Brad, There is a town in Illinois named "Atwood", any connection to the surname? Have you ever come across anyone knowing the history? Stephen R. Atwood ----- Original Message ----- From: R Bradley Potts <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 9:41 AM Subject: [ATWOOD] Judson Atwood b 1846 Oneida Co, NY > Source: GC-Henry Co. Il Queries > URL: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Henry?read=576 > From: "Timothy C. Parrott" <[email protected]> > Subject: Atwood > > ------------------------- > The History of Henry County, Illinois" (published in 1877) lists an > ATWOOD family in Osco township on page 467: Jutson (Judson) M. ATWOOD, > farmer, born Oneida County, New York on 6 Nov. 1846, immigrated to Henry > County, Illinois in 1855, served with Company "I" of the 112th Illinois > Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War, and spent 14 months in Libby and > Andersonville prisons as a POW. He was married to Jane Brown on 4 July > 1867 in Henry County, Illinois. She was born in England on 1 Jan. 1846. > They were the parents of 3 sons: Willie, born 21 Sept. 1868; Blakley > (Blake?), born 12 Oct. 1872; and Newhall J., born 5 June 1875. The > youngest son Newhall was married to my great-great-aunt Catherine Potter > on 15 June 1904, and died on 19 June 1910. > > > ============================== > Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. > >