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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.
LOGAN, JAMES M.
, born Sept. 22, 1815, in Bourbon county, Ky. He came to Springfield in May, 1840, and was married April, 27, 1843, near Rochester. to Elizabeth W. Bowling. She was born Sept. 22, 1818. They had five children, two of whom died young.
NANCY M., born March 31, 1845, in Springfield, married Jan. 2, 1868, to Samuel F. Ridgeway. See his name.
JAMES C. and COLUMBIA J., twins, were, born June 2, 1848, in Springfield.
JAMES C. was married Dec. 3, 1873, in Marysville, California, to Libbie Wilbur. They have one child, JAMES W., and reside in Oroville, Butte county, California.
COLUMBIA J. was married in Springfield Dec. 7, 1871, to Isaac C. Preston, of Maryland. They live in Essex, Page county, Iowa.
James M. Logan resides in Springfield.
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