Hi Robert, I've enjoyed your updates about the good work you are doing at Old Brick Cemetery. This evening is the first time I've seen a name possibly connected to my family. Where can I learn more about the TOLMANs buried there? Thanks for any help. Debby

Check this website.... the Woodville Cemetery is in Adams County. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/il/adams/cemeteries/woodville.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Emerson" <geniemamma@sbcglobal.net> To: <ilhancoc@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 9:25 AM Subject: [ILHANCOC] Woodville > Is anyone familiar with the Woodville Cemetery? I understand that some of > my Stillwell ancestors are buried here but I'm not able to locate it. > Does > it have another name? > > Thanks... > Linda > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILHANCOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.8/455 - Release Date: 9/22/2006 > >

Is anyone familiar with the Woodville Cemetery? I understand that some of my Stillwell ancestors are buried here but I'm not able to locate it. Does it have another name? Thanks... Linda

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Would you be related to any Hickman's, Webster's, Kenny's, Kincade's or Zinn's that were from Stillwell.Think Positive and Enjoy the Day Terry James Hickman > From: geniemamma@sbcglobal.net> To: ILHANCOC-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 23:49:18 -0700> Subject: [ILHANCOC] Stillwell> > I have ancestors with the Stillwell surname who were born in the town of> Stillwell in Hancock County. Where can I obtain information on this town> and its origins?> > Thanks...> Linda> > > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILHANCOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Use Messenger to talk to your IM friends, even those on Yahoo! http://ideas.live.com/programpage.aspx?versionId=7adb59de-a857-45ba-81cc-685ee3e858fe

Good Luck Linda.I seem to have lost the address for the Historical Society but if you E-mail Frank Burkett I would bet he will help you. He is a volunteer from the society and the address is: fburkett@adams.net I know they have a history book from 1880 and it usually mentions all the villages in Hancock County. Roberta Summers

Linda, I would write the Historical Society in Carthage. I feel certain they would have the history of Stillwell. Roberta Summers

The Historical Society's mailing address Hancock County Historical Society P.O. Box 68 Carthage, IL 62321-0068 They are physically located in the Kibbe Musum at 305 Walnut Street. Their phone number if 217 357-0043. They're very helpful and the volunteers will do look-ups for you at a minimal cost.

Linda -- There is a good description of Stillwell's early days in on pages 525 and 526 in The History of Hancock County, Illinois, published in 1968 by the Board of Supervisors of Hancock County during the county's sesquintennial. It describes the early development and has a brief section on the churches of Stillwell and its cemeteries. Here is an excerpt from that article that mentions one of your relatives. "In 1868 Dick Hardin built a store. In 1870 the railroad was built through the heart of the village and Stillwell was laid out, the land being partially donated by Arthur Stillwell, for whom the village was named. During the developing years, the general merchandise store was operated by various owners. Thomas Corbin and Company erected an elevator which handled the grain for miles around. A Mr. Turna started a hardware store, which was afterward destroyed by fire." Although I've not seen it, there is supposed to be a brochure on Stillwell published in 1914 that describes the town. There are also several early pictures of it in the Hancock County Historical Society's publication "Historic Sites and Structures of Hancock County." Some of these come from the 1914 brochure. Many of the captions of the photos in the book are very descriptive of Stillwell and its development. The History of Hancock County, Illinois, by T. H. Gregg, published in 1880, page 548 indicates that "Stillwell--laid out Dec., 1870, by W. H. Zinn and Arthur Stillwell." No further mention is made of Arthur Stillwell in the chapter, but it does offer a description of Stillwell and biographies of several of its citizens. These publications are all available at the Hancock County Historical Society library in Carthage. A visit there would probably be useful. Some Family History libraries may also have some of these publications -- it would be worth checking. Jane

Thank you for your reply, Roberta. I will look for their email address on the web. Linda -----Original Message----- From: ilhancoc-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ilhancoc-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of KSum555@aol.com Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2006 6:37 AM To: ilhancoc@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ILHANCOC] Stillwell Linda, I would write the Historical Society in Carthage. I feel certain they would have the history of Stillwell. Roberta Summers ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILHANCOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I'm not sure... At this point in my research, I haven't come across any of these names. My guess is that the only way these names would connect for me is if they married into the Stillwell family at some point. Thanks for your reply... Linda -----Original Message----- From: ilhancoc-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ilhancoc-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Terry Hickman Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2006 7:17 AM To: Linda Emerson Subject: Re: [ILHANCOC] Stillwell Would you be related to any Hickman's, Webster's, Kenny's, Kincade's or Zinn's that were from Stillwell.Think Positive and Enjoy the Day Terry James Hickman > From: geniemamma@sbcglobal.net> To: ILHANCOC-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 23:49:18 -0700> Subject: [ILHANCOC] Stillwell> > I have ancestors with the Stillwell surname who were born in the town of> Stillwell in Hancock County. Where can I obtain information on this town> and its origins?> > Thanks...> Linda> > > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILHANCOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Use Messenger to talk to your IM friends, even those on Yahoo! http://ideas.live.com/programpage.aspx?versionId=7adb59de-a857-45ba-81cc-685 ee3e858fe ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILHANCOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Stillwell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Eg.2ADI/2299.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Janet... I would be very interested in seeing a copy of the Stillwell book as I have just learned that I have Stillwell ancestors who were born in Hancock County. I will send you an email directly with an address for mailing. Many thanks... Linda

