with her father. Mrs. Agnes J. Whitesides died May 19, 1863, and N. B. Whitesides resides four miles east of Springfield, Illinois.

GEORGE G., born Feb. 23, 1824, in Cumberland county, Kentucky, brought up in Sangamon county, Illinois, and married Elizabeth A. Berks. They had four children, SARAH E., ROBERT F., JOHN M. and WILLIAM A. Mrs. W. died, and G. G. Whitesides married Mrs. A. Benton, whose maiden name was Copeland. They had one child, MAGGIE R. Mrs. G. G. Whitesides had two children by her first marriage, LYDIA A. and EUNICE E. Benton. G. G. Whitesides and family reside in Logan county, north of Illiopolis, Illinois.

MARGARET C., born March 15, 1826, in Kentucky, died in Sangamon county, in 1845.

MARY E., born May 15, 1828, in Cumberland county, Kentucky, raised in Sangamon county, was married March 1, 1855, to Andrew Buckles. They had seven children, two died young. MARY T., FLORA A., EMMA L., HENRY S. and ROBERT E., and reside near Mt. Pulaski, Illinois.

MARION F., born August 28, 1830, in Cumberland county, Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, Jan. 1, 1852, to Anna E. Black. They had four children, three died in infancy. MARY, the eldest, resides with her parents. M. F. Whitesides and wife reside in Springfield, Illinois.

Charles Whitesides died March 31, 1836, four miles northeast of Springfield, and his widow died June 25, 1855, in Logan county, Illinois.