ILLINOIS GENEALOGY EXPRESS

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Macon County, Illinois
History & Genealogy

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CHAPTER X. -
Biographical Sketches of Early Settlers
who came here prior to 1836, and their families, up to the Present time; Births, Marriages, Deaths, etc.
Pages 246 - 298

AB - CD - EF - GH - IJ - KL - MN - OP - QR - ST - UV - WX - YZ
 

JOSIAH ABRAMS was born in Ohio; moved to Sangamon county in 1822, and to Macon county in 1829; married Nancy Davis.   Of their children -      LEVI was born July 25, 1808; married Mayon Moore.  Elizabeth was born in 1810; married Dan. Howell.  Henry A. was born Oct. 12, 1812; married Elizabeth Primm.  Maria J. married Burdine Church (dead).  Delila married A. J. Sinclair.  Jemmima married S. R. Wheeler.  James married Louisa Johnson.  Susan married Felix Butler.  Francis M.

CAPT. DAVID L. ALLIN was born in Loudon county, Va., Mar. 14, 1806, and came to Macon county in the fall of 1828, and located where James C. Lake now resides, on North Water street.  There was at that time a small cabin, which had been built by Hubbell Sprague, standing near Mr. Lake's present residence, which was regarded as a country residence.  Mr. Allin entered from the government the east half, northwest, section 14, town 16, 2 east, which now embraces about one-fourth of the city of Decatur, and of which North Water street was the western line.  Mr. A. built the second water mill that was ever built in the county, in 1831-2, which was afterwards sold by him to Robert Maffit, and known for many years as Maffitt's Mill.  Mr. Allin also made the first lime ever manufactured in Macon county, at the "old line kiln," a short distance southwest of Decatur, on the river.  The lime was said to be of a very superior quality, and a great deal of it was hauled to Springfield, and used for finishing purposes, owning to its superior quality.  In September, 1830, Capt. Allin married, in Rutherford county, Tenn., Miss Julia E. Read, who was born in Charlotte county, Va.

SAMUEL C. ALLEN was born in Loudon county, Va., Oct. 3, 1810; left Virginia in the fall of 1831; came on horseback, through Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, and spent the winter in Rutherford county, Tenn., and came to Illinois the next spring; lived the first year in Sangamon county; moved to Decatur the next fall, and has made that and the vicinity his home ever since.  Was married to Jane E. Reid, Dec. 7, 1858, (widow of Miner Reid, and daughter of Enos Gore, of Adams county, Ohio.)  She was born in Loudon county, Va., July 27, 1827.  Of their children -      Edwin Gore was born May 27, 1860.  Wm. Lee was born Oct. 21, 1861.  Milton James was born Feb. 14, 1864; died Nov. 26, 1866.  Orville Reid was born Oct. 11, 1865.  Frank D. was born Jan. 24, 1868.      Mr. Allen has been school treasurer, county and township assessor, and has been postmaster since his removal to this county.  He has been engaged as a farmer most of the time, but was in the mercantile business several years.

BENJ. AUSTIN was born in Virginia, Mar. 26, 1802, and removed to Macon County in the fall of 1825.  He was a surveyor, and laid out the original town plat of Decatur, and was for a great many years justice of the peace.  He married Margaret Warnick who was born in Tennessee, Feb. 22, 1806.  Of their children -      Jane was born May 27, 1826; William was born Dec. 22, 1828; Nancy C. was born Sept. 15, 1830; Perlina was born Sept. 5, 1832; died May 3, 1870; Lucinda was born Sept. 10, 1834; died.  Susan was born Nov. 28, 1836; died Mar. 5, 1837.  Margaret A. was born Feb. 23, 1837; Edmiston was born Sept. 25, 1839; Geo. W. was born Aug. 21, 1851.

JESSE AUSTIN was born May 3, 1818, in Rutherford county, Tenn., and moved to Macon county in 1831; was married in 1847 to Catharine Faris.  Of their seven children -      NANCY E. was born July 2, 1848; died 1853.  Joseph H. was born Feb. 16, 1850.  Rosetta A. was born Sept. 14, 1851, and was married to Wm. Getts. Mar. 24, 1870.  William I. was born July 16, 1853.  Mellissa E. was born Aug. 25, 1862.  Elizabeth  was born Apr. 2, 1865.  Mary J. was born Oct. 3, 1857.

