Our James Carmody fell out of the sky and landed in Nilwood, Macoupin County, Illinois just in time to appear in the 1870 Census with a wife (Bridget A'Hearn) and three children: Mary b. 17 March 1868, Thomas b. 3 April 1869, and Patrick Michael b. 17 December 1869. James was supposidly born 30 January 1829 in Co. Limerick, Ireland and Bridget was supposidly born in Co. Kerry, Ireland sometime thereafter. Bridget appears in the 1870 and 1880 census for Macoupin County and as a witness on an 1896 baptismal certificate but dissapears before the 1900 Census. Her death announcement has not been located in any local newspaper between those two time periods. James was buried in a cemetery in Farmersville, Montgomery Co., IL on 1 Februrary 1916 but the death certificate does not indicate which cemetery. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Dan Dixon Dan Dixon 901 W. Jackson Auburn, Illinois 62615-1312 Dbutton2@aol.com Researching: Beatty, Dixon, Ingalls and variants in Meigs Co., OH; IN, and Bond Co., IL, Madiar, Havach, Timko in Livingston, LaSalle and Macoupin Counties, IL and Slovakia, Gates, Fletcher, McElvain and Patterson, of Adair and Muhlenburg Counties KY, and Dixon, Fletcher, Gates and McElvain in Sangamon and Macoupin Counties, IL.