Hi, Just wanted to say hello to all and welcome all of you to post your families and anything else that might help genealogy researchers in general or specific to Calhoun Co IL. You need to post those families at least once a month as new subscribers come aboard. If you are having some type of computer problem, throw it out and maybe one of us can help you with that, too. If you spot a new genealogy link out there in cyber, let us know so we can ck it out. I volunteered to manage the Calhoun Co list to help out and see if any of my ancestors passed this way since most of the ones I am currently researching are from the southern half of IL. I am going to list some general and "don't" info. Spam including porno - the first one might get thru to the list but it won't get thru again from the same address. I will put it on the reject list. I watch new subscribers addresses go by but my eye isn't that good for loonies and they can change their address. Do not reply to any spam even if you want to throw umpteen four letters at them. If you do, they have your email address to add to their collection. What I do with spam - I blow up the header so everything shows (button on my Eudora mail called "Blah, blah, blah"), don't change the subject or sign it, do a forward and send it to the Federal Trade Commission at: uce@ftc.gov then I trash the stuff. Don't send attachments to the list. Send attachments privately but ask the receiver first for permission. Short posts get more attention than lengthy ones. Don't use copyrighted material to post the material in the source to this list. This is a public forum and you need written snail mail permission from the author or compiler. If you haven't walked the cemetery to get the data then you shouldn't use a compiled cemetery book as yours. Please respect the compiler or author's work. Quoting a paragraph and giving credit is ok in any forum. Whatever you do by private email is your business. Heated debates over a family or genealogy issue for a short period of time is allowed. Flamers, swearing, rudeness is not allowed. I don't even like to mention it since I rarely see such on our genealogy lists. If it happens, hopefully, I will be here and not gone for a week so I can get the person unsubscribed so you all don't have to put up with it. I don't foresee anything like that. If I might be of any help, holler. Have fun and good luck with your research. Gloria Frazier Some links which might be helpful if you haven't run across them, yet. Search engines: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm http://cgi.rootsweb.com/surhelp/srchall.html http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/searches/ General: http://www.cyndislist.com/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/il/ilfiles.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/m_links.htm Census (adding more online census' all the time): http://www.usgenweb.org/census/states/illinois.htm http://raptor.nethosting.com/~reedme/links/index.html#top http://www.doitnow.com/~moravia/census.html Civil War: http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/datcivil.html http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/ http://www.rootsquest.com/~military/index.htm http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/civilwar.html

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Hello Angela, Sorry to say that there are no SWEENEYs in the Calhoun and Pike Biography book. Claire Edrich

Claire, If you have time could you see if the following names are listed: COULTER, INGRAM, ARNETT, HAYCROTT. Thanks so much! James L. Lowary jlowary@mail.coin.missouri.edu > > >I just received via inter-library loan a copy of the book "Portrait and > >Biographical Album of Calhoun and Pike counties". I will only have the > >book until Spet 28, then I have to take it back. In the mean time, if > >you have an ancestor you are researching in Calhoun county, I'd be glad > >to see if they are in the book. > > > >Regards, > >Claire Edrich

>I just received via inter-library loan a copy of the book "Portrait and >Biographical Album of Calhoun and Pike counties". I will only have the >book until Spet 28, then I have to take it back. In the mean time, if >you have an ancestor you are researching in Calhoun county, I'd be glad >to see if they are in the book. > >Regards, >Claire Edrich Claire.....Could you look for any SCOTT or RODGERS/ROGERS surnames. Thank you for being so kind as to do these look-ups. Jackie

Hello I have Sweeney in the marriage book. Bryon, Henry, James Jeff, Marie and Ollie Howenton. I do not have a biography book of any knid. ---------- > From: ALF29@aol.com > To: ILCALHOU-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ILCALHOU-L] Calhoun County Biography > Date: Monday, September 21, 1998 1:39 PM > > I'm looking for SWEENEYs in Pike and Calhoun county. If you could see if any > are in the book I would appreciate it. > > THANK YOU > > Angela Freedline >

Claire, This is great timing as I am researching the CHURCH and DIXON families in CALHOUN COUNTY. If you can check out those surnames I will really appreciate it. Ken At 08:12 PM 9/20/98 -0600, Claire Edrich wrote: >Hi everyone! > >I just received via inter-library loan a copy of the book "Portrait and >Biographical Album of Calhoun and Pike counties". I will only have the >book until Spet 28, then I have to take it back. In the mean time, if >you have an ancestor you are researching in Calhoun county, I'd be glad >to see if they are in the book. > >The book was published in 1890. > >Regards, >Claire Edrich > >

