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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.



COWGILL, WILLIAM M., was born near Lebanon, Warren county, Ohio, and was married early in 1832, in Lebanon, to Clemantine Sayre, a native of the same county. They moved in the spring of that year to Springfield, Ill., and had five children, namely--

WILLIAM B., born March 29, 1833, in Springfield, and married in his native place May 16, 1855, to Margaret D. Sprigg, who was born Aug. 18, 1833, in Effingham county, Ill. They have three children, born in Springfield. WILLIAM C., born March 12, 1858; JOHN ALBERT, Jan. 17, 1860, and DUNCAN S., Oct. 6, 1868, all reside with their parents in Springfield. William B. Cowgill is a dealer in real estate.

CATHARINE L., born in Springfield, married June 30, 1852, to Daniel C. Brown. See his name.

ALBERT H., born in Springfield, married Mary L. Brown, and live in his native city.

MARY CLEMANTINE and CORNELIA SAYRE, reside in Springfield. The former is a teacher in the Bettie Stuart Institute.

William M. Cowgill was engaged in mercantile pursuits from 1832 to 1844, in Springfield, when he moved to Petersburg. Mrs. Clemantine S. Cowgill died in 1854, and William M. Cowgill died in 1862, both in Petersburg, Menard county, Ill.



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