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1881 HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNTY, ILLINOIS
Inter-State Publishing Company
Chicago, Illinois, 1881





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LEVI J. BURCHAM was born August 9, 1830, in West Virginia, and moved to Sangamon county in 1830, thence to Plattsburg, Clinton county, Missouri, in 1851, where he lived eight years; thence, in 1858, to Grayson county, Texas, a short time; thence to Nodaway county, Missouri, four years, till 1863,; returned to Sangamon and settled on section five, Cooper township. Here he married Lydia McCorkle, born in Clay county, Missouri, May 25, 1836. They have two children: Charles, born March 31, 1856; Mamie Emma Lord and Nannie Z., born in Kansas, May 4, 1862. All live in this township, Nannie, with her parents. Mr. Burcham and family came from Missouri as refugees, having been financially ruined by the Rebellion. His parents, Reuben and Nancy (Wheeler) Burcham, came to Sangamon county in 1849. Of their nine children, six are living in Sangamon county. Mrs. Burcham's parents, Archibald and Zerilda (Short) McCorkle had nine children. Reuben Burcham died April 9, 1879.

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