WM. A. AUSTIN was born in Virginia, Apr. 26, 1806, and removed to Macon county in 1828, where he married Eleanor Warnick, who was born in Tennessee, Jan. 23, 1810.  She was a daughter of Wm. Wornick, and came to Macon county in 1825; died Nov. 16, 1853.  Of their children -      Henrietta was born Nov. 18, 1832.  Lettecia J. was born July 3, 1834; died Sept. 20, 1835.  May E. was born May 3, 1836; died June 13, 1840.  Joseph was born Oct. 31, 1837.  Benj. L. was born Nov. 26, 1839.  Geo. W. was born Aug. 21, 1841; died May 15, 1860.  Wm. C. was born Jan. 1, 1843.  Louisa M. was born Aug. 11, 1845; died Aug. 21, 1845.  John A. was born July 19, 1846.  Nancy J. was born Apr. 22, 1949.  Lewis N. was born Feb. 25, 1851.  Thomas J. was born Nov. 5, 1853.      Mr. A. was married a second time, Aug. 12, 1853.  Children by last wife -      Kate was born Jan. 1861.   ALVIN W. was born Sept. 13, 1863.  Mary E. was born Sept. 4, 1867.  Infant son was born Sept. 19, 1869; died Sept. 19, 1870.  James M. was born May 4, 1873.

JAMES M. BAKER was born Sept. 19, 1811, in North Carolina, and came to Macon county in 1830; was married to Arraanna H. Hodge, who was born in North Carolina, May 15, 1816, and removed to Macon county in the winter of 1830-31.  Of their children -      Robert was born Sept. 10, 1830.  S. A. E., was born Mar. 7, 1848; married to James Gregory, and died in March, 1873.

NEWTON BAKER was born in Lincoln county, North Carolina, Feb. 28, 1803; moved to Rutherford county, Tenn, when he was eleven years old, and moved to Macon county in 1830 and settled 5 miles east of Decatur; was married to Tabitha J. Hodge in 1835, and died May 27, 1872.  His wife was born in Orange county, North Carolina, in 1874, who came to Illinois in 1829, and settled in Sangamon county, remained one year and then removed to Macon county; she is still living in Decatur.  Of their children -      Amzi H., was born in 1836; was married to Anna White, in 1867, and is now living in Decatur.  Mary C., was born in 1839; was married to S. C. Davis, in 1857, and is still living in this county.  Joseph N., was born ____, and is now living in Decatur.  James W., was born ____, also living in Decatur.

WILLIAM D. BAKER was born in Lincoln county, North Carolina, on the 12th of September, 1800, and came to Macon county in the fall of 1828, and settled in what is now Long Creek township.  Mr. Baker was a member of the first grand jury of the county; he married in Tennessee, Marrila Martin.  Their children are Matilda L., wife of Andrew Dennis, Jas. T. Baker, Rev. Wm. P. Baker of Grayville in White county, Mrs. Elizabeth Smith and Rev. N. M. Baker.  Mr. Baker was one of the few men of whom in a long life on one can say ought against.

DAVID BARNWELL was born in South Carolina in 1802, and moved thence to Davidson county, Tenn., where he married Elizabeth Haddick, who was about the same age, and born in Tennessee.  They removed to Illinois in 1833, and first settled in what is now Long Creek township.  Mr. B. died in 1836 or 7, in Fayette county.  Mrs. B. died about 1840, in Macon county.  Of their six children -      Alfred A. was born Jan. 30, 1823, in Tennessee; died 1871.  Edward A. was born Aug. 30, 1824, in Tennessee; now resides in Cerro Gordo.  Richard G. was born Apr. 31, 1828, in Tennessee; resides in Idaho Territory.  Almira C. was born Sept. 3, 1829, in Tennessee; married Orrin Foster, and now resides in LaBette county Kansas.  John B. was born May 19, 1832, in Tennessee; resides in Macon county.  Nancy E. was born about 1834; died in infancy.

ALEXANDER W. BELL was born in East Tennessee in 1812, and came to Macon county in 1829, and located in what is now Mt. Zion township; was married to Mary Montgomery, who was born in1816 in Tennessee.  Mr. Bell was a member of the company from Macon county that enlisted in the Black Hawk war.  Of their children -      James M. was born April 17, 1848.  Maggie L. was born April, 1851; married Geo. T. Outten.  Mattie A. was born Apr. 21, 1854; married to J. Edgar Davis.

KIRBY BENEDICT was born Nov. 25, 1810, at Kent, Connecticut, and was married to Charlotte C. Curtis, Oct. 23, 1834, who was born Sept. 20, 1810, in Newton, Connecticut; they removed to Sangamon county, Illinois, in 1835, and to Macon county in March, 1836, where he engaged in the practice of law, and remained here until 1849, when he removed to Paris, Illinois; in the fall of 1853 he was appointed by President Pierce as one of the associate justices of the territory of New Mexico, in which capacity he served for three years, when he was appointed chief justice of the same territory, which position he held until his removal by Andrew Johnson in the winter of 1866.  After this he again engaged in the practice of law and was editor and proprietor of the New Mexico Union, until he died on the 28th day of February, 1874.  Mr. B. held the office of probate justice of the peace of Macon county from 1838 to 1842 and was the third resident practicing lawyer of Macon county; he received a common school education, and afterwards became proficient in the French and Spanish languages; he studied law with Judge Quitman in Natches, Mississippi, where he was admitted to the bar.  Of their children -      Ophelia C. and Laura K. died when young.  Worthine C., married James Smith and resides near Moweaqua, Illinois and Kirby S., resides at Tuscola, Illinois.

