In a message dated 4/18/2000 12:37:01 PM Central Daylight Time, ChristK@maplewoods.cc.mo.us writes: << I would like a copy of a marriage license for a couple married in 1920 (either in Iroquois or Ford County.) Where would that be? At the county offices or at IRAD? Kim Christensen in Overland Park, Kansas >> Iroquois County courthouse in Watseka would have that. Debbie

I would like a copy of a marriage license for a couple married in 1920 (either in Iroquois or Ford County.) Where would that be? At the county offices or at IRAD? Kim Christensen in Overland Park, Kansas

1876 city directory of Kankakee http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilkankak/ilford.html#send <A HREF="http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/3969.htm">Click here: Ancestry.com - Individual Database Search </A> INDIANA JACK http://homes.arealcity.com/Civilwarchilders/index.html

Would anyone know what newspaper was in Kankakee around 1908-1910? My father was hurt in an accident while a driver for Pure Milk Company. I have the article, but no date on it. They were still using horses then to pull the milk wagons. Thanks, Grace

Hi, I just received the birth certificate for my great grandfather Melville E. Powley. He was born in Chebanse Ill. February 2, 1876 to George Henry Powley and Matilda Guptal. The birth certificate was applied for in 1941, with his aunt(Margaret Larson) to witness. I have been unable to find any information on Matilda Guptal, and have even tried different spellings i.e.. Guptil, Guptill. If these names sound familiar to anyone please contact me. He was Matilda's first and only child, I know that she died when Melville was young and his father remarried. Any information on idea's or where to find some more information would be great. Thanks, Margaret

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------FA5C20A7C6D199678CB6F6AD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------FA5C20A7C6D199678CB6F6AD Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [209.85.6.27]) by elpaso.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA02482 for <rcahill@crtelco.com>; Wed, 12 Apr 2000 10:38:42 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id IAA04408; Wed, 12 Apr 2000 08:34:53 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 08:34:53 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-Sender: rcahill@crtelco.com Wed Apr 12 08:34:51 2000 Message-ID: <38F497BA.8F59D0FA@crtelco.com> Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 10:35:22 -0500 From: Roger Cahill <rcahill@crtelco.com> Reply-To: rcahill@crtelco.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en]C-NECCK (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Old-To: NORTON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: NORTONS of Iroquois Co., IL Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Resent-Message-ID: <LfHRd.A.pEB.ceJ94@bl-11.rootsweb.com> To: NORTON-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: NORTON-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <NORTON-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/890 X-Loop: NORTON-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: NORTON-L-request@rootsweb.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I am searching for descendants of John NORTON b. 1804- Ireland and his wife Catherine b. 1816-Ireland. They had four children we are aware of: John b. Oct 1838-IR, Thomas b. 1841-IR, Mary b. 1843-IR and James b. 1856-IL. John Jr. is the only one we have data on; he was a farmer, immigrated in 1847, went to Illinois, settled in Iroquois CO., IL. He married an Ann "Annie" O'CONNOR (CONNOR) who was the daughter of Edward O'CONNOR (1815-1888) & Mary O'FARRELL (1817-1912) all three born in IR. Annie was born 1850 died before 1900. They had seven children: Thomas, Frank b.1876- IL, James b.1878-IL, Katherine b.1880-IL, Edward b.1884-IL, John b1885-IL, Albert b. before 1893. Do any of the above ring a bell, I would appreciate hearing from you as I have ran into a brick wall from this point. Also I trying to locate the e-mail address for Iroquois Co., IL to see if anyone there can help me. Thanks for listening. Roger --------------FA5C20A7C6D199678CB6F6AD--

I found a site with a list of books for sale for Illinois and Illinois Counties. I found some good stuff there. http://www.myfreeoffice.com/hrywlfrd//books.html

