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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.



CLEMENTS, GEORGE, was born in Amherst county, Va.; was married to Lizzie Holliday, who was a native of Virginia also. They had six children in Virginia, and the family moved to Garrard county, Ky., and from there to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving early in 1830 in what is now Woodside township. Of the children--

WILLIAM, born Oct. 14, 1797, in Virginia, married in Kentucky and died, leaving a family there.

JOHN, born May 13, 1800, in Virginia, married in Kentucky to Elizabeth Turpin, came with his father to Sangamon county. They had three living children. HENRY D. married Eliza Skane, had two children, and she died. He lives in Sangamon county. LUCINDA married William Barger, and resides in Mechanicsburg. ELIZA married Isaiah Pryor, and live in Missouri.

THOMAS, born Nov. 22, 1802, in Amherst county, Va., married Sindicey Harris, August 2, 1822. They had eight children. AMERICA, born July 21, 1823, married John C. Cloyd. See his name. LOUISIANA, born July 16, 1826, married John A. Miller. See his name. JAMES A., born Nov. 18, 1828, in Ky., married Permelia Hatten, who was born in 1826, in Garrard county, Ky. They reside four miles southwest of Chatham. ELIZA A., born in Sangamon county, Oct. 22, 1832, resides with her sister, Mrs. Matthew Cloyd. FANNY, born Oct. 13, 1833, in Sangamon county, married Oct. 18, 1848, to Matthew Cloyd. See his name. GEO. W., born Oct. 14, 1835, died, aged ten years. SINDICEY J., born August 28, 1837, died March, 1854. THOMAS R., born May 6, 1839, married Sept. 4, 1861, to Elizabeth Ellison, who was born in Carthage, O. They have two children, ADA and JAMES H., and live in Chatham township. HENRY H., born Jan. 3, 1841, married Emily Sparks, has three children, and live near Topeka, Kansas. Mrs. Sindicey Clements died Feb. 21, 1842, and Thomas Clements married in 1844 to Mrs. Alcey Baucom, whose maiden name was Neville. Thomas Clements died March, 1855, and his widow resides with her daughter, Mrs. T. Gordon Cloyd,

SINDICEY married Henry Collier. They have one child, LOUISIANA, and live in Rochester.

ELIZA A., born March 29, 1811, in Amherst county, Va., married Samuel Cloyd. See his name.

FANNY, born July 17, 1808, married May 19, 1844, to John Levi. He died Dec. 23, 1872, and his widow lives in Rochester.

George Clements and his wife both died in Sangamon county.



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