Elizabeth Bilyeu1

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     Elizabeth Bilyeu married James Workman, son of Abraham Workman.1 Her married name was Workman. Elizabeth Bilyeu died at Tennessee.1

Family

James Workman b. 17 Dec 1806, d. 31 Mar 1884
Children

Citations

  1. [S501] Assisted by his wife, Mrs. S.A. Power. Under the auspices of the Old settlers' society By John Carroll Power, 1876 - Early Settlers Of Sangamon County, Page: 787

    When James was a young man he went from Bourbon county to Overton county, Tennessee, and was there married to Elizabeth Bilyeu, had one child, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in the fall of 1830, in what is now Loami township, where one child was born. In 1831 he returned to Tennessee, where one child was born and Mrs. Workman died.
  2. [S501] Assisted by his wife, Mrs. S.A. Power. Under the auspices of the Old settlers' society By John Carroll Power, 1876 - Early Settlers Of Sangamon County, Page: 787

    WORKMAN, JAMES, born Dec. 17, 1806. Of his children by the first marriage--

    JAMES ABRAHAM, born Dec. 16, 1827, in Overton county, Tennessee, raised partly in Sangamon county, married in Tennessee, May 29, 1847, to Jemima Kitchen, and had four children, JAMES M., SARAH E., THOMAS C. and JEMIMA E. Mrs. Jemima Workman died Nov. 10, 1858, and Mr. W. was married May 20, 1860, to Adaline Buck. They have five living children, WILLIAM D., NANCY A., REBECCA A., EMMA E. and GEORGE H. Mr. Workman was a justice of the peace and tax collector in Overton county. Many of his loyal friends had been killed, and his own life threatened by the Ku-Klax, so he left there and returned in 1866 to the vicinity of Loami, Sangamon county, and now--1874--lives in Christian county, near Mowequa, Shelby county, Illinois.

    REBECCA, born August 16, 1830, in Sangamon county, married Sept. 13, 1849, to Solomon Shetter, had eight living children. WILLIAM was killed, aged 15 years, by a fall from a horse. ARISSA married James Stanton, and resides near Loami, Illinois. NANCY E., MINIZA J., ANNA I., ELIZA A., ALBERT A., and EPSEY C. reside near Loami, Illinois.

    SAMUEL E., born Feb. 9, 1833, in Tennessee, married Nov. 15, 1851, to Isabel Kitchen, and have seven children, SARAH E., LYDIA J., JAMES D., NANCY A., ISABEL and MARY L., and reside one mile south of Loami, Illinois. The living children of the third wife, GEORGE W., WILLIAM B., BARNEY and DELIA A. M. reside with their parents.
  3. [S501] Assisted by his wife, Mrs. S.A. Power. Under the auspices of the Old settlers' society By John Carroll Power, 1876 - Early Settlers Of Sangamon County, Page: 787

    WORKMAN, JAMES, born Dec. 17, 1806. Of his children by the first marriage--

    JAMES ABRAHAM, born Dec. 16, 1827, in Overton county, Tennessee, raised partly in Sangamon county, married in Tennessee, May 29, 1847, to Jemima Kitchen, and had four children, JAMES M., SARAH E., THOMAS C. and JEMIMA E. Mrs. Jemima Workman died Nov. 10, 1858, and Mr. W. was married May 20, 1860, to Adaline Buck. They have five living children, WILLIAM D., NANCY A., REBECCA A., EMMA E. and GEORGE H. Mr. Workman was a justice of the peace and tax collector in Overton county. Many of his loyal friends had been killed, and his own life threatened by the Ku-Klax, so he left there and returned in 1866 to the vicinity of Loami, Sangamon county, and now--1874--lives in Christian county, near Mowequa, Shelby county, Illinois.

    REBECCA, born August 16, 1830, in Sangamon county, married Sept. 13, 1849, to Solomon Shetter, had eight living children. WILLIAM was killed, aged 15 years, by a fall from a horse. ARISSA married James Stanton, and resides near Loami, Illinois. NANCY E., MINIZA J., ANNA I., ELIZA A., ALBERT A., and EPSEY C. reside near Loami, Illinois.

    SAMUEL E., born Feb. 9, 1833, in Tennessee, married Nov. 15, 1851, to Isabel Kitchen, and have seven children, SARAH E., LYDIA J., JAMES D., NANCY A., ISABEL and MARY L., and reside one mile south of Loami, Illinois.