Posted on: Hancock County, Il Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Hancock?read=1115 Surname: Johnson, Harter, Babcock, Bartlett, Breitenbucher, Clinard, Lewis ------------------------- While going through the census for Hancock county [1860]I noticed that they had a post office for Appanoose, Illinois. Top of page: Schedule 1- Free Inhabitants in Appanoose Township in the County of Hancock State of Illinois enumerated by me on the 7th day of July 1860 _________________ Ass't Marshall Post Office Appanoose,Ill.

Posted on: Hancock County, Il Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Hancock?read=1114 Surname: SLUSHER, ALEXANDER ------------------------- In "Pioneers of the Prairie" compiled by Wilma Brunenn in 1984, she states on p.718 that Jeremiah and Mary (Lionberger)Slusher had "Ten children, those named: 1- Edgar, 2- Jennie Chamberlain, 3- Julia Alexander, 4- Charles A., 5- Ollie, died 1940". I do not know what sources were used by Wilma Brunenn nor how accurate they may be, however I noted that you only list 9 children in this family (not including an "Ollie"), and show Julia marring a Lionberger (possibly her "2nd" husband?). Since the information in your family tree that is linked to this query is very impressive in it's detail, I am fairly certain you have already investigated the above possibilities, but thought I would pass it on for your reference. I am not researching this family and have no further information.

Posted on: Hancock County, Il Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Hancock?read=1109 Surname: Taylor ------------------------- Looking for George Harrison and Catherine Taylor who lived in Carthage Illinois prior to 1950.

HELP!!! Looking for info on my GG Grandparents George W (C) BEAT(T)Y and Caroline WESTBROOK(S). They were married Oct 17, 1865 in Hancock Co, and I rec'd a copy of both their marriage certificate, as well as a portion of the county marriage register showing their registration for a marriage license. They were married by GEORGE W MILLER, Minister of the Gospel. Unfortunately, their marriage certificate has very little other info on it. Does anyone know what church MILLER was associated with? Or did he perform marriages at various people's homes? The portion of the register they sent includes 6 other marriages performed by him between Oct 15 and Nov1 1865. I know nothing of either George or Caroline prior to the 1880s except this. I am trying to determine where they lived in Hancock Co., both before and after their marriage. They moved to IA sometime between 1880 and Jul 1882, from which point on I have them well documented. Any info on Pastor Miller? Thank You Gary Speck GTUSA@aol.com

Posted on: Hancock County, Il Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Hancock?read=1108 Surname: Baldwin ------------------------- Need more information on Pleasant M Baldwin who is listed on the Hancock County, IL census 1860 living in Wythe Township. Where did he come from? Age? Wife? Children? What happened to him after 1860? Parents? Siblings? smiller@ccp.com

Hello Again! I need information on Don Carlos Smith Millikin's third wife, Emma Smith, b. 9-18-1869 and d. 3-17-1950 in Hancock Co., Ill. I am also looking for information on Mildred Lucille Salisbury who m. John W. Larson on 9 May 193l. She had a sister, Virginia Salisbury; and brothers, Herbert J. and Everett Salisbury. A Don C. Salisbury m. May 1949 to Marie Larson. Also any information on Minne Leona Enzroth and her mother Matilda Booker (Samuel) and dau., Ivy Booker. Thank you so much for letting me print my queries. J. Coleen Dochterman.

Hi! I am looking for information on a William Smith who lived in Hancock County, Il. before 1850. The 1850 Mortality Schedule for Hancock County shows that William died in January, age 50, Gabriella, his wife, died in March; and Austin their son, died Dec. 20 1849, age 24. They were listed as dying from "lung fever." I do have a list of his children. In the old write-ups in the Carthage Newspapers about the Smith Reunion, Caleb Booth Smith had a brother William Smith. Caleb was my great great grandfather, born in Virginia in Dec. 1801. He married Mary Ann Reuck in Jefferson Co., Ky. They came to Illinois in 1830. The Caleb Smith who lived in Shamrock is supposed to be a descendant of the old Caleb Smith's brother, William. If anyone has any information as to these people, I would be most grateful and would be happy to share information. I believe this William Smith to have a relationship with The Joseph Smith; perhaps through marriage. Thanks. J. Coleen Dochterman.

