Margaret Matlock, the daughter of John Shepherd Matlock and his first wife, Eleanor Haggerty, was born on 2 March 1808 in Roane County, Tennessee. She was later married in Hendricks County, Indiana to a man named Simeon Oatman on 20 August 1829.

Sometime after their marriage, Margaret and Simeon moved to that portion of La Salle County, Illinois that was later formed into Kendall County, Illinois in 1841. Simeon subsequently died in Kendall County on 13 December 1837,

Joseph BRUMBACK, from Licking Co., Ohio, arrived here Aug. 3, 1832, built a cabin on S. 6, T. 33, R. 5, and lived in it nineteen years. His neighbors very appropriately called him the Patriarch Joseph, as he had nineteen children and eight step-children. His first wife was Mary PARR, who died, leaving four children: George W., lives in Manlius, is County Surveyor of La Salle County; Elizabeth and Mary, are dead; Samuel, lives at Odell.

His second wife was Margaret OATMAN; she died in 1842; had one child, Margaret, now dead. His third wife was Comfort YOUNG, who died in 1858; had eight children: Newton W., Jervis J., both in Bates County, Mo.; Ada PERKINS, Grundy County; Joseph Jefferson, Livingston County; John Howey,