There were at least 2 Fletcher households in the Mt. Auburn area at that time... these households were headed by (brothers? cousins?) Job Fletcher and John G. Fletcher. Both Fletcher households had daughters who married Pope brothers (from Blue Mound, Macon Co - about 5 miles away), and both of these Fletcher girls died in childbirth, 1854 & 1856. Both of the Fletcher men's families originated from KY, were early settlers of Sangamon County, and in 1839 when Christian (Dane) county was formed, were early purchasers. I could be wrong, because it's been a while since I saw those census pages, but in 1860 Christian Co Census, John G. and Thursey Newell Fletcher had several children - the youngest of their children may have been your Mary E. The Fletchers were also raising their granddaughter Matilda/Tilley Pope, who was 6 in 1860 (b. Jan 20, 1854 - same day her mother Almira Ann Fletcher Pope died).... and Tilley Pope was the youngest child in that household by only one year - which jives with your Mary E.'s birth year of 1853. Molly Kennedy Springfield, IL (but still have family in Taylorville/Christian Co) >From: KevinScottGreer@yahoo.com >Reply-To: ILCHRIST-L@rootsweb.com >To: ILCHRIST-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [ILCHRIST] Looking for information on Mary E Fletcher of Mt. >Auburn Illinois >Date: 22 Apr 2003 04:15:55 -0600 > >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Surnames: Greer, Fletcher >Classification: Query > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gg.2ADE/127 > >Message Board Post: > >looking for info on Mary E Fletcher of Mt. Auburn, Illinois > >Mary E Fletcher married John A Greer > >She was born abt. 1853 place unknown, > >John A Greer married on March 15, 1874 in Christian County and that is all >I know. > >trying to find names of Mary E Fletcher's parents > > >==== ILCHRIST Mailing List ==== >Have you backed up your data lately? > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail