History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois"Remarkable as it may appear, there is not a State or Territory in our whole nation but has some chord that centers on Sangamon county. Many European countries might be included also. Thus it will be seen that the homogeneous character of our whole people could not be more forcibly illustrated than by this volume."This is the author's bold declaration and a challenge to the skeptical family historian to find ancestors in Sangamon County, Illinois.