Deanna, I have Earley's in my McMahon line, although I haven't done much with them yet. They were around the Penfield area. I saw Ludlow listed, which is close to Penfield. Let me know if you are interested in anything I might have, as I don't have it readily available. If you give me some time, I can get what I have of that line dug out (which is probably what I need to do anyway and get started again). Thanks, Beth McMahon McMahon, Mahoney, O'Dea -----Original Message----- From: Deanna <hisnhirz@televar.com> To: ILCHAMPA-L@rootsweb.com <ILCHAMPA-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 1:55 AM Subject: [ILCHAMPA-L] SEVERAL CHAMPAIGN CO. NAMES >Hello Fellow Champaign County Researchers, > >I live on the West Coast, so going to Illinois is on the "impossible" >list for right now-------perhaps you can help me with some of the >following surnames. All of the following came to Champaign County >from 1850-1870 and lived and died there: > >I have BROWN, PAYTON, ROSS, EARLEY, WRIGHT, COOK, COLLISON, PITTS, >HOLMES, PRILEY/PLILEY, PLUE, TILGHMAN, LONGSHORE, ZORGER, >HARNIT-------just named a few for starters. > >Rev.John H. Payton came from Indiana and settled in Ludlow, often >preaching at the local Methodist Episcopal church. He married >Temperance Dragoo in Delaware County, Indiana. They had several >children one being Rebecca Emeline Payton who married Courtland Brown. > >Courtland was the son of Isaac J. Brown and Margaret Coffin/Coffing. >Courtland had a brother by the name of William Taylor Brown who >married Laura Stewart. Courtland at times was a school teacher and >he also was the "clerk" for the 1880 census of Harwood, Champaign >County, IL census > >Courtland Brown and Rebecca, known as "Emma" had several children with >one surviving childhood---my grandfather: Lloyd Logan Brown. He >married Golda/Goldie Pitts, the daughter of Orren Pitts and Rose >Earley. Rose was the daughter of John Earley and Alice Holmes. Alice >was the daughter of Cyrus Holmes and Calista Bennett, another early >Champaign County pioneer family. They raised a large family in >Champaign County. > >Orren was the son of Esther Ross and Thomas Pitts. Thomas was the son >of Henry Pitts and Margaret Wright who came to McLean County, IL in >1830 and then moved on to Champaign County. Margaret was the sister >of William Garrison Wright of McLean and DeWitt Counties. > >Orren and Rose had Goldie/Golda Pitts who married Lloyd Brown( as >previously mention). He was a barber in Gifford in the very early >1900's. Lloyd and Goldie had 4 children from 1916-1922. The father >died in 1921 and the mother in early 1923. The children were adopted >by Fred Priley and his wife Nettie Plue Priley. The Priley's were >friends of Goldie Pitts Brown. > >John Ross came from Wetzel County, West Virginia. He married Marinda >Ullom Butcher (a widow) and they lived in Compromise and Gifford. >They had four daughters: Priscilla, Henrietta, Savannah and Esther. >John married 2nd: Mary Dickerson. The four daughters of John and >Marinda married men by the name of Isaiah Zorger, Charles Cook, >Alfred Collison and of course--Thomas PItts. > >.ANY INFORMATION ON THESE PEOPLE WOULD BE APPRECIATED. I DO HAVE >EXTENSIVE DATA ON MOST OF THEM, BUT AM LOOKING FOR THE "HUMAN" HISTORY >OF THEIR LIVES. IN OTHER WORDS, MORE THAN A DATE AND A PLACE, BUT A >HISTORY, A TOMBSTONE, NEED PICTURES, ETC. > >THANKS SO MUCH. JUST WANTED TO RUN BY ALL OF YOU A FEW OF MY NAMES TO >SEE IF I CAN LINK UP WITH ANYONE. > >Deanna > > >

