Shawnee, Thank you for posting the Mt. Vernon/Baptist cemetery in Rocky Run Twp. It is such a small plot that it is easy to inventory. Some of the information that you have is a bit outdated but the area is still being mowed by a neighbor who is a decendant of the Clark family buried there. The old iron fence has been taken down and the poison ivy which loved the support of the fence has been gone for several years. True, the cemetery is being mowed with a field mower but it is accessible and being tended. A person can drive right up to the stones which is nice, too. I would love to find someone who has more information about Margaret Clark than I have. She is my gggrandmother and she was born in Ireland. I have been helping find information about those buried in the Browning Cemetery in Harmony Twp. and there is a woman buried there that I have such a very strong hunch might be a sister of Margaret. Her name was Isabella McCoy and she came from Ireland, too. The years fit that they might be sisters and they both named children with similar names which was common at that time. If anyone has information about these two women that might prove my hunch right or wrong, I'd love to hear from them. Thanks again for putting all of this on the 'net. What a help! And, thanks, too, for putting the website along with the info. Makes it so much quicker to access the sites. Mary

Hi Mary, I am working on the Clark Cemetery in Wilcox right now. Clark, George Clark- b:1803 in County Antrim, Ireland d:1898 aged 95 Clark, Margaret- b:1798 d:1887 and County Antrim, Ireland Aged about 89 Could this be your Margaret? Shawnnee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Keller" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 8:07 PM Subject: Re: [ILHANCOC] Mt Vernon Cemetery in Rocky Run Township > Shawnee, Thank you for posting the Mt. Vernon/Baptist cemetery in Rocky Run > Twp. It is such a small plot that it is easy to inventory. Some of the > information that you have is a bit outdated but the area is still being > mowed by a neighbor who is a decendant of the Clark family buried there. > The old iron fence has been taken down and the poison ivy which loved the > support of the fence has been gone for several years. True, the cemetery is > being mowed with a field mower but it is accessible and being tended. A > person can drive right up to the stones which is nice, too. > > I would love to find someone who has more information about Margaret Clark > than I have. She is my gggrandmother and she was born in Ireland. I have > been helping find information about those buried in the Browning Cemetery in > Harmony Twp. and there is a woman buried there that I have such a very > strong hunch might be a sister of Margaret. Her name was Isabella McCoy and > she came from Ireland, too. The years fit that they might be sisters and > they both named children with similar names which was common at that time. > If anyone has information about these two women that might prove my hunch > right or wrong, I'd love to hear from them. > > Thanks again for putting all of this on the 'net. What a help! And, > thanks, too, for putting the website along with the info. Makes it so much > quicker to access the sites. Mary > > > > ==== ILHANCOC Mailing List ==== > Hancock County Coordinator: Shawnnee Bolt Ramey > Rock Island County Coordinator >