I have been searching for Crawford information in Hancock Co. Illinois for almost three years. In a card to my husband, were these two newspaper articles that are mighty old. 1893, and The names in them are what made me curious. The first one is about a man named J.W. Maxwell. It is very old, and is about this man moving to Tillamook Co. Oregon. The article claims this man was born December 1831 in Fulton Co. Illinois. It said he held many positions in Hancock Co. Illinois, before moving to Oregon. It states in the article, that JW, is 61, meaning this newspaper article is from 1892. It is an obituary for Mrs. Martha Maxwell. It says she was born November 17, 1817.Died at her daughters Mrs. JM Mcloy's She too was from Fulton and married to Abner Maxwell. Any idea who these people are? My husband's father MUST have carried them with him for many years, for some reason. The names I am researching in Hancock Co., are Henry Folca Crawford b.1812 VA his son Jacob Ray Crawford b. 1883 Hancock Co. IL. And my huband, born in 1946. The dates and parentage are correct. ANyone know of any of those people. Pam