SANGAMON County, IL SOLONs

Immigration Record

In Naturalizations Declarations of Intent Sangamon County, Illinois
by Sangamon County Genealogical Society (c) 1986, page 61:

Vol-Pg		Name of Applicant	Date of Oath	Foreign Sovereignty	Age
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1-287		Solon, Thomas		1894 Apr 14	Ireland			23


In Minor's Final Oath Sangamon County, Illinois
by Sangamon County Genealogical Society (c) 1986, page 10:

Vol-Pg		Name of Applicant	Date of Oath	Foreign Sovereignty	Witnesses
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1-227		Solan, John		1902 Mar 6	Gr. Brit. & Ire.	Dillon, John and Moore, Dan

Marriages

GROOM		BRIDE		County		Date		Source Ref
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SOLON, THOMAS   REID, MARY    	SANGAMON    	11/19/1881 	005/0266      

Census Listings

1870 Census
Solan Thomas Ro W 42 Ireland Sangamon Springfield 194 0143 0119 Walsh, Michael 

1900 Census
SOLON John Springfield, Sangamon Co, IL V143 ED85 Sh5 Ln40

1910 IL Census MiraCode 
Solan Thomas Ro W 42 Ireland Sangamon Springfield 194 0143 0119 Walsh, Michael 

1920 Soundex for Illinois
SOLAN John R W 44 Ireland Sangamon Saranfield? 224 175 6 24 Hilton, Cressie 
	422 E. Jefferson Citizenship: NR 

Illinois Statewide Death Index, 1916-1950

Name 		  	S/R Age	 Cert #, DeathDate  County City 		Date Filed
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SOLAN THOMAS	  	M/W UNK	 0034999 1916-09-15 SANGAMON SPRINGFIELD	16-09-16
(http://www2.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/genealogy/forms/idphdeathsrch.html)

Range 14, grave 2:
Thomas Solon		d. 15 Sep 1916	aged 40 yrs
John Francis Solon	d. 16 Nov 1938	aged abt. 61 yrs

Biography

Thomas J. SOLON
(From WFT CD Vol.#3 Tree #1469)

Thomas J. SOLON 
born: WFT Est. 1842-1862
died: WFT Est. 1876-1948
married: WFT Est. 1873-1902

Mary REED
born: 1859
died: abt. 1918 in Cedalia, MO

NOTES on Mary's family:
Patrick Reed, a retired farmer residing at No. 1954 East Capitol Avenue, 
Springfield, Ill., had been a resident of Sangamon County for 54 years.  
He was born in County Mayo, Ireland, March 17, 1821, a son of Dominick and 
Mary (Hopkins) Reed.  Dominick was also a native of County Mayo, Ireland, and 
there spent his entire life engaged in farming.  His wife, who was a daughter 
of Thomas Hopkins, also spent her life there and, of their ten children.  
Patrick was the only one to come to the United States.

Patrick Reed received but a limited education in his native country, going to 
work at an early age on his father's farm.  On February 4, 1854, he was married 
to Bridget Cassedy and two years later they came to New York from Liverpool on 
a sailing vessel, the Ibert Gallatus, which took seven weeks to make the voyage.  
After his arrival, he located for a time near Camden, N.J., where he worked on 
a farm, his wife doing housework.  For thirteen years, Mr. Reed worked with the 
construction gang of the Chicago & Alto R.R., receiving 90 cents a day and having 
to wait two years before he was paid.  He then moved to Chatham, Ill., where 
he rented a farm for several years, but by this time his children were old enough 
to help him, and he subsequently purchased a farm of 240 acres in what is now New 
Berlin Township, paying down $1,000 and going in debt for $11,000, which he paid 
in seven years, although his contract allowed him ten years to complete the payment.
To accomplish this required close economy, and the raising of large crops, and his 
success in this line is shown by the fact that, in one year, he sold 10,000 bushels 
of corn at sixty-eight cents per bushel.  In their early days after coming to 
Springfield, Ill., in order to aid her husband, Mrs. Reed took in washing, during 
a part of this time working for Mrs. Lincoln at $1.25 per day.  About 1896, Mr. Reed 
turned the management of his farm over to his son and moved to his present home in 
Springfield, Ill..  He has erected several houses there, in addition to the one which 
he occupies.  He is a stanch Democrat in politics and he and Mrs. Reed are members 
of the Roman Catholic Church.

The following children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Reed:  Thomas, who married 
Kate Hefferton; Mary, twin sister of Thomas, married Thomas Solon; Kate, at; 
John, married Eliza Scanlan and died in 1904; William, married and lives on the 
home farm;  Donimick, married Ann Carrigan, also resides on the home farm; Frank, 
married Hannah Carrigan, and reside in Springfield, Ill.:  Annie, married 
Frank Flesch a contractor of Springfield; Joseph is single; Maggie, is 
Mrs. Patrick Carrigan of Springfield; and three died in infancy.

Source:  Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Sangamon County, 
Newton Bateman L.L.D. and Paul Selby, A.M. 2 Vol. Vol.II Biographical (Part II) 
Chicago: Munsell Publ. Co., 1912.