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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.



ELLIOTT, MRS. SARAH, was born about 1791, in Maryland, and was taken by her parents to Harrison county, Ky. She was there married to Edward Elliott, a native of Pennsylvania. They had three children in Harrison county, and moved to Gallatin county where four children were born, and Mr. Elliott died, in 1829, near Warsaw, in that county. Mrs. Elliott, with her seven children, moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in Oct. 1830 in what is now Mechanicsburg township. Of her children -

AMANDA, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Eleazer White, had six children, and died July, 1860, in Christian county.

OLIVER, born in Kentucky, raised in Sangamon county, married Mary Nellums, had three children, and he died Nov., 1873, at Mowequa, Ill.

MILFORD, always called Milton, was born about 1818, in Kentucky, raised in Sangamon county, was with the Reed and Donner party, and starved to death in the mountains on the way to the Pacific coast, in the winter of 1846 and '47.

AMERICA, born Oct. 12, 1820, in Gallatin county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to James M. King. See his name.

MARY died, age six years.

WILLIAM, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Elizabeth Miller. They have nine children, and reside near Mt. Auburn, Christian county.

REBECCA, born in Kentucky, married Thompson Kipper, have seven children, and live near Mt. Auburn.

Mrs. Sarah Elliott died Feb., 1857, near Mt. Auburn, Christian county, Ill.



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