I have a RUTH COURTRIGHT, b. July 1861 in Ohio, who married John LOUIS MASKROD in October 1869 in Crawford County, KS. She was his second wife. Louis had moved to KS from Kankakee County, IL. They had 5 children: John Arthur, Loran, Flora and the twins, Adaline and Abigail. Ruth's parents were Anson and Mary COURTRIGHT. CHenley In a message dated 04/13/2000 12:04:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time, djbadgwell@webtv.net writes: << I am seeking information on William "Dean" Courtright b1832 OH married Sarah Ann Flint b1846 NJ They married 1865 in Kankakee Co IL Samuel F Courtright b1837 Shelby,Richland Co OH married Jerusha L Flint b1840 NY they married 1861 in Kankakee Co IL I believe these are brothers marrying sisters???? I am seeking the parents and siblings of both families - I would appreciate any help anyone can give me - Thank you so very much - Donna in AL >>

Hello all--- I recently received a copy of an 1856 newspaper story via the Ohio Historical Society in Columbus, Ohio. I am wondering if any of the other descendants of Jesse EDWARDS in the Iroquois County area have follow- up stories to this article. As you can see from the message, the necessary newspapers containing any further articles were not found in the OHS files. (See below for story). Jesse EDWARDS Sr. (born 1756) has many descendants living in the Watseka, Iroquois Co., area. I am hoping that someone has copies of the Scioto Co., Ohio follow-up stories in their family treasures, and that they would be willing to share. Jesse's children: Susannah b. 1779 married Samuel SWIM. Elizabeth b. 1781 married David OPPY. Descendants moved to Iroquois Co. at least by 1842 Nancy b. 1784 married John Skillman MOORE. She died 1855 in Iroquois Co. John died in 1843. Both buried in Belmont Cemetery on land donated by John S. MOORE. Jesse Jr. b. 1786 married Sarah PRATHER Samuel b. Samuel b. 1791 married Hannah CASEL. They were the parents of Jesse B. EDWARDS. Jesse B. EDWARDS was married first to Mary BROWN. Married second to Angeline SMITH. Jesse B. EDWARDS and family and older married children by first wife moved into Iroquois County before 1860. Jesse died in Macoupin Co, IL in 1869. I do not have the details of his death, the exact date or his burial location. If someone has this info, would they please share it with me? ================================================================ The Weekly Portsmouth Tribune Vol. 10 Portsmouth, Ohio Wednesday, November 12, 1856 Number ...8 (probably 28?) Death of a Revolutionary Soldier - Jesse Edwards, who has resided in Brushcreek township for the past twenty years, died at his home on Sunday morning last, at the advanced age of one hundred and three years. Mr. Edwards was a soldier during the Revolutionary struggle, and shared largely in its hardships. Through the assistance of his neighbors, we expect to collect a brief synopsis of the leading features of his life and services for future publication in our columns. ================================================================ My lookup volunteer says: I did search the volumes following this one for the follow up article. However, the "book" that this volume was bound in ended shortly after this date. If there is an index, and you can find the date/call number, etc. for another issue of this paper, let me know. The next time I'm there (six months?) :) I'll be happy to check it out for you. Without anything else to go on, though, its a little like a needle in a haystack. ---------------- Jesse EDWARDS lived in Adams County OHIO and Bourbon Co (now Mason Co., KY before moving into Ohio in the late 1790s. Thanks much. ANy info on these families would be appreciated. Joanne in California at erictem@earthlink.net

I am seeking information on William "Dean" Courtright b1832 OH married Sarah Ann Flint b1846 NJ They married 1865 in Kankakee Co IL Samuel F Courtright b1837 Shelby,Richland Co OH married Jerusha L Flint b1840 NY they married 1861 in Kankakee Co IL I believe these are brothers marrying sisters???? I am seeking the parents and siblings of both families - I would appreciate any help anyone can give me - Thank you so very much - Donna in AL

A BIG THANK YOU to all the people who replied to my posting regarding the location of the Johnson Family/Prairie View Cemetary. I'm looking forward to my future trip to Iroquois County. Thank again, Diana Lewis Fountain Co IN

Aloha Lois in Hawaii: Went to Pine Ridge Cemetery in Loda, Iroquois County on 4/09/00 and found the following: Joseph E. LaBolle son of J & M LaBolle 1909-1910 Francois LaBolle 1826-1908 wife Jene LaBolle 1831-1904 Sure hope you get this...for some reason access was denied me through Iroquois Rootsweb. Melody in Paxton ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

See the new Historical and Genealogical Event Calendar! http://www.kvgs.org/cgi-bin/calendar/calendar.pl This calendar is for events in Ford, Iroquois, and Kankakee counties of a historical or genealogical nature. Family reunions welcome! Post your event here. BIG events in surrounding area may be posted. Inappropriate events will be deleted. <a href="http://www.kvgs.org/cgi-bin/calendar/calendar.pl"><b>Historical and Genealogical Event Calendar</b></a>! Have Fun! Lee Hollenbeck

The Ford County ILGenWeb Project and Iroquois County IlGenWeb Project pages have been updated with the following queries and surname postings: Iroquois County: HOFER / BAIER HILGERT / MONK BROOK DREW / MADDEN LUNCH CORBIN / DILLON LANOUE / SHAW COASH / DUTOUR / GAGNON / LANDRY BOWRON / FURBY / HEDLEY / LUDWICK GAGE / ROBBINS HEPPE / PAPE / SCHWER GARNER / ZUMWALT Ford County: ALLISON / ESSINGTON / MOERKEMEYER NILSSON KNIGHTS / SCHWARTZ Later Debi Visit my Web pages at: http://members.aol.com/LaFineD/LaFineD.html or http://www.capstonebank.com/~lafined/ Stop by the Iroquois Genealogical Society Page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilicgs/index.htm

Could someone please give me specific directions to get to the Johnson Family/Prairie View Cemetary located I believe in the NE corner of Cresent Twp., Iroquois County. I would be coming up 136/Rt. 1 from the Danville, IL area. I am researching the family of John Johnson b. 10 Aug. 1811 in OH, died 2 Dec. 1859 buried Johnson Family Cemetary, Iroquois Co IL, along with 3 of his young daughters. John Johnson married Tellitha Bryant in 1839 Fountain County, IN. Thank you, Diana Lewis Fountain Co IN

Hello I am trying to find the church that my grandparents were married in. According to the marriage license, they were married in Kankakee,Kankakee County by a minister of the gospel named Heber D. Ketcham. The date they were married August 21, 1912. Thanks Dick Zimmerman zimerman@shianet.org

I am in need of your help. I am looking for the record of marriage for my grandparents Elmer F. Johnson and Margirie (Madge) Hughes. Marriage date 1908. The couple eloped from Decatur area no one in the family remembers where the marriage took place. If you could check the marriage record in this county I would be very grateful. Thank you in advance. Miriam Johnson-Mason mim@kih.net

Are there any histories of Ashkum/Ashkum Twp? I know there is one for Chebanse Twp and found places to buy it and someone who has it. I think that Ashkum twp was formed out of Chebanse? In the census, I found family who lived in Chebanse Twp in 1860, and in 1870 they are in Ashkum and I dont think they all moved. I think i read that Ashkum was formed or incorporated in 1861. I know there is a small paperback book of the history of Iroq Co and this book mentions something about that or at least the way I understand it, Chebanse was formed or incorporated before Ashkum. Debbie

--WebTV-Mail-13274-7551 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit --WebTV-Mail-13274-7551 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-WebTV-Signature: 1 ETAsAhRkxyjTSXACVrq8qFzfXah5wWfyiAIUNf9qK+HvZW6E5MT3lBD+tJF8+/0= From: djbadgwell@webtv.net (Donna Badgwell) Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 17:37:41 -0600 (CST) To: ILford-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Courtright-Markley-Rowe Message-ID: <7415-38E3E545-4629@storefull-148.iap.bryant.webtv.net> Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit MIME-Version: 1.0 (WebTV) I am seeking information on the above families that attended the reunion in and around early 1940's - I attended as a child every July 4th in Iroquois, IL we gathered with pot luck dinners and entertainment inthe pavillion and rides during the day for all ages, plus a softball game in the afternoon- I am a niece of Melvin and Thelma Harris of Iroquois and the granddaughter of Lorenzo "Ren" Markley and wife Lulu Amanda Courtright Markley - I am researching the Courtright side of the family - Lulu Amanda is the daughter of William "Dean " Courtright and Sarah Ann Flint Courtright - I am related to the Rowe family, too, possibly distant cousins -- I am also a distant cousin to the Fry and Treadway families - any help anyone could give me would be so appreciated - Please feel free to email me direct - God Bless - Donna in AL --WebTV-Mail-13274-7551--

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