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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.
CROUCH, DAVID
, born Sept. 29, 1814, in Nicholas county, Ky., came to Sangamon county, Rochester township, in August, 1834. He was married March 29, 1835, to Mrs. Clara Ann Stafford, whose maiden name was Gregory. They had five children in Sangamon county--
PRUDA ANN, born Jan. 26, 1837, married March 18, 1858, to John S. Craig, have two children, EMMA L. and MARY L., and live near Morrisonville.
DELIA ANN, born Jan. 25, 1840, married in Sangamon county Jan. 8, 1857, to A. D. Young, born Feb. 28, 1837, in Shelby county, Ky. They have one child, JULIA D., born in Anderson county, Ky., and live one and a quarter miles south of Rochester.
JONATHAN G.
, born Jan. 18, 1843, married Nov. 26, 1867, to Margaret A. Bell. They have two children, FREDDIE and EDDIE R., and live two miles south of Rochester.
WILLIAM H., born Oct. 15, 1846, married March 16, 1872, to Emma Crouch. They live two miles west of Breckenridge.
KITTY A., born Oct. 11, 1851, married Henry George. They have one child, and reside four miles east of Pawnee.
David Crouch died Sept. 14, 1871, in Sangamon county, and his widow resides one and a quarter miles south of Rochester.
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