Hi! I am replying to Gary Nelsons inquiry on John Bloyd. I have written twice before and apparently you are not receiving them. BLOYD - In the spring of 1831, a caravan composed of something like thirty persons, reached their destination and settled in what is now Hancock Township, Hancock County, Illinois. These people had started the fall before, and spent the winter in Sangamon County, Illinois. In that party was an old patriarch, by the name of John Bloyd, and his faithful wife, Mary. After John and Mary were married in Baltimore, Maryland, John quit the sea, where he had been captain of a sailing vessel. We have no further record of him until 1806, when we find him living in the Northern part of Rockingham County, North Carolina, not far from the Virginia line. During the year mentioned, he in company with his neighbor, James McCubbin, an old Revolutionary soldier, with whom he had been intimately acquainted for a number of years, moved over the mountains into Kentucky, and settled in Green County, that State. Twenty-five yeaars after that trip into Kentucky, we find this same John Bloyd and his wife, though well advanced in years, at the end of another long journey, extended far into the wilds of Western Illinois. I would be happy to share more information is this is the John Bloyd you are interested in.

Dear Seekers: The society does have an email address - it is posted on the website: Hancock County Historical Society http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/1542/ P.O. Box 68, Carthage, Illinois 62321-0068 Email: hancockhistory@yahoo.com I would advise that if you don't get a response within a week (there may be a very limited number of volunteers who know how to use a computer - or perhaps the people that do know how might be on vacation, etc.) or so that you send a query letter and ask - suggest you send a SASE along for a prompt response and it also saves the society postage cost...they do operate with all volunteers and on a shoestrong. I didn't read all thru the website - perhaps there are some details there, regarding new acquisitions or the books for sale, you might like to check out. Good hunting - good luck! Shirley: bobert@panacom.com

Posted on: Hancock County, Il Query Forum Board URL: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Hancock?read=1107 Surname: Stratton, Haynes, Bobbitt, Marshall ------------------------- See message on the obitary page regarding Isaiah Stratton, Cynthia Ann Haynes, Robert T. Haynes, Teressa J. Bobbitt, Clement Haynes, Charity Marshall. Thank you.

Posted on: Hancock Co. Il Obituaries Forum Board URL: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/HancockObits?read=291 Surname: Stratton, Haynes, Bobbitt, Marshall ------------------------- Looking for info for Robert T. Haynes born 5/8/1820, married Teressa J. Bobbitt 11/24/1841 in Hancock Co, IL. Daughter Cynthia Ann Haynes was married to Isaiah Stratton (my husband's great grandparents. Robert's parents were Clement Haynes and Charity Marshall both born in NH. Thank You.

Posted on: Hancock Co. Il Bios Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/HancockBios?read=11 Surname: Beech, Bradley, Cooper, Dickerman, Landon, Langley, Morris, Munson, Stiles, Whittacer ------------------------- My Ancestors Arthur Munson In 1634 the first Munson in America, Thomas Munson born in England in 1612, arrived in this Country on the sailing vessel "Elizabeth". In 1636 he helped lay out the city of Hartford, Connecticut and was the city's first townsman. Being a Carpenter, he helped erect many of Hartford's first buildings. Since he was active in public as well as religious affairs, he was placed in command of a company of soldiers in the Pequot War. He was a member of Mason's regiment of ninety men which surprised the fort of the Pequots near the present site of Stonington, Conn., at daybreak on June 5, 1637. The Pequots were nearly annihilated and the settlers had peace with the remnants of the tribe for nearly forty years. Thomas Munson died May 17, 1685. Samuel Munson, christened in First Church at New Haven, June 7, 1643, was the son of Thomas Munson. He married Alice Bradley on October 20, 1665. He plied his trade of tanning and shoemaking for several years in New Haven. In 1686, the first charter was granted to New Haven by Governor Dougan, governor of the colonies, and under this charter Samuel Munson became the first recorder of the city. He also served as the mayor of Albany from 1696 to 1698. He died in the spring of 1699. John Munson, son of Samuel Munson, was born January 28, 1672. On November 10, 1692, he was united in marriage to Sarah Cooper, daughter of Sergeant John Cooper. John Munson was a miller and was very active in public affairs. Joel, son of John Munson, was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on August 18, 1702. On May 9, 1727, he married Mary Morris, daughter of Joseph Morris. Joel Munson plied his trade of miller at Mt. Carmel, (New Haven) Conn. Basil, son of Joel and Mary Morris Munson, was born in New Haven in 1730. On May 2, 1751, he married Wezia Stiles, daughter of Reverend Isaac Stiles. He operated a saw mill and later exported furs. He shipped as many as five hundred beaver skins in one year. For several years he was active in Indian and public affairs at Albany, New York. He died on November 17, 1803. Job L. Munson, son of Basil and Wezia Stiles Munson, was born in New England on September 26, 1752. He married Lucy Beech of Hamden, Vermont. He was a miller and a Protestant. He was killed by an Indian on June 10, 1828. Ebenezer B. Munson, son of Job and Lucy Beech Munson, was born in Vermont, September 14, 1777. He married Rebecca Dickerman of Hamden, Vt. He was a farmer and was a Protestant. Jerry Munson, son of Ebenezer and Rebecca Munson, and born in Hamden, Vt., on April 18, 1800, was a farmer and a pump maker. He was a Protestant. He married Abigail Whittacer, daughter of Dr. Whittacer. In 1821, he settled in Canada. After making a journey to Hancock county, Ill., in 1832, he and his family settled on a farm near Oak Grove, Hancock county, Illinois in 1848. John Munson, born in Canada in 1832, was the son of Jerry and Abigail Munson. He was a stock raiser and owned a farm near Oak Grove, Ill. He was a Methodist and a Democrat. He married Lucinda Langley, a cousin of John Greenleaf Whittier. Marion A. Munson, seventh son of John and Lucinda Munson, was born near Carthage, Illinois, October 26, 1871. He is a general contractor. He is a Protestant and a Democrat. In December, 1904, he married Bernice Landon, of near Burnside, Ill. To this union were born eight children besides myself, Blanche, Beulah, Francis, Agnes, Marion, Dorothy, Leon and Weldon. Today the Munson family is scattered over the United States and Canada but a majority of them live in the New England states. ----------------------- The Carthage Republican Carthage, Illinois Wednesday March 8, 1933 Page 7 Column 2 ----------------------- Note: I can find no proof that Lucinda Langley is the cousin of John Greenleaf Whittier (the poet). Link: Bryant Genealogy URL: <http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bryant>

