Hi My ancestors also lived in Blackberry Twp. but they were buried in Suger Grove Cem. Suger Grove. The cemetry is quite old, with gravestones going back to the early 1840's. >From: [email protected] (Susanne Freund) >Reply-to: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Hi Julie....... > >I'm not sure if this will be any help, but there is a cemetary located on >Route 47, on the Southern edge of Elburn. I've never visited it, so I don't >know the date of establishment. This may be a place to start though. The >area just South of Elburn is considered Blackberry, and this is the only >cemetary I know of in that area. There is a cemetary in Kaneville, but that >is a few miles to the West........ > >Hope this info. is of help and I haven't confused you. > >~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > Susanne Freund > Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory > FESS Services > P.O. Box 500, MS 232 > Batavia, IL 60510 > (630) 840-3824 > [email protected] >~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ >----- Original Message ----- >From: Julie Burgard <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 5:42 PM >Subject: [ILKANE] cemeteries > > >> Can anyone out there tell me what cemeteries were in existance in the >1860's in the Blackberry Twp. area. My grgrgrandparents are buried in Kane >Co. and all I have to go on are the land records indicating they had >property in Blackberry Twp. from 1840 on. >> >> Much thanks. >> >> Julie >> >> >> >> > > > >----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- >Return-Path: <[email protected]> >Received: from rly-yg01.mx.aol.com (rly-yg01.mail.aol.com [172.18.147.1]) >by air-yg05.mail.aol.com (v73.12) with ESMTP; Fri, 19 May 2000 08:35:44 -0400 >Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [209.85.6.27]) by >rly-yg01.mx.aol.com (v71.10) with ESMTP; Fri, 19 May 2000 08:35:37 -0400 >Received: (from [email protected]) > by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id FAA05145; > Fri, 19 May 2000 05:34:29 -0700 (PDT) >Resent-Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 05:34:29 -0700 (PDT) >X-Original-Sender: [email protected] Fri May 19 05:34:28 2000 >Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 07:34:12 -0500 >From: Susanne Freund <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [ILKANE] cemeteries >Old-To: [email protected] >Message-id: <[email protected]> >Organization: FESS/Services >MIME-version: 1.0 >X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 >Content-type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit >X-Priority: 3 >X-MSMail-priority: Normal >References: <[email protected]> >Resent-Message-ID: <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Resent-From: [email protected] >Reply-To: [email protected] >X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/744 >X-Loop: [email protected] >Precedence: list >Resent-Sender: [email protected] > Julie [email protected] ============================================================ "Dwell on the past, and you'll lose an eye. Ignore the past, and you'll lose both of them." Old Russian Proverb "What the Son wishes to forget, the Grandson wishes to remember." Marcus Lee Hansen

Hello List I thought I would post what I know of my family from Blackberry Twp and see if by chance anyone can tell me anything about them. George C. Matthewson born May 1842 in Blackberry Station, Kane County, Illinois. He was the son of John Matthewson and Elizabeth Johnson. I know that George joined the Union Army and fought in the Civil War. He joined in September of 1861. He entered as a Private and was promoted to Full Sergt. Served Illinois Enlisted I Co. 8th Cav Reg. IL Mustered Out at Benton Barracks, St Louis, MO on 17 July 1865 He married Alice G. Mosher and their first child Nellie Matthewson was born in Blackberry but then the rest of their children were born in Mass. Has anyone seen these names in any of their research? This has been a brick wall for me for a long time. Carol Sherman Houghton Researching: Sherman, Briggs, Smith,Gibbs, Aldrich,Dexter, Carpenter, Lovejoy, Matthewson, Hall, Mosher in MA,NH,RI and ME Houghton, Franklin, Palmer, Moore, Jewell, Rickerson in Pa, WVa, Va and NY ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Can anyone out there tell me what cemeteries were in existance in the 1860's in the Blackberry Twp. area. My grgrgrandparents are buried in Kane Co. and all I have to go on are the land records indicating they had property in Blackberry Twp. from 1840 on. Much thanks. Julie

Hi, Big Woods cemetery is on Eola Rd just south of Butterfield Rd. The congregation is still active. Gace

Thanks!!!! Judy Van Dusen <[email protected]> writes: >The Little Woods Cemetery is on Dunham Rd., just south of Stearns Rd. >It's on the east side of Dunham. > >Judy

The Little Woods Cemetery is on Dunham Rd., just south of Stearns Rd. It's on the east side of Dunham. Judy

