-----Original Message----- From: Minnie6936@aol.com <Minnie6936@aol.com> To: ILHANCOC-L@rootsweb.com <ILHANCOC-L@rootsweb.com> Cc: sgtgeorg@concentric.netsgtgeorg@concentric.net <sgtgeorg@concentric.netsgtgeorg@concentric.net> Date: Thursday, April 20, 2000 6:42 AM Subject: {not a subscriber} Re: [ILHANCOC] Roll Call Hi, I'm new to this list. I'm researching PEEK/PEAK and DURMAN. My gr.grandmother was Ida PEEK/PEAK, daughter of Henry Peek/Peak and Martha J. (Mattie) DURMAN. I first located them in Fountain Co., IN. in 1880 census in Mill Creek Township, where Mattie PEAK is listed as a widow living with Harvey DURMAN and wife Mary A. Mattie/Martha is at this time listed as being 38 years old and born in IN. Daughter of Mattie is Leatie (Letha), 9 years old born in IN. At this time my Great Grandmother, Ida was already married so no longer living with her mother. Also living with Harvey Durman and wife, Mary A. are children: Samuel and Debrale (Deborah) and it gave Deborah's place of birth as IL. and Samuel's place of birth as IN. In the 1850 census of Hancocke County Illinois I found Harvey DURMAN with children: Thomas, 9 Martha, 7 Samuel, 5 James, 3 and Deborah, 2. All of the children except for Deborah were born in IN. so apparently the family went back and forth between IN. and Illinois, ending up in Fountain Co.area of Indiana. On the census for Hancock Co., IL. in 1850 there is also a Jonas Durman with son William living with Harvey Durman. At that time it has Harvey's age as 33 and Jonas is listed as 27 so I am guessing that they were brothers. Both Jonas and Harvey Durman were born in Virginia. William was born in Indiana and is 6 years old at the time of this census. Harvey DURMAN is listed as a carpenter and Jonas as "laborer". I have almost no information on Henry PEEK/PEAK, father of Ida and husband of Martha/Mattie DURMAN and would appreciate any lead anyone could give me. Martha and Henry were married in Hancock Co. IL. on April 7, 1859. Henry and Martha were the parents of at least two children: 1. Ida PEEK/PEAK, b. about 1861-2 2. Letha PEEK/PEAK, b. abt. 1871, married John PRINTY on June 8, 1890 and had children; Chloe PRINTY and Charles Hartman PRINTY Ida married Jesse Carroll TOWELL December 15, 1878 in Fountain Co., IN, died in 1897. Jesse and Ida had the following children: 1. Arthur Herbert TOWELL, b. Aug. 23, 1880 2. Samuel Durman TOWELL, b. Jan. 29, 1883 (my Grandfather) 3. Frederick Jesse TOWELL, b. July 26, 1885 4. Inez Elizabeth TOWELL, b. April 9, 1887 5. Owen LaVerne TOWELL, b. April 13, 1889 6 Opal Martha TOWELL, b. Jan. 2, 1892 I would love to hear from anyone researching or connected with these lines. Sincerely, Margie (Margaret Towell Machos)