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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.



TORREY, JOSEPH, was born March 25, 1788, in Connecticut, came to Madison county, Illinois, and was there married to Olive Slater. They moved to Sangamon county, and settled on Sugar creek, where she died in 1820. Joseph Torrey returned east and was married Jan. 17, 1828, at Millbury, Mass., to Abigail Sibley, who was born Nov. 29, 1804, in Massachusetts. They had four children there, and moved to Springfield, Illinois, arriving in 1836, where three children were born. Of their seven children two died young.

ELIZA A., born March 2, 1829, in Massachusetts, was married July 3, 1851, in Springfield, Illinois, to John C. Moses. They had two children. ABBIE, born August, 1832, was married in Taylorville, Illinois, to David Hay. They reside at Wichita, Kansas. JOHN C., lives in Taylorville. Mr. Moses died May 16, 1860, and Mrs. Moses resides with her sisters, Mrs. Sattley and Mrs. Rockwell.

SUSAN, born March 18, 1831, in Massachusetts, married, Sept. 21, 1853, to Albert Sattley. See his name.

ABIGAIL E., born Sept. 10, 1833, in Massachusetts, was married in Springfield, Illinois, Oct. 7, 1856, to Sylvester Paden. He died August 15, 1860. She was married July 7, 1869, to Humphrey H. Hood. They have one child, HARROLD, and reside in Litchfield, Illinois.

ELLEN, born April 4, 1841, in Springfield, was married Dec. 29, 1858, in Taylorville, to Charles V. Rockwell, who was born in Richland county, Ohio. He came to Chicago in 1848, and from there to Decatur, Illinois, in 1850, studied medicine, and attended one course of lectures at St. Louis Medical College. In 1854 he located and practiced medicine at Taylorville. He graduated at St. Louis Medical College in 1858. They have five children, LULU, SUSAN E., GERTRUDE, ESTELLA and GRACIE A., who reside with their parents at Taylorville, Illinois.

JOSEPH S., born Feb. 8, 1844, in Springfield, was married Oct. 27, 1868, in Centralia, to Elizabeth H. Sloan, who was born Nov. 27, 1844, in Rockwood, Randolph county, Illinois. They have three living children, JULIA E., LEWIS E. and MABEL. J. S. Torrey resides in Taylorville, Illinois.

Joseph Torrey was in the boot and shoe business for a short time, afterwards engaged in hotel keeping, and subsequently n pork packing with James L. Lamb. He died on a farm near Illiopolis, Illinois, Sept. 2, 1845. Mrs. Torrey died in Taylorville, Sept. 10, 1857.



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