Does anyone know where the Little Woods Cemetery is located? Thanks! Janet

The Big Woods Cemetary is on Eola Road, just South of the stop-light at Butterfield (Route 56) Road and Eola Road. There is a Church there.....you can't miss it. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Susanne Freund Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory FESS Services P.O. Box 500, MS 232 Batavia, IL 60510 (630) 840-3824 [email protected] ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 11:47 AM Subject: [ILKANE] Big Woods Cemetery > Hi > > Does anyone know where Big Woods Cemetery is? > > Thanks > Julie > > Julie > [email protected] > > ============================================================ > > > "Dwell on the past, and you'll lose an eye. Ignore the past, and you'll > lose both of them." > Old Russian Proverb > > "What the Son wishes to forget, the Grandson wishes to remember." > Marcus Lee Hansen > > >

Thanks so much to Susanne and everyone who responded so quickly about Big Woods Cemetery. I am searching for info regarding an Aurora family--Nicholas Kurns died before 1890 married Catherine Heinz before 1869. Catherine may have died in 1895 and may be the Catherine Curran buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Aurora, IL Children were John (1869-1946) married Elisabeth Schramer. Both buried in Mt. Olivet Cem Michael (1871-ca 1946) married 1) Lena Brucher (buried Big Woods Cem) 2) Edna Dietz Gill Mary married Henry J. Plum in 1901 Barbara married Henry C. Kresser in 1897 Nicholas (1880-1960) married Ella. Both are buried in St. Joseph Cem. Frank M. (ca 1882-1927) married Matilda Gottwaldt. Both buried in Mt. Olivet John, Nick, and Frank all worked for the Burling railraod. John was the engineer of the Zephyr between Chicago and Savanna (1935-1939). Nick used to entertain passengers with his harmonica. Any help regarding this family would be greatly appreciated. >From: [email protected] (Susanne Freund) >Reply-to: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >The Big Woods Cemetary is on Eola Road, just South of the stop-light at >Butterfield (Route 56) Road and Eola Road. There is a Church there.....you >can't miss it. > >~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > Susanne Freund > Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory > FESS Services > P.O. Box 500, MS 232 > Batavia, IL 60510 > (630) 840-3824 > [email protected] >~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ >----- Original Message ----- >From: <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 11:47 AM >Subject: [ILKANE] Big Woods Cemetery > > >> Hi >> >> Does anyone know where Big Woods Cemetery is? >> >> Thanks >> Julie >> >> Julie >> [email protected] >> >> >============================================================ >> >> >> "Dwell on the past, and you'll lose an eye. Ignore the past, and you'll >> lose both of them." >> Old Russian Proverb >> >> "What the Son wishes to forget, the Grandson wishes to remember." >> Marcus Lee Hansen >> >> >> > > > >----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- >Return-Path: <[email protected]> >Received: from rly-ye01.mx.aol.com (rly-ye01.mail.aol.com >[172.18.151.198]) by air-ye02.mx.aol.com (v73.12) with ESMTP; Thu, 18 May >2000 13:02:07 -0400 >Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [209.85.6.27]) by >rly-ye01.mx.aol.com (v71.10) with ESMTP; Thu, 18 May 2000 13:01:49 -0400 >Received: (from [email protected]) > by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id KAA13909; > Thu, 18 May 2000 10:00:23 -0700 (PDT) >Resent-Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 10:00:23 -0700 (PDT) >X-Original-Sender: [email protected] Thu May 18 10:00:21 2000 >Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 12:00:21 -0500 >From: Susanne Freund <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [ILKANE] Big Woods Cemetery >Old-To: [email protected] >Message-id: <[email protected]> >Organization: FESS/Services >MIME-version: 1.0 >X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 >Content-type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit >X-Priority: 3 >X-MSMail-priority: Normal >References: <[email protected]> >Resent-Message-ID: <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Resent-From: [email protected] >Reply-To: [email protected] >X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/736 >X-Loop: [email protected] >Precedence: list >Resent-Sender: [email protected] > Julie [email protected] ============================================================ "Dwell on the past, and you'll lose an eye. Ignore the past, and you'll lose both of them." Old Russian Proverb "What the Son wishes to forget, the Grandson wishes to remember." Marcus Lee Hansen

It isn't listed with others on my site at <A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ilkane/Cemeteries.htm">Cemeteri es in Kane County, IL</A> However, Big Woods is usually referred to as the area between Batavia and North Aurora - Aurora, so that would be my first guess as to general location. Maybe the folks at Batavia - River Hills Memorial Park, 1650 S. River, Batavia, IL 60510                  630/879-7400 can offer insite if no one on the list responses.

