Thanks for clarifying things Lucy. I probably just got them put in there backwards. I had Effie as a daughter of Samuel so I had at least that part right! Mindy Adams & Pike Co., IL Genealogy Host http://www.iltrails.org/adams/index.html http://www.iltrails.org/pike/index.html "Never argue with idiots. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience." ----- Original Message ----- From: <LDeLap3733@aol.com> To: <ILADAMS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 8:41 AM Subject: Re: [ILADAMS] Adams County Surnames - Pilcher > Hi Mindy - I'm not sure who you thought Minerva was but here's the story (as > I understand it.) > > Minerva "Effie" Thompson (one of Dr. Samuel Thompson's eldest children - born > around 1821) married John Pilcher (son of Edward and Nancy Pilcher) 17 Jan > 1839 in Adams County, IL. > > She died 4 April 1890 in Hannibal, Marion County, MO, although she had been > living in Reno County, KS in 1880. > > Two of her children, William and Sara "Sallie" moved to Reno County, KS, in > 1875. > > Will Pilcher became a druggist and postmaster in Partridge, Reno County, KS, > and lived out his life there. > > Sallie died in Reno County 29 Oct. 1902. Her first husband was Lamar > Farnsworth, who she married in 1865. She later married O.F. Kemp. > > (Some of this information comes from the transcription of a diary written > between 1871 and 1875 by Julia Aurora Field, daughter of Salvina (Thompson) > Field and granddaughter of Dr. Thompson. Sallie and Lamar were very close > friends with Julia and her husband Thompson Burton Hand.) > > By the way, Partridge, Kansas, is where my grandmother was born. Will Pilcher > sent for my great-grandmother, Kate Thompson (youngest child of Dr. Samuel > Thompson, born in 1861), to come and teach school where she met and married > my great-grandfather, Alonzo Bradbridge. > > Does that clarify things (or just muddy the waters more)? > > Lucy > > > ==== ILADAMS Mailing List ==== > Going to visit family soon? Bring home new family stories! Great tips at Get Nosey With Aunt Rosie at www.genealogy.com/70_tipsoral.html > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >