by a relative to that part of Davidson which is now Cheatham county, on Hanpeth river, Tenn. Cassariller Stroude was born Nov. 25, 1812, in Dickson county, Tenn. M. K. Anderson and Cassariller Stroude were married in her native county, Sept. 13, 1827, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving March 2, 1829, in what is now Cartwright township, four miles east of Pleasant Plains, and south of Richland creek, where they had nine children. Of their children THOMAS F., born Sept. 11, 1829, in Sangamon county, married Dec. 25, 1852, to Martha L. Child. They had five children. LAURA died, aged two years. CHARLES, EDWARD, HENRY and TAVNER reside with their parents, one mile north of Richland Station. WILLIE ANN, born Sept. 17, 1831, in Sangamon county, married Francis Corson, who died, leaving one child, MOSES E, and she married George Springer. They have five children, MARY, CLARA, ANNA, REUBEN and CHARLES, and reside in Parsons, Kan. SARAH J., born March 14, 1834, in Sangamon county, married John D. McCullough. They have four children, LAURA, WILLARD, EDWARD and LILLIE, and reside at Franklin, Morgan county. MARY E., born April 17, 1836, married John L. Child. See his name. MELINDA E., born Nov. 4, 1838, married Joseph Potter. They have five children, CHARLES, EUGENE, NELLIE, HATTIE and LULU, and reside at Palmer Ill. CYNTHIA A., born Dec. 10, 1840, married Edward D. Ballard. They have three children, HARRIET, JAMES A. and CLIFTON D., and reside one and a half miles north of Richland station. GEORGE W., born April 3, 1843, in Sangamon county, married near Athens, June 12, 1862, to Melinda F. Moran, who was born May 16, 1845. They have five children, FRANK, MOSES W., JAMES W., JENNIE and GEORGE, and reside two and a half miles north of Richland station. MARENA A., born July 26, 1845, married William P. Mitchell. They have four living children, MINNIE, WILEY, JOHN, and a boy babe, and reside near Humboldt, Richardson county, Neb. WILLARD WICKLIFFE, born April 28, 1848, married April 8, 1869, to Susan Moran, who was born Dec. 14, 1848, in Menard county. They have two children, HARRY and CASSARILLA, and reside two miles north of Richland station. Mrs. Cassarilla Anderson died August 17, 1850, and M. K. Anderson was married Dec. 31, 1850, to Mrs. Marena T. Hall, whose maiden name was Stroude. They had three children. JOHN T. and ELIZA F. died between seven and nine years. WILLIAM WILKES, born Sept. 8, 1857, resides with his parents in Springfield, but is now a theological student at Lexington, Ky. Moses K. Anderson taught a military school in Dickson county, Tenn., and the old system of military training being in vogue when he came to Illinois, he was very soon elected captain of a company, and in a short time was promoted to Colonel and Brigadier-General. He was appointed, about 1838, by Gov. Carlin, Adjutant-General of the State, and continued to hold the office by successive appointments, until 1856. During the time, Gen. Anderson was called upon to discharge the duties of his office in connection with the Mormon war, at Nauvoo, and the Mexican war. When Gen. Anderson came to Sangamon county he borrowed of Eli Blankenship the money to enter his first 80 acres of land, and paid fifty per cent. for the use of the money. He has since given each of his children a good farm, and has 500 acres left. He has been four years county judge, six years alderman in Springfield, and 20 years justice of the peace. He is of the opinion that the deep snow" of 1830-31 was five feet deep on a level in the timber. ANDERSON, TAVNER B., born Nov. 30, 1809, in Butler county, Ky., went with his brother Moses K., to Ten nessee, and from there to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving March 2, 1829, in what is now Cartwright township. He was in the Black Hawk war, was married Dec. 9, 1834, to Polly Pirkins. They had six children, in Sangamon county. AMERICUS, born Dec. 29, 1835, was married Oct. 5, 1856, to Emily Thompson. They had two children, and one died. Mr. A. died Oct. 2, 1860. FRANCIS 7., born Sept. 28, 1837, died young. JOSEPH O., born April 23, 1840, died April 15, 1847. RUFUS B., born Oct. 1, 1841, in Sangamon county, married Martha Young. They have two children, and reside near Palmer, Christian county. MELINDA M., born May 23, 1844, married Y. B. Clark. They had seven children; all died but one. Mrs. Clark died Sept. 3, 1872. Their child is in Texas. Mr. C. resides at Clarksdale, Christian county, Ill. HARRIET V., born Jan. 7, 1846, in Sangamon county, was married Dec. 5, 1868, to William H. McDonald. They had four children, two died. They reside near Clarksdale. GEORGE E., born Dec. 24, 1849, in Sangamon county, was married Sept. 23, 1874, to Mollie Boyd. They have one child, and reside near Clarksdale, Ill. CHARLES T., born August 4, 1852, and resides at Williamsville, Sangamon county. Tavner B. Anderson and wife reside five miles southwest of Taylorville, and near Palmer City, Christian county, Ill. ANTLE, REV. JOHN, was born April 15, 1789, in Cumberland county, Ky. Elizabeth Buchanan was born in Cumberland county, Pa. Her parents moved to Lincoln county, Ky., when she was seven years old. Her father died in that county, and she went to live with a married sister in Cumberland county. John Antle and Elizabeth Buchanan were there married. They had five children. The family them moved to Morgan county, Ill., in 1829, and from there to Sangamon county, arriving Jan. 9, 1830, in what is now Salisbury township. Of their child ren POLLY, born in 1810, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Henry Hadley, and she died. SALLY, born Jan., 1811, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, Sept., 1833, to Marshall Bragg. Mr. Bragg died, and his widow and three children reside in Keokuk county, Iowa. A mar ANDREW J., born in 1815, in Cumberland county, Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Ann Dardon, Oct., 1840. They have one child, and reside near Scio, Linn county, Oregon. MARTHA, born August 8, 1818, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, March, 1839, to Simon Stevens. They had five children, one died young. JOHN enlisted August, 1862, in Co. H., 114 Ill. Inf., for three years, and died in the army in 1863. MARSHALL A., GEO. Š. and WILLARD T., reside with their mother. Mr. Stephens died in 1863, and his widow resides in Salisbury township. Mrs. Elizabeth Antle died Sept., 1844, and John Antle died August 30, 1864, she in Menard county and he in Salisbury. Rev. John Antle preached to five churches, called Separate Baptists. One each at Salisbury and McKinnie Settlement, in Sangamon county, Baker's Prairie and Sand Ridge, in Menard county, and one in Morgan county. The only pay he received or expected was the hope of reward in a better world. ARCHER, WILLIAM, was born July 30, 1793, in North Carolina, and in 1807 his parents moved to Tennessee, where he was married to Elizabeth Jackson. They had one child, and moved to Madison county, Illinois, where they had one child, and Mrs. A. died, and he married Elizabeth Holt, Dec. 20, 1818. She was born Dec. 3, 1793, in Oglethrope county, Ga., and, losing her parents when quite young, she was taken by an uncle, Robert White, to Madison county, Ill., in ISII. Wm. and Elizabeth Archer had twins in Madison county, and moved to Sangamon county, arriving April 30, 1820, in what is now Curran township, where they had nine children. Of all his child ren WINSTON, born Sept. 12, 1814, in Tennessee, raised in Sangamon county, married Mary Robinson, moved to California, and died in 1866, leaving a widow and six children, near Petaluma, Sonoma county, California. MARTHA, born Sept. 24, 1817, in Madison county, Ill., married in Sangamon county to John Riddle. See his name. By the second wife JACKSON and CARROLL, twins, born Sept. 30, 1819, in Madison county, Ill. JACKSON, married Oct. 7, 1844, to Elcy F. Meacham. They had three children. ELIZABETH J. was killed in her eighth year by a fall from a wagon. MARY A. born May 14, 1848, married Feb. 16, 1865, to Andrew Alson, who was born March 6, 1838, in Sweden, and came to America in 1855. They had three children. The second, CHARLES, died in his fourth year. ANNA E. and CLARA A. reside with their parents, six miles west of Springfield. GEORGE R. born August 13, 1851, resides with his mother. Jackson Archer died April 7, 1852, in southwest Missouri, while on a journey for his health. His widow married Wm. Duff. See his name. CARROLL married Nov. 24, 1842, to Delilah Renshaw. They had three child ren. MARTHA T., born May 27, 1847, married to Lorenzo Stillman, have three children, and reside near Curran. ANN E., born August 5, 1849, married Sept., 1870, to Edward Robison, and reside in Linden, Kan. SARAH C., born Feb. 8, 1851, married November 21, 1872, to Henry Gaines, and resides near Odell, Ill. Mrs. Delilah Archer died May 31, 1865, and Carroll Archer was married Sept. 4, 1866, to Elizabeth Houghton, who was born Oct. 25, 1830, in Menard county. They have two children, EDWIN and MARIA BELLE, and reside three miles northwest of Curran. MARY, born May 24, 1822, in Sangamon county, married Nov. 11, 1840, to Alexander Penny; had one child, WILLIAM, born Nov. 3, 1844, enlisted August 14, 1862, for three years, in Co. F., 144th Ill. Inf., was captured at the battle of Guntown, Miss., June, 1864, and died in Andersonville prison, Feb. 24, 1865. Alex. Penny