ALFRED VIGAL , of cotton Hill township, section twenty, son of John T. Vigal, was born in this township, April 28, 1835, where he has since resided, and married, December 17, 1857, to Dianna Carpenter, who was born in Delaware county, Ohio, February 6, 1831. She came to Shelby county, Illinois, when eight years old, and thence, in 1839, to Sangamon, where she married and had eight children - Clara J., born October 2, 1858, and married October 20, 1880, to Charles C. Jones, and resides in this township; John F., born January 30, 1860; and infant, born January 29, 1861, and died February 20, 1861; Adaline, born February 11, 1862, and died January 19, 1875; Tonia, born June 19, 1863; an infant, born February 10, 1865, and died same day; Edwin, born November 2, 1867, and Mary, born August 26, 1870. Mr. Vigal's father, John T. Vigal, was born near Louisville, Kentucky, April 8, 1808, and married March 10, 1830, in Clark county, Indiana, to Hannah Coble, who was also born there May 20, 1811. They came to Sangamon county the same year of their marriage, and settled in Cotton Hill township, where he has continued to reside since that time, and had nine children - five sons and four daughters. Three sons and one daughter (Mrs. W. H. Boyd) are yet living, all in this township. Mrs. John T. Vigal died May 12, 1853. Mr. Alfred Vigal has always been a farmer, and owns ninety acres of valuable land, well cultivated.