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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, JOHN, born Nov. 8, 1806, in Gloucester county, New Jersey, but was brought up in Cumberland county, in the same State. He was married Feb. 3, 1833, in Cape May county, to Elizabeth Smith, who was born in that county April 13, 1812. They moved to Philadelphia, where they had one living child, returned to New Jersey, where they had one child, and moved from there to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving Oct. 15, 1839, in what is now Cartwright township, where they had nine children. Of their eleven children--

JAMES S., born July 10, 1836, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, married in Sangamon county June 14, 1860, to Maria Rachel Purviance. See Purviance or Purvines family. They have four children, SAMUEL S., JOHN N., FRANKLIN H. and MARY E. James S. Zane was elected in the fall of 1872 sheriff of Jasper county, Missouri, and resides at Carthage, the county seat.

RHODA S., born Sept. 13, 1838, in Cape May county, New Jersey, married in Sangamon county, April 21, 1859, to John T. Epler. She died March 21, 1871, leaving four children, CHARLES L., GEORGE A., MARY J. and RHODA E., who live with their father. John T. Epler is married again and resides two and a half miles south of Pleasant Plains, Sangamon county, Illinois.

MARY F., born March 25, 1841, in Sangamon county, married Feb. 13, 1867, to Dr. Henry VanMeter. See his name.

ELLEN S., born Dec. 20, 1842, in Sangamon county, married July 31, 1861, to Benjamin F. Jones. She died May 25, and he died August 27, 1867. They had two children. MARY J. died, aged three years. JOHN W., born Dec. 12, 1864, lives with his grandfather Zane.

ELIZABETH S., born May 7, 1844, married Dec. 28, 1871, to William S. Bullard. See his name.

ANDREW, born August 20, 1846, in Sangamon county, married Feb. 27, 1873, to Mary J. Hamilton, near Pleasant Plains, Illinois. They reside in Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri.

JOHN W., born Oct. 31, 1848.

JEREMIAH F., born Nov. 26, 1850.

HANNAH M., born Dec. 25, 1852.

ROBERT H., born March 3, 1855;

ALICE B., born April 25, 1859, the five latter live with their parents.

John Zane and wife reside four miles east of Mechanicsburg, Sangamon county, Illinois--1874.



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