This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wg.2ADE/1483 Message Board Post: Hello. I am looking for any information on Phillip Conrad or Konrad of Goodfarm Township. He lived with his daughter Margaret Simantel and her family. He was born around 1793 in Bavaria. He died sometime after the 1880 census. I believe he was buried in Goodfarm Cemetery. Any information is appreciated. Jen Magers

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Salmans, Ellis Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wg.2ADE/73.1.1 Message Board Post: Lora was my great-grandmother. I would be interested in getting a copy of the obituary if possible. She was married to Homer Salmans. Their son, Vance was my grandfather.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ellis Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wg.2ADE/73.1 Message Board Post: I was also looking for the Ellis family in Grundy Co. and found a few of them there. When I was visiting last time I found out that Mom had an old album in which Grandma McCammond kept a lot of newspaper clippings. In there was an obituary for Lora May Salmans, born Lora May Ellis , April 19, 1879, in Grandy Co., Ill. Her parents Mr. and Mrs. Philander Ellis, brought the family to Kansas in 1881, and settled in Bourbon Co., in 1892 the family moved to Hodgeman County. The obituary lists surviving brothers, Henry Ellis of Iola, Lee Ellis of Greensburg, Ray Ellis of Coldwater and Herbert Ellis of Wichita, and sisters Mrs. Ira Burditt of Coldwater and Mrs. Elizabeth Hanchett of Rogers, Ark. The Salmans married March 2, 1900, at Jetmore, and had 7 sons and 5 daughters. They were also listed. This gave me the idea to look for Philander Ellis. I found a 1880 census on the LDS website, and it looked promising. It was for Grundy (not Grandy) County, Goodfarm twsp, Illinois. The parents were listed as being born in NY. On the 1880 census Lola was listed as 1 year old. I then looked for Philander Ellis some more and found his parents family in Eagle, Wyoming Co., NY in 1830-1850, according to what someone had put on the LDS site. There was a father Ward Ellis, and mother Phebe Ellis, with children, Palmer Ellis, Sophrona Ellis, Rhonda Ellis, Maranda Ellis, Aramintha Ellis, George Ellis, George W. Ellis, Albert Ellis, Philander Ellis, Leander Ellis, and Dwight Ellis. There are Ward, Palmer and Philander Ellises listed in the 1880 census Grundy Co., Ill.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: PURCELL.HIBNER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wg.2ADE/1482 Message Board Post: MARRIAGE GARDNER CHRONICLE GARDNER, ILLINOIS GRUNDY COUNTY JULY 11, 1943 MISS KATHLEEN PURCELL DAUGHTER OF MR AMD MRS ARTHUR PURCELL OF PINKINVILLE, IL., BECAME THE BRIDE OF JAMES POWELL, SON OF MR AND MRS. ELMER POWELL OF NORMAL, AND FORMERLY OF GARDNER. THE MARRIAGE TOOK PLACE JUNE 19, AT JACKSONVILLE. THE GROOM IS A NEPHEW OF THE MISSES ELLA AND BERTHA HIBNER OF GARDNER. JAMES T. POWELL WAS THE GRANDSON OF JAMES AND MELLISSA HEMPHILL HIBNER HIS FATHER WORKED FOR THE RAILROAD.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HIBNER, POWELL,LATHROPE, BURROUGHS, BROWN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wg.2ADE/1481 Message Board Post: BIRTH OCT 12, 1933 MR AND MRS. ELMER POWELL ARE PARENTS OF A DAUGHTER , BORN SUNDAY, OCT. 8. THE LITTLE MISS HAS BEEN GIVEN THE NAME ALMA LOUISE. ALMA LOUISE POWELL MARRIED A LATHROPE, MY COUSIN DORIS BURROUGHS BROWN SAID. DORIS BURROUGHS BROWN IS THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF LUCINDA A. HIBNER HEMPHILL. LUCINDA HIBNER WAS THE YOUNGEST SISTER OF MY GRANDFATHER, DAVID HIBNER.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HIBNER, HEMPHILL.PEACOCK Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wg.2ADE/1480 Message Board Post: OBITUARY GARDNER CHRONICLE 1980 MRS. FRANK B. PEACOCK DWIGHT- MRS FRANK B. (BERTHA A.) PEACOCK, 90, FORMERLY OF GARDNER , DIED AT 3:22 A M MONDAY, IN CONTINENTAL NURSING HOME, DWIGHT BORN NOV. 7, 1890 AT REDDICK, SHE WAS A DAUGHTER OF JAMES AND MELISSA (HEMPHILL)HIBNER IN APRIL OF 1964 SHE MARRIED FRANK PEACOCK IN NORMAL. SURVIVING ARE SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS . PRECEDING HER IN DEATH WAS HER HUSBAND , SIX SISTERS AND TWO BROTHERS. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE NORMAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH . FUNERAL SEVICES WILL BE AT 2 P M , WEDNESDAY AT THE VON QUALEN FUNERAL HOME, DWIGHT, WITH THE REV. M. NEWHALL OFFICIATING. THERE WILL BE NO VISITATION. BURIAL WILL BE IN ROUND GROVE CEMETERY, DWIGHT. (ON CAMPUS ROAD) BERTHA A. HIBNER PEACOCK WAS THE DAUGHTER OF JAMES AND MELISSA HIBNER WHO PRECEDED HER IN DEATH ALSO. JANICE HICKMAN HGOLDENOLDIES@AOL.COM CALIFORNIA

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HIBNER, POWELL EIB Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wg.2ADE/1479 Message Board Post: OBITUARY GARDNER CHRONICLE JULY 8 ,1948 DEATH OF ELLA A. HIBNER ELLA A. HIBNER DAUGHTER OF JAMES C. AND MELISSA HIBNER WAS BORN ON A FARM NEAR JOLIET ON JAN. 21, 1871. AT A EARLY AGE, SHE WITH HER FAMILY MOVED TO A FARM NEAR REDDICK. IN 1901 THE FAMILY CAME TO GARDNER , WHERE SHE HAS SINCE RESIDED. SHE PASSED AWAY AT HER HOME ON JULY 2, AND LEAVES TO MOURN HER LOSS, TWO SISTERS. BERTHA A. HIBNER AT HOME, MRS. ELMER POWELL OF NORMAL, A NEPHEW JAMES, OF SAN DIEGO , CALIF., AND A NIECE ALMA LOU POWELL OF NORMAL AND OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS , TWO SISTERS ANS TWO BROTHERS. FOR MANY YEARS SHE HAS BEEN A FAITHFUL MEMBER OF THE METHODIST CHURCH. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ALMEDA CLUB. THRU HER LONG YEARS OF ILLNESS HER PATIENCE HAS ENDEARED HER TO HER MANY FRIENDS. FUNERAL SEVICES WERE HELD ON MONDAY AFTERNOON FROM THE HANSEN FUNERAL HOME WITH REV. R. STOLP OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS MADE IN ROUND GROVE CEMETERY. CARD OF THANKS WE WISH TO EXPRESS OUR SINCERE THANKS AND APPRECIATION FOR THE KINDNESS AND SYMPATHY EXTENDED TO US DURING THE ILLNESS AND DEATH OF OUR SISTER . MISS BERTHA HIBNER ELMER POWELL FAMILY THE ALMEDA CLUB OF GARDNER, ILLINOIS WAS NAMED FOR ELLA,S MOTHER. ALMEDA EIB HIBNER.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hand Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wg.2ADE/1478 Message Board Post: DEATH OF AUGUSTUS F. HAND For several months the public had been in expectancy of the death of Dr. A.F. Hand, but nevertheless, when the announcement came on Sunday afternoon, a little after 4 o’clock, it had its effect upon the community where he had so long lived, and where always he had been held in high esteem. For six months he had been failing. The skeleton form which was laid away on last Tuesday bore little semblance of that robust form of but a few short months ago. His malady was peculiar. His appetite of a sudden failed, his digestive organs had ceased their function, and gradually he wasted away, until the man of nearly 300 pounds was left but a bare skeleton. A great generous hearted man has gone out from amongst us, but his memory will long live. The following biographical sketch was prepared for publication, and graphically describes the man – the friend of the people. BIOGRAPHY Augustus Frederick Hand was born of a Puritanical family, at Shoreham, Addison County, Vt., July 11, 1816. Here on the shores of Lake Champlain and at North Ferrisburg among the spurs of the Green mountains, his youth was spent and where he laid foundation of a robust constitution which carried him through a long, useful and eventful life, fraught with hardships under which a less sturdy conformation would have succumbed. Here he had advantages of the common schools and discipline of a stern, unrelenting sad, perhaps, harsh father, who ruled with such iron hand that, at 17, the doctor ran away from home and came west, to Logansport, Ind., walking mostly all the way. Here he remained a few months with a half brother, the late Rev. Martin Post of that city, and then went on to Jacksonville, Ill., where