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† Source:
History of
the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois
- Centennial Record -
By John Carroll Power
Assisted by his wife,
Mrs. S. A. Power
Under the Auspices of the Old Settlers Society.
Springfield, Ill.:
Edwin A. Wilson & Co.
1876
EXPLANATION: The names of early settlers, or heads
of families, in LARGE LETTER;
Names of the second generation in ITALIC CAPITALS;
third, in CAPITALS;
fourth, in SMALL CAPITALS;
fifth, in Italics |
JOSEPH THAYER was born
June 30, 1786, at Amherst, Massachusetts. He moved
to Springfield, Illinois, in 1834. He is the
father of Rev. Erastus W. Thayer, of Chatham,
Illinois, and of Edward R. Thayer, one of the
oldest merchants of Springfield. Joseph Thayer
is in his ninety-first year, and resides in Springfield,
Illinois. His brother, Asahel, resides in
Waverly, Illinois. His brother, Martin, was
the father of William P. Thayer.
See his name.
Joseph Thayer's brother, Stephen, was the
father of Henry Thayer, of Chatham, Illinois.
See Huston.
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Source: History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon
County, Illinois - Centennial Record - Springfield,
Ill.: Edwin A. Wilson & Co. - 1876 - Page 710 |
WILLIAM P. THAYER
was born Mar. 15, 1815, in Petersburg, Virginia.
His father, Martin Thayer, was a native of
Amherst, Massachusetts, and when a young man went to
Petersburg, Virginia, where he engaged in
business, and was there married to Mrs. Mary C. Mason,
whose maiden name was Russell. When the
subject of this sketch was about seven years old, his
mother died, and his father closed his business and
returned to Amherst, Massachusetts, where William P.,
remained until he was fifteen years old, when he went to
New York city as clerk in a dry goods house. About
a year later his father engaged in the dry goods
business in Philadelphia, and William P. joined
him there as clerk. In 1835 the latter went to
Newville, Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, and began
merchandizing on his own account. He was there
married, Jan. 4, 1837, to Mary Huston, who was
born in Newville, Jan. 21, 1817. Mr. Thayer
closed his business there, and started Jan. 31, 1838,
for the west, accomnanied by his wife, babe and
servant girl. They traveled in a two-horse wagon,
fitted up with a stove, and windows on the sides, so
that the family might be comfortable, and also see the
country as they passed along. After six months
travel and many hair-breadth escapes from icy roads and
high water, they arrived in Springfield, Illinois, Mar.
13, 1838, and came very near stalling, with his wagon to
the axles in the mud, near the southeast corner of the
State House Square. They had seven children in
Sangamon county. Of of their children -
JAMES H., born Sept. 19,
1837, in Pennsylvania, died July 25, 1861, in Sangamon
county, Illinois.
SARAH F., born Sept. 2,
1839, in Sangamon county, was married Oct. 14, 1857, to
Thomas P. Boone, who was born June 27, 1833, in
Elton, Todd county, Ky. He is a distant relative
of Daniel Boone, the famous hunter and Indian
fighter. Mr. and Mrs. Boone had seven
children. WILLIE I. died in
his seventh year, MARY E., died in
infancy, MARTIN R., CHARLES H., FRANKIE
P., and HARRY F., live with their parents.
The youngest died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs.
Boone reside in Springfield, Illinois
MARTIN R., born Feb. 27,
1842, was married Sept. 19, 1867, to Harriet Melvin,
a native of Beaver county, Pennsylvania. They have
three children, MAUD, LILLIAN and RUSSELL,
and live in Chatham, Sangamon county, Illinois.
WILLIAM P., Jun., born
Jan. 10, 1846, was married at Paris, Ill., June 26,
1873, to Millie E. Patton, who was born Aug. 21,
1854. They reside in Springfield, Ill.
ARCHIE F., EDWARD R., and BERTIE
reside with their father.
DOLLIE,
next to the youngest child, was married in Chatham in
September, 1873, to Joseph Hudson, an agent of
the Chicago and Alton Railroad, and resides at Chenoa,
Illinois.
Mrs. Mary H. Thayer died June 10, 1872, in Chatham,
Ill., and William P. Thayer, Sen., was married
Dec. 31, 1873, in Springfield, to Elizabeth Dresser.
See sketch of Rev. Chas. Dresser and family.
Wm. P. Thayer, Sen., is, in connection with his son,
Martin R., proprietor of the Chatham flouring mill,
and resides in Springfield, Ill.
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Source: History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon
County, Illinois - Centennial Record - Springfield,
Ill.: Edwin A. Wilson & Co. - 1876 - Page 710 |
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