died in 1868, and his widow mar ried Mathew Redman, who was born May 1, 1828, in county Wexford, Ireland. They reside five miles west of Springfield. SARAH, born Dec. 24, 1823, resides with her mother. NANCY, born Nov. 13, 1825, in Sangamon county, married Samuel Ŏ. Maxcy. See his name. JOHN, born Oct. 3, 1826, married Susan Taylor. They have one child, AMERICA, and reside in McDonough county, near Fandon. He was a soldier in a cavalry regiment from that county in suppressing the rebellion. MADISON, born August 27, 1828, married Margaret Dixon, who died Dec. 29, 1863, leaving three children, WILLIAM B., MARY J. and SARAH E. THOMAS 7., born August 3, 1830, and resides near Rossville, Kan. WASHINGTON J., born July 19, 1832, married Dec. 29, 1861, to Mrs. Melinda Hammond, whose maiden name was Cox. They have five children, GEORGE W., THOMAS C., MINNIE L., MARY A. and WILLIAM, and reside three miles north of Curran. ELIZABETH, born Nov. 1, 1838, married Jan. 18, 1865, to Peter VanŎrman. Mrs. VanOrman and her child, LIZZIE, reside with her mother. William Archer died August 31, 1867, from the effects of being thrown from a horse, and his widow resides at the farm where they settled in 1820. In the fall of 1873 Mrs. Elizabeth Archer, then eighty years of age, gave to the writer a piece of a dress made with her own hands more than sixty years before. The family of her uncle, with whom she moved from Georgia to St. Clair county, Ill., in 1811, brought some cotton in the bolls, for the purpose of using the seed in growing cotton in their new home. Miss Holt, as her name then was, obtained the consent of her uncle to apply the cotton to her own use. She picked it from the bolls and separated the cotton from the seed with her fingers, and spun it on a wheel, borrowed from a neighbor more than thirty miles distant. She had a rude loom constructed for the purpose, and had just commenced weaving, when the first assassination among the white settlers by Indians took place, as the beginning there of the war with England. That occurred in June, 1812. She, with her uncle's family, fled to Fort Bradsby, a rude wooden fortification near by. Appealing to the Lieutenant in command for protection, he reported the case to Governor Edwards, who authorized him to grant her request. A guard was accordingly placed around the cabin, and kept there until the weaving was completed, The design was unique and beautiful. The cloth was carefully preserved, some of it bleached to snowy whiteness, and made into a dress. She wore it the first time to a quarterly meeting in 1815, just after the close of the war, and attracted universal attention as the finest dressed lady in all that region of country. ARCHER, MOSES, came to Sangamon county with his brother William. He was four times married, and died at Galena before the rebellion. son His ROBERT, died in 1870 or '71, leaving a widow and three daughters in Christian county. ARCHER, MICHAEL, came to Sangamon county two years later than his brother William, and married Effy Duff, moved to Missouri, raised a large family, returned to Sangamon county during the rebellion, and Mrs. Archer died in Sangamon county. He returned to Jasper county, Mo., and died there in 1871. was ARCHER, ROBERT, born Sept. 17, 1801, in Tennessee, and came with his brothers, Moses, Michael, Obadiah, their sister Jemima, and their mother, in 1821, to Sangamon county, where their brother William had settled the year before. Robert Archer and Matilda Duff were married Feb. 6, 1825, and had three children in Sangamon county. ELIZABETH 7., born August 1, 1827, married Nov. 15, 1850, to Reuben Brown. See his name. BENNETT, C. D., born July 13, 1828, died Sept. 28, 1846. MARTHA T., born April 15, 1830, in Sangamon county, married Leadbetter Bradley. See his name. Robert Archer died October 17, 1859, and Matilda, his wife, died July 20, 1863, both in Sangamon county. ARCHER, JEMIMA, came to Sangamon county in 1821 and married George Duff. See his name. ARCHER, OBADIAH, came with his mother, sister and brothers to Sangamon county in 1821. He has been twice married, and resides at Galena, Ill. Mrs. Martha Archer, mother of William, Moses, Michael, Obadiah and Jemima, came with her children to Sangamon county, in 1821, and died at the house of her son Moses, several years later. ARMSTRONG, HUGH M., born Feb. 13, 1839, in Warren county, Ky., and moved with his father and family to Madison county, Ill., in 1816. Hugh came to Springfield Nov. 8, 1829. He was married in Springfield June 3, 1830, to Lavina M. Dryer, daughter of John Dryer. See his name. They had ten children, in Springfield; five died young. Of the others CATHARINE L., born July 20, 1830, was married in Springfield, July 18, 1853, to Samuel M. Culver, who was born in New York. They had five children. CARRIE M. died aged seven years. CHARLES A., HUGH M., WILLIAM H. and GILBERT R., reside with their parents in Springfield. CYNTHIA 7., born Nov. 1, 1839, was married in Springfield, July 11, 1865, to H. F. Hollingsworth, a native of Carroll county, Ill. They have one child, MAHLON F., and reside near Freeport, Stephenson county, Ill. ALBERT H., born July 22, 1845, in Springfield, was married Dec. 19, 1868, to Jennie Merriweather, who was born July 19, 1845, in Green county, Ill. They have four children, KATE M., ANNIE, HARRIE HALE and ALBERT D., and reside in Springfield. Mr. A. is a machinist. JOHN D., born August 7, 1852, and JULIA M., born August 8, 1856, both in Springfield, reside with their parents. Hugh M. Armstrong was brought up a hatter and engaged in that business with his brother Hosea in Springfield, in 1829. He was afterwards interested in wool carding, and, in connection with Joseph and E. R. Thayer, originated, and for some years conducted, the Springfield Woolen Mills. He now resides on a farm near Batavia, Kane county, Ill. ARMSTRONG, JOHN, was born Nov. 14, 1814, in Chester county, Pa., came to Springfield, Ill., August 1, 1837, and was married Nov. 14, 1839, to Chloe E. Abel. They had eight children, two of whom died young. WILLIAM P., born Sept. 7, 1840, married Frances E. Maxon. He died Feb. 12, 1874, and she died in June of the same year, both in Springfield. ROBERT R., born Feb. 20, 1844, died Jan. 1, 1860. LUCYE., born Jan. 5, 1846, in Springfield, married Jan. 5, 1870, to C. H. Foster. They have two children, GERTRUDE E. and FREDRICK F., and reside in Pawnee. Mr. Foster is a merchant there. HENRY R., born March 27, 1848, CHARLES A., born Feb. 10, 1850, and- EDWARD R., born Feb. 20, 1852; the three latter reside with their parents. Mr. Armstrong has been a contractor and builder for many years. He was appointed by President Lincoln, in 1861, to the office of Post Master in Springfield, and held the office until August 5, 1865. He now resides in Springfield. ARMSTRONG, THOMAS, was born Jan. 27, 1785, in Augusta county, Va. He was there married, Nov., 1815, to Jane Burgess, who was born June 3, 1796, in Greenbrier county. They had seven children in Augusta county, and moved, in 1827, to Logan county, Ohio, where they had two children, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Oct. 21, 1840, in what is now Cotton Hill township. Of their children MARY W., born March 24, 1816, in Virginia, married in Sangamon county to James I. Dozier. See his name. SARAH 7., born May 11, 1817, in Virginia, married Daniel Keys; had one child, SARAH. She married Robert Jones, and resides in Kansas. Mrs. Keys died Sept. 28, 1844. See his name. THOMAS D., born April 4, 1822, in Virginia, married in Sangamon county, January, 1849, to Jane Woozley. They reside in Christian county. NANCY, born Feb. 13, 1824, in Virginia, married in Sangamon county, in 1846, to Moses A. Jones. See his name. CAROLINE A., born Dec. 14, 1826, in Virginia, married in Sangamon county, March 1, 1849, to Rape Funderburk. See his name. ANGELINE, born Nov. 15, 1833, in Logan county, Ohio, married in Sangamon county, to David Hall. They have three children, and reside near Newtonia, Newton county, Mo. JOHN B., born June 9, 1839, in Logan county, Ohio, raised in Sangamon county, married near Pana, to Sarah King, and resides in Christian county. Mrs. Jane Armstrong died Feb. 13, 1843, and Thomas Armstrong died Feb. 15, 1859, both in Sangamon county. AVERITT, THOMAS M. See his name in connection with George Gregory and the first railroad locomotive ever run into Springfield. B. BAKER, EDWARD DICKINSON, was born Feb. 24, 1811, in London, England. His father, Edward Baker, was an educated gentleman, and his mother a sister of Capt. Thomas Dickenson, of the British navy, who distinguished himself at the battle of Trafalger. Edward D. was the eldest of five children. About the close of the war with England, in 1815, his father and family emigrated to America, landing at Philadelphia, Penn. Here Mr. Edward Baker engaged in teaching. On account of the financial embarassments of the family, as soon as Edward D. was old enough, he was apprenticed to a weaver. In 1826 his father moved to Belleville, Ill., where he opened a select school, and young Edward D. Baker evinced such a taste for literature that the late Gov. Edwards, then a resident of Belleville, gave him free access to his library. From Belleville young Baker went to St. Louis, and to procure funds for necessary expenses, drove a dray for at least one season. From St. Louis he went to Carrolton, Ill., and began the study of |