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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.
INNIS, ALEXANDER
, was born Nov. 26, 1780, in Bellarona, county Down, Ireland. Ann Wilson was born March 16, 1794, in Drumlee, in the same county. They were married in Drumlee, in Aug., 1812, had one child, and emigrated to America, settling in St. Lawrence county, New York, in 1826. Their only child--
ELIZABETH, born Dec. 13, 1813, in Backaderry, county Down, Ireland, married in St. Lawrence county, New York, to Charles Watts. See his name.
Mr. and Mrs. Innis moved from New York to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the spring of 1835 at the house of their daughter, Mrs. Charles Watts. They purchased a farm one mile southwest of the present Farmingdale station. Alexander Innis died Nov. 27, 1854, and his widow died Sept. 16, 1869, both in Gardner township, Sangamon county, Illinois.
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