Amy, I too, have several families who lived in LaSalle Co. Strait/Straight, Beguin, Highland/Hyland, Martin, Marco. Is the History of La Salle County Book still in print? Could I borrow if from a lending Library? Thank you Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "nance golden" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 11:28 AM Subject: Re: [ILLASALLE] Biographies from History of La Salle County Book > Hi Amy, > > I'm just going through my e-mail for the past month and found your post > about La Salle biographies. Would there be an Ellis White listed? He > married Desire Kuney. Ellis was my gr-grandfather. His daughter, my > grandmother, came to the SW with her husband (Edward Everett Becker) when he > contracted TB. Only her oldest sister, Edie, came to visit, I know that she > had about 7 siblings, and little more. Her mother was Desire Kuney, and > there's a lot of information on the Kuney family, but it's really Sadie that > I want to know about. She was actually sort of a surrogate mother to me and > I'm not sure what or where I'd be now without her. > > Anyway, if you have any information on Ellis's parentage, or anything, I'd > love to know. > > > Thanks, > > Nance > ([email protected]) > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, March 17, 2003 10:09 PM > Subject: [ILLASALLE] Biographies from History of La Salle County Book > > > >I found the following bio for my ancestor Allen McDonell in a book The > >History of La Salle County, Illinois: together with scetches of its cities, > >villages and towns, educational, religious, civil, military, and political > >history, portraits of prominent persons and biographies... published in > 1886, > >which I accessed on-line through my (Oregon State) library. > > > >If you think your ancestor might be listed here, let me know and I will > look > >it up (This is a very slow process on my computer so please be patient). I > >would need the township and the individuals name. > > > >If anyone has more information on anyone listed in this bio, I would love > to > >hear from you. > > > >Biography from History of La Salle County, Illinois: > >Allen McDonell, deceased, was born in Invernesshire, Scotland, in 1825, and > >came to the United States in 1848, locating in Peoria County, Ill., where > he > >was married in 1849 to Mary Taylor, a native of Shropshire, England, born > in > >1827, daughter of Wiliam Taylor. She came with her parents to America in > >1849, and located in Peoria County, where her father died the following > year. > > Mr. McDonell lived in Peoria County till 1864, when with his wife he went > to > >Scotland and remained a year. Upon his return to America, he settled in > >Osage Township, LaSalle County, where, with the assistance of his sons he > >improved a valuable farm. He died May 1, 1876, leaving behind him a good > >name and a memory cherished by all who knew his sterling qualities. The > >mother with her six children, Donald, Duncan, Sarah, Ronald, John, and > Agnes, > >lives on the old homestead, on section 11. the farm contains 400 acres of > >land and is located on sections 10, 11 and 23. > > > >Amy Reaney > >Portland, Oregon > > > > > >============================== > >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > ______________________________