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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.



WATSON, WILLIAM M., was born Oct. 16, 1807, near Vincennes, Indiana. He was married June 14, 1831, in Jefferson county, Indiana, to Sarah Talbott, who was born August 5, 1814, in Millersburg, Kentucky. They moved to Shelbyville, Illinois, where they had one child, and moved to Springfield, arriving Sept. 24, 1834, where they had eight children. Of all their children--

JAMES W., born Dec. 8, 1833, in Shelbyville, Illinois, married in Springfield, Jan. 16, 1856 to Angeline Cook, who was born Sept. 3, 1833, in Butler county, Ohio. They have one child, OSCAR A., born in Springfield, Nov. 5, 1856. He is an accountant. James W. Watson is a boot and shoe maker, and since 1871 has been Tyler for the Masonic bodies in Springfield, Illinois.

JULIETT died in 1843, aged ten years.

MARY A., born and married in Springfield to Edward Miles. He was killed by an accident on the Toledo, Wabash and Western Railroad in 1865. She resides with her parents in Springfield.

CHARLES H., born Dec. 11, 1839, in Springfield, married Sept. 14, 1874, in Gibson, Illinois, to Mrs. Mary Waddell, whose maiden name was Whitely, a native of Little Rock, Arkansas. Mr. Watson is an artist and lives in Springfield, Illinois.

SARAH lives with her parents.

DAVID died, aged thirteen years.

HESTER died, aged six years.

THEODORE resides with his parents.

EMILY J., born May 20, 1852, in Springfield, married Dec. 22, 1870, to Mervin B. Converse, and resides in Springfield.

William M. Watson and wife reside in Springfield, Illinois.



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