Thanks, Harlene. -----Original Message----- From: Jim & Harlene Brown [mailto:jrbrown@pacifier.com] Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 10:20 PM To: ILJOHNSO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ILJOHNSO] Re: Another obit lookup request - McCALL Good Morning Jim... Below is the info I have on my Great-Aunt Carrie Soper McCall's husband's family. It doesn't look like we tie in, but just in case.... Best Wishes, Harlene Descendants of Robert Marion McCall 1 Robert Marion McCall b: Sep 01, 1847 in Tippah County, Mississippi d: 1927 in Johnson County, Illinois . +Sophia Josephine Glassford b: Jun 1849 in Illinois m: Dec 25, 1868 in Vienna (Johnson) Illinois d: Aft. 1893 in Probably Johnson County, Illinois .... 2 Samuel Rutledge McCall b: Oct 1869 in Illinois d: 1904 ........ +Martha J. Ragsdale b: Mar 05, 1870 in Madisonville (Monroe) Tennessee m: Nov 07, 1893 in Johnson County, Illinois d: Jul 06, 1961 in Vienna (Johnson) Illinois .......... 3 Oliver Kenneth McCall b: Aug 21, 1894 in Vienna (Johnson) Illinois d: Jun 02, 1976 in Vienna (Johnson) Illinois .............. +Carrie Elizabeth Soper b: Dec 29, 1899 in Ashley (Washington) Illinois m: Aft. Jun 05, 1917 in Johnson County, Illinois d: Feb 13, 2000 in 11:30 PM at Lourdes Hospital, Paducah, Kentucky ................. 4 Oliver Louis McCall b: Abt. 1921 in Illinois .................... +Laverne Wife Of Lewis McCall ................. 4 James 'Donald' McCall b: Abt. Sep 1925 in Illinois .................... +Lillian Wife Of James McCall ................. 4 Charles 'Byron' McCall b: Abt. Feb 1929 in Illinois .................... +Alice Wife Of Byron McCall ................. 4 Robert McCall b: Aft. 1930 in Illinois ==== 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 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/1029.2 Message Board Post: John May b. 1825 d. March 22, 1900 married Feb. 1, 1887 to Anna Matilda Hines b. July 24, 1824 d. Oct. 28, 1926. Could Anna Matilda be your Milda May? June

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Harlene, I've been trying to find information on the McCall family for some time now. According to details given by my great grandfather, my GGG Grandfather, William R. Hardison (1832-1917), is the son of James Hardison (1815-??)and Elizabeth McCall (??-??). I've never been able to find a record of James & Elizabeth's marriage, but did find a marriage for James and Catherune McCall 30 Nov 1837 in Marshall Co., TN. That's all the farther I can get. The McCall's supposedly came from TN, while the Hardison's definitely came from NC, stopping in TN for a time and then moving on to Johnson county. Does any of this tie into your McCall research? I'm looking for any clues I can get at this point. Thanks, Jim Remy -----Original Message----- From: Jim & Harlene Brown [mailto:jrbrown@pacifier.com] Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 1:47 AM To: ILJOHNSO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ILJOHNSO] Re: Another obit lookup request - McCALL Do you need his biography from, "The Biographical Review of Johnson, Massac, Pope & Hardin Counties, Illinois"? I have it in my file, as I had thought he was perhaps connected to my Great-Aunt Carrie Soper McCall's family. Happily, Harlene Soper Brown jrbrown@pacifier.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <bmylady@hotmail.com> To: <ILJOHNSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2006 8:32 AM Subject: [ILJOHNSO] Re: Another obit lookup request - McCALL > 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/640.3.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Would you have the obit for Robert Marion McCall and his wife Josephine. > > than 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 ==== Do not send Virus warnings to this list. "Problems with Johnson Co IL Mail List email Tim Casey" timcasey1@verizon.net