he entered Illinois College under the preceptorship of another half-brother, the late Rev. Truman M. Post, of St. Louis, who, at that time, was a professor in the college. T! hree years later he graduated from the classic school and entered the medical department from which he graduated in 1845, and at once commenced the practice of his profession in which he has stood at the head here for over forty years. While at Jacksonville his school class and roommater were men who have since figured ??? in the history of our State and Nation, and with whom ties of friendship were interwoven that were maintained through life. The Rev. Thomas K. Beecher, Gov. Richard Yates, Hon. ? Bateman and Prof. Samuel Williard being his close associates. In 1847 he came to Morris, and from that date until shortly before his death, he was one of the best known and most familiar figures here, having maintained an active, vigorous life and practice was was not abated until the advent of his last sickness. When he came here this county was a mere wilderness. There were no roads nor fences and but few settlers and his practice extended for nearly twenty-five miles in all directions. The hardships which he endured and took pride in relating in after years, were enough to have overcome a less sturdy constitution; but he was endowed with an unusually strong physique and it carried him through and maintained a robust activity until with a few months past, when his last illness set in – atomic dyspepsia – and he declined rapidly until death closed the scene, and took a kind, generous and just man to his eternal reward. Attached to one of his pictures he left the following quotation: “How strange and eccentric seems the man who thinks for himself.” No expression could better represent him. He was a man who thought; who did his own thinking; who spoke his thoughts; who thought before he spoke; a man of brain and intelligence; a student and scholar in his profession and out of it; just, honest and God fearing; somewhat stern and exacting, but with a heart as tender as a woman’s. His right hand was always open to deserving poor and his left did not know what his right was doing. Almost every poor family in this city and vicinity has been the recipient of his sympathetic generosity. He was not a man of the world and took no part in it social and but little in its political affairs, though he had held public offices of trust and honor. Doctor Hand was one of the most original of men in speech, in dress and in manner; free from vanities of all kinds; unconv! entional and did nothing for “policy” sake. A good birth, good, early and lifelong associates and a good heart carried him to and maintained him in a sphere almost of his own, far above mediocrity. But he has gone. No more will his familiar face be seen upon on streets; his kind, generous hand now lies cold in death; his soul is in eternity and soon his body will lie alongside many of his companions of half a century who have preceded him to that unknown borne, and the particular sphere which he filled on this earth will never be filled nor his memory lost. Thus one by one the old settlers are passing away, but few remain who came here contemporaneously with Dr. Hand. He died in full hope of eternity surrounded by most of his family, consisting of his wife, Sarah Clark, whom he married in this city in 1850, and his daughter, Mrs. A.E. Frost of Chicago, and sons Oliver H. and Dr. Truman A. Hand, of this city, who mourn the loss of a kind and indulgent h! usband. The funeral took place on Tuesday afternoon from the family residence, on Main street, and was very largely attended. In the absence of Rev. Bissell, of the congregational church, Rev. J.A. Montgomery, of LaGrange, for many years pastor of the church in this city officiated. The remains were interred in Evergreen cemetery. Morris Daily Herald, June 20, 1890

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Onson Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wg.2ADE/1477 Message Board Post: ONSON, Peter - The land of Grundy County is admirably adapted for farming purposes and the men who have invested in it have no reason to regret their action. One of the prosperous retired agriculturalists of Goose Lake Township who takes a pride in what he accomplished on his farm and the improvements he made upon it is Peter Onson. He was born at Stavanger, Norway, in January, 1841, a son of Osen and Mary (Olson) Onson, who came to the Province of Quebec, Canada, in 1866. From there they made their way to Chicago, and thence to Morris, Ill., where the father died in 1876, and the mother in 1904. Peter Onson was brought up at home, and remained with his parents until his arrival in Grundy County. He engaged with farmers for ten years, and then having gained a valuable experience and saved some money, in 1874 bought eighty-five acres of land in Goose Lake Township; but the farm was in bad condition, necessitating some very hard work and management to bring it into its present excellent condition. He improved the buildings and land, and had one of the best places for its size in the township. He sold this farm in 1913, but still resides on it with his daughter, Mrs. John Philips, who was the purchaser. In 1867 Mr. Onson was married to Annie Knutson, born in Norway, who died in 1882, having borne him the following children: Onie, who is with his father; Andrew, who is a farmer of Goose Lake Township; Carl, who is of Wauponsee Township; Bertha, Mrs. John Philips, who is the owner of the homestead in Goose Lake Township and Martha, Mrs. Get Olson, who is of Livingston County, Ill. Mr. Onson belongs to the Norwegian Lutheran Church. In politics he is a Republican, but has never taken any active part in public affairs, as his farming duties have claimed him too closely. A hardworker, and very thrifty in his habits, Mr. Onson has steadily advanced, and his success is well merited. Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois, 1914, page 878

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wg.2ADE/45.303.308 Message Board Post: Hi I think I can help you my fathers name was William Schauble. His mothers name was Rose Zillig Im sure that she was related to the other zilligs.Her family I know was from Baviria if you need any more help let me know

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: POWELL, DELILLE, OLSEN, MERRIMAN, Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wg.2ADE/1476 Message Board Post: JOLIET HERALD NEWS JANUARY 7, 1991 AGE 73, OF MINOOKA. PASSED AWAY EARLY THIS MORNING IN THE MORRIS HOSPITAL. SHE WAS BORN JULY 23, 1917 IN GENESEO, ILLINOIS. DAUGHTER OF PETER AND GRACE MERRIMAN DELILLE. SHE MARRIED OLAF OLSEN IN 1936 IN ATKINSON. ILLINOIS. EMPLOYED WITH NORTHWESTERN CORPORATION IN MORRIS, THE MANOR MOTEL IN CHANNAHON AND JEMCO ENGI NEERING IN MINOOKA RETIRING IN 1980.. MEMBER OF ST. MARY,S CHURCH IN MINOOKA. SURVIVED BY THREE SON S, RONALD (PAT), OLSEN OF CHANNAHON, JOSEPH (MARY) OLSEN OF MINOOKA, GARY (DEBBIE) OLSEN OF MORRIS, TEN GRANDCHILDREN, TWO SISTERS ALSO SURVIVED . SISTER WINIFRED DELILLE FROM ST. NAZIA, WISCONSIN AND AMELIA DELILLE OF GENESEO, ILLINOIS. FUNERAL SERVICES, 9 A. M., WEDNESDAY,U C DAVIS AND SONS FUNERAL HOME, MORRIS, WITH DEACON WILLIAM KELLY OFFICIATING, TO CONCEPTION CHUTCH FOT MASS OF CHRISIAN BURIAL AT 9:30 A M WITH REV. JOHN ZANONI. BURIAL EVERGREEN CEMETERY. VISITATION TUESDAY 4-8 P M AT THE FUNERAL HOME. AWAKE SERVIVE TUESDAY EVENING.