Families of De Witt County, Illinois, from the County Histories

Abbott

• Lyman Abbott (b. 1835)

Adams

• Charles Kendall Adams (b. 1835)

Allison

• William B. Allison (b. 1829)

Andrews

• Elisha B. Andrews (b. 1844)

Arbogast

• Daniel H. Arbogast (b. 1827, Clark county)

Armour

• Philip D. Armour (b. 1832)

Atchison

• Charles Walker Atchison; child of George Atchison
• Isham Atchison; married Fanny Gordon

Bailey

• James Montgomery Bailey (b. 1841)

Baker

• Isaac Baker

Bancroft

• George Bancroft; child of Aaron Bancroft

Barnett

• William Alexander Barnett; married Lucy J. Moore

Barton

• Clara Barton; child of Captain Stephen Barton

Bates

• James A. Bates; married Hattie Eliza Magill

Beard

• William H. Beard (b. 1821)

Bell

• David Bell (b. 1829, Wayne county)
• J. E. Bell; child of Joseph Bell; married Maria Mi

Black

• Robert Black; married Nancy Powqrs

Blome

• J. Henry A. Blome; married Louisa M. Kern

Booth

• Wiilliam Booth (b. 1849, Greene county)

Bowles

• Hughes Bowles; child of Hughes Bowles; married Rachel Bartley

Brush

• Charles Francis Brush (b. 1849)

Buchanan

• Franklin Buchanan

Burton

• Richard R. Burton; child of Thomas Burton; married Nancy C. King

Cameron

• Simon Cameron; child of Simon Cameron

Campbell

• Alexander Campbell; child of Rev. Thomas Campbell

Cash

• Samuel J. Cash; married Addie D. Armstrong

Childs

• George W. Childs (b. 1829)

Clews

• Henry Clews (b. 1840)

Clinton

• Dewitt Clinton; child of General James Clinton

Conkling

• Roscoe Conkling; child of Alfred Conkling. Alfred Conkling

Corbin

• Austin Corbin (b. 1827)

Cullom

• Shelby M. Cullom (b. 1829)

Cunningham

• Francis Cunningham; child of William Cunningham
• Frank Cunningham
• John M. Cunningham; married Elizabeth Buckston

Custer

• George A. Custer (b. 1840)

Davenport

• Eber Davenport; married Sarah Baker

Davis

• Jonathan K. Davis; child of John Daviand grandson of William Davis and Elizabeth Davis
• Remus Davis; married Molly Smith

Debs

• Eugene V. Debs (b. 1855)

Deering

• William Deering (Chautauqua county)

Devore

• William C. Devore; married Susan Barnes

Dickinson

• Anna Elizabeth Dickinson (b. 1842)

Drexel

• Anthony J. Drexel; child of Francis M. Drexel

Edison

• Thomas Alva Edison (b. 1847)

Edwards

• Samuel A. Edwards; child of Samuel Edwards and I.avina (Norris) Edwards

Ellington

• Isaac Ellington; married Lucy Ann Nichols

Ewing

• Thomas Ewing; child of John Ewing

Field

• Cyrus West Field (b. 1819)
• Marshall Field (b. 1835)

Foote

• Andrew Hull Foote

Foraker

• Joseph B. Foraker (b. 1846)

Fruit

• E. W. Fruit; married Sarah E. Blue

Fuller

• Daniel Fuller (b. 1824)

Gage

• Lyman J. Gage (b. 1836)

Gambrel

• Rebecca Gambrel; child of William Gambrel and Mary A. Gambrel; married Rachel Thomas

Gatling

• Richard Jordan Gatling (b. 1818, Hertford county)

George

• Henry George (b. 1839)

Graham

• W. W. Graham (Warren county)

Greeley

• Adolphus W. Greeley (b. 1844)

Gresham

• Walter Quintin Gresham (b. 1833)

Griner

• George W. Griner; married Nancy Henderson
• George W. Griner; married Hannah Wright

Hall

• Charles Francis Hall (b. 1821)

Hampton

• Wade Hampton (b. 1818)

Hanna

• Marcus Alonzo Hanna (b. 1837)

Harrold

• Frank K. Harrold; child of Eli Harrold and Carrie (Ayres) Harrold; married Alcinda E. Cundiff

Hartsock

• William H. Hartsock; married Emma Ziegler

Havemeyer

• John C. Havemeyer (b. 1833)

Hayes

• Rutherford B. Hayes; married Mary Ulizabeth Baird

Helmick

• George W. Helmick (b. 1859); child of Elihu Helmick
• Nathaniel Helmick; married Mary Tringler

Herrick

• Captain Herrick (De Kalb county)

Hickman

• David Wallace Hickman (b. 1770); married Emily Jane

Hill

• Rodney P. Hill; child of I ieorge L. Hill and Louisa V. (Hickman) Hill; married Ellen Reese

Hugh

• William Hugh; married Catherine Johnson

Hyde

• W. Hyde; child of William Hyde and Susan (Walker) Hyde

Ingersoll

• Robert G. Ingersoll (b. 1833)

James

• Uriah James; married Mary C. Scholby

Jeffrey

• F. M. Jeffrey (b. 1832, Fayette County); married Sarah McEntire

Jones

• J. Q. A. Jones; married Margaret May

Kirk

• James M. Kirk (b. 1854)
• Orange L. Kirk; child of Samuel Kirk and Elizabeth (Marshall) Kirk

Kissack

• John Kissack; married Clarissa M. Maxlield

Lane

• Tillmon Lane; married Telithea Guest

Locke

• David Ross Locke (b. 1833)

Logan

• John A. Logan (b. 1824)

Maddox

• T. M. Maddox; married Elizabeth Teal

Magill

• Henry Alfred Magill; child of Henry Magill and Fannie Magill
• Robert Magill; married Emma Lou
• William Magill; child of Hugh Magill and Eliza Magill

Mason

• Truman Mason (b. 1842)

Mather

• Cotton Mather; child of Rev. Increase Mather

Maxim

• Hiram S. Maxim; child of Isaac W. Maxim and Harriet B. Maxim

May

• Francis May; married Eliza Baldwin

Mcgraw

• Jemima Mcgraw (b. 1807); married Cynthia A. Gardiner

Mckinney

• Archibald T. Mckinney; married Emily Torbett

Mcmurry

• William C. Mcmurry

Miller

• A. K. Miller (Grayson county)
• Arthur F. Miller; married Agnes Dillon
• Benjamin Miller; child of John Miller and Mary (Slatten) Miller

Moore

• George W. Moore; married Matilda Porter

Moran

• Thomas Moran (b. 1837)

Morton

• Oliver Perry Morton (b. 1823, Wayne county)
• Levi P. Morton (b. 1824)

Murphey

• Levi R. Murphey; child of Hiram Murphey

Nye

• Edgar Wilson Nye (b. 1850)

Olney

• Richard Olney

Palmer

• John M. Palmer (b. 1817)

Parkhurst

• Charles Henry Parkhurst (b. 1842)

Peck

• George W. Peck (b. 1840, Jefferson county)

Peffer

• William A. Peffer (b. 1831, Cumberland county)

Persinger

• W. M. Persinger; married Amy Howard

Peters

• Andrew M. Peters; child of John Peters and Hannah (Trulinger) Peters; married Melinda Tolle

Pingree

• Hazen S. Pingree (b. 1842)

Poe

• Edgar Allen Poe (b. 1809)

Porter

• Edward Porter (b. 1833)
• Edward Porter; married Eliza Lee Lowe

Pullman

• George Mortimer Pullman (b. 1831)

Quay

• Matthew S. Quay (b. 1833)

Randolph

• Edmund Randolph

Razey

• A. W. Razey (b. 1850); married Ettie Phares

Robb

• Joseph Robb (b. 1830)

Root

• George F. Root (b. 1820)

Rutledge

• John Rutledge; child of John Rutledge

Saveley

• John Henry Saveley (b. 1845); married Ada Dalzell

Sharon

• William Sharon (b. 1821)

Sheridan

• Phillip Henry Sheridan (b. 1831)

Sherman

• John Sherman; child of Charles K. Sherman

Stewart

• William Morris Stewart (b. 1827)

Stuart

• James E. B. Stuart (b. 1833, Patrick county)

Summerville

• John Summerville; child of James Summerville; married Elizabeth Heenan

Swan.

• Malcolm Swan. (b. 1834)

Swigart

• Carl Swigart; child of Jacob Swigart and Rebecca (Doirs) Swigart; married Nancy H. Walls
• Catherine Swigart; child of Daniel Swigart

Taylor

• Thomas Taylor; married Letha Gardner

Tesla

• Nikola Tesla (b. 1857)

Thomas

• Isaac W. Thomas; married Elizabeth Stucky

Thorp

• James W. Thorp; married Elizabeth Holmes

Thurber

• I. C. Thurber; married Sarah F. Alden

Thurston

• John M. Thurston (b. 1847)

Tillman

• Benjamin Ryan Tillman (b. 1847, Edgefield county)

Turner

• Dennis Turner (b. 1829)
• William T. Turner (b. 1841, Logan county); married Mercy A. Bolin
• Allen A. Turner (b. 1853)

Vail

• Alfred Vail; child of Stephen Vail; married Julia Dent

Vance

• Franklin Vance; married Maggie Mills

Vilas

• William F. Vilas (b. 1840)

Waggoner

• J. H. Waggoner (b. 1832); married Laura E. Henry

Walters

• Jacob Walters (b. 1801); married Phiebe Bateson

Warner

• John Warner; child of David Warner and Catherine (Kettner) Warner

Watson

• Thomas E. Watson (b. 1856)

Watterson

• Henry Watterson (b. 1840)

Weedman

• Asa Weedman (b. 1817, Perry county); child of John Weedman and Rachel Weedman
• John Weedman

Welch

• Charles M. Welch; married Eliza Camp

Whipple

• Henry Benjamin Whipple (b. 1822)

Williams

• Dean Williams; married Cynthia McElhiney

Willson

• Peter K. Willson; child of Ezra Willson; married Anna Seward

Wilson

• Andrew Wilson (b. 1822); married Mary M. Field
• Peter Wilson (b. 1834, Perry county); child of Thomas Wilson and Charlotte (Deffenbaugh) Wilson
• Martha Wilson; child of Asa Wilson. Asa Wilson
• Peter Wilson; married Alice Anelia Heller

Wolf

• Philip Wolf; child of Wright Wolf and Mary Wolf; married Mary Bell

Ziegler

• Jacob Ziegler; child of Jacob Ziegler and Louisa (Gebhart) Ziegler