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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.



PRIMM, THOMAS, was born May 11, 1782, in Stafford county, Va., moved with his father's family, in 1801, to St. Clair county. Elizabeth Stallions was born Aug. 19, 1792, in Wheeling, Va. Her parents moved to St. Clair county, Ill., arriving May 13, 1796, at Whiteside station. Thos. Primm and Elizabeth Stallions were there married, Mar. 12, 1807. She was less than fifteen years old. They had six living children in that county. The family moved to Sangamon county, arriving Oct. 8, 1820, where three children were born. Of their nine children--

WILLIAM, born Jan. 11, 1808, in St. Clair county, married in Sangamon county to Maria Canterbury. They had seven children--ASA C. married Fidelia Hall, who died, in 1859, leaving two children, and he married Mrs. Mary A. Ryker, whose maiden name was Moore. They have four children, and live in Bourbon county, Kansas. MARGARET J. married, in 1866, to Wm. Warfield. They have two children, and live in McLean county, Illinois. WILLIAM H. enlisted in Aug., 1862, in Co. C, 114th Ill. Inf., served full term, and was honorably discharged. He was married to Catharine Perrine, have two children, and live in Lucas county, Iowa. THOMAS N. enlisted Aug. 3, 1861, in Co. F, 28th Ill. Inf., for three years, served more than full term, and was honorably discharged. He was married to Adelia Perrine, had two children, one died, aged six years. They live in Lucas county, Iowa. ISAAC H. married Ann M. Roberts. They have two children, MAGGIE M. and ELVIRA M., and live one mile east of Athens, and three miles north of Cantrall, Illinois. Mrs. Maria Primm died April 30, 1872, and William Primm lives three-quarters of a miles southeast of Athens, Illinois.

JAMES, born Sept. 4, 1809, in St. Clair county, married Maria Russell, who was born at Harper's Ferry, Va. They had nine children, five of whom only are living. THOMAS F. and JOHN J. were Union soldiers in an Illinois regiment, and live with their mother. EDWARD T., WILLIAM R. and RUTH E. live with their mother. James Primm died, Jan. 4, 1872, and his widow and children live two and one-half miles south of Lincoln, Logan county, Illinois.

ABRAHAM S., born Dec. 25, 1812, in St. Clair county, raised in Sangamon county, married, June 18, 1839, to Lucinda Hall, who was born April 28, 1820, in Ohio, opposite Guyandotte, Va. They had eleven children, six of whom died under five years. Of the other five--MARY married Henry Cline. See his name. MELISSA married Michael T. Hargrave, who was born March 17, 1842, in Guilford county, N. C. They have one child, LILLIE M., and live near Athens, Illinois. MINNIE E. married Andrew P. West, and live in Atlanta, Illinois. ROSE A. and LILLIE M. live with their parents, adjoining Athens, Illinois, on the northeast.--1874.

JOHN L., born Oct. 31, 1814, in St. Clair county, married Hannah M. Rankin. She died, August, 1846, leaving three children. He was married, Aug., 1847, to Mrs. Sinai Davis, whose maiden name was Allen. They have four children, and live two and one-half miles southeast of Lincoln, Illinois.

DANIEL C., born Jan. 3, 1817, in St. Clair county, married Elizabeth Tice. He died, Oct., 1864, leaving a widow and six children in Menard county, Illinois.

MARY A., born April 19, 1819, married Augustus Rankin, and died, Nov. 21, 1852, leaving one child in Logan county, Illinois.

THOMAS J., born Jan. 25, 1822. He has practiced medicine more than a quarter of a century, is unmarried, and lives in Athens, Illinois.--1874.

ELIZABETH, born Jan, 12, 1824, married George W. Cline. See his name. He died, and she married Jacob Barnsback, who died, in 1861, leaving a widow and four living children in Madison county, Illinois.

NINIAN E., born April 6, 1830, married Elizabeth Wood. He died, in 1857. His widow lives in Athens, Illinois.

Thomas Primm died May 14, 1856, and his widow, familiarly known as Aunt Betty Primm, lived with her son, Abraham S. Primm, near Athens. Illinois, until her death in 1874. She was eighty-three years old. Her recollection of early events was remarkably vivid. She remembered passing over the ground where Springfield stands when the grass was higher than her head as she sat on horseback. She carried a child on one arm and used the other to keep the grass out of her face, and lived to see that spot of land occupied by a city of more than twenty thousand inhabitants.



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