Carol, A big thanks! I had found only one other reference to Gullem, a Civil War enlistment record. Your finding seems to confirm that Otterville was probably once named Gullem. What a strange name! I wonder what the source was. Judy, Jersey County GenWeb On 4 Feb 2005 at 22:01, Carol Walsh wrote: Judy, I found this in the Jersey county history; MARTIN,died Dec.12,1898 Jersey county Democrat:died at home in English township 46 years old,was buried from Gullem(otterville) in otterville cemetery Rev.Crawford Dec.29,1998 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy" <judygriffin@tds.net> To: <ILJERSEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 7:59 PM Subject: [ILJERSEY] Otterville >I have a 1961 "Alton Evening Tele[graph?] write up on Otterville history. At > the top of the article, someone has written "Prior to 1867 Otterville was > known as Gullem." Does anyone know if this was correct? Unfortunately, I did > not record where I obtained the article. The article does not mention > Gullem. > > Judy Griffin, in Wisconsin > > > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx