Biographies of Sangamon County

McDANIEL, JAMES, an elder brother to Robert, was born Sept. 2, 1781, in Pennsylvania. His father, Robert McDaniel, was a Revolutionary soldier, served three years and six months, and was present when Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, Va. When James was a child the family moved to Stroude's station, Clark county, Ky. He was there married to Mary Matthews. They had one child there, and moved to Bracken county, where they had three living children, and the family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving, in 1838, at Buffalo Hart Grove. Of their four children— JEPTHA, born in 1806, in Clark county, Ky., married in Bracken county, and came to Sangamon county with his father in 1838. They had one child in Kentucky and seven in Sangamon county. ELIZABETH married Levi McDaniel. See his name. MARY married William Matthews, have five children and live in Buffalo Hart township. MARTHA married Oliver McDaniel. See his name. JOHN T., unmarried, is a teacher. Mrs. Sarah McDaniel died in 1852, and Jeptha [Source: "History of the early settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois" By John Carroll Power, Sarah A. Harris Power, 1876 - Submitted by K. Torp]

McDANIEL, ROBERT, was born Feb. 14, 1799, in Clark county, Ky. He was married in Bracken county, March 25, 1825, to Jemima Correll. She was born July 10, 1799, in Montgomery county, Ky. They had five children in Bracken county, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1835, in Mechanicsburg township, and the next year to Buffalo Hart grove, where one child was born. Robert McDaniel and his wife now— 1876—reside three miles east of Buffalo Hart Station, on the farm where they settled in 1836. Of their six children:

- GEORGE born June 9, 1826, in Bracken county, Ky., married Oct. 31, 1854, in Sangamon county, to Louisa J. Constant. They had two children, EDWIN A. and ELMER W.,and live three miles southeast of Buffalo Hart Station, Sangamon county, Illinois.

- LEVI, born Dec. 3, 1827, in Kentucky, married Feb. 16, 1871, to Elizabeth McDaniel, and lives with his parents.

- JOSEPH, born Dec. 12, 1830, in Kentucky, married Feb. 16, 1864, in Sangamon county, to Mary E. Furrow. She was born August 7, 1836, near Piqua, O. They live in Buffalo Hart township, Sangamon county, Illinois.

- MARY H., born Jan. 24, 1833, married Nov. 26, 1856, to Nathaniel F. Matthews. See his name.

- HARRISON, born June 2, 1835, in Bracken county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, Feb. 6, 1868, to Clarrissa M. Priest, who was born Oct. 20, 1846, in St. Lawrence county, N. Y. They had three children, two of whom died in infancy. ROBERT F. resides with his parents, one mile east of Buffalo Hart Station, Sangamon county, Illinois.

- OLIVER, born Dec. 27, 1837, in Sangamon county, married July 16, 1867, to Martha McDaniel. They have three living children, BERTHA MAY, GRACE LOU and JOSEPH A., and live in Buffalo Hart township, Sangamon county.

[Source: "History of the early settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois" By John Carroll Power, Sarah A. Harris Power, 1876 - Submitted by K. Torp]

Biographies of Old Schuyler County, Illinois Settlers, written between 1872 and 1878: info says that these bios were written for the Centennial Celebration in 1876 when every county in the United States submitted these type of things including bios on the county itself.

John L. Moore, Jr., was born in Springfield, Ill., July 5, 1824. He was the first male child born in Springfield. He is a son of John and Elizabeth Moore. His vocation was that of farmer. He received his early education in the common schools of Illinois. At the age of twenty-eight, on January 3, 1855, he was married to Miss Jemima J., daughter of the late Edward and Jane Doyle. Mrs. Moore was born September 7, 1828. The fruits of that union was a family of five children, all of whom are now living. Mr. Moore died at his residence - the old homestead in Buena Vista {Schuyler County, Illinois} - March 14, 1864. Politically, he was an earliest supporter of the principles of the republican party. He was a man highly respected by his neighbors and fellow citizens. Mrs. Moore and family are still living on the old homestead. Submitted by: Sara Hemp