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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.



RICHARDS, ANDREW, was married in Nicholas county, Kentucky, to Mrs. Rosanna Dinsmore, whose maiden name was McCune, a sister to Gavin McCune. She had one child by her first marriage, and they had five children, all in Nicholas county, Ky. The family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1832, at Rochester, where one child was born. Of all their children--

CELIA DINSMORE, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Joseph Clawson. Both died, leaving three children near Taylorville, Illinois.

Of the Richards children--

ROBERT E., born Sept. 16, 1822, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, April 15, 1845, to Louisa Stokes. They had two children. ANNA died in infancy. AMANDA, born May 3, 1848, died Nov. 6, 1862. Robert E. Richards died Feb. 15, 1848, and his widow lives at the house of her neice, Mrs. Lawson H. Smith. See Bell family.

JOHN A., born August 15, 1824, in Nicholas county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, March 29, 1846, to Sarah E. Dickerson. They had nine children; three died young. JANE married Scott Clawson, has three children, and lives near Taylorville, Illinois. KATIE M., ELECTA, IDA and EMMA, twins, and JOHN P. live with their parents in Rochester, Sangamon county, Illinois.

WILLIAM M., born in Nicholas county, Ky., was married in Sangamon county, Ill., to Mary J. Menara. They had nine children; one died. Wm. M. Richards and family live near Breckenridge, Sangamon county, Illinois.

BENJAMIN A., born March 3, 1829, in Nicholas county, Ky., was married Oct. 10, 1850, in Sangamon county, to Matilda Hutchings, who was born Feb. 23, 1832, in Rochester, New York. They had ten children; five died young. PHILIP A., WILLIAM T., CHARLES E., LEMUEL C. and MABEL live with their parents. Benj. A. Richards is the proprietor of a book and job printing office in Springfield, Il., where he now resides.

ANDREW M., born in Nicholas county, Ky., raised in Sangamon county, went to Texas about 1859, married there, has a family, and lives at Wheelock, Robertson county, Texas.

NANCY, born in Sangamon county, married Thomas Dye, has four children, and lives near Bradfordton, Sangamon county, Illinois.

Andrew Richards and Mrs. Rosanna Richards both died in Sangamon county, Illinois.



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