John: E. B. Jordon lived on section 12 in Salem township about 1870 according to the 1870 Atlas of Knox County. This borders on Peoria County and a possibility would be that your John M. Jordan is buried in Elmwood which is about 6 miles from Yates City. Another possibility would be in Fairview Cemetery, Fairview township in Fulton county. I do not find a gravestone listing for him in "Salem township Cemeteries" Knox County. Ruth B. Ragsdale, GRS ---------- >From: JSey93105@aol.com >To: ILKNOX-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [ILKNOX-L] Yates City Cemetery >Date: Thu, May 17, 2001, 10:52 PM > >Can anyone tell me how I can find out if my ancestor is buried in Yates City? > The story that has been handed down in my family says that John M. JORDAN >served in the Civil War and survived without causality. However, en route >home he reportedly was throwing stones from the flatbed of a moving train and >was killed. He was mustered out of the service in 1865 and his residence is >listed as Salem Township. I found my JORDAN living in Yates City on the 1860 >census, but by the 1870 census the family had "grown up" and the household >changed. I live in California and don't know when, if ever, I will have the >change to visit the Yates City area. Any ideas or suggestions would be >appreciated. > >John Seymour >
This is for Ruth Ragsdale who is on this list: I have this "abstract" from a newspaper article and I wondered if you could e-mail me and tell me whether you might be able to obtain a copy of the original article. I would love to have a copy. >From the Galesburg Republican Register, Page 12, Saturday, April 20, 1879: Henderson, Illinois. Grandmother Pitman (Susannah Oatman PITMAN) died on Saturday evening, last, another of the old pioneers gone. Mrs. Pitman was 80 years of age. Her funeral was preached by Elder Oscar Smith of Gilson, on Monday, at the Condra Church. (Condra School was in SW 1/4 Section 10, Henderson Township - the school was closed in 1948. * * * * * * * She was my 3rd Great Grandmother and was married to John PITMAN. I understand you are a certified genealogist and I will gladly pay you for this. Thank you very much....Jan Lund ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ruth Ragsdale" <ruth@galesburg.net> To: <ILKNOX-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 9:17 AM Subject: Re: [ILKNOX-L] Yates City Cemetery > John: E. B. Jordon lived on section 12 in Salem township about 1870 > according to the 1870 Atlas of Knox County. This borders on Peoria County > and a possibility would be that your John M. Jordan is buried in Elmwood > which is about 6 miles from Yates City. Another possibility would be in > Fairview Cemetery, Fairview township in Fulton county. > I do not find a gravestone listing for him in "Salem township Cemeteries" > Knox County. > > Ruth B. Ragsdale, GRS > ---------- > >From: JSey93105@aol.com > >To: ILKNOX-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: [ILKNOX-L] Yates City Cemetery > >Date: Thu, May 17, 2001, 10:52 PM > > > > >Can anyone tell me how I can find out if my ancestor is buried in Yates City? > > The story that has been handed down in my family says that John M. JORDAN > >served in the Civil War and survived without causality. However, en route > >home he reportedly was throwing stones from the flatbed of a moving train and > >was killed. He was mustered out of the service in 1865 and his residence is > >listed as Salem Township. I found my JORDAN living in Yates City on the 1860 > >census, but by the 1870 census the family had "grown up" and the household > >changed. I live in California and don't know when, if ever, I will have the > >change to visit the Yates City area. Any ideas or suggestions would be > >appreciated. > > > >John Seymour > > >