Some mixup. I do not have any relatives named McCall. I am looking for Henry PARTAIN, Samuel PARTAIN, James Ja ckson HARRISON, Virgil CORNELL. Jim & Harlene Brown <jrbrown@pacifier.com> wrote: Good Morning Jim... Below is the info I have on my Great-Aunt Carrie Soper McCall's husband's family. It doesn't look like we tie in, but just in case.... Best Wishes, Harlene Descendants of Robert Marion McCall 1 Robert Marion McCall b: Sep 01, 1847 in Tippah County, Mississippi d: 1927 in Johnson County, Illinois . +Sophia Josephine Glassford b: Jun 1849 in Illinois m: Dec 25, 1868 in Vienna (Johnson) Illinois d: Aft. 1893 in Probably Johnson County, Illinois .... 2 Samuel Rutledge McCall b: Oct 1869 in Illinois d: 1904 ........ +Martha J. Ragsdale b: Mar 05, 1870 in Madisonville (Monroe) Tennessee m: Nov 07, 1893 in Johnson County, Illinois d: Jul 06, 1961 in Vienna (Johnson) Illinois .......... 3 Oliver Kenneth McCall b: Aug 21, 1894 in Vienna (Johnson) Illinois d: Jun 02, 1976 in Vienna (Johnson) Illinois .............. +Carrie Elizabeth Soper b: Dec 29, 1899 in Ashley (Washington) Illinois m: Aft. Jun 05, 1917 in Johnson County, Illinois d: Feb 13, 2000 in 11:30 PM at Lourdes Hospital, Paducah, Kentucky ................. 4 Oliver Louis McCall b: Abt. 1921 in Illinois .................... +Laverne Wife Of Lewis McCall ................. 4 James 'Donald' McCall b: Abt. Sep 1925 in Illinois .................... +Lillian Wife Of James McCall ................. 4 Charles 'Byron' McCall b: Abt. Feb 1929 in Illinois .................... +Alice Wife Of Byron McCall ................. 4 Robert McCall b: Aft. 1930 in Illinois ==== ILJOHNSO Mailing List ==== Do not send Virus warnings to this list. "Problems with Johnson Co IL Mail List email Tim Casey" timcasey1@verizon.net

Some mixup. I am not looking for McCall family tree. I am looking for HENRY CORNELL, James Jackson HARRISON, Samuel PARTAIN. genybug Louise Erekson <lgerekson@bresnan.net> wrote: Jim, in the Henry County, TN history book... [I tried indexing it once, didn't finish!, but there is an article about the McCall name] It starts out; 'The early descedants of the NcCall strain came from North Carolina and Virginia settling in what is known as Oak Hill and Johnson Chapel communities. Among the first to settle in Henry County was Albert G. McCall. He was the son of Capt. William McCall and it is known that Capt. McCall fought with Andrew Jackson in the battle of New Orleans......' There is about 3/4th of a page about the McCalls but seems to be mostly about William and his descendants.... If you think it would help, let me know and I can copy it. Some of my ancestors who were in Henry Co., TN moved to Johnson Co., IL (Humphreys, Paschall, Tuggle etc.) Louise ----- Original Message ----- From: "Remy James-cjr020" To: Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 2:33 AM Subject: RE: [ILJOHNSO] Re: Another obit lookup request - McCALL > Harlene, > > I've been trying to find information on the McCall family for some time > now. According to details given by my great grandfather, my GGG > Grandfather, William R. Hardison (1832-1917), is the son of James > Hardison (1815-??)and Elizabeth McCall (??-??). I've never been able to > find a record of James & Elizabeth's marriage, but did find a marriage > for James and Catherune McCall 30 Nov 1837 in Marshall Co., TN. That's > all the farther I can get. The McCall's supposedly came from TN, while > the Hardison's definitely came from NC, stopping in TN for a time and > then moving on to Johnson county. > > Does any of this tie into your McCall research? I'm looking for any > clues I can get at this point. > > Thanks, > Jim Remy > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim & Harlene Brown [mailto:jrbrown@pacifier.com] > Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 1:47 AM > To: ILJOHNSO-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ILJOHNSO] Re: Another obit lookup request - McCALL > > Do you need his biography from, "The Biographical Review of Johnson, > Massac, Pope & Hardin Counties, Illinois"? I have it in my file, as I > had thought he was perhaps connected to my Great-Aunt Carrie Soper > McCall's family. > > Happily, > Harlene Soper Brown > jrbrown@pacifier.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2006 8:32 AM > Subject: [ILJOHNSO] Re: Another obit lookup request - McCALL > > > > 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/640.3.1 > > > > Message Board Post: > > > > Would you have the obit for Robert Marion McCall and his wife > Josephine. > > > > than 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 ==== > Do not send Virus warnings to this list. > "Problems with Johnson Co IL Mail List email Tim Casey" > timcasey1@verizon.net > > > > ==== ILJOHNSO Mailing List ==== > Visit the Official Johnson Co IL ILGenWeb Site! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~iljohnso/ > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.2.5/284 - Release Date: 3/17/06 > > ==== 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

