MINER family was mentioned in an earler query " History of Fulton County Illinois" 1879 Chapman. Ex: Jesse V. SHIELDS, farmer. P.O. Astoria; is a native of Harrison Co., Ind., where he was b. 1814; during the autumn of 1828 he accompanied his mother and two brothers to Ill., locating in Schuyler Co., in 1829 they settled in Woodland tp., where Jesse in now the only survivor of this once numerous family; Feb. 11 '36 Mr. S. was united in marriage with Miss Rebecca MINER, of Indiana, by whom he had 13 children, 8 of whom are living; their names are; Mary Ann, Nathan, Emisis, Wm., Eliza, Susan, Ettie, Lucy, Mr. S owns 160 acres of land in this township. Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: <BogusFam@aol.com> To: <ILFULTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 20, 1999 8:23 AM Subject: Re: MINER family > I also have MINERs in my family, although I have not done any research on > that branch yet. Rebecca Miner and Jesse SHIELDS were my great-great > grandparents. They supposedly had eleven children, including my > great-grandmother, Etta Shields (I've also seen her called Ettie, Nancy > Etta), born 1857. She married my great-grandfather, William Burlington > HUGHES around 1880 (his family came up from Kentucky). They had my > grandfather Harry O. Hughes, his brothers Ross and Clem, and his sister > Bertha Hughes WHITZELL. > > Deborah Boguszewski > >