James Halbert

1785 - 1858  (73 years)

• Name	James Halbert
  Born	19 Aug 1785	Essex, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Dr.
  Reference Number	5694
  Died	5 Nov 1858	Sangamon, Illinois, USA
  Person ID	I5694	Thompson-Milligan
  Last Modified	12 Apr 2018

  
  

  Father	James Halbert,   b. Abt 1740, Essex, Virginia, USA ,   d. Bef May 1819, Tappahannock, Essex, Virginia, USA  (Age ~ 79 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Sarah Shaddock,   b. Essex, Virginia, USA ,   d. Aft Jul 1823, Tappahannock, Essex, Virginia, USA
  Relationship	natural
  Married	1783	Essex, Virginia, USA
  Family ID	F2889	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nancy Reynolds,   b. Abt 1798, Virginia, USA ,   d. Bef 1850, Illinois, USA  (Age ~ 51 years)
  Children	1. Mary Lindsay Halbert,   b. 15 Nov 1817, Essex, Virginia, USA  [natural]   2. Sarah Halbert,   b. 23 Jan 1820, Virginia, USA  [natural]   3. Sidney Halbert,   b. 3 Feb 1822, Virginia, USA  [natural]   4. Frances Halbert,   b. 22 Jun 1825, Virginia, USA  [natural]   5. Catherine Halbert,   b. 19 Nov 1827, Virginia, USA  [natural]   6. Alexander Halbert,   b. 15 Jun 1830, Virginia, USA  [natural]   7. Margaret Halbert,   b. 13 Sep 1833, Virginia, USA  [natural]
  Last Modified	12 Apr 2018
  Family ID	F2892	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 19 Aug 1785 - Essex, Virginia, USA Died - 5 Nov 1858 - Sangamon, Illinois, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  HALBERT, Dr., JAMES , was born Aug. 19, 1785, in Essex county, near Port Royal, Va. Nancy Reynolds was born in the same county, and they were married there Dec. 24, 1816. They had six children and moved to Ross county, near Chillicothe, Ohio, about 1831, where one child was born. Mrs. Nancy Halbert died there in Nov., 1834. The family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving at Springfield in the fall of 1839, and a few weeks later settled in what is now Clear Lake township. Dr. James Halbert died Nov 5 1858 in Sangamon County, Ill He was regularly ordained minister in the Baptist Church Dr. Halbert was among the first to introduce sheep raising in Sangamon county and first in Clear Lake township He was a man of great energy, strong intellectual ablities and great oringinalty of mind Of their eight children-- SALLY, born Jan. 23, 1820, in Virginia, married in Sangamon county to James S. Taylor. . SIDNEY R., born Feb. 3, 1822, in Virginia, married in Sangamon county to John C. Woltz. FANNY, born June 22, 1825, in Virginia, married in Sangamon county to Thomas L. Simpson. KITTY, born Nov. 19, 1827, in Virginia, married in Sangamon county to Ninian R. Taylor. ALEXANDER S., born June 15, 1830, in Essex county, Va., came with his father to Sangamon county, was educated at Illinois College, in Jacksonville, graduated at Jefferson Medical College, N. Y., and was married, May 8, 1855, to Mary E. Latham. Dr. A. S. Halbert died Feb. 11, 1859, leaving one child, KATIE TODD. His widow and child reside with her mother on seventh street, Springfield. MARGARET J., born Sept. 13, 1833, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to Isaac J. Taylor. Dr. James Halbert died Nov. 5, 1858, in Sangamon county. He was a regularly ordained minister in the Baptist church. Dr. Halbert was among the first to introduce sheep raising into Sangamon county, and was the first in Clear Lake township. He was a man of great energy, strong intellectual abilities, and great originality of mind. Soldiers of the War of 1812 Dr. James Halbert 1850 census Jas Halbert Sangamon, IL abt 1844 Virginia not 1844 but 1785 for he head of house with his daughter Sidney Woolf not Woolf but Woltz family as the following Margarett Holbert Sangamon, IL abt 1833 Ohio Saml Harbott Sangamon, IL abt 1836 Illinois Eli Harbott Sangamon, IL abt 1839 Illinois