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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.



DAVIES, JOHN, was born in Wales, and came to America when a young man. He was married in Adair county, Ky., to Catharine Antle. They had ten children in Kentucky, and Mr. Davies died there about 1810. His widow moved to Sangamon county about 1826, and settled near Salisbury. Of her children--

GEORGE married in Kentucky to Catharine Tolley, came to Sangamon county before his mother, and died in 1856. His widow and two children live in Kansas.

POLLY married in Kentucky to Richard Walker, came to Sangamon county in 1826, and died in 1870, leaving two children in Bond county.

MICHAEL, born in Kentucky, married twice in Sangamon county, leaving a widow and five children in Menard county.

HENRY, born Oct. 30, 1805, in Cumberland county, Ky., came to Salisbury, Sangamon county, in 1828. He was married there May 5, 1835, to Lucy McGlasson, who was born July 1, 1817, in Adair county, Ky. They had ten children in Sangamon county, namely: JULIA A. was killed by a falling chimney, at four years of age. ELIZABETH, born Jan. 30, 1839, married Ebenezer Colburn. See his name. MARY M., born July 2, 1841, married John Huffmaster. See his name. SALLIE A. died young. MARION, born Sept. 6, 1848, and ALONZO, born Jan. 2, 1852, live with their parents. EMILY J., born Sept. 5, 1854, lives with her sister, Mrs. Colburn. IRAJASPER, born May 25, 1857, and MATILDA, born Nov. 12, 1860, live with their parents. Henry Davies and wife now (1874) live in Loami.

NANCY married in Kentucky to Benjamin Ballenger, and died near Natchez, Miss.

WILLIAM, born in Kentucky, married Elizabeth Duncan, and both died, leaving two married children in Salisbury.

SALLY, born in Kentucky, married Thomas Miller, who died, leaving a widow and six children in Menard county.

JOHN, born July 23, 1815, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, November, 1834, to Polly Duncan. They have five children; two of them married, and all live in Salisbury.

MILTON, born in Kentucky in 1817, married Lucy A. McMurphy, have two children, and live in Salisbury

Mrs. Catharine Davies died in 1846, in Salisbury.



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