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EARLY SETTLERS OF SANGAMON COUNTY - 1876
By John Carroll Power

These biographies were submitted by a researcher and evidently abstracted from the 1876 History of Sangamon County, IL. Errors could occur, so one should always verify the correctness by obtaining copies of vitals and performing all necessary research to document what is contained herein.



FORTUNE, THOMAS E. See his name, page 306. His daughter, ELIZABETH, J. B., married Samuel Odor Butts, who was born in February, 1809, and died August 26, 1840, leaving three children. JULIA F. was married in 1852 to Isaac Allen, have four children, JESSIE, BENJAMIN, CHARLES and HERMAN, and live in Jacksonville, Illinois. ANNA E. married Josiah Burrows, have three living children, ALBERT S., E. LEE, and HELEN G., and live near Jacksonville, Illinois. THOMAS S. lives in Colorado. Mrs. E. J. B. Butts married Barnabas Barrows. They had one child, CHARLES, born Jan. 3, 1854, near Jacksonville. Barnabas Burrows died May 18, 1876, and his widow and son reside near Jacksonville, Illinois.



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