Nothing in afton. I drive through there about once every 3 weeks. Try county court house in Creston for info. You are in SW Iowa and not too many folks live down in that part of the world any more. Good people , but not many left. Populations has dropped every census for the last 30+ years. Good luck. Might not be much of a "society " in Creston. Best first bet is information for phone no. of county clerk, call there to see what they have, and what is available in the county. These low population counties have about he same number of employees as the large ones,and not much to do. Are much more generous with theire time and efforts . Cindyburd@aol.com wrote: > Does anyone have the address to the Historical Society in Afton so I could > make find some information?

Afton is a small community of about 900 people right on the junctionof Hwy 34 and 169 in S. W. Iowa. Creston is county seat. Would bet the county clerk can get you probate, maybe a will, death cert should be available for those after 1880. Good luck cdp Cindyburd@aol.com wrote: > Does anyone know where Afton is? I am looking for a death certificate on > John Abel who died on May 10, 1888 in Afton, Union County, Iowa. Any help > would be greatly appreciated. Cindy Burd Griebel

Thank you Jim

Does anyone have the address to the Historical Society in Afton so I could make find some information?

Does anyone know where Afton is? I am looking for a death certificate on John Abel who died on May 10, 1888 in Afton, Union County, Iowa. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cindy Burd Griebel

Joel and his family did not stop in Illinois that I know of. They were in Madison County, Iowa, by 1854 as on the 1855 census Madison County they state they have lived there one year. Joel and his wife Ellen Clark did not have any daughters but Joel had two daughters by his first wife, Louisa Anderson, who died in Indiana abt 1840. The daughters names were Sarah b. 1833 and Mary Anna b. Oct 1836. Mary Anna John Johnson and 2nd Thomas Ruenkle, she died in Madison County in 1914. Lila -----Original Message----- From: nelda palmer <nelpal@lisco.com> To: IAMADISO-L@rootsweb.com <IAMADISO-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, July 17, 1999 10:55 AM Subject: Re: [IAMADISO-L] Berry/Clark > > >Lila Wylie wrote: > >> My ancestor, Joel Berry, came to Madison County 1854 from Marion County, >> Ind. His brother William had arrived in 1850. Ellen Clark was Joel's wife, >> she died about 1865. Other family members who arrived were Joel's children >> and his nephew, John Berry. Would like to correspond with any descendants >> other than George Berry and Larry Eldridge whom I've already met. >> >> Lila in the Ozarks > >Did they stop in Sangamon County Ill along the way, like Auburn Township? Did >they have two daughters, one Mary Ann R Berry? if so, please holler. cdp > > >

I am still looking for the ancestors of Simeon S. Burd and wife Mary Hults. They lived in Peru, Iowa, then moved to Winterset. They had 12 children. Cindy Burd Griebel

My great-great grandfather Patrick GILL came to Madison county around 1860. He lived in the Irish Settlement, first Crawford, then Lee Twp. In Crawford he lived next to another GILL family headed by Darby; Darby was probably Patrick's uncle but not sure. One of Patrick's sons James(my great-grandfather) moved to Palo Alto Co, IA around 1890 but two of Patrick's daughters married LYNCH's and one of these stayed in Madison county. More info on the GILL line is pasted below for anyone interested. Descendants of Patrick Gill Patrick Gill (1830 - 1897) Mary Hughes (1834 - 1894) Mary Gill (1861 - dec.) Thomas Ford ( - dec.) Catherine Ford (1908 - dec.) Honora Gill (1864 - dec.) Edward F Lynch (1855 - dec.) Margeritte Lynch (1889 - dec.) Della Lynch (1890 - dec.) Alice Lynch (1891 - dec.) James Lynch (1893 - 1976) Nora Lynch (1894 - dec.) Florence Lynch (1898 - dec.) Walter Lynch (1901 - dec.) James J. Gill (1865 - 1923) Anna Kelly (1868 - 1952) James Joseph (Joe) Gill (1896 - 1975) Thomas Martin Gill (1897 - 1976) John Gill (1898 - dec.) Catherine Alice Gill (1899 - 1951) Robert Emmett Gill (1901 - 1971) Annie Gill (1903 - dec.) Mary Mae Grace Gill (1904 - 1980) Anna C. (Annie) Gill (1908 - 1978) Agnes Gill (1909 - 1988) Patrick John Gill (1867 - 1910) Thomas M. Gill (1869 - 1933) Margaret Ellen Gill (1870 - 1952) Catherine A. (Kate) Gill (1873 - 1938) Maurice F. Lynch (1869 - 1937) James F. Lynch (1901 - 1965) Marie Lynch (1903 - dec.) Clara Lynch (1904 - dec.) Lucy Lynch (1907 - dec.) Margaret Lynch (1911 - ) Maurice M. Lynch (1913 - 1994) James Gill 17 Henderson Hill Rd. Newark, DE 19711 302-731-4654

