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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.



McNABB, WILLIAM, was born about 1760, in Ireland, and emigrated to America before the Revolution. The family settled in that part of Amherst which is now Nelson county, Virginia. He was there married to Mary Crawford, a cousin of Wm. H. Crawford, of Georgia, who was one of the four candidates for President, in 1824. Mr. and Mrs. McNabb moved from Virginia to Green county, Ky., where they had six children, and moved to Illinois, in 1819, first stopping in Logan county, and in 1820 moved to a point about three miles west of Springfield, and settled the farm now owned by Washington Rickard. Of their six children--

SAMUEL, born in Kentucky, married there, came to Sangamon county about 1826, and in the spring of 1831 moved to the vicinity of Petersburg, Ill., and died there in 1872.

HESTER, born Dec. 10, 1789 in Green county, Ky., married there to Robert White, July 17, 1806, and came to St. Clair county, Ill., in 1814, and in 1818 came to what was afterwards Sangamon, and still later Menard county, and settled near what is now Athens. Mr. White was born Oct. 18, 1779. They had five children, namely: MARY P., born in Green county Ky., married Mr. Miner, who lived but a few months, and she married William McDougal in 1827. They had thirteen children, all except one lived to maturity: ten of whom are yet living, and have families. Mr. and Mrs. McDougal reside near Athens, Illinois. ELIZA, born in 1810, in Green county, Kentucky, married near Athens, Illinois, March 15, 1834, to Jacob C. West, a native of Tennessee. They had eight children, five of whom died young. Of the other three--WILLIAM F., born June 19, 1835, married Miranda England, and had three children, all of whom died young. Wm. F. West was a graduate of the Missouri Medical College. He was appointed, Sept., 1861, Assistant Surgeon, and soon after promoted Surgeon of the 28th Ill. Inf. He served until June, 1863, when he resigned on account of impaired health, and died March 27, 1864, near Athens. JOHN M., born Dec. 22, 1836, became first Assistant Contract Surgeon to the 28th Ill. Inf., in April, 1862, and in December of the same year resigned, in consequence of impaired health. He completed his medical course, and graduated in February, 1864, at Rush Medical College, Chicago. He was married, Feb., 1863, to Harriet L. Bishop, at Williamsville, Ill. She died, June 7, 1875, leaving one child, J. Hial. Dr. West was married, Feb. 1, 1876, in Pittsburg, Penn., to Susie Lockwood, a native of Norwalk, Conn. Dr. J. M. West is a practicing physician, in Springfield, Ill. JACOB B., born in 1848, lives with his parents. Jacob C. West and wife reside near Athens, Ill. JOHN R., born in Green county, Ky., died near Athens, aged twenty-two years. WILLIAM H., born in Kentucky, married near Petersburg to Elizabeth Bone. They had seven children, four of whom are yet living. Mrs. White died, and Wm. H. White married Mrs. Elizabeth Sewell. They had three children, and he died Nov., 1864, near Athens, Ill. ROBERT F., born near Athens, Ill., married in Morgan county to Rachel Roach, daughter of Rev. N. Roach. They had seven children, four of whom died carly in life. MARY E. and JOHN R. live with their parents. ESTHER married William Moore, and lives in Dewitt county. Rober F. White and wife reside near Athens, Ill. Robert White died Nov. 27, 1847, and Mrs. Hester White died April 2, 1867, both near Athens, Menard county, Illinois.

CATHARINE, born, and married in Kentucky to Mr. Blakeman, spent a short time in Illinois, and returned to Kentucky.

ISABELLA, born, and married in Kentucky to Benjamin Wilcox, raised a large family near Petersburg, Illinois.

MARTHA, born in Kentucky, married John Jeneson, near Springfield, raised a family of six children, and both died, near Petersburg, Illinois.

JAMES CRAWFORD McNABB, born Dec. 27, 1800, in Green county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, Nov. 8, 1825, to Ann R. Watson. They had four children in Sangamon county--EVELINE, born Sept. 15, 1826, married, Oct. 24, 1843, to John G. Elkin. See his name. ADELAIDE C., born March 4, 1829, married, in 1847, to Henry Beers. See his name. Mr. Beers died, August, 1851, and she married, Oct. 28, 1858 to Adolphus Rogers. They have two children, HENRY C. and ADELAIDE, and reside in Cincinnati, Ohio. JAMES H., born Sept. 17, 1831, in Sangmon county, went to California in 1849, and was married there, in 1859, to Mary Scudder, a native of New Jersey. They have three living children, ADELAIDE, JAMES and MARY L. James H. McNabb was twelve years editor of the Petalouma Argus, was State Senator, from 1862 to 1868. He is now--1876--and has been for the last five years, deputy collector in the United States Custom House. at San Francisco, California, and resides there. LUCILLA H. died, aged nine years. James C. McNabb died, January, 1835, in Sangamon county, and his widow resides in Mechanicsburg, Illinois.

William McNabb died, early in 1831, near Springfield, and his widow died about 1836, in Petersburg, Menard county, Illinois.



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