There was a Nichols (Nickels) Family who lived in the area along the Wabash River Crawford, Clark, or the county to the north of Clark who moved to Reading, Kansas in the 1860's or so. The daughter kept a diary on the trip and it is published in the Bicentennial book for Reading, Kansas .... Thru the Years with Reading, Kansas 1757 - 1976. If this family connects with the one you are seeking, perhaps we can find a contact for you. I am taking my computer in to have it worked on tomorrow, but will have it back just after Labor Day. Gayle in Kansas

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ue.2ADI/1386 Message Board Post: An article in the Who's Who section of the Clifton News, (Clifton, Kansas, Clay County) on October 24, 1935 reads: Fifty-five years ago, Sam Cain, who had been living in the Vining vicinity for a year, returned to his home town of Palestine, Illinois in January, married the girl of his choice, Ellen King, and brought her to Kansas in February. And in this community this couple has spent all of their married life. Just two visits have the Cain's made to Illinois. Their first voyage was twenty-five years after their marriage and their second trip was several years ago when their grandson, Harold Woodruff, and Alice Woodruff, his wife, accompanied them to Crawford county, Illinois for a big family reunion. Sam Cain, the son of Lewis and Sarah Cain, was born in Ohio. There were seven children in the family, two girls and five boys. The family moved from Ohio to Crawford county, near Palestine, Illinois, when Sam Cain was a young man. He had obtained his education in Ohio before ! coming to Illinois. Mrs. Cain's birthplace was on a farm near Palestine, Illinois. Her father and mother were J.M. and Elizabeth King. The father who was of Irish descent, was a native of Ohio, but the mother, of Dutch nationality, was born in Illinois. Mrs. Cain, Nee Ellen King, one of five children, received her education and grew to womanhood in Illinois. None of the members of the King family ever came to Kansas to live except Mrs. Cain, but Mr. Cain's brother, Ben, resided in this community for several years. A sister, Mrs. Latitia Wheeler, was a resident of Miltonvale. She passed away about a year ago. When Sam Cain came to this community in 1880, they lived on the Brook's farm which is a mile west of Vining. Mr. Cain farmed the greater part of his life, but he also followed the carpenter trade for some years. Mr. and Mrs. Cain are the parents of two daughters and one son, Mrs. Harve Lewis (Stella) of the Clyde vicinity, Mrs. Lewis Woodruff (Emma) of Omega, Oklahoma, ! and Charles Cain of Vining. The thirteen grandchildren are the six chi ldren of Mrs. and Mrs. Harve Lewis, Lester, Raymond, Carrie, George, Evelyn and Esther; the five sons of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Woodruff, Harold and Jack Woodruff of Vining, Wallace, Chester and Volney of Omega, Oklahoma; and the daughter and son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cain, Mrs. Leonard Boughen (June) and Merle Cain. Mr. and Mrs. Cain have eight great grandchildren. They are the six children of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lewis, Raymond Jr., Bernice, Norma Lee, Gloria, Donald and Shirley Ann; Vivian, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Lewis and George Jr., the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Lewis. Mrs. Cain enjoys making quilts which she says is her hobby. She is a faithful member of the Christian church and an interested worker in the Ladies Aid Society and in Mrs. Louanna Banner's Sunday School class of which she is a member. The Cain's moved to Vining five years ago from the Cusac farm on which they had lived for eighteen years. In addition to the two trips to Illinois, the Cain's ha! ve been to Oklahoma two or three times with Harold Woodruff's to visit their daughter. These pioneer farmers who have experienced the hardships of early times, have been loyal citizens of the community always, good neighbors who are well liked and highly respected by everyone.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Nichols, Culp, Coulter Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Ue.2ADI/1385.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: It is possible. I am looking for two different Nichols people. The first, Rachel Leona Nichols was born c 1822 in Ohio. She could be from a brother to your NY Nichols, and maybe they all settled in Crawford Co, IL later on. She died c 1900 in Crawford Co, IL. The second is a Nichols man who married Margaret Phoebe Kolter/Coulter in Crawford Co, IL c 1900. Do you have any Coulters in your Nichols database?? Any Culp/Kolp/Kolb?? I would still like to look at your line to see if I recognize any other names. Also I have a bunch of Nichols marriages from Crawford Co, IL and would like to put them together is some family group sheet format. Can you send me a report of just your Nichols line? Thanks for any insight,

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Murphy, Jones, McDanie, Turner, Parker, Newman Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ue.2ADI/415.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Which one of Aaron's brothers do you come from. There are a few of us doing the Murphy line. e-mail me back at posted e-mail Kathy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Ue.2ADI/1385.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I might be able to answer some questions about one particular Nichols family of Crawford Co c. 1860's-1870's. Would this be about the timeframe for your Nichols couple to be in Crawford Co.? That family had origins in New York.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Murphy, Grubb, Perdew, Henderson, Trego, Bowen Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ue.2ADI/415.2.1 Message Board Post: Hello Possible Cuz, I have Aaron D. MURPHY b. 1838 d. 1862 mar. Mary C. Turner b. 1844 they had Sarah "Sadie" Jane Murphy b. 1861 d. 1947 Do these match up with yours? Aaron's father and my ggg-grandfather were brothers :) I am researching the MURPHY side :)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Ue.2ADI/1385.1.1 Message Board Post: No, I do not. If you want to see what I have on her to date, I have a webpage at worldconnect. www.worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~cindi_meyer Thanks for any help,

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ue.2ADI/1333.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I'm unable to make a connection with your James Russell family at this time. Thank you for the information, however, and I'll keep it in mind for a possible later connection.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Nichols Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Ue.2ADI/1385.1 Message Board Post: Do you know who the parents of your Rachel Nichols were? Cindy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Nichols, Culp Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Ue.2ADI/1385 Message Board Post: I am looking for a researcher of the Crawford Co, IL Nichols family. My line is Rachel Leona Nichols who married Martin Culp c 1839 in Licking Co, Ohio, and both died in Crawford Co, Illinois. I am trying to determine if there is a link between my Rachel Nichols and the many Nichols in Crawford Co, IL. Can You help?

Do you know if Lucy Parker and the Norton family were somehow related to the White families of Crawford Co? I have seen similar names in Casey Co. KY censuses. Thanks, Shari

Settlers and Intruders of Cherokee Lands, 1801 to 1816, Abstracts from Records of the Cherokee Agency in TN. Transcribed by Janelle Swearingen, 1989. Microcopy, M-208--Rolls 1-7 13 National Archives http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~janelle/Intruders.htm There is a list of surnames that are alpahbetized. Look at the page numbers, then go to the top of the page and click that page number. This gives an account of many, many names that went into the Cherokee land from NC up the Tn, OH, MS Rivers--and into Alabama, etc. It gave me great insight as to how and why our ancestors got to where they were going. Many appear to be sent as scouts or traders with the Indians. Many traveled in flat bottom boats with their families. They carried Whiskey, Tar, and other goods. I did not know one had to have a "pass" to travel the rivers back then. Goodness, I thought they just went. If you can't access the page for some reason, you can do a "search" for Intruders, Cherokee Lands. Shari

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ue.2ADI/1357.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank You Karen for all this iinfo, it really helped me

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ue.2ADI/1384 Message Board Post: According to the Crawford County Gen web transcriptions There is a Lucy M Parker, 1883 76Y6M buried there. Does anyone know who she is and how she is connected to the Parkers? Next to her is George Harrison Parker, who married Blanche Norton, The Parker Pathways book by Jane Parker Brown has a very nice write up on him but I haven't found anything on this Lucy. Any help appreciated Kevin

Looking for information on any of the Keller family that was in Crawford Co. from 1900's to 1980's. Is any of the family still around there? Believe that there was a Grover Keller that lived in Robinson in the 1950's, is he buried there and who did he marry? Were there any children if so what were their names and who did they marry? Thank you, Kate Keller Bourland

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ue.2ADI/1357.1.1.1 Message Board Post: WILLIAM DUNLAP The family history starts in South Carolina where William Dunlap was born in 1760. At the age of 20, he joined the army of the Revolution. In 1780, he served six months under Captain Pearson, followed by three months in 1781 under Captains Duval and Hudson, then four months under Captain Hudson in 1782. On March 7, 1787, William married Nancy Waldrop (born 1772 - died June 15, 1846), a sister of John Waldrop, a pioneer of Crawford County. To this marriage was born three known children. Elizabeth and William Jr. (born 1796) were born in Laurens Co., South Carolina. In 1798, the family moved to Union Co., South Carolina and lived there until 1800 when they moved to Christian Co., Kentucky where Hannah was born. In 1816, they moved to Crawford County, Illinois. Little is known of Elizabeth, Hannah married William Allison on Dec. 23, 1820 in Crawford Co. William married Polly Ellison of Virginia, while still in Kentucky. They had nine children seven whose names are known. William Francis, Susan, who married Joe Carter, Thomas, John, Daniel, Hannah, who married James Hamilton Wright and Rueben Wilson. Robert Dunlap, who married Hannah Higgins is believed to be a son. Thomas (born Dec. 12, 1827 - died Mar. 17, 1865) married Mary (Polly) Fitts (born Aug. 15, 1829 -died Jan 30, 1917) on Jan. 14, 1849. To this union was born six children, 3- Presley, John, William, Polly Ann, who married Alphus Jewell, Hannah Jane, who married John Kent and Richard Francis. On Feb. 11, 1865, Thomas enlisted in the Union army at Olney, Ill. From Olney he went to Camp Butler, Illinois, where he joined Co. H 152nd Regiment Illinois Infantry. The regiment then moved to Tennessee where he died at Tullahoma of the measles. Wiliam (born Dec. 10, 1852 - died Dec. 18, 1917) married Ruth Stogsdill (born Mar. 30, 1848 - died March 13, 1882), they had five children, Stella (Minnick), Thomas Franklin, Charles, Nancy Ann (Taylor) and Francis (Darnold). William remarried Sept. 1882 to Alice Amanda Padgett (born Dec. 5, 1856 -died Nov. 6, 1903), a daughter of Elias Hanson and Eliza (Brubaker) Padgett. To this union was born seven children, James, Clara (Simons) (York), Henry Albert, Joseph, Ida (Shank), Ada, Katie (Newman). William remarried again Oct. 23, 1906 to Mary Stolz and they had no children. WILLIAM DUNLAP William Dunlap, Revolutionary soldier from South Carolina, was born in 1760. He married Nancy Waldrop in Laurens County, South Carolina in 1787. They migrated to Christian County, Kentucky, then to Illinois where they entered land in Lamotte Township, Crawford County in 1817. William Dunlap died in 1835. William Dunlap, Jr., born in 1796 in Kentucky, married Polly Allison. They were the parents of John, Daniel, Hannah, Wilson, William and Polly. William (Francis) Dunlap, son of William and Polly Dunlap, married Mahala Parker. They were the parents of William Franklin and Mary Ann. William Francis Dunlap died in 1845, age 26 years. His grave is in the Nethery Cemetery. Mahala married Mr. Kent in 1846. William Franklin Dunlap married Mary Eliza Harper Kennedy. Mr. Kennedy died from pneumonia after three months service in the Civil War. Mary Eliza Kennedy had one daughter, Mary Ellen. Mary Ellen Kennedy married Daniel Boone Darnold. Their children were Elvina, Elizabeth, Minnie, Grace, Nora, William, Velma, Frank, Pearl, Myrtle and two unnamed infants. Daniel and Mary Ellen Darnold and daughter, Grace are buried in the Charlottesville Cemetery. William Franklin and Mary Eliza Dunlap were the parents of George, Marshal, Franklin, all of whom died young and are buried in New Hebron Cemetery and Sanford, Henry, Thomas, Skillman, John and Cora. The William Franklin Dunlap home was a log house located about 1/2 mile east of Hurricane School. Mahala Kent lived some two miles east. William, "Uncle Billy" made ax handles etc. He was making a delivery and since it was very cold with snow on the ground, he went by his mother's home. He found her in the barn lot almost frozen to death. She died a short time later. Mahala and William Kent are buried in the New Hebron Cemetery. William Franklin and Mary Eliza Dunlap are buried in Port Jackson Cemetery. Sanford Dunlap married Rebecca Souther. They were parents of Ava, Laura, Bulah, Edith, Goldie, Luther, Nile, Florence, Daisy and Roy. Sanford and Rebecca Dunlap's graves are in Port Jackson Cemetery. Thomas Dunlap married Ruth Allison, secondly Susan Crawford Myers. They had one daugher, Esther Mae. The graves of Thomas and Ruth Dunlap are in Good Hope Cemetery. Skillman Dunlap married Alice Faith. Their children were Guy, Everett, Wilma, Ethyl, Wilbur and Vermal. Skillman and Alice Dunlap and son, Vermal are buried at Sumner, Illinois. Everett Dunlap is buried at Chauncey and Wilbur Dunlap is buried at the Jones Cemetery south of Flat Rock, Illinois. Cora Dunlap married Douglas McIntosh. Their children were Ross, Mabel, Pearl, Ray, Roy, Neal and Emerson. The graves of Cora and Douglas McIntosh are in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Wellsville, Kansas. Henry Dunlap married Lota Goff. They were parents of Homer, Ruby, Perman, Irene and Dorothy. Dorothy married Wilbur Wesley. Henry and Lota Dunlap, Ruby, Perman and granddaughter Delores Millare are buried in the Charlottesville Cemetery. Homer Dunlap and wife, Nina, are buried in the Robinson New Cemetery.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ue.2ADI/1357.2 Message Board Post: Gary, if you will email me i have some info on the Dunlap's

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ue.2ADI/1357.1.1 Message Board Post: Karen, if there is a way i would like to see that article