I have ancestors with the Stillwell surname who were born in the town of Stillwell in Hancock County. Where can I obtain information on this town and its origins? Thanks... Linda

Thanks Jane, I have been trying to locate Geo W Brown in 1880. In 1870 he was living in Bear Creek Township near Basco on a Farm Valued at $6000. with his wife Martha Eads and some of his family members.....family records show he died Sept 18 1881 tho I can not locate this record. He is buried in west Basco Cemetery with his wife with a very nice headstone. He would have only been 41 yrs old..... In 1880 I can find a Martha Brown working as a Cook at the Sanitarium...and their daughter living with her Grandfather Perry Eads....she is listed as still married....it would be strange for a woman to be working in those days unless she needed to support herself.... I have not been able to find her husband Geo in 1880 that fits exactly. except there is a George Brown approx the same age listed in Alms House near Carthage. Since he died at a young age it's possible he was sick or something...he had a brother that died earlier that was listed as an idiot...so maybe mental illness?.....I have been trying to find records from the Alms House to find out more about the George Brown listed there in 1880... Any help appreciated...I checked the courthouse records when there last year but didn't find his death record....thought maybe the residents of the Alms House could be listed somewhere else..... Susan A. Harnish Rockford Linear Actuation, Inc Phone:815-986-4407 Fax:815-986-4410 sueharnish@rockfordlinear.com -----Original Message----- From: ilhancoc-bounces@rootsweb.com [ <mailto:ilhancoc-bounces@rootsweb.com> mailto:ilhancoc-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of infoexchange Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 11:58 AM To: ilhancoc@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ILHANCOC] Alms House-outside Carthage One way to gather information on the residents of the Hancock County Poor Farm is to use census data. For example, in the 1900 U.S. Census for Carthage Township, Hancock County, Illinois, Supervisor's District No. 9, Enumeration District No. 14, Sheet No. 8, B, you will find the names of the the manager of the poor farm, his family, and other staff as well as all the "inmates" living there. Residents range in age from 2 to 90 years of age. Unless you¹re searching a specific name, you have to go page by page through the township census to find these entries. I've come across it in other censuses as well when doing other research. There is a chapter on the poor in Hancock County in the History of Hancock County by T. H. Gregg, which was published in Chicago by Chas. C. Chapman & Co. in 1880. Here is an excerpt from the book. "...At length a farm was purchased and a plain frame building put up for the accommodation of the county's paupers; and the system adopted of letting the farm and the keeping and maintenance of the poor to the lowest bidder. This system in its very nature offered a premium to injustice; and it is not saying too much to assert that under it these unfortunates never have received and never will receive that kind care and attention their condition requires. As a rule, perhaps, their keepers have been ordinarily kind and humane; but human nature will assert itself, and self interest thwart men's best intentions and instincts. In May 1859, a committee of the Board of Supervisors reported the cost of the poor farm and house, to date, as follows: house, $3000; barn, $800; fencing, $500; breaking ground, $250; incidentals, $350; total, $4,900; claims and allowances for the past nine years, $11,000; total cost, $15,900. The farm consists of 114 acres, with a small timber tract north of town.... As the number of paupers increased, it became more and more manifest that the building was too small and too poorly arranged and the means at command of the keeper too limited, for their proper accommodation. Much dissatisfaction was felt among the people; and at length, May 6, 1873, the committee declared the poor-house 'a disgrace to the county, and unfit for the purpose.' The Board took measures at once to prepare for the erection of an additional building. The chief complaint was of a small building know as the "Mad House," in which the idiotic and insane were confined, and which was declared to be ill-ventilated and in every way unfit for this purpose. The new "Mad House" or Insane Asylum, was built in 1874, and togeher with the original frame structure, furnishes ample accommodations for the unfortunates of all classes, and for the family of the superintendent...." The chapter goes on to describe laws and policies that were enacted both at the state and local level to insure the poor were properly cared for, as well the author's ideas about how to make the farm a positive and beneficial place for its residents. I checked the several other Hancock County histories, but this was the only one where I found it described. I skimmed quickly, though, so may have missed something. Good luck in your search. Jane ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILHANCOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message <javascript:showpic('/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=D1&Date=20050803&Catego ry=PHOTOGALLERIES&ArtNo=803001&Ref=PH&Template=galleryzoom&Params=Itemnr =12',535,500)> Susan A. Harnish Rockford Linear Actuation, Inc Phone:815-986-4407 Fax:815-986-4410 sueharnish@rockfordlinear.com

Hi Susan, You might have the Historical Society check at the court house to see if there is a court record for his mental illness. I don't know when they started have court hearing for that problem. I do know the courts will not help you anymore. They will let you check their books if you can go there. Good Luck. Roberta Summers

Just a thought, did you check for estate/probate and land records as well? They may provide additional information. Michael http://www.rootdig.com On 9/21/06, Sue Harnish <sueharnish@rockfordlinear.com> wrote: > Thanks Jane, > > I have been trying to locate Geo W Brown in 1880. In 1870 he was living > in Bear Creek Township near Basco on a Farm Valued at $6000. with his > wife Martha Eads and some of his family members.....family records show > he died Sept 18 1881 tho I can not locate this record. He is buried in > west Basco Cemetery with his wife with a very nice headstone. He would > have only been 41 yrs old..... > > In 1880 I can find a Martha Brown working as a Cook at the > Sanitarium...and their daughter living with her Grandfather Perry > Eads....she is listed as still married....it would be strange for a > woman to be working in those days unless she needed to support > herself.... > > I have not been able to find her husband Geo in 1880 that fits exactly. > except there is a George Brown approx the same age listed in Alms House > near Carthage. Since he died at a young age it's possible he was sick or > something...he had a brother that died earlier that was listed as an > idiot...so maybe mental illness?.....I have been trying to find records > from the Alms House to find out more about the George Brown listed there > in 1880... > > Any help appreciated...I checked the courthouse records when there last > year but didn't find his death record....thought maybe the residents of > the Alms House could be listed somewhere else..... > > > > > Susan A. Harnish > Rockford Linear Actuation, Inc > Phone:815-986-4407 > Fax:815-986-4410 > sueharnish@rockfordlinear.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ilhancoc-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:ilhancoc-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of infoexchange > Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 11:58 AM > To: ilhancoc@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ILHANCOC] Alms House-outside Carthage > > > One way to gather information on the residents of the Hancock County > Poor Farm is to use census data. For example, in the 1900 U.S. Census > for Carthage Township, Hancock County, Illinois, Supervisor's District > No. 9, Enumeration District No. 14, Sheet No. 8, B, you will find the > names of the the manager of the poor farm, his family, and other staff > as well as all the "inmates" living there. Residents range in age from > 2 to 90 years of age. Unless you¹re searching a specific name, you have > to go page by page through the township census to find these entries. > I've come across it in other censuses as well when doing other research. > > There is a chapter on the poor in Hancock County in the History of > Hancock County by T. H. Gregg, which was published in Chicago by Chas. > C. Chapman & Co. in 1880. Here is an excerpt from the book. > > "...At length a farm was purchased and a plain frame building put up for > the accommodation of the county's paupers; and the system adopted of > letting the farm and the keeping and maintenance of the poor to the > lowest bidder. This system in its very nature offered a premium to > injustice; and it is not saying too much to assert that under it these > unfortunates never have received and never will receive that kind care > and attention their condition requires. As a rule, perhaps, their > keepers have been ordinarily kind and humane; but human nature will > assert itself, and self interest thwart men's best intentions and > instincts. > > In May 1859, a committee of the Board of Supervisors reported the > cost of the poor farm and house, to date, as follows: house, $3000; > barn, $800; fencing, $500; breaking ground, $250; incidentals, $350; > total, $4,900; claims and allowances for the past nine years, $11,000; > total cost, $15,900. The farm consists of 114 acres, with a small timber > tract north of town.... > > As the number of paupers increased, it became more and more manifest > that the building was too small and too poorly arranged and the means at > command of the keeper too limited, for their proper accommodation. Much > dissatisfaction was felt among the people; and at length, May 6, 1873, > the committee declared the poor-house 'a disgrace to the county, and > unfit for the purpose.' The Board took measures at once to prepare for > the erection of an additional building. The chief complaint was of a > small building know as the "Mad House," in which the idiotic and insane > were confined, and which was declared to be ill-ventilated and in every > way unfit for this purpose. > > The new "Mad House" or Insane Asylum, was built in 1874, and togeher > with the original frame structure, furnishes ample accommodations for > the unfortunates of all classes, and for the family of the > superintendent...." > > The chapter goes on to describe laws and policies that were enacted both > at the state and local level to insure the poor were properly cared for, > as well the author's ideas about how to make the farm a positive and > beneficial place for its residents. > > I checked the several other Hancock County histories, but this was the > only one where I found it described. I skimmed quickly, though, so may > have missed something. > > Good luck in your search. > > Jane > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILHANCOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILHANCOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- ------------------------------------ Michael John Neill 2007 Salt Lake City Research Trip http://www.rootdig.com/slctrip.html

