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Robert_Templeton Household: 1830 US Census, Precinct 5, Shelby County, Illinois

December 11, 2005

First page of Robert_Templeton Household: 1830 US Census, Precinct 5, Shelby County, Illinois

There is a story here. Robert emigrated to a homestead near Cochran Grove in Ashgrove Township, Shelby County, Illinois in 1828. Apparently his wife Anna died soon thereafter in 1829 and is one of the first burials among pioneers in the area. This 1830 Census shows Robert without his wife. Here is mention of the Robert Templeton household in Ashgrove, Shelby County in this era: <I>"Other pioneers in the neighborhood of Big Springs were Samuel Weatherspoon, Bazel Daniel, William Daniel, and B. Fancher, with their families, who settled there in 1826. In the fall of 1826 John Cochran, with his three sons-in-law, John, Daniel, and William Price, settled in what is now called Cochran's Grove. Mr. Cochran raised a family of five children. His youngest son James [<strong>Note</strong>: This James Cochran married Robert Templeton's daughter, Nancy C. Templeton in Ash Grove on July 9, 1829], who was thirteen years of age when they came to this county, is the only member of the family now living, and one of the oldest citizens now residing in the county. Other pioneers of Ash Grove township were John Frazer, <strong>Robert Templeton</strong>, Joseph Dixon, Robert Rankin, Daniel Green, John Bolin and John Storm." ... "<strong>Robert Templeton</strong> arrived in Section 4 of Ash Grove Township in 1828. This North Carolina native settled between two small tributaries of the East Fork of the Little Wabash River. The two streams were called Four Mile Creeks and the area became known as Four Mile Grove. " ... " The Cochran Cemetery in Section 7 of Ash Grove Township is the final resting place of one of the first people to die in Shelby County. <strong>Anna Templeton</strong> was buried here in 1829. Cochran, Sexson and Storm family members rest beside her."</i>

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