DONNER Family - BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1876 HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNTY, IL

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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.

DONNER - A family named Donner lived near Salem, Rowan county, N. C., in the latter part of the eighteenth century. The parents were German speaking, but it is not known whether they emigrated from Germany or were born in this country. They had three sons and three daughters, all born in North Carolina, and moved to Jessamine county, Ky., about 1811. They moved with their children to Decatur county, Ind., and in 1828 came to Sangamon county. Both died at a very advanced age, and were buried about three miles east of Springfield, near Bennett school house. Of their children -

DONNER ELIZABETH

DONNER, GEORGE

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