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HISTORY OF McDONOUGH COUNTY, ILLINOIS:

John Bagby, a Virginian, is in Illinois records with John Woodside and his family as pioneers to this township, and settled in the same section, but soon afterward sold the place. He improved another farm southwest of his first location, but afterward disposed of this also, and removed to Hancock County. Not admiring the county as well as he had anticipated, he returned to this township, where he suddenly dropped dead one day, while carrying in an armful of wood at his home.

More About JOHN BAGBY:
Individual Note: Between 1815 - 1817, John Bagby along with John Woodside is in Surry County, North Carolina tax records.


Children of JOHN BAGBY and MARY UNKNOWN are:

1. SUSAN LURANIA BAGBY, b. May 23, 1814; d. Unknown; m. HENDERSON H. HARDISTY, October 13, 1831, McDonough County, Illinois; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
More About SUSAN LURANIA BAGBY: Susan's name, birth date, husband, marriage date and place of marriage from Illinois State Genealogical Society.
2. TABITHA BAGBY, b. about 1816; d. Unknown.
3. EDMOND W. BAGBY, b. about 1820; d. Unknown; m. ELIZABETH UNKNOWN; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
4. JESSE WALKER BAGBY, b. February 14, 1821, Ohio; d. Unknown.
5. WILLIAM R. BAGBY, b. about 1823; d. Unknown; m. HARRIET WRIGHT McAULEY; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
6. ELI BAGBY, b. about 1825; d. Unknown.
7. SARAH JANE BAGBY, b. about 1827; d. Unknown; m. UNKNOWN WAGONER; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
8. GEORGE ALLEN BAGBY, b. about 1829; d. Unknown.
9. MARY A. "POLLY" BAGBY, b. about 1832; d. Unknown; m. JACOB C. BUNGER, December 21, 1854, McDonough County, Illinois; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
More About MARY A. "POLLY" BAGBY:
Individual Note: First and Middle name of husband and date of Marriage source is from the Illinois State Marriage Index, listed by Bride.
10. HUGH BAGBY, b. about 1840; d. Unknown.  

DAVIS BAGBY (WILLIAM DAVIS 1) was born about 1792 in North Carolina, and died about 1865 in Montgomery County, Illinois. He married MARTHA WOODS. She was born about 1795 in North Carolina, and died Unknown.

Notes for DAVIS BAGBY:

Bagby, Davis - b. 1792, NC, d. 1865 Pitman Township History of Bond and Montgomery Counties, Illinois states - "Davis Bagby was a resident of Pitman [Township] as early as the year 1832, having come here in company with his father-in-law, Miller Woods, both of whom located in the southeast corner of the township...

Bagby subsequently purchased a piece of land in Section 19, where he lived until the year 1865 when he died, lamented by all who knew him. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, having served his country faithfully throughout that memorable struggle."

 

More About DAVIS BAGBY:
Military service: War of 1812, 5 Regiment (Atkinson's), North Carolina Militia


Children of DAVIS BAGBY and MARTHA WOODS are:

1. KATHERINE MATILDA BAGBY, b. about 1818, Kentucky; d. Unknown; m. DAVID C. WHITEHORN, March 08, 1835, Pitman Township, Montgomery County, Illinois; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
2. ELEAZAR T. BAGBY, b. about 1820, Kentucky; d. Unknown; m. SARAH E. UNKNOWN; b. Unknown.
3. WILLIAM B. BAGBY, b. about 1822, Kentucky; d. Unknown; m. PHEBE J. WHITEHALL, October 20, 1844, Montgomery County, Illinois; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
4. JULIA ANN BAGBY, b. about 1826, Kentucky; d. Unknown; m. JOHN P. SNOW, February 23, 1853, Montgomery County, Illinois; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
5. FRANCIS MILLER BAGBY, b. about 1828, Kentucky; d. Unknown.  

SARAH BAGBY (WILLIAM DAVIS 1) was born about 1793 in North Carolina, and died November 26, 1879 in Bolivia, Illinois, [Christian County]. She married JOHN WOODSIDE February 21, 1816 in Surry County, North Carolina. He was born February 13, 1791, and died February 11, 1847 in McDonough County, Illinois.

More About SARAH BAGBY:
Burial: Hinkle Cemetery, Christian County, Illinois

Notes for JOHN WOODSIDE:
Source:

HISTORY OF McDONOUGH COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: [submitted by Virginia "Temple" Bagby [Holden], copied to Sherri Schäefer Bagby in 1999.

John Woodside was also among the pioneers of this township. He came from his native state, Virginia, settling on section 16, where he resided about 10 years, when he left the county and state.


Note: He went to North Carolina along with John Bagby and Davis Bagby, sons of William Davis Bagby and Unknown Dickenson.
- Sherri Schäefer Bagby


More About JOHN WOODSIDE:
Burial: Liberty Cemetery, Blandinsville, Illinois
Individual Note: Between 1815 - 1817, John Woodside along with John Bagby is listed in Surry County, North Carolina, tax records.


Children of SARAH BAGBY and JOHN WOODSIDE are:

1. JANE WOODSIDE, b. February 26, 1817, Tennessee or Kentucky; d. January 26, 1862; m. WILLIAM D. MUSTAIN, August 11, 1835, McDonough County, Illinois; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
2. NANCY ANN WOODSIDE, b. March 22, 1819, Kentucky; d. February 21, 1889.
3. ELIZABETH WOODSIDE, b. March 10, 1821, Kentucky; d. Unknown; m. MOSSES WASSON, September 12, 1839, McDonough County, Illinois; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
4. WILLIAM ALBERT WOODSIDE, b. March 31, 1823, Probably Kentucky; d. Unknown; m. MARTHA WARNER, March 22, 1843; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
5. FRANCIS ALBERT WOODSIDE, b. August 08, 1825, Kentucky; d. Unknown; m. NANCY WINDSOR, June 17, 1847; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
6. JOHN WESLEY WOODSIDE, b. August 08, 1825, Kentucky; d. Unknown.
7. JAMES PETTES WOODSIDE, b. September 01, 1829, La Harp, Illinois; d. February 09, 1911, Bolivia, Illinois [Christian County].
8. ANDREW JACKSON WOODSIDE, b. June 22, 1831, Illinois; d. Unknown; m. JANE CATHERINE DEHART, March 22, 1853, Christian County, Illinois; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
9. GEORGE WASHINGTON [DR.] WOODSIDE, b. October 06, 1835, Illinois; d. Unknown; m. ELIZABETH VANDRIN, July 28, 1853, Christian County, Illinois; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.