Macon County Biographies J Jennings, I. D.    Johnson, James    Johnson, Robert    Jones, John A .    I. D. Jennings, Fourteenth Sheriff. -- Mr. J. was born July 10, 1825, in Somerset County, New Jersey, where the rocks are so thick that the noses of the sheep are compelled to be sharpened before they -- the sheep -- can subsist on the grass that grows between the rocks. He came to Illinois in 1850, and located at Jacksonville, where he remained until 1853, when he came to Decatur. He was elected sheriff in 1872, and served two years, and was reelected in 1874, and also served as deputy under Sheriff Wood. He was city marshal from 1867 to 1870. Smith, J. W. (1876). History of Macon County, Illinois, from its organization to 1876. Springfield, Ill: Rokker's Printing House. P. 54. Transcribed and annotated by Judy Rosella Edwards. James Johnson, Third County Treasurer. -- Came from Kentucky to Macon County at least as early as 1830. He was County treasurer in 1832 and '3, and was colonel in the Black Hawk war. He removed from Macon County to Pike County, Illinois, where he died -- date unknown. Smith, J. W. (1876). History of Macon County, Illinois, from its organization to 1876. Springfield, Ill: Rokker's Printing House. P. 55. Transcribed and annotated by Judy Rosella Edwards. ROBERT JOHNSON was born in Bath county, Ky. [ed., Bathe County, Kentucky], March 3, 1807. Was married to Lou Ann Church April 5, 1831, who was born July 13, 1813. They moved to Macon County in October, 1831. They have no children. Smith, J. W. (1876). History of Macon County, Illinois, from its organization to 1876. Springfield, Ill: Rokker's Printing House. P. 265. Transcribed and annotated by Judy Rosella Edwards. John E. Jones, Eleventh Sheriff. -- Mr. Jones was born in Madison County, Ohio, and came to Macon County in 1854, and was in the army during the late war. After his return he engaged in merchandising for a short time, and was elected sheriff in 1867, and served one term. He died in Decatur in August, 1870. Smith, J. W. (1876). History of Macon County, Illinois, from its organization to 1876. Springfield, Ill: Rokker's Printing House. P. 54. Transcribed and annotated by Judy Rosella Edwards. HOME ©2008 Genealogy Trails