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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
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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
VANDOREN, was born February, 1790, in Somerset
county, New Jersey. Maria Conover was born
March, 1792, in the same county, and they were married
there about 1809. They had three children in that
county, and moved, in 1824, to Warren county, Ohio, and
from there to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving May
22, 1839, in what is now Curran township. Of their
three children -
WILLIAM L., born February,
1810, in New Jersey, married in 1832 in Warren county,
Ohio, to Sarah Hagaman, had one child, and moved
to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in the fall of
1834, in what is now Curran township, being the first of
the family to settle in the county. They had six
children born in Sangamon county, and in 1845 moved to
St. Louis, Missouri, where Mrs. Van Doren died,
in October, 1848. In the spring of 1850 he went to
California, and there married, in 1853 to Cornelia
Fulkerson. He came to Springfield and kept the
Chenery House from 1866 to 1868, and in August of
the latter year returned to California, and resides in
Petaluma. His son, John S., lives in
Petaluma, and his daughter, ANNA married John
Rogers, and resides near Petaluma Sonoma, county,
California.
ABRAHAM, born March, 1814,
in New Jersey, married in 1837, in Warren county, Ohio,
to Delilah Jack. They had one child in
Ohio, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving
July, 1838, in Curran Township, where five children were
born. The family moved to DeWitt county in 1855,
and he died there in the fall of 1858, leaving a widow
and two children, who reside near Clinton, Illinois.
PETER C., born April 11,
1818, in Somerset County, New Jersey, married Oct. 11,
1837, in Warren county, Ohio, to Margaret Hathaway,
who was born in that county, Apr. 13, 1820. Her
great-grand-parents, on the mother's side, bore the name
of Rogers. They emigrated from Ireland, and
soon after the vessel sailed Mr. Rogers died at
sea. A violent storm caused the destruction of the
ship's stores, and in order to sustain life, three of
the passengers were in turn killed and and eaten.
Mrs. Rogers had been selected by lot, as the next
one to be slain. She asked for one hour to pray,
which was granted, and all the preparations made for
taking her life, the ship, meanwhile, carrying signals
of distress. When but a few minutes of time
remained, the sound of a cannon came booming over the
waters, conveying the glad tidings that they were
discovered, and her life was spared. On arriving
in America she settled in Warren county, Ohio, with her
only daughter, Elizabeth, who married Patrick
Meloy. Their daughter, Amy Melon,
married Ebenezer Hathaway, and their
daughter, Margaret Hathaway, married Peter C.
Van Doren. Mr. and Mrs. Van Doren had
one child in Ohio, and moved to Sangamon county,
Illinois, arriving May 22, 1839, in what is now Curran
township, where eight children were born. Of their
nine children, SARAH A., born Dec.
4, 1838, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county, Feb. 20,
1861, to Samuel Gibson, have three children,
EMMA M., PETER V. and William L., and reside
at Monticello, Piatt county, Illinois. JOHN M.,
born Jan. 15, 1841, in Sangamon county, married Jan. 1,
1865, to Mary E. Sappington, have one child,
CHARLES L., and reside at Waynesville, Illinois.
EBENEZER H. born Sept. 5, 1843, in
Sangamon county, enlisted Aug. 20, 1862, for three
years, in Col. B, Ill. Inf., served until Aug. 15, 1865,
when he was honorably discharged at New Orleans.
He was married Nov. 13, 1867, to Frances I. McComas,
and resides two and a half miles south of Curran,
Sangamon county, Illinois.
CORNELIUS P., born May 22, 1846, married Sept.
30, 1868, to Eliza Stubbs, who was born April 11,
1845, in Warren county, Ohio. They have one child,
NETTIE, (WILLIE died in infancy) and
resides three miles northwest of Curran, Illinois.
HANNAH M., born Nov. 20, 1848, in
Sangamon county, married Sept. 28, 1868, to William
C. Nixon, have two children, FRANK V. and JOHN,
and live on the farm adjoining that on which her
father was raised, in Warren county, Ohio.
MARGARET H., born Mar. 27, 1851,
lives with her parents. WILLIAM L.,
born Feb. 20, 1853, married Dec. 16, 1873, to Emma S.
Darneille, MARY E., born Dec.
3, 1856, married Mar. 9, 1873, to Hiram Alexander.
See his name. AMY
J., born Mar. 10, 1860, lives with her parents.
Peter C. Van Doren and wife reside on the farm where
his father settled in 1839. It is three miles
northwest of Curran, Sangamon county, Illinois.
Joseph Van Doren died Aug. 30, 1845, and Mrs.
Van Doren died May 1, 1864, both on the farm where
they settled in 1839. He was a soldier in a Light
Horse company from New Jersey, in the war of 1812, and
although he was about fifty-five years of age, he went
as a teamster in the Mormon war of 1844 and '45, in
Illinois, was present and saw the brother, Hyrum,
shot dead.
† Source: History of
the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois - Centennial Record -
Springfield, Ill.: Edwin A. Wilson & Co. - 1876 - Page 739 |
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