For those interested in GREGG, the Family History Library in Salt Lake City have on microfilm copies of several diaries kept by GREGG when he was compiling the Hancock history.

Dear Seekers: Thought you might find a couple news bits interesting - from Volume XVII Number III, July 2000, Hancock County Historical Society Newsletter: In 1824, Fountain Green was known as Horselick Grove. In 1827, Oquaka, Henderson Co., IL, was known as Yellow Banks. [note: Oquaka is across the river from Burlington, IA] In Hancock Twp., Big Creek (Crooked Creek), was eventually named the LaMoine River... and the area around the river was known as Lamoine Valley. Thomas GREGG, started the first newspaper in Hancock Co.,in Carthage. The newspaper soon failed, GREGG moved to Montrose, IA, but moved back to Hancock Co. where he became known for his writing of local history. One of GREGG's newspapers was apparently named, GREGG'S Dollar Monthly. If the name implies the cost, no wonder he failed in the newspaper business - $1 was a lot of money in 1873 - there is an article quoted from that publication with that date. New acquisitions at the historical society: Fecht Funeral Home record book. Packet of information on real estate in Section 2 of St. Albans Twp. (St. Albans Twp. would be the Stillwell area) A book, LIFE OF JENNY HODGES. Genealogical information on HENLEIN and HOPSON families. Book, PRIDE IN OUR PAST, a history on Memorial Hospital Auxiliary. [Believe this is Carthage Memorial Hospital.] MENSENDICK Family History by Gary BURKOFFER. Information on Orphan Train Heritage Society and some of the prphans who rode the orphan train. NOTE: The Orphan Train was a societal phenomenal of sorts - it was to move the orphans and other children from the inner-city areas of the time to the 'healthy' rural areas of the U.S. The original idea was of good intent but many of the orphans - and just plain unwanted (for various reasons) children - whom were 'taken in by rural families' or adopted - were nothing more than work horses or slave labor for some of the families - no doubt, lots of horror stories involved in some of these 'cases'. There are a couple websites that address ORPHAN TRAIN - suggest you use a search engine and you will find data/info on this subject. According to the article, Charles BRACE, a Methodist minister who decided he wasn't cut out to be a minister, started "New York City's Children's Aid Society"...he thought it a positive step in taking care of all the children...and in many cases it was...approximately 10,000 orphans came to Illinois, but many more went to Missouri. The time frame is ca. 1854 - 1885, and on to 1910...and probably beyond (I don't have the exact dates nor do I know when the Orphan Train ceased to exist. Another name for some of the orphans and unwanted children - Sunshine Girls and Boys - was used by some of the people taking the children in. No doubt it 'set better' on their tongues and showed/justified in some small way, that they were providing 'sunshine' for the children... even while the children were made to do farm laborer work/chores/tasks that the adults either needed help with - it was a form of 'free labor' in many instances. - ---------------------------------------- Items for sale by the historical society: 1. Reprint of 1874 Historical Atlas of Hancock County. Complete with index of land owners. Picked up at office - $35.00 Mailed: $40.00 2. Reprint of 1921 Scofield History of Hancock County. 20 books in stock. (new shipment) Picked up at office: $99.00 Mailed: $104.99 3. Hancock County, IL Marriage Index Vol. I - $10.00 Vol. II - $10.00 Vol. III - $10.00 Add $2.50 each for mailing. Special for all 3 volumes: Picked up - $25.00 Mailed - $27.50 4. Hancock County, Illinois Pictorial History New publication, June 2000 Picked up - $34.95 Mailed - $39.95 I suggest a money order be sent, if interested in any of the above... made out to HCHS, Box 68, Carthage, IL 62321. I believe personal checks are acceptable, also. Any questions on the above should be addressed to the HCHS - suggest a SASE for a prompt response. - ------------------------------------------------- Quotes from the Newsletter: When a man is wrapped up in himself, he is makes a small package. --------- 0 -------------------- Politicans and diapers have one thing in common. They should both be changed regularly and for the same reason. Have great days and peaceful nights! Shirley: bobert@panacom.com

