Josiah King b Feb 1859 Sidney, Shelby Co, Ohio d bet 1909-1910 in Peoria, Illinios Josiah married Susanna Boyer abt 1878 in Ohio/Illinios Children All born in Weldon, DeWitt Co, Illinios Buddy King b 1879-1880 died before 1900 Etta King b 19 Jan 1881 d 6 Mar 1946 married Fred Blood Waldo Daniel King b 1 Sept 1882 d 1 Mar 1960 Suitland, Md married Lula Thornton Estella May King b 16 Nov 1885 married Harry Miller I Jun 23 1904 Benjamin Franklin King b 16 Jul 1888 d Jul 1969 Fla Orn King b 1890-1892 d before 1900 Floyd Boyer King b 5 Jun 1894 d 7 Jun 1859 Peoria Co, Illinios Robert King/[email protected]

First I apologize to the list for using the list to contact someone but I have no other way. Betty Nance will you please let me know how to reach you all the mail I send comes back with a message that you are unavailable to receive mail. Earliene E-Mail [email protected]

These are two of the worse cemeteries I found so I would like to be contacted by any ancestors of these people on the list: Barnett Cemetery which is located in section 34 road #400E on property owned by Richard Burns (according to the Plat Book). A very nice lady tried to help me find this one and took me through a corn field to the site which we then discovered was so high with weeds we could not get through enough to even see a stone. I have pictures of the weeds. She has promised to take pictures for me once the crop is down and she can find the cemetery. Buried there is: John Barnett b. abt. 1780 in Va. d. 1854 Cyrus, Edward and Victor Barnett sons of James Barnett and his wife Elizabeth. Two infant daughters of Addison and Sarah Eads(Sarah Barnett m/ Addison Eads 1847) John D. Kirby b. 1841 OH d. 1870 Wife of John Sarah E. Barnett b. 1845 KY d. 1887 (daughter of James and Elizabeth Barnett) James E. Kirby son of John and Sarah d. 1870 Elizabeth Lanham nee Barnett wife of Curtis Lanham b. 1817 d. 1862 Mary Lanham adopted daughter of Curtis and Elizabeth Foot stones marked E.L., M. L. E., L. E. >From the History of Barnett Township: Franklin Barnett, from whom. The township received its name, came from Bourbon county, Kentucky, in the spring of 1831, and settled in the same section as Mr. Paine. He was then a single man, but afterwards married and reared a family. In 1856 he migrated to Kansas, where he died only a few years ago. Robert Barnett, a brother of the former, came the year afterward-1832. He then had a wife and one child. He located in the same section as his brother. He died in 1864. His wife, Margaret, is yet living on the pioneer homestead. John Barnett, the father of the above, came here and entered land as early as 1831, for the use of his children, and afterward returned to his home in Kentucky. Here his wife died, and in 1845 he moved to the township to be with his children. He died in 1854. James Barnett, another son, moved to the township the same year as his father. He had a family of a wife and one daughter, Sarah. He is yet residing at the old home-stead in section thirty-four, a substantial farmer and a respected citizen. The history also states that Mason Paine was the first to be buried in this cemetery but I have no other record of that. Hall Cemetery is really a site. I drove past it three times before recognizing it as a cemetery. It is located on the "Kenny Blacktop" a road that leads from Kenney to Hallsville in section 33 about i/4 mile out of Hallsville towards Kenny. It is a small cemetery located about 100 yards off the road in the middle of a field that was planted in soybeans. There is no access at all to this unless you do as I did walk through the soybeans and when you get close enough to see the Gate you realize that you could not get the gate open as the weeds have grown to and above it. They are so thick that again you can only see the tops of the stones. Buried there: Mahlon Hall b. 1777 d. ?? Hannah Hall b. 1785 d. 1856 daughter of Jonathan and Susannah Read Edwin R. Hall d. 1862 son of Aquilla and Elizabeth Hall d. 1862 Jonathan R. Hall b. 1828 d. 1875( It is said that Eliza's name is on the back of Jonathan's stone. Mahlon Hall son of J. R. and Eliza (nee Thornley) Hall d. 1853 Caleb Hall b. 1803 d, 1839 son of Mahlon and Hannah There are two headstones with just the letters: PAP C.H. >From the History on Hall: he first to take steps toward settling the township was Elisha Butler in the fall of 1829. He moved from Salt creek timber in Tunbridge township, and settled in section. thirty-three. October 17th of the same year he entered the E. 1/2 of the S. E. 1/4 of the above section. For a record of his early history, etc., see the township history of Tunbridge. He at once erected on his premisess pole cabin 14x16 feet, and moved into it. The following spring he proceeded to break a small patch of ground and. planted it with corn. This was the first crop and the first farming done in Barnett. The same year he sold out his possessions to Mahlon Hall. The latter was a native of Virginia, but moved with his father's family to Bath County, Kentucky when a mere boy. Here he married twice and lived until he was past the meridian of life. In the spring of 1830, he came to Illinois and entered the W. 1/2 of the S. E. 1/4 of section thirty-three, now Barnett township, At the same time, he bought out the property of Mr. Butler. He then returned to his family in Kentucky, and in the fall came to his new-found home bringing his family with him. The family consisted: of his wife, Hannah, and six children, Henry, Polly Ann, James, Mahlon R, Jonathan R., and Susannah. They moved into the pole cabin constructed by Mr. Butler. The next fall Mr. Hall built a comfortable log house, and was thus well fixed for pioneer life. Several of the older children were left in Kentucky. Darius and Ambrose came to the state prior to their father, but settled in another county. They subsequently moved to this county. None of the family are now residing in the area. So you see the first two cemeteries that I located in deplorable condition contain the remains of pioneers who were very important to the settling of DeWitt County and were it not for them the farmers who have neglected their burial place would not have farms to plant. Please care enough to help remedy this situation. Earliene

