This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Clarke, Clark, Briggs, Gainer, Hall Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Sg.2ADI/1873.1 Message Board Post: Hello, I am related to the Clarkes through their marriage with Briggs and Briggs marriage with Gainers. I am also very interested in the Clark(s) due to the fact that they were early settlers of Ela Township and I am the president of the Ela Historical Society. Now, in regard to photographing the headstones, I will be happy to do so, however my camera is not working (everything blurry) so I will either fix it or buy a new one. We would be very interested in any information that you can provide on these families. Also, we have drawings (circa 1875?) of the John Clark farm that was adjacent to Farifield Cemetery and the Edward R. Clark farm which was on the south side of Lake Zurich. I assume that you descend from the John Clark that was born in Leicestershire, England 26 Apr 1844 and died 19 Aug 1905 in Floyd? The residence of John Clark that was on the farm that was adjacent to the Fairfield Cemetery is still standing. Although I am related distantly through marriage to both the Clark and Clarke families, I am not sure exactly how they are related to eachother as it seems to me that one family was from England and the other from Ireland. Well, any information you would like to exchange would be great and as I say, I would be happy to photo the graves once I have a working camera. Warm regards, Nancy