WOLGAMOT, JOHN
, born in Pennsylvania, and was married there Oct. 28, 1819, to Susannah Martin, a native of Maryland. They had three children, and Mrs. Wolgamot died. John Wolgamot was married August 2, 1827, to Mary A. Firey, a native of Maryland, also. They had three children in Maryland, and moved to Springfield, Illinois, arriving in 1837, where they had three children. Of his nine children--NICHOLAS M., born August 12, 1820, in Hagerstown, Maryland, was married there to Sarah Angle. They reside in Fairview, Fulton county, Illinois.
ELLENORA, born Nov. 14, 1822, in Maryland, was married in Springfield, Illinois, to William Kreigh. She died, and Mr. Kreigh resides at Farmington, Illinois.
SUSANNAH, born Dec. 12, 1823, in Maryland, came to Springfield with her father, and was married Nov. 27, 1845, at Fairview, Fulton county, Illinois, to William Davis, who was born Nov. 10, 1823, in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, and moved to Fulton county, Illinois, with his father in 1837. They had seven children. SARAH R., born Oct. 29, 1847, near Fairview, Illinois, was married in Prairie City, Sept. 20, 1867, to Samuel Barber. They have four children, MINNIE B., LETITIA E., ANNIE and MARY E., and live in Peoria, Illinois. JOHN E., born March, 8, 185??; SIMON G., born August 1, 1853, WILLIAM H., born Sept. 10, 1855, died June 23, 1857; GEORGE H., born Dec. 14, 1857; EDWARD, born Dec. 28, 1859, and MATTIE, born June 26, 1862. All the living reside with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Davis reside near Ludlow, Champaign county, Illinois.
MARY ELIZABETH, born Jan. 28, 1829, in Hagerstown, Maryland, came to Springfield with her parents in 1837, and was married there August, 1849, to Dr. Henry Wohlgemuth. They had six children, two of whom died young. MARY ELLEN died in her twenty-second year. HENRY, WILLIAM and MINNIE reside with their parents in Springfield, Illinois. Dr. Wohlgemuth was born May 22, 1822, in Hanover, Germany. He commenced the study of medicine there, and after coming to Amarica, and his arrival in Springfield, in November, 1845, continued his studies and commenced practice in Springfield in 1846. He graduated in 1854 at the Eclectic Medical Institute at Cincinnati, Ohio. At the organization of the State Eclectic Medical Association of Illinois, he was elected president of the same, and is also a member of the National Eclectic Medical Association. He was elected city physician of Springfield in 1856, and in 1861 and '62 county physician. In 1863, '64 and ,65 he was a member of the city council, and was a member of the board of education for 1866. In 1865 and '66 Dr. Wohlgemuth, Colonel John Williams and Charles W. Matheny composed the board of commissioners who constructed the Springfield water works. Dr. Wohlgemuth was a member, and most of the time president, of the board of managers of Oak Ridge cemetery for twelve years, and it is but simple justice to say that it is largely owing to his persevering and intelligent labors that this piece of land has been changed from a rough and forbidding harbor for wild animals to one of the most beautiful cities of the dead in all our country.
JACOB H., born Jan. 21, 1831, in Maryland, died March 2, 1862, in Springfield, Illinois.
WILLIAM JOSHUA, born Nov. 5, 1835, died Feb. 25, 1837.
MARGARET A., born April 18, 1838, in Hagerstown, Maryland, was married in Springfield to Judge John Race. They reside in Decatur, Illinois.
JOHN F., born August 5, 1842, in Springfield, was married Dec. 1, 1864, to Virginia A. Sperry, who was born Sept. 15, 1847, in Rushville, Illinois. They have one child, MARY A., and live in Springfield, Illinois.
CHARLES W., born Feb. 22, 1851, in Springfield, died there Nov. 16, 1864.
EMERY, born April 28, 1853, in Springfield, was married Feb. 23, 1876, to Anna M. Fosselman, daughter of J. B. Fosselman--druggist--of Springfield. Mr. and Mrs. Wolgamot live in Springfield, Illinois.
John Wolgamot and Mrs. Susannah Wolgamot both died in Springfield, Ill.