All Rights Reserved © Copyright 1999, 2000 All material contained on these pages are furnished for the free use of those engaged researching their family origins. Any commercial use, without the consent of the host/author of these pages is prohibited. We have tried to use images that were obtained from sources permitting free distribution, or generated by the author, and are subject to the same restrictions/permissions. All persons contributing material for posting on these pages does so in recognition of their free, non-commercial distribution, and further, is responsible to assure that no copyright is violated by their submission.
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, JONATHAN, was born July 23, 1778, in Kanawha county, West Virginia. He was married there to Sarah Anderson. They had six children, and Mrs. Jarrett died Oct. 28, 1812. Mr. Jarrett married Jan. 1, 1814, to Rebecca Wilson. They had six children in West Virginia, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Nov., 1826, and settled one and one-half miles south of the present town of Loami, where two children were born. Of his fourteen children--

MORDECAI, born Dec. 21, 1803, in West Virginia, was a soldier in the Black Hawk war, and died, unmarried, in Sangamon county Feb. 5, 1856.

LEAH, born Feb. 27, 1805, in West Virginia, married there to Achilles Morris. See his name. He was Captain of a company, and died in 1847, in Mexico. His widow married L. Samples. He died in Sangamon county, and she moved to Missouri with her children, and died there in 1871.

DAVIS, born Dec. 11, 1806, in Virginia, enlisted in Sangamon county under his brother-in-law, Capt. Morris, and died near Carlinville, just as the company had started for the Mexican war in 1846.

NANCY, born Jan. 15, 1808, in West Virginia, married there to Joshua Morris. They moved to Ray county, Mo., and both died, leaving six children.

MARY, born Sept. 11, 1809, in West Virginia, married in Sangamon county to Peter Morris, moved to Ray county, Mo., where he died. She married Charles Shrewsbury, had three children, and she died.

MARGARET, born Feb. 15, 1810, in West Virginia, married in Sangamon county to Rowan Morris; had eight children, and moved to Dallas county, Texas.

By the second marriage--

WILLIAM, born Oct. 17, 1814, in West Virginia, married in Sangamon county, Aug. 12, 1841, to Milicent Fowler. They had three children--THOMAS, born July 27, 1842, in Sangamon county, married Nov. 7, 1868, to Florence Lowery, had three children--ROSANNA died in infancy. ABNER W. and THOMAS L. live with their parents, five miles south of Loami. MILICENT, born Feb. 5, 1845, married John T. Gibson. See his name. JONATHAN died in his third year. William Jarrett and wife reside five miles south of Loami, Sangamon county, Illinois.

SARAH, born Feb. 24, 1817, in West Virginia, married in Sangamon county, Aug. 11, 1836, to Charles J. Turpin. See his name.

JONATHAN, Jun., born Aug. 1, 1818, in West Virginia, married in Sangamon county to Emily Meacham. She died, leaving one child, SARAH A., who married Cyrus W. Baker. See his name.

Jonathan Jarrett, Jun., married Sarah J. Baker. They had seven children--ARMINDA J. married Thomas Westfall, have one child, and live in Ottawa, Kansas. MARGARET married, Sept. 22, 1871, to Charles Dood, and live in Talkington township. PAULINE lives near Loami. MARY JOSEPHINE married, April 5, 1876, to Wm. Abner Knight. See his name. EMMA, JAMES M. and CHARLOTTE MAY live near Loami. Jonathan Jarrett, Jun., died Dec. 4, 1863, and his widow died Feb. 15, 1876. Their unmarried children live near Loami, on the farm settled by his father in 1826.

REBECCA A., born July 16, 1822, in Virginia, married in Sangamon county to Robert Coley. See his name.

SIBYL, born May 8, 1825, in Virginia, married in Sangamon county to Charles Priddy. They had six children, and she died in Loami township. The children live with their father in Missouri.

PETER L., born Dec. 20, 1830, in Sangamon county, married, Dec. 13, 1849, to Mary M. Meacham. Both died, leaving one child, LEWIS L., who lives with his uncle, William Jarrett.

CHARLES, born July 26, 1832, in Sangamon county, married Ursula Colburn. They have four children, REBECCA, LILLIE MAY, LAURA and ALVA, and live four miles south of Loami.

Jonathan Jarrett, Sen., died Apr. 28, 1834, and Mrs. Rebecca Jarrett died Dec. 11, 1863, both in Loami township. He owned slaves in Virginia, and brought two of them with him to Sangamon county. Others followed, and they were all content to work as they had done in slavery--some of them even better. One of them was a tanner, and by his aid Mr. Jarrett carried on tanning for many years.



Return to 1876 Biography Index
Return to Sangamon County ILGenWeb