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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.



CANTERBURY, ASA, was born March 7, 1788, in Virginia. His father died when he was a child, and his mother moved to Bath county, Ky. He was married to Peggy Hornback, who was born Feb. 6, 1791. She lived in Fleming county, on the opposite side of Licking river. There being opposition to their marriage, they went to Aberdeen, O., and were there married. It could there be solemnized on short notice, as no license was required by the laws of Ohio at that time, and runaway wedding parties from Kentucky were quite popular. They had four children in Bath county, and moved to the Fleming side of Licking river, where they had three. The family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1826, in what is now Fancy creek township, where they had four children. Of their eleven children--

ISAAC, born in 1810, in Bath county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, July, 1830, to Elizabeth Morgan. They, with four other families, moved, in 1832, to DesMoines county, Iowa, crossing the Mississippi river at Flint Hills, now Burlington. They were said to be the first white families that ever moved into Iowa. They had six children, and Isaac Canterbury died there in 1848. His widow and children still live in DesMoines county, Iowa.

MARIA, born in 1812, in Bath county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, May 14, 1829, to William Primm. See his name.

CARLISLE H., born Dec. 5, 1814, in Bath county, Ky., married, August 11, 1836, to Emily Morgan, who was born in Sangamon county. They had thirteen children, four of whom died under six years. Of the other nine: ASA married Margaret England, and lives in Ford county. SARAH married William Fuquay, and lives in Ford county. WILLIAM M. enlisted August, 1861, for three years, in Co. F, 28th Ill. Inf. He was sick when he left Camp Butler, and died at Camp Holt, Ky., Nov. 7, 1861. RUTH A. married Wm. H. H. Holland. See his name. OLIVER P., JOHN C., CARLISLE N., LINCOLN G. and LAURA E. live with their parents, in Menard county, two and a half miles west of Cantrall.

VALENTINE, born in 1816, in Bath county, Ky., died in Sangamon county, aged seventeen years.

JOHN F., born August 27, 1820, in Fleming county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, Feb. 22, 1842, to Miranda M. Brittin. They had six children. JOHN B., born March 24, 1843, died March 19, 1864. ASA M. married April 19, 1866, to Lucinda Fisk. They had five children; three died in infancy. The other two, MATTIE E. and ELLIS, live with their parents, at Cantrall. MARY J. married John J. Stevens. They have three children, CHARLES A., JOHN E. and FRANK E., and reside at Cantrall. MARGARET A. married Joseph S. Cantrall. See his name. EVANS E. resides with his father. WM. H. died in infancy. Mrs. Miranda M. Canterbury died Sept. 22, 1853, and Mr. C. married Sept. 24, 1854, to Harriet E. Purkins, of Menard county. They live near Cantrall. John F. Canterbury raised a good crop of wheat in 1842. He hauled sixty-five bushels of it to St. Louis, one hundred miles, and sold it for thirty-seven and a half cents per bushel. He drove three yoke of oxen, was twelve days, and his total receipts were $24.37 1/2.

ELIZA J., born in Fleming county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, to William Cline. See his name.

OLIVER P., born July 21, 1824, in Fleming county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to Elizabeth Council. They have nine children. MARY E. resides with her parents. MARGARET J. married William Vandergrift. He served three years in an Illinois regiment in aiding to suppress the slaveholders' rebellion. They live in Fancy creek township. MARIA F., MELISSA M., JOHN H., ANNIE F., JULIA E., WILLIAM R. and NELLIE E. live with their parents, in Menard county, two and a half miles southwest of Cantrall.

MARTHA A., born in 1827, in Sangamon county, married Elijah Brittin. See his name. He died March 5, 1873, in Iowa.

MARGARET, born about 1829, in Sangamon county, married Stephen England. See his name.

ABRAHAM, born in 1831, in Sangamon county, died aged twelve years.

JULIA A., born about 1834, in Sangamon county, married Agustus J. Bronson, and reside in Menard county, six miles northwest of Williamsville. Mr. B. enlisted August, 1862, in Co. C, 114 Ill. Inf. for three years. He was a hospital steward from 1863, served more than full term, and was honorably discharged in 1865.

Asa Canterbury died Oct. 16, 1856, and his widow died July 8, 1857.



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