Early Settlers of Coles County
Further information on some of the early settlers. Sources of the info are noted.
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Settler |
Came From |
Arrived |
Born |
Parents |
Died |
Spouse |
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Samuel C. Ashmore (founder of Oakland, IL) |
TN |
1829 |
c. 24 Dec 17755 |
24 Oct 18365 |
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Samuel M. Ashmore4 |
TN |
1829 |
18044 |
18824 |
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William L. Ashmore |
KY |
1832 |
17664 |
18364 |
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S.H. Ashmore6 |
Clark Co,IL6 |
18286 |
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James Y. Brown (Re: E. Conard his middle name was Young) |
TN |
1831 |
1808 10 |
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Michael Coon10 (Not on original list) |
VA |
4 Oct 1779 PA |
1 Feb 1851 |
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Michael Cossell, Sr.10 (aka Cassell) |
WV |
1830 |
c. 1775 PA 10 |
9 Aug 1847 buried Cossel Cemetery in Charleston Twp. |
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Hugh Cowan |
1830-1832 | ca 1817 Anderston, Scotland 13 |
Joseph Cowan and Agnes Miller | 19 Apr 1884 Casa, Perry C, AR in an unmarked grave | (1)Cynthia Ann Burk 5 Dec 1839 Coles Co, IL. (2) Sarah Elizabeth Henry Huddleston Bryant 25 Oct 1878 in Effingham Co, IL |
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1John Calvin Davis |
KY/IN |
1830 |
28 Apr 1809 KY7 |
30 Nov 18717 |
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Charles Eastin |
IN (on original list) or KY10 |
1830 |
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David Eastin |
KY10 |
1830-31 |
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John M. Eastin |
IN (on original list) or KY10 |
1828 |
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Van Swearingen10 Eastin |
IN or KY |
1826 |
26 Feb 1806 KY10 |
187010 |
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Wm. Frost |
VA |
1830-31 |
6 June 1788 in VA8 |
20 April 18708 |
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Enoch Glassco [alt. spelling: "Glasscock"]8 |
KY |
1829-30 |
1781 in VA8 |
9 Oct 18358 |
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Read more about him here |
KY |
1835 |
14 Nov 1812 Scott Co., KY 11 |
2 Mar 1886 Tuscola Twp, Douglas Co., IL11 |
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Jacob Hopper 9 |
Knox Co., KY |
c. 1837 |
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Capt. Chas Phelps |
KY |
1830 |
26 Jan 18011 |
2 Oct 18641 |
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Fountain Turner |
KY |
1834 |
3 Feb 17951 |
7 Jan 18841 |
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Aden Wiley |
KY |
1837 |
15 April 18072 |
02 April 18572 |
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Darius Wiley |
KY |
1839 |
10 July 1818 2 |
1879 2 |
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Eli Wiley |
KY |
1839 |
07 November 17732 |
28 January 18532 |
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Ira Wiley |
KY |
1839 |
10 January 18242 |
23 April 18862 |
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James Wiley |
IL |
1835 |
05 September 17992 |
13 April 18652 |
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John Wiley |
KY |
1831 |
03 April 17982 |
15 April 18742 |
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Reason Wiley |
KY |
1828 |
02 May 18022 |
26 August 18512 |
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Samuel Wiley |
KY |
1831-32 |
09 October 18042 |
13 October 18532 |
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John Wright |
KY |
1829 |
08 July 17953 |
17 August 18703 |
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Martin Zimmerman |
VA |
1837 |
1795 12 |
185212 |
Sarah Greaver 12(1802-1852) |
Source Notes:
1 overmeye@fortwayne.infi.net (Mary Overmeyer)
2 Wiley Family History
3 Mary Alice Livingston Bednorz
4 Lloyd Ashmore (Visit his homepage at http://home.earthlink.net/~lloash/)
5 Caroline Sims Coon - information originally obtained from Sam's tombstone (60y, 10m, 4d)
6Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Coles County 1906 - submitted here by Marge Walker at cbabbs@worthlink.net FYI: This Ashmore is not on the list I originally posted, which was only a partial listing anyway.
7 mrbil1@juno.com (William Harrison) Original source "History of Coles Co 1876-1976" p. 807
8 Helen Morgan (ganijan@psci.net). Info is from the Charleston Library in Coles Co. Wm. Frost & Enoch Glasscock are her ggg-grandfathers.
9 Donna Dules (dulesdj@cbpu.com)
10Erik P. Conard (Econard1@aol.com)
11Myrna Madigan (fbc@net66.com) Info is from the "History of Douglas County"
12 Judith Zimmerman Anderson - SilvrStrke@aol.com
13 Larry Hunt at Berryman19@aol.com