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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.



WILLIS, Mrs. HENRIETTA, whose maiden name was Earnest, a sister to Jacob and Thomas Earnest. She was born Sept. 15, 1783, in South Carolina, and married in Simpson county, Kentucky, to William Willis. They had seven children, and Mr. Willis died in Kentucky. Mrs. Willis, with her children, came to Sangamon county about 1825. Of her children--

RICHARD, spent ten or twelve years in Sangamon county, and went to lowa. He left there in 1849 or '50, and was last heard from in California.

ELIZABETH, born in Simpson county, Kentucky, married William Simpson. See his name.

STARLING, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Sarah Halliday, had children, moved to Knox county, Illinois, and from there to Oregon.

WILLIAM went from Sangamon county to Wisconsin, married there, and died from injuries by a threshing machine.

MARTHA married in Sangamon county to Samuel Jones, moved to Knox county, had three children and he died. She married Benjamin Sims, and she died.

THOMAS went from Sangamon county to Iowa on business, and died there.

DRUCILLA, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Asher Simpson. They have eight children, and reside near Clinton, Dewitt county, Illinois.

Mrs. Henrietta Willis died August 10, 1846, in Sangamon county, Illinois.



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