Jim, in the Henry County, TN history book... [I tried indexing it once, didn't finish!, but there is an article about the McCall name] It starts out; 'The early descedants of the NcCall strain came from North Carolina and Virginia settling in what is known as Oak Hill and Johnson Chapel communities. Among the first to settle in Henry County was Albert G. McCall. He was the son of Capt. William McCall and it is known that Capt. McCall fought with Andrew Jackson in the battle of New Orleans......' There is about 3/4th of a page about the McCalls but seems to be mostly about William and his descendants.... If you think it would help, let me know and I can copy it. Some of my ancestors who were in Henry Co., TN moved to Johnson Co., IL (Humphreys, Paschall, Tuggle etc.) Louise ----- Original Message ----- From: "Remy James-cjr020" <James.Remy@motorola.com> To: <ILJOHNSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 2:33 AM Subject: RE: [ILJOHNSO] Re: Another obit lookup request - McCALL > Harlene, > > I've been trying to find information on the McCall family for some time > now. According to details given by my great grandfather, my GGG > Grandfather, William R. Hardison (1832-1917), is the son of James > Hardison (1815-??)and Elizabeth McCall (??-??). I've never been able to > find a record of James & Elizabeth's marriage, but did find a marriage > for James and Catherune McCall 30 Nov 1837 in Marshall Co., TN. That's > all the farther I can get. The McCall's supposedly came from TN, while > the Hardison's definitely came from NC, stopping in TN for a time and > then moving on to Johnson county. > > Does any of this tie into your McCall research? I'm looking for any > clues I can get at this point. > > Thanks, > Jim Remy > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim & Harlene Brown [mailto:jrbrown@pacifier.com] > Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 1:47 AM > To: ILJOHNSO-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ILJOHNSO] Re: Another obit lookup request - McCALL > > Do you need his biography from, "The Biographical Review of Johnson, > Massac, Pope & Hardin Counties, Illinois"? I have it in my file, as I > had thought he was perhaps connected to my Great-Aunt Carrie Soper > McCall's family. > > Happily, > Harlene Soper Brown > jrbrown@pacifier.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <bmylady@hotmail.com> > To: <ILJOHNSO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2006 8:32 AM > Subject: [ILJOHNSO] Re: Another obit lookup request - McCALL > > > > 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/640.3.1 > > > > Message Board Post: > > > > Would you have the obit for Robert Marion McCall and his wife > Josephine. > > > > than 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 ==== > Do not send Virus warnings to this list. > "Problems with Johnson Co IL Mail List email Tim Casey" > timcasey1@verizon.net > > > > ==== ILJOHNSO Mailing List ==== > Visit the Official Johnson Co IL ILGenWeb Site! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~iljohnso/ > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.2.5/284 - Release Date: 3/17/06 > >

Good Morning Jim... Below is the info I have on my Great-Aunt Carrie Soper McCall's husband's family. It doesn't look like we tie in, but just in case.... Best Wishes, Harlene Descendants of Robert Marion McCall 1 Robert Marion McCall b: Sep 01, 1847 in Tippah County, Mississippi d: 1927 in Johnson County, Illinois . +Sophia Josephine Glassford b: Jun 1849 in Illinois m: Dec 25, 1868 in Vienna (Johnson) Illinois d: Aft. 1893 in Probably Johnson County, Illinois .... 2 Samuel Rutledge McCall b: Oct 1869 in Illinois d: 1904 ........ +Martha J. Ragsdale b: Mar 05, 1870 in Madisonville (Monroe) Tennessee m: Nov 07, 1893 in Johnson County, Illinois d: Jul 06, 1961 in Vienna (Johnson) Illinois .......... 3 Oliver Kenneth McCall b: Aug 21, 1894 in Vienna (Johnson) Illinois d: Jun 02, 1976 in Vienna (Johnson) Illinois .............. +Carrie Elizabeth Soper b: Dec 29, 1899 in Ashley (Washington) Illinois m: Aft. Jun 05, 1917 in Johnson County, Illinois d: Feb 13, 2000 in 11:30 PM at Lourdes Hospital, Paducah, Kentucky ................. 4 Oliver Louis McCall b: Abt. 1921 in Illinois .................... +Laverne Wife Of Lewis McCall ................. 4 James 'Donald' McCall b: Abt. Sep 1925 in Illinois .................... +Lillian Wife Of James McCall ................. 4 Charles 'Byron' McCall b: Abt. Feb 1929 in Illinois .................... +Alice Wife Of Byron McCall ................. 4 Robert McCall b: Aft. 1930 in Illinois

