This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.counties.adams/1564.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Grant... My GG grandfather was Lewis Schacke (seemed to change it to Shockey along the way) who married Caroline Webber (Weber) in Quincy, Adams, IL on 05/11/1856. Evidently, he died somewhere between that date and the 1880 Census where Caroline Shockey was listed as being a widow and was living with their son John Shocker (age 22), daughter Lulu Shockey (age 19), and her mother C. Annie Weber (also listed on previous censuses as Nancy) (age 70). LS was born in Germany and CWS was born in IL as were her two children. According to this cenus, her mother was born in PA. However, in an earlier census, she was listed as being born in Germany. I can't believe that it's been over six years since you posted this message and I've just seen it! Anyway, hopefully the intervening years have been kind to you and now you're a font of info re Civil War Shockeys! LOL! Seriously though, I'm wondering if my Schacke/Shockey relative died during the Civil War. diane