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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.



LANHAM, ELIJAH T., was born Jan. 28, 1801, in Frederick county, Md. His grandfather on his mother's side was Benjamin Penn, who was a relative of William Penn, the founder of the colony of Pennsylvania. E. T. Lanham was married in 1823, in Clermont county, Ohio, to Eleanor Constant. See her name. They had two children in Ohio, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., with her parents in 1826. They had seven children in Sangamon county. Of their nine children--

NANCY ELLEN, born May 15, 1824, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county, to A. W. May. They have six children, and live near Cornland, Logan county.

RACHEL A., born March 8, 1826, in Clermont county, Ohio, married in Sangamon county to John W. Mathews. See his name.

BENJAMIN F., born July 8, 1827, in Sangamon county, married Miranda Stockton. They have five living children, and reside at Decatur, Ill.

HARRIET, born July 25, 1830, in Sangamon county, married Ebenezer Coe. See his name.

JOHN H., born July 18, 1833, in Sangamon county, married April 1, 1856, to Elizabeth M. Matthews. They have three living children, ELEANOR J., JOHN W. and ELIJAH, live with their parents near Barclay, Illinois.

GEORGE W., born Sept. 4, 1835, in Sangamon county, married in 1862, to Pauline Blankenbaker, and enlisted soon after, at Springfield, in Co. C, 124th Ill. Inf., for three years. He was killed in battle at Vicksburg, Miss., June 27, 1863.

WILLIAM N., born Oct. 21, 1837, in Sangamon county. He enlisted in 1861, in Co. H, 30th Ill. Inf., for three years, served full term, and was honorably discharged. He was married August 1, 1865, to Rebecca Hartsman, who was born Sept. 27, 1845, in Cumberland county, Pa. She died Feb. 11, 1874, in Decatur, Ill., and he resides there.

MARY J., born Nov. 20, 1839, in Sangamon county, married James Cantrall, have one child, and live in Decatur, Illinois.

CAROLINE H., born May 24, 1842, in Sangamon county, married Jesse Henard, have two children, and live near Forsyth, Macon county, Illinois.

Elijah T. Lanham died Sept. 16, 1847, in Sangamon county, and Mrs. Eleanor Lanham died Nov. 3, 1869, at Decatur, Illinois.



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