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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.



CARTMELL, ANDREW, was born March, 1766, in Greenbrier county, Va. He went to Bath county, Ky., when he was a young man. Nancy D. Brown was born Oct., 1772, in Culpepper county, Va., and in 1780 was taken by her parents to Bath county, Ky. A. Cartmell and Nancy D. Brown were married and had eight children in Kentucky, and they moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Oct. 10, 1829, six miles northeast of Springfield. Of their children--

WILLIAM W., born Oct., 1800, in Bath county, Ky., married there in 1832, to Mary Crockett, moved to Sangamon county, and from there to Ralls county, Mo., raised a family of six children, and lives near Merton, Grundy county, Mo.

LUCINDA married in Kentucky to John Rudder, had two children, and died there. Her children came to Sangamon county with their grandfather Cartmell. LUCRETIA married Samuel Houston. See his name. THOMAS was a soldier in the 4th Ill. Inf., and was killed in 1847, in the Mexican war.

JOHN M., born August 25, 1802, in Bath county, Ky., was married there March 23, 1829, to Mildred R. Tacket, and came with his parents to Sangamon in the fall of that year. They had five children. AMANDA A., born April 29, 1830, married March 2, 1852, to James Black. See his name. JOHN W., born May 19, 1833, married in Missouri to Mary E. Chipps, have four children, and reside near Merton, Mo. He served three years in Co. C, 23d Mo. Inf., from Aug., 1861. JAMES H., born Oct. 14, 1837, married Martha Crane, who died April 19, 1871, leaving four children. He married Nov. 19, 1872, to Mrs. Zilpha Halbert. whose maiden name was Taylor. They live four miles east of Springfield. ELIZA A., born August 30, 1842, married James Black. See his name. MARION, born July 19, 1845, married Feb. 1, 1872, to M. O. James, have one child, ANNIE E., and live six miles north east of Springfield. Mrs. M. R. Cartmell died April 14, 1875, and John Cartmell lives where his father settled ??hester as 1830. It is six miles northeast of Springfield.

JAMES H., born in 1804, in Kentucky, married there to Elizabeth Duval. He died in Sangamon county, July 17, 1839, and his widow returned to Kentucky.

EVELINE, born July 22, 1807, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, Oct. 25, 1830, to Charles Harper. They had one child, and she died May 6, 1845. Her son ULYSSES lives in Texas.

NANCY, born August 11, 1810, in Bath county, Ky., married there to Willis Cassity. See his name.

ELIZA, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, to Alex. Rigdon, who died, leaving a widow and seven children near Mt. Pulaski.

MARY A., born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Samuel Harper, have four children, and live in Caldwell county, Texas.

ANDREW J., born in Bath county, Ky., came to Sangamon county with his parents, married in Logan county, in 1843, to Nancy Edwards. They had six children. LOUISIANA married P. O'Brannon, and resides near Mt. Pulaski. PERMELIA F., born Nov. 29, 1846, married Walter C. Black. See his name. MARY E. married George Hickman, and live near Lincoln. JAMES H. lives near Mt. Pulaski. TIMOTHY L. lives near Williamsville. ALVIN resides near Mt. Pulaski. Mrs. Nancy Cantrall died Sept. 6, and her husband Oct. 20, 1856, both in Logan county.

Andrew Cantrall died Sept. 12, 1832, and his widow died Dec. 5, 1858, both in Sangamon county.



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