Upshear D. SPICER was born on 24 Sep 1795 in Kent, Delaware. He died on 1 Feb 1855 in Sangamon, Illinois. Upshear married Nancy CLIFTON on 27 Apr 1816 in Fayette, Kentucky.
CENSUS: 1850 census of Sangamon,Illinois shows: Upshear D. Spicer, nancy, Minas, George, Sophia, John, Rosan, Emily.
Nancy CLIFTON was born about 1796 in of Kentucky. She married Upshear D. SPICER on 27 Apr 1816 in Fayette, Kentucky.
Benjamin H. EASLEY [Parents] was born in 1808 in Caldwell, Kentucky. He died in Sangamon, Illinois. Benjamin married Ann E. YOUNG on 22 Dec 1863 in , Sangamon, Illinois.
Other marriages:EASLEY, Mrs. Benjamin H.
CENSUS: 1850 census of Sangamon,Illinois shows: Benjamin Easley, Mary, James,Daniel, Mary,Pernicia, John, Nancy. Also living with them are: Alfred Scott,11,KY and Elizabeth Nicholls, 40, KY.
MARRIAGE: Benjamin had three wives in Sangamon, and maybe one in Kentucky. The wives were not listed in Early Settlers of Sangamon,Illinois, 1876. In the 1850 census one wife was listed as Mary, age 33, Kentucky. Since I did not know which children were hers and which might be from other wives, I have listed Benjamin's wife only as Mrs. Benjamin H. Easley and all children connected to this name.
Marriage record of Sangamon, Illinois shows Benjamin H. EASLEY and Anna E. GREENWOOD (maiden name was YOUNG) 22 Dec 1863.
BIOGRAPHY: The History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois.
Ann E. YOUNG [Parents] was born on 15 Oct 1837 in , Montgomery, Kentucky. She married Benjamin H. EASLEY on 22 Dec 1863 in , Sangamon, Illinois.
John WOODRUFF [Parents] was born about 1805 in , , Kentucky. He died in , , Kentucky. John married Mary PETTY about 1829 in of Kentucky.
CENSUS: 1860 census of Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois shows: Mary Woodruff 50/VA and children: T.J. (son), C. (son), America (Daughter), Catherine (daughter).
Mary PETTY was born in 1810 in , , Virginia. She died in , , Kentucky. Mary married John WOODRUFF about 1829 in of Kentucky.
They had the following children:
F i Ann Caroline WOODRUFF M ii William WOODRUFF M iii Thomas J. WOODRUFF M iv Cornelius WOODRUFF was born on 25 Oct 1844 in , Franklin, Kentucky.
BIOGRAPHY: 1912 History of Sangamon County Illinois, pages 1736,1737 shows:
Cornelius WOODRUFF, a prominent farmer of Capital Township, Sangamon County,Illinois and an honored veteran of the Civil War, was born in Franklin county, KY, Oct 25, 1844, son of John and Mary (Petty) Woodruff, the former a native of Kentucky and the latter of Virginia. The father was a carpenter and spent his entire life in Kentucky, where he and his wife both died.
They had four sons and four dauthters and besides Cornelius there is one son,William and on daughter, Katherine (this would by your Ann Catherine), surviving. The father of John H. Woodruff, Odiah Woodruff, was born in New Jersey and served seven years in the Continental Army. He was aide-de-camp to Gen. LaFayette and held the horse of that distinguished officer while he went to the Battle of Brandywine. He was present at the siege of York.
The boyhood of Cornelius Woodruff was spent in his native state, where he recieved his education, and as a boy he worked on a farm and cut wood. He came to Springfield, in 1857, and began working in a saw-mill, where he remained about three years, and spent three years on a farm. He enlisted at Camp Butler, Illinois, July 25, 1861, in Company I, One Hundred Fourteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, serving three years and was mustered out at Camp Butler. He participated in every battle where his company took part during the time of his service, among them being: Vicksburg and Guntown, Mississippi. He was captured and spent six months in Andersonville Prison, where he won the gratitude of his fellow-prisoners by discovering the famous spring in prison-yard. He served some time under Gen. Sherman. At the close of the war he returned to Sangamon county and spent six years farming there, then moved to Champaign county and for twelve years, engaged in farming and conductinig a meat business, after which he spent two years as a prison-keeper in the city prison. Returning to Champaign county, he spent another four years in butcher business, then again located to Springfield, sangamon.; He subsequently went to New Mexico, where he entered land and engaged in farming. He spent three years in that state and still owns the land. Upon his return to Springfield, he engaged in farming and owns property in Springfield. He is a prominent member of Stephenson Post,k G.A.R. and has a war record that is a credit to his bravery and faitherful service. He is an intelligent and energetic farmer and business man and has been successful in whatever he has undertaken. In politics he is a Republican and is proud of the fact that his first Presidential vote was cast for Abraham Lincoln.
Mr. Woodruff was married in Springfield, in 1875, to Miss Cinderella Van Kirk, a native of Ohio, whose father emigrated from that state to Sangamon county in an early day and engaged in farming. Both her parents died in the county and she died in 1906. Two children were born of this union: Mary, wife of Arthur Sales of Champaign county, and Marion, who joined the United States Naval Service and is now stationed in China on the Battleship "New York", being now nineteen years of age. At the state fair of Illinois held in 1910, Mr. Woodruff was the "Old fiddler" at the old pioneer relicdisplay, and still usese the violin that he carried through the Civil War, which is a very fine instrument. It is shown in his portrait.
MARRIAGE: Marriage record of Sangamon, Illinois.F v Katherine WOODRUFF was born in 1848 in , , Kentucky. She died in of Sangamon, Illinois. F vi America WOODRUFF was born in 1846 in , , Kentucky. She died in of Sangamon, Illinois.
Willis CASSITY [Parents] was born on 2 Jan 1805 in Bath, Kentucky. He married Nancy CARTMELL on 24 Jan 1827 in Bath, Kentucky.
CENSUS: 1860 census of Sangamon, Illinois shows: Willis Cassity, Nancy, Levi.
CENSUS: 1880 census of Ball, Sangamon, Illinois shows: Levi Cassity, Nancy, John F. Levi's mother, Nancy Cassity was with them.
Nancy CARTMELL [Parents] was born on 11 Aug 1810 in , Bath, Kentucky. She married Willis CASSITY on 24 Jan 1827 in Bath, Kentucky.
They had the following children:
M i James W. CASSITY was born about 1828 in Kentucky. He died about 1848 in Sangamon, Illinois. F ii Martha Elizabeth CASSITY was born in 1833 in Kentucky.
John S. CLAYTON [Parents] was born on 2 Aug 1802 in Caldwell, Kentucky. He died on 7 Sep 1861 in Sangamon, Illinois. John married Elizabeth E. CLAYTON in 1824 in Kentucky.
CENSUS: 1850 census of Sangamon, Illinois shows: John S. Clayton, Elizabeth, Franklin, Alexander, Marcus, Alzina, Adelaide, Marietta, Mason. James C. Ogden, Minerva J., John are living with them.
CENSUS: 1860 census of Morgan, Illinois shows: Elizabeth CLAYTON and daughter, Minerva J.
CENSUS: 1860 census of Sangamon, Illinois shows: John S. Clayton, Betsey E., Mary A., Margaret, G.M., John L. R. Clayton (62,F,KY) and Frank Watts (10,IL) are living with them.
Elizabeth E. CLAYTON [Parents] was born in May 1806 in Caldwell, Kentucky. She married John S. CLAYTON in 1824 in Kentucky.
BIRTH: John S. Clayton married his cousin Elizabeth CLAYTON. John C. Clayton of Sangamon was her brother and his cousin.
They had the following children:
CLAYTON was born about 1880 in of Kentucky. He married Mrs. CLAYTON about 1805 in of Kentucky.
Mrs. CLAYTON was born about 1885 in of Kentucky. She married CLAYTON about 1805 in of Kentucky.
They had the following children:
F i Elizabeth E. CLAYTON M ii John C. CLAYTON
John C. CLAYTON [Parents] was born in 1808 in Caldwell, Kentucky. He died in 1856 in Champaign, Illinois. John married Jane CLACK about 1839 in Alton, Sangamon, Illinois.
CENSUS: 1850 census of Sangamon, Illinois shows: John C. Clayton, Jane, Humbert, Elias, John, Arminda.
Jane CLACK was born in 1815 in Kentucky. She married John C. CLAYTON about 1839 in Alton, Sangamon, Illinois.
BIOGRAPHY: Jane was also called Ginsey.
William W. WALLACE [Parents] was born on 19 Jun 1830 in , Prince Edward, Virginia. He died in of Sangamon, Illinois. William married Ann Caroline WOODRUFF on 15 Jul 1855 in , Franklin, Kentucky.
CENSUS: 1860 census of Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois shows: Wm Wallace 30/VA and Caroline 23/KY with children: Jane C.4/KY, Isabell 1/IL.
