Hi Ranae, I hope you dont mind me posting this to the Hancock list, but I feel others may be interested...... On the land owner map I have that shows the farm and final resting place of my gggrandparents, John and Eliz BOX (Thompson Cemetery), I show some land owned by William SNYDER and another parcel beside it owned by Jane SNYDER on both sides of what is now Hwy 101, just a mile or two west of Littleton. There are three homes shown on this land, and two of them are on the North side of Hwy 101, and one just across the road on the South side. This land is between land owned by William C. THOMPSON and Jas WINTER ....and Jno S. and C. W. WALKER. This land is on the north and south side of this Hwy, with their large orchard shown that is on both sides of this hwy., and southward further, coming right up to the edge of the THOMPSON cemetery wherethe big trees start, and where my ancestors are buried. Their land was about 1/3 mile further west. Today there is only one house on the south side, and just past it is a dirt road that takes you through some corn fields before you find the smaller lane that leads into the woods, where the cemetary is --- you can see some tall gravestones from the dirt road if you look into the thicket of trees (1/4 mile). I have scanned this photocopy for you, and will send it in another e-mail to you. Hope these are your people~ Valerie The map I have is a photocopy and there is no year shown, but I am guessing it is sometime between 1850 and 1900, since they died in 1900 and 1901 In a message dated 11/30/99 11:38:42 AM Central Standard Time, rstastny@magiclink.com writes: << Dear Valerie: In regards to a couple of the names of neighbors to some of your kin, I was wondering about the names of DeWitt and Snyder as I have relatives with these names connected to this area. Edmund DeWitt married Rebecca Ellen Snyder in Schuyler Co. 17 Feb 1860. I know that Rebecca died and was buried at St Mary's in Hancock but do not know the place or death date of Edmund. Rebecca's parents were William and Jane Little Snyder who also lived part of their lives in Ill and died there. If you have any further details on these families, I would appreciate hearing from you. TIA Ranae Stastny, Eden, Idaho >>

Hi Jim. Would appreciate any help in finding any information on the Parker family in your book. Specifically Charles Z. Parker born on Sep. 1, 1849. One of his son's was born on Aug. 17, 1872. Thanks in advance, Bob.

Hi Marion, saw your post on the hancock co page. there is a John Shipton written up in the History Of Hancock Co Illinois. S/o john and Elizabeth(Swengel).Married Elizabeth Hummel. If this is your man give me your snail mail address and I will get a copy of it in the mail..Sally@cavenet.com

In a message dated 11/29/99 2:29:53 PM Central Standard Time, pbeakers@futura.net writes: <<<<<<<<< Looking for information about George Patton/Patten (b. Jan. 1844, IL.) who married Maria Thompson (b. Oct. 1847, IL.) October 3, 1867 in Hancock Co., IL. I believe she is the daughter of Almon Thompson and Isabell Ogle who lived in Bear Creek Twp for many years. My sister recently found them on the 1900 Shawnee Co., KS census in Dover Twp with five children (oldest listed as 18, youngest 6, all born in KS) in their household. Little is known about Maria Thompson but we have NO information about George Patton. Hope someone can help us with our research of George and Maria. Thanks, Brenda Thompson Akers pbeakers@futura.net >>>>>>>>> ~~~ I saw these above post, along with Gib Patterson's post, who was able to tell me that my Waggoner relatives were buried in Montebello (Riverside) Cemetery (which I did not know). Thank you Gib! As I said before, some descendents of my Williams/Waggoner 1830ish Hancock County family ended up in Schuyler County in the mid 1800's. Ond of the prominent names in the Littleton Twp area (near Rushville) was THOMPSON. In fact, my Elizabeth WILLIAMS BOX (daughter of early Hancock resident Rebekah Waggoner Williams) Is buried in the THOMPSON cemetery. I have a partial map of the land owners from the mid to late 1880's near this area. Land owners around the THOMPSON cemetery are: William C. THOMPSON, Samuel M. THOMPSON, Samuel S. THOMPSON. My relatives shown living close by are: BOX (from KY), NEIDY, WILLIAMS, WEAVER, JUSTUS Other names of nearby neighbors are BARTLOW, CRAWFORD, DEWITT, WINTERS, BARNES, HIGHTOWER, HIGHWATER, HORNEY, WYCKOFF, CHANDLER, SELLARS, WALKER, SNYDER, EDMINSTON, TEEL, NELSON, ARVIN, TROUT, WINTER, DANIELS, MATHENEY Do any of these names ring a bell with your Thompson people? Valerie Boatkitten@aol.com