I'm looking for SWEENEYs in Pike and Calhoun county. If you could see if any are in the book I would appreciate it. THANK YOU Angela Freedline

are you doing pike county lookups, too? ---------- > From: Claire Edrich <jaedrich@rmi.net> > To: ILCALHOU-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ILCALHOU-L] Calhoun County Biography > Date: Sunday, September 20, 1998 7:12 PM > > Hi everyone! > > I just received via inter-library loan a copy of the book "Portrait and > Biographical Album of Calhoun and Pike counties". I will only have the > book until Spet 28, then I have to take it back. In the mean time, if > you have an ancestor you are researching in Calhoun county, I'd be glad > to see if they are in the book. > > The book was published in 1890. > > Regards, > Claire Edrich >

At 08:12 PM 9/20/98 -0600, you wrote: >Hi everyone! > >I just received via inter-library loan a copy of the book "Portrait and >Biographical Album of Calhoun and Pike counties". I will only have the >book until Spet 28, then I have to take it back. In the mean time, if >you have an ancestor you are researching in Calhoun county, I'd be glad >to see if they are in the book. > >The book was published in 1890. > >Regards, >Claire Edrich > Claire, Thank you for your offer of look ups.... below is my line in Calhoun Co, Il. I have more, but I don't want to overwhelm you. Thank you very much. Nancy mcdtax@earthlink.net ____________________________________ Marcus BENZ born 1807 Baden, Germany died Calhoun Co, IL Charles D. BENZ born 1833 Baden, Germany died 1918 Calhoun Co, IL. John BENZ born 1832 Baden, Germany died about 1908, Calhoun Co, IL. wife Theresa. Dominick BENZ born 1835 Germany, died Calhoun Co, IL. Martin D. BENZ born 1835 Baden, Germany died 1907, Calhoun co, IL. wife Mary Matilda BECKER born 1850 Tn died 1917 Cahoun Co, Il. Turner LUMLEY born abt 1819-1856 Calhoun Co, IL. wife Nancy BEEMAN 1819-1889 Calhoun Co, IL Lydia LUMLEY 1839-1823 Calhoun Co, IL husband William H. RUYLE 1836-1918 Calhoun Co, IL James BEEMAN 1769-1833 Calhoun Co, IL wife Sitha RATTAN abt 1775-1836 Calhoun Co, IL. ____________ Thank you, Nancy

Hi: Would like info on Daniel and Christiana (Unknown) Boulware (or any Boulware in Pike or Calhoun County.) The only other info I have is their daughter Lucy born 1838 in Pike Co. Absolutely NO HURRY. Thank you for any help. Ann Reed reeda@sprintmail.com

>Hi everyone! > >I just received via inter-library loan a copy of the book "Portrait and >Biographical Album of Calhoun and Pike counties". I will only have the >book until Spet 28, then I have to take it back. In the mean time, if >you have an ancestor you are researching in Calhoun county, I'd be glad >to see if they are in the book. I'd be very interested to see if you have anything on the Farenbachs or Kamps. mailto:merlaan@pacbell.net | Merlaan's Genealogy Pages Lemon Curry? | http:www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/4646

Hi everyone! I just received via inter-library loan a copy of the book "Portrait and Biographical Album of Calhoun and Pike counties". I will only have the book until Spet 28, then I have to take it back. In the mean time, if you have an ancestor you are researching in Calhoun county, I'd be glad to see if they are in the book. The book was published in 1890. Regards, Claire Edrich

Hi It sounds like you have one of those hard to find like I do, I checked all my calhoun books, nothing by even that last name ever here. Can you give me a time period he was born md or lived? I will then keep awatch out for him when i am searching records here and there. I have an Ernest E Morse who was md 1900-1906 to Catherine Kate Meyer (Foval) all i can find is in St louis city directory for 1906 after that they vanished no one in family would ever tell anything now they are all gone but she was to have been in NV UT CA and WI I cant find them in 1910 anywhere. so if you ever see them please let me know If you can send me the dates and what you do know I will try to help Joseph Cathy Canterbury wrote: > I am taking a long shot. I don't think my person was ever in Calhoun County > but can't seem to find him anywhere else. John Kissell McMurray II. I know > he lived in Ohio and was probably married in Ohio but can't find him or > relatives anywhere. There is some kind of scandal no one will talk to me. > If you have time for a wild goose chase I would be very grateful. > thanks in any case > Cathy > -----Original Message----- > From: Martha Meyer <mmeyer@plantnet.com> > To: ILCALHOU-L@rootsweb.com <ILCALHOU-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Tuesday, September 15, 1998 7:09 PM > Subject: [ILCALHOU-L] Calhoun county records > > >I have the 1830 thru 1880 Calhoun county census books including 1840, > >1865, and a military census of 1862-63, and 1850, 60, 80 mortality > >census. I also have the marriages and cemetery book. I compiled the > >1840, 65 and military and mortality census. I will be glad to looku > >anything for anyone on the llist. I also live here in calhoun and can > >help some with names and locations etc. > >Joseph Meyer

