This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Reed, Barber, Hoffman Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Wg.2ADE/3993.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I located the Illinois Soldiers and Sailors (now Veterans) Home in the whitepages and on the map. Thanks for looking into L.C. Reed too. If you have access to the actual obituaries, I would love copies. I'll gladly reimburse you for copy/postage costs. You may contact me privately for my mailing address at marybeth_sunderhaus@yahoo.com. Thanks, Mary Beth