I have updated the Johnson Co IL site it has new material on the Carnegie Library some photos taken inside by me in 2002 or before. A old photo of the Library when it was just built. A picture of the Librarian Margaret Mathis. Surname page has not been updated since 2004 so if you are not on the surname list or have not informed me of a new email address for you please send this to me. Use POST JCI SURNAME or JCI NEW EMAIL address. PHOTO PAGE has not been updated but I do have a couple sent to me by Harlene Soper Brown , I will have those up this week. JOHNSON CO IL TOWNS AND VILLAGES what I have had since I started JCI webpage if you have any info on those that do not have links send them. POST TOWN VILLAGES JOHNSON CO IL HISTORIES , Mr. Kerley's paper on Simpson IL. I do have something I am scanning to add to this. Has something to do with Ozark IL. JOHNSON CO IL CEMETERY'S need more uncopywrited walk thru's if possible. JOHNSON CO IL SOLDIERS I have the World I link up and running I have one soldier Elbert Edmund Escue with a group photo, Do you have a WWI veteran lets add him to the page he does not have to be in uniform nor do I need a photo a write up is all you have send it. World War II , I have Clyde Wrex Simmons, Roy Allen Soper, Harlen Browning Soper , I have scanned a large book that has photos of Johnson Co IL WWI and WWII vets in it, I will have it on the website. Ann Laird of Metropolis gave me the book to scann. I am looking for Civil War soldiers and this site will be up soon more time as I have found more veterans. I have went thru many of my old files I am deleting doubles and triples of saved Johnson Co IL material. Organization is non existant and procrastination is another problem. To many things to do and not finishing up. Now is the time for you to submit material that you want on the site. EMAIL TIM CASEY at timcasey5@verizon.net not the MAIL LIST send it to timcasey5@verizon.net . Happy researching folks if you sent something in the past and it is not on the site please resend. I will try to do a better job the second time. Tim Casey

A quick search of the 1900 census shows: p. 21B, Goreville, Johnson Co., IL 393/395 DUNN, Mary Head Feb 1866, 34 Wd 7/6 IL NC AL Elmer E., son, June 1886, 13 IL ? , son, Nov 1887, 12, IL Anna, June 1890, 10, IL Sarah, May 1891, 9, IL Ina, ? 1892, 8, IL Lula, May 1893, IL 394/396 DUNN, Sarah, head, Feb. 1843, 57 Wd, 0/0 Haden, Jim, Nephew, July 1877, 22, m6 Neva, Servant, June 1877, 22, m6, 2/2 Flossie, Boarder, Oct. 1895, 4 Infant, Boarder, Apr. 1900 Looks like the right family with the info you provided. Donnell

I've hunted family history for years, at one time, I thought my William Greer was married to Mary Ann Hooker. They were married in Wilson Co., Tn in 1815. I had found information that Ira Greer [ a son of William Greer] was born in Wilson Co., TN.... I wrote to the County Clerk, they sent me a marriage record of William Greer and Mary (Polly) Hooker in 1815..... SO for years I hunted Hooker family history. A few years ago, I found the County Clerk had sent me the wrong marriage record, it was for William GreeN and Mary Ann Hooker.... They sent me the correct record, William Greer and Mary PICKERELL.... I have several records from the County Clerk in Johnson County about the Hooker family from there. Also, I have two books about the Hooker family. "Benjamin and "Ann Frizelle Hooker" by Malcomb D. Hooker 1976 with 1977 supplements.... the other says it has 1977-1978-1979 supplements My Greers moved from Wilson Co., TN to Gallatin, Johnson and Union Counties in IL... they were there by 1840.... We find the Pickerell family also moved to southern IL... Anyone interested in this information about the Hooker family, contact me at lgerekson@bresnan.net I'll gladly share or give this to you... Louise Greer Erekson