I am taking a long shot. I don't think my person was ever in Calhoun County but can't seem to find him anywhere else. John Kissell McMurray II. I know he lived in Ohio and was probably married in Ohio but can't find him or relatives anywhere. There is some kind of scandal no one will talk to me. If you have time for a wild goose chase I would be very grateful. thanks in any case Cathy -----Original Message----- From: Martha Meyer <mmeyer@plantnet.com> To: ILCALHOU-L@rootsweb.com <ILCALHOU-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, September 15, 1998 7:09 PM Subject: [ILCALHOU-L] Calhoun county records >I have the 1830 thru 1880 Calhoun county census books including 1840, >1865, and a military census of 1862-63, and 1850, 60, 80 mortality >census. I also have the marriages and cemetery book. I compiled the >1840, 65 and military and mortality census. I will be glad to looku >anything for anyone on the llist. I also live here in calhoun and can >help some with names and locations etc. >Joseph Meyer

Hello Calhoun County researchers, I am researching the descendants of Levi SMITH and Mary Elvira Delong, who came to Calhoun County in about 1853. According to my information, they had twelve children: 1. Sarah SMITH. b. 5 Aug 1830. Died young. 2. William Wesley SMITH b. January 1833; married Amanda CARROLL Sept. 8, 1853 (Jersey County, Ill.); d. May 1881. 3. David SMITH . b.11 Feb 1835; d., 7 Oct 1838. 4. George Buro SMITH. b. Jan. 8, 1837, m. (1) Alvira TWITCHELL, Aug. 25, 1860 (Calhoun County, Ill.); (2) Sarah Ann RICHEY, March 23, 1864 (Calhoun County, Ill.) ; d. Nov. 5, 1871 5. Sarah Ann SMITH b. April 18, 1839; m. William MORTLAND, April 3, 1856 (Calhoun County, Ill.); d. May 18, 1903. 6. Samuel Clinton SMITH b. August 30, 1841, m. Julia CASH July 30, 1863 (Calhoun County, Ill.);d. May 9, 1916. 7. Harriet Beatrice SMITH b. June 18, 1843, m. William P. FOWLER Dec. 25, 1861(Calhoun County, Ill.); d. Oct. 10, 1873. 8. Nancy Ann SMITH b. 11 Apr 1845, m. Jeremiah DARLING Sept. 6, 1863 (Calhoun County). Died, 25 Sep 1922. 9. Jersey Delong SMITH. b. May 17, 1847; m. Peter Cartwright BARRY Sept. 8, 1868 (Calhoun County); d. Jan 7, 1926. 10. Catherine G SMITH b. April 15, 1849, m. David NORRIS, July 28, 1867 (Ringgold Co, Iowa) , d. August 22, 1875. 11. Amanda C SMITH . b. April 3, 1853, m. William LAMMY, 3 Feb 1870, in Calhoun co IL, d. unknown. 12. Levi J. SMITH b. October 16, 1855; m. Matilda WIEGARD, August 30, 1877; d. Jan. 22, 1930. William Wesley SMITH, (#2) is my great-great grandfather. I have lots of information on descendants of the 10 surviving children, if you are researching any of the other surnames mentioned in this message or have any corrections to the above marriage and death information, please let me know. Happy hunting! Claire Smith Edrich of Denver Colorado

FYI gf -------------- Subject: IIGS / RootsWeb / USGenWeb Down Tomorrow Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 22:43:25 -0700 From: Brian Leverich <leverich@rootsweb.com> Hi all - Folks are using RootsWeb's main Web server so much that we have completely filled the two T1 connections that it currently uses. So tomorrow morning we are moving the server to a T3 (equivalent to about 30 T1s). This will result in some downtime occurring during the move window of 09:30a to 11:30a Pacific. We will try to keep the downtime to the bare minimum, but some downtime is unavoidable. During the down, the following sites will be unavailable: www.iigs.org www.rootsweb.com www.usgenweb.com www.usgenweb.net www.usgenweb.org Sorry about the downtime, but this move will guarantee that we can continue to provide fast access to everyone for months to come. -B -- Dr. Brian Leverich Co-moderator, soc.genealogy.methods/GENMTD-L RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative http://www.rootsweb.com/ P.O. Box 6798, Frazier Park, CA 93222-6798 leverich@rootsweb.com

I have the 1830 thru 1880 Calhoun county census books including 1840, 1865, and a military census of 1862-63, and 1850, 60, 80 mortality census. I also have the marriages and cemetery book. I compiled the 1840, 65 and military and mortality census. I will be glad to looku anything for anyone on the llist. I also live here in calhoun and can help some with names and locations etc. Joseph Meyer

Hello Joseph I am Sally Keeton Eichhorn and I do look-ups for Calhoun. I lived in Calhoun while I was growing up. You should go into the Calhoun page and volunteer to do look-ups thru there so any one looking in Calhoun can contact you. I do not have all the books you have, also I live in Missouri and do not have the chance to go to the records office like you do. You need to contact the man that takes care of the Calhoun page. You might even be able to help me sometime..Sally ---------- > From: Martha Meyer <mmeyer@plantnet.com> > To: ILCALHOU-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ILCALHOU-L] Calhoun county records > Date: Wednesday, September 16, 1998 12:02 AM > > I have the 1830 thru 1880 Calhoun county census books including 1840, > 1865, and a military census of 1862-63, and 1850, 60, 80 mortality > census. I also have the marriages and cemetery book. I compiled the > 1840, 65 and military and mortality census. I will be glad to looku > anything for anyone on the llist. I also live here in calhoun and can > help some with names and locations etc. > Joseph Meyer >

Hello Sorry but I do not have the 1840 census. I saw some other Church's in the 1870 census with families. All the Church men are about the same age and they were all born in Illinois. I do have the 1860 census and could look for a father of these men, might get lucky. Let me know if you want anything else. Sally ---------- > From: Ken Meyer <kenmeyer@gate.net> > To: ILCALHOU-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ILCALHOU-L] DIXON, Catherine > Date: Tuesday, September 15, 1998 6:10 PM > Sally, WOW! I cannot recall when I have received a more prompt response to a POST. Thank you very much! Sorry for the "Sarah" glitch; all my records show "Mary Jane'. Can't find anything to blame it on, not even the computer. =grin= Thanks for confirming the marriage dates. The TIPPY thing shows up every now and then. The TENTATIVE TIPPIE TABLES, a book published by the Athens (Ohio) Historical Society shows a liberal mix of TIPPIE AND TIPPY. This is the first time I have seen it appear in connection with Washington. The 1870 census entry for DANIEL CHURCH is new. The 1830 Daniel CHURCH marriage to Patty SATTER is interesting. Since Hiram CHURCH and Catherine DIXON were married in 1831, I wonder if Hiram and this Daniel could be brothers? Naming patterns (wherein Hiram named a son DANIEL) could fuel the speculation. We know nothing of Hiram's parents or siblings. May I prevail upon your kindness to check the 1840 and earlier census, if available, for both CHURCH and DIZON? Thanks again! Ken ================================ At 10:28 PM 9/14/98 -0000, icorn wrote: >Hello >I found the marriage for Catherin Dixon and Hiram Church in 1831 and the >information is correct but the information on Tippie is wrong. The names >I found in my book is WASHINGTON TIPPY -M- MARY JANE CHURCH -- Dec 16 -- >1849. The names are spelled different.. >You had "Sarah" Jane Church and the Tippie spelled differnt than in the >book. >In the 1860 census I find a Hiram Church age 40 living in the household of >Maylon Noies as a farmhand. He was born in Illinois. He was also >Illiterate. >I find no Tippie or Tippy in this census. >In the 1870 cenus I find a Daniel Church age 31 born in Illinois as a farm >laborer on the farm of John Heffner.this is in the Gilead Precinct. >I found a marriage for a Daniel Church in 1830 to Patsy Satter which could >not be yours. No other marriages except the one for Mary Jane that I could >find for names of Church you sent. >Hope this helps you a little. Please be sure to write back if you need >other information. Sally end "The Septuagenarian Surfer" Ken Meyer 398 Winter Ridge Blvd Winter Haven, FL 33881 kenmeyer@gate.net