Can someone give me driving directions to the Webster cemetery in Fountain Green township. Ron ..

Its been a while, but I would like to hear from anyone researching the William Yarnall, David Elijah Yarnell and John McLean families in and around Chili and St. Albans, Hancock Co., IL c1860. John Morrison Portland, OR

If you are looking for marriage certificates for your Hancock Co. folks in the 1865 period through IRAD, read this... On Dec 21, 1999 I originally contacted the IL Regional Archives Depository at Western IL University to obtain a copy of George C BEATY & Caroline WESTBROOK's marriage certificate. Their reply... “...We searched the Hancock County marriage records for a copy of the license you requested. Unfortunately, that document falls into a gap in our marriage licenses for Hancock County. We are missing licenses 1900-2571, and your request for #1947 does fall in this gap. I would recommend that you contact the Hancock County Clerk’s office to request a copy of the license...” I have followed their advice, and am sending off a request in tomorrow's mail. Hope this helps someone... Gary Speck GTUSA@aol.com

Hello, My name is Tracy Verba and I'm new to the list. I just recently discovered that my mother's father's family was from Hancock Co., IL. Specifically, looking for info on my grandfather, Orville Wayne Martin , b Mar 30, 1915 in Basco. His parents were James Martin (James parents unknown) and Gladys Clara Martin (Martin is her maiden name too). Gladys, the daughter of Grant H. Martin and Ida Triboulet, was b Jan 2, 1898 in Bowen. Anyone with connections to these families please contact me at nauvoo@interpath.com Thank you, Tracy Verba ----- Original Message ----- From: <ILHANCOC-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <ILHANCOC-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2000 8:17 AM Subject: ILHANCOC-D Digest V00 #13

Hi All, I am perticularly interested in the surname Jones at this time. I am working to put the pieces of my Jones family together from Hancock Co. shawnnee

Hi all, When I return from my trip, I am going to send out another roll call. If you would please send the names, first and last and where they were from originally, I will see what I have in my database. I have a little over 120,000 names in my database and I might have some connections for you. Shawnnee

Shawnee, Just had to respond to the Roller Skating in Carthage!!! My father, Albert R. Scott, and his brother, John F. Scott started the skating rink in first in Keokuk (2nd Floor), then along the river just above Hamilton (for one summer), then the split --- John in Carthage and my Dad in Quincy in the year 1939. Both of the skating rinks are still there and operating. The one in Carthage is operated by my cousin, Bonnie Benzinger. The one in Quincy in now owned by my mother and brother. Over 60 years of roller skating in the family, and still a popular activity of the youth. Also both families had summer homes on the river just a mile or so above Nauvoo. Many happy memories of life on the Mississippi. Also, my first husband's family is the Horton family of Nauvoo and surrounding areas. This husband, Larry Horton, played in the band on Sat nights at the Hamilton intersection under the only stop light in town. Mary Ann Horton Loomis, CA Shawnee wrote: > We had band concerts in the summer on Saturday night. The towns people would block off the street and everyone went to town all dressed up for the band concert. It was a big thing back then. No one really had much money but this was something that did not cost any money. > Our church went to Carthage to the Rollerskating rink. We all loved to go rollerskating. > Shawnee > ==== ILHANCOC Mailing List ==== > The list administrator for the ILHANCOC mailing list is > pcuser@terraworld.net

Hi All, I wanted to let you all know that I am still adding cemetery burials to our Hancock Co, web site. Please visit often to see if you can make any connections. To the new people on the list; My name is Shawnnee Ramey, and I am the Hancock Co, Co Coordinator and I take care of most of the web site. Please if you have anyone burried in Hancock Co, Illinois, Email me your information in the format I have on the web site so we can add your family and friends. I am not going to be adding any more information now for about 2 weeks, because I have to get ready for my trip to Hawaii. I am leaving Wednesday and will be back Late the night of the 28th. I will need a few days to recouperate but will be back at it as soon as I can. I still have a lot to add. I also have some marriages after 1900 to add. We are getting quite a number of burials and I am really excited as I have made several new connections. I hope you have too. I would like to see more activity on the list and when I get back maybe we can all make more new connections. Happy Hunting Shawnnee

Searching for Matillda Lewellyn or Leuellen married to a John H. Bennett, lived in Illinois in the 1880's.

