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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.



GRAHAM, ROBERT, was born about 1794, in Washington county, Penn. Sarah Mitchell was born in 1797, in the same county. They were married, Jun. 24, 1819, and had three children in Penn. The family moved, in 1834, to Richland county, Ohio, where two children were born, and then moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving, Nov., 1838, in what is now Woodside township. Of their five children--

JOHN L., born March 8, 1821, married in Sangamon county, in 1844, to Mary Johnson. They have eight children, and live in Bates county, Mo.

WILLIAM M., born Jan 5, 1830, in Penn., married in Sangamon county to Rebecca Trumbo. She had one child, REBECCA, who married Mitchel Lawson. Mrs. Graham died, and Mr. G. was married, Aug. 26, 1857, to Lucy Marsh. They have three children, WILLIAM M., LYDIA C., and CORDELIA, and live in Springfield.

ROBERT S., born Sept. 24, 1833, married Nov. 21, 1856, to Adaline B. Megredy. They have five children, MARY A., WILLIAM P., JOHN C., SARAH E., and NELLIE G., and live in Christian county, near Pawnee.

GEORGE W., born May 5, 1835, married Ellen S. Shutt. They have two children, and live in Fayette county.

THOMAS P., born March 2, 1837, in Ohio, died in Sangamon county, aged twenty years.

Robert Graham died Nov. 1, 1840, in Sangamon county. His widow married Charles Rice. He died June 7, 1862, and she lives with her Graham children.



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