Thank you, Deanna, for writing about your Scots ancestors in LaSalle Co. I am sure there were additional families. I believe these Scots settlers were from Aberdeen, the county if not the city, as that was where our ancestors lived. If the Cruickshanks were rejoining friends or acquaintances, these folks were likely from the same area in Scotland? There is one story: after the arrival of the Cruickshank family from Sarnia, Ontario, the first news they heard in United States was that the president (Lincoln) had been killed. There was possibly a Wylie or Wyler family who were from Scotland. The Stevensons also were from Scotland. I will appreciate any leads on more Scots who were living in LaSalle Co. in 1866. I have recently joined an Aberdeen list and hope to learn more from that connection. Virginia