Taken from the 1891 "Biographical History of Pottawattamie Co, Iowa" - Page 577: CHARLES S. PRICE, proprietor of the Pleasant Ridge stock farm, Macedonia Township, was born in Pennsylvania 1850, son of MARTIN and MELINDA (WILLIAMS) PRICE, Virginians. Charles was 3 years old when his parents ettled in FULTON COUNTY, ILLINOIS, and was 7 years of age when his mother died. A short time afterward, he began to support himself and engaged in farm work until grown. In 1870 he came to Pottawattamie County and worked by the month, saving up money until in 1877 he was able to buy some land. Mr Price is a pioneer in the introduction of Percheron horses in that part of the county and has spent much time and money to obtain the best specimens to be found. Mr Price married in 1875 to Miss MARION PERKS, daughter of James Perks, an old settler of Macedonia Township; their children are: Arthur Leon, James Martin, Edith May, and Roy. END (Page 568) GEORGE W. HAMILTON, an ex-soldier of the late War, was born in FULTON CO, IL, on Feb 6, 1846, a son of JOHN and BARBARA HAMILTON, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Pennsylvania, the daughter of Jacob Rist. The parents emigrated to Wisconsin and resided for a time, in which State the father died when George was a babe, leaving a widow and one child, our subject. The mother died when George was 12 years old and he was reared by his grandfather, JACOB RIST, on a farm in Fulton Co, Illinois. George enlisted on August 9, 1862, at Princeville, Peoria Co, IL, in the 86th Illinois Infantry, Volunteer Co. K, under Colonel Irons. George was wounded at the great charge at Resaca, where he was wounded June 30, 1864, in the head. His skull was cracked and shattered in several places, and the officials thought he was mortally wounded. He was in hospital and eventually was discharged June 27, 1865 and returned to Fulton Co, where he resided one year. He then went to McDonough County, and then to Henderson Co, where he lived 15 years, engaged in farming. He came to Iowa in 1882. George married in Fulton Co, IL, in 1866 to MARY OVERMAN, a daughter of Charles and Eveline (Montgomery) Overman. By this marriage there were four children, only one now living: Anna. Mrs Hamilton died July 1884, and Mr Hamilton married again in 1888 to Mrs. MARY (TAYLOR) HECKER. She was a daughter of JAMES A. TAYLOR. END If anyone wants more detail or the entire bio, please e-mail me directly. REgards, Mona Sarratt Knight

Would appreciate it if someone would send me information on recent death of Roberta Smilie in Canton. Thank you. Dick.

I am seeking information on the Brewer Family of Farmington, Ill in Fulton County. Clifford Austin (B1913) and Geraldine Brewer B1911) were the children of Clarence() Brewer and his wife Myrtle. I need where and when born, Clarence and Myrtle, where and when married Clarence and Myrtle. Myrtle's maiden name. Any other family information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

I'm trying to figure out a time frame for a picture I received from my Grandmother many years ago. No one knows who the subjects are but they must be family...Although I had several lines of my family in Illinois in the mid 1800's to early 1900's, I haven't any idea which was in Vermont, Fulton County, Illinois... The studio is "J.W. Van Syckel, Photographer, Vermont, Illinois"... Perhaps someone would know when this photographer was in business?? A scan of the photo is at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bgilson/temp/pu_66.jpg I would appreciate any advice that can be given :) Best regards, Bonnie -- Bonnie (Gallagher) Gilson, Phoenix, AZ mailto:bgilson@home.com http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bgilson/ RootsWeb Donor

New subscriber, researching William and Denis MCCOY of Canton and Frederick and Ann DAILY of Canton, Bryant. Douglas Hartman, cassivy11@aol

Hi--I don't know anything about it, but I know my husband's grandfather attended college in Canton also and graduated in 1900. If you find out more, I'd love to know too. Debbie

