My folks migrated from Somerset, PA to Jackson Co. ca. 1840. I am interested in finding cousins and sharing information. Ruby

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Gg.2ADI/344 Message Board Post: Looking for information on Samuel H. PERRY b abt. 1834-1836 place unknown mar. about 1855-1857 place unknown to Sarah (Unknown) b abt. 1839 in TN. Samuel and Sarah had two children b in IL. William Henry PERRY b 27 Oct. 1858 in Murphsboro, Jackson Co., IL d 17 May 1931 Polk Co., MO. and Martha PERRY b abt 1840 in IL died abt 1932 buried on farm West of Springfield, MO. Sarah (Unknown ) PERRY then mar. 2nd MR. JACKSON in IL and George JACKSON b 1862. Her 3rd husban was George W. FLOYD b abt. 1819 they mar. 23 March 1863 in Union Co., IL and had Susan b 1867, Mary b 1869, Thomas b 1870 their is a Rebecca b 1857 that could be born to Samuel/Sarah PERRY need proof. Sarah (Unknown) PERRY, JACKSON, FLOYD is buried in Palmento Cem. Springfield, Green Co., MO in abt 1910. Would be thankful for any information on this family.

Little Egypt Heritage Articles Stories of Southern Illinois (c) Bill Oliver 15 February 2004 Vol 3 Issue: #07 ISBN: pending Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen of Little Egypt, Valentine's Day is a "romantic" day, and, in my pre-teen and early teen years there was just a tiny bit of historical romanticism in me. Well, maybe it was more like fantasy and daydreaming. Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn, Roger's Rangers, and the Leatherstocking Tales were my inspirations. In those days of my youth I lived among the Loblolly Pines and along the New Bern River. There in an old flat bottom swamp boat and a paddle I would sit in the bow and paddle my "canoe" exploring the river banks. There I would fantasize getting into my canoe in Fort Pitt and floating all the way to New Orleans. During the first century of colonization of this continent, our forebears were limited to coastal settlements. George Washington had his daydreams also. He dreamed of a network of roads and canals. His dreams, however, were very slow in materializing. Think of it ... a trip from Baltimore to Philadelphia took as long as five days by stagecoach. It was an overnight trip from East Toledo to Maumee, Ohio in the mid-eighteen hundreds. Before the Revolution, it was quicker, timewise, to travel to Europe from New York than it was to travel from there to the Appalachians. Philadelphis, New York and Boston could be reached by Concord Coach, horseback, or by boat. The quickest was by schooners known as the "Apple Tree Fleet", so called because they took their bearings on the orchards along the shores. Government and commerce were hobbled by a poor transportation system. Of necessity America utilized its greatest natural resource — its inland waterways. This system was not new. The First Americans had from time immortal used water transportation. Before the American Revolution the trappers and fur traders followed the way of the Indian. After the Revolution, settlers crossed the mountains and followed the waterways. The population of the United States of America increased 500% during the first sixty years of Nationhood. This expansion spilled over in the only direction possible from the east coast --- westward. After the War of 1812, canals were the frenzy and for a very short time they were "super" highways for settlers and commerce. Almost before the canal could be finished it was replaced by the "iron horse". Yet, the canals did cut the travel time from New York to Buffalo from twenty to six days. The early freight canoes were made in the style of the native canoes. They were called canots maitre and it is said that no better vehicle was invented to travel the rivers and lakes and yet be portaged when necessary. These canoes were about thirty-three feet over the gunwales, and six foot across the beam. They were nearly three feet deep amidships and weighed about six hundred pounds, wet or empty. Amazingly these boats were so strong and flexible that they could survive white water runs. They were sleek, fast and maneuverable. The frame was make of cedar and spruce. The covering was the bark of the white [paper] birch. When we hold a piece of this in our hands we can't envision amazing strength, flexibility and durability of this native material. It withstood the bruising of logs and rocks. Further it held its strength during portages, as well as the weight of the freight being carried in them. If the skin should be damaged, repairs could be made on the spot with a bark patch attached with spruce root and gum. Bark was stripped rom the birch tree in large sheets. Seams and joinings were caulked with the cooked gum of the black spruce mixed with powdered charcoal and a bit of animal fat. The frame was lashed together with the strong and very flexible roots of the black spruce. It is not very difficult to understand that these boats were constructed by contract with the experts of the continent, mainly the Iroquois. The outbound cargo consisted of everything imaginable for use on the frontiers. Included were axes, shot, gunpowder, gun tools, lead, flints, awls, firesteel, powder horns, knives, fish line and hooks, kettles, pans, net twine, tomahawks, hatchets, needles, thread, vermilion and ochre, wax, chains, hammers, nails and trinkets such as garters, mirrors, rings, combs, blankets, and even hair pieces. In addition were food rations and personal property of the crewmen. These were covered and lashed down with canvas tarpaulins eight by ten feet. All toll, the freight, supplies and crew would add up to eight thousand pounds to the canoe. Though I grew up with the rocking of a Pullman Car and the clicking of the rails, I still dream of drifting down the Ohio, past Paducah, Kentucky and Metropolis, Illinois. At Cairo, turning up the Mississippi to the Mighty Missouri and up that river to its source. Today, I would probably add an outboard motor to the canoe to make it a bit easier "upstream". After all, I'm not as young as my dreams. <grin> e-la-di-e-das-di ha-wi nv-wa-do-hi-ya nv-wa-to-hi-ya-da. (May you walk in peace and harmony) Wado, Bill -=- PostScript: Other sites worth visiting: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/SOIL http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ILMASSAC http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/state/BillsArticles/LittleEgypt/intro.html

