I am wondering if you found anything on your Newspapers that you were looking for? I have alittle imformation I would share on these Newpapers. Just give me a holler. Bob AlsknAngel@aol.com wrote: > Hello! > I'm located a very long ways away from Clay Co and I was wondering if anyone > knew of what newspapers were in existence during the 1830's through the 1890's > in Clay County? Are they microfilmed somewhere? I have come up against the > brick wall and would like to try to see if there are any clues in the > newspapers. My line: I suspect/not proven (through probate records) that > Valentine Creech is the father of: > ISAAC CREECH, b. ca 1847-49 in VA/KY. He married ELIZABETH PATRIDGE 20 Dec > 1868 in CLAY Co, IL. Death date is approximately Oct 1889. Elizabeth > remarried Joseph Travis 12 Oct 1893. This is NOT the same Isaac Creech born to > William O. Creech ca 1860, Lee Co. Here are their children(known): > 1. Thomas Creech, b. ca Feb 1872 > 2. Elmer (Kile) Creech, b. ca 1873 > 3. Benjamin Franklin Creech, b. 17 Oct 1876, m. 18 Oct 1900 to Arvilla > Williams, d. 6 Feb 1935. (My g-grandparents) > 4. John Creech, b. 10 Dec 1879. > > Thanks! Laura.

I have a favor to ask. If anyone on this list has the Clay Roots booklet from 1995, there should be an article in there about LUCINDA VIENNA COLCLASURE and husband ALEXANDER BLANKENSHIP. If it wouldn't be to much trouble, could someone either scan it and email the article to me or snail mail me a copy please? I am happy to pay for copying costs. Thanks so very much! Tricia Colcleasure Carothers bcaroth@jps.net P.S. I have Clay Co., IL Marriages book 1825-1877 and would be happy to do look ups!

I was born & raised in Illinois. My ancestral line is on the HIMES section of my homepage, if anyone cares to read it for connections. The page starts with both sets of my grandparents going back early by generation groups with names, dates and localities. http://members.truepath.com/beverly/index.html Beverly (HIMES) BARGER Family History Center Patron Librarian Volunteer in NM

Milton Jackson REYNOLDS b.abt 1836, IN m. Sarah BEAVERS b.1842, IN Their children were: Calvin P. b. abt 1860, IN Jasper Newton b. abt 1863, IN m. Leckie _____? Malcom b. abt 1865, IN d.1918, Mt Pulaski, Logan Co, IL Susanna Elizabeth (Lizzie) b. 1867 Clay Co. IL, m.1886(1) Franklin BRADFORD Homer Milton b.1869, Clay Co, IL, m.(1897) Addie Mae BEST b.1882, IL Isabel (Minnie) b.1871, Clay Co. IL m. Henry KOCHER Clarance (Jack) b. ?? m. Jennie_____? (later lived in Mt. Pulaski, Logan Co, IL) Any info on this family greatly appreciated. Other BEAVERS lived in Clay Twp, Clay Co, near REYNOLDS family, probably related. Grace Reynolds, cba1250@ocsnet.net

Hi List, The Sullivan County, IN list is now ready to use. We are not listed on the "User Mailing Lists" hosted by Rootsweb yet, but it does work. My name is Donna Cooper. I will try my best to make this an interesting list. I'm not 100% sure of what I'm doing, but I'll try. I felt a need for information about Sullivan Co. So, here we are. Donna

Hi List: I just joined today. Wonder if anyone is researching the Williams family? Nathaniel H. Williams b. 1820 in Greenbrier, W. Va. d. 1908 Sailor Springs, Ill. married to Malissa (Eagle) They had: Henry Lafe who married Permelia Alice Rogers and Mary E. Clark, William H., Ira H. who married Lizzie Zotz, Mary E. who married Joseph Payne, Geo. W., Lydia M. who married Albert Hasler, Reece A. who married Mary Ann Franklin and Margaret W. Wayatt, Charles, Elmer E, Alonzo who married Maggie J. Clark, and John M. I have more dates and names but don't want to bore you unless you are interested or connected. Sandy Williams