Posted on: Hancock County, Il Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Hancock?read=1106 Surname: ------------------------- Thanks for the help on Appanoose. I think it must be in Hancock Co. IL, but I will also check Iowa. Marysue

Posted on: Hancock County, Il Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Hancock?read=1105 Surname: SLUSHER, FRAZEE, LIONBERGER, LAUGHLEY, GIGER ------------------------- Am seeking info/connections to the following family: Wlliam Ambrose SLUSHER was the s/o of Jeremiah SLUSHER (1827-1891) and Mary Catherine LIONBERGER (1833-1915) - William b 15 Jan 1852 IL (prob Hancock Co.) - He was the Township Clerk in Harmony Twp., Hancock Co., IL, in 1872 - He was living in Hancock Co. at the time of his 1874 marriage and had been working at his father's store - After his marriage, he moved to a farm near Bentley in Hancock Co. - In 1939 he was living in Illinois City, Rock Island Co., IL - d ? - bu ? - m(1) 20 Dec 1874 at the home of the bride's mother in Bentley, Hancock C0, IL, b E. F. Morris, Minister of the Gospel, to Mary Elizabeth FRAZEE, s/o Thomas Newton FRAZEE and Amanda _____ - Mary b 18 Mar 1854 Mercer Co., OH - d on ? in/near Independence, Montgomery Co., KS - William m(2) on ? in ? to Mrs. _______. Children of Wiliam Ambrose SLUSHER and Mary Elizabeth FRAZEE: i. Walter Alvin SLUSHER b 2 Jan 1876 Bentley, Hancock Co., IL - d ? - bu ? - m on ? in ? to Maude _____ - Maude b on ? in Milwalkie, WI - she had beenprev married to ______ LAUGHLEY. ii. Cordelia Estelle SLUSHER b 11 Mar 1878 Bentley, Hancock Co., IL - d ? - bu ?. iii. Anna "Annie" May SLUSHER b 8 Sep 1880 Bentley Hancock Co., IL - d ? - bu ? - m 25 Dec 1905 in ? to Jessie E. GIGER, s/o ? & ? - Jessie b abt 1876 in ? - d ? - bu ?. iv. Charles Frederick SLUSHER b 8 Jan 1883 Bentley, Hancock Co., IL - d 19 Jul 1902 Independence, Montgomery Co., KS - bu ?. v. Laura Pearl SLUSHER b 19 Sep 1885 in ?. Appreciate any Hancock Co., Census (1880? 1900?) info showing this famiy. Any help or connections appreciated. Thanks, Otis (in Florida) Link: Descendants of Asahel SLUSHER URL: <http://community-2.webtv.net/oslushGen2/AsahelSLUSHER/>

Marysue, The first thing which came to my mind was Appanoose. This is the township north of Nauvoo along the Mississippi River in Hancock Co IL. I went to the website http://topozone.com & searched. I finally pulled up this (below my message) when I typed in Niota, IL (which is located in Appanoose township). Appanoose is written in various locations on this particular map. I'm not sure, but there may have been a town named that in the past. I have attended a women's presbyterial meeting many years ago at Appanoose Faith Presybterian Church somewhere in that vicinity. I wonder if it is near the Appanoose Cemetery on this map, but I'm not sure. It is listed at RR, Niota on the Hancock Co IL churches. http://www.carthage.lib.il.us/community/healthcare/h/church.html http://www.churchangel.com/WEBIL/niota.htm What time frame are you looking at? Mary Jane White http://topozone.com/map.asp?lat=40.6175&lon=-91.2878&size=l&s=25 +++++++++++++++ Marysue wrote: > Posted on: Hancock County, Il Query Forum > Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Hancock?read=1101 > > Surname: Mackie > ------------------------- > > I have a copy of Letters of Administration, Hancock Co. IL and cannot make > out the town. Robert Mackie, late of..Appan??ce... Can't find anything > close on the web. Does someone have reference to something close to what > I can make out?? Thanks so much for your time. > Marysue > > ==== ILHANCOC Mailing List ==== > Hancock County web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilhancoc/

