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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.



MERRIWEATHER, JOHN H., was born July 2, 1808, in Baltimore county, Md. He emigrated to the vicinity of Springfield, Clark county, Ohio, and was there married in 1834 to Elizabeth Hummell. They had two children there, and came to Springfield, Ill., arriving in May, 1839, where six children were born, one of whom died. Of their seven children--

ELIZABETH H., born in 1836 near Springfield, Ohio, was married May 2, 1864, in Springfield, Ill., to Edward L. M. Johnson, a native of Virginia. He was a contractor, and superintended the carpenter work on the Springfield and Illinois Southeastern--now O. and M.--railroad. He died November, 1874. His widow resides in Pana, Illinois.

WILLIAM H., born April 28, 1838, in Clark county, Ohio, was married Sept. 20, 1860, in Springfield, Ill., to Sarah J. Bateman, who was born there Sept. 13, 1842. He served seventeen months in Co. B, 114th Ill. Inf. Mr. and Mrs. Merriweather have five children, and live near Gerard, Crawford county, Kansas.

ELIZA W., born May 5, 1840, was married in Springfield, Ill., April 19, 1860, to John T. Rhodes, who was born Jan. 14, 1831, in Frederick county, Md. They have two children, WILLIAM R. and ELLA M. J. T. Rhodes is a contractor and builder. He was a member of the Board of Supervisors of Sangamon county for three years, and was elected in the spring of 1874 a member of the City Council for three years, and resides in Springfield, Illinois.

JAMES, born Sept. 30, 1844, in Springfield, was married Oct. 20, 1870, in Sangamon county, to Minerva Enyart. They have one child, ANN E., and live near Pawnee, Illinois.

JOHN H., Jun., born Sept. 7, 1846, in Springfield, and resides in Pawnee, Sangamon county, Illinois.

ELLA L., born April 18, 1851, in Springfield, was married there Nov. 4, 1874, to Charles W. Post, who was born Oct. 26, 1854, in Springfield, Ill. C. W. Post is with his father, C. R. Post, in the agricultural implement business, in Springfield, Illinois.

GEORGE W., born April 29, 1855, in Springfield, lives with his sister, Mrs. Johnson, in Pana, Illinois.

John H. Merriweather, Sen., was a merchant in Springfield for many years, but the latter part of his life was spent on his farm, near Pawnee, Ill., where he died Oct. 15, 1863. His widow died Aug. 18, 1868.



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