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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.



YOAKUM, MATTHIAS, brother to William and James Yoakum, was born either in Virginia or Claiborn county, Tenneasee, came to Sangamon county, Illinois, in 1819. He married Elizabeth McHenry, and had eight children--

HIRAM married Catharine Elmore, and died in 1856, leaving one child, WILLIAM.

MARY married Eli Yoakum, and lives in Crawford county, Kansas.

JESSE, born Nov. 10, 1831, in Sangamon county, married Jan. 10, 1856, to Margaret Thompson, and has five children, GEORGE C., FRANKLIN T., WILLIAM R., MARY C. and EDMUND, and live cast of the Sangamon river, near Salisbury, Illinois.

CATHARINE married Z. S. Cogdal, has four children, and live near Salisbury, Illinois.

ELIHO B. married Mary A. Cogdal, has one child, and lives in Menard county, Illinois.

THOMAS C., born August 14, 1840, married May 17, 1865, to Barilla Hoag. They had one child, MAUD. Mr. Yoakum is postmaster at Salisbury, Sangamon county, Illinois, is also a merchant, and resides there.

ROBERT C. lives with his mother.

Matthias Yoakum died August 27, 1857, and his widow lives in Menard county, Illinois--1874.



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