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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.



BARBRE, ELI - was born July 25, 1798, in Kentucky. He was married about 1819, in Posey county, Ind., to Nancy Wilkinson, a native of Kentucky, also. They had four children in Indiana and Mrs. Barbre died there in 1828. Mr. Barbre moved to Edgar county, Ill., and was married there Jan. 17, 1829 to Anna Wilson. They had two children in Edgar county, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1835, in what is now Island Grove township, where they had two children. Of their nine children -

ISAAC, born August 10, 1820, in Ind., came to Sangamon county with his parents, returned to Indiana, married Nancy Bennett. He served three years in an Indiana regiment, for the suppression of the rebellion, and resides in Posey county, Ind. WILLIAM, born Nov. 10, 1822, in Posey county, Ind., married in Sangamon county, Jan. 15, 1845, to Rebecca Smith, and had two children. She died, Oct. 18, 1847, leaving one child. He was married Feb. 6, 1849, to Lucy M. Smith. They had nine children. Of all his childfree NANCY J., by the first wife, married James McKee, has two children, Lucy A. and Mary H., and reside in Nodaway county, Mo. MARY A., married James A. Trimble. See his name. MARTHA, the twin mate to Mary, died in infancy. JOHN E., JAMES W., THOMAS F., GEORGE I., RICHARD S., SAMUEL M. and MARTHA C., reside with their parents, two miles east of Curran. William Barbre enlisted Sept.. 18161 in Co. B., 10th Ill. Cav., for three years. He was wagon master and Veterinary Surgeon, and was honorably discharged in June 1863.

CHARLOTTE, born 1824, in Indiana, married Wright Miller, has several children, and resides in Lynn county, Oregon.

CELIA D., born in 1826, in Indiana, married, successively, Edward Bennett, Charles Wiggins and James Cleveland, all of whom died, and she married Henry Atkinson, and resides in Clark county, Ill.

SARAH E., born July 5, 1831, in Edgar county, married in Sangamon county to Harvey Withrow. See his name.

JAMES L., born March 4, 1834, in Edgar county, Ill., married Dec. 18, 1854, to Lucinda Dixon. They had nine children, four of whom died under four years. The latter five, WILLIAM E., ALBERT F., MARY E., HARRIET C. W. and GEORGETTA reside with their parents in Cooper township, three miles southwest of Mechanicsburg.

JOHN A., born Dec. 19, 1835, married March 5, 1857, to Margaret R. McKee, had six children JAMES A., WM. E., EDWIN H., ANNAH L., JENNIE and GEORGE, reside the their parents two and half miles southwest of Mechanicsburg. John A. Barbre enlisted Dec. 23, 1863, in Co. B, 10th Ill. Cav., for three years, served until Nov. 22, 1865, and was honorably discharged at San Antonio, Texas.

MARY C., born in 1837, in Sangamon county, married Rev. Geo. Keller.

Eli Barbre died in the fall of 1846, and his widow married Wm. Withrow. (See his name) She died in the fall of 1871.



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