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/1053.1.2 Message Board Post: I would like to have the info in Henry Jones' will. I have that he married Jane Gore daughter of John W. John W was my ggggrandfather thru daughter Martha "Patsy" Gore m William Yearly Davis. I would like information on the children of Henry and Jane if possible or any other info about them. Thanks JRS

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Johnson, Beaver, Montgomery, Toone, Holland, Watson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2g.2ADE/1085 Message Board Post: Looking for anyone who has any connections to this line of Johnson's. They had 5 boys and one girl. Thomas, Hughey, John, Joe, Elizabeth and Robert. Hughey is the line I am descended from. They came from TN to IL and ended in Clay Co., AR. Hughey had three girls and one boy. His daughter Ella was my Great Grandmother. Just curious if anyone out there may have anything on Armond and his wife and their other siblings as I don't know what became of them. Thank you. June Jones

Dear Listers, Your emails about Puss Waters intrigued me, although I have no connection. I have tracked her on census records back to Maury County, Tennessee in 1850, where she was living with her parents William L. and Portia Smith . By 1860, she is in Pope County , Illinois, living with her father. Her name is now Elizabeth Waters and she has a 6 month old daughter named Sarah. Illinois marriage records show a marriage between Elizabeth C. Smith and John R. Waters, Pope County, 10-31-1858. This child apparently did not survive. Later census records show Elizabeth as having one birth and none living. If anyone would like the details of all the census records I found, I'll be happy to comply. However, it may be that this is common knowledge. Margaret Reynolds Oliver ----- Original Message ----- From: "lgerekson" <lgerekson@bresnan.net> To: <ILJOHNSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 7:45 PM Subject: Re: [ILJOHNSO] Waters family (VandaWaters) > Katy...THANK YOU for writing. My husband worked with Dr. Wm. R. Lawrence > when they compiled the two volume record of the Choates in Southern > IL.... > When Dr. Lawrence was done with the research, he gave me several books > about > southern IL.... one was the book, Growing Up In Pusstown... > I was excited thinking I might find out about Puss Waters..... I didn't > find anything that helped me with my problem!! Interesting though..... > > With what you sent, it might give me ideas of where to look etc. [Since > my > grandma died in 1946, I think I can say this..... IF she is related to > Puss > Waters... it wasn't inherited by my grandma.... she never went to visit > anyone.... she was less than 5' tall.....] > > Thanks again for writing.... just to give you another project to find for > me........my great grandmother on the Greer side, was "full blooded > Cherokee > Indian", we have her picture... Everyone in the family says she was > an indian.... BUT NO PROOF... My father said "her name was, Mary > Elizabeth > Blackeagle" On her marriage record in Union Co., IL [1843] her name is > Mary Elizabeth McIntosh!!! > > Enough for today..... thanks, Louise > > > ==== ILJOHNSO Mailing List ==== > Do not send Virus warnings to this list. > "Problems with Johnson Co IL Mail List email Tim Casey" > timcasey1@verizon.net > >

While I was growing up in Vienna in the 1950s, the area east of the railroad tracks -- near where the City Park and Depot are now -- was known as Pusstown, and it was named after Puss Waters. She was not alive during that time; I had the impression she had died much, much earlier. Her name was Elizabeth Waters, and she was not a part of the VandeWaters/Waters family of Johnson County. I remember hearing that she was a divorced woman; she was quite tall and was known for walking long distances and making sure her neighbors and all the old people were well. At one time there was a book Growing Up In Pusstown available in the Genealogy Section of the Vienna Library. If that's still there, maybe it will give some info about her. Katy Waters ----- Original Message ----- From: "lgerekson" <lgerekson@bresnan.net> To: <ILJOHNSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 9:51 PM Subject: Re: [ILJOHNSO] Waters family (VandaWaters) > For those who have been writing about the Waters family recently, I would > like to ask; does anyone have a record of a woman named, Puss Waters? > Years ago when I was a teenager, my grandmother Lowery [of Tunnel Hill, > IL] > told me that if I wanted to know more about the Humphreys, I should talk > to > Puss Waters. > > Anyone heard of her? MY Humphreys line came into Johnson Co. in the late > 1850's from Henry Co. TN. > > Thanks for reading this..... Louise Greer Erekson > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <cwaters@siu.edu> > To: <ILJOHNSO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 2:27 PM > Subject: [ILJOHNSO] Waters family (VandaWaters) > > >> 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/1083 >> >> Message Board Post: >> >> I'm trying to get some information on the Waters (Vandawaters) family >> that > moved to the Vienna/Bloomfield area in the 1850's from Charlotte, Dickson > County, TN. There are still some of the descendents in the area, > including > myself, and I'd like to learn whatever I can about my ancestors. Thank > you. >> >> >> ==== ILJOHNSO Mailing List ==== >> Do not send Virus warnings to this list. >> "Problems with Johnson Co IL Mail List email Tim Casey" >> timcasey1@verizon.net >> >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.4/402 - Release Date: 7/27/2006 >> >> > > > ==== ILJOHNSO Mailing List ==== > Johnson Co IL Message Board hosted by Ancestry.com > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.counties.johnson >

Katy...THANK YOU for writing. My husband worked with Dr. Wm. R. Lawrence when they compiled the two volume record of the Choates in Southern IL.... When Dr. Lawrence was done with the research, he gave me several books about southern IL.... one was the book, Growing Up In Pusstown... I was excited thinking I might find out about Puss Waters..... I didn't find anything that helped me with my problem!! Interesting though..... With what you sent, it might give me ideas of where to look etc. [Since my grandma died in 1946, I think I can say this..... IF she is related to Puss Waters... it wasn't inherited by my grandma.... she never went to visit anyone.... she was less than 5' tall.....] Thanks again for writing.... just to give you another project to find for me........my great grandmother on the Greer side, was "full blooded Cherokee Indian", we have her picture... Everyone in the family says she was an indian.... BUT NO PROOF... My father said "her name was, Mary Elizabeth Blackeagle" On her marriage record in Union Co., IL [1843] her name is Mary Elizabeth McIntosh!!! Enough for today..... thanks, Louise

Peggy, John Samuel Murrie was my uncle. Sam and his brother Ward ran a store in Simpson for a number of years. Another uncle Lenis "Dude" Murrie ran a store in Simpson at a later time. All three are deceased. I was born and raised in Northern Illinois but our family visited Simpson in the 1950s and 1960s. I don't think Sam and Ward had their store anymore when we visited. I do remember Uncle Dude's store. He would always tell us kids to help ourselves to a free "sodee". I thought that was special and I have many good memories about our visits to Simpson. Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peggy Oliver" <peggyjune@adelphia.net> To: <ILJOHNSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 4:23 PM Subject: Re: [ILJOHNSO] Reynolds Family 1920 > Edward, I am wondering if you are kin to Sam Murrie who used to have a > store in Simpson. I recall going there in the early 50s when my > grandparents, Floyd and Corda still lived across the street from the > store. > Margaret > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Edward Murrie" <EMurrie@comcast.net> > To: <ILJOHNSO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 10:22 AM > Subject: [ILJOHNSO] Reynolds Family 1920 > > >> Peggy, >> >> I found Ivy Reynolds and family in Missouri in 1920. He owned a >> blacksmith shop. >> >> 1920 United States Federal Census Record >> about Ivy Reynolds >> Name: Ivy Reynolds >> Home in 1920: Allenville, Cape Girardeau, Missouri >> Age: 54 years >> Estimated birth year: abt 1866 >> Birthplace: Illinois >> Relation to Head of House: Head >> Spouse's name: Florence >> Father's Birth Place: Illinois >> Mother's Birth Place: Illinois >> Marital status: Married >> Race: White >> Sex: Male >> Home owned: Rent >> Able to read: Yes >> Able to Write: Yes >> Image: 1005 >> Neighbors: View others on page >> Household Members: Name Age >> Ivy Reynolds 54 >> Florence Reynolds 50 >> John Ava Reynolds 14 >> Virgie Reynolds 12 >> >> >> >> Ed Murrie >> >> >> ==== ILJOHNSO Mailing List ==== >> Do not send Virus warnings to this list. >> "Problems with Johnson Co IL Mail List email Tim Casey" >> timcasey1@verizon.net >> >> > > > > ==== ILJOHNSO Mailing List ==== > Johnson Co IL Message Board hosted by Ancestry.com > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.counties.johnson >

