I am wondering if there is a way to find an obituary on a person who died in 1862. I am looking for Matilda ANDERSON who died 17 Nov 1862 in Fayette Co., IL. Her husband was Stephen ANDERSON. Her maiden name was MOORE. I don't know who her parents were. Any help would be appreciated. Helen in Idaho

Hello Helen, Sent a copy of your letter here to a family member. Will let you know if I get a answer. Tonia On Sat, 16 Sep 2000 19:41:12 EDT Heartsweetnana@cs.com writes: > I am wondering if there is a way to find an obituary on a person who > died in > 1862. I am looking for Matilda ANDERSON who died 17 Nov 1862 in > Fayette Co., > IL. Her husband was Stephen ANDERSON. Her maiden name was MOORE. > I don't > know who her parents were. > Any help would be appreciated. > Helen in Idaho > >

Hi Jerry. This came to me by way of the Fayette County web site. None of my lines connect. JB Jerryblay@aol.com wrote: I am searching for information about Larkin Stricklin/Strickland. He was born in Tennessee in 1809 and died in southern Illinois in 1862. He married Matilda and they had the following children: John (b. ~1830), Peter (~1836), Albert (~1838), James Monroe (Dec. 3, 1839), Harriet Elizabeth (Mar. 10, 1844), Ellen (~1845), Sarah (~1847), Caldonn (~1849), and Caroline (July 1854). The family lived in Saline, Christian, Washington, Montgomery, and Fayette Co., Illinois. Jerry Blaylock ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://home.netscape.com/webmail

I am searching for information about Larkin Stricklin/Strickland. He was born in Tennessee in 1809 and died in southern Illinois in 1862. He married Matilda and they had the following children: John (b. ~1830), Peter (~1836), Albert (~1838), James Monroe (Dec. 3, 1839), Harriet Elizabeth (Mar. 10, 1844), Ellen (~1845), Sarah (~1847), Caldonn (~1849), and Caroline (July 1854). The family lived in Saline, Christian, Washington, Montgomery, and Fayette Co., Illinois. Jerry Blaylock

I am related to the Curry side of the Gatewood connection. Elizabeth father- Adam Samuel Curry was my Great-Great-Grandfather I have Nancy (Robert's Mother) as Nancy WOOLSEY. Maybe that will help. It is not documented- but may be a clue?? Nice to meet a distant cousin. Dianne Morris County Coordinator Fayette CO ILGenExchange - http://www.genexchange.org/county.cfm?State=il&County=fayette <A HREF="http://www.genexchange.org/county.cfm?State=il&County=fayette">FAYET TE ILGenExchange</A> Help keep genealogy free... volunteer at the GenExchange http://www.genexchange.org/volunteering.cfm

Hello Fellow Researchers, I am sending out the information I have gathered on my Gatewood line in hopes of finding someone who will be able to help me out. This is all the info I have and I am not sure where to go beyond this. I will start with the present to the past... Hester Ann Adkins, born in Fayette, Co, IL on Jan 16, 1871 Married Charles Adkins. They had children: Bessie, Grace, Tony, Pearl, Benjamin, Frank and Elmer. Hester died on Jan 7, 1944 in Hemet, CA. Hester was the daughter of Louisa Henchy (b. abt. 1845 in MO) and William Gatewood. William Gatewood was born abt. 1839 in IL. As far as I have been able to find so far, is that they had three children: Hester, Margaret and Henry. I have yet to find William on the 1860 Census, so he may of had more children I do not know of yet. I found him on the 1850 and 1870 census. William was the son of Thomas A. Gatewood and Nancy(b.abt. 1817 in KY). Thomas was born abt. 1806 in KY. He had at least Six children: Nancy, William, John K (married Laura and had 2 daughters, Mary and Livia (sp?), Joseph, Risharel (sp?), Robert (married Elizabeth Curry), Williamson, Claybourne (married Lucy J., 2 children: John R. and Andrew), and Douglas. Nancy was found living with her son, Douglas, in 1880, both of them were widowed (Douglas was only 22 @ the time, thought that was interesting). Finally, Thomas A. was the son of Thomas R. Gatewood and Margaret (b. abt.1780 in VA). Thomas was born abt 1781 in VA. So far, Thomas is the only child I have been able to find, but I am sure there are more. If this is anyones line, PLEASE let me know! Thank you! MISTY (Researching: Blankenship, Moore, Bradley, Madison, Montgomery,Neal, Adkins, Strickland, Smith, Gatewood)

