Lanterman, Abraham

Born: 1792-01-20 Kentucky

Died: 1863-05-28 Springfield, Illinois

Flourished: 1819 to 1863 Sangamon County, Illinois

Abraham Lanterman, farmer, settled in Sangamon County with his parents in 1819. He purchased eighty acres of land in Sangamon County in 1823 and an additional eighty the following year. Lanterman married Martha White in 1826 and the pair had six daughters. At the time of the 1860 census, he owned real estate valued at $8,000 and possessed personal property valued at $10,000.

John Carroll Power and S. A. Power, History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois (Springfield, IL: Edwin A. Wilson, 1876), 443-44; Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales, Sangamon County, 68:6, 9, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; U.S. Census Office, Fifth Census of the United States (1830), Sangamon County, IL, 203; U.S. Census Office, Sixth Census of the United States (1840), Sangamon County, IL, 28; U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Sangamon County, IL, 205; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Springfield, Sangamon County, IL, 109; Illinois Daily State Journal (Springfield), 30 May 1863, 2:5.