Susie, OK...I have every single capitalized surname of yours in my database with some sort of Bureau County connection...through marriage but can't match the first names. See any siblings or descendants of your ancestors? Here is my NOBLE connection: Direct Descendants of Nancy Heaton 1 Nancy Heaton b: July-06-1812 in Green Co, PA d: November-07-1865 in Bureau Co., IL; buried in Heaton Cemetery, Bureau Co., IL .. +Hezekiah Epperson b: November-1807 m: March-06-1837 in IL d: June-06-1880 in Bureau Co., IL; buried in Heaton Cemetery, Bureau Co., IL ........ 2 Sarah Ann Epperson b: June-05-1839 d: April-04-1913 ............ +Reuben Noble b: April-21-1835 m: December-04-1861 d: October-31-1875 ................... 3 Parker Noble b: January-26-1867 d: February-10-1946 ....................... +Harriett B. Daniels b: June-03-1871 m: December-28-1899 d: Unknown ............................. 4 Ruben Priestly Noble b: September-18-1901 d: Unknown Here is my NORTON connection: Descendants of Clarence Lee Norton 1 Clarence Lee Norton b: PRIVATE - LIVING .. +Marilyn Sue Bennett b: PRIVATE - LIVING ........ 2 Gail Ann Norton b: PRIVATE - LIVING ........ 2 John Ward Norton b: PRIVATE - LIVING Here are my WOODWARDs (They are probably all living - this one married a HENSEL. Some of the Hensel's moved from Bureau Co. to Nebraska in the late 1800's...maybe Josiah's ancestors did too. ) Descendants of Josiah Herman Woodward 1 Josiah Herman Woodward b: Private-Living .. +Marciles Marie Hensel b: Private - Living in Loup City, NE m: December-23-1966 in Kearney, NEb. ........ 2 Robert Orville Woodward b: Private in Kearney, NE ........ 2 Anita Marie Woodward b: Private in Kearney, NE ........ 2 Joel David Woodward b: Private in Kearney, NE ............ +Denise Free m: Private ................... 3 Trevor David Woodward b: Private You didn't capitalize it but I do have a few ROBINSON's in my database. One married into my FARNSWORTH line and the another into the HENSEL line. Descendants of David Robinson 1 David Robinson b: June-10-1782 in Westminster, VT d: July-21-1863 in Princeton, IL .. +Lena Farnsworth b: January-10-1795 in Putney, VT m: December-11-1815 in Williamstown, VT d: February-18-1886 in Princeton, IL Descendants of George Robinson 1 George Robinson b: Unknown .. +Emily Mabel Hensel b: March-17-1877 m: March-12-1896 d: February-08-1904 ........ 2 Edmond Cashel Robinson b: June-01-1897 ........ 2 Maureen Elizabeth Robinson b: June-16-1901 NO LAMBs although I think I had a LAMB in a dance class as a kid. WOW! Even though we didn't make a direct match yet, we both have BUREAU CO. names! Let me know if you see any connections. Are you by any chance related to a 1971 PHS classmate of mine, Janet MARTIN? Linda Matthews -----Original Message----- From: Susie Martin-Rott <jrott@gte.net> To: ILBUREAU-L@rootsweb.com <ILBUREAU-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, June 10, 1998 11:34 PM Subject: Re: [ILBUREAU-L] Lots of Bureau County Names >Well, I'd like to know if there is a connection between your NOBLE and >Sarah NOBLE m. John NORTON, very early settlers of the area from Brawby, >Yorkshire England. > >My Bureau Co Surnames (so far) are NORTON (yea, I know...the Norton's >founded the first Methodist church in Neponset ...my great great >grandfather Robert Norton was killed by a falling tree in Barren Grove and >left his wife Mary Robinson Norton and 9 kids behind), NOBLE and the >eternally lost WOODWARD...from there the Woodward wandered over into Henry >Co (if anyone thinks their relatives might have done so also, let me >know...I'm the Henry Co ILGenWeb Project County Coordinator and may be able >to help) >My Bureau CO line relation goes like this >John Norton m. Sarah Noble (gggg grandparents) > Robert Norton m. Mary Robinson (ggg grandparents) > Mary Methilda Norton m. William Henry Woodward (gg grandparents) > Richard Woodward m. Eliza Lamb (he was raised in Bureau, >married and settled in Henry Co) (*great grandparents) > >Any takers???????? > > > >At 11:20 PM 6/10/98 -0700, Matthews wrote: >>I just joined this mailing list last night. I got two indirect responses - >>one of which turned out to be a surname (Maxwell) for someone that married >>my fourth cousin and the other surname (Pratt) sounded familiar but was not >>in my database as a relative. >> >>OK folks, sounds like there is a 50-50 chance so far that I'm related to >>your ancestors/relatives in Bureau County either through blood or marriage. >>Shall we put it to the test just for fun? Some of the surnames are ABEL, >>ALBRECHT, ANDERSON, FINDLEY, FORDHAM, FREASE, HEATON, IODER, HENSEL, NOBLE, >>STEELE, ZEARING and there are some marriage connections to ELDRIDGE, >>WILSON, SCOTT. There are plenty more that I could list if I wasn't so tired >>right now. I spent a good part of my first 20+ years in Bureau County. My >>ancestors were among the very first settlers. Meet my challenge...send me >>your Bureau County names! Only sure Bureau County names count in this test! >>We'll see if I can keep up to 50-50 relative ratio! >> >>I don't know how many people are on this mailing list but I will be visiting >>family in Bureau County later this month and am willing to TRY to do some >>look-ups at the library (in the OBIT files, marriage index, Bureau Co. >>Republican microfilm). Just sent me specific names and exact or approximate >>dates soon and I'll see what I can do. I won't be going to the court house >>this trip so please don't request birth certificates, wills, etc. that are >>normally found in the courthouse files. We'll see if I'm ambitious or crazy >>by the number of responses I get. >> >>Linda Matthews >> >> >> >> >> >