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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.



JARRETT, WILLIAM B., born March 11, 1814, in Kanawha county, Va.; was second cousin to Jonathan Jarrett, Sen. He came to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in 1828, with his sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Swan, who afterwards returned to West Virginia. Wm. B. Jarret was married, Aug. 16, 1838, in Morgan county, where Waverly now stands, to Jane Huggins, who was born Dec. 26, 1816, in Gallia county, Ohio, and came to Sangamon county with her mother and step-father, Charles Alsbury, arriving at Springfield in 1825. Wm. B. Jarrett and wife had nine children--

ELI, born June 4, 1839, in Sangamon county, married Sarah Robinson, have two children, and live in Christian county.

IRVIN, born Sept. 25, 1840, married Joanna Wheeler, have four children, MARY J., NANCY, SARAH and JOANNA, and live five miles west of Loami.

LEAH, born Aug. 18, 1842, married John H. Meacham. See his name.

GEORGE R., born Aug. 28, 1844, married, Feb. 22, 1867, to Elizabeth Buchanan, have one living child, WILLIAM W., and live four miles west of Loami.

NANCY J. born Nov. 7, 1846, in Sangamon county, married Robert Huggins. He served in an Ohio regiment in suppressing the rebellion. They have three children, and live at Osage Mission, Kansas.

HARRIET A., born Jan. 25, 1848, in Sangamon county, married, Sept. 22, 1870, to James A. Hill, who was born May 8, 1838, in Greene county, Ill. They had two children--ANDREW J. died in his second year. MARY A. lives with her parents, four miles west of Loami. James A. Hill was five years in Co. G, Third Arkansas Infantry, Confederate army.

WILLIAM W.,

JOHN H., and

STEPHEN A. D. live with their parents.

Wm. B. Jarrett and wife reside five miles west of Loami, Sangamon county, Illinois.



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