Hi Barb, Great! Please send the pictures to me, and I will post them along with some other Fulton Co. bios and photos on the ILFulton website in October. Definitely time to update our website! You can either email me scans of the photos, or snail-mail them to me and I will scan them and mail them back to you. So sorry I apparently missed you the first time you tried to contact me! By the way, my 3rd-great uncle Elijah W. JOHNSON was a pastor with the United Brethren Church. He eventually moved from Fulton Co. to Seward Co., Nebraska. In case it is of interest to you, here is the first part of his bio, about his UBC work in Fulton Co.: From W. W. Cox, History of Seward County, Nebraska, 1888, beginning on p.259: "REV. E. W. JOHNSON Was born in Fulton county, Ill., Oct. 8, 1838. Was raised a farmer boy. While young was in poor health, and for some time it was thought that he would not live to become a man. His school privileges were meagre. His father [Moses C. Johnson] was killed by accident when the lad was but twelve. At fourteen he resided with his grandparents at Lewiston. At eighteen commenced teaching in his native county, and until he was twenty-six he taught and went to school alternately, at the Lewiston Seminary. His health failing, he was compelled to abandon teaching. Married Miss Jane Street, in October, 1861. Shortly after their marriage they were both converted, under the pastorate of Rev. J. V. B. Flock, of the U. B. church, at Johnson school-house in Fulton county. He soon became impressed with the idea that it was his duty to preach the gospel. Was licensed in August, 1864. His health was so very poor that a change of climate was a necessity, and in 1866, May 13th, the family settled in Seward county..." [rest is about his extensive UBC work in Nebraska.] Thank you, Alice ILFulton List Administrator and ILFulton County Coordinator Richard Smith wrote: >Being on the subject of the Brethren Church does anyone know if there >any old records from these churches in Fulton Co. My Ggrandmother, >Barbara Hare, attended a Brethren Church. I have 2 different churches >mentioned in my records. I have her funeral was held in the United >Brethren Church and she was buried in Oak Grove Cemetary. I also have a >picture saying it is the Church of Brethren, Astoria, and a note added >to the picture saying Barbara Hare and families attended church. I am >looking for information on Barbaras' parents and sister and brothers. >Also, I would like to find out if there was an obit about her. She died >Nov. 18, 1913 in Astoria. >Also, I have a real lot of pictures from the time Barbara and her >families lived in Schulyer and Fulton Counties. I tried to contact >someone on the Fulton Co Web site but never got an answer back. Would >like to pass these pictures on. >Barb Smith > > >==== ILFULTON Mailing List ==== >Can't handle so many messages from us every day? >Don't quit the ILFulton list, just switch to DIGEST MODE -- >Digest Mode delivers batches of up to 25 messages in 1, not one at a time! > > >