The Will should be in the Knox County Illinois court house if that's where he died and had property. juanita > I am hoping for an obituary and/or burial site for my GG Grandfather > Joel Elwell. According to family lore they were planning to move to > Kansas. Getting ready for the move, Joel drove his hogs to market in > Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois. It was the last part of March in a > cold rain. Joel died of pneumonia April 1, 1869. After burying Joel > and sell ling everything they didn't need to take, Mary and the four > youngest children moved to Kansas in the fall of 1869. > > I have found her and the children in Kansas 1870 census. I have > also found Joel's will listed on page 75 of the Knox County Illinois > Quarterly, Volume 3, #3 for both 1869 and 1870. This leads to my > next request. Who do I contact to get copies of these wills? > > I have not found Joel in any of the cemeteries that I have been able > to check. > > Thank you in advance, > Carol Anne Kuse > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILKNOX-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message