CENSUS: 1880 census of Cotton Hill, Sangamon, Illinois shows: William Wallace and Ann C. with their children: Isabell, William (crossed out and reentered as living with his older sister's family), Charles, Sarah, Nettia, Lewis, Franklin, Albert, Mary and their grandson, Martin LOCK who is Isbell's son.
BIOGRAPHY: Information on names and birth dates from Family Bible.
BIOGRAPHY: Source: Abby
BIOGRAPHY: The 1912 History of Sangamon County, vol 2 is:pg 1690-91:
William W. WALLACE, a venerable resident of Springfield who has many interesting recollections of early days there, when present conditions were not even dreamed of, was born in Prince Edward county, VA, June 19, 1830, a son of Julian C. and Eveline Fl (Godsey) Wallace, natives of Virginia. The former was born Jan. 3, 1816, and hte latter, Apr 12, 1812. The father was a shoemaker by trade, who looking for better conditions, left Virginia in 1836, for Franklin county, KY, making the trip by wagon. This State continued his home until his death on March 16, 1881. His wife survived him only until Nov. 6, of the same year. One son of Julian C., Charles R. Wallace, enlisted in 1862, in the Union Army, and fought bravely until the close of the war. Edward A. Wallace, another son, enlisted the same year as his brother, was taken prisoner at the battle of Shiloh, and incarcerated at Libby Prison and Andersonville, spending nine months in all in these two prisons.
William W. Wallace attended the subscription schools of Kentucky, at the same time helping his father until he was twenty-one years of age. He continued farming until 1858, in his native state, but in that year came to Riverton, Illinois, where he took a contract to cut 100 cords of timber. For a year he worked in the timber, and in a saw-mill, and then for five months worked on a farm, when he returned to the timber, to engage with Amos GRUBB. His association with him continued until 1860.
Mr. Wallace was married in Franklin county, KY, July 18, 1855 to Ann C. Woodruff, born in Franklin county, daughter of John and Mary A. (Petty) Woodruff, natives of Kentucky, where the father was a wagon- maker. The following children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Wallace: Jane C. BASHAW, Isabelle DICKERSON, John W. a farmer near Bissell, Illinois, Charles H. a farmer, Sarah C. GLOSE, Nettie JOHNSON ona farm near Ransom, Kansas, Louis A. in the Racine Sattlery Plow Works; Frank E. also at the plow works, Mary DRENDEL and A.O. who died 7 feb 1906. Mr Wallace is a Republican and belongs to the Christian Church, living out, in his simple, steadfast life, the faither he professes in his religious connections. He is a kindly man, who has made manyfriends during his residence in the communnity, and his childrenhave made their mark whereever they have located.
Ann Caroline WOODRUFF [Parents] was born in 1837 in , , Kentucky. She died in of Sangamon, Illinois. Ann married William W. WALLACE on 15 Jul 1855 in , Franklin, Kentucky.
They had the following children:
F i Jane Cordelia Ann WALLACE was born on 12 Jun 1856 in , , Kentucky.
Jacob N. FULLINWIDER [Parents] was born on 5 Jun 1814 in Shelby, Kentucky. He married Sarah Agnes BULLARD on 23 Mar 1837 in Sangamon, Illinois.
CENSUS: 1850 census of Sangamon, Illinois shows: Jacob Fullenwider, Agness, Elizabeth, William, Harriett, Henry, Marcus. Living with them are Henry Lyon (17,KY) and Harriet Lyon (13,IL)
CENSUS: 1860 census of Sangamon, Illinois shows: Jacob Fullenwider, Agnes, William A., H.M., Thomas, M.L., Samuel, Jacob, O.H.
CENSUS: 1880 census of Mechanicsburg, Sangamon, Illinois shows: jacob N. Fullenwider, Sarah A.
BIOGRAPHY: The History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon, Illinois.
Sarah Agnes BULLARD [Parents] was born on 25 Sep 1810 in , Shelby, Kentucky. She died in of Sangamon, Illinois. Sarah married Jacob N. FULLINWIDER on 23 Mar 1837 in Sangamon, Illinois.
William DAWSON [Parents] was born on 26 Jul 1810 in , Bracken, Kentucky. He died on 28 Nov 1891 in Memphis, Missouri. William married Priscilla PATTERSON on 12 Apr 1836 in of Kentucky.
Priscilla PATTERSON was born about 1815 in of Kentucky. She married William DAWSON on 12 Apr 1836 in of Kentucky.