Hello, I have about a dozen photos from a studio called "Moran & Tucker" in Canton, Illinois. They're dated 1895 and all appear to be college aged people...some have names on the reverse, some don't. The ones that do: Phebe Shreffler Miss Emerine Frank Miller Ed Crawford Ross Beghtal Carl Landar These photos came to me through my father, who got them from his mother. She was born in 1908 so I think they originated from either her father or her mother... Her parents were James Edward Izatt, born Bloomington, IL (1872-1944) and Florence Johnston, born Warrens, WI (1876-1944). I don't know that either were ever in Canton but I'm thinking one or the other (or both) may have went to college there and these pictures may have been their friends. All of the photos will be available on my web site in a week or so...I'm redesigning :) Does anyone know if there was a college in Canton in 1895...If so, what was it called and any ideas if their records are still available??? Best regards, Bonnie -- Bonnie (Gallagher) Gilson, Phoenix, AZ mailto:bgilson@home.com http://www.members.home.net/bgilson/ http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/g/i/l/Bonnie-M-Gilson/ Listkeeper for the GALLAGHER, IZATT, LINCOLN and NAGLE Mailing Lists See http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/surnames/index.html "If you are grouchy, irritable or just plain mean, there will be a $10.00 charge for putting up with you."

I received several responses to the first Fulton Co biographies I sent. Here are a few more. If you find a connection and want the entire text of a bio, just e-mail me. I'm happy to send it. Remember, these come from the 1891 "Biographical History of Pottawattamie Co, Iowa." LEWIS PAINTER, b. Fulton Co, Illinois, March 1847, son of JOSEPH PAINTER who came from London, England, and CAROLINE (TEMPLER) PAINTER, also a native of England. They had children: James, Emily, Emily M. (2), Caroline, Lewis, William H., Salina G. and Henry. Lewis Painter married MARY L. WHITCOMB (Ohio) in 1866, she the daughter of ORRIN and LYDIA (BUTLER) WHITCOMB. Lewis and Mary had children: Joseph, James, Lydia, Ira, Seth, Jennie, Burleigh, and Jay C. CHARLES H. SHERRADEN, son of Hon. Oliver P. Sherraden and Lydia (Johnson) Sherraden, was born at Canton (Fulton Co) Illinois August 26, 1845. LYDIA JOHNSON SHERRADEN was the daughter of IRA JOHNSON, a long time resident of Canton and who lived there until age 86, when he died. At age 14, CHARLES SHERRADEN moved with his family to Iowa where Charles later became a "leading photographer." Charles first married LUVENIA YOUNG who died in 1872; he then married MARY J. JONES and had 3 daughters, Lulu, Vinie, and Edith. Will send more later as I find them. Mona Sarratt Knight

Hello Debbie, Thank you for your response. Today I received e-mail from a descendant of one of the names on my message-she is relation. What a great find. I guess we never know who may read our inquiries. She still lives on the farm our gggrandparents bought in 1847 in Farmington. Miriam -----Original Message----- From: Abudebbie@aol.com <Abudebbie@aol.com> To: ILFULTON-L@rootsweb.com <ILFULTON-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, February 04, 1999 10:23 PM Subject: photographer >In a message dated 2/3/99 8:37:45 PM Pacific Standard Time, ILFULTON-D- >request@rootsweb.com writes: > ><< Photographer D.D.Mendenhall Farmington >> > >Hi---I can't help exactly, but I also have pictures taken by this >photographer. Mine were taken between 1870 and 1890, so that may help you to >narrow down the time frame. The people in the pictures were supposed to have >lived in Canton. >Debbie in California >

In a message dated 2/3/99 8:37:45 PM Pacific Standard Time, ILFULTON-D- request@rootsweb.com writes: << Photographer D.D.Mendenhall Farmington >> Hi---I can't help exactly, but I also have pictures taken by this photographer. Mine were taken between 1870 and 1890, so that may help you to narrow down the time frame. The people in the pictures were supposed to have lived in Canton. Debbie in California

Looking for info on the above sur names. If anyone has any info it would be appreciated. It would have been in the middle 1800 and we do know that Charles Young and Mary (Alice) Gilfillen was married in 1902 or 03. Belle Black lived in Canton for many years would like to know what happened to her son and grandson one was John and the other Robert. I believe Belle may have died in the late 50tys or in the early 60tys. If anyone has any info on these families it would be appreciated. Mary craftpad@aol.com