Edward, I am wondering if you are kin to Sam Murrie who used to have a store in Simpson. I recall going there in the early 50s when my grandparents, Floyd and Corda still lived across the street from the store. Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edward Murrie" <EMurrie@comcast.net> To: <ILJOHNSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 10:22 AM Subject: [ILJOHNSO] Reynolds Family 1920 > Peggy, > > I found Ivy Reynolds and family in Missouri in 1920. He owned a > blacksmith shop. > > 1920 United States Federal Census Record > about Ivy Reynolds > Name: Ivy Reynolds > Home in 1920: Allenville, Cape Girardeau, Missouri > Age: 54 years > Estimated birth year: abt 1866 > Birthplace: Illinois > Relation to Head of House: Head > Spouse's name: Florence > Father's Birth Place: Illinois > Mother's Birth Place: Illinois > Marital status: Married > Race: White > Sex: Male > Home owned: Rent > Able to read: Yes > Able to Write: Yes > Image: 1005 > Neighbors: View others on page > Household Members: Name Age > Ivy Reynolds 54 > Florence Reynolds 50 > John Ava Reynolds 14 > Virgie Reynolds 12 > > > > Ed Murrie > > > ==== ILJOHNSO Mailing List ==== > Do not send Virus warnings to this list. > "Problems with Johnson Co IL Mail List email Tim Casey" > timcasey1@verizon.net > >

Dear List members, My great-great grandparents, Elisha Eddins Reynolds and Nancy Travelstead Reynolds lived most of their life in Simpson. I know that he died in 1922 and she in 1926. On the 1920 census, it appears that they are listed as Edward E. Reynolds (age and other particulars are correct) and Martha. Her age is not correct. She is listed as born in Germany. Also in the home is a servant named Media Carter. I am thinking that my GG grandparents were becoming infirm at the time, and that Media Carter was in the home as a caregiver. She may have provided the incorrect info to the census taker. It is interesting to note that on the 1910 census, Nancy says that she, herself, was born in Kentucky, but her parents were born in Germany. Actually, it was her GG grandparent who was born there. What I'm driving at here (boy do I get wordy) is does anyone know who this Media Carter is? There is also a Media Carter of the same age listed in Franklin County as a coo! k in a restaurant. I'm just wondering if she is related in anyway. Thanks for thoughts on this. Margaret Reynolds Oliver

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/1084 Message Board Post: In addition to researching my father's side of the family, I'm also looking at my mothers. Her father was John Fitzgerald Thornton who lived between Buncombe and Lick Creek (just east of the county line between Johnson and Union Cos.) He lived just south of Draper's Bluff and once owned all the property up to it. Now the property has left the family. Anyway, I know there were several Thorntons living in Goreville and in Union Co. in the 1880 census, but I don't have any more information about my side of the family. If anyone has any information, I would greatly appreciate it.

Peggy, I found Ivy Reynolds and family in Missouri in 1920. He owned a blacksmith shop. 1920 United States Federal Census Record about Ivy Reynolds Name: Ivy Reynolds Home in 1920: Allenville, Cape Girardeau, Missouri Age: 54 years Estimated birth year: abt 1866 Birthplace: Illinois Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's name: Florence Father's Birth Place: Illinois Mother's Birth Place: Illinois Marital status: Married Race: White Sex: Male Home owned: Rent Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Image: 1005 Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Ivy Reynolds 54 Florence Reynolds 50 John Ava Reynolds 14 Virgie Reynolds 12 Ed Murrie

For those who have been writing about the Waters family recently, I would like to ask; does anyone have a record of a woman named, Puss Waters? Years ago when I was a teenager, my grandmother Lowery [of Tunnel Hill, IL] told me that if I wanted to know more about the Humphreys, I should talk to Puss Waters. Anyone heard of her? MY Humphreys line came into Johnson Co. in the late 1850's from Henry Co. TN. Thanks for reading this..... Louise Greer Erekson ----- Original Message ----- From: <cwaters@siu.edu> To: <ILJOHNSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 2:27 PM Subject: [ILJOHNSO] Waters family (VandaWaters) > 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/1083 > > Message Board Post: > > I'm trying to get some information on the Waters (Vandawaters) family that moved to the Vienna/Bloomfield area in the 1850's from Charlotte, Dickson County, TN. There are still some of the descendents in the area, including myself, and I'd like to learn whatever I can about my ancestors. Thank you. > > > ==== ILJOHNSO Mailing List ==== > Do not send Virus warnings to this list. > "Problems with Johnson Co IL Mail List email Tim Casey" > timcasey1@verizon.net > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.4/402 - Release Date: 7/27/2006 > >

