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

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 In a message dated 7/18/00 7:18:19 AM Central Daylight Time, maryjane@macomb.com writes: << Valerie, It appears my husband's Thompson ancestors' Thompson relatives are buried there. Irene Foster Dintelman's book on the James WINTERS family states: "[James WINTERS' first wife] Mary Ann was the daughter of John Thompson and Sarah Tullis Walker Thompson...[John Thompson] had a brother James, and a sister, Malinda, both of whom married Crawfords and came to Littleton Township... to make their permanent homes... We know the Crawfords and the James Thompsons are buried in the Thompson Cemetery, south of Littleton. John Thompson may have been buried on his farm in Buena Vista Township where he died. No record can be found." We have not seen the Thompson cemetery personally. It is in Schuyler Co IL. I'm unfamiliar with Neidy Cemetery. Mary Jane White +++++++++++++++++++ BoatKitten@aol.com wrote: > Hi there~ > Just curious if anyone on this list has ancestors buried in the Thompson > cemetery a few miles west of Littleton? (Or in the Neidy Cemetery not far > from it) > > My gggrandparents are there (John and Eliz BOX) as well as some distant > relatives. Some names I recall off the top of my head are: WEAVER, > WILLIAMS, WYCKOFF, BOX. > > My ancestors died in 1901 and 1902, but I did notice some graves as recent as > 1922. > > One item I recall vividly was one marble stone that must have had two > saplings planted on each side of it. Over the years, these saplings grew > into gigantic trees...squishing and embedding part of the stone between the > two large trunks. > > I was unable to get around those trees to see who's name was on the stone, > because the brush in front of the stone had grown too thick, and I was weary > of snakes. (I was alone out there and was 1/4 mile from any dirt road. > > Someday I'll go back and see.... > > Valerie >>

Valerie, It appears my husband's Thompson ancestors' Thompson relatives are buried there. Irene Foster Dintelman's book on the James WINTERS family states: "[James WINTERS' first wife] Mary Ann was the daughter of John Thompson and Sarah Tullis Walker Thompson...[John Thompson] had a brother James, and a sister, Malinda, both of whom married Crawfords and came to Littleton Township... to make their permanent homes... We know the Crawfords and the James Thompsons are buried in the Thompson Cemetery, south of Littleton. John Thompson may have been buried on his farm in Buena Vista Township where he died. No record can be found." We have not seen the Thompson cemetery personally. It is in Schuyler Co IL. I'm unfamiliar with Neidy Cemetery. Mary Jane White +++++++++++++++++++ BoatKitten@aol.com wrote: > Hi there~ > Just curious if anyone on this list has ancestors buried in the Thompson > cemetery a few miles west of Littleton? (Or in the Neidy Cemetery not far > from it) > > My gggrandparents are there (John and Eliz BOX) as well as some distant > relatives. Some names I recall off the top of my head are: WEAVER, > WILLIAMS, WYCOFF, BOX. > > My ancestors died in 1901 and 1902, but I did notice some graves as recent as > 1922. > > One item I recall vividly was one marble stone that must have had two > saplings planted on each side of it. Over the years, these saplings grew > into gigantic trees...squishing and embedding part of the stone between the > two large trunks. > > I was unable to get around those trees to see who's name was on the stone, > because the brush in front of the stone had grown too thick, and I was weary > of snakes. (I was alone out there and was 1/4 mile from any dirt road. > > Someday I'll go back and see.... > > Valerie > > ==== ILHANCOC Mailing List ==== > List owner Terasa Hodges pcuser@terraworld.net

Hi there~ Just curious if anyone on this list has ancestors buried in the Thompson cemetery a few miles west of Littleton? (Or in the Neidy Cemetery not far from it) My gggrandparents are there (John and Eliz BOX) as well as some distant relatives. Some names I recall off the top of my head are: WEAVER, WILLIAMS, WYCOFF, BOX. My ancestors died in 1901 and 1902, but I did notice some graves as recent as 1922. One item I recall vividly was one marble stone that must have had two saplings planted on each side of it. Over the years, these saplings grew into gigantic trees...squishing and embedding part of the stone between the two large trunks. I was unable to get around those trees to see who's name was on the stone, because the brush in front of the stone had grown too thick, and I was weary of snakes. (I was alone out there and was 1/4 mile from any dirt road. Someday I'll go back and see.... Valerie

Posted on: Hancock County, Il Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Hancock?read=1100 Surname: Bagby ------------------------- Mary: Thank you for your response. The William Bagby's you refer to in your response are father and son. The William Bagby (I do not know a middle initial) you show as being born in 1816 and dying in 1908 is the father. He was born October 11, 1816 in Lewis County, Kentucky, and died June 15, 1908 in Augusta, Hancock County. He came to Adams County, Illinois from Kentucky in 1838 to visit his sister, Frances Bagby who had married William H. Bilderback on October 12, 1829 in Lewis County, Kentucky and removed to Adams County, Illinois. While visiting, he met Eliza Waring and in the same year on November 23, 1838, they were married in Adams County. As I noted in my query, William and Eliza Waring Bagby moved to Hancock County in 1854, before the Civil War as your August Story notes. The William Wallace Bagby shown in the Roll of Honor of Civil War Soldiers who Enlisted From Augusta Twp. is the third child of William and Eliza Waring Bagby. He is buried at the Pulaski Cemetery along with his wife, Mary M.Johnson Bagby, and two of his children who died young, Ethel Bagby and Morris Bagby. The children are buried in Lot 12, Range B, Wm. Wallace and Mary M. Johnson Bagby are buried in Lot 12, Range B. Also buried in Lot 12, Range B is his brother, John C. Bagby. Wm. Wallace Bagby suffered from extreme exposure during the Civil War and never fully recovered. He eventually died as a result of the exposure. There is a foot stone marker on his grave that reads Wallace Bagby, Sgt. Co. A 137 Rgt Ill Inf, Civil War. William Bagby and his wife Eliza Waring Bagby are buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Hancock County, Illinois. Dan Dunham

Posted on: Hancock County, Il Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Hancock?read=1098 Surname: ------------------------- Unfortunately I find no reference to the Augusta Tavern or the Commercial Hotel in our local history books. However, the Bagby name does appear! According to the Augusta Story William W. Bagby was a citizen of Augusta previous to the Civil War, being born in 1816 and dying in 1908. It does not list his state of birth or when he came to the twp. In the Roll of Honor of Civil War Soldiers who Enlisted From Augusta Twp. (same book) it again lists Wm. Wallace Bagby as being in the 7th Ill. Art. I am somewhat confused in the references to burials at the Pulaski Cemetery whether Mr. Bagby is among those having their final resting place there or if the reference simply includes him again as one who was a Civil War vet. from this twp. Pulaski was once a thriving town but when the railroad went through just "up the road", the population went to the railroad and made Augusta the larger of the two towns. Pulaski is mostly a cemetery and an intersection today. I hope you have put your inquiry on Adams Co.,as well, since Augusta is within 2 miles of the Adams County line and you may find information there.

Posted on: Hancock County, Il Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Hancock?read=1096 Surname: Bagby, Waring ------------------------- Looking for information, details, photographs, etc., regarding the AUGUSTA TAVERN located in the vicinity of Augusta, Hancock County, Illinois. The AUGUSTA TAVERN may also have been known as or associated with the “COMMERCIAL HOTEL” – various family records and old newspaper clippings make reference to both names. William Bagby and his wife Eliza Waring Bagby operated the AUGUSTA TAVERN for about 29 years although the exact dates of operation by them are not positively documented. They moved from North East Township in Adams County, Illinois to Augusta, Hancock County, Illinois, in 1854 where they with their family began operation of the AUGUSTA TAVERN (or COMMERCIAL HOTEL). The last three of their nine children (Charles Fredrick Bagby, Basil Augustus Bagby, and Addie L. Bagby Byrns) were born in Augusta while William and Eliza operated the tavern. About 1883 William and Eliza Bagby (when 67 and 61 respectfully) traded the tavern for a farm in Adams County where they resided for several years. In 1885 they again located in Augusta, Illinois, were they spent the rest of their retired lives until 1908, when William Bagby died at the age of 91 and 1909, when Eliza Waring Bagby died several weeks before her 87 birthday. Dan Dunham

Posted on: Hancock County, Il Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Hancock?read=1095 Surname: ------------------------- There have been several histories written. I think most are just named History of Hancock County. The earliest that I know about was in 1880 and was edited by Thomas Gregg. Next was in the early 1920s edited by Charles Scofield. There was another about 1968 and there is a new one just out which is a pictorial edition but doesn't have a lot of written word. There is also a Biographical Review written by Hobart that is quite interesting if you have your own people listed in the volume. That one is quite old and you may not find it available for loan. Information about all of these volumes is available at the Hancock County Historical Society as the 2 earliest books have been recently reprinted and are available for purchase. Too, they have volunteers who are available to do research for you at a reasonable price.

Posted on: Hancock County, Il Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Hancock?read=1094 Surname: Webster ------------------------- I would like to correspond with any living descendants of Jonathan Webster who lived in Adams and Hancock Counties 1850s to 1880s. Children of Jonathan were; Noah, Moses, Cynthia Ann, Franklin Marion, Caroline, George H, Tilman, William, and John Jackson. Thanks, Wayne

Posted on: Hancock County, Il Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Hancock?read=1093 Surname: Kinkade ------------------------- I would like to correspond with any living descendants of George W Kinkade who lived in Adams and Hancock Counties 1850s to 1880s. Children of George were; Nancy Jane, James M, Lorenzo D, Mary Ann, John William, Mary Jane, and Peter Green. Thanks, Wayne

Posted on: Hancock County, Il Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Hancock?read=1092 Surname: ------------------------- I would like to have the name and author of the Hancock county history books so I can order them interlibrary loan. Thank you.

Posted on: Hancock County, Il Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Hancock?read=1091 Surname: ------------------------- The Curry or Oak Grove cemetery is located across the road from Golden's Point Church in Sonora township, Hancock Co. IL. It is now known as the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Posted on: Hancock County, Il Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Hancock?read=1090 Surname: ------------------------- I found the following in "History of Hancock Co. 1968" p. 315, which begins a history of Hancock Township (section authored by Vesta Holloway & Mildred M. Nelson). "The first settlers began their immiration to the township in the early 1830's. In the spring of 1831 a group known as the Bloyd, McCubbin-Rupe party, consisting of thirty settlers, came from Green County, Kentucky. These families erected log houses, as close together as possible, on the land they homesteaded, in what is now the Oak Grove neighborhood. Shortly after the planted their first crops, there came an Indian Scare in that part of the country. Immediaterly they abandoned their homes, taking only the absolute necessities with them traveling as fast as possible with their slow plodding oxen, they went to Beardstown, on the Illinois River to the east. This town, fifty miles away, was their closest post office.... Also on p. 324. "Bloyd-Belknap Cemetery was one of the first to be extablished in what is now Hancock Township. It is located near the center of Northeast Section 33, about a mile north of the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Clay Miller. John Bloyd, Sr., the "Patriarch" of the Bloyd-McCubbin-Rupe immigration party, died in 1832 and was the first person buried in this cemetery......In 1967 there are very few markers and tombstones remaining." 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=1089 Surname: ------------------------- Diane Do you know Anke Harms maiden name or if there were multiple spouses ? My decendents were from Hanover Germany and the name Harms and Scweers and Schlachter seemed to be interchangable on multiple children (multiple spouses). I have a family of Harms coming to this country in 1854 to New Orleans on the ship O.Thyen sailing from Breman Germany. Maybe kissing cousins or the first wave of the family ??

Posted on: Hancock County, Il Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Hancock?read=1088 Surname: Rickert ------------------------- I am looking for any information on my Great Grandmother,her name was Caroline Rickert. She was married to John Stoll,he was from Germany is all I know. They lived in Hancock County, somewhere around the Tioga, Illinois area. If any one has any information please contact me. Thank you for your help. Brenda

Posted on: Hancock County, Il Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Hancock?read=1087 Surname: HAZEN, BEDELL, HEPBURN, MONTGOMERY ------------------------- Hancock Co. residents Erastus Hazen and Eli Layman -- if you are descended from or related to that couple I would appreciate hearing from you. I am working on HAZEN surname.

Peg & Shirley & Mailing List: Since Shirley has found the location of Curry Cemetery is across the road from Golden's Point Christian Church, here is the church's website with directions to the church: http://www.carthage.lib.il.us/community/healthcare/c/churches/hamilton/gpcc/ Mary Jane White bobert wrote: > Dear Seekers, In response to the query from Peggy PUTZLER [PegPz@aol.com] > posted on 'forum board' and this list re: Surname: Heberer, Rahn, Reynolds > Looking for the Curry Cemetery. My gggrandmother, Clara Ann Heberer Rahn > Reynolds was buried in this cemetery in 1930s or 40s. She lived her whole > life of 85 years in Sonora Township. Any help in locating cemetery would > be appreciated. > ------ > I knew there was a CURRY Cemetery - but what I did not know is that it has > had a name change, of all things! I have typed surnames in 'caps' for ease > in reading. > > Entry from the 1968 History of Hancock Co., Sonora Twp. portion (pg. 555: > > The CURRY or Oak Grove Cemetery is located across the road from Golden's > Point Church. (this is Golden's Point Christian Church - the GOLDENs were a > pioneer family in Sonora Twp.) Like the STEARNS [i.e.,Cemetery], it is kept > neat and clean thanks to the care and interest of those who have relatives > and friends buried there. Among these are: > > John LUCE, Agnes BENNETT, Erastus HAZEN and his wife, Eli LAYMAN, Peter > WOLFE, Peter SINELE, John McCRORY and wife, Joseph McCANDLESS, Antoine > COEUR, Selah G. HART, Hezekiah BRANT, Emile LIEGEROT, Carter JONES, Julius > CHRISTY, John CURREY and family, Thomas OUTHIER, HANSONs, SIMPSONs, and many > other names that are, or have been known , in connection with this > community. The HAZENs owned the land, and the first graves were on the > hillside among the trees. This cemetery is now known as the Oak Grove > Cemetery. > > ------------------------------------------------------- > I am not familiar with Golden's Point Church... but there is a STEARNS > Cemetery located about half way between Nauvoo and Hamilton in western > Hancock Co, about a mile and a half back from the river. It is just one > mile by the speedometer on the winding road north of the Golden's Point > Church so - guessing that the 'church' is pretty much in the same general > vicinity, i.e., about half way between Nauvoo and Hamilton. > > Perhaps someone else can provide some knowledge of it. > > The main town in Sonora Twp. is Nauvoo (right on the Mississippi River); and > there is a small town of Powellton which is due east of Nauvoo. > > I do not know the coordinates of the Oak Grove (Curry) Cemetery. I suggest > you write to the Hancock Co. Historical Society and ask for the exact > location. They will know - or know who to call to find out - friendliest > bunch of people anywhere! If you are visiting the area and don't know where > a cemetery, or whatever, is, ask at a gas station or just ask a person you > see on the street - someone will know. > > Good hunting - good luck! Shirley: bobert@panacom.com > > ==== ILHANCOC Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this mailing list send an e-mail to: ILHANCOC-L-request@rootsweb.com. Turn off your signature. There is no subject required and only one word goes into the e-mail. Unsubscribe

Dear Seekers, In response to the query from Peggy PUTZLER [PegPz@aol.com] posted on 'forum board' and this list re: Surname: Heberer, Rahn, Reynolds Looking for the Curry Cemetery. My gggrandmother, Clara Ann Heberer Rahn Reynolds was buried in this cemetery in 1930s or 40s. She lived her whole life of 85 years in Sonora Township. Any help in locating cemetery would be appreciated. ------ I knew there was a CURRY Cemetery - but what I did not know is that it has had a name change, of all things! I have typed surnames in 'caps' for ease in reading. Entry from the 1968 History of Hancock Co., Sonora Twp. portion (pg. 555: The CURRY or Oak Grove Cemetery is located across the road from Golden's Point Church. (this is Golden's Point Christian Church - the GOLDENs were a pioneer family in Sonora Twp.) Like the STEARNS [i.e.,Cemetery], it is kept neat and clean thanks to the care and interest of those who have relatives and friends buried there. Among these are: John LUCE, Agnes BENNETT, Erastus HAZEN and his wife, Eli LAYMAN, Peter WOLFE, Peter SINELE, John McCRORY and wife, Joseph McCANDLESS, Antoine COEUR, Selah G. HART, Hezekiah BRANT, Emile LIEGEROT, Carter JONES, Julius CHRISTY, John CURREY and family, Thomas OUTHIER, HANSONs, SIMPSONs, and many other names that are, or have been known , in connection with this community. The HAZENs owned the land, and the first graves were on the hillside among the trees. This cemetery is now known as the Oak Grove Cemetery. - ----------------------------------------------------- I am not familiar with Golden's Point Church... but there is a STEARNS Cemetery located about half way between Nauvoo and Hamilton in western Hancock Co, about a mile and a half back from the river. It is just one mile by the speedometer on the winding road north of the Golden's Point Church so - guessing that the 'church' is pretty much in the same general vicinity, i.e., about half way between Nauvoo and Hamilton. Perhaps someone else can provide some knowledge of it. The main town in Sonora Twp. is Nauvoo (right on the Mississippi River); and there is a small town of Powellton which is due east of Nauvoo. I do not know the coordinates of the Oak Grove (Curry) Cemetery. I suggest you write to the Hancock Co. Historical Society and ask for the exact location. They will know - or know who to call to find out - friendliest bunch of people anywhere! If you are visiting the area and don't know where a cemetery, or whatever, is, ask at a gas station or just ask a person you see on the street - someone will know. Good hunting - good luck! Shirley: bobert@panacom.com

Posted on: Hancock County, Il Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Hancock?read=1085 Surname: Magness ------------------------- Looking for birth record and parents of Stephen Ardell Magness b. abt 1892 Hancock Co., Illinois. ANY information, greatly appreciated. Mary Aillery

Travel Maps CD shows a Curry Cemetery in Fairfield, IL, near the intersection of Parkhurst Street and East 2nd Street. Seems to be about 2 blocks due west of French Memorial Park just off Highway 1 and just south of North Side School. Sonora Township is not found, however. Hope this helps. Dan Hayden Mukilteo WA