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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.



STALEY, DANIEL, was born Feb. 11, 1799, in Jefferson county, Va. His father moved to Cabell county, West Virginia, when he was a boy. He was married there in February, 1821, to Rebecca Bowen, who was born Jan. 9, 1802, in Guilford county, North Carolina. She was sister to Zaza Bowen. They had two children in Virginia, and the family moved to Sangamon county, arriving in the fall of 1826, in what is now Loami township, where seven children were born. Of their nine children--

SUSANNAH, born Aug. 12, 1822, in Virginia, married in Sangamon county to Levi Campbell. See his name. He died and she married William B. McCray, and lives near Loami, Ill.

ELIZABETH, born in Virginia, married in Sangamon county to George Owens, and she died Sept. 29, 1844.

MINERVA J., born in Sangamon county, married George Owens. They have seven living children, and live in Macoupin county, near Scottville, Ill.

BARBARA F., married William Russell, and lives in Newton county, Missouri.

REBECCA, married James F. Ward. They had eight children, and Mrs. Ward died. The family live near Trenton, Grundy county, Missouri.

STEPHEN, born March 2, 1835 in Sangamon county, married March 15, 1855, to Isabel Jacobs. They have six children, MARY E., SARAH A., LIZZIE M., SUSAN, STEPHEN D., and DANIEL, and live two and a half miles west of Loami, Sangamon county, Ill.

MARY C., born Jan. 4, 1838, married Williamson M. Nipper. See his name. She had one child, NANCY M. F., and died March 6, 1857.

DANIEL, born Feb. 10, 1841, in Sangamon county, married March 7, 1861, to Elsa J. Hudson. They had five children. ALICE D., the third child, died young. The other four, ADA L., ARNO V., WILLIAM Y. and JOE D., twins, live with their parents on the farm where his father settled in 1826. It is two miles west of Loami, Sangamon county, Ill.

SARAH M., died aged four years.

Mrs. Rebecca Staley died Nov. 24, 1847, and Mr. Staley married Mrs. Hepsey Nipper, whose maiden name was Gibson. She died March 8, 1873. Mrs. S. resides two and a half miles west of Loami, Sangamon county, Ill.



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