Beth, That would be wonderful!!!!!! I have no clue as to my John Earley's roots. Some information says Cork County, Ireland----other sources say Kildare County. He married Alice Holmes in Logan County, IL in 1868. I do not know if he came to Illinois with any parents or siblings. It has been a deadend with him. Now he had a son by the name of Joseph E. Earley who married Anna McMahan/McMahon in Montana. She was from Indiana. That is the only line I have right now with McMahon/McMahon in it. Some of John Earley's other children married into the families of Lewis, Carter, Amm, Holbeck, and Pitts. In the past, I have been corresponding with a David Early who has Early's in Champaign County. But you are the first I have known to spell the name Earley. Looking forward to hearing from you and THANK YOU!! Deanna hisnhirz@televar.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom/Beth McMahon <trees@soltec.net> To: <ILCHAMPA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, 13 February 2002 2:29 Subject: Re: [ILCHAMPA-L] SEVERAL CHAMPAIGN CO. NAMES > Deanna, > I have Earley's in my McMahon line, although I haven't done much with them > yet. They were around the Penfield area. I saw Ludlow listed, which is close > to Penfield. Let me know if you are interested in anything I might have, as > I don't have it readily available. If you give me some time, I can get what > I have of that line dug out (which is probably what I need to do anyway and > get started again). > Thanks, > Beth McMahon > McMahon, Mahoney, O'Dea > > -----Original Message----- > From: Deanna <hisnhirz@televar.com> > To: ILCHAMPA-L@rootsweb.com <ILCHAMPA-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 1:55 AM > Subject: [ILCHAMPA-L] SEVERAL CHAMPAIGN CO. NAMES > > > >Hello Fellow Champaign County Researchers, > > > >I live on the West Coast, so going to Illinois is on the "impossible" > >list for right now-------perhaps you can help me with some of the > >following surnames. All of the following came to Champaign County > >from 1850-1870 and lived and died there: > > > >I have BROWN, PAYTON, ROSS, EARLEY, WRIGHT, COOK, COLLISON, PITTS, > >HOLMES, PRILEY/PLILEY, PLUE, TILGHMAN, LONGSHORE, ZORGER, > >HARNIT-------just named a few for starters. > > > >Rev.John H. Payton came from Indiana and settled in Ludlow, often > >preaching at the local Methodist Episcopal church. He married > >Temperance Dragoo in Delaware County, Indiana. They had several > >children one being Rebecca Emeline Payton who married Courtland Brown. > > > >Courtland was the son of Isaac J. Brown and Margaret Coffin/Coffing. > >Courtland had a brother by the name of William Taylor Brown who > >married Laura Stewart. Courtland at times was a school teacher and > >he also was the "clerk" for the 1880 census of Harwood, Champaign > >County, IL census > > > >Courtland Brown and Rebecca, known as "Emma" had several children with > >one surviving childhood---my grandfather: Lloyd Logan Brown. He > >married Golda/Goldie Pitts, the daughter of Orren Pitts and Rose > >Earley. Rose was the daughter of John Earley and Alice Holmes. Alice > >was the daughter of Cyrus Holmes and Calista Bennett, another early > >Champaign County pioneer family. They raised a large family in > >Champaign County. > > > >Orren was the son of Esther Ross and Thomas Pitts. Thomas was the son > >of Henry Pitts and Margaret Wright who came to McLean County, IL in > >1830 and then moved on to Champaign County. Margaret was the sister > >of William Garrison Wright of McLean and DeWitt Counties. > > > >Orren and Rose had Goldie/Golda Pitts who married Lloyd Brown( as > >previously mention). He was a barber in Gifford in the very early > >1900's. Lloyd and Goldie had 4 children from 1916-1922. The father > >died in 1921 and the mother in early 1923. The children were adopted > >by Fred Priley and his wife Nettie Plue Priley. The Priley's were > >friends of Goldie Pitts Brown. > > > >John Ross came from Wetzel County, West Virginia. He married Marinda > >Ullom Butcher (a widow) and they lived in Compromise and Gifford. > >They had four daughters: Priscilla, Henrietta, Savannah and Esther. > >John married 2nd: Mary Dickerson. The four daughters of John and > >Marinda married men by the name of Isaiah Zorger, Charles Cook, > >Alfred Collison and of course--Thomas PItts. > > > >.ANY INFORMATION ON THESE PEOPLE WOULD BE APPRECIATED. I DO HAVE > >EXTENSIVE DATA ON MOST OF THEM, BUT AM LOOKING FOR THE "HUMAN" HISTORY > >OF THEIR LIVES. IN OTHER WORDS, MORE THAN A DATE AND A PLACE, BUT A > >HISTORY, A TOMBSTONE, NEED PICTURES, ETC. > > > >THANKS SO MUCH. JUST WANTED TO RUN BY ALL OF YOU A FEW OF MY NAMES TO > >SEE IF I CAN LINK UP WITH ANYONE. > > > >Deanna > > > > > > >

