Sarah KING (Sinclair/Sinkler) lived in LaMoille Twp., Bureau Co., IL with her daughter and son-in-law, Frederick and Rachel (SINCLAIR/SINKLER) LONG. She is buried in their family plot at Van Orin Cemetary in LaMoille. They moved to Bureau County in 1856. Why did they choose Bureau County? Did Sarah have KING relatives there? I put this together in response to a question on my King family's connection to Bureau County, ILL. Hope it helps someone. --- H. C. Bradsby, Editor, History of Bureau County, Illinois, 1885: P. 535 - MR. ___ KING, JOLIET Henry GUITHER, Walnut, was born in Saxe-Coburg, Germany, April 6, 1827. He remained in his native land till he was twenty-one, and then, in 1848, came to America, having just money enough to bring him to Chicago, Ill. He first worked on a farm near Joliet, for a man named KING, and the following year rented a piece of land. In the fall of 1849 he was married, at Joliet, and in November removed to Lamoille, Bureau County... In... 1853 purchased eighty acres of land where his house now stands, in Section 2, Walnut Township, in what is known as Red Oak Grove...He was married, October 18, 1849, to Barbara POPE, who was born February 25, 1830, in Saxe-Coburg, Germany, and came to America in 1848...[lists names of seven children and spouses]...He and his family are members of the Evangelical Church. [This is interesting in a couple of respects. - According to the 1850 census, my Henry LONG was born in Saxe Coburg. His family emigrated from there to OH in 1844, and came to Bureau Co. IL between 1850 and 1860. - I see three large tracts of land on the old Walnut tract map identified as owned by H. Guither. They are located NE of Brewersville, while my LONG, FREASE and FORNEY familys' tracts are a similar distance E. of Brewersville. - Guither worked first for KING, after arriving in 1848, implying that he may have known him before arriving. What are the chances that Henry GUITHER and Henry LONG's families knew each other in Saxe-Coburg, and that both knew the KING family?] P. 84 - ___ HOLBROOK (WIDOW KING), PRINCETON In 1835 David HOLBROOK came [to Bureau County]. In 1837 the parents, Enos and wife, came with another daughter; the latter is now the widow KING, and resides in Princeton. P. 150 - ___ HOLBROOK (MRS. KING), PRINCETON List of people in Immke's group picture of old settlers, with dates of their coming to Bureau County: HOLBROOK, J. T., July, 1834. Died in LaMoille, in latter part of Seventies; Mrs. KING, his sister, lives in Princeton. His son lives in La Moille (see biography). P. 438 - JOHN KING, LOCUST SPRING Locust Spring, Wheatland Township: The more recent settlers were...John KING... [apparently after 1845, when it was one almost unbroken stretch of prairie...] P. 627 - LUCY KING (RADCLIFFE) (b. abt 1840: OH d. 1861) The Radcliffe Family, Princeton: George M. Radcliffe was born January 15, 1828, in Wilmington, Ohio. He came to Bureau County with his parents... he in partnership with C. L. Smith, established the Bureau County News, in 1881, of which he is now senior editor. Mr. Radcliffe has been married twice. His first wife, Lucy KING, was a native of Ohio, and a graduate of Gen. Garfield's Academy at Hiram. She died here in 1861, aged twenty-one years. She was the mother of Frank C. Radcliffe, now a resident of California...In religious matters Mr. Radcliffe has been a very active member of the Christian Church. P. 575 - RACHEL LEWIS (KING) M. A. LEWIS, deceased... The parents of M. A. Lewis... were the parents of eight children, viz.:... Mrs. Rachel KING, of Chicago... He came here with his parents in 1850, making farming his occupation... Morgan A. Lewis was a man of considerable influence in Neponset Township, where he filled different offices with tack and ability... P. 202 - RUFUS KING, MILO Churches of the Township of Milo: The Methodist Episcopal Church of Milo, located one mile south of Boyd's Grove, was organized in 1851... Names of corporate members are:... Rufus KING and wife... P. 91-92 - SARAH B. ____ (KING) Old Settlers' Meetings: February 22, 1867, another large meeting was held in the same place... The following is the record, as gathered at this meeting of the early settlers, commencing with the year 1828...1836. -- ... John LONG,... Mrs. Sarah B. KING,... P. 478 - SARAH HOLBROOK (1) CASS (2) KING, LAMOILLE/BERLIN: John R. CASS, deceased, was born March 31, 1833, in Richmond, N. H. He was a son of Ono and Sarah (Holbrook) Cass, natives of New Hampshire... [Sarah] is yet living in Princeton; her name now is Mrs. KING. She is the mother of two boys: Isaac H. and John R. Cass, who were reared in Michigan. They came to Bureau County, Ill., about 1851, and first farmed in Lamoille Township. They afterward bought land in Berlin Township, where our subject was married... So, it looks like we have the following KINGs: 1. Mr. King, near Joliet. (p. 535) 2. Mr. King, deceased husband of Widow King, Princeton (pp. 84, 150) 3. John King, Locust Spring (p. 438) 4. Lucy King, 1st wife of George Radcliffe, Princeton (p. 627) 5. Rufus King, Milo (p. 202) And we have the following who married a KING: 1. Rachel Lewis (King) 2. Sarah B. ____ (King) (p. 92) 3. Sarah Holbrook (King) Princeton. Kay Wilson mailto:[email protected]