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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.



HAM, HEZEKIAH, was born Oct. 1, 1807, in Nicholas county, near Carlisle, Ky. He came to Sangamon county, Ill., in the fall of 1831, and was married Dec. 22, 1837, to Mary A. Arnold. They had six living children in Sangamon county, namely--

MARY J., married March 25, 1858, to Henry T. Zeigler.

JOSEPH C. enlisted in Co. G, 14th Ill. Inf., in 1861, for three years. He was mortally wounded at the battle of Pittsburg Landing, April 6, 1862, and died the next day on the battlefield.

SARAH E., married James Steele, has five children, and lives in Menard county.

JOHN W., born Jan. 8, 1846. He enlisted Dec. 15, 1863, in Co. G., 114th Ill. Inf., for three years, served until March 7, 1865, when he was discharged on account of physical disability. He was married August 29, 1867, to Rebecca Yocom. They had two children. CHARLES E. died in his third year. WILLIAM T. lives with his mother, two miles northwest of Dawson. John Ham died in the spring of 1875.

WILLIAM T., born Dec. 5, 1847, married Jan. 16, 1872, to Alice A. Smith. They have one child, LEWIS, and live near Belle Plain, Sumner county, Kansas.

LAURA F., born Dec. 17, 1852, married John B. Jones, have one child, HARRY, and live in Logan county, near Buffalo Hart Postoffice.

Hezekiah Ham died April 21, 1859, in Sangamon county, and his widow, Mrs. Mary A. Ham, resides with her daughter, Mrs. Jones.



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