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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.




WAGGONER, GEORGE, was born in Pennsylvania, and when a young man went to Licking county, Ohio. He was married at Newark to Judea Wertzbaugh, who was born in Canada. They had eight children in Ohio, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in October, 1822, in what is now Gardner township, south of Prairie creek, where three children were born.

JOHN born in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to Julia A. Clark, had eight children, and both died in Mason county, Illinois.

ELIZA, born in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to James Darrell, had eight children, and he died and she married Halsey Smith, who died and she married Freeman Marshall, and lives in Havanna, Illinois.

ALFRED, born in Ohio, married Jane Hinsley, have five children, and live at Petersburg, Illinois.

OZIAS, born in Ohio, married Rebecca J. Shepherd, had five children, and she died, and he married Hannah Leonard, had four children, two of whom died young. Ozias Waggoner lives in the southwest part of Springfield, Illinois.

JULIA A., born in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to John Carman, had nine children, and Mr. Carman died in March, 1866, in Christian county. His family live near Nokomis, Montgomery county, Illinois.

EFFIE, born Jan. 28, 1818, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county, to Thomas Sayre. See his name.

ELIZABETH, born in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to Martin S. Morris, have ten children, and live in Savannah, Missouri.

HARRIET married Zachariah Clarey, have eleven children, and live in Kansas.

SARAH married Stephen Ewbank, had eight children, and he died leaving his family near Girard, Illinois.

GEORGE C. married Louisa Fuller, and live near Cerro Gordo, Piatt county, Illinois.

Mrs. Judea Waggoner died Jan. 3, 1863 or '4, and George Waggoner died. Both buried at Petersburg, Illinois.




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