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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.



WALLACE, JAMES, was born in 1776, in Pendleton district, South Carolina, of Scotch Presbyterian parents. They being Whigs were driven from their home by the British and Tories previous to his advent in the world, and he was born in a camp. On arriving at the age of manhood he went to Nova Scotia, and was there married to Ann Doole. About 1816 he moved back to South Carolina. Having lived where all men were free, on his return to his native State, it appeared to him as though slavery was indeed "the sum of all villanies," and he determined to seek a land of freedom in which to bring up his family. He accordingly moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving November 3, 1822, in what is now Auburn township, one mile south of the present town of Auburn. Of his five sons and six daughters, three only remained in Sangamon county, namely,

JOHN and WILLIAM, twins, were born June 17, 1808, in Nova Scotia, and came, in 1822, with their father, to Sangamon county.

JOHN, was married August 5, 1830, in Sangamon county, to Eveline Rieger. They had ten children in Sangamon county. GEORGE W. married Charlotte Dilner, who died, and he married Sarah Arnet, and lives in Missouri. ELIZABETH A. married Jonathan S. Frazier, who died leaving a son, CHARLES E. Mrs. Frazier married Joseph H. Lockridge. See his name. MARY J. married Thomas Black. See his name. ELIZA married William Crane, and lives in Elco, Nevada. AMANDA married John N. Kenney. See his name. WILLIAM and JAMES, twins. The former married Minerva Cox, and lives in Chatham, Illinois. The latter married Jennie Chapman, and lives near Auburn, Illinois--1874. MARGARET C. and DAVID F., twins. The former married C. Columbus Cannon, and lives in Auburn, Illinois. The latter married Mary Kessler, and lives near Auburn, Illinois. JOHN B. lives at Placerville, California--1874. John Wallace died Nov. 20, 1854, and Mrs. Eveline Wallace died August 20, 1876, both near Auburn, Illinois.

WILLIAM, was married in 1832 in Sangamon county to Amanda Rusk. They had four children in Springfield, namely: BENJAMIN F., married Mary Gregory. They have two children, GRACIE and STELLA, and live in Keokuk, Iowa. JOHN L., JANE E., and ADA ANN live with their father. Mrs. Amanda Wallace died in 1848, and William Wallace was married in 1849 to Mrs. Allender, who died in 1864. Mr. Wallace was married in 1865 to Mrs. Eliza J. Gard, a native of Clark county, Ohio. They reside in Springfield, Illinois.

MARY ANN married Benjamen Kessler. They brought up a family of several children, and reside in Auburn, Sangamon county, Illinois.

James Wallace moved in 1835 from Sangamon to Macon county, Illinois, taking three sons and five daughters with him. He died there about 1845.



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