Dear List: I had no success contacting the writer of this message posted to the May Greene Co. List (just rediscovered among my "to do" notes.) Can anyone help me make contact with "Reita"? Or perhaps, another lister can help with information about Joel METCALF+Elizabeth PURSER or their offspring who migrated to Greene Co. IL from White Co. around 1830's? ----- Original Message ----- From: "George & Susan LeBlanc" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2000 11:24 AM Subject: Elizabeth PURSER+Joel METCALF > Dear Reita, > > Just "re-found" your May message to the ILGREENE List on RootsWeb looking > for the family of Elizabeth PURSER. You listed some information about her > first marriage to Joel METCALF/MEDCALF which caught my eye. I must have been > busy then and stashed your message in a "to do later" file that I have just > now (Nov 26th!) gotten around to clearing out. I hope this finds you because > I am a descendent of one of the children of that marriage--Mary "Polly" > Medcalf. You show her marriage to "Samuel" G. Miller. Actually, White Co. IL > marriage records show she married LEMUEL G. Miller. His name, and his > descendents who carried his name, often is erroneously read and transcribed > as "Samuel" from the elaborate script used in the 1800's. I have seen this > myself in census microfilms and if hadn't been looking for a "LEMUEL", I > would probably have transcribed it as "SAMUEL." > > Anyway...except for the marriage record (Extract of MILLER marriages in > White Co., IL 1816-1840 which were on White Co., IL's USGenWeb site on July > 24, 2000) which you seem to have seen, I knew NOTHING about the > Metcalf/Medcalf sisters. I was very excited to come across your posting > from last May which I evidently saved solely from your mention of a "Samuel > G. Miller". I'm sorry not to be able to help you with your searching for > Elizabeth PURSER, but I am hoping you can tell me the source of your > information about her marriage to Joel. The Miller family (Lemuel and > Francis's parents were Francis+Jane Miller from Mecklenburg Co. NC--to > SC--to KY--to White Co. IL--to Greene Co. IL where they died. Mary "Polly" > Metcalf died in Doniphan Co., Kansas in 1856. > > I would love to hear from you with any information about Elizabeth and/or > Joel, or even the source of the information you so kindly provided in your > May 2 query to the ILGREENE-List at RootsWeb. > > Thank you so much. You seem to have found my g-g-g-g-grandparents, Elizabeth > PURSER+Joel METCALF/MEDCALF. Oh yes, why the spelling variation? Have you > variable sources (and spellings?) for Joel's name? Seems you and I might > share a g-g-g-g-grandmother. > > Susan RENO LeBlanc > Moses Lake, WA > > [email protected] > or > [email protected] (backup address--with an _ after "sr") >