> If Clay Co does not have newspapers for the time period you need, you might > try asking which nearby counties' newspapers your ancestors living in > <locale of interest> might have read. Many references for newspaper links for Illinois can be found on my Obituary Links Page. Sometimes a newspaper covers several counties. Bill Be sure and visit the Obituary Links Page to access hundreds of obituary resources divided by state and counties at: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/7748/obit/obituary.htm And the Family Surname Obituary Links Page at: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/7748/obit/famobit.htm And the incredible Obituary Links with search engines at: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/7748/obit/links.htm

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_922376396_boundary Content-ID: <0_922376396@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Thanks Joan, I'm forwarding your reply to the list. To those researchers who asked for information I received, scroll down... --part0_922376396_boundary Content-ID: <0_922376396@inet_out.mail.tznet.com.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: <jmbenner@tznet.com> Received: from rly-zd03.mx.aol.com (rly-zd03.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.227]) by air-zd05.mail.aol.com (v58.13) with SMTP; Thu, 25 Mar 1999 09:59:29 -0500 Received: from ipad2.tznet.com (ftp.tznet.com [206.31.5.2]) by rly-zd03.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id JAA08380 for <AlsknAngel@aol.com>; Thu, 25 Mar 1999 09:59:24 -0500 (EST) Received: from cjbenner ([205.216.110.74]) by ipad2.tznet.com with SMTP (IPAD 2.5) id 6796200 ; Thu, 25 Mar 1999 08:52:43 -0600 Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.19990325084933.0082a9c0@mail.tznet.com> X-Sender: jmbenner@mail.tznet.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 08:49:33 -0600 To: AlsknAngel@aol.com From: joan benner <jmbenner@tznet.com> Subject: Clay Co newspaper records Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Try contacting the IL Archives/Hist Libr at Springfirld or the IRAD depository for Clay Co. (Charleston IL). I contacted both and the student intern at the IRAD sent a list relevant to the time period in which I needed to do newspaper research. Some IRAD depositories have microfilmed newspapers and a student might do the research at low cost if you ask, aside from the usual research they do as library science students. If Clay Co does not have newspapers for the time period you need, you might try asking which nearby counties' newspapers your ancestors living in <locale of interest> might have read. I ended up paying shipping & handling on the films I needed and read them myself. After all of that--I found one of those obits that sends genealogists screaming into the night "David Benner died last Tuesday, and the funeral was Saturday. A married dau. from Idaho attended the funeral." (NO additional clues before or after this two sentence obit. arghhh!) Best wishes... Joan (in WI) --part0_922376396_boundary--

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_922376300_boundary Content-ID: <0_922376300@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII I was asked to post replies to help others in Clay Co, IL research...Thanks Pat! --part0_922376300_boundary Content-ID: <0_922376300@inet_out.mail.cdmnet.com.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: <venable@cdmnet.com> Received: from rly-yc04.mx.aol.com (rly-yc04.mail.aol.com [172.18.149.36]) by air-yc05.mail.aol.com (v58.13) with SMTP; Thu, 25 Mar 1999 07:30:09 -0500 Received: from mail.primary.net (mail.primary.net [205.242.92.236]) by rly-yc04.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id HAA29202 for <AlsknAngel@aol.com>; Thu, 25 Mar 1999 07:30:03 -0500 (EST) Received: from compaq-computer (209-223-93-155.dialup-stl.primary.net [209.223.93.155]) by mail.primary.net (8.9.3/8.9.3/+primary) with SMTP id GAA09836 for <AlsknAngel@aol.com>; Thu, 25 Mar 1999 06:30:06 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <000801be76bb$683331a0$9b5ddfd1@compaq-computer> Reply-To: "Charles P. Venable" <venable@cdmnet.com> From: "Charles P. Venable" <venable@cdmnet.com> To: <AlsknAngel@aol.com> Subject: Re: [ILCLAY-L] Old Newspaper Records? Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 06:31:26 -0600 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable -----Original Message----- From: AlsknAngel@aol.com <AlsknAngel@aol.com> To: ILCLAY-L@rootsweb.com <ILCLAY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, March 25, 1999 1:43 AM Subject: [ILCLAY-L] Old Newspaper Records? >Hello! >I'm located a very long ways away from Clay Co and I was wondering if anyone >knew of what newspapers were in existence during the 1830's through the 1890's >in Clay County? Are they microfilmed somewhere? I have come up against the >brick wall and would like to try to see if there are any clues in the >newspapers. My line: I suspect/not proven (through probate records) tha= t >Valentine Creech is the father of: > ISAAC CREECH, b. ca 1847-49 in VA/KY. He married ELIZABETH PATRIDGE 20 Dec >1868 in CLAY Co, IL. Death date is approximately Oct 1889. Elizabeth >remarried Joseph Travis 12 Oct 1893. This is NOT the same Isaac Creech bo= rn to >William O. Creech ca 1860, Lee Co. Here are their children(known): >1. Thomas Creech, b. ca Feb 1872 >2. Elmer (Kile) Creech, b. ca 1873 >3. Benjamin Franklin Creech, b. 17 Oct 1876, m. 18 Oct 1900 to Arvilla >Williams, d. 6 Feb 1935. (My g-grandparents) >4. John Creech, b. 10 Dec 1879. > >Thanks! Laura. > Death record book shows death of Isaac Creech Oct 11, 1889 age 42 Clay Ci= ty Township The earliest microfilmed newspaper in Clay Co. IL is the Southern IL recor= d Oct 1912. There was a newspaper before 1880 but I don't think any copies are available. The book History of Clay Co. IL published 1884 mentions an Isaac Creek several times and I wonder if this may be the same man. He was listed as = a Captain in Civil War Company B Eighteenth Regiment Illinois Infantry. Pat Venable --part0_922376300_boundary--

Hello! I'm located a very long ways away from Clay Co and I was wondering if anyone knew of what newspapers were in existence during the 1830's through the 1890's in Clay County? Are they microfilmed somewhere? I have come up against the brick wall and would like to try to see if there are any clues in the newspapers. My line: I suspect/not proven (through probate records) that Valentine Creech is the father of: ISAAC CREECH, b. ca 1847-49 in VA/KY. He married ELIZABETH PATRIDGE 20 Dec 1868 in CLAY Co, IL. Death date is approximately Oct 1889. Elizabeth remarried Joseph Travis 12 Oct 1893. This is NOT the same Isaac Creech born to William O. Creech ca 1860, Lee Co. Here are their children(known): 1. Thomas Creech, b. ca Feb 1872 2. Elmer (Kile) Creech, b. ca 1873 3. Benjamin Franklin Creech, b. 17 Oct 1876, m. 18 Oct 1900 to Arvilla Williams, d. 6 Feb 1935. (My g-grandparents) 4. John Creech, b. 10 Dec 1879. Thanks! Laura.

In the 1870 census of Clay Co., IL there was a Bnueberry, A 51 female IN Manning, Jas H 22 IL Umstead, Richard 23 TN Umstead, Phillip 18 TN I am following the Umstead family and would be interested in hearing from anyone that that knows of the connection between the families. Donna

Unable to access this. Can you give it again? Wanda Alan wrote: > There's a blank 10 generation wall chart at, > > members.spree.com/family/annwill00/familytreerings.html > > Alan

There's a blank 10 generation wall chart at, members.spree.com/family/annwill00/familytreerings.html Alan

Does anyone know what happened to the Mattingly sibs of Mary Jane Mattingly. Most of them went with Mary Jane and her husband Edward Thompson (including her mom, but not dad Ignatius) to Clay Co, IL where the Thompson's settled. I have no idea what happened to her Mattingly sibs, they did not stick around Clay Co long. Thanks. Melissa Thompson Alexander 1 Ignatius George MATTINGLY b: 24-Sep-1802 in Kentucky d: 1886 in Kentucky religion: Catholic .. +Anna Nancy CISSELL aka: Nancy Anna Cissell b: 11-Oct-1801 in Washington Co, Kentucky d: 13-May-1872 in Flora, Clay Co, IL m: 26-Feb-1825 Washington Co, Kentucky Father: Jeremiah Cecil Mother: Mary Vessels 2 [1] James MATTINGLY b: Abt. 1825 in KY d: Apr-1858 .... +Elizabeth UNKNOWN b: Abt. 1828 in KY *2nd Wife of [1] James Mattingly: .... +Angelina MATTINGLY b: WFT Est. 1802-1830 d: WFT Est. 1856-1918 m: WFT Est. 1856-1858 2 Mary Jane MATTINGLY aka: Martha Mattingly b: 28-Mar-1828 in Raywick, Marion Co ,KY d: 26-Jul-1906 in Flora, Clay Co, IL .... +Edward THOMPSON b: 6-Mar-1827 in KY d: 15-Nov-1875 in Louisville, Clay County, IL m: 15-Apr-1848 Raywick, Marion Co, KY Father: Clement Thompson Mother: Catherine Cecil 2 John MATTINGLY b: 1832 in Raywick, Marion Co, KY d: Abt. 1923 .... +Catherine MCMANNIS b: 1834 in Pennsylvania d: WFT Est. 1870-1929 m: 19-Feb-1856 Clay Co, IL 2 Elizabeth MATTINGLY b: Abt. 1833 d: WFT Est. 1834-1927 2 Paul Ignatius MATTINGLY b: Abt. 1835 d: WFT Est. 1836-1925 2 Sebastian MATTINGLY b: Abt. 1837 d: WFT Est. 1838-1927 2 Nancy Jane MATTINGLY b: Abt. 1838 d: WFT Est. 1839-1932 2 Edmond MATTINGLY b: Abt. 1840 d: WFT Est. 1841-1930