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Deason, Burbank Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Gg.2ADI/113.1.2.1 Message Board Post: I am a decendant of Carl Vernon Deason. Carls father is John Benjamin Deason. In fact yesterday I just received John Benjamin Deason civil war pension records. I would love to share with you.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Deason Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Gg.2ADI/113.1.2 Message Board Post: I am descendant of John Deason, the grandfather of John Benjamin. ave names of 11 children, some marriages. Willing to share, Clara A. Brown

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Deason Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Gg.2ADI/113.1.1 Message Board Post: I am descendant of John Deason, the grandfather of John Benjamin. ave names of 11 children, some marriages. Willing to share, Clara A. Brown

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Burbank, Deason Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Gg.2ADI/113.1 Message Board Post: I am interested to know if you have any information regarding Clara Burbank who married John Deason on April 16th, 1870. The 1870 census shows they were living in Elk Prairie, Jackson Co., Il. Any information would be appreciated.

Little Egypt Heritage Articles Stories of Southern Illinois (c) Bill Oliver 08 February 2004 Vol 3 Issue: #06 ISBN: pending Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen of Little Egypt, Hanging in my bedroom is a cross-stitch sampler done by my Grandmother Oliver about 1895 or so. If my memory holds, she said she was about 12 years old and that would make it 1897. It has a picture of a house and trees, and in large letters is stitched the words, "God Bless Our Home." Somewhere there is another sampler or hers displaying the more traditional alphabet and unicorns. I mention samplers because someone mentioned them and remarked that they are becoming more popular again. This used to be an activity taught to young girls for practical reasons, such as mending and making clothes and quilts, and such. The word Sampler comes from the Latin word exemplum, meaning an example; a pattern [to be followed]. Of course, a pattern is something to be followed, and samplers were the training ground for one of the life tasks for young ladies. But, that is not the way it always was. Sampler beginnings are lost in antiquity. They most likely existed long before the oldest one on record. There is one dated in 1598 made by one Jane Bastocke of England to celebrate the birth of a relative, which is thought to have possibly been a daughter or niece. This embroidery is housed in the Victoria and Albert museum located in South Kensington, London, England. It is a "sampling" of motifs using a variety of stitches. It includes metal threads, pearls and beads. As hinted above, early samplers were probably not sewn by young girls/ladies, but mainly by women. They were probably intended as examples, both of designs as well as different stitches. And, here I go out of my "depth" when I list such stitches as eyelet, Algenian eye, Holbein long armed cross, besides the "common" cross stitch that I am familiar with. These early examples were long strips or bands containing alphabets and designs. These long bands might have been elaborately stitched scrolled designs of various icons, symbols or pictures. Some motifs were done in silk, designed to be cut out and appliqued onto other cloths, such as bed hangings. During the seventeenth century, with printing available, printed pattern books became common. Samplers, as reference works, faded in existence. By mid-eighteenth century, especially in America, it became the practice for young girls to stitch samplers as "home schooling". Needlework was, after all, a major part of domestic duties. The samplers that we are probably most familiar with had decorative borders and motifs of alphabets, animals, flowers, houses and very often sayings. Such is the one hanging in my bedroom. The more affluent often used icons/motifs as marks of identification of the household linens. Pious verses and/or religious symbols were popular items. Some elaborate samplers had some educational value, such a maps and multiplication tables. Victorian samplers are more pictorial and they became artifacts to be hung on walls of homes. Many turn of the century [1900] walls had elaborate designs containing many different stitches. However, later samplers usually contained what we know today as the "cross stitch". I've seen Amish hex signs done in cross stitch. Today, I see craft makers and children stitching using plastic grid sheets. So, I guess the art hasn't disappeared for sure. e-la-di-e-das-di ha-wi nv-wa-do-hi-ya nv-wa-to-hi-ya-da. (May you walk in peace and harmony) Wado, Bill -=- PostScript: Other sites worth visiting: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/SOIL http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ILMASSAC http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/state/BillsArticles/LittleEgypt/intro.html

