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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.



OGDEN, ZACHARIAH, was born Nov. 11, 1794, near Frederick City, St. Mary's county, Maryland. His father died there when he was quite young, and his mother moved to Washington county, Kentucky. Zachariah was married, in 1815, in Grayson county, to Elizabeth Peerce. They had six children in Kentucky, and the family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Oct 13, 1827, in what is now Ball township, where they had five children. Of their children--

MELINDA, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Stephen Gatton. They had two children, and the whole family died.

WINNIE, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to James Clark. They have eleven children, and live in Decatur county, Iowa.

JAMES, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Jane Ogden. They had six children in Sangamon county, four of whom died, namely: ELIZABETH, at seventeen; MARY A., at two; SARAH M., in infancy, and ZACHARIAH P., in his thirteenth year. JAMES WM. and JOSEPH RAMES live with their father. Mrs. Jane Ogden died May 28, 1869, and James Ogden lives one and one-quarter miles southwest of Pawnee, Illinois.

WILLIAM L., born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Eliza J. Davis, who died, Jan., 1842, leaving one child. He married Lucy Durbin. They had six children. Mr. Ogden died, May 1, 1858, and Mrs. Ogden died, June 9, 1869, and all the children are dead except three. MIRANDA I. lives with her uncle, J. B. Ogden. ELIZABETH A. lives with J. T. Burtle, Sen., and MARGARET M. with her uncle, James Ogden.

JOSEPH B., born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Mary E. Brawner. They had five living children. MARY M. married James Shively, has one child, DORA, and lives in Pawnee township. BETTANEY E., JAMES W., ANN E. and SARAH M. live with their parents, one mile southwest of Pawnee, Illinois.

JOHN C., born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Minerva J. Clayton. He died, July, 1850, leaving a widow and one child, JAMES HARDIN. The widow married, and lives in Missouri.

SARAH, born in Sangamon county, in 1828, died Aug., 1835.

FRANCIS M., born in 1830, in Sangamon county, married Elizabeth Durbin. They had two children, ZACHARIAH and JAMES M. Mrs. Ogden died, and he married Maria Riney, has four children, SUSAN E., EDNA F., GERTRUDE I. and FANNIE B., and live four miles southeast of Pawnee, Illinois.

ELIZABETH E., born in Sangamon county, married James Durbin, who died, leaving a widow and one child, MARGARET J., who married James Riney, and lives four miles south of Pawnee, Illinois.

MARY J. died, aged sixteen, and

SARAH M. died, aged five years.

Mrs. Elizabeth Ogden died, October 4, 1858, and Zachariah Ogden died Aug. 4, 1869, and were both buried at St. Bernard Catholic church, Sangamon county, Illinois.



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