Hltrrmtz@aol.com wrote: > I am looking for the cemetery in which my gggrand parents are buried. They > had a son named Samuel and his wife was Margaret Gray Smith. They were > married in 1849 in Columbus, Ohio. In 1850 they were living in Brown > Township in Franklin County, Ohio. Their first child was born after the 1850 > census was made. They were living in Riceland Township, it is Richland, not riceland, > Keokuk County , > Iowa. His parents were John and Rebecca Beall Smith they had also lived in > Ohio prior to coming to Clear Creek Township, Keokuk County, Iowa according > to the 1860 census. We are very close, very close indeed. Have a William R. Smith b. 1837 Franklin Ky, m Sarah Dill, d/o John Dill of Keokuk County, Clear Creek Twsp 28 Dec 1856 in Keokuk county Iowa. They moved to Jefferson Township, Adair Co Ia. Had 8 kids one of which is Samuel and another Rebecca. Where are we tied? Please answer. If you are half way across the county will catch this up better when I get back to Madison and Adair county. The smiths that I have sometime before any of their kids died or were married left Adair county, and havent a trace of them. Maybe these are the ones in Ks. Reason I hope so is that John Dills oldest son went to what is now Lyon Ks, and when died at the age of 43 was considered an old pioneer. Alot of this particular group of people , and I mean as many as 7-8 families ended up in Ks. Please drop me a not about your ideas. Thank you. cdp > In 1864, Samuel and family moved to Winterset, Iowa. > They were living there in 1870 according to the 1870 census. Samuel was > listed as a house mover. Living in his home were his parents, John and > Rebecca. My grandmother was born Nov 8, 1866 in Winterset. Her obituary > states that she moved to Kansas when she was 6 years old. Does it say where in Ks? > Or about the year > of 1872-3. Her grand parents did not come to Kansas to the best of our > knowledge. In the 1870 census Rebecca is listed as 72 (we have had her born > in 1798 for some time previous). John was age 73 in that census. So they > both could have been dead by the time Samuel moved to Kansas. > > Does any one know if they are buried in one of the cemeteries near Winterset? Dont know that one. They were a generation ahead of the Smiths I am speaking of. Would really like to know about the ones I discussed. The dill lady is a dau of my 4 g grandfather. Thank you cdp

Lila Wylie wrote: > My ancestor, Joel Berry, came to Madison County 1854 from Marion County, > Ind. His brother William had arrived in 1850. Ellen Clark was Joel's wife, > she died about 1865. Other family members who arrived were Joel's children > and his nephew, John Berry. Would like to correspond with any descendants > other than George Berry and Larry Eldridge whom I've already met. > > Lila in the Ozarks Did they stop in Sangamon County Ill along the way, like Auburn Township? Did they have two daughters, one Mary Ann R Berry? if so, please holler. cdp

Thank you ~ Cynthia Hughart for the link to the cemteries. I had fun searching ...found some relatives too. Quick introduction: I was part of this mailing list once before, some may remember. I am mainly researching the surname DORRELL (my brick wall to date is Nicholas DORRELL b. 1857 d. 1923 and his wife Mary Jane BELCHER b. 1864 d. 1936) I'm looking for any info someone may have. The GORDON/CLARK/CLANTON line is pretty well established don't need much info there. I'm looking for info on Ruth and Caleb CLARK, specifically Caleb CLARK's parent's (Phineas CLARK and Charlotte SMITH). If anyone has any info pertaining to the above or even a link to a site that might provide info I would greatly appreciate it. Sincerely, Jessica Zielinski

I know that people have done marriage look-ups for people and posted them to the list. I found some of my marriages that way. You could post a query and ask if there's someone that is able to do that for you. However, I have not seen a complete marriage list on this sight in the last year. If no one is available to go to the courthouse, a good way to get Madison Co. births, marriages ect. is to order the films from the local Family History Center. The LDS church has filmed Madison Co. records. For those of us who can't easily travel to Madison Co., it's a nice alternative. Hope this helps. Pam

Blair Chapel Cemetery of Madison County, IA can be seen at http://www.interment.net/us/ia/blair.htm and from there you can find some others Cynthia Hughart

Dorothy and Thelma, I will be in Macksburg soon and plan to go out to Moon Cemetery south of town - I will look for a marker for Wm. M. Shoemaker. My William Wright was not the spouse of Annette Shoemaker. He married once, to Clarissa Hasty, and they are buried in Bedford, IA. He was a civil war veteran of the 4th IA Infantry. Good hunting, Doug P.S. If I find info for you in Moon Cemetery, I will post it on the list for you. Paul Roeder wrote: > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > --------------AE4ABEBD41B0FD449D4A0CCF > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Hello, Shoemaker researcher. William Shoemaker was great-grandfather > to myself. I only found a line or two in the paper when he died. > However, I know he died of appendicitis at his farm near Macksburg. He > became a Methocist minister by working up, being lector, ect. along the > way. His son, Hiram, became a full-fledged Methodist minister and lived > at Inwood, Iowa. Wulliams 'father aalso was a Methodist minister In > Morrow Cpounty, Ohio. I discend from E>W> .son of W'm and Eliza. > Dorothy > > --------------AE4ABEBD41B0FD449D4A0CCF > Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="vcard.vcf" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Description: Card for pdq@mddc.com @ > Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="vcard.vcf" > > begin: vcard > fn: pdq@mddc.com @Å > n: ;pdq@mddc.com > adr;dom: ;;;;;; > email;internet: pdq@mddc.com > title: > tel;home: > x-mozilla-cpt: ;0 > x-mozilla-html: FALSE > version: 2.1 > end: vcard > > --------------AE4ABEBD41B0FD449D4A0CCF--