Dear Beth: My gggrandfather Dr. Wm Samuel Higgins practiced medicine in Penfield in the mid 1850's. Ever run across his name? Joann Higgins Coleman ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom/Beth McMahon" <trees@soltec.net> To: <ILCHAMPA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 3:29 PM Subject: Re: [ILCHAMPA-L] SEVERAL CHAMPAIGN CO. NAMES > Deanna, > I have Earley's in my McMahon line, although I haven't done much with them > yet. They were around the Penfield area. I saw Ludlow listed, which is close > to Penfield. Let me know if you are interested in anything I might have, as > I don't have it readily available. If you give me some time, I can get what > I have of that line dug out (which is probably what I need to do anyway and > get started again). > Thanks, > Beth McMahon > McMahon, Mahoney, O'Dea > > -----Original Message----- > From: Deanna <hisnhirz@televar.com> > To: ILCHAMPA-L@rootsweb.com <ILCHAMPA-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 1:55 AM > Subject: [ILCHAMPA-L] SEVERAL CHAMPAIGN CO. NAMES > > > >Hello Fellow Champaign County Researchers, > > > >I live on the West Coast, so going to Illinois is on the "impossible" > >list for right now-------perhaps you can help me with some of the > >following surnames. All of the following came to Champaign County > >from 1850-1870 and lived and died there: > > > >I have BROWN, PAYTON, ROSS, EARLEY, WRIGHT, COOK, COLLISON, PITTS, > >HOLMES, PRILEY/PLILEY, PLUE, TILGHMAN, LONGSHORE, ZORGER, > >HARNIT-------just named a few for starters. > > > >Rev.John H. Payton came from Indiana and settled in Ludlow, often > >preaching at the local Methodist Episcopal church. He married > >Temperance Dragoo in Delaware County, Indiana. They had several > >children one being Rebecca Emeline Payton who married Courtland Brown. > > > >Courtland was the son of Isaac J. Brown and Margaret Coffin/Coffing. > >Courtland had a brother by the name of William Taylor Brown who > >married Laura Stewart. Courtland at times was a school teacher and > >he also was the "clerk" for the 1880 census of Harwood, Champaign > >County, IL census > > > >Courtland Brown and Rebecca, known as "Emma" had several children with > >one surviving childhood---my grandfather: Lloyd Logan Brown. He > >married Golda/Goldie Pitts, the daughter of Orren Pitts and Rose > >Earley. Rose was the daughter of John Earley and Alice Holmes. Alice > >was the daughter of Cyrus Holmes and Calista Bennett, another early > >Champaign County pioneer family. They raised a large family in > >Champaign County. > > > >Orren was the son of Esther Ross and Thomas Pitts. Thomas was the son > >of Henry Pitts and Margaret Wright who came to McLean County, IL in > >1830 and then moved on to Champaign County. Margaret was the sister > >of William Garrison Wright of McLean and DeWitt Counties. > > > >Orren and Rose had Goldie/Golda Pitts who married Lloyd Brown( as > >previously mention). He was a barber in Gifford in the very early > >1900's. Lloyd and Goldie had 4 children from 1916-1922. The father > >died in 1921 and the mother in early 1923. The children were adopted > >by Fred Priley and his wife Nettie Plue Priley. The Priley's were > >friends of Goldie Pitts Brown. > > > >John Ross came from Wetzel County, West Virginia. He married Marinda > >Ullom Butcher (a widow) and they lived in Compromise and Gifford. > >They had four daughters: Priscilla, Henrietta, Savannah and Esther. > >John married 2nd: Mary Dickerson. The four daughters of John and > >Marinda married men by the name of Isaiah Zorger, Charles Cook, > >Alfred Collison and of course--Thomas PItts. > > > >.ANY INFORMATION ON THESE PEOPLE WOULD BE APPRECIATED. I DO HAVE > >EXTENSIVE DATA ON MOST OF THEM, BUT AM LOOKING FOR THE "HUMAN" HISTORY > >OF THEIR LIVES. IN OTHER WORDS, MORE THAN A DATE AND A PLACE, BUT A > >HISTORY, A TOMBSTONE, NEED PICTURES, ETC. > > > >THANKS SO MUCH. JUST WANTED TO RUN BY ALL OF YOU A FEW OF MY NAMES TO > >SEE IF I CAN LINK UP WITH ANYONE. > > > >Deanna > > > > > > > >