At last there is a slight hint of a connection - my family may have actually interacted with other families in Hancock County. My great grandfather, Horatio Gibson was born in Chili Twp in 1847. His sister Martha Jane Gibson married Wilson M. Patten on 2/21/1861 in Hancock County. I got this information from the marriage records of Illinois. I do know who Martha Jane and Horatio's parents were but absolutely nothing else. I have no other information on Wilson M. Patten. If we can put together some sort of a connection, I will be happy to share information. Donna Fulton Price Bellevue, WA "Paul L. Akers" wrote: > Looking for information about George Patton/Patten (b. Jan. 1844, IL.) who > married Maria Thompson (b. Oct. 1847, IL.) October 3, 1867 in Hancock Co., > IL. I believe she is the daughter of Almon Thompson and Isabell Ogle who > lived in Bear Creek Twp for many years. > > My sister recently found them on the 1900 Shawnee Co., KS census in Dover > Twp with five children (oldest listed as 18, youngest 6, all born in KS) in > their household. Little is known about Maria Thompson but we have NO > information about George Patton. Hope someone can help us with our > research of George and Maria. > > Thanks, > Brenda Thompson Akers > pbeakers@futura.net > > ==== ILHANCOC Mailing List ==== > ==== ILHANCOC Mailing List ==== > Have you forgotten how to unsub? > Send a message to ILHANCOC-L-request@rootsweb.com > Put one word in the body of the message: > Unsubscribe

Looking for information about George Patton/Patten (b. Jan. 1844, IL.) who married Maria Thompson (b. Oct. 1847, IL.) October 3, 1867 in Hancock Co., IL. I believe she is the daughter of Almon Thompson and Isabell Ogle who lived in Bear Creek Twp for many years. My sister recently found them on the 1900 Shawnee Co., KS census in Dover Twp with five children (oldest listed as 18, youngest 6, all born in KS) in their household. Little is known about Maria Thompson but we have NO information about George Patton. Hope someone can help us with our research of George and Maria. Thanks, Brenda Thompson Akers pbeakers@futura.net

Hi Jim, Thanks for looking up Andrew J. Thompson for me. Does that book mention any other Polite's besides Margaret Polite who married Andrew Thompson? My Polite family is really lost. Again Thanks for your time. Roberta Summers.

Hi Jim If you have time, would like anything that might be on Waggeners, Shiptons, or Hummells of Hancock county. Thanks a bunch. Have a great Holiday Mariam

For a couple of weeks I have access to the above book, and will attempt to do look-up's if anyone want/needs them from this book. Sorry to say I won't be able to quite my day job so I might be slow at getting back to you, but I'll give this a try. I know that the book has lots of errors, but I have found that it is a good starting place, and if you treat it like any other compulation and run things back to a source it will give you a good starting place. Hope everyone had a Happy and safe Thanksgiving!! -- Jim Lowary jlowary@mail.coin.missouri.edu

I read Valerie's email with great interest. I visited Hancock County a couple of months ago, and visited the Montebello (Riverside) Cemetery where both her and my relatives are buried in the old original corner of the cemetery. The Cochran's, Pryor's, Steele's, Gordon's, Gates, and perhaps even the Higby's are all my relatives, although only the Cochrans and Gates are in my blood line. The volunteers at the Hancock County Historical Society (which I joined) were very helpful in my quest to find my ancestors, and I would like to publicly thank them for their assistance. The earliest mill in Hamilton, according to Hancock County history, was a water power grist mill operated by Benjamin Gates (Benjamin Butler Gates - known as "Butler" or "B.B.") on the Mississippi River between Hamilton and Sonora at a point just south of the old original Riverside school house and supposedly directly west of the Montebello schoolhouse. Water power for the bucket type water wheel to run this mill came from a "Wing Dam" placed on property owned by my GGGGrandfather, John Dinsmore Cochran, Sr. and extending out into the Mississippi River. Before coming to Montebello, Mr. Gates operated a mill on Crooked Creek about three miles from Plymouth, Illinois. It was a saw mill and grist mill known as the LaMoine Mill. The Gates and Higby Mill was situated directly west of the Montebello schoolhouse from 1842-1849. Benjamin Butler Gates was the brother of Susan Gates, my GG Grandfather's (John Dinsmore Cochran, Jr.) wife. The Cochrans married into the Pryor, Steele, Another old mill on riverside was operated by Newton Waggoner in the early days. The bricks from that mill are built into a building now standing at Tenth and Walnut streets in Hamilton. Within the city limits of Hamilton, there was "Banks Mill" at the foot of Broadway, south side and on the margin of the slough. This mill was destroyed by fire over 60 years ago. The ruins of the foundations are still visible. Another mill, following, was located just north across the foot of Broadway. This mill had a varied ownership for many years and was destroyed by fire about 40 years ago. ( This information was obtained the Historical Society relating an interview With Mr. John A. Gordon, President of the Hancock County Historical Society, and an article written by him printed in the Carthage Republican. I did not record the date of when the above information was printed, so the "60 years ago", and the "40 years ago" would have to be researched again). The senior Cochran was born at Windham, New Hampshire, Mar. 11, 1771. When at the age of about eleven years (1781) his parents removed to the state of Maine. In the winter of 1816-17, Mr. Cochran removed to the state of Ohio - making the trip from Belfast, ME by land in a three-horse wagon, with his wife and several children. In Ohio, they settled about forty miles up the river from Cincinnati. He afterwards removed to Illinois near Shawneetown, and finally to the vicinity of Chester in Randolph County, on the Mississippi. After remaining at Chester for a brief period, he pulled up and removed to Hancock County, and settled in Montebello Township. They were overtaken on the way ( traveling with horses and wagon) by the celebrated "Deep Snow", which enveloped the Military Tract and a large portion of the Grant West in that winter of 1830-31, and were compelled to stop on the way, reaching Montebello in the Spring of 1831. So when they reached Montebello, they evidently met the Gordons and the Waggoners. This small community was composed of true pioneers, following their dream westward. One of my ancestors, Charles L. Cochran, was supposedly an intimate friend of Chief Keokuk, for whom Keokuk, Iowa was named. It's been a most interesting experience to discover how my ancestors lived, and in the process, discovering new cousins along the way. Gib Patterson

In a message dated 11/28/99 8:34:43 AM Central Standard Time, jlowary@mail.coin.missouri.edu writes: << For a couple of weeks I have access to the above book, and will attempt to do look-up's if anyone want/needs them from this book. >> Hello Jim! Thank you so much for your wonderful offer. My family is said to have been some of the earliest inhabitants of Hancock county --- Jacob Waggoner and sons Gershom, Gad and John, daugther Rebekah (WAGGONER) WILLIAMS. (wife of Peter WILLIAMS of Commerce, IL) I would love to obtain any more information on Peter and Rebekah WILLIAMS, or any of their children. Thank you! Valerie Boatkitten@aol.com Here is a post I made last year: Does anyone have info on a JACOB WAGGONER, b ?, m Unknown, who had a daughter b Dec 25 1792 OHIO named Rebekah WAGGONER (Wife of Peter WILLIAMS). Other children were Gershom, Gad and John - b abt 1783 and was a stone mason and was the earliest settler in Montebello Twp, Hancock County (1824 from Cincinatti Ohio), as mentioned in Gregg's History of Hancock County. His son's were "steamboat pilots on the river" based in St. Louis. John's son Isaac Newton WAGGONER was "One of the most knowledgeable men concerning river navigation on the Mississippi". He later retired to farm 200 acres of land and run a steam mill in the town of Riverside along the MIssissippi. He died in 1877. (I have more on this family) ~~~~~ Rebekah (WAGGONER) WILLIAMS died of sickness during the "Winter of the Deep Snow" in Nauvoo IL, April 3, 1833, and is buried on a bluff beside the Mississippi river (beside her 6 day old daughter, Julia Ann who died a few weeks earlier on March 19, 1833). Another daughter Phoebe, b 1825 in Warsaw IL, was said to be "One quarter Indian", as handed down by her grandson. (Which parent was 1/2 Indian? Peter or Rebekah (WAGGONER) WILLIAMS???) Peter's father was John Williams of Ohio. Her discouraged and heartbroken husband Peter left their often-flooded Illinois farm (Commerce, now Nauvoo) soon afterwards with their remaining children (Including Elizabeth, Phoebe, Elijah) , to farm just south of Fort Madison, Iowa and became good friends with Chief Blackhawk, often entertaining 3 of the Chief's children in his home. (Peter' and Rebekah's daughter, Elizabeth (WILLLIAMS) BOX, is my GGGGrandmother who is buried in Schuyler county) Peter died in 1835 and is buried the the Farmington, Iowa graveyard on the bank of the Des Moines river. In 1892, Peter and Rebekah's son, Elijah, wrote a very good history about this part of his father's life. I have more info regarding this Williams history.