Thanks Jane, I have been trying to locate Geo W Brown in 1880. In 1870 he was living in Bear Creek Township near Basco on a Farm Valued at $6000. with his wife Martha Eads and some of his family members.....family records show he died Sept 18 1881 tho I can not locate this record. He is buried in west Basco Cemetery with his wife with a very nice headstone. He would have only been 41 yrs old..... In 1880 I can find a Martha Brown working as a Cook at the Sanitarium...and their daughter living with her Grandfather Perry Eads....she is listed as still married....it would be strange for a woman to be working in those days unless she needed to support herself.... I have not been able to find her husband Geo in 1880 that fits exactly. except there is a George Brown approx the same age listed in Alms House near Carthage. Since he died at a young age it's possible he was sick or something...he had a brother that died earlier that was listed as an idiot...so maybe mental illness?.....I have been trying to find records from the Alms House to find out more about the George Brown listed there in 1880... Any help appreciated...I checked the courthouse records when there last year but didn't find his death record....thought maybe the residents of the Alms House could be listed somewhere else..... Susan A. Harnish Rockford Linear Actuation, Inc Phone:815-986-4407 Fax:815-986-4410 sueharnish@rockfordlinear.com -----Original Message----- From: ilhancoc-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ilhancoc-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of infoexchange Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 11:58 AM To: ilhancoc@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ILHANCOC] Alms House-outside Carthage One way to gather information on the residents of the Hancock County Poor Farm is to use census data. For example, in the 1900 U.S. Census for Carthage Township, Hancock County, Illinois, Supervisor's District No. 9, Enumeration District No. 14, Sheet No. 8, B, you will find the names of the the manager of the poor farm, his family, and other staff as well as all the "inmates" living there. Residents range in age from 2 to 90 years of age. Unless you¹re searching a specific name, you have to go page by page through the township census to find these entries. I've come across it in other censuses as well when doing other research. There is a chapter on the poor in Hancock County in the History of Hancock County by T. H. Gregg, which was published in Chicago by Chas. C. Chapman & Co. in 1880. Here is an excerpt from the book. "...At length a farm was purchased and a plain frame building put up for the accommodation of the county's paupers; and the system adopted of letting the farm and the keeping and maintenance of the poor to the lowest bidder. This system in its very nature offered a premium to injustice; and it is not saying too much to assert that under it these unfortunates never have received and never will receive that kind care and attention their condition requires. As a rule, perhaps, their keepers have been ordinarily kind and humane; but human nature will assert itself, and self interest thwart men's best intentions and instincts. In May 1859, a committee of the Board of Supervisors reported the cost of the poor farm and house, to date, as follows: house, $3000; barn, $800; fencing, $500; breaking ground, $250; incidentals, $350; total, $4,900; claims and allowances for the past nine years, $11,000; total cost, $15,900. The farm consists of 114 acres, with a small timber tract north of town.... As the number of paupers increased, it became more and more manifest that the building was too small and too poorly arranged and the means at command of the keeper too limited, for their proper accommodation. Much dissatisfaction was felt among the people; and at length, May 6, 1873, the committee declared the poor-house 'a disgrace to the county, and unfit for the purpose.' The Board took measures at once to prepare for the erection of an additional building. The chief complaint was of a small building know as the "Mad House," in which the idiotic and insane were confined, and which was declared to be ill-ventilated and in every way unfit for this purpose. The new "Mad House" or Insane Asylum, was built in 1874, and togeher with the original frame structure, furnishes ample accommodations for the unfortunates of all classes, and for the family of the superintendent...." The chapter goes on to describe laws and policies that were enacted both at the state and local level to insure the poor were properly cared for, as well the author's ideas about how to make the farm a positive and beneficial place for its residents. I checked the several other Hancock County histories, but this was the only one where I found it described. I skimmed quickly, though, so may have missed something. Good luck in your search. Jane ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILHANCOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message