Hi Does anyone know where Big Woods Cemetery is? Thanks Julie Julie [email protected] ============================================================ "Dwell on the past, and you'll lose an eye. Ignore the past, and you'll lose both of them." Old Russian Proverb "What the Son wishes to forget, the Grandson wishes to remember." Marcus Lee Hansen

I believe I "owe" someone a biography, unfortunately I don't know who or which one. There are now 39 Bios and 144 Obituaries on the GenConnect Boards which can be reached from the following <A HREF="http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/IL/Kane/">Kane Co. IL</A> . June

Thanks for looking. I will keep searching. Vicki

You're very welcome Barry Jernigan (Kane Co surnames: Lord of CT, Tubbs of NY, Hampton of PA). Hampton married into Baker (orig from NY) of DuPage Co who then relocated to Grundy Co and married into Southcombe of Kendall Co who had also relocated to Grundy Co.

Hi list I'm new to this list. I would like to post a query about JENNE's in Kane county in the 1860's My g grandmother, Joanna Jenne was born in IL in 1865. I have no known oparents or siblings for her, although I have hunted for over 10 years. Family tradition said her mother was named Belle. It's remotely possible she had a brother or a half-brother named Ezra. that's all the information I have on her birth. Her parents were probably born ca 1840 or thereabouts. I know she married Sylvester Key in Washington county, AR in 1882 and died in Adair County, OK in 1939. Does anyone have a clue as to who her parents might be. I will be forever grateful for ANY hint. Regards Bonnie in Idaho

I located my 1871 Atlas. It appears that the property where the gravel pit I was thinking of is now located -- on Rt 31 at McLean between South Elgin and St. Charles -- was then owned by a J. H. ELMORE. Scanning the Elgin business listings I don't see a Reser Gravel company listed, but this is an abbreviated book.

What nice work you do. I can't thank you enough for this information. You are a blessing. Thank you thank you. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have a map book of the Chicagoland area including Kane Co. It's a little bit old (1988) but it shows gravel pits (no name on the map) in quite a large area in basically a northeast to southwest direction in both Kane Co and Cook Co. There are pits on the southeast corner of South Elgin in a triangular area roughly defined by Hwy 25, Gilbert St and Middle St. Kitty corner from the intersection of Middle St and Hwy 25 there is a large area of gravel pits which straddle the border with Cook County. This is a square area roughly defined by Hwy 25, W. Bartlett Rd, Gifford Rd and the northern edge of the square is roughly defined by the Elgin city limits line which runs concurrent with the southern edge of Bluff City Cemetery. Historically it would appear that these gravel pits are serviced by the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul and Pacific Railroad. The gravel pits near South Elgin are apparently serviced by the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad and also possibly by the Illinois Central Railroad. In other words these are the tracks which run through the respective gravel pits. You might check Yahoo Yellow Pages for gravel pits in this area. Hope any of this is helpful to you. Barry Jernigan (3 of my sisters were born at Elgin Hospital)

I have a map book of the Chicagoland area including Kane Co. It's a little bit old (1988) but it shows gravel pits (no name on the map) in quite a large area in basically a northeast to southwest direction in both Kane Co and Cook Co. There are pits on the southeast corner of South Elgin in a triangular area roughly defined by Hwy 25, Gilbert St and Middle St. Kitty corner from the intersection of Middle St and Hwy 25 there is a large area of gravel pits which straddle the border with Cook County. This is a square area roughly defined by Hwy 25, W. Bartlett Rd, Gifford Rd and the northern edge of the square is roughly defined by the Elgin city limits line which runs concurrent with the southern edge of Bluff City Cemetery. Historically it would appear that these gravel pits are serviced by the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul and Pacific Railroad. The gravel pits near South Elgin are apparently serviced by the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad and also possibly by the Illinois Central Railroad. In other words these are the tracks which run through the respective gravel pits. You might check Yahoo Yellow Pages for gravel pits in this area. Hope any of this is helpful to you. Barry Jernigan (3 of my sisters were born at Elgin Hospital)

Ok so there are a couple. I will check both. Thanks so very much.

In a message dated 4/27/00 4:19:08 PM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << I believe that street is McLean or something like that....... >> Thanks, I will go from there.