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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.



MALONE.--Three brothers of that name were among the early settlers of Sangamon county, namely:

JOHN W. was born about 1816 near Richmond, Va.; was taken by his parents to McMinn county, Tenn., in 1824; went to Brown county, Ill., about 1832; was married there to Caroline Phillips, and moved to Springfield in 1834. They had five children in Springfield, and moved to St. Louis, where Mr. Malone died. His widow resides near Mt. Sterling, Brown county. Her son, Joseph Malone, is a dentist, and practiced in Springfield. He is now practicing at Mt. Sterling, Brown county, Illinois.

JESSE J., born Jan. 21, 1818, near Richmond, Va., moved to McMinn county, Tenn., in 1824; came to Sangamon county about 1836; went to Crawford county, Mo., two years later; there married May 3, 1842, to Harriet Patton; returned to Sangamon county in 1846; practiced medicine in Chatham; moved to Waverly, Ill., and died there of cholera, July 15, 1851. His widow returned to her friends in Missouri. Their daughter, MARY F., married George W. Trumbo. See his name. LAURA married Hugh M. Frazier, and lives near Monticello, Mo. CHARLES F. is unmarried. Mrs. Harriet Malone married in Missouri, April 12, 1855, to Benjamin Ruggles. Had two children, JOHN C. and WILLIAM N., and Mr. Ruggles died in 1868. Mrs. Ruggles resides with her daughter, Mrs. Trumbo, eight miles south of Springfield, Illinois--1874.

ALFRED C., born March 23, 1822, near Richmond, Va., was taken by his parents to McMinn county, Tenn., and came to Springfield Sept. 2, 1840. He was married Sept. 18, 1845, to Amanda M. Bridges. They had ten living children in Sangamon county, namely: WILLIAM B., EMMA I., LOUISA D., MARTHA E., MIRANDA E., AMANDA R., MARIA E., CHARLES E., MARY J. C. and ALBERT H. reside with their parents, in the northeast corner of Chatham township, one and a half miles north of Chatham, Sangamon county, Illinois.



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