Dear MBRUCE, you wrote, Subject: Johnson Co Surnames Date: Tue, 16 Dec 97 04:09:00 +0000 From: MBruce9681 <MBruce9681@aol.com> To: ILJOHNSO-L@rootsweb.com These are some of my lines starting with the earliest person living in Johnson Co.: =============snip============================ lines that married into these names include: =============snip================== Slack ==============snip============== Howell Chapman ==================snip================== And many many more. Mara Harris ============================================================================= Hello Mara, I come across two of the surnames you listed in your post: HOWELL and SLACK. Celinda SLACK married my gr gr grand Uncle James Monroe BENSON and my gr grand Aunt Fanny SUTLIFF married a HOWELL, both from Johnson county, IL. James Monroe served in the Civil War and Fanny was born ca 1875-1880. Fanny SUTLIFF HOWELL migrated to Canada. She had a son named Pleas. Other Johnson county names that Grandma said I was related to and I know very little or nothing about: OLIVER, HARPER, WITTENBURG, CRENSHAW, CARRIKER, HOFFNER, CRENSHAW, KURKENDALL, BENSON, McCOY, McFARLAND, McMAHAN, TURNER, LIRELY/LOWRY, CROSS, RIGGIN, SOWARD, GRISHAM, HOWARD, HAHS Groets [Greetings], Bill -- from nwoHIo, vriendelijk groeten, Bill ASC, NEGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~negenweb/ NEBRRoots-L@rootsweb.com; sub <NEBRRoots-L-request@rootsweb.com> NEBRHeritage-L@rootsweb.com sub <NEBRHeritage-L-request@rootsweb.com>