Joyce- Thank you so much for sharing. Could you please check for Edmon Green Escue/Askew/Ascue/Eskew b 4/12/1836 d 2/13/1918 Johnson Co, IL George Washington Johnson d bet Feb/1876 --June 1878 somewhere in So IL Thank you for your help. I'm in Denver, CO, so really appreciate your help. Joyce Escue Culver In a message dated 1/2/2007 3:37:18 PM Mountain Standard Time, joyce.hennessy@comcast.net writes: I am happy to do lookups in these books in my personal library: Index of Obituaries printed in The Southern Illinois Herald Newspaper 1893-1922 (Note that this is only an index with date of publication. The newspaper is in the collection at Morris Library, SIU.)