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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.



LAWSON, WILLIAM P., was born Nov. 19, 1794, at what was then called Grassy Lick, Kentucky. Priscilla Duncan was born Dec. 12, 1797, in Bath county, Kentucky. They were married Feb. 3, 1820, and had two children, and Mrs. Lawson died in Fleming county, Ky., Aug 20, 1824. Mr. Lawson was married Oct. 19, 1826, in Fleming county to Frances Dunn. They had one child, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Nov. 18, 1828, at Buffalo Hart Grove, where they had eight living children. Of all his Children -

MARGARET, born Jan. 8, 1821, in Fleming county, Ky., married in Sangamon county Aug. 1852, to John Fletcher. They have three children, and live one and one-quarter miles southeast of Buffalo Hart station, Sangamon county.

SARAH F., born Dec. 25, 1823, in Fleming county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to Robert Cass, Jun. See his name.

JACOB, born Oct, 4, 1827, in Fleming county, Ky., raised in Sangamon county, married to Martha Davis. They have nine children, and live near Catlin, Vermilion county, Illinois.

NANCY A., born Aug7, 1830, in Sangamon county, married James Timmons; have six children and live four miles northwest of Illiopolis.

MARTHA A., born July 10, 1833, in Sangamon county, married Henry Bell. They had six children and Mr. Bell died June, 1868, in Petersburg, Ill. His widow and children reside there.

CLARINDA, born Aug 3, 1836, was drowned by crawling in an open well the very day she was one year old.

LUCINDA, born Aug. 29, 1839, in Sangamon county, married Marcus Costilla, a native of Ireland, have four children, and live in Buffalo Hart township.

CHRISTIANA, born May 9, 1842, in Sangamon county, married Lewis Cass. See his name.

ELIZA F., born July 14, 1845, in Sangamon county, married Lafayette Ball; have four children, and live at Fairmont, Vermilion county, Illinois.

JULIA C., born Feb. 6, 1848 in Sangamon county, married Hiram Amos and lives at Jacksonville, Illinois.

ISABEL, born Feb. 13, 1851, in Sangamon county, married John Shaver.

Mrs. Francis Lawson died Oct. 10, 1867, in Sangamon county and Wm. P. Lawson lives with his daughter Mrs. Robert Cass, Jun. - 1874.



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