Morehead, Mathew

Flourished: Sangamon County, Illinois

Mathew Morehead was a resident of Sangamon County, Illinois. He moved to Salisbury, Illinois, in 1833, opening the first cabinet shop in the village. In February 1834, he married Elizabeth Snodgrass. In 1836, Morehead purchased forty acres of public land northwest of Springfield, near Salisbury.

Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, Sangamon County, 6 February 1834, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales, Sangamon County, 69:82, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; Newton Bateman and Paul Selby, eds., Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Sangamon County (Chicago: Munsell, 1912), 2:734.