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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.



BAKER, THOMAS, was born March 3, 1794, in Campbell county, Ky.; brother to John L. Nancy Robertson was born Oct. 9, 1806, in Harrison county, Va. They were married Dec. 29, 1823, in Kanawha county, West Va., at the house of Jonathan Jarrett. Sen. Mr. and Mrs. Baker had two children in West Virginia, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Nov. 1826, in what is now Loami township, where they had eight children. Of their ten chilldren--

JOHN, born March 16, 1825, in West Virginia, died in Sangamon county, Aug. 29, 1835.

CHARLES, born April 12, 1826, in West Virginia, married in Sangamon county, August 11, 1844, to Lucretia Minter. They moved in the fall of that year to Tarrant county, Texas. He died there in 1871, leaving a widow and ten children.

WILLIAM, born Feb. 11, 1829, in Sangamon county, married Jan. 10, 1850, to Margaret Morris. They have ten children, and reside near Bancroft, Daviess county, Mo.

MARY A., born Dec. 27, 1831, in Sangamon county, married Nov. 8, 1853, to Barnard A. VanDeren. See his name. They had two children, THOMAS N. and MAGGIE L. Mr. VanD. died, and she married, Nov. 2, 1868, to John Lowery, who was born Sept. 15, 1837, in county Down, Ireland. They had two children, MARY A. and BARNARD A.; the latter died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Lowery reside four miles south of Loami.

MARGARET, born Oct. 27, 1834, in Sangamon county, married Dec. 18, 1857, to James W. Greenwood. See his name.

THOMAS, Jun., born Oct. 1, 1836, in Sangamon county, married April 23, 1861, to Mary J. Hall. She died August 21, 1866, leaving one child, GEORGE W. Mr. Baker was married March 19, 1867, to Mrs. Harriet Cosser, whose maiden name was Hall. They have two children, JOSEPH F. and HATTIE, and reside three and a half miles southwest of Loami.

NANCY, born March 28, 1839, in Sangamon county, married William G. Miller. See his name. She died, leaving two children with their father, who is married and resides in Loami township.

CYRUS W., born May 19, 1842, in Sangamon county, married April 13, 1862, to Sarah A. Jarrett. They have three children, HENRY, BARNARD A. and JO. C., and reside one and a half miles southwest of Loami.

SARAH J., born Dec. 7, 1846, in Sangamon county, married Nov. 2, 1865, to Joseph O. Joy. They have three childdren, CHARLES W., WILLIE A. and JOHN W., and reside three miles southwest of Loami. Mr. Joy was a soldier in suppressing the rebellion.

ISAAC N., born Dec. 11, 1849, in Sangamon county, married April 21, 1870, to Sarah E. Post. They have one child, HARRY O., and reside at the homestead settled by his parents.

Thomas Baker, Sen., died Jan. 5, 1852, and his widow resides at the homestead settled by herself and husband in 1826. It is one and a half miles southwest of Loami.



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