Illinois:  History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William Henry
Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1882. 
Cass County.

JOHN BEGGS, farmer and stock-dealer; P.O. Ashland; was born in
Morgan County, Illinois, Aug. 7, 1831.  At the age of eighteen he
began farming in Morgan County, where he remained until 1858,
when he removed to his present place of residence, where he has
since remained, engaged more or less extensively in farming and
in stock-dealing.  His large and commodious farm residence is one
of the finest in the county.  He has been identified with the
Republican party since the days of the old line Whigs.  He was
married in Cass County, Dec. 18, 1855, to Miss Sallie Sinclair,
daughter of Samuel and Malinda (Bird) Sinclair, natives of
Kentucky, both deceased.  Mrs. Beggs as born in Morgan County,
March 16, 1834.  She is the mother of seven children, viz.: Emma,
wife of Edward C. Beggs, of Ashland; Anna, Charles S., John T.,
Nellie, Myra and Samuel W.  Charles Beggs, the father of our
subject, was born in Rockingham County, Va., Oct. 30, 1775; he
was a farmer by occupation, and a member of the Constitutional
Convention that framed the constitution of Indiana; he served
several terms in the Legislature of Indiana, and was in the
engagement at Tippecanoe; his death occurred Oct. 21, 1869.  His
wife, Mary Ruddell, a native of Hardy Co., Va., was born April
28, 1790, and died Aug.  4, 1871.  She was the mother of nine
children, of whom John, the subject of the sketch was the
youngest.  Religiously, himself and wife are connected with the
Methodist Church.

Beggs Sinclair Bird Ruddell
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Morgan-IL KY Rockingham-VA IN Hardy-VA