Thomas Sackett
b. 30 April 1787, Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, to Aaron and Dorcas (Clarke) Sackett
d. 15 September 1871, Macon County, Missouri
m/1. 23 November 1808, Hamilton County, Ohio
Catherine Chambers
m/2. 25 May 1827
Margaret “Peggy”Martin
m/3. 1 April 1832, Warren County, Ohio
Elizabeth Bowyer
b. 19 February 1788
d. 21 September 1846, Salisbury, Sangamon County, Illinois
m/4.
Mary McKee
Children with Catherine Chambers:
- Dorcas
Children with Margaret Martin:
- Phebe
- Mary Harriett
- John
- Samuel
Children with Elizabeth Bowyer:
- Margaret Jane
Thomas immigrated to Indiana from Butler County, Ohio, about 1810-1815. He emigrated from Franklin County, Indiana, to Sangamon County, Illinois, about 1829. In Sangamon County, Illinois, Thomas lived near a small town in Salisbury Township that is now known as Salisbury, but in early census records, was called “Sackett Town” after Thomas Sackett.
In 1861 the Sangamon County board met to divide the county into 22 townships, one of which is Sackett Township after Thomas, who served as county commissioner in 1838-1839.
Submitted by:
Sharon Hohimer
Chatham IL