BIRD, ABIGAIL, was born Sept. 27, 1824, in Mason county, Ky., came with her mother to Sangamon county, Ill., in 1835, married, Oct. 12, 1843, to Hugh Sutherland. He was born May 4, 1816, in Edinburgh, Scotland, came to America in 1827, remained in the Atlantic States until 1841, when he came to Sangamon county. Mr. and Mrs. S. had nine children, Charles W., next to the youngest, died in his third year. Of the other eight--

HESTER J., born Dec. 21, 1844, in Sangamon county, married March 17, 1869, to Joseph N. Burcham, have two children, REUBEN and JOHN L., and reside three and a quarter miles east of Mechaniscburg.

BETSY J., born Sept. 17, 1846, died Sept. 2, 1858.

JOHN G., born April 28, 1848, in Sangamon county, married, August 31, 1870, in his native county, to Mary J. Peak. They had two children, ARTHUR CLARK and CARLOS B. The latter died in his second year. Mrs. S. died March 12, 1875, in the twenty-seventh year of her age. John G. Sutherland resides at Warrensburg, Ill.

ELLEN R. born Jan. 30, 1850, in Sangamon county, married Feb. 14, 1875, to William Upton, and resides three and a half miles east of Mechanicsburg.

ABIGAIL ANN, born Dec. 23, 1851, in Sangamon county, married Feb. 7, 1875, to Charles Mussenden, and resides four miles east of Mechanicsburg.

THOMAS M., born Sept. 8, 1854,

HUGH A., born Dec, 12, 1856, and

CHARLEY B., born Dec. 29, 1861.

The three latter reside with their parents, adjoining Illiopolis on the east.