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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.



SPICER, LEMUEL, was born about 1770 in Kent county, Delaware, and was there married to Sarah Johnson, a native of the same county. They had one child there, and moved to Scott county, Kentucky, thence to Fayette county, in the same State, and from there to Clarke county, Indiana. In the spring of 1833 he moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, and settled in what is now Cotton Hill township. Of their only child--

UPSHEAR D., born Sept. 24, 1795, in Kent county, Delaware, married in Fayette county, Kentucky, April 27, 1816 to Nancy Clifton. They moved to Clarke county, Indiana, where they had seven children, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in the fall of 1833, in Cotton Hill township, where they had five children. Three of their children died young. Of the other nine, ELIAS S., born May 2, 1818, in Clarke county, Indiana, married in Sangamon county to Lucinda Kent. They both died; Mr. Spicer, Dec. 28, 1872, in Sangamon county, leaving three daughters in DeWitt county, and a son in Iowa. MINAS B., born July 12, 1820, in Clarke county, Indiana, married in Sangamon county to Mary Miller. They have four living children, and reside near Clinton, DeWitt county, Illinois. MARY P., born February 20, 1823, in Clarke county, Indiana, married in Sangamon county to Joseph Beam. See his name. THOMPSON C., born Dec. 1, 1825, in Clarke county, Indiana, married in Sangamon county Jan. 18, 1848, to Melvina Vigal. They had seven children, two of whom died under four years, of age. MARY J., born Nov. 2, 1850, married Oct. 3, 1869, to Aaron C. Colean, who was born March 4, 1848, in Jersey county, Illinois. They have one living child, Etta Alice, and live two miles west of New City, Sangamon county, Illinois. OLIVER A., ALICE H., EMMA L. and CHARLES R., live with their father. Mrs. Melvina Spicer died Dec. 9, 1873, and Thompson C. Spicer resides one and a half miles west of New City, Sangamon county, Ill. GEORGE W., born July 15, 1832, in Indiana, married in Sangamon county March 5, 1854, to Caroline E. Britton. They had four children, WILLIAM B., died aged ten years, BENJAMIN O., CHARLES F., and GEORGE W., Jun., live with their mother. George W. Spicer died Nov. 26, 1862, and his widow married August 8, 1866, to Nathan S. Plummer, who was born March 15, 1836, in Richland county, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Plummer have four children, IDA E., CARRIE A., OSCAR F. and MARGARET A., and live near New City, Sangamon county, Illinois. SARAH and SOPHIA, twins, born August 18, 1834, the former died in infancy and the latter in her ninth year. JOHN, born May 21, 1838, in Sangamon county, married Mary E. Porterfield, and for his second wife married, March 4, 1871, Mrs. Mary J. Dee, whose maiden name was Waker. Her first husband, John C. Dee, was a member of the 44th Ohio Inf., and was killed at the battle of Fort Donelson, Feb. 14, 1862. Mr. and Mrs. Spicer live near Cotton Hill P. O., Sangamon county, Illinois. ROSEANN, born Oct. 13, 1840, died June 26, 1856. EMILY, born August 13, 1843, in Sangamon county, married Oct. 27, 1864, to David Marshall, and have one child, MARY FRANCES. They live in Cotton Hill township. Upshear D. Spicer died Feb. 15, 1855, and his widow married Adam Safley. See his name.

Mrs. Sarah Spicer died Nov. 6, 1837, and Lemuel Spicer married a second time. He died March 31, 1842, both in Sangamon county, Illinois.



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