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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.



RAMES, NATHANIEL, was born April 19, 1806, in Tennessee. Sarah Ogden was born Oct. 18, 1806, in Logan county, Kentucky. They were married March 8, 1829, in St. Louis, Mo., had one child there, and moved to Springfield, Ill., arriving April 16, 1830, where they had two children. Of their three children--

MARTHA T., born Dec. 17, 1829, in St. Louis, died in Springfield in her seventh year.

JOHN O., born August 20, 1831, in Springfield, married Oct. 7, 1852, to Mary J. Connelly, who died in 1854. Mr. Rames was married April 14, 1859, in St. Louis county, Mo., to Mary E. Redman, who was born there, June 14, 1839. They had six children in Springfield; two died young. MATTIE M., CORA B., MARY J. and JOHN O., Jun., live with their parents. J. O. Rames was a member of the city council three years, and has been a member of the School Board since 1870, with the exception of two years. He has been engaged in harness making for seventeen years, and resides in Springfield, Illinois.

WILLIAM N., born May 22, 1834, in Springfield, died March, 1853.

Nathaniel Rames died Feb. 29, 1836, in Springfield, and his widow lives with her son, John O., in Springfield.--1876.



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