This is the website for greene county cemeteries. I was raised in Greene County and didn't know there were all these cemeteries. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmaga/greene/cemeteries/1_cem_index.html --- [email protected] wrote: > That's really nice. > > I don't know where to go to find out what happened > between April 16, 1861 and > June of 1865. He is shown as enlisting in > Edwardsville--isn't that sort of > funny?--and mustered out April 29, 1861 with about > 65 other men--all with the > same in/out dates. They'd lived in White Hall > pretty much from the time > father Joel and wife came to Greene early on. Joel > was a path master a > couple of times. > > Son Jacob was 46 years old when he enlisted as a > private in Company B. (I > have the regiment, but don't want to stop typing to > run and look). The > service was for 3 mo. duration which was done on a > few Illinois regiments. > They were to guard prisoners and handle supplies, > etc. They didn't even do 3 > months. > > By 1870, widow Nancy had moved to Palmyra in > Macoupin County. I can't figure > out why or who she knew to have brought that about. > She and all children are > there in June, except eldest daughter, Martha who > married in April and is not > counted in the Palmyra enumeration. Martha is my > husband's grandmother, and > the eldest of the Bacon children. > > Nancy's sister Acenith Chipman married Allen > Lovelace in Greene County and > later moved to Texas with her parents Seth and Sarah > Chipman. Another > sister, Elizabeth Chipman married William Bradshaw > in Greene County, had a > daughter (Nonie) and died after that. William went > on to marry a couple more > times and is written up in county history. > > Is there an index of Greene County cemeteries > (Whitehall in particular) > available on line? I have to think if he died after > being mustered out, he > must be buried in or around Whitehall, but I can't > explain why every one of > the enlistments gives Jacksonville as the residence. > Gordon and Nancy's last > child was born in 1862. > > His date of death and location is the only piece of > information I need on > this couple and it is frustrating. The only thing I > haven't tried is court > records of divorce. But since all the enlistees > were given the same > residence, I figured that's the location for the > enlistments, not the real > home address--and besides, there was this late > birth. > > It's helpful to bounce some of these puzzles off > someone else. Thanks. > > Jan > > > ==== ILGREENE Mailing List ==== > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >