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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.



RODGERS, ROBERT B., born Aug. 1, 1793, in Westmoreland county, Pa. Catharine A. Huggins was born Feb. 11, 1800, in Liverpool, Perry county, Pa. They were married and had eight children in Pennsylvania, and moved to Medina county, O., where one child was born, and from there to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the spring of 1837 in what is now Clear Lake township, east of the river, where two children were born. Of their twelve children--

LUCETTA, born Jan. 1, 1814, in Dauphin county, Pa., married in Wooster, O., to Charles McClure. She died there in 1844, leaving three children.

THOMAS, born April 5, 1816, in Perry county, Pa., married in Sangamon county, to Catharine Hazlitt. They had seven children; two died young. LUCETTA is married, and lives in Iowa. ALFRED, MARY C., LOUISA and THOMAS, Jun., live with their mother. Thomas Rodgers died in 1852, and his widow and children live one and a half miles north of Riverton, Ill.

JANE, born November, 1819, in Perry county, Pa., married in Wooster, O., to William McClure. They died, leaving two children.

REBECCA, born May 30, 1821, in Dauphin county, Pa., married in Sangamon county to James Morton. They have eight living children. THOMAS married Sarah Smith, and lives near Sadoris, Ill. AMANDA married Avery Constant, and lives near Williamsville, Ill. MARY C. married James W. Wilson. See his name. CAROLINE married Jefferson Yocom. See his name. JOSEPHINE, LUCY J., ANN R. and JAMES W., live with their parents. James Morton and wife reside near Sadoris, Champaign county, Ill--1874.

AMANDA, born Aug. 17, 1826, in Dauphin county, Pa., married Dec. 11, 1845, in Sangamon county, to William Steele, who was born April 2, 1821, in Carlisle, Ky. They had six children.

ELIZABETH C. married Charles Wilkison, who was born Nov. 6, 1838, in Stark county, O. They have two children, WILLIAM and JOSEPHINE, and live in Riverton, Ill. Mr. Wilkison served three months -- from April, 1861 -- in the 13th Ohio Inf. He enlisted at Springfield, Feb. 2, 1865, for one year, in Co. I, 7th Ill. Cav., served until Nov. 4, 1865, when he was honorably discharged. JOHN H., born Feb. 19, 1846, enlisted Feb. 2, 1865, for one year, in Co. I, 7th Ill. Cav., served until Nov. 4, 1865, when he was honorably discharged. He was married to Euphemia Wilson. They have two children, and live in Riverton, Ill. ROBERT F. married Emily R. Mann, and live in Riverton. HARRIET married John Wood, and died Nov. 20, 1873, having been married but three weeks. GEORGANA married Benjamin F. Flagg in Sangamon county, and lives in Muskegon, Mich. ALFARETTA lives with her mother. William Steele enlisted for three years in 1863, in Co. A, 116th Ill. Inf., and died in St. Louis, March, 1864. His widow resides at Riverton, Sangamon county, Ill.

MARY, born Nov. 17, 1827, in Dauphin county, Pa., married in Sangamon county to J. C. Harris. She had eight children, and died in Christian county, Ill. Robert B. Harris, the last one of her children, was scalded to death at Riverton, Dec. 22, 1873.

JOHN, born July 9, 1830, in Dauphin county, Pa., raised in Sangamon county, enlisted at Springfield, September, 1861, for three years, in Co. A, 3d Ill. Cav., served full term, and was honorably discharged at Springfield, September, 1864. He was married Oct. 9, 1865, at Riverton, to Mrs. Nancy J. Harsh, whose maiden name was Kinder. She was born Dec. 4, 1844, in Wythe county, Va. They have three children, IDAHO, PARLEY and ASA, and reside two miles southeast of Illiopolis, Ill.--1874.

CAROLINE, born Nov. 24, 1834, in Dauphin county, Pa., is unmarried, and lives with her brothers in Sangamon county.

RICHARD, born June 5, 1836, near Wooster, Medina county, O., married Dec. 25, 1867, in Sangamon county, to Mary A. Major. They have two living children, LOUIS and BYRON, and live in Riverton, Ill.

SAMUEL D., born Nov. 28, 1838, in Sangamon county, enlisted July 25, 1862, for three years, in Co. I, 114th Ill. Inf., served until May 14, 1863, when he was honorably discharged on account of physical disability. He was married Dec. 7, 1865, to Emma Yocom. They have two living children, LEONA and ELLEN MAUD, and reside in Riverton, Sangamon county, Ill.--1874.

ROBERT, born Sept. 7, 1842, in Sangamon county, enlisted in 1861 in Co. --, 7th Ill. Inf., for three months, and died at Cairo, July 9, 1861.

Robert R. Rodgers died March 25, 1862, and Mrs. Catharine A. Rodgers died April, 1864, both near Riverton, Sangamon county, Ill.



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