Hi Robert, Thanks a lot for checking that for me. If I learn anything more will let you know. I hope all the legal problems get worked out. Several years ago didn't Illinois pass some kind of law where home owners had to care for these cemeteries on their land? I thought I remember someone telling me that. Keep up the good work and I will look forward to hearing from you again. Roberta.

Hi, Roberta, I checked at the Historical Society today but they evidently don't have a card on this Robert or Isabella Thompson. If I find anything on them in our material I'll let you know. I've been trying to make up a file of the annual indexes of several of our old church papers which contained obituaries, to make it easier for myself to find them. I have a considerable number of indexes copied but have a ways to go. The work at the cemetery is progressing but still in progress. If I find more names on stones, I'll let you know. The status of the road to the cemetery is now in the process of being reviewed by an attorney, and when I hear the results I will pass it on. The property around the cemetery was sold last year (unknown to me) without excepting the cemetery in the legal description, so some correction will have to be made somehow. I'll let the attorneys work that out, and help them if they ask me. Sincerely, Robert On Thu, 3 Jun 2004 23:16:42 EDT [email protected] writes: > Hi Robert, > Hope you had a good day at the cemetery. From what I remember of the > death > article I saw on Robert Thompson it mentioned either his wife of > Mother being > sick in bed and unable to attend his funeral so I wonder if he died > the 23 May > 1882 and his wife on the 26 May 1882. I think you will find his > death notice > listed in Bowen but not sure of that. Let me know if you don't have > time to > check the Historical Society so I can write them. Thanks. > Roberta Summers > > > ==== ILHANCOC Mailing List ==== > Hancock County web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilhancoc/ > Rock Island County web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilrockis/ > > > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!

Hi Larry, The marriage database is online at for you to do your own lookups. http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/GenealogyMWeb/marrsrch.html I was doing it whe the database was not online so now you can do your own. Thanks Shawnnee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Young" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 6:50 PM Subject: [ILHANCOC] Illinois State Marriage Index Look Up, Young > Shawnee, > > Thanks for your offer. May I have a look up on: > > Father and Mother-John E. Young to Mollie Mitchell in 1809 > Daughter-Agnes Young to David Munnell in 1826 > Son-William Young to Hannah Reynolds (first) on 5 Mar 1835 and Maria Lewis > (second wife)21 Sept 1851 > Daughter-Jane Young to Robert Elder on 6 Oct 1846 > Son-James Young to Polly McGown on on 20 Sept 1838 > > If I have over-extended your generosity I then apologize and will be more than > satisified with what you send. If you choose to snail mail my address is: > > Larry D. Young > 15232 Wentwood Lane > Woodbridge, Virginia 22191-4926 > > Sincerely, > Larry > > > --- Shawnnee Ramey <[email protected]> wrote: > > If anyone needs a marriage lookup let me know. I have the Illinois State > > Marriage CD. I bought it before it was online. Plus I have the early > > marriages on micro fisch. > > Shawnnee > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. > http://messenger.yahoo.com/ > > > ==== ILHANCOC Mailing List ==== > Hancock County web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilhancoc/ > Rock Island County web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilrockis/ >

Hi Robert, Hope you had a good day at the cemetery. From what I remember of the death article I saw on Robert Thompson it mentioned either his wife of Mother being sick in bed and unable to attend his funeral so I wonder if he died the 23 May 1882 and his wife on the 26 May 1882. I think you will find his death notice listed in Bowen but not sure of that. Let me know if you don't have time to check the Historical Society so I can write them. Thanks. Roberta Summers

