Detrich, John E was born 07 Jun 1820 in Mifflenburg, Union Co, PA. HE came to Sparta in 1839 where he owned a newspaper. This father was Germany and his mother was French, they died when he was very young. John was raised by his mother's brother John P Gulelius. (1875)

Devine, Thomas was born in Birmingham, England on 12 Dec 1858. He came to the US in 1873. He first settled in Jackson Co with an Uncle John then moved on to RC. 30 Jun 1885 he married Vena Bruns the d/o William and Sohpia (both were from Germnay and they had 6 children). Thomas' father was James, who was born in Ireland then moved to England, his wife's name was Catherine. They had 6 children. (1894)

Dehmer, Conrad was born in Prussia. In 1852 he came to the US to St Louis, then on to Red Bud in 1859. He was unmarried as of 1894. Once settled he sent for his mother, who came to RC and kept house for him until she died at age 65. (1894)

Dreves, Frederick was born in Mar 1841 in Prussia. His parents were Henry and Wilhelmina (Hamote). They had 4 children, The family came to the US in 1849. During the trip over Wilhelmina and a daughter died. When the family reached St Louis, Cholera took two more children, leaving Frederick and his father. Henry remarried in 1850 in St Louis. Frederick married in 1865 to Catherine Trede, she was born in Germany. Their children were: Henry, Dietlof, George, Hermann, William, Anna and Mena. (1894)

Douglass, Archibald T was born 19 Apr 1820 in RC. In 1840 he married Eleanor G McBride. Their Children Were: Elizabeth J, William M, Mary, Amanda, Samuel F, Margaret and one which died. Archibald's father was Samuel, who was born in Abbeville, SC in 1766. He came to RC at the age of 10. In 1817 he married Mary Thompson. They settled in Sec 23 of T4-7, having 11 children. Samuel died in 1856. Archibald's grandfather was John Douglass of Abbeville, SC. His first marriage was to Susannah Anderson. His second marriage was to Samuel's mother Mary. When John died, Mary, married George Wilson and came to RC about 1805. ( see the bio for George Wilson) (1894)

DeMonbreum, Jacques Timothy Boucher was born in 1747 in Quebec, Canada. He and his wife, Therese Archange Gibault were very early settlers in Kaskaskia, and all five of his children were born there. He was a hunter and trapper and eventually became the first white settler in the area of Nashville, Davidson Co., Tenn. He died in Nashville in 1826. The DeMonbreun family remained in Tenn. until shortly after the Civil War, when my g-grandfather, William Rains DeMonbreun returned to Ill. ( he was the g-grandson of Jacques DeMonbreun ). In 1878 he married Lyda Hammer in Pekin, Tazewell Co., Ill, and the family eventually settled in Alton, Madison Co. Ill.

Submitted by Sherron Logan

Derousse, Louis was born 1816 in Kaskaskia, RC, the son of Pierre K. Derousse of Kaskaskia and Pelagie Richard of Canada. The Derousse family's settlement in IL in 1686 was coincident with the founding of Kaskaskia. In 1842 Louis married Elizabeth Unger, a member of a Kaskaskia family of PA/German descent. He engaged in the wood business at Kaskaskia Landing then in 1852 he went to California and there spent a year. Before she died in 1860, Elizabeth Derousse gave birth to nine children. In 1863 Louis remarried to Mary Manger who was born in NJ, but of French descent. There were four children by the second marriage. In 1870 Mr. Derousse moved to Chester. (1875)

Douglas, Andrew was born 1818 in Roxburgshire, Scotland was one of six children born to James Douglas, a farmer and miller, and Jeanette Lowrie. The family came to America in 1843 and settled in RC, joining an uncle, Lot Douglas, who had come here eleven years before. In 1848 Andrew married Eliza Craig who was born in Paisley, Scotland in 1829. She was the d/o John Craig who brought his family to RC in 1840. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas farm about 800 acres in RC. They had nine children, five who lived to adulthood and were, in the order of birth, John C., Eliza S., Andrew, Sarah, and May. (1894)

Dickey, Alexander was born 1795 in SC. He came to RC in 1818 with his brothers, Smith, John and James. Alexander married Miss Hair, they lived in T4 R5 Sec 32, 33, 34. In 1836 he opened a grist mill. Their children were: William , James, Sarah, Rachel, Mary and Eliza J (d age 18). Alexander died ca 1873 in Sparta, his wife died in 1879. Alex's father was born in SC and was in the Rev War, as of 1875 his war pension had never been drawn. (1875)

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