This is a virus warning. I have received it from five different sources so it sounds sincere and severe. This copy came from my sister and was signed by her so I don't doubt it. T *snip* I was just sent an e-mail entitled I LOVE YOU.....DO NOT Open it...It is a virus that will eat all your files and send the virus to everyone in your address book. DELETE IT IMMEDIATELY. I deleted it the minute I found out I just don't know if I caught it soon enough.

Posted on: Hancock Co. Il Obituaries Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/HancockObits?read=133 Surname: harrison ------------------------- Im trying to find info on my grandfather john william henry hsrrison, he was born in tulsa ok in 1870 and died in ohio in 1963, its been told that he was adopted when he was a young boy by a harrison president or a family member,he was fullblooded cherokee, if you have any information about this please contact me at db0129@dragonbbs.com, thanks terri

Posted on: Hancock County, Il Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Hancock?read=959 Surname: Woodworth, Walker ------------------------- My 2nd great grandfather, William WOODWORTH died in Warsaw, Hancock County in 1889. He was born 1802 in Conn. He married Mary Walker b. 1808 in Conn. We can find nothing on her at all. They had a daughter, Martha Ann WOODWORTH b. 1840-45 in Indiana. She married my great grandfather, Alfred Leonard in Wapello County, Ottumwa, Iowa in 1873.I need to find William and his parents to tie up these loose ends. Any help appreciated.

Posted on: Hancock County, Il Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Hancock?read=958 Surname: ------------------------- I have a GGGrandmother Lucretia ( Timmons) Atwater Ing Married to Dr O.C.Ing Feb 27,1887 of Burnside,Hancock Co., Ill. He preceded her in death ,having passed away Feb.25,1894. This from the obitutary of my GGGrandmother. If you want a copy of this obit I would be glad to sent you one

Could someone do a cemetery look-up for me? I am looking for a Henry Conn who was born about 1810 and died after 1850. He could be buried in Hancock County. Thanks. Chancelee

Posted on: Hancock County, Il Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Hancock?read=957 Surname: ------------------------- Emeiine HOBART of Hancock Co. Was she just plain Emeline or Emeline L.? There were 2 Emelines born to 2 Hobart brothers.

Posted on: Hancock County, Il Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Hancock?read=956 Surname: Hobart, Hasten, Hoover ------------------------- I will see what I can find for you. I can tell you that you are right about Emeline's parentage. I can also tell you that Emeline and Benjamin are buried in the Webster Cemetery In Hancock Co, Illinois. Will get back to you if I find out more

Posted on: Hancock County, Il Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Hancock?read=955 Surname: HOBART ------------------------- Looking for information on Emeline HOBART who married Benjamin Berry BLOYD 30 Dec. 1855 in Hancock County, Illinois. I believe Emeline's parents were Jonas HOBART II and Polly Calla FARR. Any info would be appriciated. Sandi

Posted on: Hancock County, Il Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Hancock?read=954 Surname: CARTER ------------------------- Looking for Sarah CARTER, born 1867 in Hancock County. She married Joseph DUNCE 09 Feb 1883.

Posted on: Hancock County, Il Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Hancock?read=953 Surname: ------------------------- The following is some information on some of the sites you mention. In "History of Hancock County, Illinois" 1968 you will find the following information. p. 21 "The Martin Mill was owned by Jackie Martin and located on the south side of Crooked Creek, The remains of this mill are still visible on lands owned by Mr. John B. Johnson on section 22." There is about 1/2 a page discribing the mill and its' operation. There are also scatterred references to the mill elsewhere in the book. p. 318 "Peter E. Weakley came to Hancock Township in 1850 and settled in Section 22 where he farmed for twenty years. Then he sold his farm and entered the mercantile business in Uniontown." p. 319 "Monroe Riggens' blacksmith shop was in operation in 1871 and still listed on the plat book of 1891. The shop was located west of the present Ed Riggens home in Section 28." p. 320-321 There is a discription of the schools in Hancock Township. This article states that "In 1860 Hancock Township had five schools,...There were five school buildings....In 1920 there were six school buildings.... Oak Grove, Liberty, Pennsylvania, Walnut, Woodville and Hobart." The impression is given that all of these schools were frame buildings, and only the Liberty school was converted to brick in 1940. In "Historic Sites and Structures of Hancock County, Illinois" there is the following on p. 153 "Monroe Riggens owned and operated a blacksmith shop on his farm in Sec. 28, Hancock Township. The shop was in operation in 1871, and still listed in the plat book of 1891. It stood a short distance southwest of the residence along the main road...." There is a photo of the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Riggens & they and their family are shown.

Posted on: Hancock County, Il Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Hancock?read=952 Surname: Howell, Dye ------------------------- On the Worth County Missouri GenWeb "Deeds" board I have posted a transcipt of the Howell - Dye mortgage.

-----Original Message----- From: Loyd Reedy <Loyd.Reedy@TriValleyGrowers.com> To: ILHANCOC-L@rootsweb.com <ILHANCOC-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, April 28, 2000 11:41 AM Subject: {not a subscriber} Help My ancestors in Hancock Co include gggrandparents Henry JOHNSON and his wife, Elizabeth GOULD JOHNSON. Their daughter Susie my ggrandmother was born Sept 4, 1871 in Ferris, Hancock County. Any info, no matter how minute, would be greatly appreciated.

Posted on: Hancock County, Il Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Hancock?read=951 Surname: JOHNSON, GOULD ------------------------- My ancestors in Hancock Co include ggrandparents Henry JOHNSON and his wife, Elizabeth GOULD JOHNSON. Their daughter Susie my grandmother was born Sept 4, 1871 in Ferris, Hancock County. Any info, no matter how minute, would be greatly appreciated.

Posted on: Hancock County, Il Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Hancock?read=950 Surname: Powers, Hobart ------------------------- My Powers family which came to Hancock Co. IL in the 1830s my have been affiliated with the Hobart family. Do you have any information about a James Powers who had 2 sons, William and Winslow Phelps Powers?

Posted on: Hancock County, Il Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Hancock?read=949 Surname: HASTEN, HOOVER, HOBART, BARRETT, DUNHAM, LOVELL, YOUNG ------------------------- My ancestors in Hancock Co include ggrandparents Andrew Jackson HASTEN and his wife, Lydia DUNHAM HASTEN. grandparents Jesse or Justus HOOVER and his wife Treacey LOVELL HOOVER. Other ancestors include HOBART=EWING=YOUNG. I am particularly looking For information on A. J. HASTEN and family, both siblings and ancestors. I have hit a brick wall with him. He was married here in 1866 and died here in 1904, but as far as I can tell, none of his 15 children were born in IL. A. J., himself, was born in an unknown city or County in North Carolina. Again, there is no info on him from birth til his marriage to Lydia DUNHAM. Any info, no matter how minute, would be greatly appreciated.

Our Matilda Bennett was born Matilda Llewellyn, married John H. Bennett. He was our grgrandfather, born in England 1840 and came to America about 1861. We can't find any information on Matilda. Can you give me information on your Mary Matilda Bennett? Mary Maye Bennett ----- Original Message ----- From: <Draines22@aol.com> To: <ILHANCOC-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 21, 2000 2:34 PM Subject: [ILHANCOC] Roll Call > Bennett ca 1858 - 1900 > William Neff 1858-1900 m. Mary Matilda Bennett ca 1878 - 1890 had at least 2 > children. Who are their children? >

Posted on: Hancock County, Il Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Hancock?read=948 Surname: Williams ------------------------- Andrew Williams was a circuit rider from Mason County Illinois during the 1850's and he met Mary Gillmore in Hancock County and married her. After her death he met Sarah Jane Wood in Hancock County and married her. He had a son Isaac who lived in the Durham area so it is believed he preached around Durham.Am looking for any and all information that you might have. Willing to share what little I have on Andrew and his family.

