I don't find the David Metcalf family in the 1850 or 1860 HCI census. "Civil War Soldiers and Veterans, Hamilton County, IL," by Felty: Metcalf, David, AGR, Sgt, Co I, 131 Ill Inf, Res Ham Co, mus 13 Nov 1862. MC: T5S-R7E, age 27, b. IL, farmer, Capt Lasater's Co. AGR = Rosters of officers and enlisted men in Adjutant General's Report MC = Military Census, fall 1862, in pursance of General Order No. 99 "Hamilton County Probate Index": David Metcalf Sarah Metcalf (adm) 11 Jul 1863 Box 14 File 3 BeeandBop31@aol.com wrote: > > Bathsheba (or Barthaba as some records have it) was William and Nancy > (Nelson) Malone's daughter. She was born in Hamilton Co. abt. 1829, the > first child born after the family's move from Monroe Co., KY. Bathsheba > married Daniel P. Metcalf 28 Jan 1847 in Hamilton Co. I'm missing the names > of four of their children, but the ones I have are Romelia Jackson Metcalf > (married Lucinda J. (York) Hawthorn), Martha J. (Metcalf) Butler (moved to E. > St. Louis), Edward Lee Metcalf (married Florence Ann Weldin), and James R. > Metcalf (moved to Eldorado). > > Edward Metcalf's children were Wayne Metcalf (married Sara Guernsey), Leda > Metcalf (unmarried), Irene (Metcalf) Mansell, Troy Metcalf (married Laura Mae > Phipps) and Beulah (Metcalf) Frymire. > > Does anybody know what happened to Bathsheba after the 1870 Hamilton census > in which she appears without Daniel, apparently widowed. He was young enough > to have been in the Civil War, and I haven't checked yet to see if he died in > the War. I have been going through the 1880 CD census to see if Bathsheba is > still in Hamilton then. She might have remarried, but you know the Hamilton > marriage records for that period are not in any books! I also need to check > to see if she went to Eldorado with one of her children. > > If you know what happened to Bathsheba, or where she is buried, any help > would be most appreciated. > > Shirley Malone Fritsche > > ==== ILHAMILT Mailing List ==== > Listowner, Michael L. Hebert mailto:mhebert.usgw@home.com > --------------------------------------------------------- > Visit the Hamilton County, Illinois Genealogy USGenWeb site at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilhamilt/