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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.



ZANE, CHARLES S., brother to John Zane, was born March 2, 1831, in Cumberland county, New Jersey. In the spring of 1850 he came to the vicinity of Pleasant Plains, Sangamon county, Illinois, where he worked at farm labor by the month. He afterwards attended McKendree college, at Lebanon, Illinois, teaching school in different parts of the State at intervals until July 15, 1856, when he came to Springfield. Having previously commenced the study of law, he continued and was admitted to practice in the spring of 1857. He was three times elected city attorney, in 1858, 1860 and in 1865. In June, 1873, he was elected Judge of the judicial circuit, of which Sangamon county is a part, and is now--December, 1876--in office. He was married in 1859 to Margaret D. Maxcy. They have six children, FERNETTAM., CHARLES W., JOHN M., OLIVER W., MARGARET, FRANKLIN A. and HERBERT S.

Judge Charles S. Zane was elected in November, 1876, a member of the National Lincoln Monument Association. He, with his family, resides in Springfield, Sangamon county, Illinois.



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