Some of the Wayne & Clay Co, IL early settlers came from Orange Co, Indiana. My maternal great-grandmother Rose Ann LEATHERS's ancestors came from Orange Co, Indiana to Wayne Co, IL. The Macon Co, IL WARD's were related to my maternal 2nd great-grandmother Mary Ann FRAZEE's 1st husband John Barber PERDEU. I believe his mother was a WARD. Have you tried that Macon, Fayette, Wayne or Clay Co, IL areas for your related or allied line surnames? WARD families were in Macon, Fayette, Clay and Wayne Co, IL as well as Christian Co, IL also. My direct surname ancestry line is in the HIMES line link of our homepage. http://members.truepath.com/beverly/index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 5:26 AM Subject: [ILCHRIST] John H. GRIGSBY, b. ca. 1812, possibly d. in Owaneco, Christian Co., IL > To my surprise, another GRIGSBY researcher informed me that my > ggg-grandfather John H. GRIGSBY, b. ca. 1812, Paoli, Orange Co., IN, died in > Owaneco, Christian Co., IL. John's daughter Mary Jane GRIGSBY WARD (1852 - > 1917), my gg-grandmother, lived in Owaneco and is buried in the Millersville > Cemetery. John and his family lived in Sullivan, Sullivan Co., IN, at the > time Mary Jane married and moved to Owaneco. Does anyone have any record of > John H. GRIGSBY living or dying in Owaneco, Christian Co., IL? > > It has always been a mystery to me how a man from Owaneco came to marry a > girl from Indiana. I have never been able to prove my theory that perhaps > either my Owaneco WARD/GRIFFITH family had relatives that they would have > visited in Sullivan Co., IN, or my Sullivan Co., IN, > GRIGSBY/MCKINNEY/MCGREW/KIRKHAM family had relatives that they would have > visited in Owaneco. Does anyone have any ideas on this subject? I don't > think the Civil War was a factor as Mary Jane's husband John H. WARD was too > young to have participated in the Civil War. The WARD family lived in Noble > Co., OH, before the Civil War, spent the duration of the war in Ft. Wayne, > IN, then continued by train to IL after the war. > > Sue Tilleman > List Administrator for the BOLDWYN and CEARLOCK Rootsweb Mailing Lists > <A > HREF="http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/t/i/l/Susan-E-Tilleman/index.html "> > Home Page of Susan Cearlock Tilleman</A> >