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/2g.2ADE/918 Message Board Post: I purchased this very nice book this summer. Unfortunately,it did not say on the outside it did not include Hamilton County,and I do not need it,cause I have no family in these counties listed in this book. These are Revolutionary War Soldiers of: Johnson,Alexander,Union,Hardin,Pope,Pulaski,and Union. It also includes a list of the Officers and Soldiers of the Illinois Regiment. I will sell for what I paid,$25.00 + Shipping $ 5.00. Email me if interested. Thanks.

Dear Melba, I am not related, but wanted to pass on info I received about the IL - MO Johnson county connections. It seems that a lot of the farmers in Johnson county moved back and forth from Missouri to Illinois depending on the weather and flood conditions each year. During their stay in Missouri, a few often remained and over time lost touch with their "over the river" kin. Donnell

I am updating the Johnson Co IL ILGenWeb site beginning today. For those of you interested I will be doing the Surname page for Johnson Co IL I need you to email me at [email protected] with your surnames and current email address and your first and last name. 1.TYPE POST JCI SURNAME 2005 2. Alphabetically type your names like this CASEY, MOORE, SUTTON, WEBB 3. Type in your email address you want to use I will make the pages for the website there will be a difference as the pages will be scanned and added to the site to keep spammers from harvesting the email addresses. Second I have scanned a World War II book on Johnson Co IL and will add it to the site. It has many photos of Johnson Co IL veterans. If you have any VETERAN you would like posted please send to me at [email protected] If you have sent me something in the past and it has not been added please forgive me, it was not my intention to not do it promptly but many other things in life have come first, and I may have lost it in my computer crashes. Tim Casey Johnson Co IL ILGenWeb Coordinator Johnson Co IL Mail List Administrator

Donnell, I'm so glad that you gave Melba that information. In researching my Mace and Vaughn families of Southern IL, I find that they did do just that, just never knew why! Thanks Sue [email protected] wrote: Dear Melba, I am not related, but wanted to pass on info I received about the IL - MO Johnson county connections. It seems that a lot of the farmers in Johnson county moved back and forth from Missouri to Illinois depending on the weather and flood conditions each year. During their stay in Missouri, a few often remained and over time lost touch with their "over the river" kin. Donnell ==== ILJOHNSO Mailing List ==== Do not send Virus warnings to this list. "Problems with Johnson Co IL Mail List email Tim Casey" [email protected]

i am looking forward to find out some information on my great grandmother Elizabeth M Anderson and her side of the family i have found enough Simpsons to know that there is a line of them here in missouri that i couldnt connec them before but now they are beginning to fall into place. My dad always said that dan came from tenn and until i got his death certificate i couldnt tie the mo simpsons to him but now i can i think and to the johnson county simpson as well so any thing you have on the simpsons and Andersons will be greatly appreciated Thanks alot cous melba ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 12:28 PM Subject: Re: [ILJOHNSO] Simpson > I already sent a personal email but thought I would pipe in here in case > anyone else is looking for SlMPSON. > I have lots of information on Simpson. They married into just about every > other early Johnson Co families. I would be glad to share what I have. It started > my fascination with all the family kinship's and my Johnson Co. kin > collection <G>. I collect anyone I can tie in by marriage. > > Mara Harris > > > ==== ILJOHNSO Mailing List ==== > Visit the Official Johnson Co IL ILGenWeb Site! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~iljohnso/ >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lisenbey/Lisenby/Lisenbee Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2g.2ADE/912.2.1 Message Board Post: I'm not sure who I'm looking for, I know this, some of the Lisenbey/Lisenby family left Illinois and moved to Arkansas. I am not sure of the fathers name. The Lisenbey's that I know of in the late 1800's and early 1900's who list their father as born in Illinois are a Matthew and Charles Robert, or Charles Joseph. (who was born in Illinois also). Charles was my gg-grandfather. He named his son Joseph Robert. I know it isn't much to go on, I was just hoping that someone else researching the Lisenbey family would have these names recorded or have some "missing" Lisenby men in their tree. I have seen it spelled all three ways in the census'. Plus as Lizenbey. Thanks for trying to help, no one has ever been able to find out anymore.

I already sent a personal email but thought I would pipe in here in case anyone else is looking for SlMPSON. I have lots of information on Simpson. They married into just about every other early Johnson Co families. I would be glad to share what I have. It started my fascination with all the family kinship's and my Johnson Co. kin collection <G>. I collect anyone I can tie in by marriage. Mara Harris

In the Vienna Fraternal Cemetery, Bloomfield Township, Johnson County, Illinois there is a L. D. Simpson 1863-1938. I looked for an obit, but did not find one. You may want to contact the cemetery directly for more info on this person. I could not find Elizabeth Anderson Lisa Hudgens ----- Original Message ----- From: "Melba Luttrull" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 8:56 PM Subject: Re: [ILJOHNSO] Elizabeth Anderson > i aam not sure just found the connection and havent gotten around to the > andersons still trying to find out what simpsons are kin to my dan He passed > away the year before i was born and evidently didnt give very much info to > his son Leo my father because they didnt know who his parents were just his > birthdate andwhere he was born . He also had a son named gus born Oct 10 > 1884 in Missouri so i am kinda poking around in the dark, however if you > have any information on the elizabeth anderson who was married to lewis Dee > (Decatuer) Simpson all info appreciated thanks so much > Melba Simpson Luttrull > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sharon Brown" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 8:40 PM > Subject: [ILJOHNSO] Elizabeth Anderson > > > > Which Anderson family are you from? I have Andersons on both sides. > > > > > > ==== ILJOHNSO Mailing List ==== > > Do not send Virus warnings to this list. > > "Problems with Johnson Co IL Mail List email Tim Casey" > > [email protected] > > > > > ==== ILJOHNSO Mailing List ==== > Visit the Official Johnson Co IL ILGenWeb Site! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~iljohnso/ >

Melba Luttrull wrote: >i aam not sure just found the connection and havent gotten around to the >andersons still trying to find out what simpsons are kin to my dan He passed >away the year before i was born and evidently didnt give very much info to >his son Leo my father because they didnt know who his parents were just his >birthdate andwhere he was born . He also had a son named gus born Oct 10 >1884 in Missouri so i am kinda poking around in the dark, however if you >have any information on the elizabeth anderson who was married to lewis Dee >(Decatuer) Simpson all info appreciated thanks so much > Melba Simpson Luttrull > > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Sharon Brown" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 8:40 PM >Subject: [ILJOHNSO] Elizabeth Anderson > > > > >>Which Anderson family are you from? I have Andersons on both sides. >> >> >>==== ILJOHNSO Mailing List ==== >>Do not send Virus warnings to this list. >>"Problems with Johnson Co IL Mail List email Tim Casey" >>[email protected] >> >> >> > > >==== ILJOHNSO Mailing List ==== >Visit the Official Johnson Co IL ILGenWeb Site! >http://www.rootsweb.com/~iljohnso/ > > > > I'll check my Andersons for you to see if I can find Elizabeth. Mine came from VA. They were a big family. They did settle in Pope Co. however, around Lake Glendale. My line starts here with Jacob and Drucilla. They are buried at Ragsdale Cem. across from the lake. Their daughter, Rachel , married Wm. R. Whiteside. Jacob's sister married John King and that is another line for me. Sharon Sharon

Hello Sharon Brown, I would like to ask you about your Anderson line's. Please write to me please. Tonia

i aam not sure just found the connection and havent gotten around to the andersons still trying to find out what simpsons are kin to my dan He passed away the year before i was born and evidently didnt give very much info to his son Leo my father because they didnt know who his parents were just his birthdate andwhere he was born . He also had a son named gus born Oct 10 1884 in Missouri so i am kinda poking around in the dark, however if you have any information on the elizabeth anderson who was married to lewis Dee (Decatuer) Simpson all info appreciated thanks so much Melba Simpson Luttrull ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Brown" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 8:40 PM Subject: [ILJOHNSO] Elizabeth Anderson > Which Anderson family are you from? I have Andersons on both sides. > > > ==== ILJOHNSO Mailing List ==== > Do not send Virus warnings to this list. > "Problems with Johnson Co IL Mail List email Tim Casey" > [email protected] >

Which Anderson family are you from? I have Andersons on both sides.

