This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kerley/Wood/Emery/Markham Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/2g.2ADE/178.1.1 Message Board Post: do you have a kerley married 1883 or 85 to a Emery girl? If so do you know what family he was from?

John Adam Kinslow is a collateral line to my WATERS/VANDEWATERS line. I have Susan's middle name as Ann. My records show she married, first, a Smith by whom she had a son Andrew J and, second, to a Larrison and, third, to John Adam Kinslow. Have you been able to trace his maternal grandfather, John VandeWaters, back? Katy Waters ----- Original Message ----- From: <kllusa@sbcglobal.net> To: <ILJOHNSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 11:13 PM Subject: [ILJOHNSO] marriage licence > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Smith > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2g.2ADE/1050 > > Message Board Post: > > looking for a marriage licence for John Adams Kinslow and Susan (A.?) > Smith married in Vienna, Johnson County, Illinois --- 17 April--1862 > and a way to retrieve it. > > Thanx in advance > C. Lane > > > ==== 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: Emery/Wood/Kerley/Markham Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/2g.2ADE/927.1 Message Board Post: I'm looking for the parents/family of a John Wood/Woods that married an Emery girl in Johnson Co. in the 1880's.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2g.2ADE/1052 Message Board Post: Looking for death announcement/article/obituary for Andrew Jackson Smith, husband of Susan Ann (Larison) Smith. Died in 1861 Was supposed to be killed in a battle in Tennessee.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kinslow ,Smith Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2g.2ADE/1050.1 Message Board Post: KINSLOW, JOHN A SMITH, SUSAN A 04/17/1862 Volume 00A Page 0244 JOHNSON County Try this site: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/GenealogyMWeb/marrsrch.html Also try this: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/marrcopy.html

Write to the Johnson County Courthouse. For a fee, they will do a lookup and send you a copy. >From: kllusa@sbcglobal.net >Reply-To: ILJOHNSO-L@rootsweb.com >To: ILJOHNSO-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [ILJOHNSO] Smith-Kinslow marriage licence. >Date: 1 Mar 2006 22:17:48 -0700 > >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Surnames: Smith >Classification: Marriage > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2g.2ADE/1051 > >Message Board Post: > >ooopps---forgot the people of the subject. > >Looking for: > >Marriage licence for Susan A Smith and John Adams Kinslow married 17 April >1862 at Vienna, Johnson county, Illinois. Also, way to retrieve it. > >thanx in advance > >C. Lane > > >==== 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: Smith Classification: Marriage Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2g.2ADE/1051 Message Board Post: ooopps---forgot the people of the subject. Looking for: Marriage licence for Susan A Smith and John Adams Kinslow married 17 April 1862 at Vienna, Johnson county, Illinois. Also, way to retrieve it. thanx in advance C. Lane

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2g.2ADE/1050 Message Board Post: looking for a marriage licence for John Adams Kinslow and Susan (A.?) Smith married in Vienna, Johnson County, Illinois --- 17 April--1862 and a way to retrieve it. Thanx in advance C. Lane

Above is a link to IDOT(IL Dept of Transportation),where you can purchase a county highway map. Kevin Kelly,St Louis,researching Pearce,in/around Buncombe

Thank you so much, Louise. I appreciate your time and trouble. Happily, Harlene Soper Brown ----- Original Message ----- From: "Louise Erekson" <lgerekson@bresnan.net> To: <ILJOHNSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 7:02 AM Subject: Re: [ILJOHNSO] Elvira Twp. Map? > I'll send it by tomorrow.... hope it's what you can use..... Louise

I'll send it by tomorrow.... hope it's what you can use..... Louise ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim & Harlene Brown" <jrbrown@pacifier.com> To: <ILJOHNSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 10:30 PM Subject: Re: [ILJOHNSO] Elvira Twp. Map? > Thanks for responding, Louise. No, I don't have the cemetery book. Will > you be able to scan it and send it via email? > > I certainly appreciate your time and trouble. > > God Bless, > Harlene Soper Brown > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Louise Erekson" <lgerekson@bresnan.net> > To: <ILJOHNSO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 8:36 PM > Subject: Re: [ILJOHNSO] Elvira Twp. Map? > > > > Maybe this isn't detailed enough, but there is a map of Elvira Twp. in the > > Elvira Twp. Cemetery Book of Johnson Co. There are books about > > cemeteries > > in all the Twp. in Johnson Co. IL > > > > If you don't have this, let me know and I will gladly copy it and send it > > to > > you. > > Louise > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jim & Harlene Brown" <jrbrown@pacifier.com> > > To: <ILJOHNSO-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 7:02 PM > > Subject: [ILJOHNSO] Elvira Twp. Map? > > > > > >> Does anyone have access to a map of Elvira Twp.? My Dad was born there > >> in > > 1918 and I'd like to include it in his scrapbook. > >> > >> Thanks so much, > >> Harlene Soper Brown > >> > >> > >> ==== 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 > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> No virus found in this incoming message. > >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. > >> Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.1.1/271 - Release Date: 2/28/06 > >> > >> > > > > > > ==== 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 > > > > > > > > ==== 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: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.1.1/271 - Release Date: 2/28/06 > >