When will the marriage records be back on the web??? They were on about a year ago. thank you june

I am pretty sure the cemeteries of Madison County have not been on the Madison County web site...ever. They might have been some place else. It is not a question of "putting them back on" because they have never been there, at least not in the 2 years I have been working with Madison County. Cay Merryman Hltrrmtz@aol.com wrote: > About a year and a half ago, I am certain that Madison County had the > cemeteries listed along with the burials. I dont know what happened to them. > I am certain that I have looked through them. I wish they would put them > back on. > > No one has volunteered.

Answering the roll call. Would enjoy sharing with anyone who has these surnames in their families in South Twp., Madison Co. People on this list have responded to my inquiries very graciously. I would be happy to return the favor. Pam

Hi, My brick wall is finding the parents of Campbell HUGHART who was born in the Adair/Green County areas of KY in 1812. He married Mary Ann BLAIR 17 Dec 1835 in Adair Co., KY. He died in Cass County,IA in 1890. Their children were: James Milton, Sarah Jane (Cason), Mary Eliza (Shannon), Young Alexander, Melvina Elizabeth (Howell), Eliza Almarise, Bellzona(Sarah's daughter), William Marion, John Blair. Reverends of the United Brethren in Christ Church, Campbell HUGHART, John BLAIR, Richard ARMSTRONG led two large groups out of KY into Madison County, IA as a result of the slavery issue. They were abolitionists and getting resistance from their KY neighbors. They established the Blair Chapel in Madison Co.,and many are buried in the Blair Chapel cemetery. I have some evidence that a Mary "Polly" Clark Baldridge of NC was Campbell's mother and that his father died when he was young so she remarried a James Polk WISDOM in KY. Her children with Unknown HUGHART were: Campbell, Young, Sarah (Sally). Any help would be appreciated! Thanks! Cynthia Hughart

Looking for other descendants to share info with: Samuel HENRY b. 1812 PA, d. 1896 Earlham, Madison Co., IA + Catherine WALTERS, b. 1817, m. 1836 Sandusky Co., OH, d. 1897 Earlham, Madison Co., IA Children of Samuel and Catherine (WALTERS) HENRY: 1. Lucinda HENRY, b. ca 1837 OH 2. Emanuel HENRY, b. 1839 OH, d. 1903 Madison Co., IA + Malinda Jane ALLEN 3. Mary Jane HENRY b. 1842 OH, d. 1916 Guthrie Co., IA + George L. WHEELER 4. Isaiah HENRY b. ca 1845 OH + Mollie TRIMMER 5. William Isaac HENRY, b. 1846 OH, d. 1893 IA + Molly E. DUNLAP 6. John Wesley HENRY, b. 1848 OH, d. 1943 Polk Co., IA +1. Martha CLAMPITT +2. Edna CABEAN 7. Cyrus HENRY, b. 1854 MO 8. Diantha Talitha HENRY, b. 1856 MO + Joseph Franklin TRIMMER, m. 1875, went to Macon Co., IL Also: George L. WHEELER, b. 1839 VA, d. 1906 Jackson, Madison Co., IA + Mary Jane HENRY, b. 1842 OH, m. 1859 Harrison Co., MO, d. 1916 IA Children of George and Mary Jane (HENRY) WHEELER: 1. Samuel Joseph WHEELER b. 1860 Madison Co., IA, d. 1916 Pawnee Co., NE + Lois Ann JORDAN 2. Charles William WHEELER b. 1862 Madison Co., IA, d. 1959 Alder, Madison Co., MT + Serina JORDAN 3. Anna Millie "Mary" WHEELER b. 1865 Madison Co., IA, d. 1960? + Harry SHEELEY m. 1881, 2- ? ROSS, 3- ? MOBLEY, 4- ? KRAMER 4. Mellissa WHEELER b. 1867 5. Nancy Lucinda WHEELER b. 1869, d. 1942 North Platte Co., NE + William ROSS 6. Diantha Belle WHEELER b. 1871 + Ed RITTER 7. Cyrus Henry WHEELER b. 1872 Madison Co., IA, d. 1848 Page Co., IA + Martha S. MOBLEY 8. Hiram Fedison "Ferry" WHEELER b. 1875 Greenfield, Adair Co., IA, d. 1936 Guthrie Co., IA + Lavina TEIDLEMAN 9. Ossa May WHEELER b. 1877, d. 1930 + James Truman GILBERT m. 1893 10. Ellen Flora WHEELER b. 1880 d. 1930 + Glenn LINN 11. George Wesley "Dick" WHEELER b. 1882 Adair Co., IA, d. 1950 Winterset, Madison Co., IA + Myrtle Belle LYST, m. 1900; m2 - Mary Elsie WITHERALL Pattie (WHEELER) HANNON in Longview, WA celticone@toledotel.com

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