This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RAD.2ACEB/494.1 Message Board Post: Hi Alison> I can not give you any information on James Beaver but I can give you Info and Elizabeth Fooshee. I am looking for any information on their children, William, James, John, George, Katherine, Jasper Newton, Cynthia, Wiley, Nancy, Elizabeth, Marion, Leroy and Mary Abagial. Elizabeth and James were married in Roane but she wasborn in North Carolina. Please email me at gripkid@aol.com Thank you Renee

Renee, I descend from Mary Abigail BEAVERS (born 1849), who married my great grandfather, Jesse Dunavan. They lived in Jacksonville (Morgan) IL. I've find Jasper BEAVERS on the 1860 Scott County IL federal census, living with his wife, Eliza (age 26 born in IL) and their children: Loretta, 8 Emeline 4 Henry C 11 months On the 1850 federal census for Scott Co IL William BEAVERS age 30 farmer born IL Julia 26 IL John 3 IL Mary 1 IL 1860 federal census Scott Co IL Wm J BEAVERS 40 farmer born TN (TN is a discrepancy but I think it's the same guy) Julia 35 RI ( Rhode Island? Maybe a typo, not sure) John 12 Elizabeth 10 Julia 8 Solbert P 6 Wm E 4 Nelson L 1 I should say that all of the census mentioned above aren't actual hand written census but rather typed copies of them. I have a copy of a photo of the tombstones of "Ja. M. Beavers Died July 1, 1858 aged 21 years" and "Francis M. Beavers died Mar.4, 1862 aged 20 years" These tombstones are located a little north of Jacksonville (Morgan) IL. They were photographed by a man named Robert W Dalton in 1985. I think he was recording graves throughout that part of Illinois. His note says that there was no mention of either death in the newspaper of the time, no estate probated in Morgan Co, no marriage license for either man. In a later note, he adds "Later information shows that this James Beavers and Francis Beavers appear in the household of James Beavers in the 1850 census of Morgan County, Illinois." Do you know about the Illinois marriage index? It covers the years 1801-1855 and includes all Illinois marriages - it's online. There are a lot of Beavers. If you do a websearch, you can find it. Otherwise let me know and I'll get you the URL. My mom also researches the family and she lives near Morgan County and has access to records. I'll give her your address. In one census for James Beavers, his birthplace is listed as Ireland--do you know anything about that? I did find a Beavers in northern Ireland records once, just fooling around-- I think the Beavers there were French Huguenots, like the Fooshees. Some of them went to northern Ireland because of the protestant thing. I wonder if ours might have done this or if the birthplace listing is in error. Also, do you know anything about the Beavers in Roane County? It doesn't seem like they were there very long. I think they got land on the old Cherokee reservation (the Hiwasse district) when the whites broke a treaty they had with the Indians. I've got to go. Hope some of this helps. More later. best wishes, Alison >Hi Alison> I can not give you any information on James Beaver but I can >give you Info and Elizabeth Fooshee. I am looking for any information on >their children, William, James, John, George, Katherine, Jasper Newton, >Cynthia, Wiley, Nancy, Elizabeth, Marion, Leroy and Mary Abagial. >Elizabeth and James were married in Roane but she wasborn in North Carolina. >Please email me at gripkid@aol.com >Thank you >Renee > > >==== BEAVERS Mailing List ==== >If you would like to catch up on previous discussions, you can search for >previous messages containing a certain subject, such as a surname by >using http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237