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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.



McKINNIE, LEWIS - was born Oct. 11, 1767, in Virginia; it is believed that it was in Culpepper county. His father was born on board a ship in the Atlantic ocean, while his parents were on the way from Scotland to America. Nancy Saunders was born Oct. 12, 1771, in Loudon county Va. Lewis McKinnie and Nancy Saunders were married in Fayette county, Ky. They had nine living children there. Some of their children married in Kentucky and preceded him to Sangamon county. He came to visit two of them in 1820, and moved his own family, arriving Nov. 15, 1826, near Springfield. He commenced at once to build a house and moved into it Feb. 1827. It was four miles northwest of Springfield. Of their nine children -

ELIZABETH, born June 30, 1793, in Fayette county,Ky., married there to John Lanterman. See his name. They came to Sangamon county in 1819.

ANDREW, born Feb. 2, 1795, in Fayette county, Ky., married there to Martha Tomlinson, and came to Sangamon county with Captain Jonathan Saunders in 1824, settling four miles northwest of Springfield. They had one child in Kentucky, and eight in Sangamon county. Two died young. ELIZABETH A., born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to William B. Jones. See his name. REBECCA married John Morgan and died. ANDREW is unmarried and lives near Leroy, McLean county Ill. THOMAS married Nancy Little, and died in 1873, leaving a widow and two children, near Leroy. CHARLES A. married Elizabeth Land, has three children, and lives near Farmer City. MARTHA died, age eighteen years. SARAH M. married William Morgan, has six children, and lives near Farmer City, Illinois. Andrew McKinnie died June, 1855, and his widow resides near Farmer City, DeWitt county, Illinois.

GUNNELL S., born March 26, 1897 (1797?), in Fayette county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, April 25, 1824, to Elizabeth Little. They had five children. MARY, born Feb. 21, 1826, married Dec. 5, 1848 to William J. Sinnard. They had seven children, William T., Gunnell M., E. E., Allison D., Sarah E., Mary F., and Lewis H., and live near Blue Mound, Christian county, Illinois. NANCY, born April 1, 1828, married Dec. 10, 1848 to C. C. Hollier. They had twelve children, six of whom died under three years. The six living are: Lewis S.; Mary E. married Jacob Bliler, have one child Clarence S.; Edmund A.; Alice B.; Ida J. and Lucy. C. C. Hollier and family reside near Blue Mound, Illinois. LEWIS H., born Sept 16, 1832, married Feb. 18, 1862 to Margaret J. Fletcher. They had three children, Charles A. E. lives with his parents; Mary E. and Alice T. died young. L. H. McKinnie resides near Blue Mound, Ill. SAMUEL H., born Dec. 5, 1834, died March 1860. ALLISON S., born July 26, 1837, was married Sept. 15, 1863, to Clarissa Reed. They have one living child, Benjamin F., and live two miles north of Springfield. Mrs. Elizabeth McKinnie died Aug. 15, 1869, and Gunnell McKinnie died Oct. 14, 1875, near Blue Mound, Christian county, Ill.

ELEANOR, born Feb. 22, 1799, in Fayette county Ky., married Uriah Callerman. See his name.

SARAH, born Jan. 16, 1801, in Fleming county, Ky., married there to Jonathan R. Saunders. See his name.

NANCY, born June 15, 1803, in Fleming county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to Hiram Duncan. They moved to southwest Missouri, where three children were born, then moved to the vicinity of Stockton, California, and reside there - 1876.

MARY, born Feb. 8, 1806, in Fleming county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to John Humphrey. See his name. He died, and she married John Branson. See his name.

THOMAS L., born Feb. 4, 1808, in Fleming county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, August 27, 1840, to Sarah A. M. Jones. They had five children in Sangamon county. MARY E., born Nov. 27, 1841, married Waldermer F. Helvety, and lives near Forsythe, Macon county Ill. WILLIAM L., born Feb. 4, 1844, was married Jan. 8, 1874, to Eleanor Hood, and has one child, Maud E. HENRY H., born March 7, 1846, died March 7, 1860. COLOMBIA A., born April 29, 1850, married Henry B. Drake. They have one child, Mabel L., and reside near Elkhart, Ill. JULIA F., born April 2, 1856, resides with her parents. Thomas L. McKinnie, and his wife reside on the farm where his parents settled in Feb., 1827, four miles northwest of Springfield.

WILLIAM P., born May 20, 1810, Fleming county, Ky., married May 12, 1839, to Sarah J. Threlkeld, who was born Oct. 16, 1817, in Shelby county Ky. Her home was in Sangamon county from about 1832, but the marriage took place while she was on a visit near Burlington, Iowa. They had ten children, all born in Sangamon county, Ill. MARY A., born May 11, 1840, married Nov. 9, 1865, to William A. Montgomery. They had two children. The second, Charles F., died young. Edward P. lives with his parents, near Assumption, Christian county, Ill. THOMAS L. S., born June 13, 1841, married Jan. 1, 1868, to Harriet Clark, in Springfield. They had two children. George T. died young. Edwin E. lives with his parents near Buffalo Hart Station, Sangamon county, Illinois. LUCY J., born Nov. 5, 1842, married Nov. 9, 1865, to Charles H. Judd. They had one child, Francis E., and Mr. Judd died August 30, 1870. His widow and son reside with her parents. SARAH E., born Sept. 4, 1844, married Dec. 25, 1862, to Joseph E. Corbin, and have three children, Oliver E., William and Jennie B., and live near Rockville, St. Clair county, Missouri. WILLIAM A., born March 11, 1846, was married Sept. 16, 1874, to Emma Marshall, and lives near his father. VIRGIL U., born May 4, 1848, was married Sept. 10, 1872, to Elizabeth Hood. They have two children and reside near Forsythe, Macon county, Ill. NANCY E., born June 7, 1850, married John W. Taylor. See his name. FRANCES M., born March 4, 1852, was married Sept. 11, 1872, to Victor F. Hilvety. They have two children, Earnest and a babe, and live near Forsythe, Macon county, Ill. HARRIET M., born Nov. 25, 1855, was married Feb. 12, 1874, to Isaac Hazlett, and live near Farmer City. CHARLES E., born Oct. 13, 1859, lives with his parents. Wm. P. McKinnie and wife reside four miles northwest of Springfield, on the farm where they settled in 1840, and adjoining where his father settled in 1827.

Lewis McKinnie died Oct. 7, 1841, and Mrs. Nancy McKinnie died Oct. 8, 1843, both near Springfield, Illinois.



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