John Wesley Dabbs

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· John Wesley Dabbs was born abt. 1811 in Kentucky. He was a son of James and Mary (Harris) Dabbs. John W. Dabbs died in Dec 1866 in Sangamon Co., Illinois. He was buried in Divernon Township Cemetery, Sangamon Co., Illinois. John made a settlement in 1831 on section 24 in Rosedale Township, Jersey Co., IL (then a part of Greene Co., IL), which he purchased from the government the next year and was a resident there for years. John and his family had moved to Sangamon Co., IL by the 1840's. They were found there in Sangamon Co., IL in the 1860 census, with their four children: George W. Dabbs, age 24; Almina J. Dabbs, age 20; Thomas J. Dabbs, age 10; and William H. Dabbs, age 7. John must have been a prosperous farmer, his real estate was valued at $20,000, personal estate $1,500. By 1870, after John died, Martha was still living in Sangamon County with her second husband, Benjamin Fuller and her Dabbs children George W. Dabbs, Thomas J. Dabbs, and William Dabbs. Martha married 2nd a Benjamin A. Fuller on July 12, 1868. In 1880 a Martha Dabbs was the head of household with George W. and William H. William H. Dabbs was disabled. Elmina Dabbs married a Barnes. John W. and Martha J. (Fuller) Dabbs had the following children-George W. Dabbs born abt. 1836 in IL; Elmina J. Dabbs born abt. 1840 in IL; Thomas J. Dabbs born abt. 1850 in IL; and William H. Dabbs born abt. 1854 in IL. http://w-westfall.tripod.com/unrelfam7.html

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@R-995802644@ 1850 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 1,8054::0 Year: 1850; Census Place: Township 8 Range 10, Jersey, Illinois; Roll: M432_111; Page: 53B; Image: 114 1,8054::19173091

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@R-995802644@ 1860 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 1,7667::0 Year: 1860; Census Place: District 16, Sangamon, Illinois; Roll: M653_226; Page: 276; Family History Library Film: 803226 1,7667::37908996

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@R-995802644@ U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 1,60525::0 1,60525::93568016

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@R551064018@ Findagrave John Wesley Dabbs 26 Dec 1866 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25711090/john-wesley-dabbs http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=e3eda9ca-8ded-403d-9e1e-d... jpg John Wesley Dabbs

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@R-995802644@ Ancestry Family Trees Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=77536195&pid...