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    1. JOHNSON COUNTY FAMILIES
    2. HI MARA, MY THIRD COUSIN, JOAN ROSE, HAS MOVED FROM BLOOMINGTON, IN, TO CENTRALIA, IL -- P.O. BOX 666 CENTRALIA, IL 62801. THE GORE CEMETERY ON THE OLD TOMMY GORE PROPERTY, IS MORE THAN LIKELY THE OLD BRIDGES CEMETERY, OF ELVIRA TWP, SECTION 32, ON THE OLD TOMMY ISOM PROPERTY, SINCE JOHN BRIDGES JUNIOR'S WIFE, ELEANOR GORE BRIDGES, WAS A SISTER AND NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR TO JOAN ROSE'S SARAH GORE ELKINS. JOHNSON COUNTY LAND RECORDS WOULD AND WILL CONFIRM THIS. ALSO FOR REFERENCE SAKE, THE MR. DEANS WHO GOT MARRIED IN 1877, MARRIED NANCY BUFORD, NOT BEDFORD. NANCY BUFORD WAS A DAUGHTER OF ABRAM BUFORD AND KATHERINE BARTON BUFORD, OF OLD CONCORD CHURCH, AND NANCY'S OLDEST SISTER WAS ELIZABETH BUFORD CARTER, GRANDMOTHER OF MRS. EULADENE NIBLOCK, FORMERLY OF CYPRESS, IL, AND NOW OF CHESTER, ILLINOIS. WOULD YOU MIND GOING BACK AND COPYING THE PAGE FOR EVERYONE OF JOHN BRIDGES SENIOR'S BIOGRAPHY FROM THE JAN 1975 OUTDOOR ILLINOIS MAGAZINE ON JOHNSON COUNTY ILLINOIS? THERE ARE A LOT OF DESCENDANTS OF JOHN BRIDGES SENIOR, (1773-26 AUG 1842), AND JOHN BRIDGES JUNIOR, (11 OCT 1804-19 APR 1852),FLOATING AROUND. HERE'S HOPING YOU WILL SEND TO THE ROOTS WEB THE WORRELL INFORMATION YOU ASKED FOR AND THAT I SENT TO YOU. LIKE YOU KINDLY SAID, I'M SURE OTHERS WOULD WANT TO KNOW. SINCERELY, BRAD BIRKNER

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