Source:
History of Macon Co., Illinois
from its organization to 1876
By
John W. Smith, Esq.
of the
Macon County Bar.
Springfield: Rokker's Printing House.
1876
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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
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EDMUND
McDANIEL
was born Feb. 13, 1800, in Oglethorpe county, Georgia, and removed
to Robertson county, Tenn., thence to Vandalia, Ill., and thence to
Macon county, in 1826. He was married in Kentucky, to
Margaret Widick who was born Jan. 10, 1800, in Virginia, and
died Nov. 2, 1874. Mr. M. was upon the first grand jury
in this county, and would make at the present, a very efficient
foreman.
Of their children -
Joseph, born in Tenn., June 25, 1821; married
Kittie K. Wilson, who was born Jan. 21, 1827, in Tennessee.
Of their children -
Margaret
J. was born Sept. 12, 1844; married R. B. Wilson.
David S. was born Jan.
3, 1847.
Enoch was born July 18,
1849; married C. Hammers.
Mary E. was born July
28, 1854; married John L. Smith, Jan. 10, 1877/
William W. was born Aug. 11, 1820, in Tennessee;
married Asenith ____, who was born May 15, 1831.
Of their children -
W. E. was born
Oct. 8, 1850.
S. C. was born
Mar. 18, 1853
Joseph H. was born
Feb. 10, 1855.
E. Y. was born
Jun. 23, 1857.
M. F. was born
Sep. 18, 1859.
A. A. was born
Dec. 23, 1862.
H. D. and R. C.
were born Jan. 18, 1865
J. B. was born
Mar. 4, 1869.
Emanuel was born in Macon county, May 27, 1827,
and married Caroline Hill. Their children are
Margaret, Benjamin,
Albert and Adaline.
Henry was born Feb. 20, 1833, and married
Elizabeth Layton
Thomas R. was born Jan., 1835; dead.
Elizabeth was born in 1838; married
Wm.
Boardman. |
ELDRIDGE
H. McDANIEL was born Nov. 25, 1807, and married
Mary Pope, Sept. 5, 1826. They came to Macon county
in 1827, and resided here until their death. Mr. M.
died June 29, 1859, and Mrs. M. died Aug. 26, 1871.
They raised a large family of children, the ages of which we cannot
give.
ELIZABETH married Aaron Widick;
both dead. SALAMANDA married Thomas Lord.
LEACY married Jeremiah Turpin; dead.
WM. G., DEMPSEY, THOMAS
(dead), and JOHN A. B. |
SAMUEL
McKINLEY
was born Dec. 23, 1816, in Ross county, Ohio, and moved to Macon
county in the month of March, 1834. Was married Sept. 24,
1840, to Anna Hanen, who was born Jan. 10, 1822, in Morgan
county, Ala. She came to Macon county in the month of March
1830.
Of their children -
William A. was Sept. 3, 1841, and died in
Memphis, Tenn., Mar. 19, 1863.
John H. was born Nov. 23, 1843;
married to Catherine Ghear, Dec. 30, 1869.
Emma was born Apr. 11, 1846; was married to
John Hammond, June 18, 1868.
Eugene was born Jan. 27, 1849.
Amanda was born Oct. 26, 1851; died Sept. 24,
1852.
Alice was born Aug. 8, 1853; married to
Joseph Baxter, Oct. 16, 1873.
Elsie was born Mar. 27, 1856; died Apr. 24,
1856.
Mary E. was born May 22, 1858.
Jennie was born Dec. 6, 1860.
Edward S. was born Feb. 18, 1864. |
JOHN
McMENNAMY
was born Mar. 10, 1793, in Rutherford county, Tenn., and came to
Macon county in October, 1826, with his brother-in-law, James
Ward. He removed to Texas in 1839, and died there.
Of his children -
John H. was born in 1814, in Tennessee, and has
been constable in Macon county for 20 years. His wife died
some 25 years ago.
He had two children -
John H. was born
in 1814, in Tennessee, and has been constable in Macon county for 20
years. His wife died some 25 years ago.
He had two children -
George, who died a
few years ago, and Dr. B. F. McMennamy, now of Moultrie
county.
Lucinda (now Martin), who resides in
Harristown township. |
CHRISTOPHER
MILLER
was born in South Carolina about 1789; moved with parents to
Kentucky, where he married Elizabeth Hays in 1808. He
removed thence to Macon county in 1829, where he died in 1855.
Mrs. M. was born in North Carolina in 1791; removed thence to
Grayson county, Va., and thence to Grayson County, Ky., where she
was married, and came with her husband to Macon, where she is still
living. Of their 11 children we can give ages of but three -
William was born in Kentucky in 1809.
Mary was born in Kentucky in 1811.
James was born in Kentucky in 1813. |
DAVID
MILLER
was born Dec. 27, 1790, and married as his first wife, Mary
Muirhead, who was born July 17, 1808. Mrs. M. died
Sept. 19, 1832.
Of their children -
James D. was born Oct. 10, 1828.
William M. was born Feb. 18, 1830; died Mar. 20,
1831.
Thomas E. B. was born Feb. 9, 1832; died Feb.
10, 1844.
He was married a second time to Mary Y. Wheeler,
widow of Henry Wheeler (See Wheeler) by whom the
following children were born.
Mr. M. died Oct. 6, 1853.
Margareat T. was born July 3, 1835.
Elvira V. was born Jan. 25, 1837; died Feb. 29,
1844.
May H. was born July 12, 1838.
George S. was born July 26, 1840.
