Editing Sempronius, New York (section)

== History ==
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Sempronius was part of the [[Central New York Military Tract]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Townships of the Military Tract|url=http://www.swampstomper.nl/history/military.html|access-date=October 17, 2021|website=www.swampstomper.nl}}</ref> The first settler arrived ''circa'' 1793.<ref>{{Cite book|last=French|first=J. H.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jGYKzmO3jjAC&dq=sempronius%2C+settler%2C+1793&pg=PA204|title=Gazetteer of the State of New York|date=October 2007|publisher=Heritage Books|isbn=978-0-7884-2281-2|language=en}}</ref> Sempronius became a town in 1799 by breaking away from [[Scipio, New York|Scipio]],<ref>{{Cite book|last=French|first=J. H.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jGYKzmO3jjAC&dq=sempronius%2C+Scipio%2C+1799&pg=PA204|title=Gazetteer of the State of New York|date=October 2007|publisher=Heritage Books|isbn=978-0-7884-2281-2|language=en}}</ref> but its area was later reduced by the formation of newer towns: [[Marcellus, New York|Marcellus (Onondaga County)]] in 1804,  [[Moravia, New York|Moravia]] and [[Niles, New York|Niles]] in 1833.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Town of Moravia|url=https://www.tcpl.org/sites/default/files/content/archive/CayugaCo_1879_p458to481.pdf|website=www.tcpl.org}}</ref>

Sempronius was the birthplace of the 12th [[Governor of Illinois]] (1860-1861) [[John Wood (governor)|John Wood]] on December 20, 1798.<ref>{{cite web |title=Governor John Wood |url=https://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/qpl/id/2450/ |website=Illinois Digitial Archives |publisher=Office of the Secretary of State |access-date=April 30, 2024}}</ref>