This is my first message since joining the list and am not feeling equal to the task of getting this right. I was prompted to send this because of a message from Joyce Hagerty, who mentioned the surname HILTON. These are my ancestors who lived in Fulton Co., IL: ATHERTON, Boaz, b. 1787 in PA, d. 1874 in Vermont, IL. He married Mary ROSS, b. 1792 in NC, d. 1875 Vermont, IL. Both are buried in Quaker Cem., near Vermont, IL. Their son, Reuben Ross ATHERTON, b. 1823 OH, d. 1896 Vermont, IL. He and his wife, Jane McClure HILTON, b. 1823 PA (father, William HILTON), d. 1897 Vermont, IL, are buried in Quaker Cem., Vermont, IL. (I never heard there were any others of her family in Fulton Co., but would like to know for sure.) Their son, John ATHERTON, b. 1853 in Ipava, IL, d. 1915 in Ipava, IL; married Mary Magdeline WISE, dau. of German immigrants, John WISE and Anna M. HANDLEIN. She was b. 1859 in Woodland twp., Fulton Co., d. 1904 in Ipava, IL. Both are buried at Ipava Cemetery, Fulton Co. John remarried to Clara GUITER after Mary died. She was b.1869, d. 1963 and is buried along with John and Mary at Ipava. Would love to hear from anyone who knows of these early residents. My father, Arthur R. ATHERTON, son of John and Mary was born 1879 in Vermont twp and married (1) Adah Wallace GRAHAM of Vermont. She died 1925 at Marcellus, MI and they had one son, Paul J., born 1907 in Canton, IL. Mary Atherton Baccus, Corpus Christi, TX