-----Original Message----- From: Susan Tortorelli <susan@usroots.com> To: ILGEN-L@rootsweb.com <ILGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, January 15, 2000 5:05 PM Subject: [ILGEN-L] Fwd: [STATE-COORD-L] Help with Tombstones >Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 00:50:51 -0500 >From: Tim Stowell <tstowell@chattanooga.net> >Subject: [STATE-COORD-L] Help with Tombstones >To: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com > > I got the following from another list. Hope this info. clears up some >graveyard mysteries for some of you. > >Dating Tombstones > >One way to help find the era your ancestor was buried is to examine the >material from which the tombstone is made. If your ancestor has a stone >made of slate or common fieldstone (except wood used by pioneers), chances >are >the stone dates from 1796-1830. > > * If the stone is flat-topped hard marble, dates are about 1830-1849. > > * If the "mystery" stone is round or pointed soft marble with cursive > inscriptions, look for a date of 1845-1868. > > * Masonic four-sided stones began in 1850 and are still in use today. > > * Pylons, columns and all exotic-style monuments are usually dated >1860-1900. > > * Zinc monuments date from 1870-1900. > > * Granite, now common, came into use about 1900. > > If the writing is too faded to read, use a 75 watt black light bulb in any > lamp that casts light directly on the written message. The writing will > miraculously appear. >---------------------------- >Interesting link regarding gravestones! > >http://www.gravestonestudies.org > >Gravestone Rubbings Dos and Don'ts from the Association for Gravestone >Studies > >http://www.gravestonestudies.org/faq.htm#Some > > >Tim

Greetings List! I have a few ancestors who are buried in Moss Ridge Cemetery in Carthage. I am trying to figure out where I would write for Sexton Records. I cannot find a phone number or address for Moss Ridge Cemetery. Questions: Is Moss Ridge Cemetery a "working cemetery"? If not, did another cemetery buy Moss Ridge? Thank you for your feedback, Laura Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account at http://www.eudoramail.com

My primary roll call name is for: BASIL DERRY (1820-1877), buried in Moss Ridge Cemetery in Carthage. Married to (1) SARAH ?? who died in 1851, burial place unknown. Children: Louis Derry - born 1838 Sarah C. Derry - born 1841 Rachel J. Derry - born 1844 m. Reuben J. ALEXANDER Nancy E. Derry - born 1846 m. William L. ALEXANDER Carlisle Derry - born 1848 (2) FREDERICKA NIEBUHR (Weidenheimer), widow, died 1903, buried Moss Ridge Known Children: James F. Derry - born 1870 Ruth H. B. Derry- born 1903 ? m. ?? RUST Unconfirmed: Basil B. Derry - (1860-1952) m. FANNIE E. FROST, died 1943 Both buried in Galesburg, Knox Co., Illinois.

Looking for information on Josiah and Martha Jane BARTLETT. Came to the Hancock County area about 1855. Both died in 1911 and are buried in the Irwin Cemetery. Children: William Chartie Bell Emma Susan Newton Carrie Bell Sarah Mildred Thank you. Joan Pointer

Searching for information on Warren & Sarah BABCOCK and their children who lived in McDonough and Hancock Counties 1860-1956. Children: Josephine b. July 1887, m Clem Mason Otho Lee b. August 1878, m Ethel Johnson Martha Ellen b. July 1881, m Raymond Johnson Clyde William b. Nove 1883 Arthur Swift b. February 1885, m Cecelia Stokes Bertha Carrie b. Dec 1888 m. William Hagmeier Gertrude b. March 1890 m. Earl Lawyer Iva Lee b. February 1893 m John C. Pointer Alma Ida b. August 1894 Alta Ica b. August 1894 m. Everett Roberts Joan Pointer

Dear HANCOCK Co. Seekers: I received the below query and believe all 'seekers' may be interested. -----Original Message----- From: Louise <mcboots@horizon.hit.net> To: bobert@panacom.com <bobert@panacom.com> Date: Saturday, January 15, 2000 12:12 PM Subject: Membership in Hancock Co., IL Hist. Soc >Need info on how to join the Hancock Co. Historical Society-where to send >check., etc. Thanks Louise - ------------------------------------------------ My response: Send personal check or money order - $8.00 (for year 2000) - to: Hancock County Historical Society P.O. Box 68 Carthage, IL 62321 HCHS Treasurer is Kathryn BURKETT - but - make check or money order payable to the historical society. Note: the historical society may be contacted via E-mail at: hancockhistory@yahoo.com Website is: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/1542 above is from latest personal (official) correspondence I received from Ms. BURKETT. Just slip in a note advising the society that you wish to become a member and the check/money order is for the membership dues. The historical society does such a fine job, and deserves our help and support. Have great days and peaceful nights! Shirley: bobert@panacom.com

I found one more item in response to Linda's inquiry on the Booz surname. Again from the 1940 Fountain Green Almanac, Dr. Wm. Booz died on Tuesday, February 20, 1901.

