Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2012, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the US Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ 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 ========================================================================= U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== Page 77 ALEXANDER, JOHN S., was born Sept. 24, 1793, near Lexington, Ky.; mar- ried Mary Simpson, who was born April 16, 1799, in Fayette county, Ky. They were married, and had four children. The family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1826, in what is now Fancy creek township, where six children were born. Of their children, --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 78 SARAH S., born Nov 7, 1820, in Kentucky; married March 6, 1837 to Samuel D. Cantrell. (see his name) JAMES H., born March 19, 1822, in Kentucky; married in Sangamon county to Ann E. Hardin. They live in Washington Territory. HANNAH H., born June 1, 1824, in Kentucky; married James Kilgour, and died. (see his name) WILLIAM, born June 12, 1826, in Fayette county, Ky.; married in Sangamon county to Eveline Lacey; had three children, and she and all the children died, He married Catharine Hill. They have three children, Fredie, Frankie and a babe, and reside at Williamsville. ASA C. and MARGARET C., (twins), born March 15, 1829, in Sangamon county ASA C., married Mary J. Tabor, and resides in Ford county. MARGARET C., married Harrison Blue; had two children, and he died, April 1852, and she married George Martin, and resides in Iroquois county. GEORGE, born Feb. 13, 1831, in Sangamon county; enlisted in a Kansas regiment in 1861 or '2, and died in military hospital at Springfield, Mo. JOHN S., Jun., married Dorcas A. Mills. SAMUEL C., born Jan. 31, 1838; married Amanda Hall, and lives in Ford county. MARY J., born April 15, 1840, in Sangamon county; married August 7, 1856 to Andrew J. Hedrick, who was born August 23, 1834. They had three chil- dren, Harrison H., Ruth A. and Alive V. Mr. Hedrick enlisted August 15, 1862, in Co. I., 34 Iowa Inf., for three years. He was discharged on account of physical disability, March 13, and died May 8, 1863, in Menard county. Mrs. Hedrick married, Oct. 12, 1864, to William Reesburg. They have one child, William H., and reside near Illiopolis. Mrs. Mary Alexander died Nov 1, 1852, and John S. Alexander died July 15, 1853, both in Sangamon county. ===========================================================================