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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.



NUCKOLLS, JOHN, born March, 1781, in Hanover county, Va., was married March 10, 1809, in Grayson county, Va., to Ann Collins, who was born Dec. 11, 1786, in North Carolina. They had ten children, three of whom died young. They moved with five children to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in 1826, in what is now Auburn township, where his brother James had settled six years before. They had two children in Sangamon county. Of their seven children--

CLARK, born Feb. 22, 1811, in Grayson county, Va., was married in Sangamon county April 30, 1835, to Orlena Shellhouse. Clark Nuckolls died Oct. 5, 1854, in Christian county.

MATILDA, born Nov. 16, 1813, in Grayson county, Va., was married Dec. 18, 1834, in Sangamon county, to Irvin S. Pulliam. See his name.

MARTHA, born July 3, 1819, in Grayson county, Va., was married March, 1844, in Sangamon county, to Willis Shellhouse. See his name.

CHARLES, born Dec. 11, 1822, in Grayson county, Va., was married in Sangamon county Aug. 29, 1849, to Cassandra Clayton, who was born Feb. 8, 1832. They had three children, AMANDA E., "M." and EMILY J. Mrs. Cassaranda Nuckolls was killed by lightning May 25, 1858. Charles Nuckolls was married Oct. 19, 1858, to Susan Baker, who was born Jan., 1832, in Bertie county, North Carolina, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., in 1850. They have seven children, CHARLES S., JOHN H., SARAH N., JAMES A., LYDIA M., ROBERT J. and WILLIAM W. Charles Nuckolls and family reside near Auburn, Illinois.

JAMES D., born Dec. 22, 1824, in Grayson county, Va., was married in Sangamon county March 22, 1849, to Lydia Easley. They had six children, JOHN W., JAMES M., THOMAS J., EMMA A., WARHAM E. and CHARLES D. Mrs. Lydia Nuckolls died in Missouri, and J. D. Nuckolls was married June 16, 1870, to Louisa J. Voshell. They have one child, LYDIA A., and reside near Auburn, Illinois.

JANE, born Jan. 2, 1828, in Sangamon county, was married there March 26, 1846, to James Blount, who was born Aug. 8, 1822, in Tennessee. They had three children: JOHN, born Dec. 25, 1849, in Sangamon county, and JAMES H., born Jan. 22, 1851, in Sangamon county, both live in Edinburg; IDA M., born March 28, 1857, was married April 7, 1874, to Thomas Bell, who was born April 5, 1841, in Champaign county, Ohio. They live in Edinburg, Ill. Mr. and Mrs. Blount reside in Edinburg, Christian county, Illinois.

AMANDA, born Oct. 16, 1831, in Sangamon county, married Samuel Davidson. See his name.

John Nuckolls died Aug. 2, 1844, in Sangamon county, and his widow, Mrs. Ann Nuckolls, resides with her children in Ball and Pawnee township. She is in her ninetieth year, and enjoys excellent health--March, 1876.



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