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SPERRY, CHARLES W. farmer, Sec 33, P.O. White Hall. Mr. Sperry was born in Greene County, June, 1841. He was the fourth child of M. C. P. and Hannah Hodges. Of the head of this family it may be said that he became one of the first settlers of Greene County, and put in many a hard day’s work within its borders. Locating near Kane, his land was entered from the Government, on which he built a log cabin. When Black Hawk made war on the few daring settlers of Illinois he volunteered as a soldier. After the war he returned to his pioneer home. He passed away during the Autumn of 1865. Mrs. Sperry died during the early infancy of him whose fortunes we now follow. In 1862 he enlisted in Company G, 122d Ill. Inf., organized in Macoupin County. He became engaged in the following battles: Parker’s Cross Roads, Tupello, Town Creek, Nashville, Fort Blakely, etc., etc. When the war closed he returned to Jersey County, Ill., where he married Miss Rachel E. Marshall. Remaining in Jersey County two years he then moved to Sangamon County, remaining one year, and also was a resident of Montgomery County. There are three children: Walter O., Emma J., and Lucy A.