Little Egypt Heritage Articles Stories of Southern Illinois © Bill Oliver 21 November 2004 Vol 3 Issue: #34 ISBN: pending Osiyo, Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen of Little Egypt, There are as many versions of an event as there are witnesses to that event. As time passes and details become fuzzy, other events might enter into the story. Thus, an event might become a composite of events. These thoughts came to mind during the week because several of us talked about the preservation of family “stories”. Years ago my family [aunts, uncles, cousins, Grandma and occasionally one or two other persons who were included as family, would gather at one of the aunt’s homes for “Sunday Dinner”. The men would gather in the living room or the back yard for their discussions while the women would converge in the kitchen for the preparation of the meal and their discussions. The cousins would chase each other around the yard [or neighborhood], up and down the steps of the front porch, in pursuit of their “discussions.” Sometime during the late afternoon the dinner would commence. We would all sit as directed by the matriarch, Grandma Oliver, who like all matriarchs had her own perception of where individuals should sit. If allowed to sit at the main table, cousins were usually spaced between aunts and uncles. I suppose this was stifle any “too friendly” acts of us young’uns. The meal would always begin with a long prayer by Grandma. Then came the joyous and noisy feast, followed by a period of silence interrupted by the clattering of dishes and silverware being removed from the table. This would signal the commencement of “table talk”. Cousins listened while aunts and uncles argued over every conceivable subject of importance. There were stories about family heroes, stories about family experiences, stories of the past, humorous stories, even some tragic stories – all these stories were stories of our family. This was our family Sunday ritual. As I grew older, World War II intervened and my nuclear family drew away from this tradition. While they lasted, no one had to tell me what it meant to be a part of this family. No one had to tell me who I was or give me instructions as to the view points for the folk who gathered together. No one had to explain to me that I belonged. There at that table we were initiated, nurtured, and claimed into the family. There we found our place. I recall to this day, the excitement felt then about the tales told of the youth of my parents and other relatives gathered at that table. These oft told stories were my link to family history. The depression years seemed good years to me. My parents and their friends could buy a deck of cards and a bag of peanuts and have a whole evening’s entertainment. Even though my youth consisted of living on several military bases, World War II seemed remote from me as I grew up. Only after attaining adulthood did the realization come to me that those days during the depression and the world war were less romantic and harsher than my awareness. For many years the search for other family stories has established that every generation of my family has faced their own less than romantic experiences. For example, one of my ancestors lived in the Louisiana Territory, close to the epicenter of the 1812 earthquake that Tecumseh believed was the sign he had visioned to begin the war against the Euros. Another set of great grandparents uprooted themselves from Switzerland to Nebraska when the end of the railroad line was in Red Cloud. They arrived with few belongings, no money and five young children to establish themselves on that frontier prairie. Their first “home” was a “dugout”. Fifteen years later they built their “frame” farmhouse. Another of my great grandfathers was the first casualty of the French and Indian wars at Pittsburgh ... certainly not the greatest statistic. Nor the knowledge that two great grandfathers serving in the same regiment during the War Between the States didn’t return home either. The statistic that please me to retell to my grandchildren is that my Grandma Oliver lived to be 102 years of age before she passed on. And, that she, at age 100, had ninety six living blood descendants. She had five children and she lived to see five generations in each of her lines. Record your stories, good folk, someone will love to read them. e-la-di-e-das-di ha-wi nv-wa-do-hi-ya nv-wa-to-hi-ya-da. (May you walk in peace and harmony) Wado, Bill -=- PostScript: = = = = http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/SOIL http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ILMASSAC http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/state/BillsArticles/LittleEgypt/intro.html