Little Egypt Heritage Articles Stories of Southern Illinois (c) Bill Oliver 01 February 2004 Vol 3 Issue: #05 ISBN: pending Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen of Little Egypt, Fifty years ago last Thursday, 29 January 1954, I caught the "brass ring" when Barb and I were married in our then Church. She was an excellent domesticated person with a great sense of family, etc. As we lived together we developed a much more equal partnership type of relationship. We went through the "usual" rocky periods, ups, downs and tragedies. None to be relived, traded or sorry for, as they have all contributed to who we are today. However, I noticed in one of our local libraries this week a display soliciting for a historic presentation and display of "aprons". Having a very acute sense of humor it didn't take long for a thought to cross my mind. In the 1960s, women proclaimed freedom from domestication and began burning some bras. In that process, this question formed in my mind: In burning their bras, what did women shed? Yep, you got it!! APRONS!! This brought me to articles and editorials of recent days about "candidates wives", even though having a separate and independent" persona from their husbands, they are being forced "politically" back into the role of "housewives" ... using their "married" name rather than their maiden or business names. Thus, I decided to do this article on the history and place of the "apron" in American culture. However, I am not alone with this idea. As mentioned above, one of my local libraries is having an historic presentation about aprons. There will be styles as well as famous aprons included. Aprons to be displayed, among others, at the Way Library in Perrysburg, Ohio will be aprons belonging to Mamie Eisenhower, Lucy Hayes, and Hope Taft. Mamie everyone knows, Lucy most folks know to be the "First Lady" of Rutherford B Hayes, and Ohioans will recognize Hope, the wife of the present Governor of Ohio, Robert Taft. Growing up in the 1930s, my Grandmothers, all their sisters and daughters[-in-laws], wore aprons. There were aprons to cook in, and aprons to meet guests in, and aprons to serve food in. And, now that I think about it, there were aprons to do "housework". I guess the place to start the history of aprons is with the idea that aprons were the "practical" side of wearing clothing. Women didn't have "wash and wear" fabrics or extensive wardrobes. Extensive washing of dresses wore them out much more quickly than was practical. Before my time clothes were washed in large tubs with the use of "scrubbing" boards quite common. Well, even as I was growing up these items were still "common". During the late 1930s and beyond, "wringer" washers were becoming popular, but clothes were hung outside on lines to dry. Every piece of clothing had to be "ironed", there was not yet permanent press and "dryers".. Thus, aprons served a very practical purpose ... that of covering and protecting the dress beneath. This did save on washing, for dresses were washed once a week, while aprons could be washed two or even three time a week. Aprons were not restricted to the domestic duties of housewives, for school teachers, children, shop- keepers, and secretaries wore various styles of aprons over other clothing. One should not forget that men also wore aprons ... just picture the blacksmith as an example, or shopkeepers. Every re-enactor in historic pageants wears an apron, usually a full apron reaching nearly to the floor. Along the way, the ingenuity of folks began to decorate these garments for seasons and purposes. For some reason, the word Victorian pinafore associates with decorative aprons in my mind. I remember ruffles on the shoulder straps [No, not potato chips.] which buttoned at the waist in the back. Ties fastened in the back to form a bow and pockets in front were added. Further decorations were along the bottom or borders. As the purpose for wearing the apron progressed from the kitchen to receiving guests aprons became more fanciful and less "full". Lighter material and laces were often used. As far as the true history of aprons go, one has to but read the first book of the Bible, Genesis, in Chapter three, where it says that they "sewed together fig leaves, and made themselves aprons". All dirty and dangerous work has utilized aprons for protection. Still in use today by butchers, waiters and welders. Aprons became so much a part of our culture that during the 1950s one hardly saw women in newspaper, magazine, television ads, or television shows not wearing one. >From Biblical mention to the middle ages aprons were not used seriously. Metalsmithing and blacksmithing utilized leather aprons for protection. Also, by then fishermen learned that they could protect their clothing from much of the "fishy" smell if they used wool aprons. Women began using aprons to protect their clothing in the early 1700s; maybe earlier. Aprons not only served as protection, but could be used as a tool also. For example, it could become a gathering basket for produce, eggs, etc and used as a cleaning cloth to wipe up things. Also, I watch my Grandmother use her apron as protection for her hands when taking hot things out of the oven or off the stove. Color developed as an identifying instrument. For example stonemasons wore white aprons, which traditionally are still used in the Masonic fraternal society. British barbers wore checked aprons and were known as "checkered" men. Blue has been used for gardeners, spinners, weavers and garbage men. Butlers wore green; butchers wore blue stripes; cobblers wore black. Masons were not the only ones to use white to identify their use, for don't we associate white with maids and servants? Service industries, such as servants and maids, wore long aprons, the upper panel was pinned to the dress. This of course has gone out of style and only the "half" apron is now used. For the today's macho [male], there are genderless and simple aprons for barbecues, etc. Though I have seen some imprinted with "humour". Most modern worker aprons are canvas style, with pockets for pens and pads. >From Victorian times the apron took on ornateness with the addition of lace and embroidery. These were used by "proper house matrons", not to protect their underclothing, but as to distinguish themselves from servants and maids. Since most women in those days made their own lace, etc, these aprons became a true craft that were worn with pride. As we move historically into the 1920s, following the World War, women began to move outside the home for work and/or social causes. The apron became less used for symbolic purposes and remained only for its practical use. I found mention of a "Hooverette" style which must have been the loose, wrap around apron of the late twenties. During the great depression of the 1930s, due to the lack of funds and materials, aprons were being made from scraps of clothing material and food sacks. How about those flour sack aprons with the advertising? From here the new freedom of design and materials led to aprons of calico. In addition, with the advent of home sewing machines the apron again took on the aura of symbolic pride. At the end of World War II, there was a return to the more traditional role for women as homemakers. Men returned to their jobs, and the home was promoted as paramount, fostered heavily by early televison. You might remember "Ozzie and Harriet", "Leave it to Beaver", and "Father Knows Best". Oh, Yeah, that last one!! "Gone are the days"!!! e-la-di-e-das-di ha-wi nv-wa-do-hi-ya nv-wa-to-hi-ya-da. (May you walk in peace and harmony) Wado, Bill -=- PostScript: For those interested in the Way Library presentation: What: Apron Event: Style Show & History When: Saturday, Feb 7, 2004, 1:00pm Where: Perrysburg, Ohio, Way Library Memories of Aprons are requested. What you remember about aprons — yours, your mother's, grandmother's, or your dad's. You may turn your thoughts into the library at www.way.lib.oh.us or 419/74-31135 ext 109

