Macon County family index

Families of Macon County, Illinois, from the County Histories

494 people from the county histories of Macon County, Illinois: who they were, when and where they were born, their parents and spouses, and which biographies are parent and child. Pick a surname.

From Past and present of the City of Decatur and Macon County, Illinois (1903); Portrait and biographical record of Macon County, Illinois : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United Stat (1893); History of Macon County, Illinois : with illustrations descriptive of its scenery, and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers (1880). All public domain; each entry links to the original book.

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Everyone in the Macon County index, A to Z (494)

Abbott

Abrams

Adams

Albert

Alexander

  • James H. Alexander; child of James R. Alexander and Rebecca (Gay) Alexander; married Sarah A. Crififen

Allen

  • Samuel C. Allen (b. 1810, Loudoun County); married Minnie Sine
  • David S. Allen (Scott county); child of Joseph Allen and Katherine (Skillman) Allen; married Emma Levett

Allison

Allsup

Ammann

  • Conrad Ammann; child of Michael Ammann and Anna Maria (Couzelmann) Ammann

Arbuckle

Archer

  • Henry L. Archer; child of Thomas L. Archer and Amelia Archer; married Aurella Chilcote

Armstrong

Arnold

Baker

Baldridge

Balmer

  • Adam Balmer (b. 1861); child of Thomas Balmer and Margaret (Anderson) Balmer

Banton

Barbey

Barnes

Barrackman

Bassey

Batchelder

Baum

  • William Baum (b. 1851, Franklin county); married Annette Pharis

Beall

Bean

Bear

Bell

Betzer

Bissell

Bivans

  • Robert Bivans (b. 1842, Franklin County); child of Thomas Bivans and Ann (Gundy) Bivans

Bixby

  • Joseph G. Bixby (b. 1868); child of Lorenzo P. Bixby and Martha J. (Starr) Bixby

Blair

  • James Blair (b. 1845); child of James A. Blair and Mary (Gourley) Blair

Blume

Boardman

Bogg

Bottrell

  • J. D. Bottrell (b. 1859, Christian county); child of Daniel Bottrell and Mary Ann (Dunn) Bottrell

Bowen

Boyce

Boyer

  • Melvin F. Boyer (b. 1864); child of Samuel Boyer and Christina (Fisher) Boyer; married Lydia Moothart

Bramble

Brandom

Brenneman

  • Daniel W. Brenneman; child of Jacob Brenneman and Margaret M. (Branson) Brenneman; married Mary A. Mullin

Brewer

  • Arthur D. Brewer; child of John Brewer and Jemima (Inman) Brewer; married Laura K. Wright

Brookshier

Brown

Brownlee

Bryner

Buffmeyer

Bunn

Burley

Caldwell

Camp

Carmean

  • W. Carmean (b. 1856, Long Creek Township); married Eliza Gott

Carr

Casner

  • Lewis B. Casner (Pickaway County); child of Peter Casner and Annie (Holderman) Casner; married Mary Eleanor Flaningan

Cassell

Catto

Chambers

Chapman

  • J. Chapman (b. 1826, Jackson County); married Rebecca Ratcliff

Clark

  • J. B. Clark (b. 1837); child of Tames Clark and Sarah (Gaines) Clark

Clifton

  • William Clifton (b. 1819, Casey County); child of Nehemiah Clifton and Margaret Clifton; married Parthenia Payne

Clipston

Coleman

Combs

  • Jabez J. Combs (b. 1824, Wilkes county); child of William Combs and Asenath (Ellis) Combs; married Sarah Whitaker

Compton

Condell

Connaghan

  • Charles Connaghan (b. 1846); child of Charles Connaghan and Sarah Connaghan; married Catharine Phelan

Connard

Connelly

Conover

Cottle

Cowen

Craig

Crane

Crary

Crocker

Crossman

Crow

  • Oliver T. Crow (b. 1853, Licking county); child of John Crow and Elizabeth (Jenny) Crow

Daggett

Daly

Damery

Danzeisen

  • George J. Danzeisen; child of George Danzeisen and Sophia (Loser) Danzeisen; married Mattie Banth

Davis

Deetz

Delahunty

Dempsey

Denise

  • D. E. Denise (b. 1871); child of Garrett G. Denise and Rebecca (Brown) Denise

Denison

Dennis

Despres

Deventer

Dickey

Dickson

Dill

Dillehunt

Diller

Dinneen

Dougherty

Downey

Downing

Draper

Duker

Dunham

Dunlap

Durfee

Edgar

Ehrhart

Eldridge

  • Edwin Eldridge (b. 1844, Ripley county of that state); married Minnie Rucker

Elwood

Emery

Ewing

Eyman

  • H. Eyman (b. 1857)
  • J. A. Eyman (Illini township); child of Horatio Eyman and Salina J. (Milor) Eyman

Faith

  • Joseph Faith (b. 1823); married Catherine Masine
  • George Faith (b. 1863, Cumberland county); child of Joseph Faith and Catherine (Hasine) Faith
  • Charles H. Faith; child of Joseph Faith; married Catherine Hesson

Faries

Faris.

Farron

Ferre

Fifer

Fitzgerald

Fletcher

Foster

Foulke

Frank

Frazier

Freeland

French

Funk

Gaddis

Gage

Garver

Gepford

Gerber

Given

Gleason

Gogerty

  • John Gogerty (b. 1833); child of Christopher Gogerty and Jane Gogerty

Good

  • John Good; child of John Good and Elizabeth (Keller) Good; married Kate Mackey

Goode

Gorin

Grason

Graves

Gray

Green

  • Joshua Green; child of Thomas Green and Sally (Wilson) Green

Greene

Griffith

Grimes

Grimm

Gring

Gundy

Hall

  • Lonzo Hall; child of James Harvey Hall and Sallie Ann (Pritchett) Hall

Hamman

Hamsher

Hardy

Harpstrite

Hartley

Hartwig

Hawkyard

Hays

Heckler

Heft

  • Samuel Heft (b. 1828); child of David Heft; married Sarah Smith

Hendricks

Highly

Hight

  • Robert W. Hight (b. 1830, Rockbridge county); child of Samuel Hight and Margaret (Rapp) Hight
  • John R. Hight (Rockbridge county); married Mary E. Smith

Hilbrant

  • S. O. Hilbrant (b. 1872); child of Samuel Hilbrant and Jemima Hilbrant

Hildebrandt

Hill

Hilvety

Hiser

Holcomb

Holiday

Holman

Hooper

Hopkins

Hopson

House

Hoy

Hoyt

Hunt

Hunter

Hurst

Imboden

Jacobsen

Jimison

  • G. A. Jimison (Friends Creek township); child of George Jimison and Hannah Jimison

Johns

Johnson

Johnston

Jones

Jostes

Kaylor

  • George W. Kaylor (b. 1858, Decatur township); child of Jacob Kaylor and Rachel (Street) Kaylor

Keister

Keller

Kile

  • Isaac W. Kile (Shelby county); child of Josiah Kile and Alapy Kile

Kincaid

King

Kinsman

  • George C. Kinsman (b. 1850); child of Abner B. Kinsman and Asenath M. (Chandler) Kinsman; married Jennie W. Sanford

Knouff

Koehler

Kraschel

Kreidler

Kretzer

Kuhns

Lanham

Laux

Lawton

  • Thomas Lawton (b. 1823, Allegheny County); child of Thomas Lawton; married Margaret Oram

Leavitt

Leffingwell

Lehman

Lehn

  • George W. Lehn (b. 1874, Illini township); married Lois L. Baum
  • Frank W. Lehn; married Ada Moore
  • John P. Lehn (Cumberland county); child of Peter Lehn and Elizabeth (Waggoner) Lehn; married Tabitha Jones

Leslie

Lessman

Lewis

Likens

  • Joseph R. Likens (b. 1847, Marion County); child of John E. Likens; married Elizabeth Whitledge

Lin

Livingston

Lonergan

Love

  • Joseph Love (b. 1847, Coshocton county); married Eliza J. Hanlon

Lowe

Lowry

Lyon

Lytle

Maffit

Magee

Malone

Markley

Marsh

Martin

Mason

  • W. W. Mason; child of John Mason and Isabella Mason; married Elizabeth Hanks

Matteson

Matthew

Maxon

May

Mcbride

Mccune

Mcdonald

Mcevoy

Mcguire

Mclean

Mcnabb

Mcreynolds

Miller

Millikin

Moffett

Montgomery

Moore

Mosser

Mowry

Myers

Nap

Nelson

Nesbitt

  • A. S. Nesbitt (b. 1867, Texas township); child of W. W. Nesbitt and Malissa (Moore) Nesbitt

Nicholls

Nicholson

Nickey

Nottelmann

Oder

Oglesby

Oilman

Osborne

Outten

Owen

  • H. Martyn Owen (Christian county); child of Oscar J. Owen and Mary (Wickcns) Owen

Palmer

Park

  • Richard Park (b. 1833, Madison county); child of David Park and Esther A. (Rogers) Park
  • Edwin Park (b. 1835, Columbia County); child of Asahel T. Park and Julia Ann (Snyder) Park

