Hello Anita :) I have a connection with Anselm's daughter Elzina Batson (10 Aug 1871--28 May 1891), who was the first wife of my Great Grandfather John Ransom SILL, married on 4 May 1890. Elzina died of Bright's Disease shortly after the birth of their first child, who also died. I descend from John Ransom's second wife Emma Eaton. Concentrate your search around the Makanda area..that is where the family settled until moving closer to Carbondale. ---Kathryn Sill