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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.



BATTERTON, AMOR, was born May 3, 1772, in Loudon county, Va. Nancy Guthrie was born about 1776, in North Carolina, and her parents moved, when she was a child, to Madison county, Ky. They were there married and had one child, who was drowned in Kentucky river. They moved to Adair county, where they had nine children, and moved to Madison county, Ill., in 1818, and from there to Rock creek, in what is now Menard county, in 1820, thence to what is now Salisbury township, Sangamon county, in the spring of 1822, and settled one and a quarter miles northwest of where Salisbury now stands. Of their nine children--

DAVID, born Nov. 5, 1796, in Kentucky, married Nancy Yoakum. They had eight children, and Mr. B. died in Menard county. His family moved to Cass county, and his widow died there. Their children reside in Menard and Cass counties, and in Kansas. Mr. B. was 1st Lieutenant in a Company in the Winnebago war.

NELSON, born July 27, 1798, in Kentucky, married Betsy Davenport, had four children, and Mr. B. died in De Witt county. Their son WILLIAM was a soldier in an Illinois regiment, and died in 1863, in the army. MARY and NANCY are married, and reside in Minnesota. JAMES W. and his mother live in Missouri.

ANDERSON, born May 3, 1800, in Kentucky, married Polly Robinson, who died, and he married again and went to Arkansas.

WILLIAM, born Dec. 14, 1801, in Adair county, Ky., married Jan. 1, 1833, in Sangamon county, to Eliza Gaines. They had twelve children; two died young. MADISON, born Oct. 20, 1833, enlisted, August 13, 1862, for three years, in Co. B., 114th Ill. Inf., was captured at Guntown, Miss., June 11, 1864, was taken to Andersonville prison and escaped by falling in with Gen. Stoneman's men when they were about to be exchanged Sept. 14, 1864, and was mistaken for one of them. He left them at Atlanta, was furloughed home from Memphis, joined his regiment in Jan., 1865, served to the end of his term, and was honorably discharged, August 3, 1865. He was married April 24, 1864, in Sangamon county, to Cynthia S. Lemmon. They have three living children, MINNIE M., JENNIE, and a boy babe, and reside four and a half miles north of Salisbury. RICHARD, born July 19, 1836, married Permelia Miller, have three children, ADAM F., MURRAY, and ELIJAH, and reside in Menard county. AMY C., born Feb. 19, 1838, married John R. Wells, have seven children, and reside in Macon county, Mo. ROBERT, born August 4, 1839, enlisted for three years, August 13, 1862, in Co. B, 114th Ill. Inf., served full term, and was honorably discharged at Springfield, June 29, 1865. He died at home, August 16, 1868, from the effects of camp diarrhea and sun stroke. HENRY CLAY, born Nov. 12, 1843, married Jan. 20, 1870, to Maria Maltby, who was born May 27, 1850, at Petersburg, Ill. They have one child, IDA MAY, and reside one mile west of Salisbury. MILDRED P., born May 4, 1846, married Daniel C. Pelham. See his name. MARIA, SARAH E., CHARLOTTE and GEORGE W., reside with their parents, one and a quarter miles west of Salisbury.

LEVI, born August 20, 1804, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, March 3, 1831, to Dorcas Sackett. They had six children. MARY A. married Wm. Hines, have ten children, and reside two miles north of Salisbury. THOMAS S. married Lucy Duncan, have five children, JASPER N., ALLIE J., FRANCIS M., GEORGE W. and ANDERSON D., and reside one and a half miles north of Salisbury. ELIAS married Ellen Duncan; have two children, HARVEY and ANNIE, and reside five miles north of Salisbury. AMANDA J. married Ira Brown, and resides two and a half miles north of Salisbury. WILLIAM H. married Mary E. Duncan, has one child, NORA, and resides with his parents, two miles north of Salisbury. Levi Batterton served in a Sangamon county Company in the Winnebago war, and drew as a pension, twice, forty acres of land.

MARY, born Dec. 14, 1804, in Kentucky, married Willoughby Randolph. They had four children. Their youngest son, LEVI, was a soldier in an Iowa regiment, was wounded and died at the battle of Pittsburg landing. The family reside at Knoxville, Iowa.

PRISCILLA, born Feb. 9, 1809, in Kentucky, married June 16, 1836, to William Yoakum, who was born July 28, 1812, in Claiborne county, Tenn. They have one son, WILLIAM F., who married Mary Adams, and resides with his parents in Menard county, two miles north of Salisbury.

SUSANNAH T., born June 7, 1811, married Coleman Gaines. See his name.

E. GEORGE, born June 26, 1814, in Adair county, Ky., married Jan. 19, 1843, in Menard county, to Huberty Clark. They had ten children; one died young. JOHN C. resides with his parents. ELISHA C. married Farinda Duncan. They have three children, EMMA J., EDWARD L. and SYLVA V., and reside one mile southeast of Salisbury. PRISCILLA J. married Wm. Tozer, have three children, and reside five miles northwest of Salisbury. MARY A., MARTHA A., MORRIS M., LAURA A., GEO. M. and CHARLES L., reside with their parents, two miles north of Salisbury.

Mrs. Nancy Batterton died July 31, 1835, and Amor Batterton died August 4, 1835, both near Salisbury.



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