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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.



DURBIN, JOSEPH, was born about 1776, in what afterwards became Madison county, Ky. He was married there to Elizabeth Logsdon, and they had twelve children in that county. He then moved his family to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in 1829, and settled in what is now Pawnee township. Of his children:

EDWARD, SYLVESTER and MARGARET married in Kentucky, came to Sangamon county in 1828, and settled in what is now Cotton Hill township. In 1830 the whole family moved to that part of Montgomery which is now Christian county. His son: CHRISTOPHER, born in Kentucky in 1793, married there to Rachel Willis, and moved with his father to Sangamon and Christian county, Ill. They had thirteen children. Their fourth child, JAMES R., born June 18, 1820, in Madison county, Ky., remained with his father until April 10, 1842, when he was married to Ann Simpson. Their only living child, ANGELINE, married Thomas J. Gatton. He died April 20, 1867, leaving a widow and three children, Mary A., Andrew T., and James W.. James R. Durbin died Dec. 1873, and his widow, his widowed daughter and her three children, reside near St. Bernard church in Ball township.



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