Dear Coleen, This is very good to know. I had recently found obituaries of Robert and Almeda Kimbrough and put them in a manila file of obituaries of people from Middle Creek which I am accumulating. I look forward to whatever you can find as your source of info that Robert and Isabella Thompson are buried at Old Brick. I'm sure there are many unmarked graves. I noticed that the Kimbrough lot was at one time marked off by four corner stones, each with the letter "K". There is a large stone which just says Kimbrough, and then there are small stones which have only the given names of the person and their dates. Sincerely, Robert On Thu, 3 Jun 2004 18:35:05 EDT [email protected] writes: > Hi Robert, I also have that Robert Thompson and his wife Isabella > Kimbrough > are buried in the Old Brick Church Cem. > Robert d. 26 May 1882; Isabella d. 23 May 1882. Their children > were > raised by Robert and Alemeda Kimbrough. > He was a brother of Isabella Kimbrough. I will have to look further > to see > if I have an obit. or letters or where I got the fact that they were > buried in > the Old Brick Church Cem. Thanks for all your work. > > > J. Coleen Dochterman > > > ==== ILHANCOC Mailing List ==== > Hancock County web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilhancoc/ > Rock Island County web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilrockis/ > > > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!

Hi Robert, I also have that Robert Thompson and his wife Isabella Kimbrough are buried in the Old Brick Church Cem. Robert d. 26 May 1882; Isabella d. 23 May 1882. Their children were raised by Robert and Alemeda Kimbrough. He was a brother of Isabella Kimbrough. I will have to look further to see if I have an obit. or letters or where I got the fact that they were buried in the Old Brick Church Cem. Thanks for all your work. J. Coleen Dochterman

The following link is to an article in today's Daily Gate City regarding a cemetery in Wythe Township: http://www.dailygate.com/articles/2004/06/02/news/news5.txt

Robert, Robert Thompson died 26 May 1882 but I no nothing about Isabella. I have been told that Robert Died in R. R. Bowen but that he is buried in this cemetery. Their is another Robert Thompson who is related and died in 1875 and have always wondered if it could be him. The last Robert Thompson wife was Annes. Maybe when you go tomorrow you will see something. Thanks. Roberta

Hi Robert, Did you by chance see a tombstone for Robert and Isabella Kimbrough Thompson in that cemetery? I believe they are buried there but no proof. Thanks. Roberta Summers

Roberta, No, I didn't see them. Do you know what year they died? Robert On Wed, 2 Jun 2004 19:49:49 EDT [email protected] writes: > Hi Robert, > Did you by chance see a tombstone for Robert and Isabella Kimbrough > Thompson > in that cemetery? I believe they are buried there but no proof. > Thanks. > Roberta Summers > > > ==== ILHANCOC Mailing List ==== > Hancock County Coordinator: Shawnnee Bolt Ramey > Rock Island County Coordinator > > > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!

Dear Ron, Thanks for your help in locating the burials of those I didn't find. I realize now that I DID find Jesse Barnum, but forgot to measure the distance for the plat I am making. Your hints will help greatly! I feel sure the others are also there, and now I have clues as to where to look when I go back out there tomorrow. Another kind gentleman plans to go with me, to witch for unmarked graves, and while he's doing that, I will try to find the stones I missed, and will also take my digital camera and take pictures of the two Thurber stones mentioned below. I'm excited to know one is your ancestor. Wonderful! The two Thurber stones I found were just a little north of James Thurber's, but in the same row north and south. I'll send you my plat by mail, although I know it is still very imperfect and incomplete, and will be revised. The reading of the stone I took on William T. Thurber was as follows: d. Aug. 7, 1866, age 39 yrs, 2 mo. 15 days. My measurement of the stone was: 62' from the North fence. 117' from the East fence. Hope I didn't make an error in reading. The reading we took of the stone for John W. Thurber was as follows: d. Sep. 25, 1871, age 19 yrs, 5 mo., 14 days (s/o William and Keziah Thurber). My measurement - 64' from the North fence, 117' from the East fence. The actual cemetery (acre) itself looks as about as good right now as it has for a long time, I imagine. Having been mowed with a riding mower just a week ago. My reading of Jesse Davis is Jesse DAVID. My reading of the date of death of Coleman Wyatt is 1889 not 1888. Weldon Munson's daughter confirmed to me that her dad doesn't remember where Marion Munson (his dad) was buried and apparently he had no stone. I haven't found a stone for John C. Berry either. Will keep working and looking. One thing I really would like to know, right now, is whether there is a law requiring the landowner to grant access to a cemetery if it is landlocked. Sincerely, Robert ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!

