Hermon, David H.

Born: 1805-01-12 North Carolina

Died: 1899-09-04 Sangamon County, Illinois

Flourished: 1830-1899 Sangamon County, Illinois

Hermon married Sally Mitts in Kentucky in 1827. They moved to Sangamon County, Illinois, in 1830, and settled near present-day Chatham. Hermon was a farmer, and in 1860, he owned over $8,000 worth of real estate.

John Carroll Power and S. A. Power, History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois (Springfield, IL: Edwin A. Wilson, 1876), 371-72; Gravestone, Jones Cemetery, Sangamon County, IL; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Sangamon County, IL, 47.