Maybe this isn't detailed enough, but there is a map of Elvira Twp. in the Elvira Twp. Cemetery Book of Johnson Co. There are books about cemeteries in all the Twp. in Johnson Co. IL If you don't have this, let me know and I will gladly copy it and send it to you. Louise ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim & Harlene Brown" <jrbrown@pacifier.com> To: <ILJOHNSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 7:02 PM Subject: [ILJOHNSO] Elvira Twp. Map? > Does anyone have access to a map of Elvira Twp.? My Dad was born there in 1918 and I'd like to include it in his scrapbook. > > Thanks so much, > Harlene Soper Brown > > > ==== 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 > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.1.1/271 - Release Date: 2/28/06 > >

Thanks for responding, Louise. No, I don't have the cemetery book. Will you be able to scan it and send it via email? I certainly appreciate your time and trouble. God Bless, Harlene Soper Brown ----- Original Message ----- From: "Louise Erekson" <lgerekson@bresnan.net> To: <ILJOHNSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 8:36 PM Subject: Re: [ILJOHNSO] Elvira Twp. Map? > Maybe this isn't detailed enough, but there is a map of Elvira Twp. in the > Elvira Twp. Cemetery Book of Johnson Co. There are books about > cemeteries > in all the Twp. in Johnson Co. IL > > If you don't have this, let me know and I will gladly copy it and send it > to > you. > Louise > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim & Harlene Brown" <jrbrown@pacifier.com> > To: <ILJOHNSO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 7:02 PM > Subject: [ILJOHNSO] Elvira Twp. Map? > > >> Does anyone have access to a map of Elvira Twp.? My Dad was born there >> in > 1918 and I'd like to include it in his scrapbook. >> >> Thanks so much, >> Harlene Soper Brown >> >> >> ==== 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 >> >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.1.1/271 - Release Date: 2/28/06 >> >> > > > ==== 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 > >

Does anyone have access to a map of Elvira Twp.? My Dad was born there in 1918 and I'd like to include it in his scrapbook. Thanks so much, Harlene Soper Brown