Posted on: Hancock County, Il Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Hancock?read=1104 Surname: Beasley ------------------------- Bob: I saw your old query & noticed that you were researching a Henry Beasley in Hancock County. My great-grandfather was Henry W. Beasley of Jackson & Hamilton Co. but would have been only 3 at time of 1840 census. Do you know if your Henry Beasley had any brothers or sisters? My Henry W.'s father was Daniel Beasley & mother was Mary Beasley (per 1850 Hamilton Co. census). Bob Beasley

Posted on: Hancock County, Il Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Hancock?read=1103 Surname: ------------------------- Does Appanoose work? There is an Appanoose Twp. in the northwestern part of the county. There is no town but there is a community church still active. The town of Niota is probably in that twp.

Valerie, Thanks for the information. Yes, James Winters' original properties lay north of Hwy 101. We walked on that property at the time of the family reunion of all descendants a few years ago. The original deeds from the Governor of Illinois to James Winters are hanging in a multiplex in the Schuyler Jail Museum, the display a gift to the museum from James Winters' great-granddaughter, Irene Foster Dintelman. I'm not as familiar with the land you describe as south of the Crawford land, but those deeds may be among the others. Please let me know when you add the files to the Schuyler county & Headstone hunters websites. Thanks again, Mary Jane White ++++++++++++++++ BoatKitten@aol.com wrote: > Hi Mary Jane, (I am copying this to the Schuyler Co list too) > > I visited this Thompson Cemetery just after heavy rains (big mistake). > > On an impromptu trip through rural Ilinois one year, we passed thru Schuyler > county and the Genealogy Society and Jail Museum in downtown Rushville. We > had no plans to do this.....we just wanted to see the country of my ancestors > before driving back to Missouri. By total accident I saw this sign as we > drove by. > > While my husband waited outside, the friendly folks inside showed me a > listing of a few cemeteries in the area ------ within minutes I found my BOX > relatives in THOMPSON cemetery. > > At that point they showed me a listing of graves at this cemetery. They also > told me details and directions how to find this cemetery. Great bunch of > people! > > I followed Highway 101 just a few miles west of Littleton, the town. There > was a farmhouse on the left and a dirt road (cant remember the name right > now) I headed about 1/2 mile south on the dirt road and came to "Thompson > Cemetery Lane" , which is not much more than a path between cornfields now. > This dirt road has no sign, but I could see a clump of trees at the end of > it (east), about 1/4 mile, with a few dots (headstones) on the ground. > > On an old township map, I show the landowners on the south side of hwy 101 > were Samuel M. THOMPSON estate, C W WALKER, William SNYDER, William C. > THOMPSON. The north side Jas WINTER, Jno WALKER .....and J & J S WALKER > (looks like a church was located near this property, on the Teel NELSON land) > > Land near the Thompson cemetery was owned by William C. THOMPSON, Saml M. > THOMPSON Est., and W T CRAWFORD. South of CRAWFORD was land owned by Jas. > WINTERS Est. > > The heavy rains made it impossible to take the muddy cemetery lane by car, > so I walked the 1/4 mile in ankle deep clay/mud! What a work-out! And > ruined my shoes too. > > I tried to follow the grid, but was unable to find the grave of my ancestors > there. :( > > But a few years later, I met a cousin online who mailed me this old property > map and photos of the stone she took 5 years ago -- it is a tall one -- dont > know how I missed it. She said she and her husband repaired the stone at one > time, since it had been broken in half. (They were able to drive all the way > to the cemetery, as the lane was dry then) > > Somewhere I have a handful of photos of other stones from there, and will > upload them (When I find them) to the Headstone hunters and Schuyler county > websites.... > > I didnt go to the NEIDY cemetery, but from the map it looked like it was > about 2 miles further SW. (Elizabeth Williams BOX was sister to Phoebe > Williams NEIDY) > > If you have any questions, let me know! > Valerie