Hi James, Would you check and see if Andrew Thompson is listed in the Pioneers of the Prairie. Thanks. Roberta Summers.

May it truly be a thankfull occasion for all. Jim Shawnnee Ramey wrote: > Hi All, > I will not be posting any information for a few days as I have to get ready > for company comming for Thanksgiving. I have a hard time staying away from > the computer but I have to. > I want to thank all of those who have been so helpful with Hancock County > and those who have contributed their ancestors > records. I Will not attempt to name names, because if I did I would forget > someone! > Have a great one!!!!! > > HAPPY THANKSGIVING > Shawnnee > > ==== ILHANCOC Mailing List ==== > Please remember that it is okay to post any information > on any connection to Hancock County Illinois to the list. > The more info we post, the more likely that we will find connections.

Hi All, I will not be posting any information for a few days as I have to get ready for company comming for Thanksgiving. I have a hard time staying away from the computer but I have to. I want to thank all of those who have been so helpful with Hancock County and those who have contributed their ancestors records. I Will not attempt to name names, because if I did I would forget someone! Have a great one!!!!! HAPPY THANKSGIVING Shawnnee

>From Dick Eastman's current online genealogy newsletter: - LDS FamilySearch.org To Add 240 Million New Names There hasn't been any official announcement, but two Salt Lake City newspapers report that the Mormon's popular online Web site will add a lot more records to their online database on Monday. The addition of 240 million new names will mean that a total of 640 million records will now be available at http://www.familysearch.org. In addition, FamilySearch plans early next year to index the new Pedigree Resource File (PRF), a database of family history records being uploaded to the site by users. Only the index is expected to be online. The files containing PRF data will be available on a set of CD-ROM disks. The PRF, already listing more than 5 million names, is projected to grow at the rate of 1.2 million names per month. Full details are available at: http://www.sltrib.com/1999/nov/11161999/utah/47672.htm and at http://www.desnews.com/cgi-bin/libstory_reg?dn99&9911150026

Hi All, I thought you might be interested in this. I also posted a link to this site on the Hancock Co, Web site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilhancoc/ RootsWeb issued the following press release this week: RootsWeb.com, http://www.rootsweb.com, the Internet's oldest and largest genealogy site, today launched a new Genealogical Data Communication (GEDCOM) hosting program entitled the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com. "In the 4 weeks of its beta test period, users have uploaded more than 5.5 million names to the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project," stated Dr. Brian Leverich, Founder and Chairman of the Board, RootsWeb.com, Inc. GEDCOM is a standard file format developed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and enables the exchange of information among genealogy software programs. RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project allows individuals, in a very simple, user-friendly way, to upload, revise, delete and download GEDCOMs on RootsWeb. The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project is hailed as the most user friendly and unrestricted of its kind on the Web. Unlike with other Web sites, RootsWeb users have complete control over their GEDCOMs and can change or remove them at any time. RootsWeb will never burn a user's GEDCOM onto a CD-ROM or charge others to access it. RootsWeb's software is the newest, most comprehensive and advanced available on the Web. Key features allow users to: * Upload a GEDCOM file generated by ANY of the major software applications WITHOUT first having to convert the file to HTML; * Revise or delete GEDCOMs as well as change the display or download options at any time; * Link the GEDCOM to a home page; * Screen or remove information about living individuals from the GEDCOM; * Attach Post-Em notes both from the GEDCOM originator and from other RootsWeb users to the record of a particular individual, similar to the Post-Em Notes in Rootsweb's Social Security Death Index; * Link a GEDCOM to other GEDCOMs using Post-Ems; * Download subsets (portions) of the original GEDCOM, starting with a specific person and choosing either ancestors or descendants; and * Display GEDCOMs in the most highly flexible ways available on the Web. A user need not have a Web site or even Internet access to post a GEDCOM. RootsWeb will accept GEDCOMs on floppy disks or ZIP drive disks. Users having trouble uploading a GEDCOM for any reason should send it on a floppy disk or ZIP disk to: RootsWeb WorldConnect Project, 1001 Tower Way, Suite #120, Bakersfield, CA 93309. RootsWeb will upload the GEDCOM and send notification by e-mail of such user's account name and password. RootsWeb's default display choice is to remove the names of everyone in a user's GEDCOM who was born within the past 100 years. Thereafter, the user can change the viewing options at any time by going to http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com. Users should remember to enclose an e-mail address with the disk containing the GEDCOM or RootsWeb will have no way to notify them regarding their account name and password. Please also note that RootsWeb will destroy the disks it receives after uploading the GEDCOMs they contain. "Our GEDCOM program has been months in the making and was developed by some of the most talented programmers in the business," said Dr. Leverich. "The display capabilities set a new standard. This new feature reinforces RootsWeb's leadership position in the rapidly expanding online genealogical community which we helped to create and continue to define." "RootsWeb prides itself on being the consumer's friend. You will never see it taking the hard work of RootsWeb users and burning that information into a CD-ROM or charging others to access," said Dr. Leverich. "In addition, users have FULL control of their GEDCOMs and can change or remove them at any time."

Hi everyone: Finally had a moment to post my names: Taylor - Joseph H. (his parents were Robert & Celia or Cecil.....came to IL around 1860) Karr, Harriett Amanda (she married Joseph Taylor after marrying and divorcing Elias Hill in the late 1860s..her parents were James H. & Sarah Karr) Hopson - the whole bunch McCulloch Lee, William and Dora (moved to Warsaw area around 1870...he supposedly drowned in the river - but I havent found any proof as of yet) I would love to find other researching the same families.......and I think that it would be a great idea to post the obituaries. Marla in Las Vegas

I have been searching for Crawford information in Hancock Co. Illinois for almost three years. In a card to my husband, were these two newspaper articles that are mighty old. 1893, and The names in them are what made me curious. The first one is about a man named J.W. Maxwell. It is very old, and is about this man moving to Tillamook Co. Oregon. The article claims this man was born December 1831 in Fulton Co. Illinois. It said he held many positions in Hancock Co. Illinois, before moving to Oregon. It states in the article, that JW, is 61, meaning this newspaper article is from 1892. It is an obituary for Mrs. Martha Maxwell. It says she was born November 17, 1817.Died at her daughters Mrs. JM Mcloy's She too was from Fulton and married to Abner Maxwell. Any idea who these people are? My husband's father MUST have carried them with him for many years, for some reason. The names I am researching in Hancock Co., are Henry Folca Crawford b.1812 VA his son Jacob Ray Crawford b. 1883 Hancock Co. IL. And my huband, born in 1946. The dates and parentage are correct. ANyone know of any of those people. Pam

Hello fellow listers, Shawnnee has been hard at work adding information it seems like on a daily basis. I on the other hand after letting the surname list slide forever have finally got it caught up as of the end of October. I have a couple of requests for those of you that are posting surnames. #1--if you change your e-mail address send it directly to me instead of re-posting it on the list. I can do a search/find/replace faster and easier if you send me your old address and your new one. #2--please do not repost your surnames to the unindexed list after they have been indexed onto the appropriate list. That wastes your time and mine. The surnames have now been broken up into smaller sections/pages. They were getting too large and taking too long to load. Check them out. Terasa http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~hodges I'm an angel are you? http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/6878/

Hi All, I am concidering posting the Obits for each week that I find in the papers around Hancock Co. The reason for this is that some people just have email service and not the internet. If you all have the internet and can do the search yourself I will not do this. Please let me know if you would like this or not. We still have not heard from all the people on this list. We can not help you if you do not post your most wanted people. There is a wealth of information out there, and many new cousins to be found. I have an exciting story for this week to tell all of you. I went to school with a couple of Jones families in Hamilton. When I started doing genealogy about 27 years ago, I found a James Jones, in my line, from Bentley. My Aunt married Gene Jones from Burlington, Iowa and I often wondered if he was a distant cousin. No proof yet. The more I searched my Jones line in the census records, the more I found the same families in Carthage and all over Hancock Co, I began to wonder if the Jones kids I went to school with, and one of whom I had a crush on, were a distant cousin. Last week I called a Jones in Hamilton and asked him which Jones line he was from. We talked for quite a while about my family and his. He used to get his hair cut from my grandfather, Doc. Pilcher in Hamilton. He was the father of one of the Jones families, I went to school with, and the uncle of the other Jones kids. His sister married a Taylor and I went to school with her kids too. We are distant cousins, and it was so exciting. My aunt had a crush on one of the Taylor boys. That just goes to show you what you can find. I am sorry if I bored you, but I was just so excited about my new found cousins. left Hamilton in 1963 when I was 14. So get your family posted please. I love to find new cousins. Shawnnee