Joann, Sorry, the name doesn't ring a bell. When I do bring out all the info from that line, I'll do some searching. If I come across anything I'll be sure to let you know. Beth McMahon McMahon, Mahoney, O'Dea -----Original Message----- From: Joan Coleman <jcolema1@elp.rr.com> To: ILCHAMPA-L@rootsweb.com <ILCHAMPA-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 11:29 PM Subject: Re: [ILCHAMPA-L] SEVERAL CHAMPAIGN CO. NAMES >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 >> > >> > >> > >> >> >