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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.
LEWIS, LARKIN
, brother to Eddin Lewis, was born in Caldwell county, Ky., married there to Elizabeth Welch. They had three children in Kentucky, and she died there, May 17, 1835. He moved with his children to Sangamon county, in 1838 or '9, and was married, Feb. 28, 1856, to Mrs. Permelia A. Lewis, whose maiden name was Fletcher. They had two children. Of his children--
WILLIAM J., married Sarah Clayton, have two children, ALFRED and SARAH, and live in Ball township.
SAMUEL married Mary Henderson, have three children, and live in Kansas.
DAVID married Margaret Henderson, have three children, MARY, NETTIE and LOTTIE, and live in Pawnee township.
By the second wife--
GEORGE W., and
JAMES L., live with their parents, in Auburn, Illinois.
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