Kim .... I have a Jefferson Franklin Lewis (my brides line) .. who married Sarah Veach... married 4/24/1890 in Franklin Co. .. He is the s/o Thomas Jefferson Lewis and Mary Polk... Could he have married again... ??? I only have the one marriage... But ??? Skip ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chapman Kim" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 3:46 PM Subject: [ILJACKSON] LEWIS - GREGORY marriage lookup, please > Hi, > > Can Some Kind Soul please do a lookup and transcription of the Marriage > Book entry for the following Jackson County marriage (from the Illinois > Statewide Marriage Record Index): > > LEWIS, J F GREGORY, ETTIE 03/22/1896 / JACKSON > > > We hope the record will help determine the parents of J F LEWIS (we > think this is Jefferson Franklin LEWIS) > > and Ettie GREGORY (we think this is Millettie KEITH GREGORY, previously > married to Aaron GREGORY). > > If we can confirm the parents, we can tie this couple to our LEWIS > family in Southern Illinois. > > Thanks in advance, > > Kim CHAPMAN > > > ==== ILJACKSO Mailing List ==== > Please remember when replying to a query REPLY TO THE LIST so your message goes out to the entire list. This will ensure that the information is archived, which may be of help to someone else in the future. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

Hi, Can Some Kind Soul please do a lookup and transcription of the Marriage Book entry for the following Jackson County marriage (from the Illinois Statewide Marriage Record Index): LEWIS, J F GREGORY, ETTIE 03/22/1896 / JACKSON We hope the record will help determine the parents of J F LEWIS (we think this is Jefferson Franklin LEWIS) and Ettie GREGORY (we think this is Millettie KEITH GREGORY, previously married to Aaron GREGORY). If we can confirm the parents, we can tie this couple to our LEWIS family in Southern Illinois. Thanks in advance, Kim CHAPMAN

