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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.
GROESBECK, CORNELIUS
, was born March 1, 1817, in Renssellaer county, N. Y. He was there married, Feb. 14, 1838, to Rebecca Brown, who was born Jan. 13, 1817, in New York also. They moved to Springfield, Ill., arriving Oct. 25, 1839, had three living children in Springfield, namely:
HARRIET, born Sept. 18, 1840,
IDA, born in 1853, and
MARY, born in 1862, all live with their parents in Springfield.
Mr. Groesbeck has three brothers who were early settlers in Sangamon county. Nicholas and Stephen live in Utah City, Utah Territory, and Jacob lives in Missouri.
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