All Rights Reserved © Copyright 1999, 2000 All material contained on these pages are furnished for the free use of those engaged researching their family origins. Any commercial use, without the consent of the host/author of these pages is prohibited. We have tried to use images that were obtained from sources permitting free distribution, or generated by the author, and are subject to the same restrictions/permissions. All persons contributing material for posting on these pages does so in recognition of their free, non-commercial distribution, and further, is responsible to assure that no copyright is violated by their submission.
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.



WALL, ISAAC, was born about 1790, near the line between Virginia and North Carolina. He was married in North Carolina to Nancy Duncan, and moved to Rockingham county, Tennessee, and from there to Sangamon county, Illinois, in what is now Auburn township, in 1830. They had four children--

ELIJAH married Margaret Jones, and died.

WILLIAM, born in Tennessee, married Nancy Haines, in Sangamon county, joined the Mormons, moved to Salt Lake, became one of the twelve apostles, took more wives, and raised a large family.

JOHNSON C. married four times, and each wife died without children. He enlisted in the 1st Ill. Cav. in 1861, was captured at Lexington, Missouri, was released, and in 1863 he enlisted at Springfield, in Vaughn's Battery, and died at Little Rock, Arkansas, April 5, 1864.

RICHARD C., born March 15, 1829, in Rockingham county, Tennessee, married Oct. 16, 1845, in Sangamon county, to Mary Jones. They have six children. SARAH married Green Dallas, has three children, and lives in Cotton Hill township. NANCY D., MELINDA A., EVELINE E., MARTHA A. and ANDREW C. live with their parents three and a half miles north of Pawnee, in Cotton Hill township, Sangamon county, Illinois.

Mrs. Nancy Wall died in 1833 or '34. Isaac Wall is married again, and lives in Missouri.



Return to 1876 Biography Index
Return to Sangamon County ILGenWeb