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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.
FLYNN, CATHARINE
, was born May 14, 1828, in Dublin, Ireland, came with her parents to America when she was seven years old. They first made their home in Amherst, Mass., and then went to Philadelphia. From there she came with the family of Asahel Thayer to Sangamon county, arriving in Chatham May 14, 1839. She was married July 27, 1847, to Jacob Leonard, who was born June 17, 1822, in Stafford, Conn., and came to Chatham Sept. 14, 1844.
They had two children--
CHARLES F., died Jan. 27, 1854, aged two and a half years.
RICHARD F., died August 27, 1862, in his second year. Jacob Leonard and wife reside in Chatham. He is a retired farmer.
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