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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.



LAKE, THOMAS, was born Dec. 30, 1800, in Fauquier county, Va. Harriet Dillon was born Nov. 27, 1808, in the same county. They were there married, Jan. 4, 1826, and had two children there. The family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in what is now Fancy creek township, where seven children were born. Of the nine children--

ANN E., born July 17, 1830, in Virginia, died unmarried in Sangamon county, aged thirty-two years.

BAYLISS E., born August 10, 1832, in Fauquier county, Va., raised in Sangamon county, married Sarah Rogers. They have one child, JAMES, and live near Winterset, Iowa. Bayliss E. Lake enlisted in July, 1861, in Co. D, 1st Iowa Cav., for three years, re-enlisted as a veteran, served to the end of the rebellion, and was honorably discharged.

SUSANNA, born Nov. 20, 1834, in Sangamon county, married John L. Harris. They have two children, THOMAS M. and HATTIE, and live near Bedford, Taylor county, Iowa.

JAMES, born June 1, 1837, in Sangamon county. He enlisted in Sept., 1862, for three years, in Co. G, 114th Ill. Inf., and was appointed Sergeant. He was wounded at the battle of Guntown, Miss., June 11, 1864, captured, and died in rebel prison at Mobile, Alabama.

JOHN F., born June 6, 1839, in Sangamon county. He enlisted August 9, 1861, for three years, in Co. A, 3d Ill. Cav., and was discharged on account of physical disability, Dec. 25, 1861. He was married Nov. 29, 1865, to Matilda Lemon, who was born June 11, 1847, in Ireland. They have two children, CHARLES W. and CORA A., and live in Fancy Creek township.

ELIZABETH A., born May 13, 1842, in Sangamon county, married Wm. F. Constant. See his name. They have one child. MARY E.

AGNES C., born June 5, 1844, in Sangamon county, married Charles Unsby. She died March 16, 1871, in Williams township.

WILLIAM B., born August 23, 1847, in Sangamon county, resides with his mother.

MARY M., born June 28, 1850, in Sangamon county, married John W. Jones. They have one child, DORA A., and reside in Logan county.

Thomas Lake died April 10, 1853, and his widow lives two and a half miles west of Williamsville, Illinois.



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