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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.



McKEE, JOHN, was born Jan., 1802, in Harrison county, Ky., came to Sangamon county with his sister and brother-in-law, Ivins Foster. He was married in Sangamon county to Mary Browning, who was born in Boone county, Ky. They had four children, namely--

WILLIAM D., born Sept. 14, 1836, in Sangamon county, married April 23, 1863, to Sophronia Sweet. They have two living children, ELIZABETH D., and MORRIS E., and live near Sweet Home, Nodaway county, Mo.--1874.

REBECCA, born March 25, 1838, in Sangamon county, married August 5, 1862, to J. W. Woods, who was born August 5, 1839, in Belmont county, Ohio. They have one child, WILLIAM W., and reside at Loami, Sangamon county, Illinois.--1874.

JAMES, born in Sangamon county, married to Nancy J. Barbre, have two children, and live near Sweet Home, Nodaway county, Mo.--1874.

JOHN, born Sept. 30, 1844, in Sangamon county, married Sept. 29, 1863, to Caroline Williams, have one child, MARTHA, and live in Loami, Illinois.

Mrs. Mary McKee died in 1846. Mr. M. is married again, and lives one and a half miles east of Loami, Illinois.--1874.



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