Posted on: Hancock County, Il Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Hancock?read=1128 Surname: Bagby ------------------------- BAGBY John Carrol Bagby, Mary A. Green Bagby, and Murtes Bagby. Looking for info and leads regarding the family of John Carrol Bagby who lived in both Adams County and Macon County, Illinois and is buried in Hancock County. John Carrol Bagby was the son of William and Eliza Waring Bagby, born in North East Township, Adams County, Illinois, July 13, 1853. He was the sixth of their nine children. John Carrol Bagby married Mrs. Mary A. Green (maiden name is unknown) in Adams County on October 11, 1875 (this is the only known record of Mary A. Green). He died December 6, 1889 in Decatur, and is buried in Pulaski Cemetery, Hancock County, Illinois. In a letter written February 9, 1886 from Decatur,Macon County, Illinois, by John Carrol Bagby to his father then living in Augusta, Hancock County, Illinois, he indicates that he has moved to Decatur. John Carrol writes that he (the letter says “we are living in the house with Mag” so he is with his family) is staying with his sister, Margaret Elizabeth Bagby Wade, who operates a boarding house there. The letter gives 144 Merchant Street, Decatur, as the address of his sister’s boarding house. In the Will of William Bagby, dated June 23, 1904, he mentions “Murtes Bagby, daughter of my deceased son, John C. Bagby.” In the final report by the Executor of the Will of William Bagby to the 1909 October Term of the Hancock County, Illinois County Court, it is proven that Murtes Bagby “was deceased at the date said Will was made and executed” indicating that she died before June 23, 1904. No other info on Murtes Bagby is known. Any information or leads appreciated. Dan Dunham