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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.



GATES, MICHAEL, born Jan. 30, 1776, in Lancaster county, Penn. His parents moved to the vicinity of Salisbury, North Carolina, when he was three years old. He was married there to Catharine Groves. They moved to Muhlenburg county, Ky., where seven children were born, and the family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1830--except Andrew and Mary, the two eldest children, who arrived May 31, 1831, in what is now Auburn township. Of their seven children--

MARY A., born October, 1805, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, Ill., to Simeon Vancil. See his name. She died March 6, 1873.

ANDREW, born Jan. 17, 1807, in Muhlenburg county, Ky., was married in Sangamon county to Lucinda Wood. They had twelve children, six of whom died young. Of the other six, CATHARINE A. married H. B. Organ. See his name. ANDREW J. Jun., married Miriam Davis, and live in Auburn township. MARY E. married Jerome Baldwin, and live in Macoupin county, Ill. LEANDER A. is a teacher, and lives with his parents. LUCINDA E. was married Feb. 20, 1873, to A. J. Leutz, and resides in Sangamon county, near Virden. SARAH F. lives with her parents. Andrew Gates and wife reside five miles southwest of Auburn.

PETER, born Sept. 21, 1808, in Kentucky, came to Sangamon county, Ill., in Oct. 1829, and was married there to Christiana Dukes, who died March 24, 1848, and he married Sarah A. Wood, October, 1848, in Macoupin county, Ill. They had eleven children; six died young. WILLIAM F., born Oct. 14, 1849, was married Oct. 13, 1872, to Maggie Shanklin, in Macoupin county, and resides in Auburn township. JOHN M., born Sept. 2, 1852, died Nov. 24, 1872. GEORGE W., PETER M. and JAMES E., reside with their parents near Virden.

ELIZABETH, born Jan. 21, 1821, in Kentucky, was married there to Isham Gibson. He died in 1875, and Mrs. Gibson resides in Missouri.

CATHARINE, born August, 1811, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, Ill., to Hardy Gatlin, and died March. 1852.

MARGARET, born February, 1813, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, Ill., to Samuel Davidson, and died in 1861.

FANNY, born October, 1815, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county to Joseph Poley. See his name.

Michael Gates died in 1848, and his wife died in 1849, both in Sangamon county, Ill.



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