Many of the families that came to Orange, Haw Creek and Maquon Townships in Knox Co. came from the counties of Gallia, Jackson and Vinton in Ohio and intermarried both in Ohio and in Knox Co. Prior to Ohio most of them were from Va. I found a Harvey RAMBO that married Deborah FAULKNER in Jackson Co., Ohio 25 Sept. 1845. Could this be yours, too? Where did he marry Deborah BENSON? On page 174 of Greenbrier County, Va (WVa.) Deeds and Wills, I found a probate record for Joseph RAMBO. It reads as follows: 518-20 Joseph RAMBO , Will: 17 Nov 1819 prob. Nov. 1820. Wife, Sarah RAMBO, sons, Joseph RAMBO, Peter RAMBO, Reuben RAMBO, Levi RAMBO, William RAMBO, Jacob RAMBO; daus, Jemima RAMBO, Deborah RAMBO, Sarah RAMBO, Drusilla RAMBO; gson, Lewis RAMBO. Exec: Geo HAWVER, Peter HAWVER (refused), Wit: Charles ARBUCKLE, George HAWVER, Jacob HAWVER. Final exec: John BEARD. Security, John Nathan REED. There are many land records for RAMBOs in Augusta Co., Va. starting in about 1748. Have you checked there? Donna At 11:00 AM 11/5/00 -0800, you wrote: >Posted on: Knox Co. Il Query Forum >Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Knox/798 > >Surname: Rambo >------------------------- > >Searching for the parents of Harvey Rambo (1818-1884) who was from VA and >shown in the Knox Co, Orange Twp 1870 and 1880 Census. He is also in the >1850 Gallia Co, Greenfield Twp, OH Census. Married to Deborah Benson (1825-1904) >who was born in VA. Harvey and Deborah are buried in Cook Cemetery in Knox >Co. Harvey was the father of Emery Rambo who lived in Knox Co. I believe >Harvey may have been the son of either Joseph, Levi or Reuben Rambo who >were orginally form Greenbrier Co, Lewisburg Twp, VA - sons of Joseph Rambo >Senior. > > >

Diane and list: DUNBAR, GEORGE W. Jr. The son of G. W. and Milly (COLLINS) Dunbar, he was born in Stark County, Illinois on Mar. 8, 1846. He was reared on a farm and was in Co. E., 83rd Illinois Infantry. He married Eva McELHANY on Feb 23, 1863. They have 3 daughters. He is a member of the United Brethren Church, and is Class Leader. He is a Republican. P.O. Henderson Joan

HAWKINSON, OLOF A farmer, and son of Hawkin and Hanna (ANDERSON), he was born in Sweden on May 7, 1837, and was educated in the common schools in Sweden. His early life was passed on a farm, and he chose farming for a liveihood, in which he has been quite successful. He came from Sweden to Knox Co. ub 1856. He married Louisa ERICKSON, and they have 3 sons and 2 daughters. He joined the Lutheran Church in the old country, and is a Republican. P.O. Galesburg HAWKINSON, MONS Sect. 13, Galesburg Twp. Galesburg P.O. Joan

Posted on: Knox Co. Il Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Knox/799 Surname: Hawkinson ------------------------- My g-g-great grandfather, Peter Hawkinson owned a store in Galesburg for 40 years. It was located on the corner of Clark & Losey probably between 1862 - 1900. He was married to Hanna C. Hauber. I would apprecitate any information I can get. Thanks

Thanks, Joan. Joseph H is the son of the Joseph who married Eliza Berry. In fact, he signed papers for her when she married John Horr. Charlotte Joan Achille wrote: > COPLEY, JOSEPH H. > A son of Joseph and Mary Copley of Connecticut, he wasborn at Harpers- > field, Delaware Co. NY, on Jan. 9. 1814, and educated in the common > schools of New York. He was raised on a farm, but learned the tanner's > trade, which proved unsuccessful, and then changed to farming, which > he follows at present. > he has represented Victoria Twp. in the Board of Supervisors for > four years, and has held all the minor town offices. He was School > Director for fourteen years, and Captain of Militia. He came to > this county in 1856. He married Ruth Ann HINMAN on Mar. 6, 1848. > They have five children living: three girls and two of boys, and one > son who died. > He is a member of the M. E. Church and joined in 1852, and has > served as Class Leader. He is a Republican. P.O. Altoona. > > Joan

Posted on: Knox Co. Il Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Knox/798 Surname: Rambo ------------------------- Searching for the parents of Harvey Rambo (1818-1884) who was from VA and shown in the Knox Co, Orange Twp 1870 and 1880 Census. He is also in the 1850 Gallia Co, Greenfield Twp, OH Census. Married to Deborah Benson (1825-1904) who was born in VA. Harvey and Deborah are buried in Cook Cemetery in Knox Co. Harvey was the father of Emery Rambo who lived in Knox Co. I believe Harvey may have been the son of either Joseph, Levi or Reuben Rambo who were orginally form Greenbrier Co, Lewisburg Twp, VA - sons of Joseph Rambo Senior.

