UTTERBACK, ELIJAH - BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1876 HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNTY, IL

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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.

UTTERBACK, ELIJAH, was born in Culpepper county, Virgiana, Sept. 25, 1776. When he was a young man he went to Henry county, Kentucky, and was there married to Susan Bice--a sister to John Bice. They had three children born in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in October, 1835, in what is now Williams township, where one child was born. Of their four children--

MARY D., born April 12, 1824, in Henry county, Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Peter Braughton. See his name.

ELIZABETH C., born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to James Dode. They have six children, and live in Lafayette county, Missouri.

NANCY A., born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Jacob Lucas. They have six children, and live in Fremont county, Iowa.

ADALINE S., born in Sangamon county, married James Henry. They have two children, and live in Bourbon county, Kentucky.

Mrs. Susan Utterback died August 19, 1841, and her husband died March 3, 1862, both in Sangamon county, Illinois

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