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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.
MENGEL, LEVI B.
, born in 1822 in Lancaster county, Penn., and came with his brother, Isaac R., to Springfield, thence to Loami, in 1838. He was married Nov. 13, 1842, to Jane L. Meacham. They had ten living children in Sangamon county.
ELIZABETH, born June 12, 1843, married June, 1869, to James Coleman. They have twins, NINA MAY and LINA JANE, and live in Christian county, Illinois.
TIRZAH married David P. Colburn. See his name.
ANTHONY W. died Aug. 27, 1871, in his seventeenth year.
EUNICE married Oct. 29, 1874, to Ezra D. Fuller. They have one child, LULU, and live near Loami, Illinois.
FRANCIS, ALICE C., JOSEPH W., KATE M., ANNA L. and HARRY S. live with their mother.
Levi B. Mengel died Sept. 10, 1874, near Loami, Sangamon county, Ill., and his widow and children reside there.
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