Sewell, John

Born: 1809-XX-XX Virginia

Flourished: 1831 Menard County, Illinois

Alternate name: Sewel

Brother-in-law of Thomas Arnold, Sewell came to Sangamon County, Illinois, in 1826-27, settling in a portion of the county that would be subsumed into Menard County. He would continue to farm in the area up to the Civil War. In 1860, he owned real estate valued at $4,275 and had a personal estate of $290.

The History of Menard and Mason Counties, Illinois (Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1879), 320; Election Returns for Clary’s Grove Precinct in Sangamon County, Illinois; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Menard County, IL, 45.