Parker

Patria

Patterson

Peck

Peddecord

Perl

  • Peter Perl; child of Nicholas Perl and Catherine (Vester) Perl

Perry

Persinger

Peverly

Pfister

  • Charles C. Pfister; child of George Pfister and Wilhelmina Pfister; married America Leforgee

Pickle

  • Newton Pickle (b. 1834); child of John Pickle and Delilah (Lefler) Pickle

Pitner

Pope

Powers

Price

Pritchett

Provost

Querrey

Query

  • Titus Query (b. 1850, Ashland county); child of George Query and Mahala (Braden) Query

Randolph

  • Guy Archer Randolph (b. 1873, Aetna township); child of James M. Randolph and Elizabeth G. (Jett) Randolph

Ray

Renfro

Ritchie

Roberts

Roby

Rosengrants

Ruehl

Ruthrauff

Sampson

  • James N. Sampson (b. 1851); child of John Sampson and Sarah Sampson; married Margaret Hetzel

Schafer

Schenck

Scherer

Schroeder

Schroll

  • W. Schroll (b. 1827, Cumberland County); married Emily Lorash
  • William Schroll; child of George Schroll and Elizabeth (Bailey) Schroll

Schwab

Scott

  • Adam Scott (b. 1851, Jackson County)
  • Owen Scott (Effingham county); child of John O. Scott and Martha B. Scott

Seiberling

Shanklin

Shastid

Shellabarger

Shettel

Shipley

Shlaudeman

Shoemaker

Shorb

Short

Sibley

Sigler

  • Reuben Sigler (b. 1842); child of John Sigler and Catherine (Spealman) Sigler; married Fannie Stauffer

Simpson

Sites

  • Francis A. Sites (b. 1824, Fail-field County of the Buckeye Slate); married Eliza Jane Carmean

Smith

Smull

  • Henry Smull (b. 1842, Centre County); child of Peter Smull and Mary (Waggoner) Smull

Spangler

Spence

Spencer

Spitler

Spittler

  • Fred Spittler; child of Frederick Spittler and Catherine Spittler

Spooner

Stafford

Stahl

Stare

Stein

  • August Stein; child of Lewis Stein and Louisa (Osthof) Stein; married Elizabeth P. Wheeler
  • Eckhardt Stein; child of Henry Stein and Christine (Wegfahrt) Stein

Stewart

Stoner

Stoutenborough

Stringer

Strope

Stuart

Sullivan

Swain

Swinehart

Tait

Taylor

Thatcher

Thomas

Thompson

Thornhill

Thrift

  • Andrew J. Thrift (b. 1815, Christian County); child of Samuel M. Thrift and Sarah F. (Cowan) Thrift; married Minerva Jane Hawkins

Tobey

Tohill

Toland

Tomlinson

Torrence

Towne

  • Frank P. Towne (b. 1858); child of Daniel Towne and Paulina (Ferguson) Towne

Traughber

Trimmer

  • John P. Trimmer (b. 1853); child of Joseph Trimmer and Catharine (Fetrow) Trimmer; married Clara Stephenson
  • Abraham Trimmer (Perry county); child of Joseph Trimmer and Catharine (Fetrow) Trimmer
  • Joseph F. Trimmer (Perry county); married Diantha Henry

Troutman

Tucker

Tuttle

Tyler

Ulery

  • Eli Ulery; child of Stephen Ulery and Christiana (Conkle) Ulery

Waddell

Wade

Walker

  • Elijah Walker (b. 1843); child of Edward B. Walker and Rebecca (Chance) Walker; married Carrie L. Allison

Wallace

Walston

  • L. Walston; child of Levin Walston; married Lola Carver

Walters

Warburton

Warren

Washburn

  • Stephen G. Washburn; child of Isaac Washburn and Brittania (Britton) Washburn; married Emma Jordan

Weaver

  • Samuel Weaver (Lancaster county); child of Conrad Weaver; married Sarah Sailer

Webb

Welge

Whitley

Whitmer

  • Frank H. Whitmer; child of Henry M. Whitmer and Anna (App) Whitmer; married Lula Mallory

Wikoff

  • Peter W. Wikoff (b. 1825, Butler County); child of Samuel Wikoff and Ann (Henderson) Wikoff; married Charlotte M. Crowell

Willard

  • Jefferson G. Willard (Overton county); child of Williai Willard and Martha (Goodpasture) Willard; married Florence Dyke

Williams

Wilson

Winslow

Woodcock

Woods

Yates

Young

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