In the 1880 Census for Sedgwicke Co. KS my grt. grt. grandmother was listed as Anna and born in Illinois. I have no idea what county she was born in that is why I have gone to the county list of IL for help. I went to the LDS center and her husband had a pedigree and that is where I found her listed as Rhoda Ann Chapman, but someone had guessed that she had been born in 1849 in Nashville, Davidson Co, TN. So would you please help me find her and thanks and blessings to you. Pastor Barbara

In the 1880 Census for Sedgwicke Co. KS my grt. grt. grandmother was listed as Anna and born in Illinois. I have no idea what county she was born in that is why I have gone to the county list of IL for help. I went to the LDS center and her husband had a pedigree and that is where I found her listed as Rhoda Ann Chapman, but someone had guessed that she had been born in 1849 in Nashville, Davidson Co, TN. So would you please help me find her and thanks and blessings to you. Pastor Barbara

Hi all! Does anyone know know what the names/places/dates of publications for the old Clay County Newspapers? I am particularly interested in some from the Ingraham/Sailor Springs/Hoosier Prairie/ and Louisville areas. It is my understanding that you can rent these microfilmed newspapers thru interlibrary loan through your local library directly from the Illinois State Historical Library. Thanks in advance Justin Meierkord

Hello, While searching for my own Phillips line I received from a gentleman through snail mail information regarding Micajah Phillips including his final resting place which is near the Perry and Posey co Township dividing line. Micajah was born in Tennessee, migrated to Kentucky, owned land in Clay County. Dates and names on the obelisk are: Wade Phillips died 1855 aged 90 years Mary, wife of Wade Phillips died 1854 aged 87 years John Phillips died 1854 aged 19 years 4 months Chris Phillips died August 30, 1862 aged 17 years 6 months Vienna, wife of M. Phillips died December 23, 1839 aged 29 months Jackson and Pierce, children of M.Phillips died Oct. 4, 1854 aged 4 months Mary Phillips died June 16, 1896 aged 87 years 4 months 14 days Micajah Phillips died March 22, 1891 aged 93 years 11 months 21 days Gone to Gather all Of Pleasure and Love To Join the Angels above If this is your line please email me and I will sent you the correspondence and name of the gentleman (he is not on-line) who sent me this information. Thank-you Viki

Looking for information on the Stephen Simmons family. I do not know anything about him, other than he was born in Illinois and he was married to Elizabeth W. Hill, who was born abt. 1830. She died in Hoosier Twp. on 9/14/1905. Her birthplace was listed as New Hampshire. Her daughter was Mrs. John W. Smith of Sailor Springs/Hoosier Twp area. According to her death record in 1925, the birthplace for her mother is listed as Vermont. I would appreciate anything you would have on this family and I would love to exchange information with you......................Justin Meierkord

Hi List, Are there death records for Clay Co. ca 1856? If so & someone has access, would they please look for William & Margaret UMSTED (UMSTED has been found, Umpsted-Olmsted-Umstead). They moved to Clay Co. ca 1856, William has not been found, and Margaret was in 1865 census. Thank you, Donna