Dear Leo- At long last I made it to the NARA KC branch to look for your Dennis in the 1860 Illinois Census. I'm sorry to report that I didn't find him. Here are the DONOVAN listings: Census Index for IL (South) 1860 (Name, County, Page no., City) DONOVAN, Frank Sangamon County p 432 Dawson PO DONOVAN, P.W. Sangamon p. 416 Springfield DONOVAN , Pat Sangamon p. 416 Springfield DONOVAN, Timothy Sangamon p. 512 Springfield DUNOVAN, Amanda Sangamon p. 023 Springfield DUNOVAN, Frank Sangamon p. 023 Springfield IL (North) 1860 (I actually looked at the census for each of the following listings) DONEVAN, Dennis Lee p. 374 Hamilton (plus Mary,age 30; James age 5; Mary age 2) DONOVAN, Dennis Rock Island p. 418 W. Rock Island (age 32, plus Jane age 31) DONOVAN, Dennis Whiteside p. 773 Fenton (age 13, listed with Arthur McLean) DONOVAN, D. Iroquois p.183 Middleport (age 45 years, living in boarding house) Please note NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS: geniejo@everestkc.com. Please let me know if you turn up anything more on your Donovans! Slainte!