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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.



WEBB, JAMES G., was born Feb. 3, 1792, near Winchester, Clarke county, Kentucky. Elizabeth Petty was born May 3, 1795, in the same county. They were there married, and had two children, and the family moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in the fall of 1826 in what is now Loami township, south of Lick creek. In 1829 he sold his farm and moved to Buffalo Hart Grove, and in 1831 bought the same farm and moved back to Loami township. Five children were born in Sangamon county. Of the seven children -

Willis R., born Sept. 18, 1830, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, to Emily Darneille. They had three children, and the whole family died in Loami township.

John H., born Feb. 10, 1834, in Kentucky, raised in Sangamon county, married Mary Ream, a native of Maine. He went to Iowa and enlisted in 1861 in a cavalry regiment for three years. He was wounded in Arkansas in 1862 or '63, and was honorably discharged on account of physical disability occasioned by his wounds. They live at Abington, Jefferson county, Iowa.

Elizabeth, born August 9, 1827, in Sangamon county, died unmarried, Sept. 14, 1854, in Christian county, Illinois.

Charlotte, born Jan. 14, 1830, in Loami township, Sangamon county, Illinois, married Oct. 3, 1848 to James M. Turpin, who was born May 10, 1828, in Howard county, Missouri, and came with his parents to Sangamon county in 1845. He was a soldier in the Mexican war. He enlisted in August, 1862, in Co. I, 73d Ill. Inf. for three years, was elected second lieutenant at the organization of the company, promoted to first lieutenant Dec. 6, 1862, served until after participating in the battle of Chickamauga, when he resigned on account of business engagements at home. Mr. Turpin is now a merchant in Loami, Illinois. He has represented his township in the Sangamon County Board of Supervisors.

Adin, born July 12, 1833, in Sangamon county, is unmarried, and resides near Winchester, Kentucky.

Caroline, born Oct. 11, 1834, died Sept. 30, 1853.

James G. Jun., born August 9, 1840 in Sangamon county, died January, 1859, at Decatur, Illinois.

Mrs. Elizabeth Webb died Sept. 10, 1843, and James G. Webb died March 12, 1844, both in Loami township. He was a soldier from Kentucky in 1812, and taken prisoner at the battle of River Raisin.



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