WILLIAM H. HUSBAND , Auburn, Illinois, son of Harmon and Sarah Husband. His father was born in North Carolina, April 10, 1791, and mother in South Carolina, November 12, 1790. They were married in Christian county, Kentucky, in 1811; were the parents of twelve children: Evelina, born April 1, 1813; Elizabeth, October 1, 1814; Polly, November 18, 1816; Jane, July 18, 1818; Martha, January 22, 1820; Susan, October 29, 1821, born in Kentucky; James E. D., January 2, 1824; Martha, February 24, 1826; John Q. A., February 14, 1828; Sarah R. and William H., July 5, 1831; Emily, July 17, 1834; born in Illinois; Harmon, died February 14, 1848; Susan, July 31, 1850; Elizabeth M.., December 23, 181; Martha, March 8, 1856; Sarah, April 20, 1881. Father and mother with their family, came to Sangamon county in 1820, with teams across the country, in company with Flower Husbands and family, James Patton and family, and grandfather and grandmother Husbands, who made their home with James Patton, until the death of Mrs. Patton. Grandfather Husbands died December 20, 1842, about eighty-one years of, age, and was buried in the family burying ground, on the farm of Flower Husbands. After his death the grandmother came to live with her son Harmon, and remained there until his death, and then lived with her granddaughter, Mrs. Elihu Stout, and died there. They settled on Sugar creek, and commenced farming when government land came into market in 1823, when they entered several hundred acres, and improved a farm of three hundred and thirty-six acres, where his children now reside. He made a specialty of raising wheat and flax for the manufacture of cloth to be made into clothing. About 1839 or 1840, he bought the first threshing machine that was used in the county. It was a tread power machine. The school advantages of the children were such as subscription schools of the day afforded.