Thank you . In the late forties and early fifties I can remember going with my family to a restaurant in that same general area which could at one time have been the building that you are researching. Thanks again and good luck in your search ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert W. Fay <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2000 3:56 PM Subject: [ILKANE] Rice Fay & Elijah Fay in Kane County, 1833-1900 > 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 Growth of St Charles, Alice Davis undated, unpublished apparently.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 > > > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== > You can contact the list administrator for this list by sending a > message to mailto:[email protected]ootsweb.com >