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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.



SATTLEY, ARCHIBALD, born Oct. 8, 1794, near Vergennes, Vermont, was married Feb. 13, 1819, near Carmi, White county, Ill., to Harriet Hawley, who was born March, 7, 1801, in Vermont. She was a twin sister of his brother Robert's wife. They moved to what became Sangamon county, arriving in June, 1819, and settled half a mile north of where Rochester now stands. They had eight children in Sangamon county, two of whom died young. Of the others--

MELVINA, born Sept. 3, 1819, married John C. Miller. See his name.

ALBERT, born April 10, 1821, in Sangamon county, was married, Sept. 21, 1853, in Springfield, to Susan C. Torrey. They had six children, three died young. The others live with their parents, in Taylorville, Illinois. Albert Sattley is one of the firm of Sattley Bros., Taylorville, Illinois, and resides there.

MARY, born Dec. 31, 1822, in Sangamon county, was married Jan. 16, 1845, in Rochester, to Thomas Cheney. They had four children, two died young. JENNIE married Dr. Henry Jayne, and lives in Taylorville. See his name. CHARLES, born Oct. 9, 1850, in Taylorville, was married there, Jan. 30, 1872, to Jennie Murphy, who was born July 1, 1850, in Christian county, Illinois. They live in Taylorville, Illinois. Thomas Cheney died Sept. 6, 1854, and his widow married Matthew E. Long. See his name.

ELIZA, born Nov. 11, 1824, in Sangamon county, married Isaac H. Firey. See his name.

MARSHALL, born Oct 24, 1831, in Sangamon county, was married, Nov. 5, 1857, to Ruth A. Prather, who was born July 22, 1838, in Washington county, Maryland. They have one child, MYRTLE, and live in Taylorville, Illinois. He is one of the firm of Sattley Bros.

EDMUND was killed by a loaded wagon running over him, in Rochester, at the age of five years.

Mrs. Harriet Sattley died Oct. 13, 1833, in Sangamon county, and Archibald Sattley was married in March, 1834, to Julia E. Sherman, a native of Vermont. They had three children in Rochester.

HENRY, born Sept. 25, 1835, was married Feb. 29, 1861, in Taylorville, to Mary Thompson, a native of Virginia. They had four children, three died young. ELIZA lives with her parents in Taylorville.

ARCHIBALD, Jun., born Sept. 2, 1837, was married Oct. 25, 1860, to Martha J. Ferguson. They have five children, CLYDE A., JAMES F.,

FREDERICK L., HIRAM L. and LUCY. A. Sattley, Jun., is of the firm of Sattley Bros., Taylorville, Illinois.

CHARLES, born Feb. 12, 1839, was married Feb. 15, 1862, near Taylorville, to Clara A. Ferguson. They have five children, LULIE, EMMA, OSCAR, MAUDE, and a babe, and live near Willey station, Christian county, Ill.

Archibald Sattley, Sen., died March 16, 1842, in Rochester, and his widow, Mrs. Julia E. Sattley, was married there to Lewis Thompson. They had two children--

VICTORIA, married J. E. Davis, and lives at Brookton.

ALICE married Harry Smith, and lives in Chicago, Illinois.

Mrs. Julia E. Thompson died in 1865, in Springfield, Ill., and Lewis Thompson died in 1872, near Taylorville, Illinois.



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