> I have posted before regarding this family but I have since acquired a bit > more information, especially specific dates so I am re-posting. > I am searching for an obituary for Catherine Westfall Penny, b. 17 Jan > 1830, prob Miami Co. Ohio, d. 12 Jun 1902, Cornell, Illinois. She is > buried in Phillips Cemetery. I would appreciate any information regarding > Catherine and will reimburse costs. I would love a picture of her > tombstone if this is possible. I would also like to find her husband, > John and if he is buried there. He was b. 12 Oct 1818 in Kentucky, d. 8 > Feb. 1889 according to a letter I have, however I found him on a 1910 > Census in Streator, Illinois. John is on the Illinois Death Index but > Catherine is not. John and Catherine were step-brother and step-sister > when they married in Miami Co., Ohio. They moved to Warren Co., Illinois > between 1845 and 1848, then on to Streator, Illinois. It is said they > lived in Osborne, Kansas for a time but I haven't been able to verify > this. I would also like to hear from any of their descendants. A > granddaughter name Minnie (Jackson) Wilson of Eureka, California was > working on this history and I would love to find out what other > information she may have uncovered. > > Thank you, > Janice Buker >