Little Egypt Heritage Articles Stories of Southern Illinois (c) Bill Oliver 25 January 2004 Vol 3 Issue: #04 ISBN: pending Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen of Little Egypt, Reading one of my Genealogical Newsletters this week I discovered an article describing what it was like back in the 1940s. That was the topic on which I was writing for this week's article. So I filed it on a "back burner". We planned a trip for today with our two resident grandchildren and their Mother to Sandusky, Ohio to visit the Merry-Go-Round Museum there. Therefore, I did a little preplanning about carousels and their history in the United States and further back. Memories of the Walbridge Street Amusement Park in the 1930s and early 40s came flooding back. Especially the "brass" ring which earned you a "free" ride if you "caught" it. Walbridge Park was at the end of the trolley line out Broadway Street in Toledo, Ohio. I can hear the "oom pa pa" as if I were there right now. The Sandusky Museum has a restored and working Allen Herschell Carousel. The Museum is quite unique in that it was once the Sandusky Post Office and the building has a round or rotunda entrance. It was built in the 1920s. American carousel figures are made in three primary styles of carving, painting and decoration. There is the "Philadelphia" Style of realistic looking horses, with legs in the galloping position. Veins and muscles are visible on their heads and necks. These figures were found on stationary machines. There is a fanciful style called the "Coney Island" Style. These figures quite often included cut "jewels" and other ornamentation. Elaborate carvings were displayed on the figure's profile and under the cantle or back of the saddle. This style also often displayed out of proportion bodies. Then there was the "Country Fair" Style which featured less ornate carvings and unnaturally out- stretched legs for easier transporting on machines that traveled with carnivals and fairs. This style lacked protrusions, such as forward pointing ears, which further helped packing for transporting. The expressions and features of these horses was much more simple. There was a decline in the manufacture of Merry-Go-Rounds in the United States due to the Great Depression of the 1930s and after effects of the two World Wars. However, from the middle of the 19th century through the 1920s, thousands of wooden carousels were carved by hand. The menagerie of animals waited for children to climb aboard for a "spin". We can trace carousel origins back 1500 years to the European-Mediterranian culture. On a Byzantine etching for that period riders were swinging in baskets tied to a center pole. There is some evidence that merry-go-round activities were experienced in ancient India and Central America, also. In Italian there is a word "garosello", while in Spanish it is "carosella". One can speculate as to which [or both] are the root of our word "carousel". Anyway the meaning is the same in both languages ... "little war". This was a game adapted from Arabian and Turkish horsemen, who tossed clay balls filled with perfume back and forth from horseback. One lost if a catch was missed and the ball shattered, spilling perfume which stayed with the loser for some days. The Crusaders brought this game back to Europe, where it was passed around. In the 15th century, the French, calling it "carrousel", transformed it into skilled horsemanship and pageantry. The paramont feature was a ring-spearing tournament where lances were used to spear small rings suspended between two posts while at a full gallop. It took much practice and experience to develop the skills of horsemanship, steady hand, and sharp eye necessary. Late in the 17th century someone had the bright idea of attaching to a center pole, legless wooden horses from which tournament trainees could spear the small rings. These were powered by servants, mules, or horses. Hence the birth of the carousel as we envision it today. As evolution transformed this device into a source of entertainment for children and ladies the supplying power was hand cranks. It wasn't until the steam engine was produced that these carousels really blossomed. The "legless" horses became more ornate figures and not necessarily horses. The ring-catching tradition of the French nobility was preserved by allowing a rider to reach out and "spear" or grab a ring. Hence, the brass ring tradition of my youth. In this country carousels have been know by names such as flying horses, whirligigis, steam riding galleries, carry-us-alls, flying jinnies, hobby horses, and merry-go-rounds. With the advent of the steam engine, evolution of the carousel took place. The power of the new engine allowed for the increase in size. Free-swinging figures were set on platforms suspended from arms from the center pole. Other innovations were menagerie figures and the up and down movement of the figures. A shortage of materials caused by World War I gave birth to the use of aluminum for part of the figures, especially of the head and necks. Though this gave all the figures a similarity in looks, the delicate parts of the heads were no longer breakable. With the depression of the 1930s and the turmoil of the Second World War, the "golden age" of hand-carved wooden carousels came to an end. Out of the new materials developed during that war and following it improvements to the figures appeared in the form of fiberglass. Fiberglass replaced the aluminum as the material of choice. Fiberglass molds could copy or replicate the master patterns created by the master carvers of the earlier ages. Besides the 18 or so restored working carousels in Ohio, there are others in New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Michigan, Kansas and the Old Pioneer Village Museum in Mindon, Nebraska. The next time you accompany a youngster on a "carry-us-all", stand proudly next to them and tell them the history of this "dang-fangled-machine" and about catching the "brass ring". e-la-di-e-das-di ha-wi nv-wa-do-hi-ya nv-wa-to-hi-ya-da. (May you walk in peace and harmony) Wado, Bill -=- PostScript: Other sites worth visiting: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/SOIL http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ILMASSAC http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/state/BillsArticles/LittleEgypt/intro.html

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Gg.2ADI/343 Message Board Post: To All, Please excuse cross-postings. I wanted to get this out to the broadest possible audience. Our 19th century atlases are now available in multiple places online. Some folks, in particular those with AOL and who have older browsers or operating systems, have experienced navigational difficulties with the web pages below: Illinois: http://www.har-indy.com/il_map/il_index.html Indiana: http://www.har-indy.com/in_map/in_index.html Ohio: http://www.har-indy.com/oh_map/oh_index.html If you are having trouble navigating these pages, please use the link in my signature below. I hope to add several new states (MI and KY) during the first quarter of 2004. Please feel free to submit specific requests for regional maps that may be useful in your research. Thanks for looking, Rich Green Historic Atlas Series Online http://www.stores.ebay.com/historicatlasseriesbyhar?refid=store

Little Egypt Heritage Articles Stories of Southern Illinois (c) Bill Oliver 18 January 2004 Vol 3 Issue: #03 ISBN: pending Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen of Little Egypt, Is there anything worse smellin' than an old sweet ‘tater rottin' in a bucket full of garbage? What does a skunk do before drenching us with "Eau de Pole Cat"? Mephitis mephitis will usually fluff its tail, shake its tail, stamp the ground with its front feet, growl, stand on its hind legs, turn its head and spit before lifting its tail and spraying. Just a hint! I've heard tell that stinky skunks don't like other stinky smells ... such as ammonia. I've said before that I'm Yankee born with one foot north of the Ohio River and the other south of that river. Half of me says grits ain't just for breakfast. Can't repeat what the other half says. Grits is a southern dish, like pecan pie, and chicken. Grits and zucchini suffer the same distaste for me no matter what wonderful recipe you have for them. There are plain grits, cream of grits, grits soup, fried grits, baked grits, and grilled grits. Then there are grits as a main dish, grits as a side dish, biscuits and grits, cheesed grits, grits bread and even grits pie. Then there was Granny on the Beverly Hillbillies talking about possum grits. I was in Oliver's Hollow, Tennessee, one time and ordered my favorite two eggs, sunnyside up, bacon, sausage, home fried potatoes, and two hotcakes for breakfast. What I failed to notice was "also served with" a side dish of gritty looking mashed potatoes. Well, here's to my southern ancestors, they were incredibly tough, resilient and durable. I'll eventually get to the tonight's topic. :) Death has always been very much part of life. Back a century ago bad diet, poor hygiene and very limited medical attention didn't help to prolong life. Back then diseases — scarlet fever, whooping cough, influenza and such — took the lives of children. Hard work and childbearing took wives and mothers. Cemeteries will often show a man with two or three wives flanking him. With farms to run, crops to plant and kids to feed/raise, grieving time was short for men. Of course, burial customs have always depended somewhat on one's income and ethnic background. Queen Victoria made mourning a decade long affair for her Albert. Though there were funeral homes in the [large] cities, mostly all arrangements were carried out by the immediate family. Due to the lack of embalming, one can imagine that those arrangements weren't put off very long. The first arrangement was for the deceased to be carefully washed. They did have "deodorizing washes", but there was good reason to surround the deceased with lots of fragrant flowers. If there were no flowers in bloom, evergreen branches were used. If the eyes were open at death, coins were used to weigh them shut. They were usually silver coins because copper would discolor the skin. Superstitions have always had a part in our customs. Closing the eyes was important because it was believed that the "dearly departed" could see and if you were recognized, you could be "taken" with the corpse. Corpses were not buried with shoes. This could be just practical recycling, however, in some cultures is was considered bad luck. [I'm not sure for whom.] Men were usually buried in dark suits. Children were buried in white to signify their purity and innocence. Young women wore a white burial dress, middle aged women were often in gray, while older women were dressed in color. Orchid, light lavender were often used. Black was reserved for those who died in childbirth. Usually women prepared the body, while the men made the coffins. Premade coffins were not at all popular, so it was a task that waited for someone to need one. They were usually wide at one end and narrower at the other end. In the south, coffins often had an opening covered with mesh so that the mourners could see the deceased without the flies crawling over the body. A wooden plate was screwed down