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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.
ZANE
. Three brothers of that name emigrated from England and settled in Gloucester county, New Jersey. It is not known whether or not they were related to Jonathan and Ebenezer Zane, who explored the country about Wheeling, West Virginia, in 1769, and founded Zanesville, Ohio. Of the three brothers who settled in New Jersey, the first names are not preserved, but one of them had a son, Simeon. His son, Andrew, married Mary Franklin, a distant relative of Benjamin Franklin. They brought up a large family in New Jersey. Their eldest and youngest sons came to Sangamon county, namely--
ZANE, JOHN, born Nov. 8, 1806, in Gloucester county, New Jersey
ZANE, CHARLES S., born March 2, 1831, in Cumberland county, New Jersey.
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