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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.



NIPPER, WILLIAMSON, was born Sept. 19, 1796, in Virginia. His father moved to Alabama when he was twelve or fifteen years of age, and from there to the vicinity of Nashville, Tenn. He was there married to Nancy Moore She had twins, and the mother and children died. He was then married to Hepsey Gibson, who was born Feb. 14, 1803, in Franklin county, Tenn. They had three children, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1829, about one mile east of the present town of Loami, where six children were born. Of all the children--

ELIZA C., born Oct. 26, 1823, in Tennessee, married in Sangamon county, March 19, 1844, to George W. Legrand. He was born March 12, 1823, in Breckenridge county, Ky., and came to Sangamon county in 1843. They had eleven children, six of whom died young. Of the other five: SARAH married Oct. 19, 1867, to R. Wickliffe Price, who was born Feb. 11, 1825, at Georgetown, Ky., have three children, ROBERT W., PHILEMON BIRD and CHARLES W., and live near Loami. Mr. Price is a lawyer. WILLIAMSON A., ROBERT M., ELSIE M. and LUCY A. live with their parents, five miles west of Loami, Sangamon county, Illinois.

NANCY F., born March 16, 1825, in Tennessee, married Miles Meacham, in Sangamon county, had four children, and died in Warren county, Illinois.

HARRIET M., born Jan. 17, 1829, in Tennessee, married in Sangamon county, to William E. Hudson. See his name.

ELMIRA J., born May 31, 1831, in Sangamon county, married John Evans, and both are dead.

AMERICA A., born August 2, 1833, in Sangamon county, married Abner Clark, have seven children, and live in Worth county, Mo.

WILLIAMSON M., born Sept. 22, 1835, in Sangamon county, married Mary Staley. They had one child, NANCY M. F., and Mrs. Mary Nipper died. W. M. Nipper married Louisa Cline, who was born Oct. 22, 1840, in Scott county, Ill. They have three children, ELMIRA S., PHILIP and JOSEPH W., and live four miles west of Loami, Sangamon county, Illinois.

HEPSEY A., born Dec. 13, 1837, married Abner W. Knight. See his name.

THOMAS H., born Oct. 1, 1840, died aged twenty-three years.

MARY M., born March 26, 1843, in Sangamon county, married Oct. 19, 1863, to Wilson Cline, who was born March 3, 1836, in Scott county. They have three children, BENJAMIN F., JOHN H. and HARRIET M., and live near Loami, Illinois.

Williamson Nipper died August 24, 1843, and his widow married Daniel Staley, (see his name) and she died Mar. 8, 1873, both near Loami, Sangamon county, Illinois.



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