The 1870 U.S. Census shows Penelope Brown and family living in Bear Grove Twp., Fayette Cnty., Illinois. Post Office Hagarstown, Illinois. The census shows: Penelope Brown, age 53, born in North Carolina John Quincy Brown, age 22, born in Indiana Jesse Brown, age 20, born in Illinois Henry Brown, age 16, born in Illinois Henryetta Brown, age 16, born in Illinois Allen Brown, age 13, born in Illinois Christina Brown, age 10, born in Illinois Penelope Ruby married my gggrandfather Staten Brown on Feb. 6, 1845 in Rush Cnty., Indiana. She was the 2nd wife of Staten Brown. The above family was living in Hadley, Pike Cnty., Illinois in 1860 although Christina was born after the 1860 census enumeration. Penny & Staten Brown had aa child named Cassius M. Brown living with them in 1850 & 1860. Cassius was born about 1845 in Indiana. Staten Brown evidently passed away between 1860 and 1870. Staten Browns 1st wife was Dicy Coffield and this family was living in Halifax Cnty., North Carolina in 1830 with 5 male children and 1 female child in the home. One of these males was my ggrandfather William Wesley Brown, born Jan. 9, 1823 in North Carolina and I believe another male child was named Sandy Brown, born about 1825. I have no idea of the names of the other children in thee home in 1830. During the 1830's Staten Brown had at least 2 other children, names were Mary, born about 1831 and Andrew born about 1837. I have looked for any kind of information regarding Staten Browns family and could not find any trace of them after 1860 until recently. Does anyone have any information regarding this family? Did Staten Brown pass away in Fayette Cnty? I can not find a death record for him in Pike Cnty., Illinois. Does anyone have any information on the descendents of Staten Browns family? Any information will be appreciated & I will share the inf. that I have on William Wesley Brown. Thank you. Sandy B. Eglise

The Earney Black Sr. line can be found in the Jackson/Black book authored by Mr. Carl Moore of Odin, Il. The Black line goes back to George G. Black of Sumner Co., Tn.. If you are interested in the Black line there is a copy of the Jackson/Black book in the Marion County Genealogical Society Archives in Salem, Il. Good Luck Richard Jackson

They have the cemetery information in the Visitors Center as you come in to town. I came home from Vandalia to AL today. Dianne Morris County Coordinator Fayette CO ILGenExchange - http://www.genexchange.org/county.cfm?State=il&County=fayette <A HREF="http://www.genexchange.org/county.cfm?State=il&County=fayette">FAYET TE ILGenExchange</A> Help keep genealogy free... volunteer at the GenExchange http://www.genexchange.org/volunteering.cfm

In a message dated 8/27/00 8:12:56 AM Central Daylight Time, chelm@netwalk.com writes: << Did your John Henry Cearlock have a second marriage to Katherine Jane Sears or Haines on 21 March 1860 in Christian County IL? If so, might Wilson and/or Grace Ann be children of this marriage. >> I have that Grace Ann Carlock was the daughter of John Franklin Carlock (1869-1939). Jerry Blaylock

My aunt's first husband, Ron Black, is the son of Earney Black, Sr. & Grace Ann Cearlock. I have nothing before Earney & Grace. However, I have pictures of their gravestones on my homepage with their birth & death years. They are buried at Fairlawn in Vandalia; IL. Earney's dates are 1894-1958. Grace's are 1903-1980. If you go to http://www.advancenet.net/~conure/geneindex.htm scroll down to the cemetery section & click on Fairlawn in Vandalia, you will be taken to Photopoint where the graves are. Earney & Grace are in the 4th row, second grave. I have that Earney & Grace had 13 children. I believe that Ron Black is still in Vandalia. I will try to get in touch with my aunt to see if she remembers who his grandparents were on Grace's side. Hope this helps a little. sherry

In a message dated 8/27/00 8:12:56 AM Central Daylight Time, chelm@netwalk.com writes: << According to the Ancestry World Family Tree at ancestry.com, Wilson Cearlock was born 1878 and married Emma Sanders (no birthdate, no marriage date given), and they had a son, Willie Cearlock, who married Gladys Hicks. >> The Wilson Cearlock who married Emma Artonsis Sanders (1885-1903) was Elias Wilson Cearlock, son of Henry Alexander Cearlock (1833-1902) and Lucinda Merriman (1840-1911). Jerry Blaylock