Dear Listers, I cannot find my great grandparents, Ivy Solomon Reynolds and Turpsey Florence in the 1920 census of Simpson. They are very much there in 1900, 1910, and 1930. Does anyone know if there are missing pages in the 1920 for Simpson? Margaret Reynolds Oliver

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/1083.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Chad, Katy is a fine oerson/genealogist too! Bet she has more than me, since both are Waters. About 10/15 years ago we met in WH Waters home there near Vienna, Jim and Minnie Love, both deceased, turns out Katy tied in to him some way, he was uncooperative, keep at it! Dale

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/1083.1.1 Message Board Post: Dale, Thank you for your response. It is good to hear from a member of the family. I also heard from a Kathleen Waters, whom I assume is the Katy you mention. She has also responded to my post, and I have replied to her, waiting for her answer. She seems to be a great expert on our family. If you think you have any extra available information, please let me know.

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/1083.1 Message Board Post: Chad, I to relate to the Vanda Waters/Waters from Tn/ IL, have exchanged data with Katy Waters presently of Mo. Do you know her? I would be pleased to exchange info with you! Dale Kinslow Shawnee Ok

Well, hello to another cuzzin!!!!! I'm always delighted to gain additonal data and will add uncle Theodore's birth date to my file, as well as the Austin folks. Margaret Reynolds Oliver ----- Original Message ----- From: <jamlsh@aol.com> To: <ILJOHNSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 3:46 AM Subject: Re: [ILJOHNSO] Theodore Roosevelt Gray > In a message dated 7/30/2006 7:50:31 PM Pacific Standard Time, > peggyjune@adelphia.net writes: > Basil Jr. married Margaret > Austin in 1890, and they had your uncle Theodore in 1903. > > Margaret Isabella Austin was the daughter of Elsberry Alexander Austin and > Charity Reams. > I have Theodore date of birth as April 20, 1902. I connect in on the > Austin > side. > > Susan > > > ==== ILJOHNSO Mailing List ==== > Do not send Virus warnings to this list. > "Problems with Johnson Co IL Mail List email Tim Casey" > timcasey1@verizon.net > >

In a message dated 7/30/2006 7:50:31 PM Pacific Standard Time, peggyjune@adelphia.net writes: Basil Jr. married Margaret Austin in 1890, and they had your uncle Theodore in 1903. Margaret Isabella Austin was the daughter of Elsberry Alexander Austin and Charity Reams. I have Theodore date of birth as April 20, 1902. I connect in on the Austin side. Susan