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_918131329_boundary Content-ID: <0_918131329@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII --part0_918131329_boundary Content-ID: <0_918131329@inet_out.mail.aol.com.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline From: VSmith1625@aol.com Return-path: <VSmith1625@aol.com> To: IL-FULTON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Fwd: Fulton County Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 06:55:33 EST Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/mixed; boundary="part1_918131329_boundary" --part1_918131329_boundary Content-ID: <0_918131329@inet_out.mail.aol.com.3> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Hello, I have received this letter from a friend in Alaska. Thought someone might be able to help her with her quest. Vicki --part1_918131329_boundary Content-ID: <0_918131329@inet_out.mail.compuserve.com.4> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: <JudyWhite1@compuserve.com> Received: from rly-zc03.mx.aol.com (rly-zc03.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.3]) by air-zc01.mail.aol.com (v56.24) with SMTP; Tue, 02 Feb 1999 20:45:06 1900 Received: from hil-img-2.compuserve.com (hil-img-2.compuserve.com [149.174.177.132]) by rly-zc03.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id UAA20443 for <VSmith1625@aol.com>; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 20:45:03 -0500 (EST) Received: (from mailgate@localhost) by hil-img-2.compuserve.com (8.8.6/8.8.6/2.17) id UAA03132 for VSmith1625@aol.com; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 20:45:05 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 20:43:55 -0500 From: JudyWhite1 <JudyWhite1@compuserve.com> Subject: Fulton County, retirement, etc. Sender: JudyWhite1 <JudyWhite1@compuserve.com> To: "INTERNET:VSmith1625@aol.com" <VSmith1625@aol.com> Message-ID: <199902022044_MC2-68FF-79C1@compuserve.com> Content-Disposition: inline Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Dear Vicki, No, I'm not from Fulton County but 3 brothers to my 2d great grandfather Abram Walling went to Fulton County in the late 1830s. The three brothers were John, Peter, and Lewis Walling. All three died in the period 1878-1885; they were all born between 1798 and 1807. They were all born in NY or NJ. I think the family's migration pattern was this: Sussex County NJ until about 1800 -- then someplace in NY until about 1815 or so -- then to Ashtabula County Ohio until about 1837. Then about 1837 the parents and one brother (Joel) went to Franklin County OH, the 3 brothers went to Fulton County IL, and my Abram went to KY where he ended up going to medical school before he moved to MO in 1840. I am completely obsessed with research on the Walling family. After 10 years of diligent looking, = I found what I think are Abram's parents -- and actually, I didn't find them -- a fellow researcher did. The researcher and I had been in contact previously, decided our families weren't the same. Turns out the brother Joel Walling is her ancestor. She found land records in Ashtabula County Ohio that pretty well imply that there are these five brothers; I think I know another one, a Croel Walling). So that gave us the parents John & Hulda Walling. But I don't know Huldah's maiden name or the parents of either John or Huldah. I'm hoping to find some clues in Fulton County as to the background of the three brothers who went there. I'm enjoying my retirement of 8 months now. The months are just flying by= . I had a lot of qualms about retiring. I was an analyst for the Alaska Public Utilities Commission for 20 years. It was an interesting, but pretty stressful job. I thought I'd miss the work. I haven't missed it for even 5 minutes. I had great friends from work but I still see them occasionally. I think you'll really like retirement. I know some people are bored, but = I haven't been even for a minute. I feel like I finally have time to do the things I've always wanted to do. To tell the truth my only problem is tha= t I feel a little guilty having so much fun all the time -- this is the firs= t time since I was five years old that I haven't had the full responsibilities of school, children, work, or all three. Judy ---------------------------- Message text written by INTERNET:VSmith1625@aol.com >Sender: VSmith1625@aol.com Received: from imo20.mx.aol.com (imo20.mx.aol.com [198.81.17.10]) by arl-img-8.compuserve.com (8.8.6/8.8.6/2.17) with ESMTP id TAA11518 for <JudyWhite1@compuserve.com>; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 19:56:19 -0500 (EST) From: VSmith1625@aol.com Received: from VSmith1625@aol.com by imo20.mx.aol.com (IMOv18.1) id 5JURa19752 for <JudyWhite1@compuserve.com>; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 19:53:34 +1900 (EST) Message-ID: <8ec0f19.36b79e0e@aol.com> Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 19:53:34 EST To: JudyWhite1@compuserve.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: Research IN Fulton County Content-type: text/plain; charset=3DUS-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 3.0 16-bit for Windows sub 38 Hello Judy, Were you originally from Fulton County?? What names in Fulton County are you researching?? Our children are grown and gone also. My son, Tom, is in the US Navy for 15 years and is currently stationed at San Diego. He is an Air Traffic Controller and will retire in five years at the same time I do. I am a UPS driver and have 20 years in. I love my job and the people that I meet. I have made great friends. I will miss all of that when I retire, but my husband and I purchased 4 acres of ground in Colorado several years ago with the idea of retireing there. Our daughter, Tara, and her son Justin live in a suburb of Denver so we will be close to them. We make several trips west each year. Vicki < --part1_918131329_boundary-- --part0_918131329_boundary--