Hi Roberta! You are in luck! Maybe. I have a feeling there may be TWO Elijah WILLIAMS from the same area and time period. So be careful. My Williams family was very well documented by Elijah Williams, who wrote a detailed history of his family in 1892. I found no "Caroline WILLIAMS" in that tree, however. This Elijah WIlliams married Louisa Jane REYNOLDS in Jefferson County MO on Jan 24, 1856. Their child Harriet Missouri WILLIAMS was born on Oct 25, 1856. 2nd, Elijah WILLIAMS married Martha A. MISENER in Schuyler county IL on May 16, 1858. Their child, Mariah Elizabeth WILLIAMS was born on July 15, 1859. She died on Nov 3, 1860. Elijah WILLIAMS was buried in the Whitaker Cemetery near Gunter Texas in Grayson County in 1908. This history was rewritten by researcher/descendant Ves Box, and you can find some of his research at his website, http://geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/8006/ This history is many many pages long, and includes these surnames: mostly from Schuyler County: WAGGONER JUSTUS ROBERTS BOX WEAVER INGRAM MCHALEY DANT HIGHTOWER NEIDY RACE FORNEY If you send me your address, I would happily send you a copy of this, as Ves did for me years ago. Here is a lengthy outline of some of this research: THE FAMILY RECORDS OF PETER WILLIAMS AND OTHERS, TOGETHER WITH MEMOIRS WRITTEN BY ELIJAH WILLIAMS A. D. 1892 John WILLIAMS Born about 1784 As a young man, came to Ohio. After he married he settled and lived in the valley of the Little Miami River, not very far from Cincinnati. His sons William, Richard, Peter and James were small when he died. The Family Record of Peter WILLIAMS Peter WIlliams was probably born in the year of our Lord 1792. Rebekah WAGGONER was born on the 25th day of December AD 1795. Peter WILLIAMS married Rebekah WAGGONER in April AD 1816. Their Children: Elizabeth WILLIAMS was born Feb 9th, 1817 AD John Wesley WILLIAMS was born on March 31, 1819 AD Nancy WILLIAMS born on May 16th, 1821 Katherine WILLIAMS was born Feb 10th, 1823 Phebe WILLIAMS born Oct 29th, 1825 Daniel WILLIAMS born May 17th, 1828 Elijah WILLIAMS born on Aug 17th, 1830 Julia Ann WILLIAMS born on March 13, 1833 DEATHS Katharine WILLIAMS died on Aug 10, 1826 Julia Ann WILLIAMS died on March 19, 1833 Rebekah WILLIAMS (mother) died on April 3, 1833 (Winter of Deep Snow) Peter WILLIAMS (father) died on March 25, 1835 Daniel WILLIAMS died on March 8, 1847 Memoirs: After Father and Mother left Ohio, they lived aqwhile in Madison County in Illinois, not very far rom Edwardsville. From there they moved onto this valley land near Fort Edwards. But the Mississippi RIver was uncommonly high one Spring, and overflowed a part of the farm, and caused sickness; so they left there, and moved pmtp eighty acres of land which he owned on the bluff of the river about three miles above Commerce. [ Nauvoo ]. Both places are in Hancock County, Illinois. Father gnerally worked at cultivating of else at improving land, but at one time, he worked a while in a butcher's shop - perhaps in Cincinatti. At another time he carried the amil all the way from Quincy to Rock Island in IL. That part of the State was then a wilderness, an the Indians were numerous all through that region. He neer practiced medicine, yet he knew somthing about it, and always kept a little on hand; when no physician was near, he sometimes went to see the sick persons, and give them some medicine. Mother was skillful at doing house work, and could make soap, wash, sew, knit and spin flax as well. When they were young, Bibles were scarce and costly; and when he did succeed in getting one he was away from his Father's Family Records, and away from the Record of his own marriage, and he never saw them again. He believed that the Bible was true, and anything which is uncertain or untrue ought never to be written in his Bible; so the records of his birth and marriage were not written in his Bible. The Record of his wife's birth was copied, and Records of their children's birth were written in the Bible and are still legible. He was a pious man, and sometimes assembled with his neighbors and preached for them. His wife also was a very pious woman. They lived on the river bluff during the winter of the deep snow. Mother and her youngest child died at that place, and were buried on the brink of a little steep ravine, not far from their dwelling house. While she lived, she could see the Red man raoming at will through the groves and valleys; but now by day and night the Stately Steamers move along in the mighty river which flows by the bluff on which she lived. "Tis well to find our last repose Beneath the church yard's sacred sod, But those who sleep In the desert or deep, Are watched by the self same God." After Mother died, Father moved to Fort Madison in Iowa. HIs house was south of the Fort, and only a few rods from where the first Court House in the village was afterwards built, and he improved and cultivated the land near the house. so he had a preemption right to the land. While we lived at Fort Madison we saw about as many Indians as white people. We were not afraid of the Indians. The famous Chief, Black Hawk often came to Father's house. He and all three of his children were always friends to us. The first congregation that assembled at Fort Madison to worship God after the soldiers left there, met at Father's house. I still remember, that the house was full of people, and the three youngest children had to go upstairs to leave more room below. Father had been unwell, and had got better, then he went away from home on business, and was taken sick and died before he got home. He was buried on the bank of the Des Moines river in the graveyard at Farmington, Iowa. REMARKS: The village at Fort Edwards was named Warsaw. It is now a small city. After we moved to Schuyler County in Ilinois, the Mormons came to Commerce and called it Nauvoo. The Creator has placed an opportunity to make a fortune out of the rise in the price of land almost in reach of our ancestors three times, and then permitted it to be taken away from them. The pieces of land were at Cincinnati, Warsaw and Fort Madison. Neither Father nor any one o fhis posterity has been very rich - yet they have blessings which they can appreciate, therefore they can afford to speak freely of their misfortunes. Perhaps our ancestors were not very healthy people at first: then they were on the frontier and lived on valley land, too near to swamps and swales, until their posterity were a feeble sickly people, and two or three of them found it difficult if not impossible to keep their minds well balanced as to konw exactly what they were talking about when they are feverish. Yet our Parents endeavored to teach their children to live the life of the righteous, athat their last end may be as His. Now, let us consider how well they succeeded. I believe that ninety-seven of Father's posterity are now living. They are all reasonably honest, intelligent, industrious people when they are well. They nearly all get homes of their own, nearly as soon as they need them, and are hardly ever much in debt. No one of them ever committed any great crime, or was a habitual tippler or drunkard. The generally profess religion about as soon as they are old enough, and can joyfully sing: "I have some friends in glory, I some times hope to see; And others on their journey, And they'll pray for me." Nearly eery one of those who are dead, have given us good reason to believe that they would all meet again in a brighter, better world above. [END part One] The second set is the history of the WAGGONER family and other family charts. Too much to type up. Hope this helps! Valerie In a message dated 4/27/00 10:49:34 AM Central Daylight Time, KSum555@aol.com writes: << Hi Everyone, I am still trying to sort out the Williams family in Hancock County Illinois. I have a list of marriages and decided to write and see if anyone is familiar with any of these names. Have really hit a brick wall and could sure use some help. The following is the marriages I have and there all from Hancock County. Louisa Williams & Elijah R. Williams married Jan 18, 185 Caroline Williams John H. Shull married Oct 31, 1860 Caroline Williams & John W. Lynch married Oct 31, 1860 If anyone knows of these families I would really like to hear from them. Thanks. Roberta Summers>>>

Hi Everyone, I am still trying to sort out the Williams family in Hancock County Illinois. I have a list of marriages and decided to write and see if anyone is familiar with any of these names. Have really hit a brick wall and could sure use some help. The following is the marriages I have and there all from Hancock County. Louisa Williams & Elijah R. Williams married Jan 18, 1853 Caroline Williams John H. Shull married Oct 31, 1860 Caroline Williams & John W. Lynch married Oct 31, 1860 If anyone knows of these families I would really like to hear from them. Thanks. Roberta Summers

Posted on: Hancock Co. Il Obituaries Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/HancockObits?read=132 Surname: Dobbs, McMillin, Harrison ------------------------- >From the Warsaw Bulletin, Warsaw, Illinois, 1910. Death of John Franklin Dobbs John Franklin Dobbs was born in Richland county, Wisconsin, November 26, 1858, and was married to Miss Emma Dickwisch February 12, 1803. To this union was born three children: two sons, Willard and Guy, and one daughter, Mabel. The deceased resided in the immediate vicinity of Hickory Ridge after his marriage with the exception of one year, which was spent near Warsaw. A year ago last February he was taken ill and gradually declining in strength, he passed away April 2, 1910, 3 p.m., aged 51 years, 4 months, and 6 days. He was a successful farmer and was well known. He leaves to mourn his death his wife, three children, his mother, one half sister, and one half brother, Mrs. John Altheide, and Mr. Joseph Harrison: also three step-brothers and one step-sister. The funeral was held Monday, April 4 at 1 pm, from the house, Rev. John Figge, officiating. Interment in the Salem German Presbyterian cemetery of Sutter. The pallbearers were James Gardner, John Luft, Charles Luft, Henry Limekemann, Conrad Jingst, and William Jingst.