covering the opening before burial. Cotton was often used to pad and line the coffins. This was covered with cloth. Grandma Oliver once said that older quilts were sometimes used to pad a coffin. If there was a newspaper, families would place a death notice in them. Otherwise it was a practice to put notices on fences or posts. While the casket was being made and the body was being placed in it, the women would prepare the house. There was the draping the front door in black cloth. There also was the covering of all mirrors and photographs of the deceased with black cloth or veils. [The thought behind this was to prevent the deceased from seeing themselves.] All clocks were stopped. The filled coffins were placed on saw horses with the foot of the coffin toward the entrance of the house. If candles were lit they were to light the way to heaven for the deceased. Often a [last] picture was taken of the deceased for the family to have as a "keepsake". This type of "keepsake" was probably a technological advancement from the custom of making "death masks" of the deceased's face. This custom in my family seemed to be more paternal than maternal. Grandma Oliver had photos of her sisters who had died in their early adulthood, while there are none on Grandma Lester's side of the family. Kin and close friends would arrive by horse and buggy, the women to fix and prepare food, and the men to dig and later fill in the grave. In those days, when neighbors helped neighbors, doing these necessary tasks was seen as a sign of respect for the deceased and the family. No matter the wealth or status of the deceased, the food at the "wake" was much the same. It was usually simple, cheese and crackers, and gallons of coffee. Some families would also serve sausage with the crackers. Any hard liquor, though not served at a wake, was often brought by the men and shared outside on the porch or lawn. As in most family gatherings, the women usually congregated in the viewing room or kitchen, while the men, after paying their short respects would gather out on the porch and side yards. Funerals always brought some expenses. Thus, it was custom to place a bowl or basket by the coffin and folks were expected to put in a coin or two to defray those costs. We call them "funeral homes" today. When it was time, the casket lid would be screwed down and the casket would be placed in a wagon. Caskets were carried and loaded onto wagons feet first. They were transported to graveyards, for the term cemetery was unknown. In rural areas, the deceased could be buried in a family graveyard on the property or in a community/church cemetery. Whether the pallbearers carried the casket to the family graveyard or to the church cemetery the mourners walked behind the casket. Only in the cities were wagons, called hearses, rented to transport the casket to its final resting place. There they usually put a sign on the side of the wagon with the name, age, date of death and place of interment. In cities hearses were pulled by black horses, unless it was a youth, then the horses were white. City burials were usually some distance from where the funeral ceremony was held. Thus, caravans replaced the walkers to the gravesite. After the hearse, the procession next held the religious personages, followed by immediate family, then parents, grandparents, etc, with other mourners following in the order of degree of kinship. The horses pulling the hearse were trained to pull one step at a time. In New Orleans style funerals, this was usually to the sound of music. Following funerals it was the duty of the man to get on with the daily life, so there were very short periods of time for mourning for men. For women there was a much more rigid time line for mourning. First there was the first year and one day of "deep" mourning, then nine months of "second" mourning, followed by three months of "ordinary" mourning. All this was culminated with an additional six months of "half" mourning. During the "deep" mourning period a black veil reaching to the mid-calf was worn in public. This was called a "widow's mantle" or "weeping veil". During the "second" period the veil disappeared and a "bit" of white trim could be added to the black dress. When "half" mourning was reached colors such as lavender, gray, lilac, or white could be worn. Usually, if black was continued the woman was signaling that she would not marry again. There were other behavioral mandates for widows during the various mourning periods which I may take up in another article one day. However, this article is running a bit long, so I close. e-la-di-e-das-di ha-wi nv-wa-do-hi-ya nv-wa-to-hi-ya-da. (May you walk in peace and harmony) Wado, Bill -=- PostScript: Other sites worth visiting: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/SOIL http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ILMASSAC http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/state/BillsArticles/LittleEgypt/intro.html