----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert L Webb" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> > There were at least four stones which we know once existed there (as > there are pictures on Ron Bryant's website), which we did not find (we > may have overlooked them - or, does anyone know what has happened to > these?): > Hanna C. Wardwell > Jane Mapes > Horrace Gridley > Jesse Barnum (spelled Garnum on lists we have seen) If you roll over the gravestone for Roxanna Gridley, you will see the inscription for Horace Gridley. It is almost as perfect as the day it was inscribed. The stone for Hannah C. Wardwell was laying flat on the ground when I found it. I still have a photo of it. It may be covered over by weeds. > Besides a baby rabbitt, a snake, and other creatures who were there > visiting, we found two stones which were not on the burial lists we have > seen: > William T. Thurber > John W. Thurber Now you make me wish that I had come down there and helped. William T. Thurber is my GGG grandfather. Do you remember which quadrant of the cemetery those stones were in? Were they near the stone for James Thurber?

Dear friends, This morning we attended the Memorial Day program at Moss Ridge cemetery. Then I went out and mowed around the bridge south of the Old Brick Cemetery. My wife and daughter and I spent most of the afternoon trying to measure the locations of the stones (the ones we could find) in the Old Brick Cemetery, in hopes of preparing a plat (knowing beforehand that it will be very imperfect). There were at least four stones which we know once existed there (as there are pictures on Ron Bryant's website), which we did not find (we may have overlooked them - or, does anyone know what has happened to these?): Hanna C. Wardwell Jane Mapes Horrace Gridley Jesse Barnum (spelled Garnum on lists we have seen) Besides a baby rabbitt, a snake, and other creatures who were there visiting, we found two stones which were not on the burial lists we have seen: William T. Thurber John W. Thurber We found at least six or severan bases for which we found no stone, but we didn't do any probing, and undoubtedly there are stones hidden by the grass. We found no stones for any of the following which are believed to be buried in the cemetery (at least they are on the lists), and would like to know if anyone knows whether there are or have been stones for any of them: William Cravens Martin Thurber William W. Shaw Purley Jones William Kimbrough Elizabeth Cravens Joseph Cravens Mary Cravens Charles E. Cravens Elizabeth Tolman Lucretia Wright Bryant Frank Austin George W. Cravens (we found a footstone marked G. W. C.) Carrie Printy Joseph Bryant Rebecca Kimbrough Henry H. Printy John C. Berry Marion A. Munson We made notes regarding what appears to be misspelling or wrong dates on several burials in the lists. Happy Memorial Day, Robert ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: STARKEY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Eg.2ADI/2162 Message Board Post: Seeking info. on the family of David & Nancy Starkey. They appeared in the 1870 Hancock Co. Census.

Shawnee, Thanks for your offer. May I have a look up on: Father and Mother-John E. Young to Mollie Mitchell in 1809 Daughter-Agnes Young to David Munnell in 1826 Son-William Young to Hannah Reynolds (first) on 5 Mar 1835 and Maria Lewis (second wife)21 Sept 1851 Daughter-Jane Young to Robert Elder on 6 Oct 1846 Son-James Young to Polly McGown on on 20 Sept 1838 If I have over-extended your generosity I then apologize and will be more than satisified with what you send. If you choose to snail mail my address is: Larry D. Young 15232 Wentwood Lane Woodbridge, Virginia 22191-4926 Sincerely, Larry --- Shawnnee Ramey <[email protected]> wrote: > If anyone needs a marriage lookup let me know. I have the Illinois State > Marriage CD. I bought it before it was online. Plus I have the early > marriages on micro fisch. > Shawnnee > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Baker Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Eg.2ADI/2161 Message Board Post: I am searching for any information on George D. Baker and his family (mother, father, siblings, and children). He died in Bowensburg, IL in either 1883 or 1884. I am especially interested in his parents. George D. Baker was my Great grandfather.

Can anyone on this list tell me more about some burials at the Oakland Cemetery in Warsaw? We were there yesterday to put flowers on the graves of my grandparents and two of their sons, when we especially took note of a well-kept mausoleum and a cluster of white military stones on the north side of the grounds. There is a cannon and cannonballs among this. The mausoleum bears the name of Edwards so I assume it has some connection with Ft. Edwards?? Most of the military stones bear only the names and military connection of those buried there but no birth or death dates. There is only one with that info and the death date was 1944. The mausoleum was quite interesting. Nicely painted and maintained. There is a barred door but an inside door with a hasp was left wide open so people could see inside. There are 3 gray vaults which appear to be very well preserved metal, two of which have the printing that they are burglar-proof vaults! Made in Springfield OH. Would like ! to know more about these burials as it was very interesting to see. The cemetery looked so nice with flag poles and US flags all along the driveways. Quite impressive along with the little flags on the graves of deceased veterans. Hope all of you are having a safe Memorial Day weekend. Mary

Wall of Honor This came on another list/digest of mine. Perhaps some of you might be interested since many of of our ancestors immigrated at one time or another. I haven't found any of my names on the list in just a short-time search. You can view the ones there and could find a lead. Also, you can honor your father's heritage by placing his name, or any name you choose to honor, on The American Immigrant Wall of Honor. You can have a family name inscribed for posterity at Ellis Island and the name will also be listed on our Virtual Wall On-Line, where it can be viewed worldwide on the Internet. At www.WallofHonor.com Shirley: [email protected]

Robert, Thanks for the offer. I really do appreciate it, but I have been there and visited the site. Have seen the stone of Cora Jane Mapes. When I was there, I found it up against another marker-west of one of the Kimbroughs and west of the buried stone of Jane Mapes (Cora Jane's grandmother). Don

To the Hancock County Forum: Below is a listing of burials in order by year of death for the Old Brick Cemetery. There are undoubtedly burials which I am not aware of, and I would be glad to know of those, as well as any corrections needed to the list. I would appreciate very much if anyone who has ancestors buried in this cemetery would write to me and let me know, as I would like to compile a list of descendants of those buried in the cemetery in the event we need to contact them. It is located in Sec. 35 of Carthage Township, in Hancock County. Thank you, Robert Webb Carthage, IL 1841 TOLMAN, Mary TOLMAN, Susan 1845 PRINTY, Martha M. 1847 CRAVENS, William 1851 MUTHORN, Emma 1854 CAUTHORN, Emma MUNSON, Johnie 1860 HAMILTON, Daniel 1862 LANE, Gertrude 1864 THURBER, Martin 1865 WYATT, S. Annabell 1866 DAVIS, Frances Ann Kimbrough SHAW, William W. JONES, Purley 1867 WARDWELL, Hanna C. 1868 KIMBROUGH, William RILEY, John L. RILEY, John 1870 GRIDLEY, Horrace 1871 CRAVENS, Elizabeth CRAVENS, Joseph CANNON, Richard MUNSON, Abigail Whittaker 1874 KIMBROUGH, Emma L. KIMBROUGH, George W. KIMBROUGH, Minerva Boston 1875 CRAVENS, Charles E. TOLMAN, Elizabeth 1877 THURBER, James MAPES, Cora Jane 1878 BRYANT, Lucretia Wright BERRY, William W. MUNSON, John Jr. 1879 AUSTIN, Frank 1880 CANNON, Mary MAPES, Jane 1882 CRAVENS, George W. 1887 PRINTY, Carrie 1888 WYATT, Coleman LANGLEY, William B. 1891 BRYANT, Joseph 1892 WYATT, Elizabeth Kimbrough CRAVENS, Mary 1893 WARD, Lorinda KIMBROUGH, Rebecca Maria 1895 WARD, Zabadiah 1896 LANGLEY, Isaac 1901 MUNSON, John E. 1907 MUNSON, Lucinda Langley 1908 WARD, Arzilla Wright 1909 PRINTY, Henry H. 1921 MUNSON, Lucretia Ann 1922 KIMBROUGH, Asa M. 1927 LANGLEY, Emma Jane Munson 1931 BERRY, John C. 1938 MUNSON, Marion A. OTHERS LEWIS, Martha J. d. 188_ MUNSON, Darius C. DAVIS, Jesse M. GARNUM, Jesse GRIDLEY, Roxanna STILL LIVING: KIMBROUGH, Bertrice (b. 1911)