Shawnee....I sent your Unknown Burials list to my cousin, Leo Kimbrough. He has been researching families since the early 1960's. He has researched many cemeteries and I was sure he would be able to tell me where some of these ancestors were buried. I will enclose excerpts from his letter to me dated March 16, 2004. Bear in mind that Leo will be 83 in August of this year. "The Fannie Festus Earls, died May 7, 1978 in the Montebello Nursing Home in Hamilton. She was married to Wadsworth I. Earls. She was the daughter of Kit Koontz and Sarah Frances Kimbrough Koontz and is buried with her husband in Moss Ridge cemetery in Carthage." "Fannie's half sister, Elizabeth Phylena Earls, 1883-1949, was married to Luther B. Earls who was run over by a train in 1920. He was a brother to Waddie. Phylena's maiden name was Briley." "The Ross Earls listed here is a son of Fannie. He was a house painter. He is buried in Moss Ridge cemetery." "Now the Kimbrough's, William and Rebecca. They are buried in the Old Brick Cemetery which is located in Carthage Township, Section 35. Rebecca is the daughter of Tamer Preston. Tamer is buried in the Harmony Cemetery. I found her stone early on but when I was there in 1995 it was no where to be found. The Joel and Thomas listed with her are her sons. Thomas is in Harmony Cemetery, but his stone is lying on the bround and broken across the middle." "Joel Preston is in his own cemetery whis is located in Section 6, St. Mary Township. To get there enter the township from the four corners on the west and between sections 6 and 7, go a short quarter mile east, cross a small bridge and up a slight grade, then look to the left, the cemetery is about a block north of the road. This cemetery has not had a fence around it in 60 or 70 years that I can account for." "Eve Martha Tucker is a daughter of Tamer Preston. She is also located in Harmony. She and Ben have a large red stone to the right and near the center of the cemetery." He continues: "I should know where Ernest Ancelet is buried, but I can't remember.His mothers house is one block east of me (Warsaw, Ill.) where she lived with her two daughters. Ernest's small farm is just south of the fair grounds." Leo was my Mother's first cousin. My Mother was Marie White Carle. I found Leo about 3 years ago and he has been furnishing me with mounds of data that he has collected over 40 years of research. He did all of his research the "old-fashioned" way. By crossing and re-crossing the United States on his vacations to visit our ancestors as soon as he had a lead. He has at one time or another talked to our ancestors of the times that they traveled by covered wagons. I feel he was so lucky to have been able to talk to these peoples about their travels and the hardships they endured. Most of us do not have the opportunity that he did of talking to them to garner bits of our history. Leo is a delight to talk with and his memory is phenominal! I hope this helps all in some small way. Sincerely, Elva Carle Haughey

Dear Elva, Thank you so much for your informationon my list of unknown burials in Hancock County. This helps in a tremendous way. I would dearly love to talk to Leo. It sounds to me like he needs to get tape recorderand start talking. We may be related as I have many Kimbrough is in my line, some of them married into my Haggard line, some of the married my Hintons, and others were children of so my aunts and uncles. I also have Earls in my family from Hancock County but I don't know if Luther is one of my relatives or not. I do have information on Luther that I still need to get online. My John E. Earls was born in New York and his son Gilbert married Ursula Thompson from Indiana, then after she died he married Minerva Jackson. I think I have some Kimbrough's from Hancock County but at this time I would have to check each and every one of them, to see which ones were in Hancock County. It may take me a few days to get this on the Internet as I am working on the cemetery right now but as soon as I am finished with this cemetery I will put that information online. Does Leo live in Warsaw? Where do you live? I live in California but was raised in Hancock in Adams County Illinois. If you would like any more information on the family mentioned, let me know and I will see if I have any of your given names. Again I thank you Shawnnee ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 1:12 PM Subject: [ILHANCOC] Burial data..... > Shawnee....I sent your Unknown Burials list to my cousin, Leo Kimbrough. He > has been researching families since the early 1960's. He has researched many > cemeteries and I was sure he would be able to tell me where some of these > ancestors were buried. I will enclose excerpts from his letter to me dated March > 16, 2004. Bear in mind that Leo will be 83 in August of this year. > > "The Fannie Festus Earls, died May 7, 1978 in the Montebello Nursing Home in > Hamilton. She was married to Wadsworth I. Earls. She was the daughter of Kit > Koontz and Sarah Frances Kimbrough Koontz and is buried with her husband in > Moss Ridge cemetery in Carthage." > > "Fannie's half sister, Elizabeth Phylena Earls, 1883-1949, was married to > Luther B. Earls who was run over by a train in 1920. He was a brother to Waddie. > Phylena's maiden name was Briley." > > "The Ross Earls listed here is a son of Fannie. He was a house painter. He > is buried in Moss Ridge cemetery." > > "Now the Kimbrough's, William and Rebecca. They are buried in the Old Brick > Cemetery which is located in Carthage Township, Section 35. Rebecca is the > daughter of Tamer Preston. Tamer is buried in the Harmony Cemetery. I found > her stone early on but when I was there in 1995 it was no where to be found. > The Joel and Thomas listed with her are her sons. Thomas is in Harmony > Cemetery, but his stone is lying on the bround and broken across the middle." > > "Joel Preston is in his own cemetery whis is located in Section 6, St. Mary > Township. To get there enter the township from the four corners on the west > and between sections 6 and 7, go a short quarter mile east, cross a small bridge > and up a slight grade, then look to the left, the cemetery is about a block > north of the road. This cemetery has not had a fence around it in 60 or 70 > years that I can account for." > > "Eve Martha Tucker is a daughter of Tamer Preston. She is also located in > Harmony. She and Ben have a large red stone to the right and near the center of > the cemetery." > > He continues: "I should know where Ernest Ancelet is buried, but I can't > remember.His mothers house is one block east of me (Warsaw, Ill.) where she lived > with her two daughters. Ernest's small farm is just south of the fair > grounds." > > Leo was my Mother's first cousin. My Mother was Marie White Carle. I found > Leo about 3 years ago and he has been furnishing me with mounds of data that > he has collected over 40 years of research. He did all of his research the > "old-fashioned" way. By crossing and re-crossing the United States on his > vacations to visit our ancestors as soon as he had a lead. He has at one time or > another talked to our ancestors of the times that they traveled by covered > wagons. I feel he was so lucky to have been able to talk to these peoples about > their travels and the hardships they endured. Most of us do not have the > opportunity that he did of talking to them to garner bits of our history. > > Leo is a delight to talk with and his memory is phenominal! > > I hope this helps all in some small way. > > Sincerely, > Elva Carle Haughey > > > ==== ILHANCOC Mailing List ==== > Hancock County web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilhancoc/ > Rock Island County web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilrockis/ >