Hello Fulton County List Members: I'm real glad to know that there is a list for Fulton County! I was born and raised in nearby Cook Co. (Chicago) and have many roots in Illinois, especially S. Illinois. Several of us cousins are trying to find out about our common IRWIN ancestors. We have seen many Irwin family trees but so far have been unable to attach our ancestors to any of them, i..e. we can't find any documentation citing the names of the their parents. MARY I. IRWIN (or MARY ANN?) Born April 14, 1807, in Chester/Lancaster Co. PA Died 11/24/1891 in Cuba, Fulton Co., IL Married: 1829 to Jesse Kersey Hoar, born 10/21/1798 in Northumberland Co. PA Jesse died 1884 in Fayette Co., IL MARGARET IRWIN ( or ERWIN) Born: Abt 1805 (Chester/Lancaster Co. PA) Died: 1840-1842, either in PA or OH (on the trip West) Married: c.1825 to Thomas Hoar, born 1803, probably Chester Co., PA 1842 Thomas and Margaret moved to Knox Co., OH Thomas died in 1882, Woodston, Rooks, KS SARAH IRWIN (or IRVEN) Born 1801-1805 Married Job Hoar, 1825-1828, or 1831 Job born abt 1805, Chester Co. (Sadsbury) 1846: Moved to Knox Co. OH, Monroe Township. Job died 1880-1885, Fulton Co., IL The husbands of the Irwin sisters were all brothers. The three couples all left Pennsylvania starting in about 1842 for Knox Co., Ohio. In about 1856 the three couples sold their land in Ohio and moved to Fulton Co., IL. In about 1859 Jesse and Mary (Irwin) Hoar moved to Fayette Co., IL. In 1877 Thomas Hoar, having remarried as his wife, Margaret (Irwin) died on the trip West, left IL and moved to Rooks Co, KS. Job and Sarah (Irwin) Hoar are buried in the Cuba, Fulton Co., IL cemetery, as is Mary (Irwin) Hoar. According to family notes, my great grandmother Mary I. Irwin had three brothers: ARCHIBALD, ISAIAH and WASHINGTON. However, it could be that these gentlemen might have been related some other way, or possibly even to a different family entirely. If anybody has any information on any IRWINS who lived in this location around this time, we would be very grateful to hear about it. Thanks a lot for reading this and hope you all have a nice weekend. -Sue