Do you need his biography from, "The Biographical Review of Johnson, Massac, Pope & Hardin Counties, Illinois"? I have it in my file, as I had thought he was perhaps connected to my Great-Aunt Carrie Soper McCall's family. Happily, Harlene Soper Brown jrbrown@pacifier.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <bmylady@hotmail.com> To: <ILJOHNSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2006 8:32 AM Subject: [ILJOHNSO] Re: Another obit lookup request - McCALL > 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/640.3.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Would you have the obit for Robert Marion McCall and his wife Josephine. > > than 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 > >

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/640.3.1 Message Board Post: Would you have the obit for Robert Marion McCall and his wife Josephine. than you

Little Egypt Heritage Articles Stories of Southern Illinois © Bill Oliver 17 March 2006 Vol 5 Issue: #11 ISBN: pending Osiyo, Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen of Little Egypt, Today is St Patrick’s Day which is quite widely celebrated. You have heard of “Luck of the Irish”. I don’t know if a four leaf Shamrock is rarer than a four leaf clover. So, our smallest granddaughter has given her Grandmother a planting kit of Shamrock seeds with full instructions for her Birthday which is St Patty’s Day. Today’s article is a couple of days early because my internet access will be very limited for the next three days and I wish this to be posted earlier than later. Due to the fact that this is St Patty’s Day and luck is such a part of the mythology of the Irish I thought I would write about one of the symbols we hold as a “lucky” item – the horseshoe. Horseshoes have been around a long, long time. We’ll get around to the history of them in a moment or two. First, horseshoe pitching is a universal sport and it too has been around a long time. It is enjoy with varying degrees of intensity by us commoners and those with higher social or economic status. Take for instance, the George Bush Presidential Library holds a picture of President George H W Bush engaged with his son, Marvin, in one of his favorite activities – horseshoe pitching [dated 16 April 1989]. He had a horseshoe pit added to the White House complex. Johnny Carson once again demonstrated his “iron nerves” in April 1968 a horseshoe pitcher nicknamed “The Kid” on the Tonight Show. He placed his chin on a horseshoe “stake” while the “Kid” demonstrated his skill at tossing “ringers”. There are other horseshoes – natural ones – much more spectacular than the ones we manufacture, such as, Horseshoe Falls at Niagara Falls and Horseshoe Bend on the Colorado River. Then there is the Horseshoe Sandwich. Northwest Ohio had it Moronburger and the Panhandle of Nebraska has a similar delicacy, but the Horseshoe Sandwich is the product of Springfield and central Illinois. The Leland Hotel there claims to have invented it and is served in most restaurants around there. The traditional horseshoe sandwich is open-faced. It takes two slices of Texas toast. Of course, you know that Texas toast is thick sliced bread and lightly toasted. I’m told that some restaurants will substitute English muffins for the toast – but only begrudgingly. To continue with the makings – two hamburger patties cooked to preference, usually medium. A mound of French Fries goes with it – those real skinny kind. All this is topped with cheese sauce – Welsh rarebit if it is a “kosher”. The garnish is Paprika. The modern American eater tries turkey, chicken, ham, Italian sausage as substitutes. I guess that even shrimp, crawfish, egg or tomato have been tried as well. Those who think all this is too much, can order a smaller version called a “ponyshoe”. Now if you ex-service people think that this sounds a lot like a very similar dish made of chipped beef on toast [S.O.S.]– you might have good memories! Not so long ago, archeologists, near Wiltshire, unearthed on a Roman road some medieval artifacts. Among them were three iron horseshoes. Now the Romans didn’t have horseshoes. The conclusion then was that they were used in medieval times. During the second century, before the Christian Era [BC], iron plates and rings were nailed to horses’ hoofs in Western Asia and Eastern Europe. Sculpture and drawings that date from the second millennium BC show men and women on horseback. The saddle, stirrup and collar, probably originated in the Asian steppes. Early Asian horsemen used “booties” made from leather. During the first century A.D., the Romans made leather and metal shoes called “hipposandals”. Somewhere in the sixth or seventh century A.D, European horsemen began the practice of nailing metal shoes to horses’ hooves. One of the Olympian Games of Greece included the discuss throw. The discuss was similar to the modern quoit, though not in size nor weight. It was a circular plate, ten to twelve inches across. A strap or thong was passed through a hole in the middle. The strap was released by the player as he swung it so as to gain the greatest possible distance. One tradition holds that those who could not afford the discuss would take discarded horseshoes and throw them at a stake. Thus, horseshoe pitching comes from the game of quoits and quoits is a modification of the Grecian discus throwing. England’s Duke of Wellington claimed that the Revolutionary War was won by “pitchers of horse hardware”. I’m not at all sure about this because I haven’t found evidence before the Civil War where Union soldiers threw mule shoes at stakes. I did find a statement though that asserted that the game of quiots was played during the Revolutionary War. Still returning soldiers brought the game back with them from war. From this though, folks, including my Uncle Phillip, had backyards laid out pitching courts in their backyards and every public park I can remember as a youth had courts. Horseshoe pitching has grown into a world wide sport with international tournaments. During the 1930s the game of horseshoe pitching became so popular in Kentucky that “every” backyard reportedly had a horseshoe court and it was played everywhere. Some say this popularity was due to the cash prizes for winners. During the summer 0f 1930 a horseshoe tournament attracted 52 competitors. On the first day there were more than 500 spectators in Burlington to witness the “derby” which lasted over several weeks. By the finals, more than 1,000 people packed the special built stands to watch Lloyd Cleveland Weaver win the derby and claim the cash prize and a silver horseshoe trophy. Though still popular, horseshoe pitching has now been overshadowed by another northern Kentucky game called “cornhole”. 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) and Wado, Bill -=- PostScript: Other sites worth visiting: http://www.deannedurrett.com/codetalkers.html 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: DUNN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2g.2ADE/1055 Message Board Post: I am seeking the names of the parents of siblings Annie S. DUNN (b. 12 Jan 1889), Sarah Jane DUNN (b. May 1890), and Lula M. DUNN (b. ca. 1894). I have reason to believe that they were born in Johnson County. Can anyone help?

