Jim, I was at the historical museum yesterday looking through probate files. They had a plat map of St Charles township form the 1870's and I was able to locate section 3. There may actually be two old buildings that you may remember. Hee are the quotes I am primarily working from: 1. "As early as 1834 the beauty of this location and the evident fertility of its soil attracted Rice Fay, a strong enterprising man who settled and long resided on Section 3, and subsequently erected thereon the fine substantial stone dwelling, since occuppied by the Keating family" Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Kane County, Gen JS Wilcox, Munsell, Chicago, 1904 2. "Fayville North of town, on the west side near the river bend at Five Islands, Rev. Elmore tried to start an industrial school on 300 acres of land. The place was called Fayville because Rice Fay had taken a large claim there in 1834, The school failed probably because Rev Elmore was years ahead of his time. The stone building in which he lived still stands there." The Settlement and Growth of St Charles, Alice Davis undated, unpublished apparently. To place section 3 in modern terms, it is the area east of Highway 34, west of the river, south of Spring Street, and north of Silver Glen Road. It also includes the very north tip of the east side of the river right at the bend. In the 1870's these lands are plated to Keating, and there were three builings shown on the plat. The Fayville Post Ofice only existed a few years from the 1840's to the early 1850's. Ring any bells anyone? Bob Fay ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Jim Beckman" <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ILKANE] Rice Fay & Elijah Fay in Kane County, 1833-1900 Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 12:46:44 -0400 Please let me know where the house you describe is located I was born in St.Charles and would be interested ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert W. Fay <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 7:07 AM Subject: Re: [ILKANE] Rice Fay & Elijah Fay in Kane County, 1833-1900 > Hi Patricia, > > Now that is a good idea! And someone else wrote about the St Charles > Historical Society so I am trying to get connected to them to visit > tommorrow. > > Thanks, > Bob > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: [email protected] (Patricia Meyers) > Reply-To: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ILKANE] Rice Fay & Elijah Fay in Kane County, 1833-1900 > Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 22:22:09 -0500 (CDT) > > Hi, Bob, > Doesn't the Federal Archives in Chicago keep some sort of records on > postmasters? You may find something there...Pat Meyers, Worth, IL > > > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== > Software and hardware for this list are provided courtesy of RootsWeb. > RootsWeb accepts donations in any amount at any time. See how you > can help at: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== > Software and hardware for this list are provided courtesy of RootsWeb. > RootsWeb accepts donations in any amount at any time. See how you > can help at: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== You can contact the list administrator for this list by sending a message to mailto:[email protected] ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com