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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.



STANLEY, THOMAS, was born March 23, 1790, in Virginia, and was taken by his parents to Ohio. Elizabeth Centre was born June 22, 1790, in New York. She was married there to Andrew Campbell. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was killed at the battle of Fort Meigs, leaving a widow and two children. Thomas Stanley was a soldier in the war of 1812 also, and after the war was married to Mrs. Elizabeth Campbell. They had four living children in Ohio and moved to Sangamon county, Ill.. arriving in the fall of 1829. Of their children--

ABRAHAM Campbell, born in 1811 in Ohio, came in 1829 to Sangamon county and married Phoebe Shepherd. He is a traveling preacher in the M. E. Church. They have four living children. JOHN W. is a physician. SOPHRONIA, MELISSA and WILLIAM are all four married and live in Illinois. Rev. Abraham Campbell lives now--1876--at St. Elmo, Fayette county, Ill.

SARAH Campbell, born Sept. 14, 1813, near Columbus, Ohio, and came in 1829 to Sangamon county, married John D. Swallow. They had three children. DANIEL E., born Jan. 11, 1844, in Menard county, married Cornelia Day. They have three children, EFFIE M., MAMIE E. and ELSIE M. D. E. Swallow is a printer and lives in St. Louis, Missouri. SAMUEL M., born Jan. 27, 1846, in Mason county, married Mary K. Allen. They have two children, WILLIAM A., and JULIA B. S. M. Swallow is a printer and lives in Mexico, Missouri. HESTER, born Sept. 17, 1849, is unmarried and lives in Springfield. Mrs. Sarah Swallow lives in the latter city.

Of Thomas Stanley's children--

LEONORA, born in Ohio, was married in Sangamon county, to George Neal. They had four living children, and Mrs. Neal died. George Neal married again and lives west of Springfield, Illinois.

DAVID, died aged fourteen years.

CURRENCY, born in Ohio, was married in Sangamon county to Joseph VanNatten. See his name.

AQUILLA W., born in Sangamon county, Ill., enlisted in 1862 for three years in the 100th Ill. Inf., served about six months, and was discharged on account of physical disability. He married Elizabeth Dooley. They have five children, MARGARET, MATILDA, CHARLES, FRANK, and CORNELIA. Aquilla Stanley and wife live northeast of Lincoln, Ill.

Thomas Stanley died in 1837 in Sangamon county, and his widow lives with her daughter, Mrs. Joseph VanNatten, north of Springfield, Ill.



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