John H. was born Aug. 8, 1841; died Sep. 1841.
Tryphosa was born May 14, 1843; died Sept. 17,
1844.
Lavenia M. was born July 28, 1844.
Lucetta and Genett were born Feb. 26,
1848; the latter died Mar. 12, 1848.
Daniel was born Mar. 30, 1849.
Harriet A. was born Mar. 30, 1853. |
JAMES
MILLER
was born in Grayson county, Ky., Aug. 26, 1813; removed to Macon
county in 1829 and married Margaret Hostettler, of
Moultrie county, who died in 1852; he married a second time, in
1853, to Elizabeth Miller. By his first wife
there were born nine children -
A. J. was born July 24, 1836.
W. G. was born Aug. 20, 1839, (no record of others).
By his second wife -
Jane W. was born June 4, 1853; married
J. A. Vangundy.
Wm. H.
was born Aug. 11, 1855; died Sept. 30, 1856.
George W.
was born Sept. 10, 1857; died Dec. __, 1862. |
WILLIAM
F. MONTGOMERY was born Jan. 7, 1812, in the State of
Virginia; was married to
Amelia _______,* May 26, 1836, who was born Jan. 14,
1814, and came to Macon county in 1835. Of their children -
RACHAEL was born Apr. 9,
1837; was married to John R. Hays, Mar. 26, 1857.
MARY C. was born May 11, 1839; was married to
Grason Hanks, Jan. 16, 1862. EMILY S.
was born Mar. 12, 1841. SAMUEL K. was born
Dec. 17, 1842. JOHN F. was born Feb. 11,
1846; was married to Ollie Campbell, Sept. 20,
1871. PATRICK H. was born Sept. 29, 1848.
MARTHA A. was born Apr. 9, 1851; was married to
Lafayette Gulick, Sept. 20, 1870. |
WILLIAM MUIRHEAD was born in
Rockingham county, Virginia, in ____; he came to this state in 1830
and settled at Wykles Place, 4 miles west of Decatur, where he died.
He had 5 children, to-wit:
Elizabeth, who married Thomas Strain and
moved in the neighborhood of Clinton, Illinois, and died there.
Andrew S., who was born in 1804, and came here
with his father. We are unable to give names and ages of the
other children. |
JACOB MYERS, was born in 1802, in
North Carolina; was married to Elizabeth Wood, who was born
____. Mr. M. died November, 1854.
Their children were -
Joseph B., born in 1842;
John A., born in 1840;
Mary A.,
James Wesley
Sarah C.
and James.
Nancy L. was born in 1851, and married James M.
Bell, October, 1871. |
JAMES MYERS was born Oct. 4, 1804,
in Grayson county, Kentucky, and was married to Mary Meeks,
who was born December, 1811, in Hardin county, Kentucky. They
came to Macon county in 1828, and settled the farm now known as the
Henry Davis nursery farm, in Long Creek township; Mr. M.
died in July, 1872, adn Mrs. M. died in 1859.
Of their children -
John H. was born Oct. 12, 1830; was married in
1848, to Elizabeth A. Park, who was born in 1828, in
Virginia, and died in December, 1851; married a second time to
Emily J. Howell who was born Jne 21, 1821, in Sangamon county.
Mr. M. had two children by his first wife, both dead; by his
last wife has had eleven children, of whom six are living, viz:
James M., Charles
B., Livinda, Joseph, Daniel and Martha.
James B. was born in 1849, now
resides in Texas.
Sarah J. was born in 1836; married to Andrew
Shoemaker.
Angelina was born in 1847; married to
Thomas
Atchison. |
MICHAEL MYERS was born about 1779,
in North Carolina, and married Louisa Atteberry, who was born
about the same date in Kentucky; they removed to Macon county in
1827 or '8. Mr. M. died about 1856, and Mrs. M.
about 1862.
Of their children -
Moses was born about 1805, and now resides in
Missouri.
Elizabeth born in 1807 (about); married to
Wm. Lacy; both dead.
Dennis was born 1809 (about), and died about
1861. His widow is now the wife of J. d> C. Travis.
Minerva, was born about 1811; married John
Wallace, who is dead, and she is teh present wife of Henry
Rhodes.
Nancy, born in 1813; married Andrew Allsman;
both dead.
James was born in 1824; died in 1870
or '71; married Nancy Howell; also dead. |
SARAH MYERS was born about 1800, in
North Carolina; married in Kentucky to Joseph Davis
Came to Illinois in 1831, and died in 1875.
Of their children -
Matilda was born; married to John Kiger.
John was born ____; now in ansas. Henry was born
____.
Mary was born ____' married A. Camp.
Louisa was born ____, (See
Henry Davis) |
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THOMAS
NELMS
came to Macon county in 1847, from Logan county, Ky., and settled
where William C. Smith now resides; died from the effect of a
tree failing upon him, perhaps about 1830. A remarkable
incident is related in connection with the tree causing the death of
Mr. N. After it was cut down, and before being split,
there was one continuous tingling sound came from it, similar to
that heard from teh splinters when a tough stick of wood is being
split. This continued long after the logs were made into rails
and laid up in a fence. The attention of travelers was
attracted by the peculiar noise, while they were passing along the
road by the side of the fence. The fact of this singular and
unexplainable circumstance was attested by many of the early
settlers - some of whom are still living. That the strange
freak had any connection with the killing of Nelms, as was
strenuously insisted, is probably without foundation. |
NOTES
| * SHARON
WICK's NOTE: Amelia's maiden name was Sarver. The family
is in the census records of Macon Co. |
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