This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ahalt Campbell Simmons Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Wg.2ADE/229.240.1 Message Board Post: Marlene, I just wanted to let you know that there was some conflicting information concerning the Ahalt brothers in the book "The History of Adams County, Illinois." I know these county histories often contain incorrect information, but I thought I would post it. "Ahalt Mrs. Louisa, farmer; Sec. 31; P.O. Ursa; born on the place she now lives, Dec. 25, 1837; was married to Rufus F. Ahalt, in 1847. He was born in Maryland, Dec. 4, 1833, and was during life a very enterprising, energetic and valued citizen, and assisted very materially in the advancement and prosperity of the township. He was Democratic in politics and died Jan. 4, 1875. The estate contains 203 acres of land, a great deal of which is in a high state of cultivation, stocked with fruit and valuable. Her father, Clayburn Campbell, served during the Blackhawk War, and assisted very considerably in the early settlement of the county, as he was one of the very first of its settlers. She has seven children, two sons and five daughters; is a member of th Methodist Church." The History of Adams County, Illinois; Chicago; Murray, Williamson & Phelps, 1879. p800 "Simmons, Francis M., farmer; Sec. 6; P.O. Quincy; was born in Morgan county, Ill., in 1832, and moved to this county with his parents in 1833; was married to Miss Mary A. Campbell in 1861. She was born in this county, They have four children, two boys and two girls. His wife's father, Clayburn Campbell, was about the earliest settler in this county, having come while the Indians were still here, and her cousin, Jackson Campbell, was the first child born in Adams county. His father, Enos Simmons, came to Morgan county, from Bullett County, Ky., and from that to this county in 1833, when it was in its infancy. Mr. F.M. Simmons has 118 acres of land, well improved, stocked with fruit, and very valuable. Republican in politics and a member of the Methodist Church." The History of Adams County, Illinois; Chicago; Murray, Williamson & Phelps, 1879. p730