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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.
HENWOOD, BERRYMAN
, was born July 11, 1821, in Cabell county, West Va. He came to Sangamon county, stopping with his uncle, Berryman Knight, near Chatham. He was married to Sarah Jordan. They had three children in Sangamon county--
MARGARET E, born Jan. 18, 1843, in Sangamon county, married Aug. 15, 1856, to John McLaughlin. They had two children, ELIZABETH A. and JOHN B., and Mr. McLaughlin died Nov. 28, 1861, in Arkansas, and his widow married George W. Saunders. See his name.
MARTHA A., born March, 1844. and
SARAH I., born in 1846, are both married, and live in Missouri.
Mrs. Sarah Henwood died, and he was married twice after, and lives in Osceola, Arkansas.
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