Does anyone know who this David Mathis is? He married Sarah A. McGinnis on Dec. 26, 1876. I haven't been able to find them in the 1880 Census. Thanks so much! Harlene

That's up to you Harlene it is no problem for me , more sites more info that you can get out there more chances of finding family members, brickwalls. Each site has its own themes etc. . Tim Casey timcasey1@verizon.net Jim & Harlene Brown <jrbrown@pacifier.com> wrote: First... Tim, it did have your old email address. Second... Would it be ok to post pictures on BOTH the GenWeb site (Tim's) and the Illinois Trails site? It seems to me that the best thing would be to let the greatest number of people benefit from research and pictures. Sort of like posting your Gedcom's on Rootsweb and the LDS site, etc. Thanks everybody for your input. Happily, Harlene ==== ILJOHNSO Mailing List ==== Do not send Virus warnings to this list. "Problems with Johnson Co IL Mail List email Tim Casey" timcasey1@verizon.net

First... Tim, it did have your old email address. Second... Would it be ok to post pictures on BOTH the GenWeb site (Tim's) and the Illinois Trails site? It seems to me that the best thing would be to let the greatest number of people benefit from research and pictures. Sort of like posting your Gedcom's on Rootsweb and the LDS site, etc. Thanks everybody for your input. Happily, Harlene

I would second the suggestion to send it to the Illinois trails site. They are much better about trying to keep their counties current. They are also a pleasure to work with. Donnell Wisniewski

I have been sending my stuff to Brenda at www.iltrails.org it will forward you to there new genealogy site. She has been real good about getting things posted on the site. It seems that the usgenweb site has not been updated for a while. Lisa -----Original Message----- From: Jim & Harlene Brown [mailto:jrbrown@pacifier.com] Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 4:37 PM To: ILJOHNSO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ILJOHNSO] Pictures I have some vintage pictures I'd like to have posted on the Johnson Co. website. I'm confused, though. It seems there are at least three different sites for Johnson Co. and only one is current. The addresses on the two sites...one for Tim and one for Rick come back as invalid. Suggestions, please. What site or sites do you all use for Johnson County, research? I don't want to step on any toes. My Best, Harlene ==== 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