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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.



DOZIER, MRS. NANCY, born May, 1793, in Montgomery county, Ky., and married there to John Dozier. He died in 1829, leaving a widow and seven children. Mrs. Dozier, with part of her children, moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in November, 1833, in what is now Woodside township, and the next spring moved to what is now Cotton Hill township. Of her seven children--

JAMES I., born Jan. 1, 1811, in Montgomery county, Ky., married Jan. 22, 1843, in Sangamon county, to Mary W. Armstrong. They had nine children. JANE, born Oct. 24, 1843, in Sangamon county, was married June 22, 1864, to George Dalbey, who was born in Pickaway county, O., Jan. 31, 1830. They have five children, GEORGE W., EDWIN J., CHARLES N., JAMES H. and SAMUEL. All live with their parents in Springfield. Mr. D. is trading in cattle in west Missouri. THOMAS. W., born April 14, 1845, married March 17, 1872, to Mary F. Greenawalt. They had one child, GEORGE A., and reside in Cotton Hill township, near Zion chapel. ZACHARIAH, JOHN, CAROLINE A., NANCY A., JAMES I., Jun., EDWARD S. and FRANK, reside with their parents on the farm where Mr. Dozier settled in 1834. It is between Horse and Brush creeks, in Cotton Hill township.

JANE, born February, 1814, in Kentucky, married there to J. Lenegar. She died in 1866 in Clarke county, Ill., leaving her husband and several children. Her son JOHN was a member of an Illinois regiment, and died at Jackson, Tenn., during the rebellion.

SUSAN, born in 1816, in Kentucky, married there to Bedford W. Higgins. See his name.

CAROLINE, born in 1818, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Jackson Matthews, and both died in Sangamon county.

AMERICA, born in 1820, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Joseph Mathews, and she died.

ANN, born in 1822, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Daniel Keys, and reside near Pana. See his name.

JOHN, born March 5, 1830, in Montgomery county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, Jan. 7, 1855, to Susan Womack. They had five children; one died, aged four years. JAMES A., WILLIAM J., JESSE L. and NANCY E. reside with their parents, two miles west of Pawnee.

Mrs. Nancy Dozier was married in 1836 to Joseph Matthews, Sen. He died in 1844, and she died March 23, 1852, both in Sangamon county.



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