Lewis George b. 1814 Ohio Moved to Galena 1827 then Hanover in 1829 married Mary Ann Robinson in 1834 had 6 sons 6 daughters moved to Galena and back then to Nauvoo, Ill. then in 1855 back to Hanover. Mary Ann died in 1879 then married Ellen Calloway in 1887 one child born. Lewis died in April 5, 1896 buried in Evergreen Cemetary. Looking for Children of the Georges: Emma George d. 1853 Elizabeth George d. 1848 Sophia Aurora b. 1859 ??? Thanks in advance. Loretta

I'm interested in purchasing the book "Who Was Who of Hanover, Illinois" by Terry J. Miller. Can someone lead me to the right soarce? Loretta in California

My ancerstors came to Jo Daviess County in abt. 1855 and resided there until 1863 or 1864 when they moved on to Wisconsin. This is the family of Angeloah and Mary D. Shaw and children John B., Mary E., Sally L., from Allegany County NY. Other children where born in Jo Daviess county, Lenora and Caroline (The older children would have attended school here.) Mary D Shaw's mother Elizabeth Sapney was also with them from NY. It fact they likely came to Jo Daviess because Elizabeth' s sister Susan Lazenby Fitzsimmons had moved here earlier from Allegany County NY. Angeloah was a farmer. In the Pleasant Vally and Derinda Twnshps, Are any history books available that would give a picture and discription of the lifestyle for the period of 1850 through 1865. I doubt very much that anything exists on my ancestors but if I can find a general history for the time and conditions. It would give me an idea of their lives Would appreciate any assistance anyone can offer. Thanks in advance for ftaking the time to read my request. Frank [email protected]

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Jg.2ADI/614.1 Message Board Post: I am not researching the Creightons, but I remember the family well. They lived around the corner from my Murray Family who lived on Mossbach Rd....west of Stockton. I see them on the old census whenever I find the Thomas, Martin and John Murray Family. I also noticed them in the Stockton Holy Cross cemetery. You can catch see those cemeteries on the JoDaviess Webpage. It was not that many years ago.....OK...it Was....that I remember seeing the younger Creightons at both my Aunt and Uncles funerals in the 70's and 80's. Bet one of them is still on the farm in the area. Walter and Mary Ellen were the parents that I remember and they have several children. Hope this helps. Let me know if I can help more.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Jg.2ADI/936 Message Board Post: James Beaty married Ellen Beckett on April 22, 1891 in JoDaviess Co. Seek their descendants

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: PIERCE,WHITE, SULLIVAN, SCANLAN, BEAUCHAMP, EDWARDS, JOHNSON, DRISCOLL Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Jg.2ADI/933 Message Board Post: This is a fairly sensational read of my GGF's end. James Pierce (wife Mary Ann (SULLIVAN) Pierce, lived in Lena at his death, but family has strong Nora connections. James was supposedly a twin, although I've found no evidence of this yet! If you have any information about the Pierce or Sullivan families, please email me and we can share. Thanks, Nancy. >From the Lena Star Newspaper, March 13, 1903, page 1, col. 3: JAMES PIERCE ENDS ALL WELL KNOWN CITIZEN OF NORA DIES BY HIS OWN HAND FINANCIAL LOSSES AND TROUBLES THE CAUSE OF THE RASH ACT – PISTOL BALL BRINGS RELIEF – HE LEAVES A LETTER James Pierce, well known Nora citizen, shot and killed himself Friday morning early. He had been despondent for several weeks but relatives and friends never dreamed that he entertained ideas of suicide. A little son fell into a water tank about a year ago and drowned and that sad accident weighed heavily upon his mind. He never appeared to be the same afterwards. Lately he had been speculating on the board of trade and his losses added to his despondency. The recent decline in the wheat market brought him to the verge of ruin and he decided to end all. He acted very queer all day Thursday. He talked of taking a trip somewhere but did not appear to know just where. He got up during the night, stating that he could not sleep. He went down stairs, dressed and shaved himself, and made every arrangement for the end. He took his time to it. wrote a letter and then laid down on the lounge. He crossed his feet, folded one hand over his breast and placed the muzzle of his pistol back of his ear. He pulled the trigger and it was all over. Apparently he never moved a muscle. His wife heard the report of the pistol and hurried down stairs and found him – dead. The letter, written before he left all that was dear to him, was as follows: Nora, Ill, March 6, 1903 Dear wife and relatives and friends: -- I must have rest and if my trusty pistol does not err I will soon have it. I suffer the torments of hell privately. Option deals primary cause. Bury me quietly anywhere under the sun and out of the sight of man. James Pierce Mr. Pierce was 51 years of age and came to this part of the country from Ohio when he was a boy. He was a son of Mrs. Scanlan of this city and is survived by the widow and seven children. Mrs. Scannell of Lanark, and Mrs. Sullivan of Nora are sisters of the deceased. The deceased was a farmer and resided on the A.B. Meyers farm, two miles from Nora. He formerly lived on the Upton farm. Years ago, while in comfortable circumstances, he speculated on the board of trade and lost everything. Friends started him and he began over. He never forgot his losses and always claimed that he would get his money back as soon as he was financially able to get on the board. He began speculating recently and the decline in wheat proved too great for his resources and he was again ruined. He evidently felt that he was not a success on the board and the thoughts that the savings of years had been swept away unbalanced his mind, which had been affected by bereavement, and caused him t! o commit the rash act. The coroner held and inquest Friday and a verdict was returned in accordance with the above facts. The funeral services were held at the late home Sunday morning. The interment took place in the Catholic cemetery in this city. Fortunately the deceased was well insured and the family will be left in fair circumstances.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BERGMAN(N) , DILLDINE, DRISCOLL,HATTER, HINES,KNEBEL, LEDDY,MANDRILLA,SHUMAN,KOWARS Classification: Queries Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Jg.2ADI/932 Message Board Post: Looking for info. on Frederick E. BERGMAN(N) b-1806 in Hanover, Germany or Bramen..d-(?) Spouse (1) Margaret DILLDINE b-(?) d-(?)..Spouse (2) Margaret Ann HINES b-1822 in Pennsylvainia no other info.. Son - Henry Frederick b-1846 d-1914 Galena, IL Spouse Mary Ann LEDDY b-1848 Sinsinawa Mound, WI d-1931 Son - Charles b-1848 d-1922 Spouse Anna W. KNEBEL b-1853 Galena,IL Son -Marshall Hines BERGMAN b-1850 Galena, IL Spouse Emma MANDRILLA b-1852 Missouri Daughter - Mary Elizabeth b-1852 Galena, IL Spouse Edgar SHUMAN Daughter- Margaret Caroline b-1854 Spouse-John KOWARS Son- George W. b-1879 Son - Benji b-1865 Henry Bergmann & Mary Ann Leddy are my gggrandparents and they had (9) children ...Fred E., Harry, William, George, Samuel W., Leddy James, Mary Elizabeth, Adelaide E., David W....I'm trying to find when & where Frederick Bergmann came into the US from Germany or any other info on this family...Any help would be greatly appreciated. Faye

In a message dated 8/19/01 6:14:33 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Where can the book be purchased?  How can I find out > if a certain names is included in it? > T.Barnett > > The Portrait and Biographical Album of Jo Daviess > County, Illinois, dated > 1889 > > was reprinted in 1995 (hardcover) and is available for > > $40.00 plus shipping > and handling charge > > Mrs. Twinkle > > Same questions as above, where for book, and does anyone have time to check > for names ? (LOL just in case ours are : > Bevard, Moss, Gammon, Rodden.. > Thanks > Dorothy Bevard

I have found the name of Enos Shaw as an early resident of Jo Daviess County. He apparently came to Illinois in 1838 from Allegany County NY. He and his wife had at least one child Matilda Shaw. Enos wife's name was Sila Phippen. Does anyone have any information on Enos and Sila. Especially other children. Thank you very much for your assistance Frank [email protected]

Frank, Go to the Jo Daviess County USGENWEB site at http://users.rootsweb.com/~iljodavi/index.htm and scroll down to the Pico Search. Type in Enos Shaw and click on the Search button. Your will find 54 documents. Some of my lines stopped in Allegany County, New York on their way west. I thought it only fitting and proper to lend a helping hand. Ray Justus Chandler, AZ My Jo Daviess County Connections --------------------------------------------------- Direct: JUSTUS (TOWNSLEY), BYRUM (BEARDSLEY), TYRRELL (CRAM), PARTRIDGE (WINN) Related by marriage: BLAIR, BIGSBY/BIXBY, BURNS, CHURCH, CLAIR, DOW, ELLIS, HASTINGS, LEPPER, LYON, MAPES, O'BRIEN, PARKER, PITCHER, POHILL, REED, ROBIESON, ROWE, SCHNEIDER, SIMMONS, STUMBLEE, TAYLOR, TIFFANY, TOWNSEND, WHEELOCK, WILLSON, WRIGHT ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 12:02 PM Subject: [ILJODAVI] Enos Shaw I have found the name of Enos Shaw as an early resident of Jo Daviess County. He apparently came to Illinois in 1838 from Allegany County NY. He and his wife had at least one child Matilda Shaw. Enos wife's name was Sila Phippen. Does anyone have any information on Enos and Sila. Especially other children. Thank you very much for your assistance Frank [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hughes, Borsdorf Classification: Queries Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Jg.2ADI/42.208.210.1 Message Board Post: Just got back from a week of traveling... would love to share. Some of the information I have is from another Bordsorf researcher I was in contact with about a yr ago or so. Want to email me?

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Where can the book be purchased? How can I find out if a certain names is included in it? T.Barnett The Portrait and Biographical Album of Jo Daviess County, Illinois, dated 1889 was reprinted in 1995 (hardcover) and is available for $40.00 plus shipping and handling charge Mrs. Twinkle __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/

The Portrait and Biographical Album of Jo Daviess County, Illinois, dated 1889 was reprinted in 1995 (hardcover) and is available for $40.00 plus shipping and handling charge Mrs. Twinkle _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Queries Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Jg.2ADI/929 Message Board Post: I have information on the following individuals from Jo Daviess county around 1889: James W. WHITE and Almira JENKS; Elizabeth CLAYPOOL and William LOGAN; Matt BEATON and Sarah BREHANY. Email me at [email protected] for more info

List sorry to do this, but............. At one time I was in contact with a Frank White at [email protected] concerning the Harwick name and his grandmother Ann Greene. I just tried to send a post to him at the above address and it came back. Frank I would love to hear from you. Dorothy

Hello, My mother-in-law has sent me some pages of the Portrait and Biographical Album of Jo Daviess County, Illinois, dated 1889. The following biographical sketches appear: Lewis WAGNER (only a portion of this); John EADIE; James W.l WHITE; Mrs. Elizabeth LOGAN (nee CLAYPOOL)(biography is incomplete)and Matthew BEATON. If anyone has an interest in any of these, let me know and I will give you the details. Regards, Shannon

I received a photocopy of a land grant document for 80 acres granted to Benjamin WILLIAMS, 1 July 1848 , at Dixon, IL. It was mistakenly enclosed with a copy for my ancestor, William W. MATTHEWS. I would be happy to send this to a descendant of Benjamin. Ruth Tucker Cedar Falls IA <[email protected]>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hileman, Robbins Classification: Queries Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Jg.2ADI/557.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Nona, Thank you for your reply and all the great information. I had none of this. Yes, you're correct, William H. Robbins was the son of Melzar and Aurelia M. Sprague Robbins. Melzar and Aurelia had nine children. One of which was William H. Sergeant William H. Robbins saw many battles as a member of the 96th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Co. H. He was severely wounded and captured at the Battle of Chickamauga. He suffered disability the rest of his life. He served with my GGF Sergeant Michael Hileman. You can learn more about the 96th IVI at: http://hhileman.home.netcom.com/ William married Alice and together they had eight children: Clara J. Robbins Fannie Aurelia Loretta William Melzer Joseph May Charles I too am trying to track down any information on these children and until your message I had information on only one: my GGM Fanny Aurelia Robbins who married the son of her father's army buddy Michael Hileman. Thomas Backus Hileman was married to Fanny Aurelia 9/8/1876 at Gratiot, Lafayette Co., Wisconsin. The Robbins were living in Apple River, Jo Daviess Co., IL for most of the children's childhoods. Alice Robbins died and William H. Robbins remarried to Mary L. Wright 12/21/1881. I do not know where William and Mary spent there later years, but I have sent for his pension papers and those should tell me something. I have much research, a Bio of Melzar Robbins Sr., and a photo of Fanny Aurelia Robbins. I am so happy to get your information on Clara. I was in Telluride some time ago, I wish I knew then what I know now. I will send a copy of this to your e-mail, also I will include a family report, if you want a gedcom file, let me know. Hal