COPLEY, JOSEPH H. A son of Joseph and Mary Copley of Connecticut, he wasborn at Harpers- field, Delaware Co. NY, on Jan. 9. 1814, and educated in the common schools of New York. He was raised on a farm, but learned the tanner's trade, which proved unsuccessful, and then changed to farming, which he follows at present. he has represented Victoria Twp. in the Board of Supervisors for four years, and has held all the minor town offices. He was School Director for fourteen years, and Captain of Militia. He came to this county in 1856. He married Ruth Ann HINMAN on Mar. 6, 1848. They have five children living: three girls and two of boys, and one son who died. He is a member of the M. E. Church and joined in 1852, and has served as Class Leader. He is a Republican. P.O. Altoona. Joan

Hi, all. I'm looking for Eliza, my great-great-great grandmother. She started life in NH as Eliza MARSTON. Around 1810 she married Isaiah BERRY. They moved to Illinois in the 1830s. Isaiah died 2 April 1855 in Knox County. On 18 Dec 1855 Eliza BERRY married Joseph COPLEY in Knox County. Her (insane) son Charles BERRY is living with them at the time of the 1860 census. Joseph COPLEY died in September 1862. The Marriage Index for Illinois states that on 19 Jan 1863 Eliza COPLEY married John HORR. That's where I lose track of her. Can anyone help? I am also interested in the fate of her son Charles BERRY. Thanks for any assistance or ideas. Charlotte Babicki babicki@ssimicro.com

Does anyone know if Williams Cemetery has a record of burials and locations of graves? It was in great disrepair but it has greatly improved. My great, great grandfather Sewell Clay is buried at the Williams Cemetery in rural Knox County (DOD 7/16/1886). His first wife Mary is buried beside him and his second wife (my gg grandmother) Elizabeth (Howe) Underwood is also buried there. Are there any of Elizabeth Underwood's descendents anyone knows about? Barb Clay Adams

Posted on: Knox Co. Il Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Knox/795 Surname: Green McCloud Fugate Campbell Dennee Heffernan Johnson Dale David Taylor ------------------------- My great grandfather, Caleb Green was born Jan 12, 1841, possibly in Knox County, IL. He married Adelphia (Delphia) McCloud on Nov 25, 1870 in Bedford, Taylor County, IA. He eventually came back to the Knox County area and lived at Rio, till his death on Sept 23, 1912. He possibly had a brother or cousin named Perry b.1844. Perry's wife was Annett b. 1848 and they had a son Frank b. 1867. I have an 1870 IA census showing Caleb living with them in Mason Twshp, IA. Does anyone have any information on these names. Also does anyone know who Caleb came back to Knox County to live with if not with Perry. Your help is very much appreciated. Cathy Johnson Utopia, TX jdmcjohnson@ricc.net

Ginny, on 11/4/00 4:32 AM, said: >I've been working on this tonoc w/Dena. >I've gotten this far--was going to ask you, anyway, and you kindly showed >up<G>-- >In 1949 or '50 would you have a record of grads of GHS? >Or Corpus Christi? >This Alyce Kinton (m.Orval BAKER) should have grad. >about that time. Just possibly, and a rare thot', she may be listed >as VILARDO or NELSON in Hi. Sch. >I have several older Reflectors but none that recent. >FYI-A lot of Lodges were on 2nd floor, along w/apts., >and 3rd floor the same. >DeForest(was it D.D.?) Paint Hdqtrs.@ 349. >Main Beauty Shop @ 350. >Red Cross Drug Store @351. >etc. the rest are in the '49 City Directory. >Thanks much for the help. Ginny: Sorry, my Reflectors are only 56-58 (if I can find them in the garage). BTW, I thought I remembered a drug store on the corner, but wasn't real sure. And Main Beauty Shop would have been across the street -- even numbers would have been on the south side of Main Street. Also remember the DeForest Paint store, but would never have thought of it without the reminder. Sorry I couldn't be of more help. Tom

A biography in the 1878 Knox Co history: KENNEDY, George W. Farmer, P.O. Douglas; son of George and Nancy Kennedy, natives of Tennessee; born in 1833 in Indiana. His early life passed on the farm; removed from Tennessee to Illinois, coming to Knox Co, IL in 1844. Has been School Director six years. In 1857 he married Elisia Darnell. He made a profession of religion in 1865 or '66. Democrat. Hope this might be of some help. Joan :o)

Hi Tom, I've been working on this tonoc w/Dena. I've gotten this far--was going to ask you, anyway, and you kindly showed up<G>-- In 1949 or '50 would you have a record of grads of GHS? Or Corpus Christi? This Alyce Kinton (m.Orval BAKER) should have grad. about that time. Just possibly, and a rare thot', she may be listed as VILARDO or NELSON in Hi. Sch. I have several older Reflectors but none that recent. FYI-A lot of Lodges were on 2nd floor, along w/apts., and 3rd floor the same. DeForest(was it D.D.?) Paint Hdqtrs.@ 349. Main Beauty Shop @ 350. Red Cross Drug Store @351. etc. the rest are in the '49 City Directory. Thanks much for the help. Ginny (WI.) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Lundeen" <tom@lundeen.org> To: <ILKNOX-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 3:45 PM Subject: Re: [ILKNOX-L] Searching for Alyce Kinton Baker > Ginny, on 11/3/00 2:13 PM, said: > > >Lyle M. & Jeanne S. NELSON h(ouseholder)347 E. Main St. in the 1949 > >Galesburg City Directory. > >He was employed as "a fireman U of I". > >The building is listed as "347-51 ODD FELLOWS BUILDING". > >There is a little bell(wedding?) in front of Lyle's name.(Someone clarify?) > >There are several businesses and people living at the address. > > For what it's worth, this is the building at the NW corner of Seminary > and Main. As I remember, it has three floors, and probably houses three > or four shops along Main Street. No idea what's in them now (and can't > remember what was in them back then!), but I remember the "turret" on the > corner from the second floor up. > > In checking my October 1957 Galesburg phone book, Lyle M. Nelson is shown > as living at 667 Maple Street. This is just south of Losey Street, and > may be on the corner -- just south of the fire station there. > > Tom Lundeen > > ______________________________

Dear List Members: I have an old photo of four boys circa 1910 which I believe was taken in or around the Aledo or Galesburg area. There are four names on the photo, one of which is my grandfather, Bill Pascoe. Two of the other names appear to be Kacy Jones and Allen or Walter Donphy. If anyone can help identify the other friend of my grandfather, I would sincerely appreciate it. Also, if anyone would like a copy of the photo, I would be more than happy to send them a copy. I have not had a chance to research school yearbooks yet but that is my next try. Butch Pascoe Researching: Pascoe, Rowe, Sargent, Conner, etc ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Posted on: Knox Co. Il Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Knox/794 Surname: KENNEDY, SARGENT, CHILDERS ------------------------- I am looking for information about Robert Jackson Kennedy of Knox Co. IL -- he was b. June 26, 1816 in TN-- he was married and had a family -- we have good reason to believe that her name was Elizabeth Childers -- something happened to Elizabeth -- Robert was married to Emma ? possibly Telitha Emaline Sargent -- Emma was born in 1848 in Yates City, Knox Co. IL. They had 3 children -- George Elmer, Nettie or Nellie, and Martha Rose. all b. in Yates City in 1873 - 77. They are listed in Elba township in 1880 census. At some time prior to 1894, Robert and Elmer (and possibly the 2 girls and Emma moved to Kansas City MO -- Robert died in 1894. Would appreciate any information on this family. Thanks

