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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.



JAMES, ABRAHAM, was born in 1792 in Pennsylvania. He was married in Nicholas county, Ky., to Jane Beatty. They had five children in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1829 in Rochester township. Of their five children--

WILLIAM, born in 1812, in Kentucky, came with his parents to Sangamon county, and died, unmarried, in Missouri in 1858.

MARY J., born in 1814, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to William Herbert. They have four children, and live in Orangeville, Stephenson county, Illinois.

RACHEL, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to William Coe; have three children, and live in Cotton Hill township.

ELLEN, born in 1826, in Kentucky, raised in Sangamon county, married in Missouri to Richard Opie; have four children, and live near High Point, Moniteau county, Missouri.

JAMES A., born Jan. 28, 1828, in Nicholas county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, August 28, 1856, to Amanda Bashaw. They have six children, MAHLON F., ISABEL J., HANNAH L., ARMINDA E., IRA H. and IRENE A., and reside in Clear Lake township, seven miles due east of Springfield.

Abraham James moved to Stephenson county, Illinois, in 1846, and Mrs. James died there. He moved to Missouri, married; had two children, and he died June, 1867, in Moniteau county, Mo.



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