hi, Hope these come CLOSE (pun intended) here's a Livingston County BENTLEY family: Gilbert Henry BENTLEY b abt1865/1866 ,Woodford,IL was a Farmer in 1892, Coal Dealer in 1894, Restauranteur in 1898 and living in Pontiac in 1941 md Effie C JOHNSON b abt1869/1870 Owego Twp, Livingston, IL they had: 1)Ralph E 12Sep1892 Owego Twp, Livingston, IL 2)Gordon V 21Dec1894 Pontiac, Livingston, IL 3)Dewey G 06Feb1898 Pontiac, Livingston, IL Noticed you're looking for PARKER in Livingston County... maybe this will help or come CLOSE: Thomas John WILLIAMS b abt1874 What Cheer, Keokuk, IA was a Coal Miner in 1900 md Margaret PARKER b abt1880 Cumberland, Alleghany, MD they had: 1)Harry John 07Feb1900 Cardiff, Livingston, IL All of the above information came from microfilm by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and nothing more about them in known by me at this time. Your SHAW posting interests me... i've posted on several SHAW lines on the Livingston County site on Rootsweb that may be related to me, they all lived in the county between 1850 to 1920. Please check out the site as i've listed everything i know about them in the same format as the above listing for BENTLEY. Sorry about the puns on the CLOSE name... couldn't resist... think of what i could've done with a name like WEATHERHEAD... :) thanx dennis --- K&D Lawrence <karendon@bcinternet.net> wrote: > Hi listers - We have found our James CLOSE and Jane > BENTLEY and their family in Emington, Illinois. > Some of the children and grandchildren, and even a > nephew and his family, ended up in California after > leaving Illinois. This has been a struggle finding > them, but very rewarding. We have not found all the > children yet, as there were at least 14 that we know > of. > I would be interested to know if any one else on > the list has CLOSE relatives from the Emington, > Illinois, area which is near Broughton. > > Names which married into the CLOSE family (so far) > in Illinois are GERHART, WEATHERHEAD, GRISWOLD, > SHAW, COSSELMEN, PARKER. > > - Karen in BC Canada > > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, > Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/