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HIBNER, STROUT, HEMPHILL, PICKLES, FULLER, CLOVER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wg.2ADE/1475 Message Board Post: GARDNER CHRONICLE GARDNER, ILLINOIS GRUNDY COUNTY 1914 JAMES HIBNER AND FAMILY AUTORED TO PLAINFIELD WEDNESDAY TO TAKE MISS LULU HEMPHILL HOME AND EXPECTED MISS BELL HEMPHILL TO RETURN HOME WITH THEM. AUGUST 22, 1918 MR HEMPHILL OF PLAINFIELD , A BROTHER IN LAW OF MR. J.C. HIBNER IS VISITING THEM THIS WEEK. AUGUST 1918 W.A. HIBNER OF ELWOOD VISITED HUS BROTHER, J C HIBNER MONDAY. THE LATTER WILL TAKE HIM HOME TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 27 1919 JAMES HIBNER AND REV. I J LETHERMAN ON WEDNESDAY LAST ATTENDED A JOINT CENTENARY CONVENTION WHICH WAS HELD AT PONTIAC, ILLINOIS. JAMES HIBNER WAS CALLED TO ELWOOD ON WEDNESDAY ON ACCOUNT OF THE SERIOUS ILLNESS OF HIS BROTHER, WILLIAM. (MARCH 27,1919) MARCH 27,1919 MISS BELLE AND MISS HEMPHILL OF PLAINFIELD ARE VISITING AT THE JAMES HIBNER HOME. NOV. 25,1933 FARMERS ATTENDING fARMERS mEETING , B C STROUT WAS ONE. JANUARY 11, 1934 MR AND MRS ALBERT GRINTER, MR AND MRS B C STROUT, MRS KARL LUTZ AND TREASURE PICKLES WERE VICTINS F A AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT TUESDAY AS THEY WERE MOTORING TO JOLIET. THEIR CAR BEGAN TO SLIP AND SKIDDEN INTO THE DITCH AND TIPPED OVER. FORTUNALLY NO SERIOUS INJURIES WERE RECEIVED . MRS GRINTER HAD SOME SPRAINED LIGAMENTS. APRIL 5, 1934 B C STROUT IS A CANDIDATE FOR REELECTION FOR PRESIDENT OF GARDNER HIGH SCHOOL, REGARDLESS OF THE REPORT THAT HE HAS WITHDRAWN. APRIL 26, 1934 THE HIGH SCHOOL BOARD MET LAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND ORGANIZED AS FOLLOWS, B C STROUT PRESIDENT, AND CHARLES BOOKWALTER AS TREASURER. MAY 10, 1934 MRS B C STROUT ENTERTAINED AT A 6 O'CLOCK DINNER , SUNDAY EVENING, CELEBRATING THE 21ST BIRTHDAY OF HER SON, TREASURE.. BEN AND EMMA PICKLES , DR AND MRS E G FULLER AND BLANCHE CLOVER WERE IN ATTENDANCE.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Nicholson Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wg.2ADE/1474 Message Board Post: Nicholson, Bert C. – A progressive, enterprising citizen, who has won his way to the forefront solely through the medium of his own well-directed efforts, Bert C. Nicholson has attained not alone financial independence, but the esteem and respect and confidence of his fellow-citizens in Coal City, Ill., and is universally recognized as one of his community’s rising young men. He is a native of Grundy County, born in Mazon Township, on the farm where his parents, George and Rose (Bray) Nicholson, lived. His father, a native of Canada, came to Grundy County when twenty-one years of age, and here passed his life in agricultural pursuits, dying in 1907. Mrs. Nicholson, a native of Ireland, survives her husband, and makes her home in Oklahoma City, Okla. There were six children in their family: Bert C., Maud M., Mrs. Alice Brooks, Effie, Margaret and Lucille. Bert C. Nicholson received his early education in the district schools, while assisting his father in the work of the home farm, and subsequently attended a business college at Ottawa for one year. A young man of versatile talents, he has at various times been engaged in the livery, butcher and draying business, and in 1909, upon coming to Coal City, established himself as the proprietor of a railroad tie and cord-wood business, in which he is still engaged. He is the owner of the John Corlett farm, a well-developed tract of eighty acres located in section 14, Mazon Township. He is progressive in his methods and his ideas, and his willingness to co-operate with his fellow- citizens in promoting movements of a beneficial nature has made him known as one of his community’s useful men. In 1904 Mr. Nicholson was married to Miss Belle Archibold, of Braidwood, Ill., daughter of David and Jessie (Montgomery) Archibold, natives of Scotland, who came to America in 1876 and se! ttled in Braidwood as pioneers of that place. Two children have been born to this union: Dale George and Paul Archibold. Mr. Nicholson is a popular member of the Modern Woodmen of America, the Knights of Pythias and the Masons. His political connection is with the Republican party, but he takes only a good citizen’s interest in public matters. Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois, 1914, page 875-876

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wg.2ADE/1365.1 Message Board Post: Doctor Terrando was way ahead of years and very knowledgable. When other doctors failed in diagnosing my great uncle with tuberculosis, Doctor Terrando knew with but one glance what was ailing him. I would be very interested in knowing any further information about Doctor Terrando, as I am in the process of writing a memoir about my great uncle. My great uncle insisted that he owed his life to Doctor Terrando and I want to do him justice. Thank you.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Malecek Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wg.2ADE/1473 Message Board Post: Malecek, Cyril M. – With the development of any community comes the need for good construction work, and the men who continue to hold the patronage of the public are those who have proven their worth and stability. One of the men whose connections as a general contractor are firmly formed, is Cyril Malecek of South Wilmington, one of the leading men in his line in Grundy County. Mr. Malecek was born in Bohemia, in 1864, and there attended school and was taught the trade of cabinetmaking. In 1880 he came to the United States with his father and the rest of the family, and for a time they lived at Chicago where the father was a laborer. He retired some time prior to his death, which occurred in that city, in December, 1909. The mother passed away in the same city in 1890. There were nine children in the family: Joseph, Cyril, Veronika, Anna, Mary, Albyna, Fannie, Bessie and Josephine. Cyril M. Malecek left Chicago in 1891 for Braidwood, Ill., where he began contracting, later moving to South Wilmington, where he has since continued. Mr. Malecek has practically built this town, as he had the contract for the construction of every church and hall and the majority of the residences in the place, and his work is the best advertisement he could have. In 1889 Mr. Malecek married Annie Smolick, who was born at Chicago. Nine children have been born of this marriage: Cyril, Emma, Josephine, Rosa, Joseph, Lillian, Frank, Clara and Bessie, the last two being deceased, the former dying in infancy, and the latter when twelve years old. Mr. Malecek belongs to the Knights of Pythias, the C. S. P. S. and the C. S. B. P. S., all of Chicago. Although a Democrat, he is very liberal in his political views. Not only is he a man of capability in business, but also stands very well personally in the community that has been his home for so many useful years. Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois, 1914, page 858

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Peterson Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wg.2ADE/1472 Message Board Post: A. F. Peterson was born in Sweeden, March 4, 1834; came to this country and settled in Grundy county in 1878; died with liver and kidney trouble June 18, 1890, aged 56 years, 3 months and 14 days. He leaves a wife and four children to mourn his loss; also a brother, C. F. Peterson. The funeral was held at the deceased’s residence on the 19th, Rev. R. E. Helms officiating. The remains were interred in the Anderson cemetery. Morris Daily Herald, June 27, 1890

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Leach Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wg.2ADE/1471 Message Board Post: Leach, John H. – It perhaps might be kind if instead of waiting until a veteran of the Civil War has answered to the eternal roll call, popular opinion regarding the value of his services were expressed during his lifetime. Such appreciation is due the heroes of the greatest conflict history had then known, and ought to be accorded every man who belonged to the “Boys in Blue”. One of the honored veterans of Grundy County is John H. Leach, now living retired at Morris. He was born in Marshall County, W. Va., December 12, 1838, a son of Greenbury and Mary (Spaun) Leach, natives of West Virginia. The father was a farmer and early settler in West Virginia, where he died in 1841. His widow married (second) Robert Murry, also a farmer, and died in West Virginia in 1869. After his father’s death John H. Leach was taken by a cousin, John Harvey, of West Virginia, and lived with him until 1850, when he came to Morris. He learned the carpenter trade and followed it for thirty-six years. On June 16, 1861, Mr. Leach enlisted in Company K, Twentieth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, known as the Joliet Company, and served in many important engagements, including General Sherman’s famous march to the sea. On July 25, 1865, he received his honorable discharge, having been a brave and gallant soldier. On November 5, 1877, Mr. Leach was married to Caroline (Goodman) Bassett, born in Pennsylvania, daughter of William G. and Mary J. (Crandall) Goodman, natives of Canada and Cattaraugus County, N. Y., and widow of Peter Bassett. By her first marriage, Mrs. Leach had four children: William, of Joliet; and Thomas, Maud and Clara, all deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Leach have had the following children: George L., of Morris; Benjamin H., of Jolie! t; Ada, Mrs. A. C. Frick, of Morris, who has one child, Claudia; and Addie, who died in infancy. In religious faith Mr. Leach is a Methodist, and politically, is a Republican. He belongs to the Carpenters Union, and the G. A. R. Post of Morris. Upright, honorable, loyal, true as steel to his friends, Mr. Leach is highly respected by a wide circle. Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois, 1914, page 851

Hello, Does anyone have the book HISTORY OF GRUNDY COUNTY, ILLINOIS published by O.L. Baskin & Co. 1882? If so, could you please check to see if it mentions: James and Sarah THOMPSON any VONDERSMITH any SEITZINGER They would have been in the Nettle Creek area. Thank you! Marcy _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Campens, Campens, ...nothing but CAMPENS...!! Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wg.2ADE/1470 Message Board Post: Looking for information. I am from IL, and I can trade information for information.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kennedy Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wg.2ADE/1469 Message Board Post: Kennedy, Joseph P. – With the almost universal adoption of the automobile as a means of locomotion, has come an insistent and increasing demand for first class repair work, and Grundy County men have not been slow to enter into this line of endeavor. One of those whose name is a synonym for honest and efficient work is Joseph P. Kennedy of Gardner, Ill., who does all kinds of boiler, engine and automobile repairing. He was born in Marion County, Ill., in 1876, a son of James and Melinda (Jones) Kennedy. The father was born in Alabama and the mother in Indiana. Growing up in his native State, James Kennedy was engaged in agricultural work there until his coming to Illinois in 1864. He located at Marion County and continued his farming, there married, and he and his wife became the parents of eleven children, six of whom survive. Both parents died in Illinois, the father in 1908, and the mother in 1910. Joseph P. Kennedy was brought up on a farm and there taught lessons of industry and thrift which have never been forgotten. He attend the local schools and assisted his father until he was nineteen years old at which time he entered the machine shops at Decatur, Ala., where he remained for four years. This line of work so suited him that he has continued in it, and in 1907, seeing an opening at Gardner, he came here and worked as an engineer until 1909, when he opened up his business, and now is agent for the Ford and Overland cars, both excellent makes. In addition, he conducts a first class garage and controls the greater part of the business in his several lines for this section. On March 22, 1910, Mr. Kennedy married Mildred Colstock, born at Gardner, Ill. In politics he is a Republican, but has not gone into public life. Fraternally he is a Mason. His sterling characteristics and business honesty entitle him to the confidence and respect of his fellow citizens. Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois, 1914, page 846