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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.



BURTON, EDWARD, was born Oct. 13, 1796, on Roanoke river, Va., and went to Rutherford county, Tenn. He was there married to Frances Hudson, who was born April 10, 1797, in Virginia also. They had five children in Tennessee, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., in 1825 or '6, and settled on Lick creek, in what is now Chatham township, where they had four children. Of their children--

JOHN A., born in Tennessee, married in Sangamon county, Aug. 8, 1844, to Elizabeth H. Park. He died March 11, 1859, leaving two children. MARY F. married July 31, 1861, to William H. H. Harris, who was born July 8, 1841, in Macoupin county. They have three children, ALLIE F., VINETTIE and ZELMIE, and live four miles southwest of Loami, LEONARD F., lives with his sister, Mrs. Harris. Mrs. E. H. Burton married Wm. S. Morris. See Park family.

EIZABETH G. died, aged twenty-five years.

ELLEN married Blaney Pitts, have nine children, and reside near Centralia.

MARY, born Dec. 21, 1822, in Rutherford county, Tenn., married in Sangamon county, Oct. 18, 1840, to William Edwards. See his name.

PERMELIA A., born Aug. 1, 1826, married Oct. 13, 1840, to Henry Edwards, who was born Jan. 6, 1820, in Garrard county, Ky. He is nephew to his brother-in-law, William Edwards. They had twelve children; nine died under seven years. GEORGE D. died at nineteen. ERVING lives with his parents. RICHARD S. married Margaret E. Adams, have two living children, HENRY P. and ADA M., and live in Talkington township. Henry Edwards and wife reside in Talkington township also (1884).

RICHARD S. married Sarah J. Edwards. He enlisted in an Illinois regiment, and died at home on sick furlough, leaving three children. His widow married, and resides in Texas.

JULIETTE married James Jordan Edwards. See his name.

BENJAMIN W. married Rachel G. Park. They have two children, NELSON M. and NANCY E. Mr. Burton died Jan. 4, 1861. His widow and children reside two and three-quarter miles west of Loami (1874).

LUCINA married James A. Edwards. See his name.

Edward E. (or D.) Burton died at Girard Ill., April 8, 1859, while attending Sangamon Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, to which he was a delegate. Mrs. Margaret Burton died Sept. 1, 1859, in Sangamon county.



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