Helen found some possible connections.... -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [ILWAYNE] [Fwd: MARY ANN COMMEAN] mystery grave marker Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 21:31:37 -0400 From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> CC: Wayne Co., IL <[email protected]> References: <[email protected]> Sorry, I hit the send too soon--- found the following on ancestry-- 1. Risden Commean-- residence-- Mulkeytown, IL (this is in Franklin CO) enlisted in Company F, Apr 10, 1862, mustered out June 1, 1862, private-- he survived the war, it also says his enlistment date is May 2, 1862 Another entry on Risden states he enlisted on Feb 5, 1862 as a private, company F, IL 63 Inf., then states he enlisted April 10, 1862, mustered out on June 1, 1862. 2. 1850 census of Perry CO., IL, 884/880 Elam Silkwood 47 farmer VA Christianna Silkwood 31 Germany Elizabeth Silkwood 22 William M. Silkwood 18 Nathan Silkwood 13 Narcissa Silkwood 11 Levi Comein 10 Risden Comein 8 Elam Silkwood 4 Margaret Silkwood 1 (all others b. in IL) Levi is on the 1880 census of Perry CO with a wife, Kensada, children Alice, Alfred, Elmer, and Ethel. 3. I did find a few Commeans-- Alfred, Elmer and Levi who married in Perry CO., IL-- but not a Mary Ann. There is a John Commean who married a Maryiby Johnson in 1837 in St. Clair CO., IL. Ancestry has a John Commeen married to Mary Fritz on Jul 8, 1848 in St. Clair CO., IL. Possibly the stone is one of these Mary's?? There seems to be quite a few Commeans/Commeens in Perry and Williamson Counties, IL. in the 1920 and 1930 censuses. Perhaps put an article in one of their newspapers? Surely there is someone who knows where this tombstone belongs. Good luck and hopefully the stone will be returned to its rightful place. Please forward this to the other sites so that it might possibly help someone. Thanks. Helen Zuber Keusch Zuber, Land, Edwards, Crabtree, Bennett, Goodwin, Chapman, Eakins, Handley, Ezell, Sandefur, Ford/Foard, Melton, Gutekunst/Goodart, Anthis, Bangert (my lines); Keusch, Zimmerman, Ackerman, Burger, Hopf, Mehringer, Becher, Schitter/Schuetter, Hochgesang, Schmitt, Hurst, Baumert (hubby's lines) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandy Bauer" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 5:09 PM Subject: [ILWAYNE] [Fwd: MARY ANN COMMEAN] mystery grave marker > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [ILHAMILT] MARY ANN COMMEAN > Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:20:30 -0500 > From: Bill & Kay Levanti <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, > <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, > <[email protected]> > > > > West Frankfort Daily American, Wed 1 July 2009. Page 1. > > Mysterious marker has officials stumped......A bit of a mystery has > found its way to West Frankfort. The grave marker of Mary Ann COMMEAN > has been discovered amongst a heap of concrete rubble at the city brush > disposal site on Route 37. According to Mayor Marion PRESLEY, the pile > of concrete was illegally dumped at the site several weeks ago. the > marker is recessed into a concrete slab similar in size to a segment of > sidewalk. The origin of the grave marker remains shrouded in mystery. > Despite research and calls made to several surrounding counties by West > Frankfort officials, nothing has turned up concerning the grave marker. > West Frankfort Chief of Police Jeff THARP said possible leads in the > case of the enigmatic grave marker are becoming limited. "We've > exhausted all means except the media outlet to see if anyone has any > information on the marker," said Chief THARP. Chief THARP encouraged > anyone with information on the grave marker to contact the West Frankfort > P! > olice Department at 937 - 3502. > > Please let the list's know also. > > Bill > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List admin: [email protected] > Info/Archives: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/IL/hamilton.html > USGenWeb site: http://hamilton.ilgw.org > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >