This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Allen, Chrisman, Darnell, Grizzell, Maxwell, McCormick, Mifflin, North, Smith, Ward Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Gg.2ADI/336 Message Board Post: ISO information about the combined families of Thomas NORTH (1829-1900) and Sarah A (CHRISMAN) WARD-NORTH (1838-1887) Thomas was born in Randolph Co, IL, to Levi and Catherine (ALLEN) NORTH. A school teacher by profession, he served in Co K, 83rd IL Infantry, during the Civil War, while 4 brothers served in Co A, 31st IL Infantry. Tho stricken with a severe lung ailment, Thomas resumed his career as a teacher following the war, and settled in Jackson Co, IL, where he married Mrs Joel M (Sarah Ann Chrisman) WARD in 1872. Born ca 1838 in NY, Sarah was already the mother of perhaps six children when she married Thomas, and in the first eight years of their marriage, she would give birth to another four children. She died in Jackson Co, IL, in 1887, survived by Thomas, and many of these children, all of whom are believed to have been born in IL: 1. Kate E WARD - bn ca 1858; still living in 1912; md 1886 in IL to Isaac D MAXWELL 2. Joel D WARD - bn ca 1860 3. Samuel Jacob WARD, Sr - (1862-1944); md 1884 in IL to Maria E SMITH (1865-1951); 7 children 4. Mary Abbie WARD (1863-1865) 5. Nellie WARD - bn ca 1864 6. Minnie A WARD (1865-1906); md 1889 in IL to John Perry MIFFLIN; min of 2 children 7. John M NORTH (1873-1961); md 1897 in IL to Effie M GRIZZELL (1878-?); 4 children 8. Anna L NORTH (1875-1952); md Wm E DARNELL (1180-1940); 4 children 9. Thomas J NORTH (c.1877-c.1917) 10. Mary "Mamie" NORTH (1880-1947); md Samuel McCORMICK (1875-1945); 3 children Although I have some information on a few of these individuals, I am interested in learning more about them, and their descendants. The elder Thomas NORTH was an older brother of my great-grandfather.
Did your Thomas North & family ever live in or near Carbondale, to your knowledge? I ask because I recall that when my church, the First Christian Church, Disciples of Christ at Carbondale built a new sanctuary a few years ago, the cornerstone "box" from the original 1902 building was opened, and a Thomas North was on the list of members at that time. I remember because another Thomas North is currently a long-time member and I asked him if this could be an ancestor of his. He did not think so, because his North family farmed SE of Carbondale, I think in Williamson County, where Crab Orchard Lake is now. He attended the "North School" there as a child. A small North family cemetery still exists in the forest near where the North families lived, but is hard to get to today. If either of these North families are yours, I might be able to gather a little more info for you. Also, my copy of the 1878 Jackson County History shows some North's in the index. Do you have that info? And these are listed in the Index of Obits priinted in the So. IL Herald Newspaper: North, Henry Jul 17, 1906 Hugh Dec 26, 1907 James Jun 21, 1906 Mattie M. Oct. 31, 1907 Samuel E. Apr 30, 1914 And 3 Thomas E.'s: Jan 11, 1917; Apr 26, 1917; May 3, 1917 Juli Claussen Carbondale, IL ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:01 PM Subject: [ILJACKSON] NORTH md WARD > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Allen, Chrisman, Darnell, Grizzell, Maxwell, McCormick, Mifflin, North, Smith, Ward > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Gg.2ADI/336 > > Message Board Post: > > ISO information about the combined families of Thomas NORTH (1829-1900) and Sarah A (CHRISMAN) WARD-NORTH (1838-1887) > > Thomas was born in Randolph Co, IL, to Levi and Catherine (ALLEN) NORTH. A school teacher by profession, he served in Co K, 83rd IL Infantry, during the Civil War, while 4 brothers served in Co A, 31st IL Infantry. > > Tho stricken with a severe lung ailment, Thomas resumed his career as a teacher following the war, and settled in Jackson Co, IL, where he married Mrs Joel M (Sarah Ann Chrisman) WARD in 1872. > > Born ca 1838 in NY, Sarah was already the mother of perhaps six children when she married Thomas, and in the first eight years of their marriage, she would give birth to another four children. She died in Jackson Co, IL, in 1887, survived by Thomas, and many of these children, all of whom are believed to have been born in IL: > > 1. Kate E WARD - bn ca 1858; still living in 1912; md 1886 in IL to Isaac D MAXWELL > 2. Joel D WARD - bn ca 1860 > 3. Samuel Jacob WARD, Sr - (1862-1944); md 1884 in IL to Maria E SMITH (1865-1951); 7 children > 4. Mary Abbie WARD (1863-1865) > 5. Nellie WARD - bn ca 1864 > 6. Minnie A WARD (1865-1906); md 1889 in IL to John Perry MIFFLIN; min of 2 children > 7. John M NORTH (1873-1961); md 1897 in IL to Effie M GRIZZELL (1878-?); 4 children > 8. Anna L NORTH (1875-1952); md Wm E DARNELL (1180-1940); 4 children > 9. Thomas J NORTH (c.1877-c.1917) > 10. Mary "Mamie" NORTH (1880-1947); md Samuel McCORMICK (1875-1945); 3 children > > Although I have some information on a few of these individuals, I am interested in learning more about them, and their descendants. The elder Thomas NORTH was an older brother of my great-grandfather. > > > ==== 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 >