Just resending this message hoping some new will have an answer. Robert > Dear List, I have a family of Thomas and Mary Jeffryes who passed away in > Mercer Co, buried in Cooper Cem. in 1879. The family came over from > England > about 1840. Why they, first sons Thomas William b. 1820 and Frederick > Voltare b. 1825 then > the rest, came all the way to Mercer Co or Henry Co, from the port of > entry is a > mystery, maybe a relative. They lived in Oxford Twsp which I can't find. > Does anyone have a local history book of the > area, or is there one which may have some information about farmers in the > 1850-1860's. Who did they live with as young men?. My local library > doesn't have anything on Illinois, much less > Mercer Co or Henry Co. The family moved on into Iowa and Nebraska, they > must have followed a railway line, was there one going through Henry to > Mercer and west? As they stopped off in > some small hamlets. Any help would be grateful, thanks. > Robert