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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.



HUNTER, JAMES, was born August 14, 1778, in Loudon county, Va., and went, when a young man, to Gallatin county, Ky. He was there married to Rachel Scott, who was born Oct. 17, 1783, in Virginia. They had nine children in Gallatin county, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill,, arriving Dec., 1828, in what is now Illiopolis township. Of their children--

WILLIAM, born Feb. 17, 1807, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Polly Dickerson. They both died, leaving a large family near Mt. Auburn, Christian county.

ELIZABETH. born May 1, 1809, in Gallatin county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to William Donner. See his name.

JOHN, born Aug. 8, 1811, in Gallatin county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to Martha Dickerson, who was born Sept. 25, 1811. They had six children--MARY J., born May 18, 1840, married Harrison P. Hampton. See his name. HUGH L., born Oct. 1, 1841, enlisted July 19, 1861, for three years, in Co. I, 41st Ill. Inf., served full term, and was honorably discharged, Aug. 20, 1864, was married, March 30, 1865, in Sangamon county, to Rose Ann Ream, and lives three and one-half miles southwest of Illiopolis. RACHEL F., born Feb. 9, 1843, married Nov. 14, 1861, to James Lee, who was born Nov. 16, 1838, in Gallipolis, Ohio. They had five children--HARRIET A. died in infancy. WM. GRANT, FLORENCE, LAURA V. and ALLIE live with their parents, three miles southwest of Illiopolis. SARAH E., born July 4, 1845, married Thomas Sidener, have two children, and live near Rochester. THOMAS S., born Sept. 18, 1847, and ARCHER SCOTT, born Sept. 28, 1852, live in Illiopolis township. Mrs. Martha Hunter died Aug., 1854, and John Hunter died Dec. 22, 1856.

JAMES, Jun., born Feb. 14, 1814, in Gallatin county, Ky., was brought by his parents to Sangamon county, in 1828, and was married in Macon county to Lucinda Warnick. They had one child--SARAH L., born Dec. 25, 1839, married, April 18, 1861, in Springfield, to Sylvanus Dake, who was born Feb. 26, 1834, in Cattaraugus county, N. Y. They had three children--JULIA ANNA died in her second year. CORNELIA F. and OSCAR H., live with their parents in Illiopolis. Mrs. Lucinda Hunter died Dec. 31, 1839, and Mr. Hunter married Rebecca Newell. They had two children, WILLIAM and MARGARET A. They live in Iowa. James Hunter died in 1845. His widow married a Mr. Peeds.

CELIA, born Feb. 29, 1816, in Gallatin county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to Archibald Dickerson. See his name.

SALLY, born in 1818, in Kentucky, raised in Sangamon county, married in Macon county to Joseph Hanks, and had four children. RACHEL married Oct. 26, 1857, to Elijah Gathard, have six children, and live seven miles east of Springfield. MARGARET married Dr. Frank Hall, and died. CELIA married Dr. Frank Hall. See his name. Mr. and Mrs. Hanks died in Macon county.

MARGARET J., born Dec. 26, 1819, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Wm. Freeman, had three children, and the parents died in Macon county.

RACHEL, born April 26, 1822, in Kentucky, raised in Sangamon county, married Lewis Freeman, had three children, and Mrs. F. died in Macon county. Mr. F. moved to Iowa City, Iowa.

THOMAS, born Sept. 14, 1824, in Kentucky, died in Sangamon county, at about twenty years of age.

Mrs. Rachel Hunter died April 18, 1865, and James Hunter died April 22, 1867, both in Illiopolis township, near where they settled in 1828.



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