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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.



CRAIG, WILLIAM, was born in 1790, in Fayette county, Ky. He was married April 20, 1821, near Stanford, Lincoln county, to Mary P. Swope, who was born there June 20, 1794. In 18?? they moved to Williamson county, ne?? Franklin, Tenn., where they had five children. The family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the spring of 1832 in what is now Island Grove township, south of Spring creek, where they had two children. Of their seven children--

ANDREW E., born Feb. 22, 1822, in Tennessce, died April 20, 1861, in Sangamon county.

WILLIAM, Jun., born Aug. 24, 1823, in Tennessee, enlisted Aug. 15, 1862, for three years, in Co. A, 106th Ill. Inf., served full term, and was honorably discharged Aug. 12, 1865.

MARGARET P., born Feb. 4, 1827, in Tennessee, is unmarried, and resides at the family homestead.

JAMES P., born May, 1829, in Tennessee, died in Sangamon county Oct. 19, 1852.

JOHN B., born Nov., 1830, in Tennessee, died in Sangamon county Jan. 30, 1858.

MARY M., born June 14, 1836, in Sangamon county, married Oct. 11, 1867, to Ammi C. Cheever, who was born Nov. 16, 1825, in Boston, Mass. They have two children, MARY A. and WILLIS C., and reside at the family homestead, in Island Grove township, three miles north of Bates.

RICHARD B., born Aug. 1, 1837, in Sangamon county, resides at the family homestead.

William. Craig died Oct. 2, 1847, and Mrs. Mary P. Craig died Dec. 25, 1871, both on the farm where they settled in 1832



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