Little Egypt Heritage Articles Stories of Southern Illinois © Bill Oliver 26 February 2006 Vol 5 Issue: #08 ISBN: pending Osiyo, Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen of Little Egypt, I’ve been reading newspapers again. Old/er ones; fifty or more years old. A fad among young ladies [teens] of the late 19th century was the making of a “Cosy Corner”. It had a “corner” shelf in a corner of the young lady’s room with a box or trunk placed underneath it. The box served at least two purposes; one to serve as a clothes chest and the other to serve as a seat. The owner would upholster it in some bright material, such as silkaline. Silkaline is a soft cotton fabric with a smooth lustrous finish making it look like the finish of silk. A number of sofa cushions would be placed on the “seat”. The shelf above it would also be draped with fabric, probably silkaline also, and would display photographs. Hanging on the walls either side of the shelf would be hand made passe partout pictures. Passe par-tout is a border or mat used to frame or mount a picture or the gummed paper used for that purpose. These were usually pictures carefully cut out of magazines mounted behind glass and bordered with the passe partout which made rather a neat frame. Grandma Oliver mentioned these, but told that there was no privacy in her home with so many girls. She did say though that they had their “scrap book of life”. These were also hand made from sheets of paper of some type. Grams said they were “Cradle to Grave Books”, depicting phases of the life of the young ladies. They would pour through magazines to find just the right picture to illustrate each event. When visiting each other these scrap books would be brought out and talked about. Letting one’s imagination play over this, they must have been quite the social item. In small towns and outskirts of larger cities, streets were not paved. In any wind there would be dust blown forward and back again. Two horse dray teams would pull street sprinklers wetting down the streets to keep the dust down. My Nebraska kin, living near the border of Kansas, would remark about a south dust blowing wind, “Just another Kansas dust storm.” When the wind would shift from the north, they’d say, “It’s blowing Kansas back home.” Stories of dust storms in Nebraska rivaled stories of the blizzards. Further reading stirred memories. Did you ever sit and listen to the sound of the dam somewhere in your town on a moonlit night? Have you heard the whistle of a train coming through town? How about the toll of church bells on a Sunday morning? Did they fire a cannon on the fourth of July? Can you hear the cooing of doves around the courthouse? One of my favorite sounds was that made by the hammer on an anvil – that double tap, then a pause while you waited for the sound of the hammer making a heavy blow. It was just as rhythmic as the organ music floating out of a church window. Then there is the chirp of the cricket on the still summer’s eve. The croak of frogs after a heavy rain. Uncle Tim had a “bob” sled. In the winter he would hitch up a pair of Belgiums, fill the sled with straw for warmth [plus, a few of Auntie Em’s quilts] and all the youngsters, and take them for rides. Gliding over the snow on moonlit nights we would sing and tell stories and laugh, with sleigh bells singing out the rhythm of the horses’ gait. The old hand drawn hose cart you might have seen in some museum is really quite crude when thinking of what we use today. It had two large high wheels and carried a huge reel of hose. A lug attached to one wheel would ring a bell each time the wheel turned round – the signal for its right of passage – signaling for pedestrians and horse drawn vehicles to clear the way. The cart was moved along by six or more firemen pulling on ropes attached to each side of a tongue. The pullers had to be “fleet of foot” and keep the lines taut or the cart would run right over them from those pushing from the rear. Every hear of a “Merry Widow” hat? It came into being, according to a note in one newspaper, with the popularity of the “Merry Widow Waltz”. It was an extremely large cart wheel hat made of straw and had yards of veiling draped over it in beekeeper’s fashion. Can you imagine the difficulty in keeping “your hat on” in Nebraska winds, or the manuvering skill it took to pass through a narrow doorway? The hobbled skirts made of heavy floor length material were so narrow at the bottom [hobbled] that it was nigh to impossible to walk easily. Can you imagine that young ladies would need to be lifted on and off street cars because they couldn’t “step” up or down? You have heard of the “shot heard ‘round the world”. Have you heard about the shot fired by General George Washington which began one of the most brilliant maneuvers in military history? Well, the big gun was loaded and primed and as the gunner stepped back, George Washington, who had been waiting, holding a smouldering fuse, now put it to the touch-hole, firing the first round into an enemy’s headquarters at Yorktown. General Washington had left Layfayete to hold Cornwallis on the peninsula of York at all costs. The gesture was made toward New York which completely deceived Clinton. Before the Briton discovered the ruse, Washington was well on his way to the south. He broke up a base of operations, left the vicinity of a overwhelming force, and entered a new field of operations, more than four hundred miles away. In so doing and engaging in the single enterprise of Yorktown he performed so well that once he touched off the opening cannon round, the surrender of Yorktown was only a few days away. Of course, the French fleet miraculously arrived on time also. The English language and editors; the editor sits at a desk six of the seven days of a week, fifty-two weeks of the year and “edits”. Here taken from old newspapers are some things that needed editing. “Mrs. Jones of Cactus Creek, let a can-opener slip last week and cut herself in the pantry.” “A mischievous lad of Plketown threw a stone and struck Mr. Pike in the alley last Thursday.” John Doe climbed on the roof of his house last week and fell, striking himself on the back porch.” “ While Harold Green was escorting Miss Violet Wise from the church social Saturday night, a savage dog attacked them and bit Mr. Green several times on the public square.” “Isaiah Trimmer, of Running Creek was playing with a cat Friday and it scratched him on the veranda.” “Mr. Fong, while harnessing a broncho last Saturday, was kicked just south of the corn-crib”. Did you know that Frank James, brother of Jesse James, died of Apoplexy on his farm in Missouri? Things haven’t changed much. From the Glenwood, Minnesota Herald, ca 1925: The motor cars are now all so well constructed in every way that they are practically fool proof. That means that all nuts are properly placed and properly tightened. That should do away with accidents entirely except that no one has learned how to keep the nut back of the steering wheel from getting tight. And, the final word is that man comes into his world without his consent and leaves it against his will. 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. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2g.2ADE/1049 Message Board Post: sorry they don't sound like my family but may be

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/984.3 Message Board Post: I forgot to add, I would LOVE to have transcriptions of the letters you refer too. Thanks again Mara

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/984.2 Message Board Post: Hi Karen Do you have a copy of James (Sen.) will? If you do would you post a copy or a transcript of what it says? Thanks so much! Mara

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Arkansas Jones--Hood, Pierce Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2g.2ADE/984.1 Message Board Post: If Dr Daniel M. Jones is related to your Jones, the Arkansas County was Phillips---he married in that county, lived in Alexander Co in 1850, was in Union Co in 1860 and 1870-- I've been unable to find anything on his ancestors ---and hope your information will help---Maureen Butler

Jim & Harlene Brown wrote: > Hello Sharon, > Both my Dad, Harlen B. SOPER and his brother, Roy A. SOPER, served in > WWII. Yet I have trouble finding them listed online. Dad was in the > Army and Uncle Roy in the Navy. > I'd certainly appreciate your checking your book for me. > > Thanks so much for your time and trouble. > > Happily, > Harlene Soper Brown > > > ==== 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 > > > There is no picture here but I will look through group pictures and honor roll as soon as I can. I have seen you post before on this name. Do you have any of their papers? Sharon