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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.
MULKEY, JESSE H.
, was born in Dec., 1818, in Kentucky or Tennessee, married Nancy Simpson, a sister to Wm. Simpson, and came to Richland creek, Sangamon county, in 1829, and one year later moved to DeWitt county. He died Oct., 1858, and she died April 5, 1872--both in DeWitt county, leaving a large family. Their son--
SAMUEL W., born March 1, 1828 in Tennessee, married July 2, 1865, to Almarinda Harrold, and was married the second time, Dec. 1, 1869, to Mrs. Elizabeth B. Combs, whose maiden name was Foster, a half-sister to Mrs. Hannah F. Stubbs. S. W. Mulkey enlisted July, 1861, in Co. F. 41st Ill. Inf., for three years, served full term, and was honorably discharged, August 1, 1864, at Springfield. He lives four miles east of Berlin, Sangamon county, Illinois.
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