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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.



LANTERMAN, PETER, was born Jan. 8, 1749, in Germany, but when he came to America is not known by his descendants. He was married about 1779 to Alletta Applegate. They had nine children in Maryland, and came to Sangamon county in 1819. I find in the family record, in the hands of Mrs. Martha H. Britt in Springfield, that Peter Lanterman died June 14, 1821. The probate court of Sangamon county admitted his will to record Aug. 26, 1821, the first ever recorded in the county. See page 41. His widow, Alletta Lanterman, died Dec. 30, 1839. From the record in the hands of Mrs. Britt, I copy the date of the birth of each of their nine children, as follows--

LANTERMAN, SOPHIA, born July 7, 1780,

LANTERMAN, RICHARD, born Sept. 13, 1782,

LANTERMAN, JOHN, born Oct. 18, 1784,

LANTERMAN, DANIEL A., born Dec. 24, 1786,

LANTERMAN, JAMES, born April 15, 1789,

LANTERMAN, ABRAHAM, born Jan. 20, 1792,

LANTERMAN, HETTY, born Dec. 8, 1793,

LANTERMAN, PETER, Jun., born July 26, 1795,

LANTERMAN, ALLETTA, born March 19, 1799,



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