Did your John Henry Cearlock have a second marriage to Katherine Jane Sears or Haines on 21 March 1860 in Christian County IL? If so, might Wilson and/or Grace Ann be children of this marriage. There are two IGI records for this marriage (one to Katherine Sears, one to Katherine Haines) in the LDS database at familysearch.org, but the Illinois State Archives marriage database only lists the marriage for Katherine Sears. According to the Ancestry World Family Tree at ancestry.com, Wilson Cearlock was born 1878 and married Emma Sanders (no birthdate, no marriage date given), and they had a son, Willie Cearlock, who married Gladys Hicks. In this same database, Grace Ann Cearlock married Ernie James Black -- no birthdates or marriage date are given for either one. I don't have any connections to these lines (that I know of) ... just trawling. Cheryl Helm Ohio SCearlock@aol.com wrote: > --part1_79.8d8e2f6.26da015a_boundary > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > I received the following message from a young girl who is doing a genealogy > project for school. A lot of her facts are wrong. For instance, I do not > show that John Henry CEARLOCK and Thersy RHODES had children named Wilson > or Grace Ann. As shown below, my records do show that Thersy's first > husband's surname was WILSON, but I do not show a child named Grace for that > marriage either. Can anyone help this young lady? > > John Henry CARLOCK/CEARLOCK (July 1830/31 - 9 Jul 1900) was born and died in > Fayette Co., IL. He and his family also lived in Christian Co., IL. For > further information about the ancestry of either John Henry CARLOCK/CEARLOCK > or Thersy RHODES, please visit my home page through the hyperlink below. If > you scroll down to the report titled "Home Page User Genealogy Report: > Ancestors of Susan Elaine 'Sue' CEARLOCK", John Henry CARLOCK/CEARLOCK and > Thersy RHODES can be found at the beginning of generation 7. Following is > the information I have about Thersy's family by her first marriage: > > 1. James Franklin WILSON died Bef. October 1850. He married Thersy RHODES, > daughter of Alexander RHODES and Lucinda HARRIS. She was born October 17, > 1829 in NC, and died Bet. March 15 - May 18, 1859 in Hurricane T.S., Fayette > Co., IL. > > More About James Franklin WILSON: > Burial: Craig Cemetery > > More About Thersy RHODES: > Burial: Cearlock Cemetery, Fayette Co., IL > Miscellaneous: Cemetery inscription says age 29 yr. 5 mo. 28 days at time of > death > > Children of James WILSON and Thersy RHODES are: > 2 i. Lucinda WILSON, born November 01, 1844; died October 08, 1858. > > More About Lucinda WILSON: > Burial: Craig Cemetery > > 3 ii. William "Monroe" WILSON, born December 01, 1846. > > More About William "Monroe" WILSON: > Burial: Pope Cemetery > > 4 iii. Samantha Antionette WILSON, born Abt. October 21, 1848. She > married D. Houston HALFORD. > > More About Samantha Antionette WILSON: > Burial: Craig Cemetery > > More About D. Houston HALFORD: > Burial: AR > > Sue Tilleman > List Administrator for the BOLDWYN, CARLOCK, and CEARLOCK Rootsweb Mailing > Lists > <A > HREF="http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/t/i/l/Susan-E-Tilleman/index.html"> > Home Page of Susan Cearlock Tilleman</A> > > --part1_79.8d8e2f6.26da015a_boundary > Content-Type: message/rfc822 > Content-Disposition: inline > > Return-path: <TIGGER73085@aol.com> > From: TIGGER73085@aol.com > Full-name: TIGGER73085 > Message-ID: <66.6ea5287.26d9a7a4@aol.com> > Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 19:07:16 EDT > Subject: ancestory > To: DDixon0918@aol.com, KailuaJoy@aol.com, SCearlock@aol.com > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 121 > > ok lets see im a decendant of george c. cearlock who was abraham cearlock's > father who married cynthia landers and they had robert(1829-1919), john > henry(1833-1900), sarah jane(1833-1927), george w.(1835-1925), katherine > frances (1818-1932), jacob (1840-1930), charles elias (1844-1891), mahala > (1847-1941) , james alfred (1850-1940) , and william abraham (

--part1_79.8d8e2f6.26da015a_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I received the following message from a young girl who is doing a genealogy project for school. A lot of her facts are wrong. For instance, I do not show that John Henry CEARLOCK and Thersy RHODES had children named Wilson or Grace Ann. As shown below, my records do show that Thersy's first husband's surname was WILSON, but I do not show a child named Grace for that marriage either. Can anyone help this young lady? John Henry CARLOCK/CEARLOCK (July 1830/31 - 9 Jul 1900) was born and died in Fayette Co., IL. He and his family also lived in Christian Co., IL. For further information about the ancestry of either John Henry CARLOCK/CEARLOCK or Thersy RHODES, please visit my home page through the hyperlink below. If you scroll down to the report titled "Home Page User Genealogy Report: Ancestors of Susan Elaine 'Sue' CEARLOCK", John Henry CARLOCK/CEARLOCK and Thersy RHODES can be found at the beginning of generation 7. Following is the information I have about Thersy's family by her first marriage: 1. James Franklin WILSON died Bef. October 1850. He married Thersy RHODES, daughter of Alexander RHODES and Lucinda HARRIS. She was born October 17, 1829 in NC, and died Bet. March 15 - May 18, 1859 in Hurricane T.S., Fayette Co., IL. More About James Franklin WILSON: Burial: Craig Cemetery More About Thersy RHODES: Burial: Cearlock Cemetery, Fayette Co., IL Miscellaneous: Cemetery inscription says age 29 yr. 5 mo. 28 days at time of death Children of James WILSON and Thersy RHODES are: 2 i. Lucinda WILSON, born November 01, 1844; died October 08, 1858. More About Lucinda WILSON: Burial: Craig Cemetery 3 ii. William "Monroe" WILSON, born December 01, 1846. More About William "Monroe" WILSON: Burial: Pope Cemetery 4 iii. Samantha Antionette WILSON, born Abt. October 21, 1848. She married D. Houston HALFORD. More About Samantha Antionette WILSON: Burial: Craig Cemetery More About D. Houston HALFORD: Burial: AR Sue Tilleman List Administrator for the BOLDWYN, CARLOCK, and CEARLOCK Rootsweb Mailing Lists <A HREF="http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/t/i/l/Susan-E-Tilleman/index.html"> Home Page of Susan Cearlock Tilleman</A> --part1_79.8d8e2f6.26da015a_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: <TIGGER73085@aol.com> From: TIGGER73085@aol.com Full-name: TIGGER73085 Message-ID: <66.6ea5287.26d9a7a4@aol.com> Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 19:07:16 EDT Subject: ancestory To: DDixon0918@aol.com, KailuaJoy@aol.com, SCearlock@aol.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 121 ok lets see im a decendant of george c. cearlock who was abraham cearlock's father who married cynthia landers and they had robert(1829-1919), john henry(1833-1900), sarah jane(1833-1927), george w.(1835-1925), katherine frances (1818-1932), jacob (1840-1930), charles elias (1844-1891), mahala (1847-1941) , james alfred (1850-1940) , and william abraham (

I will be traveling through Fayette County about the 23-24th of October and I would like help with directions to find Beck’s Cemetery. I have the Illinois Atlas and a Gazetteer, but it is not marked for cemeteries. Please contact me at lockwood@gotnet.net Regards, Bettyann Lockwood Hedegard

Brenda: I, too, am descended from the Fayette Co., IL, CEARLOCKs (d/o Rex Duane, Voris Carney, Claude Abner, Joseph Edward, James Robert, John Henry, Abraham, George W CARLOCK/CEARLOCK.). I am also the list administrator for the Rootsweb CARLOCK and CEARLOCK mailing lists. If you have not already done so, I would like to invite you to join the CEARLOCK mailing list, then to post a query telling us about your CEARLOCK line and what type of information you are seeking. Some Fayette Co., IL, CEARLOCK information can be found in the report on my home page titled "User Home Page Genealogy Report: Descendants of CARLOCK". The URL for my home page is: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/t/i/l/Susan-E-Tilleman/index.html?Welcome=998616253. I also have photographs of some of my Fayette County HICKS and CEARLOCK ancestors on my home page. Additional information about the CEARLOCK family can be found in the archives of the CEARLOCK mailing list at the following URL: http://list! s.rootsweb.com/index/surname/c/cearlock.html. Furthermore, I have a great deal of additional information about the CARLOCK/CEARLOCK family in my files and will be updating the reports on my home page in the near future. I am also twice descended from the Fayette Co., IL, HARRIS family. Information about both the CEARLOCK and HARRIS families can be found in the report on my home page titled, "User Home Page Genealogy Report: Ancestors of Susan Elaine 'Sue' CEARLOCK". See the following individuals in that report: CARLOCK/CEARLOCK: Generation 10, #512 Generation 9, #256 Generation 8, #128 Generation 7, #64 Generation 6, #32 Generation 5, #16 Generation 4, #8 Generation 3, #4 Generation 2, #2 Generation 1, #1 (me) HARRIS: Generation 11, #1048 Generation 10, #524 Generation 9, #262 and #284 Generation 8, #131 and #142 Generation 7, #71 I look forward to hearing from you. Susan "Sue" CEARLOCK TILLEMAN Live Oak (suburban San Antonio), Texas -----ORIGINAL MESSAGE----- Date: 8/23/2001 4:30:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time From: rogere@mcleodusa.net (Roger & Brenda Eller) Source: ILFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ILFAYETT-L] Families of Fayette Co., IL I am researching the following families that have ties to Fayette Co., IL and would like to hear from anyone else researching the same names CARLOCK/CEARLOCK CHRISMAN/CHRISTMAN DILBECK ELLER EVELAND FLEET HANKINS HARRIS HEATHER LOCKWOOD MAY PRIDGEON/PRIDGEN SWOFFORD/SWAFFORD I would appreciate any leads Brenda rogere@mcleodusa.net

. I have made a devestating discovery regarding borrowing Gen. books through the library. Several years ago I used to request Gen material regularly. Then I quit for a while & now I have picked up my Gen. work again & I find out from the library that because so much Gen. material has turned up missing that they can no longer request the loan of a book & expect to get it. They are being refused. This is in Central Illinois, are others experiencing this also.? What a terrible shame. Sallie K.

The middle names of some of the Kirk sons now make more sense. I sorta figured they were some kind of family name. I had Nicholas Kirk m. Elizabeth Browning 10 Dec 1808 in Barren County, KY. I got the marriage date off of the Barren County web site. 2 sons given family surnames as middle names: Robert Thompson Kirk Joseph Browning Kirk I wonder where Benjamin Hutcherson Kirk got his middle name? It is Hutcherson on land patent records. I have seen it spelled Hutchinson too. I noticed we have different birth years on him Tim. I have 1825, he was 25 years old on the 1850 census. You had 1814. Is his age wrong on the 1825 census? According to the 1850 census, James Kirk and Mary "Polly" Kirk were born in TN. All the rest of the siblings have KY as their birthplace. Do you think TN is wrong? Thanks for the input. Lynne

Lynne, My information was 2nd hand from a descendant a number of years ago. Since KIRK was not my surname line I never had time to prove it out. I hope you got some clues from it though. Your census information is probably more correct. Tim is my grandson. He helps with my computer things, so his name comes up on the e-mail address. I am the one who answers my e-mail. I was raised west of Vandalia in Shafter Twp. Unless you have me mixed up with Tim CASEY on-line. I am Beverly if you noticed my full signature at the bottom of my e-mail. grvtrain@twrol.com Beverly (HIMES) BARGER in NM ----- Original Message ----- From: Lynne Evans <evans6@coastalnet.com> To: <ILFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2000 3:49 PM Subject: Re: [ILFAYETT-L] KIRK family > The middle names of some of the Kirk sons now make more sense. I sorta > figured they were some kind of family name. I had Nicholas Kirk m. > Elizabeth Browning 10 Dec 1808 in Barren County, KY. I got the marriage > date off of the Barren County web site. > > 2 sons given family surnames as middle names: > Robert Thompson Kirk > Joseph Browning Kirk > > I wonder where Benjamin Hutcherson Kirk got his middle name? It is > Hutcherson on land patent records. I have seen it spelled Hutchinson too. > I noticed we have different birth years on him Tim. I have 1825, he was 25 > years old on the 1850 census. You had 1814. Is his age wrong on the 1825 > census? > > According to the 1850 census, James Kirk and Mary "Polly" Kirk were born in > TN. All the rest of the siblings have KY as their birthplace. Do you > think TN is wrong? > > Thanks for the input. > Lynne >

Thanks Cousin, You and I seem to have some of the same shirt-tail relative surnames cousins. The BROWNING like the KIRK surname are both related shirt-tail lines cousins to my ancestors. My paternal grandmother Morna Evalene BESS was related to most of the early surnames of the area thru her mother Sarah Elizabeth (ELMORE) BESS. My line of ancestry is in the HIMES line link of our homepage. In case anyone cares to read it for any connections. http://members.truepath.com/beverly/index.html Beverly (HIMES) BARGER ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jerryblay@aol.com> To: <ILFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2000 10:02 AM Subject: Re: [ILFAYETT-L] KIRK family > In a message dated 8/12/00 8:28:51 AM Central Daylight Time, > grvtrain@twrol.com writes: > > << Nicholas KIRK b.1788 d. 1 Aug 1845 Motgomery Co, IL married abt 1809 KY > Elizabeth ?___ b. 2 January 1780 SC d. 12 January 1859 Montgomery Co, IL >> > > I think this Elizabeth was Elizabeth Browning, b. Jan. 2, 1780, Union Co., > SC, d. Jan. 12, 1859, Montgomery Co., IL, m. Dec. 26, 1808, Barren Co., KY, > Nicholas Kirk. She was the daughter of William Browning, Jr. (1742-1807) and > Elizabeth Thompson. > > Jerry Blaylock >