Cheryl, I double checked, and no Mary Baldwin. I didn't even run across a marriage to a Helm. William's children were Nancy, Willis, John, Joseph, Francis, Caroline, and Angeline and one other daughter name unknown but she was born between 1850 and 1860. Angela Cheryl Helm wrote: > > Do you know whether William Baldwin had a daughter, Mary A. Baldwin? She married > George W. Helm in Fayette County 30 Sept 1864. George was probably the son of > William R. Helm and Elizabeth Howard. > > This HELM line came from from Fentress/Overton and Roane Counties, TN and started > migrating to Fayette County IL about 1828. There was a tendency in the early > marriages for the HELMs to marry into other Tennessee families, some of which may > have migrated from TN at the same time, and others who were already established > there. > > Cheryl Helm > Columbus, Ohio > > Slwh40@aol.com wrote: > > > Angela, > > You are correct about the similar geographic paths of our ancestors. Do you > > know where in Tennessee William Baldwin was born? It appears that they > > arrived in Fayette county about the same time. Some of the Craigs also > > returned to Fayette county. > > Montgomery county borders Wilson county on the south. > > We need to explore our names further. > > Sandy > > > > angndal@swbell.net> > > To: ILFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com > > Message-id: <39039C7B.19B9@swbell.net> > > Subject: Re: [ILFAYETT-L] Windsor Craig 1812-1885 left Fayette Co 1859 for KS > > Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit > > > > My ancestor William Baldwin was born in cir 1806 in Tennessee. He moved > > to Fayette Co., IL, Hurricane Township before 1840?. He was definately > > there in 1850 in Hurricane. In 1860 he dissappeared from Fayette CO. By > > 1865 he was back. In 1859 his oldest son Willis Baldwin married Mary > > Catherine Davidson and moved to Kansas City, MO area and by 1870 he was > > in Montgomery Co. KS. > > It seems that our families followed the same migration pattern at the > > same times. > > > > Angela in Oklahoma > > > > Slwh40@aol.com wrote:

Ok, thanks for checking, Angela. I'll keep looking. Cheryl > Cheryl, > I double checked, and no Mary Baldwin. I didn't even run across a > marriage to a Helm. William's children were Nancy, Willis, John, Joseph, > Francis, Caroline, and Angeline and one other daughter name unknown but > she was born between 1850 and 1860. > Angela > > Cheryl Helm wrote: > > > > Do you know whether William Baldwin had a daughter, Mary A. Baldwin? She married > > George W. Helm in Fayette County 30 Sept 1864. George was probably the son of > > William R. Helm and Elizabeth Howard. > > > > This HELM line came from from Fentress/Overton and Roane Counties, TN and started > > migrating to Fayette County IL about 1828. There was a tendency in the early > > marriages for the HELMs to marry into other Tennessee families, some of which may > > have migrated from TN at the same time, and others who were already established > > there. > > > > Cheryl Helm > > Columbus, Ohio > > > > Slwh40@aol.com wrote: > > > > > Angela, > > > You are correct about the similar geographic paths of our ancestors. Do you > > > know where in Tennessee William Baldwin was born? It appears that they > > > arrived in Fayette county about the same time. Some of the Craigs also > > > returned to Fayette county. > > > Montgomery county borders Wilson county on the south. > > > We need to explore our names further. > > > Sandy > > > > > > angndal@swbell.net> > > > To: ILFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com > > > Message-id: <39039C7B.19B9@swbell.net> > > > Subject: Re: [ILFAYETT-L] Windsor Craig 1812-1885 left Fayette Co 1859 for KS > > > Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit > > > > > > My ancestor William Baldwin was born in cir 1806 in Tennessee. He moved > > > to Fayette Co., IL, Hurricane Township before 1840?. He was definately > > > there in 1850 in Hurricane. In 1860 he dissappeared from Fayette CO. By > > > 1865 he was back. In 1859 his oldest son Willis Baldwin married Mary > > > Catherine Davidson and moved to Kansas City, MO area and by 1870 he was > > > in Montgomery Co. KS. > > > It seems that our families followed the same migration pattern at the > > > same times. > > > > > > Angela in Oklahoma > > > > > > Slwh40@aol.com wrote: -- "That lowdown scoundrel deserves to be kicked to death by a jackass, and I'm just the one to do it." -- A congressional candidate in Texas.