This is a great site for searching for information in Illinois. The Illinois State Archives has some county-specific searchable databases at: http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/database.html Terasa

The is in response to Linda's inquiry on the Booz family. I have a few bits a pieces of information which may help your search. Excerpted from the 1940 Fountain Green Almanac - William Booz settled in Hancock County in 1837. - James Martin settled in Hancock Township, Hancock County, Illinois, in 1861 on section 22. In connection with his farming operations, he ran a gristmill there. Later a U. S. Post Office was established and named 'Joetta' from a combination of the names of Joel and Marietta Booz. Mrs. Booz was a daughter of James Martin. (Later the Post Office was moved to Union Town and the name of THAT place was changed to Joetta.) >From the Hancock County Quill, May 30, 1990, "Fountain Green High School Reunion [Classes of] 1922-1948", among the attendees were: - Marietta Booz Walker, LaHarpe, class of 1932 - Joel Booz of LaHarpe, and his brother William Booz, of Burlington,Iowa, class of 1942 To the best of my knowledge (I'm sure folks who live in that neighborhood could provide other interesting details) the original Joetta was a active village for some years. The town hall for Hancock Township, a smithy and a sawmill were located there. In the building that housed the Post Office, there was also a general store. I think Joel and Marietta initially operated the store. Later, Peter E. Weakley was the owner and proprietor. It was a busy and profitable enterprise and was the center of community life. Three days before he died, in January of 1894, he married Lillie Almeda Beckwith, so that he could leave all his worldly goods to her. Lillie continued to run the Joetta store for over 40 years. On March 13, 1934, Ed Mooney was murdered at Joetta. I would very much appreciate reading the original newspaper articles if anyone could share them. My father was a young boy at the time and this murder piqued his interest; he avidly followed the unfolding story. I'd like to obtain the entire story so he could re-read it. The following is my understanding of the event, as Dad related it to me last year - 65 years later. Ed Mooney was a bachelor living in a ramshackle two-story house near the store. He operated a threshing machine and a clover huller, and ran the sawmill. He was known to carry fairly large sums of money, for that time. Glen Smith, his hired hand, came to Mooney's establishment to go to work, but Mooney wasn't there. Glen went to his house, where he found the door padlocked. As the day wore on and Mooney still didn't appear, Glen talked to some of the neighbors. They made the decision to put a ladder up to a window on the second floor. Harley Parker climbed up the ladder and saw Ed, inside, sitting near the top of stairs leading to the second floor. There was a blanket over his head. He had been bludgeoned three or four times. The local authorities conducted an investigation. There was a man whom the neighborhood felt was a likely culprit, but nothing was ever proven and Ed Mooney's murder was never solved.

I'm searching for information on John H. Bennett, born in Cornwall County England, March 29, 1840. He came to America at age 21 landing in Charleston, S.C.. His first wife was Matillda Llewellyn or Leuellen. They lived in Ohio counties of Vinton and Athens in the 1860and 70s. Matillda died about 1880. He later married a Clara Eggleston in 1880 anad they moved to Illinois in1884 and to Missouri in1890. Clara died in 1904. He married Sara E. Owenby in1906. They lived in Adair County, Mo. until his death on June 29, 1911. He is buried in the Bullion Cemetery east of Kirkssville, Mo.

Please do not send messages to ILHANCOC-L-request@rootsweb.com Messages need to be sent to ILHANCOC-L@rootsweb.com -----Original Message----- From: Donald and Mary Maye Bennett <dmmbennett@socket.net> To: ILHANCOC-L-request@rootsweb.com <ILHANCOC-L-request@rootsweb.com> Cc: Donald and Mary Maye Bennett <dmmbennett@socket.net> Date: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 11:10 AM Subject: John H. Bennett born 1840 England John Bennett lived in Ohio in 1870 moved to Illinois in the 1880's. Married first to a Mattilda Llewellyn, she died in 1880, Married Clara Eggleston and they moved to Mo.. She died March 29, 1904. He then married Sara E. Owenby in1906. He was born in England March 29, 1840 and came to America at age 21 landing at Charleston S. C.. It was stated long ago a brother came with him to America where they lost contact. John is buried in Adair County, Mo. Any information that might conect John and brothers family will be appreciated.