I am just back from my research trip to DeWitt. Much to my dismay I got very little research done. I instead spent my time looking for and taking pictures of the Cemeteries there. I came home so angry and disappointed. I visited 24 some odd cemeteries and have over 100 rolls of film. I was appalled at the condition of most of the cemeteries and even more disgusted with the lack of access to some of them. I even spoke to one "Cemetery Board Member" who did not even know the name of a couple of the cemeteries much less the location. I met many lovely people but these were "plain ole folks" that did all they could to help my search. I am going to have to spread the cost of developing the pictures I took and in the mean time I am gathering as much information as I can as to the regulations of access and such to the cemeteries. I am also looking into the prospect of getting at least the soldiers markers either fixed or replaced. Do you understand the feelings when you walk up on the grave of a Rev. War Soldier only to find his tombstone unreadable or broken in half with part of it laying two or three graves away?? I cried and by the way said a prayer in each and every one, to thank the heroes that lie there. I imagine that I ran across more than one of your ancestor's graves and I hope that each of you will do what you can to help me try and make things right. I may need you to write to an official or send e-mail so I am going to start a list of any of you who are willing to help with this. It is not going to happen over night or maybe within a year but I will be working on this long term and do whatever I can to rectify the horrible condition that is now our ancestors resting place. Please answer this message in private to me so that we can keep the politics out off of the list. I will be posting pictures as soon as possible but as I said I will have to spread out the cost of developing them. I took pictures of the following Cemeteries but may not have your ancestor as I had to pare down the ones I took and used about 1850 birthdates as cut off unless I knew the surname: Waynesville Township Big Grove, Fremont, Fairview, Halsey, Union, Evergreen, Rock Creek Barnett Township McClimans, Barnett, Hall Tunbridge Old Union, Baptist, Pleasant Valley, Hays/Coppenbarger, Randolph, Tunbridge Texas Township Texas Church (could not find Hill) Wapella Township Sugar Grove, Long Point, St. Patricks, Crum Clintonia Township WoodLawn (limited Pictures) Creek Township Rose Cemetery DeWitt Township DeWitt City Cemetery Earliene Kaelin [email protected] or [email protected] 1118 156th St. East Tacoma, WA. 98445-2324 Coordinator for http://www.rootsweb.com/~ildewitt/ Home Page http://www.telisphere.com/~cartmill

Earliene: Have a good time and find loads of cousins. To the rest of the list If I can be of any help let me know. I have subscribed to the list so you can reach me through it. Or privately at Mailto:[email protected] Richard... Earliene Kaelin wrote: > > Okay gang, > I am leaving all of you to help each other for a week. Rich the coordinator > for Piatt County will be keeping watch for me while I am gone. I am off to > find out if I have any cousins left in Clinton and to see what else I can > uncover. I have not been back since 1959 so I am sure that I am in for > culture shock. I hope that I can come back with more for all of you also. > I am going to try and photograph the cemeteries but I can't promise too > much, this is my first photo safari. Please help each other if you can and > I will be letting you know how it all went as soon as I get back. > Earliene > > Earliene Kaelin [email protected] or [email protected] > 1118 156th St. East > Tacoma, WA. 98445-2324 > Coordinator for http://www.rootsweb.com/~ildewitt/ > Home Page http://www.telisphere.com/~cartmill -- Mailto:[email protected] ICQ # 898319 HOWLAND-L List Co-ordinator ILTAZEWE-L List Co-ordinator VARNER-L List Co-ordinator TXYOUNG-L List Co-ordinator ILPIATT-L List Co-ordinator WOODWORKING-L list Co-ordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilpiatt/piatt.htm http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richpump/YoungCountyCemPage.htm http://www.wf.net/~richpump/HowlandOnLine.html

Okay gang, I am leaving all of you to help each other for a week. Rich the coordinator for Piatt County will be keeping watch for me while I am gone. I am off to find out if I have any cousins left in Clinton and to see what else I can uncover. I have not been back since 1959 so I am sure that I am in for culture shock. I hope that I can come back with more for all of you also. I am going to try and photograph the cemeteries but I can't promise too much, this is my first photo safari. Please help each other if you can and I will be letting you know how it all went as soon as I get back. Earliene Earliene Kaelin [email protected] or [email protected] 1118 156th St. East Tacoma, WA. 98445-2324 Coordinator for http://www.rootsweb.com/~ildewitt/ Home Page http://www.telisphere.com/~cartmill

Would anyone on the list be able to check for a burial for me at Woodlawn Cemetery??? Sure would like to know where my gggg grandmother, Speedy WHITMORE KIDDER FRANKLIN, is buried - believe it to be Woodlawn Cemetery, Clinton, Illinois, as several of her children are buried there. Spedia "Speedy" WHITMORE was born March 14, 1783 in Mansfield, Tolland County, Connecticut married to Nathaniel KIDDER on March 18, 1804 in Mansfield, Tolland County, Connecticut and died March 02, 1865 in Clinton, DeWitt County, Illinois. She married Nathaniel KIDDER who was born November 25, 1782 in Mansfield, Tolland County, Connecticut and who died November 03, 1850 in Woodstock, Champaign County, Ohio Burial: Woodstock Cemetery, Woodstock, Champaign County, Ohio. She then married Benjamin FRANKLIN on June 16, 1856 in DeWitt County, Illinois. She died March 2, 1865 in Clinton, DeWitt County, Illinois and was probably buried in Woodlawn Cemetery. Thanks in advance for your help! Mark R. Gideon, [email protected]

Just in case more of you are having problems getting to the pages here is a message: >A power outage at Concentric has taken down a number of RootsWeb servers. >Lists are working; webpages may or may not be, depending on where they are >in the system. Earliene Kaelin [email protected] or [email protected] 1118 156th St. East Tacoma, WA. 98445-2324 Coordinator for http://www.rootsweb.com/~ildewitt/ Home Page http://www.telisphere.com/~cartmill

The 1850 DeWitt County Census is not on line yet but the Census index is finished and on the County page. Hope you find your Ancestor there. If any of you are so excited that you just can't wait for the Census to get up let me know and I will do the look-up as long as it is simple and not "all the Smith's". Earliene Kaelin [email protected] or [email protected] 1118 156th St. East Tacoma, WA. 98445-2324 Coordinator for http://www.rootsweb.com/~ildewitt/ Home Page http://www.telisphere.com/~cartmill

I have just received the 1850 Census on CD which will soon be on line. I will do Limited look-ups " 1 full name head of household per request" until I get more than I can handle. This will be on line soon so you can do the more complicated ones yourself. Please be patient for your answers. Earliene Kaelin [email protected] or [email protected] 1118 156th St. East Tacoma, WA. 98445-2324 Coordinator for http://www.rootsweb.com/~ildewitt/ Home Page http://www.telisphere.com/~cartmill

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Try this website. http://members.aol.com/sjhcamp/index.html Rhonda -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Friday, August 27, 1999 7:48 PM Subject: Parellee Bealor >Doing research on the BEALOR family. Parellee Brown Bealor died April 8, 1911 >in Farmer City, DeWitt County, IL. Would like to have a copy of her >obituary. Can any one tell me where I could obtain a copy. Also anyone who >may know or be connected to this family, would love to hear from you. >Thanks for any help you can give. > >

Doing research on the BEALOR family. Parellee Brown Bealor died April 8, 1911 in Farmer City, DeWitt County, IL. Would like to have a copy of her obituary. Can any one tell me where I could obtain a copy. Also anyone who may know or be connected to this family, would love to hear from you. Thanks for any help you can give.

I found this website that sells out of print books. If there are any genealogical books you are looking for, this may be a place to look. http://www.abebooks.com/ Lara

We just added the index to a book that Lara Braley's has called, The Scott Family, to our DeWitt County Web site at: http://members.aol.com/rehfla/elihalsey/scottbook.htm Bob Halsey [email protected] Viera, FL

Is anyone researching the following family: 1850 Census DeWitt County Henry Linvert wm age 52 b. Germany Elida wf age 55 b. Germany John H. wm age 22 b. Germany I would love to hear from you. Earliene Kaelin [email protected] or [email protected] 1118 156th St. East Tacoma, WA. 98445-2324 Coordinator for http://www.rootsweb.com/~ildewitt/ Home Page http://www.telisphere.com/~cartmill

I would like to correspond with anyone researching the family below: 1850 Census DeWitt County, IL Dwelling 581 Byard Griffith wm age 36 b. OH Leah wf age 35 b. OH Lydia wf age 15 b. OH Levi wm age 13 b. OH Wesly wm age 9 b. IL Newton wm age 7 b. IL Daniel wm age 5 b. IL Isaac wm age 4 b. IL Cornelius wm age 1 b. IL Not on 1860 DeWitt Census 1870 DeWitt Census Byard Griffith wm age 54 b. OH Surella wf age 25 b. OH Halin wm age 3 b. IL Lily wf age 1 b. IL I am interested in the daughter Lydia m/ John Davenport, son Daniel m/ Lucy A. Spencer, and Isaac son m/ Sarah Elcy Davenport Thank you for any help you can give. Earliene Kaelin [email protected] or [email protected] 1118 156th St. East Tacoma, WA. 98445-2324 Coordinator for http://www.rootsweb.com/~ildewitt/ Home Page http://www.telisphere.com/~cartmill

Good News: The 1850 DeWitt Census CD is being sent to the Archives this week so should be on-line soon. I will try to get an index worked up as soon as I get the CD and also put it on line. I ordered the CD made so they will donate a copy of it to the archives. If any of you would like to see the 1870 on-line and would contribute to having it made let me know. The cost for the 1850 was $90.75 and the 1870 would be quite a bit more so I would need help to order it. I spent my allowance on the 1850. HA!! Earliene Kaelin [email protected] or [email protected] 1118 156th St. East Tacoma, WA. 98445-2324 Coordinator for http://www.rootsweb.com/~ildewitt/ Home Page http://www.telisphere.com/~cartmill

Thank you Bob for all you do for people researching in DeWitt. We appreciate it. If there are any of you out there that haven't checked out Bob's page, you should. It is a valuable resource for researching ancestors in DeWitt. Earliene Kaelin [email protected] or [email protected] 1118 156th St. East Tacoma, WA. 98445-2324 Coordinator for http://www.rootsweb.com/~ildewitt/ Home Page http://www.telisphere.com/~cartmill -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [SMTP:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 1999 6:36 AM To: [email protected] Subject: DeWitt County Lookups We have just added the DeWitt County Marriage Records - Book D Part 3 to our webpage at: http://members.aol.com/rehfla/elihalsey/lookup.htm Bob Halsey [email protected] Viera, FL

We have just added the DeWitt County Marriage Records - Book D Part 3 to our webpage at: http://members.aol.com/rehfla/elihalsey/lookup.htm Bob Halsey [email protected] Viera, FL