Found this on a British Genealogical list, and thought some of you folks might enjoy this "timely" information. Tom Lundeen -------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday, October 21, 2000 Bush, Gore both come from royal ancestors By Murray Campbell, Toronto Globe and Mail Is it six degrees of separation or simply a massive case of inbreeding? Burke's Peerage, the British firm that tracks blue bloods around the world, reports that U.S. presidential candidates George W. Bush and Al Gore are both descended from royalty. Worse, from the point of view of political strategists, the two men are distant cousins. "It is now clear that Gore and Bush have an unusually large number of royal and noble descents," said Harold Brooks-Baker, the company's publishing director. "In point of fact, never in the history of the United States have two presidential candidates been as well endowed with royal alliances." Bush's aristocratic background is no surprise. Through his mother and father, a former U.S. president, the Republican candidate is connected to many European monarchies and can trace his family back to a sister of Henry VIII. George W. Bush may be a good ol' boy from backwater Texas who habitually drops his g's, but he is, in fact, a 13th cousin of the Queen. Gore's links with Britain's most dysfunctional family are harder to find. Burke's Peerage was convinced until recently that the Democratic nominee was as common as a gun rack on a Tennessee pickup. In the past few weeks, however, researchers have determined that Gore is descended from Edward I, who ascended the throne in 1272, and that as further records are discovered, "he is looking more royal every day," Brooks-Baker said. If that weren't bad news enough for a candidate looking to establish that he's just a regular guy, there is worse: Gore is apparently also a cousin of Richard Nixon, the Republican who resigned the presidency in disgrace in 1974. Burke's Peerage, whose roots are in a genealogical directory published in 1826 by Irishman John Burke, is in the business of locating and researching titles for clients. It publishes volumes dealing with the landed gentry and offers its clients a Mastercard credit card carrying its name. The firm has also documented the lineage of all 42 U.S. presidents and has concluded that 35 of them have some sort of royal connection and that U.S. presidents are eight times as likely to have a drop of British royal blood as the people casting the ballots. George Washington, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan all were said to have a tinge of blue blood. This may not play well with Americans who revere their country's meritocratic ideals, but it comes as no surprise to Brooks-Baker. "You have to realize how small the world was at the time of the American Revolution," he said in an interview. He noted that 18th-century England had a population of just 3 million and that the chance of a large proportion of those people being related is very high. Scripps Howard News Service

Ginny, on 11/3/00 2:13 PM, said: >Lyle M. & Jeanne S. NELSON h(ouseholder)347 E. Main St. in the 1949 >Galesburg City Directory. >He was employed as "a fireman U of I". >The building is listed as "347-51 ODD FELLOWS BUILDING". >There is a little bell(wedding?) in front of Lyle's name.(Someone clarify?) >There are several businesses and people living at the address. For what it's worth, this is the building at the NW corner of Seminary and Main. As I remember, it has three floors, and probably houses three or four shops along Main Street. No idea what's in them now (and can't remember what was in them back then!), but I remember the "turret" on the corner from the second floor up. In checking my October 1957 Galesburg phone book, Lyle M. Nelson is shown as living at 667 Maple Street. This is just south of Losey Street, and may be on the corner -- just south of the fire station there. Tom Lundeen

Lyle M. & Jeanne S. NELSON h(ouseholder)347 E. Main St. in the 1949 Galesburg City Directory. He was employed as "a fireman U of I". The building is listed as "347-51 ODD FELLOWS BUILDING". There is a little bell(wedding?) in front of Lyle's name.(Someone clarify?) There are several businesses and people living at the address. ***************** Orval BAKER, in 1949, was living, r(esides or rooms) @ 781 Day St. He was "a helper @ CB&QRR". Also living there was ;"Chas (Amanda L) lab CB&QRR" and listed as h(ouseholder); And "Chas. A. emp Butler Mfg. r 718 Day". **************** I find no KINTON's. **************** If you have an idea of High School yr. I do have several G-burg Reflectors and could so a search there. They also may be living and well<G>. I do find a Charles A. and C.A. JR. living in G-burg in 1997. Will send those privately if you wish the addresses. Cheers, ginny in WI. ************************************************************** > least up until 1950. Alyce Kinton was born in or near Galesburg and in > 1950 married Orval Baker. It listed Mr and Mrs Lyle Nelso as her parents > and they lived at 347 E. Main Street. When Orval and Alyce BAKER returned > from their honeymoon they resided at 781 Day Street in Galesburg. > > IF anyone has information about this family I would sure appreciate you > contacting me. > > Dena >

Posted on: Knox Co. Il Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Knox/793 Surname: Perry, Ausmus ------------------------- Can anyone help me find the ancestors of BENJAMIN W. PERRY? He was married in Brown County, IL, in 1849, to Ellen Ausmus. They reportedly lived in the Galesburg, IL, vicinity in 1850. They had a child born there, Dudley Dennis Perry. They showed up in the 1860 census in Missouri. If someone has access to the Knox, Co., IL, 1850 census would you please confirm his living in Galesburg? Any lead will be appreciated. Kaye Kaberlein (kaberlein@locnet.net)

Posted on: Knox Co. Il Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Knox/786 Surname: KOCH, MINER, SNYDER, KINTON, ANDRES ------------------------- I am searching for information about a family who lived in Galesburg at least up until 1950. Alyce Kinton was born in or near Galesburg and in 1950 married Orval Baker. It listed Mr and Mrs Lyle Nelso as her parents and they lived at 347 E. Main Street. When Orval and Alyce BAKER returned from their honeymoon they resided at 781 Day Street in Galesburg. IF anyone has information about this family I would sure appreciate you contacting me. Dena