I was raised in Streator, IL. all of my growing years. Am very glad to see some of this info on Livingston Co. I had an aunt Blanche Lighterholder who was a Holmes and was my grandfathers sister. They had the Holmes farms in Streator since 1864.. Other surnames I'm researching are Fraser, Holmes, Goslin. I have a Riverview Cemetery manual and if someone needs a lookup in it , would be glad to do so. Any info anyone might have on names I'm researching would appreciate getting it. Thanks Janet Matteson---------sewzq@uti.com

Hi Janet, You offered to do some look ups from the Riverside Cemetery and I'd like to take advantage of that please. I would like to have the death dates of the following if you have them: Jack Eugene Williams b. 18 Apr 1930 Randall Eugene Williams b. 29 July 1959 And if there the birth and death dates of: Andrew J. Williams probably died around 1935 Elizabeth Ann (Votaw) Williams died around 1999 I was born in Pontiac and raised in Odell, Illinois but now I'm in Eagle River, Alaska and it's a bit to far to do look ups for myself. Sorry I can't help you with your Lighterholder name or the other names you listed. They don't look like Ostfriesen names and that's where most of my ancestors are from. The names above are my brother-in-law and his family. I do appreciate your offer. Thank you, Dorothy Nanninga Sewell dsewell@alaska.net Eagle River, Alaska Ostfriesland Ancestors http://www.alaska.net/~dsewell

Is anyone else out there researching the families of James R. Carson, Henry Clay Carson, and William Gouge. William Gouge moved to Livingston County from Tennessee in the 1890's and married Mary Hance Carson, widow of Henry Clay Carson. I would love to exchange information with anyone else researching these families. Carolyn