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gillihan, Goodmans Simpsons and Wells Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2g.2ADE/916 Message Board Post: Looking for information on simpsons born in johnson County Ill particularily Daniel Simpson born March 18 1851. I believe he is the son of Lewis Decatuer Simpson and Elizabeth Anderson, any help appreciated

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/2g.2ADE/912.2 Message Board Post: Which Lizenbees are you interested in? I have a few- William Lizenbee b 1858 d 1952 bur Chapen Cem, Morgan Co, IL marr Sarrelda Lawson b Oct 1868 d 1902 bur same mar Nov 19, 1883 Brown Co, IL Known chil- William J ; Dotty May; Clara B, Daniel, Samuel William Lisenzee II, Reed. Sarrelda Lawson was dau of William Lawson II and Jane Ascue b 1825 either Green Co, KY? or Sumner Co, TN? marr 1838 Pike Co, IL both bur Starkey Cem, Pike co, IL. This is all I have on Lizenbees

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/2g.2ADE/912.1 Message Board Post: Which Lizenbees are you interested in? I have a few- William Lizenbee b 1858 d 1952 bur Chapen Cem, Morgan Co, IL marr Sarrelda Lawson b Oct 1868 d 1902 bur same mar Nov 19, 1883 Brown Co, IL Known chil- William J ; Dotty May; Clara B, Daniel, Samuel William Lisenzee II, Reed. Sarrelda Lawson was dau of William Lawson II and Jane Ascue b 1825 either Green Co, KY? or Sumner Co, TN? marr 1838 Pike Co, IL both bur Starkey Cem, Pike co, IL. This is all I have on Lizenbees

I have two separate (at least for now) branches of Kerley ancestors. I am trying to find a common ancestor, if possible, for the two branches. One branch is through HENRY Kerley born Bet. 1750 - 1758 in Albermarle Co. VA, and died Abt. 1836 in Waynesboro, Wayne Co. TN. He married (1) SARAH "SALLIE" GARRETT 1780. She was born Abt. 1760, and died 1816 in Burke Co., NC. He married (2) MILLIE PLOTT 1818. My ancestors on this Kerley branch are Henry Kerley, his son Lewis Kerley, his son Miles Austin Kerley, his son John McClellan Kerley, his daughter Julia Edna Kerley. The other branch although not biological is that of Daniel Kerley born 1781 in NC, and died Bef. 1860 in Johnson Co. IL. He married MARY ? Abt. 1809. She was born 1791 in Burke Co. NC. According to a copy of Daniel Kerley's will he had two children: WOODSON WEST ( b. Bet. 1809 - 1810, NC; d. Bef. 1880, Johnson Co. IL.) and OSBORNE KERLEY (b. 1811, Burke Co. NC.) I would like to find out the parents and siblings of this Daniel Kerley. Also, if anyone would know the parentage of Woodson West that would be a great help. My ancestry here is Woodson West, his daughter Emily Alvira West, her son Newton Jasper Murrie, and his daughter Lena Mae Murrie. Terry Ceballos Grand Prairie,TX "Oh, what a tangled mess you see, If you take a peek at my family tree!" http://terrysqualitygifts.comTerry Ceballos http://hairball.fws1.com/

In a message dated 11/19/2004 3:20:55 PM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Illinois has a wonderful database for marrigae records at the state Irad. if you look on the usgenweb cover page for ill you will see a link to the site You can go directly to the site at http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/GenealogyMWeb/marrsrch.html There are many useful genealogy links there. Susan

There is an excellent explanation of the marriage process at this site: http://www.historypoint.org/marriage/index.asp Susan

To the best of my knowledge marriage bonds were not used in Illinois. Several of my family members married in Johnson County in the 1840s and I have not seen any mention of a bond. Bill