Posted on: Hancock Co. Il Obituaries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/HancockObits/464 Surname: Belknap, Thurber ------------------------- / ........Lysander Belknap, an old citizen of this township, died on Monday morning last at his residence, aged nearly 56 years. His sickness was for only a very few hours — acute pneumonia. On Tuesday his funeral was preached at his house, by one of his near neighbors to a large concourse of people, after which he was buried in the cemetery upon his farm and near his home........Mr. Belknap was a kind and obliging neighbor, quiet and law abiding citizen; connected with no church or society of any kind. He was a believer in the Bible and the atonement of Christ and never expressed any fear of death or doubts of his acceptance with God. He leaves a wife and 7 children in very good circumstances. Peace to his memory........ The Carthage Republican Carthage, Illinois Wednesday March 1, 1876 Page 2 Column 4 Note: Lysander Belknap was married to Mary Thurber on March 8, 1844 in Hancock County, IL. Link: Bryant Genealogy Web Page URL: <http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bryant>