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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.
KEIGWIN, STERRY S.
, born Oct. 11, 1803, in Windham county, Connecticut. Susannah Morse was born Feb. 14, 1811, in Sutton, Massachusetts. They were married May 23, 1833, in Millberry, Mass., and made their home there until they had one child, and then moved to Illinois, first stopping in McLean county, and then moved to Springfield in May, 1838, where one child was born. Of their two children--
CORNELIA, M., born July 10, 1835, at Millberry, Mass., married in Springfield, Ill., to F. A. Moore, and died Sept. 13, 1856, at LaCrosse, Wisconsin.
SUSAN K., born March 21, 1840, in Springfield, Ill., married June 11, 1868, in Atlanta, Ill., to John P. Leonard. He died at the latter place March 16, 1872. Mrs. Susan K. Leonard was married Dec. 23, 1873, to Lucius C. Francis. See his name.
Sterry S. Keigwin moved from Springfield, in 1858, to Washington county, Mo., and in 1861 to Atlanta, Ill., where he now resides.
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