Hello, Louise, Nice to hear from another cuzzin!!! No, your uncle Theodore Roosevelt Gray would not be a brother of Thomas Basil Gray. He is actually a grandnephew, but they are in the same line, and both descend from my ancestor Ivy Reynolds through his daughter, Mary Ann who married Basil Shaw Gray. Basil S. and Mary Ann had a son named Alexander Jones Gray. He married Arista Caldwell, and they had Basil Shaw Jr. in 1868. Arista died young, and Basil Sr. remarried to Izora Oliver. Basil Jr. married Margaret Austin in 1890, and they had your uncle Theodore in 1903. They had several other children as well. Margaret Reynolds Oliver p.s.My married name of Oliver is not connected to the Southern Illinois Olivers ----- Original Message ----- From: "lgerekson" <lgerekson@bresnan.net> To: <ILJOHNSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 7:10 PM Subject: Re: [ILJOHNSO] Waters family (VandaWaters) > Margaret, I've been looking for a book about Johnson Co..... it's > somewhere!! But I wanted to check with you, I had an Uncle Ted Gray.... > he was married to my father's sister, Emma. I think his name was Theodore > Roosevelt Gray.... they didn't have any children, at the end of his > life, > they had an antique shop just west of Vienna.....would he be a brother to > the man you wrote about? > > Just wondered..... thought I'd ask. > Louise Greer Erekson > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peggy Oliver" <peggyjune@adelphia.net> > To: <ILJOHNSO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 12:45 PM > Subject: Re: [ILJOHNSO] Waters family (VandaWaters) > > >> To anyone who may be interested, This Thomas Basil Gray is son of Basil >> Shaw Gray and Mary Ann Reynolds of Johnson County, Illinois. The >> Reynolds >> line is mine, but I don't really have anything on the Grays or > Vandawaters. >> Margaret Reynolds Oliver >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Kathleen Waters" <kwaters5@kc.rr.com> >> To: <ILJOHNSO-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 12:52 PM >> Subject: Re: [ILJOHNSO] Waters family (VandaWaters) >> >> >> > Yes, Julia, as a connection with the Gray family of Missouri. Thomas >> > Basil Gray married Minnie Almina Haden, who was the daughter of Mary >> > Ann >> > VandeWaters and Richard Anderson Haden. >> > I don't have any indication of a connection with Barfield or Jago. >> > Katy Waters >> > 1228 SE 11th St >> > Lees Summit, MO >> > (816) 246-5351 >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "A Barlows J Anderson" <jand-ab@webtv.net> >> > To: <ILJOHNSO-L@rootsweb.com> >> > Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 12:37 AM >> > Subject: Re: [ILJOHNSO] Waters family (VandaWaters) >> > >> > >> >> RE THE WATERS FAMILY. >> >> >> >> WAS THERE A MARRIAGE INTO THE GREY FAMILY OF MONITEAU COUNTY MISSOURI > OR >> >> ANY CONNECTION TO THE BARFIELDS OR JAGO FAMILY OF JOHNSON OR MASSAC >> >> COUNTIES OF ILLINOIS? >> >> >> >> THANKS, >> >> Julia Anderson, >> >> Kansas City >> >> >> >> Please pray for our beloved country and peace >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: cwaters@siu.edu >> >> Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 3:27 PM >> >> To: ILJOHNSO-L@rootsweb.com >> >> Subject: [ILJOHNSO] Waters family (VandaWaters) >> >> >> >> 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/1083 >> >> >> >> Message Board Post: >> >> >> >> I'm trying to get some information on the Waters (Vandawaters) family >> >> that moved to the Vienna/Bloomfield area in the 1850's from Charlotte, >> >> Dickson County, TN. There are still some of the descendents in the > area, >> >> including myself, and I'd like to learn whatever I can about my >> >> ancestors. Thank you. >> >> >> >> >> >> ==== ILJOHNSO Mailing List ==== >> >> Do not send Virus warnings to this list. >> >> "Problems with Johnson Co IL Mail List email Tim Casey" >> >> timcasey1@verizon.net >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ==== ILJOHNSO Mailing List ==== >> >> Johnson Co IL Message Board hosted by Ancestry.com >> >> > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.st > ates.illinois.counties.johnson >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > ==== ILJOHNSO Mailing List ==== >> > Visit the Official Johnson Co IL ILGenWeb Site! >> > http://www.rootsweb.com/~iljohnso/ >> > >> > >> >> >> >> ==== ILJOHNSO Mailing List ==== >> Johnson Co IL Message Board hosted by Ancestry.com >> > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.st > ates.illinois.counties.johnson >> >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.5/403 - Release Date: 7/28/2006 >> >> > > > ==== ILJOHNSO Mailing List ==== > Do not send Virus warnings to this list. > "Problems with Johnson Co IL Mail List email Tim Casey" > timcasey1@verizon.net > >

This email is to let everyone in the Genealogy world that Union Co IL Historical and Genealogy Society has its on website. We have opened in the Historic DuBois Building in Cobden IL It has taken many months to do this. The Society is in need of Donations and new members to get the Research Room ready. There are boxes and boxes of material to be gone thru that has been donated over the years. It is a new beginning for the Union Co IL Historical and Genealogy Society they have their own building. So if you can help in anyway please go to the website and look it over , this is an introduction to technology for the Society. Tim Casey http://www.rootsweb.com/~iluchgs/index.htm

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/403.1 Message Board Post: I am the great grandson of Harriet America Cummins, any more information you have on the cummins, carters would be appreciated..