I sent an e-mail previously about an 1891 "Biographical History of Pottawattamie Co, Iowa" I now own, which has many surnames with Fulton County connections. Since I promised to send some of these, here is a sampling. I'm sure there are others which I have not yet come across and will send them as often as I can. JOHN G. TIPTON, attorney at law, born Fulton Co, IL, 1849; son of JOHN TIPTON, (who was killed by a falling tree on March 23, 1869) and ELIZA CRAWFORD (died July 21, 1879); children of John and Eliza Tipton were: Samuel S.; Thompson; Mary (Swigert); Hannah (Combs); Sarah (Swigert); Lydia C. (Ramsey); N.H. (Meeker); Thomas (deceased); Eliza Jane (deceased); Elizabeth (deceased); Isabel (Dyer)(deceased). J.M. BARSTOW, physician/surgeon; born Fulton Co, IL, Sept 10, 1854, son of SAMUEL and ELEANOR (COULSON) BARSTOW. Samuel born Muskingum Co, Ohio. They went to Iowa in October 1855. Children of Samuel and Eleanor: James M (subject of this bio); Rozeltha (Stoker); Alice J. (McIntyre); Ena H.; Guy E. W.J. COLEMAN, born Sept 21, 1839, Jo Daviess Co, IL, son of JOSEPH and MILLY (COZAD) COLEMAN. Joseph and Milly moved to Fulton County in 1844, where they were among the first settlers in that part of the county. Joseph died one year after moving to Fulton Co at age 44; the mother died in 1884 at age 72. W.J. COLEMAN was reared in Fulton Co until 1870 then went to Iowa. He married in 1880 to CYNTHIA E. ANDERSON, b. Fulton Co, daughter of HENRY R. ANDERSON, a native of Madison Co, Kentucky (Henry was son of JOHN ANDERSON, who was the "son of an old Revolutionary soldier, who with five uncles and 14 cousins were killed at the battle of Cowpens, which nearly exterminated the whole Anderson race. His wife and aunts went to the battlefield and picked out their dead bodies and had them buried." HARRY M. WILSON, b. Fulton Co, IL, July 14, 1865, son of ABRAHAM WILSON and MARY E. (NEGLEY) WILSON. His grandfather was a prominent minister of the German Reformed Church in New Jersey, and later established the German Reformed Church at Fairview, Fulton County. Abraham and Mary had children: Lolo (deceased); Kate; John (deceased 1886); Lulu; Maggie; Harry; Cornelius; and Mamie. J.P. VIRTUE, junior member of the firm of SULLIVAN & VIRTUE, livery, sale and feed stables in Macedonia, Iowa. J.P. was born in 1857 in Fulton Co, Illinois, son of THOMAS and MARY VIRTUE. As of this biography, "he is a genial bachelor who looks upon the bright side of life and is a favorite among his acquaintances." That's all for now. I hope you enjoy them and someone finds this information helpful. Regards, Mona Sarratt Knight

I have over a dozen photos taken in Farmington at this studio. Can someone give me a date when he was in business. I have one taken at Elmwood. Ill same studio name. Family names of those in pictures maybe DAFT, BREWIN, LEEPER, KING, PORTER, BOYD, JACOBUS, HARVEY and SLACK. I would place these 1850-1900. I can send copy to anyone interested. I am hoping that the studio date will help me to identify these. Miriam

I want to thank everyone who responded to my query about doing research IN Fulton County. I received lots of good advice and have tried to look at all the web sites that were recommended to me. Fulton County sounds as if it's a beautiful, friendly place with good libraries, especially in Canton. I do have four more specific questions that I don't think were covered in the replies I received. (1) Are there probate records available separate from wills? (For example, estate records for those who died intestate) I've seen the book listing early wills for Fulton County. Unfortunately, the folks I'm looking for weren't listed in that book; but I know that they had property so I wonder if there might be other probate records. (2) Are there land records that are available? (3) Does anyone know what the dues are to join the Fulton County Genealogical Society? (4) Could someone explain the IRAD. I tried and tried this p.m. to research this on the web and found what seemed to be a hundred links that didn't work. One person suggested that traffic quadruples during the Spoon River Drive. >From what I read on the web, that event apparently occurs during the first two weeks of October. Am I correct about that? I really am thinking about a spring trip to Fulton County. And if you watched the NBC news tonight you can tell why it might be particularly appealing to me right now. Judy White Chugiak, Alaska

John REEDY was born in 1839 in Pickaway County, Ohio. His wife was Mary. Mary was born in 1842 in Illinois. In 1856, they moved to Reedyville/Adair, New Salem Township, McDonough/Fulton Counties, Illinois. John Reedy and Mary had the following children: Elmer Reedy was born in 1861 in IL. Effie Reedy was born in 1863 in IL. Lizzy Reedy was born in 1864 in IL. Jacob Reedy was born in 1866 in IL. Hirum Reedy was born in 1868 in IL. Sarah Reedy was born in 1870 in IL. I’m trying to find out: 1. If Jacob Reedy had a middle name that stated with an “S”? 2. Did Jacob marry a Susie and move to Kansas? Thanks in advance for any help you can give. Loyd Reedy

Looking for ancestors of Henry F. UFFORD b. abt 1827 Oneida Co., NY m. 1851 Sarah GRAY in ?Ft. Wayne, IN? d. 1909 Fulton Co., IL Always optimistic--Dave

I recently came into possession of an 1891 "Biographical History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa" with over 700 pages of biographies of people from that period. Quite a few had Fulton County connections. I'll try to extract some of those one day soon, but if you're looking for Iowa relatives in the meantime, just e-mail me and I'll check the index. Thanks. Mona

Looking to share information about the Daniel SNARE (sometimes spelled SNAIR) (b. 1810 Pa) and Mary Ann (Polly) (b. 1812 Ohio) family who are in the 1850 Licking County, Ohio Census and in the 1860 Knox County, Illinois Census and then are not anywhere in Illinois in the 1870 census. Died?? I'm not sure that they were ever in Fulton County but their daughter and son-in-law (Mary Ann and William Maxwell REED) were in Fulton Co, Il in 1852-1862 along with Williams parents. Daniel's parents might have been Joseph (1782 Maryland) and Nancy (1800 Va).. They are in Licking County Ohio in the 1850 census. Daniel and Mary Ann(Polly) SNARE had the following children: Mary Ann (William Maxwell REED), Reevis, Melissa (Crowell), Sidney Whipple Snare (1 Sarah A Odgen, 2 Sarah Ellen Babbitt), Laura, and Sarah E. One of these ladies married a Milam and was in Redlands California in 1824. Sidney Whipple was in Licking County, Ohio in 1850, Knox County, Il in 1860 and 1870 census', signed Civil War pension affidavits inWashington Co, Ks in 1889 and in Mesa County (Grand Junction), Colorado in 1920. Mary Ann was in Licking Co, Ohio in 1850, Knox Co, Il in 1860 and 1870 census and by 1875 was in Waverly, Lancaster Co, Neb. I have no information about the rest of the SNARE children.

Looking to share information about the REED family who settled in Fulton County about 1852 from Licking County, Ohio. At somepoint (maybe just before the Civil War) they moved to Knox County where they stayed until about 1875 when they moved to Waverly, Lancaster, Nebraska Nelson REED (b 1796 Md) and wife Mary COCKRELL (b1810 Pa) Joseph REED b: Abt. 1835 Ohio Christina REED b: Abt. 1836 Ohio Florianna REED b: Abt. 1838 Ohio Catherine REED b: Abt. 1842 Ohio Frances M REED b: Abt. 1844 Ohio Nelson had been married in Licking County, Ohio first, to Jane MAXWELL by whom he had 6 daughters and 1 son. I know of only one daughter, Elizabeth 1832-1919 m. Robert Evans GAMES and stayed in Ohio. Nelson died somewhere in SE Illinois. Their son William Maxwell REED (1827-1926) is my ggggrandfather. He married Mary Ann SNARE in Licking County in 1852 and migrated to Fulton County with Nelson. William served in the Civil War B Company 103 Regiment, Illinois Volunteers from eithor Fulton or Knox County. By 1875 this family had migrated to Waverly, Lancaster County, Nebraska William and Mary Ann had the following children: Mahala (Samuel WALKER), Nora ((1)George L. Anderton (2) Jeffery Volney), William Dexter (Mary Elizabeth Kendrick, Otis (Lucy L Penn), Effie (Volney W Jeffery) Hulda (Elmer Matticks) The children (except Nora after the death of her husband) stayed in Nebraska. Vicky Drake dvicky@primenet.com