Mary, Mary, My information for this family confrims what you have said. The Jan 1920 census Grand Tower Twp., Jackson, IL family 281, lists Charles H. "Charlie" WHITSON as married to Essie M., and they have a daughter Thelma R. WHITSON. Do you know Essie's maiden name? Charlie died 17 Apr 1921 in Grand Tower Twp. and was buried at Goodbread cemetery. Tom Shawcross ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Riseling" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 4:44 PM Subject: Re: [ILJACKSON] Simeon Whitson > Berry Benjamin and Eulila Gaston were married about 1836 so there is no > record. As far as I have been able to find from my family records, the name > is Eulila. > > I don't have information about Simeon and Rowena's marriage except that it > happened some time prior to 1878 (and must have been outside of Illinois > because I can't find a record anywhere). There were two children from the > marriage Ollie (Olive) Blanche Whitson born abt 1878 and Charles H. born > December 1, 1880. > > Mary > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 11:47 AM > Subject: Re: [ILJACKSON] Simeon Whitson > > > > In a message dated 11/19/2003 8:47:24 AM Central Standard Time, > > [email protected] writes: > > Simeon Whitson, age 30 to Abie Sullivan, age 19. 18 Sep 1882 > > Illinois Marriage Index lists wife as "Alice Sullivan" - do you know which > is > > correct? > > > > Does anyone have a place/date for the marriage of Simeon Whitson and > Rowena > > Belmont Henson. The only "Belle Henson" found in Illinois Marriage Index > is a > > Belle Henson who married a Merrit Way on 15 Sep 1875. > > > > Also need the marriage date/place for Berry B. Whitson and Eulila Gaston. > > > > > > ==== 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. > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== ILJACKSO Mailing List ==== > If you don't know where or when, in Illinois, an event in your ancestor's life might have occurred, you might be able to find a clue in how to search for this information at the Illinois GenWeb Project's - Unknown IL Counties Web Site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilunknow/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >