GARLAND, NICHOLAS AUSTIN, born Feb. 23, 1806, in Albemarle county, Va., was married July 16, 1827, at Liberty, Bedford county, Va., to Mary C. M. Phillips, who was born there, May 2, 1810. They had one child there, and in 1829 moved to the vicinity of where Carondelet, Mo., now stands. In moving, he went across the country with a six horse team, taking with him seven or eight slaves that he had inherited from his father's estate. That was about all the property he had, but soon after his arrival in Missouri he resolved that he could not conscientiously hold slaves, and determined to extricate himself from the uncongeniel position. He hired them out for a few years, with a proviso for each to be free at a given time, and retained them all under his control until the last one was liberated. He still farther manifested his aversion to slavery by moving his family to Illinois, arriving in Springfield in 1832. In 1837 Mr. Garland left the city and settled in what is now Cotton Hill township, in section thirty-two, town fourteen, range four west, where he built a horse mill in 1838, and ran a turning lathe in connection with it, doing general cabinet work. He afterwards sold this farm and entered a tract one mile east, in section thirty-three. N. A. Garland and wife had one child in Missouri and six in Sangamon county. Of their eight children--

SAMUEL R., born in Virginia, died in Springfield. Ill., in his seventh year.

LUCY P., born Dec. 13, 1831, in St. Louis county, Mo., brought up in Springfield, Ill., was married August, 1856, in Sullivan, Moultrie county, Ill., to Charles L. Roane. They have five children, MARY, LUCY, SARAH, CHARLES and FANNIE, and reside at Sullivan, Moultrie county, Ill.

AUSTIN M., born Oct. 29, 1833, in Springfield, was married Nov. 10, 1859, near Chatham, to Sarah E. Hoppin, who was born June 17, 1838, in Madison county, N. Y., and came with her father, F. B. Hoppin, to Sangamon county in 1852. They have four children, MARY H., LUCY H., GERTRUDE G. and FRANK H. Austin M. Garland learned the printing business in the State Register office. He was a member of the firm of Garland & Jones in publishing a campaign paper in 1858, called the Illinois American. That paper was merged into the Daily Independent by Garland & Wheler, in the fall of 1859. Garland sold his interest in the paper the following summer, and engaged in farming from Jan., 1860, to Jan., 1871, when he returned to Springfield. He was elected Secretary of the State Agricultural Society in 1870, and continued in that position, by re-election, annually, four years, ending in the winter of 1874-5.

JAMES M., born Sept. 26, 1835, in Springfield, was married there, Feb. 24, 1858, to Mary E. Hawley. They have seven living children, CHARLES HAWLEY, CORA BELL, MARYE., JOHN AUSTIN, ALICE M., JOSIE and EDWARD M. Mr. Garland has been for several years and is now a merchant of Springfield, Ill., where he and his family reside.

ELIZABETH A., born Sept. 19, 1837, in Springfield, was married at Sullivan, Moultrie county, Ill, Oct. 6, 1873, to Kemper Campbell. They have one child, HATTIE, and reside at Lovington, Moultrie county, Ill.

ELLEN D., born Sept. 16, 1839, in Springfield, Ill., was married Sept. 15, 1857, to Andrew J. Lynn, who was killed at the battle of Stone's river, Tennessee, leaving two children, ANDREW J. and ANNIE, who live with their mother. Mrs. Lynn was married Sept. 26, 1865, to Thomas M. Bushfield, of Sullivan. They have one living child, CHARLES, and reside in Sullivan, Moultrie county, Ill.

MARY F., born Nov., 1841, in Springfield, Ill., married Daniel W. Rawlins, of Jacksonville, Ill. They have two living children, DANIEL WESTERVELT and ELEANOR GARLAND, and reside in Liberty, Bedford county, Va.

Mrs. Mary C. M. Garland died August 6, 1844, and N. A. Garland was married March 22, 1849, to Mrs. Rhoda G. Stringfield, whose maiden name was Jack. She died Feb. 22, 1852, and N. A. Garland was married July 28, 1853, to Mrs. Lucy S. McDaniel, whose maiden name was Burr, sister of Hon. A. G. Burr, of Green county, Ill. They had five living children--

WILLIAM B., born in Springfield, Ill., resides in Denver, Colorado.

ALBERT E., PAULINA C., AGNES and LAURA, live with their mother.

Nicholas A. Garland died Jan. 4, 1874, and Mrs. Garland and family reside in Springfield, Ill.