Hi Mary. I'm going down to Murphysboro Monday. I will pass the name of the other lake and email it to the list Monday evening. George Basden Photography [email protected] http://www.basden.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Riseling" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 8:23 PM Subject: Re: [ILJACKSON] Cedar Lake & cemeteries > Do you two happen to know which cemetery(s) were covered up by Cedar Lake? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: George Basden <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 12:56 PM > Subject: Re: [ILJACKSON] Cedar Lake & cemeteries > > > > Hi Carol. > > > > If your connection to the Basden line is thru Jackson County, then that is > > my line. I have been able to track them back to England. There is quite > a > > bit of info in Murphysboro concerning the Basden line that is incorrect. > > > > I have not run across the name Garbo in my research. I would be > interested > > in how we connect to the Basden line. My grgrandparents were Henry Basden > > and Catherine Hanson. I would be happy to exchange gedcom files. > > > > George > > Basden Photography > > [email protected] > > http://www.basden.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Carol Garbo" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 11:46 AM > > Subject: Re: [ILJACKSON] Cedar Lake & cemeteries > > > > > > > George; thank you for your reply. I was afraid that is what happened, > > > even though the cemetery of my ancestors was very clearly marked! I > > > notice your last name of Basden; I have a small connection to Basden > > > line through a marriage. Carol > > > > > > > > > ==== ILJACKSO Mailing List ==== > > > HAVE YOU INVESTIGATED THE LIST ARCHIVES > > YET??http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=ILJACKSO-L > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ILJACKSO-L/ > > > > > > ============================== > > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > ==== ILJACKSO Mailing List ==== > > Do you have a resource you could share with the list members? Would you > be willing to do some "lookups" for a limited time period? If you would, > please let the members know. Thank you! > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== ILJACKSO Mailing List ==== > Please remember when replying to a query REPLY TO THE LIST so your message goes out to the entire list. This will ensure that the information is archived, which may be of help to someone else in the future. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

The Wiseman Family Cemetery (clearly marked on maps). Carol

Do you two happen to know which cemetery(s) were covered up by Cedar Lake? ----- Original Message ----- From: George Basden <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 12:56 PM Subject: Re: [ILJACKSON] Cedar Lake & cemeteries > Hi Carol. > > If your connection to the Basden line is thru Jackson County, then that is > my line. I have been able to track them back to England. There is quite a > bit of info in Murphysboro concerning the Basden line that is incorrect. > > I have not run across the name Garbo in my research. I would be interested > in how we connect to the Basden line. My grgrandparents were Henry Basden > and Catherine Hanson. I would be happy to exchange gedcom files. > > George > Basden Photography > [email protected] > http://www.basden.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carol Garbo" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 11:46 AM > Subject: Re: [ILJACKSON] Cedar Lake & cemeteries > > > > George; thank you for your reply. I was afraid that is what happened, > > even though the cemetery of my ancestors was very clearly marked! I > > notice your last name of Basden; I have a small connection to Basden > > line through a marriage. Carol > > > > > > ==== ILJACKSO Mailing List ==== > > HAVE YOU INVESTIGATED THE LIST ARCHIVES > YET??http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=ILJACKSO-L > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ILJACKSO-L/ > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > ==== ILJACKSO Mailing List ==== > Do you have a resource you could share with the list members? Would you be willing to do some "lookups" for a limited time period? If you would, please let the members know. Thank you! > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

Hi Carol. If your connection to the Basden line is thru Jackson County, then that is my line. I have been able to track them back to England. There is quite a bit of info in Murphysboro concerning the Basden line that is incorrect. I have not run across the name Garbo in my research. I would be interested in how we connect to the Basden line. My grgrandparents were Henry Basden and Catherine Hanson. I would be happy to exchange gedcom files. George Basden Photography [email protected] http://www.basden.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Garbo" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 11:46 AM Subject: Re: [ILJACKSON] Cedar Lake & cemeteries > George; thank you for your reply. I was afraid that is what happened, > even though the cemetery of my ancestors was very clearly marked! I > notice your last name of Basden; I have a small connection to Basden > line through a marriage. Carol > > > ==== ILJACKSO Mailing List ==== > HAVE YOU INVESTIGATED THE LIST ARCHIVES YET??http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=ILJACKSO-L > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ILJACKSO-L/ > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

George; thank you for your reply. I was afraid that is what happened, even though the cemetery of my ancestors was very clearly marked! I notice your last name of Basden; I have a small connection to Basden line through a marriage. Carol

Is this the lake that is right off Highway 3? I ask as there is one lake in that area that is on top of a cemetery. The lake was formed without bodies being moved. At least that was what I was told. But considering how notorious Jackson Co is about encroachment on cemeteries I would not be surprised. George Basden Photography [email protected] http://www.basden.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Garbo" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 12:05 AM Subject: [ILJACKSON] Cedar Lake & cemeteries > Hi! Would anyone happen to know if bodies buried in various cemeteries > where Cedar Lake now is were exhumed & re-buried? Thank you for any > info. Carol > > > ==== ILJACKSO Mailing List ==== > Please remember when replying to a query REPLY TO THE LIST so your message goes out to the entire list. This will ensure that the information is archived, which may be of help to someone else in the future. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >