Linda. Is La Prairie the next town as you head east out of Bowen?? I seem to remember a town just east of Bowen when we lived in that area. Also talked to my mother, she remembers you and has lost your contact information when they moved recently. Douglas ----- Original Message ----- From: "LINDA SUMMERS" <lasum@prodigy.net> To: <ILADAMS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 8:46 AM Subject: Re: [ILADAMS] La Prairie, Illinois > > Lisa well that name does not sound familuier to me but that does not mean he was not there or that name I will do some checking around, I need to see if my cousin is still the post master there he would know. and yes LaPrairie is still there it has a post office and at one time a school it used to have a dinner and severial stores as well i had a cousin that had a plummer buisness there. and yes it is in adams county. let me tell how to find it. find Quincy then go just a bit north and find hwy 24 you will go through a row of small towns and just 3 miles past camp point you will see a road that turns and goes north to Golden continue past golden and you go to a y in the hwy you turn right go to the next y in the road and turn left continue in to La Prairie. a lot of my grandmothers family lived in la prairie and the surrounding area the sims/simpson/anderson/prunty/colvert just to name a few. hope this helps will talk to you soon i will check in to some things I have ! > on the area maybe I can help you. Linda > > GLRPMDAVIS@aol.com wrote:Linda, > > My husbands' grandfather, Andrew J. Strahan was born in Golden, > Illinois on Sept. 26, 1874. His (possible) brother, John Strahan, was born > in La Prairie, Illinois in Nov. 1880. I am trying to find out if they are > brothers. I do know A. Strahan did have a brother named John. > Is La Prairie still around? I can't find it on our road atlas. Is it > in Adams or Hancock County? > > Lisa > > > ==== ILADAMS Mailing List ==== > List Members need not respond to subscribe and unsubscribe messages. The List Administrator will provide the help needed. > > ============================== > 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 > > > ==== ILADAMS Mailing List ==== > Having trouble citing electronic sources. Try A Cite For Sore Eyes at http://www.oz.net/~markhow/writing/cite.htm > > ============================== > 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 >