I have copies from 1853 - Dewitt County. Virginia

Hi all, What are the chances of getting copies of marriage certificates that are as old as these listed below? Also if anyone has any of these people in your direct heritage I would like to share information about the spouses of these Mastin/Masten/Maston members listed below. Masten, Nancy Ann Lisenby, Alfred T 1/11/1854 Mastin, Arrilda Thompson, William 12/27/1855 Mastin, Sarah E Mastin, Benjamin 7/1/1857 Mastin, Elizabeth Mrs Malone, Baltas 10/24/1863 Mastin, Nancy M Myers, George N 10/7/1866 Mastin, Sarah Henson, John C 10/16/1867 Maston, Martha A Moore, Aaron 8/5/1869 Best regards, Michael Mastin Mixed Signal Products Computer Peripherals & Control Products Texas Instruments, Inc., (972)480-3186

I have relatives buried here in Lisenby Cemetery and I would like to know if there is anyone that I can contact that takes care of this particular cemetery to ask about the current condition of my relatives headstones? I was informed that my gggggrandfather, Levi Mastin's headstone is broken, but do not know to what degree. Also is there anyone in this township that would be willing to photograph this headstone for me along with some other family members that I have buried in this same cemetery? Please feel free to mail me if you are able/willing to do this and what it would cost me. Also in what township might I find the Woodlawn Cemetery? I believe that I have relatives buried here as well. Best regards, Michael Mastin Mixed Signal Products Computer Peripherals & Control Products Texas Instruments, Inc., (972)480-3186

How was your vacation, Earline? Did you find Helen Hume? Where did you visit? Lara

Sally, Sorry for the delay, I have been on vacation. There are lots of Mitchell's buried in DeWitt however I find no Henry or Louisa in the books that I have. You said they lived in Farmer City but gave no dates. Perhaps that would help define some of the Mitchell's. I did find one Marry Louise Mitchell d. 9-1920 age 67y9m18d buried in Woodlawn Cem. There also several children buried in this Cem. but without names I would not be able to tell if they belonged to your Henry and Louisa. I am posting this on the DeWitt County list in hopes that someone else can help you also. Earliene Kaelin [email protected]

Donna, Sorry that your answer was delayed. Have been on vacation and just got back. Here is the Bateman/Griffin information you requested. Hope it helps. Earliene Kaelin [email protected] Maple Grove Cemetery Bateman, William W. 1893-1933 Griffin, Andy 9-8-1854/3-14-1910 Fannie no dates Ethel dau of A. & F. 8-6-1903/1-3-1906 Griffin, Tom 2-27-1900/12-14-1920 Baptist Cemetery Griffin, Elias 1818-1892 Mary E. wife 1-1-1815/6-19-1901 Child no dates or name McClimans Cemetery Bateman, Ethel 1890-19?? Bateman, Homer 1894-????

Micheal Sorry to take so long in answering but have been on vacation. Here are the Mastin's I find in my records: Lisenby Cemetery Creek Township DeWitt County Levi Mastin d. 9-15-1854 57y1m9d husband of E or F (stone broken) Children of H. & M. Mastin James C. 8-1-1858 6days Almira 9-5-1855 11 months Eliza M. 3-1-1860 8days Francis M. 9-15-1862 5m13d William S. 3-1-1866 1m2d Ulysses 1-31-1869 5y1m9d L.M. and D.S.M. footstones with above children. Mastin, James L. son of R.F. & S.E. d. 3-18-1859 10m18d Mastin, Albert 4-10-1862 1y3m10d looks to be brother of above. Mastin, Daniel S. son of J. & H. d.5-9-1855 15y 8m10d Mastin, Matilda dau of J. & H. d. 7-21-1854 13y2d James Mastin d. 3-26-1861 age 56y3m22d Woodlawn Cemetery Mastin, Menno C. 1884-1962 Mastin, Lucinda M. 1887-1934 This is all I find. Hope it helps Earliene Kaelin [email protected]

Sorry for using this avenue to locate someone but while on vacation a Jim Graves wrote asking for information on Nellie Davenport who m/ Samuel Graves abt. 1890. I have lots of information for him but cannot use the address he gave. If anyone knows Jim or how to contact him please let me know. Nellie was the daughter of Uriah Davenport son of Thomas Davenport who married Elizabeth French. Thank you for any help I would love to give Jim his information. The address he gave was [email protected] and it is not a good one. Earliene Kaelin [email protected]

I am looking for the parents of MARY ELIZA MULLINS. She was b. 12/30/1867 d. 10/18/1900. She married Grafton SHIFFLET and they moved to the area of Waynesville, Dewitt Co., Illinois. She is supposed to be a niece of Welcome MULLINS. Thank you, Cheri Salz [email protected]

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Funk's Grove is several miles roughly North of Waynesville, in McLean County. It is a small town SW of Bloomington, just off I-55. There is still a large stand of timber there, as I recall the largest tree in the state (a Blue Ash) is there. It is very beautiful, there is a chapel in the woods there where friends were married. I have also seen Bald Eagles there. The Nature Conservancy has programs there. As I recall there is a churchyard near the I-55 exit, might be a good place to start. Also you can post a query on the McLean County page http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmclean/ There are a number of resources listed there also. Among these is a list of early settlers: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmclean/data/gtm-ndx.htm Bob Halsey would be another possible, he has posted an ancestor's biography there, who homesteaded in Funk's Grove. By the way, Waynesville was part of McLean County from 1831-1839 (when DeWitt County was created), so that would also be the place to look for Waynesville are info prior to 1839. Good luck! Glen

somewhere around Waynesville Oct 27 1998 11AM CDT I am researching history on my gggrandparents who lived in Waynesville. I have llearned that their ancestors came from Funks Grove and were said to be the original settlers of that place. Can anyone tell my where Funks Grove is located , or where I might obtain printed info about the place and it's settlers? Thanks Mary PS My gggrandparents lived in Waynesville in the 1890's until 1910.

Willing to do look-ups in the 1883 pension index. Please list Pension in the subject line. Please list area of interest. Lori

We just added the Union Cemetery, Waynesville Township to your homepage: http://members.aol.com/rehfla/elihalsey/index.html There are two files; I didn't have enough memory to get everything into one file. Earliene: I am missing page 13. When you get your books back, please check and if it is there, send me a copy. Bob Halsey [email protected] Viera, FL

Searching for information on Cora Belle Geer ( also spelling Greer) born in Clinton Illinois on March 1, 1875. Her Father was George W Geer. Cora married Charles Tucker in Clinton and they had a farm there. Cora's Mother was Elizabeth Unknown. At the time of her death in 1944 she had 2 other siblings. George and Ellenora. Anyone know of this family? Any Help would be appreciated! Have a Great Day :-) Lacinda [email protected] Page me on ICQ # 9870890 Family Tree Project http://www.geocities.com/~lacinda2 Join the Illinois Roots, Beckham, or Roth Mailing Lists http://www.geocities.com/~lacinda2/maillist.htm Post a Message in The Forum http://www.bravenet.com/forum/show.asp?userid=ky10433

If anyone has the inscriptions from the McGraw Cemetery - would you please contact me. I would like to put them on-line. Bob Halsey [email protected]

We just added the Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Tunbridge Township to your homepage: http://members.aol.com/rehfla/elihalsey/index.html There are two files, with two sections within each file. The names are alpha within sections, so you have to look twice in each file. Bob Halsey [email protected] Viera, FL

Hi Everyone! Last week I got into a conversation on the Virginia Roots list about the circuit-riding preacher, Lorenzo Dow. Lots of us have a Lorenzo Dow 'Somebody' in our data. Since I have a lot of information about the 'original' Lorenzo Dow, they asked if I would post a web page about him. (He was born in 1777 and died in 1834.) Well, I ran home from work and put up the Lorenzo Dow page after supper! I hope you find it interesting. He was something! I can just see him jumping out of a church window onto a horse and riding away shouting that he would be back one year from the day! He did, too! The site is: http://www.acun.com/dentons The link to the article about Lorenzo Dow is about half way down the first page. I hope you enjoy the stories! Blessings! Sue Montgomery-Cook

Seeking persons descending from these LINES. Willing to discuss & share. Julius.

I tried to attached a complete 1861 Tax list of as an attachment to my e- mail. (All 5,671 records) Unfortunately, the AOL e-mail system converted my database file to a text file making it useless information. I will research how I can get this file to you later. If it works I am also ready to e-mail a complete Marriage file. Bob