JOHN F. BLANKENSHIP was born in Virginia in 1801; married to Hannah Wilson who was born in North Carolina, in 1805, and is now living in this county.  Mr. B. died a few years ago.  Of their children -      Francis I., was born Mar. 6, 1827.  P. W. was born Jan. 9, 1832.  J. T., was born Mar. 25, 1834.  Wm. F. was born Aug. 15, 1837.  George A., was born Jan. 4, 1840.  Nancy W., was born June 27, 1843.  Robert L., was born Sept. 28, 1874; died 1873.

SAMUEL BRADEN was born Nov. 5th, 1769, in Ireland, and emigrated to America the year peace was declared; after remaining in Philadelphia a short time he located in ___ county, South Carolina, where he married Nancy Young, who was born in the latter state, near Charleston, during the Revolutionary war, (date unknown).  They removed from South Carolina to Kentucky, and thence to Tennessee, and from the latter state to Macon county, Ill., in Sept., 1828.  Mr. B. died in 1833, and Mrs. B. in 1842.  Of their three children-      Sidney R., was born Nov. 4th, 1848, in Tennessee; removed to Illinois with his father, and returned to Tennessee the following year, where he died in 1830.      John Y., was born Mar. 22, 1818, in Tennessee; was married Jan.23d, 1840, to Laura A. Hunting, who was born in Vermont, Dec. 24, 1819, and came to Macon county in 1840.  Of their nine children, Sidney R. Braden was born Nov. 15, 1840, and married Jane E. Cox, May 23, 1861, and died Jan. 11, 1875, of wounds received at Vicksburg during the late war.  John E. Braden was born Sept. 26, 1842; married Mary E. Bear, Oct. 21, 1875.  Alzina P. Braden, born Dec. 3, 1844; married Charles Nichols, Dec. 25, 1861; died Sept. 13, 1863.  Jerome O. Braden was born Feb. 13, 1847; married Ella Howerton, Dec. 15, 1873.  Thos. J. Braden, born Aug. 25, 1849.  Maryette A. Braden, born Sept. 13, 1851; married William Biven, Apr. 27, 1871; died Apr. 11, 1872.  Flora A. Braden, born Aug. 26, 1853; married William L. Bear, Dec. 30, 1874.  George A. Braden, born Sept. 29, 1855.  Cora A. Braden, was born Nov. 8, 1857.      George M., was born in 1816 in Tennessee, and removed to Illinois with his father.  He died in 1852.  Mary Y. - (See Miller)

RICHARD H. BRETT was born in Prince William county, Va., Nov. 1st, 1772; was married to Margaret Lee, Nov. 22, 1798, who was born May 6, 1779.  They moved to Macon county in 1835.  Of their 14 children -      Margaret was born Sept. 17, 1799; died 1860.  Frances was born Mar. 31, 1801; was married to Jacob Munch.  John was born May 17, 1802; was married to Sarah Fergerson.  Jane was born Mar. 29, 1894; was married to Reuben Rogers;  she is now dead.  Mildred was born Dec. 14, 1805; married to George  Montgomery in January, 1837, and has since died.  Penelope was born Oct. 14, 1808; married to Franklin Montgomery in 18336.  Sarah was born July 13, 1811.  George E. was born Feb. 4, 1813, and died in November, 1835.  James E. was born Oct. 11, 1814, died July 3, 1833.  Mary E. was born Mar. 21, 1816; was married to John Gulick in April, 1848; she is now dead.  Daniel was born Dec. 21, 1817; was married to Elizabeth Wheeler, Feb. 4, 1847.  Ann M. was born June 24, 1819; died in September, 1836.  Alexander was born Mar. 2, 1822; was married to Rebecca Hays, who afterwards died; he then was married to Martha Cox.  Frederick S. was born Jan. 3, 1825, and was married to Martha Montgomery.      Mr. B. died ____; Mrs. B. died ____.

MICAJAH M. BURKE was born in Kentucky, Apr. 6, 1804 and came to this county in 1834, and married Lucy A. Pasly, who was born in Kentucky, Apr. 21, 1814.  Mr. B. died May 26, 1863.  Of their children -      JOHN H. was born Mar. 29, 1835.  JAMES W. was born Nov. 21, 1837.  ROBERT Y. was born May 5, 1840.  THOMAS was born Apr. 3, 1843.  DELPHA was born Aug. 9, 1845.  JOSEPH was born Feb. 20, 1848.  LEWIS B. was born Jan. 8, 1851.

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