Obituary - Mount Pulaski Times-News, 10 August 1967 Leigh W. Lucas Died Saturday at Decatur Hospital Leigh Willard Lucas, 79, RR 1, Mount Pulaski, Ill., died at 6:08 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 5, 1967, in Decatur & Macon County Hospital where he had been a patient for several weeks. He was born April 30, 1888 at Mt. Pulaski, the son of George T. and Ida Whiteside Lucas. He married Winifred Obermiller in Mt. Pulaski, April 21, 1915. She survives as do a sister, Mrs. Maurine McGee of Mt. Pulaski, and eight nieces and nephews. Leigh W. Lucas was a retired farmer and was vice president of the First National Bank of Mt. Pulaski. He was a past board member of the Mt. Pulaski Farmer Grain & Elevator Co., and a past and present board member of the Steenbergen Cemetery Association. He was farm manager for many years of the Fred Meister farms, and was office manager of Logan Co. ASC for a number of years. Decedent was a graduate of Mt. Pulaski high school and graduated from the University of Illinois. He was a member of Mt. Pulaski Lodge No. 87 A.F. & A.M.; Mt. Pulaski Chapter 121 Royal Arch Masons; and Mt. Pulaski Commandery No. 39 Knight Templars and a past commander. He was a member more than 50 years of the lodge. Masonic services were held at the Schahl Funeral Home at 8 p.m. Monday. Funeral services were held Tuesday, Aug. 8, at 10:00 a.m. in the Schahl Funeral Home with the Rev. Ray O. Zumstein officiating. Organ music was by Mrs. Fern Stuart. Interment was in Steenbergen Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers were Wilford Scroggin, Harry Martin Sr., Kelsey M. Anderson, Louis F. Sams, Dr. C. M. Merriman, Orville Martin, Frank Turley, and Merle Watson. Active pallbearers were John Martin, Harry Martin Jr., John D. Biesemeier, Robert Shanle, Charles Anderson, and Farris Cowan. Dinner was served at St. John's Lutheran Church dining room following the services.

That is the only Phebe Lucas who is the daughter of Abraham Lucas. One of my descents from Abraham Lucas is through Phebe Lucas and Solomon Wood. She died between 1839 [birth of last child] and 1847 [Solomon's marriage to Rhoda Turman] in Corwin Township, Logan County, IL. She probably died closer to 1840 but there is no proof and records from that period are non existant. Undoubtedly she was buried in what is now Lucas Chapel Cemetery since Solomon owned the land at the time. All of the stones in the old section are gone. Marcy Kelsey died in August of 1835 in Mt. Pulaski Township, Sangamon now Logan County. Sarah Wood was probably born in 1826 just before they left Greene County, OH. Berryman was born Dec. 22, 1834, in Corwin Township, Sangamon now Logan County. I believe all the children born in Illinois were born in Corwin Township. Solomon first bought land there on November 20, 1826. Joel was born in 1833. I have not seen anything on him after 1850 when he was living with Rev. Michael Mann. After Solomon's early death [April 18, 1848] the minor children were scattered except for the infant Solomon who went with his mother. On the subject of Leigh Willard Lucas who married Winifred Irene Obermiller on April 21, 1915, he was the son of George Thomas and Ida Agnes Whitesides Lucas. George Thomas was the son of Caleb Kelsey and Ellen Caroline Scroggin Lucas. Caleb was the son of John T. and Sarah Bowman Lucas. John T. was the son of Abraham and Marcy Kelsey Lucas. I don't know if they had any children either. Cheryl Rothwell [email protected] Logan County ILGenWeb www.rootsweb.com/~illogan Central IL Regional Coordinator, ILGenWeb Clark, Downing, Harding, Lucas, et al --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.802 / Virus Database: 545 - Release Date: 11/26/2004

Gen, Would this be Phebe Lucas, b. c 1799 in Greene Co., OH, d. c1847 Mt. Pulaski, Logan, IL., m. Solomon Wood, 1819, OH. Phebe, d/o Abraham Lucas b. 1761, Morris Co, NJ. d. 1841, Mt. Pulaski, Logan, IL. and Marcy Kelsey, b. 1764, NJ? Children of Solomon Wood and Phebe Lucas: Isabel, b. 1824, OH, Sarah, b. 1824, OH, Jane, c1828, Logan Co, IL, Susannah, b. 1832, Logan, Berryman, b. 1834, IL, Joe, b. c1835, Corwin, Logan, Lucinda, b. 1838, Logan, Rebecca, b. 1839, Logan, IL. If this is the correct Phebe Lucas Wood, contact me at [email protected] At 08:04 PM 7/14/2003 -0500, you wrote: >Leigh Lucas b: 1888 d: 1967 of Mt. Pulaski has been of interest to me >because he married in 1915 to Winifred Obermiller b: 1889 d: 1968. I do >not know if he is of the line you are researching. I have not determinied >if there were descendents of that marriage. > >Bill Donath > >>From: <[email protected]> >>Reply-To: [email protected] >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: Re: [ILLOGAN] Lucas >>Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 14:01:14 -0500 (CDT) >> >> >No, not as far as I know; however I am descended from the Cass County >>Lucas family. I wish we could find a tie between the families. >>Betty >> >> Is anyone researching descendants of Phebe Lucas, daughter of Abraham >> > Lucas? >> > >> > Gen >> > >> > >> > >> > ==== ILLOGAN Mailing List ==== >> > To unsubscribe from the Logan County List if you are in mail mode, send >> > to [email protected] If you are receiving messages in the >> > digest mode, send to [email protected] >> >> >> >> >>==== ILLOGAN Mailing List ==== >>To unsubscribe from the Logan County List if you are in mail mode, send >>to [email protected] If you are receiving messages in the >>digest mode, send to [email protected] > >_________________________________________________________________ >Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. >http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail > > >==== ILLOGAN Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe from the Logan County List if you are in mail mode, send to >[email protected] If you are receiving messages in the >digest mode, send to [email protected]

Sangamon County Genealogical Society’s Winter 2004 Open House/Research Day Saturday, December 4 from 9 A. M. To 1 P. M. 2856 South 11th Street, Springfield, Illinois Census, Birth, Marriage and Death Microfilm, Microfilm of the Auburn Citizen from 1874 to 1965, Virden Recorder from 22 October 1914 to 09 March 1950, Petersburg Observer 13 July 1878 to 28 December 1917, Menard County Axis 04 May 1861 to 29 August 1868, Taylorville Breeze 15 May 1894 to 03 May 1897, Society Publications, Misc. Surname Files, Vertical Files, Obituary Files, Misc. Society Collections, Deed Record Microfilm, Misc. Illinois County Publications, Research Forms & Assistance on Genealogical Questions will be Available Throughout the Day We will also have a Winter Basket filled with genealogical materials available as a raffle prize. Tickets for the raffle are one dollar each or six for five dollars. This raffle and all sales of publications, etc. will be used towards the maintenance of the collection and utilities for the coming winter. Remember, we are currently open on Wednesday evenings throughout this winter. Be sure to check the society's page at _http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilsangam/scgs/scgs.htm_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilsangam/scgs/scgs.htm) for any updates. Help promote your local genealogical society by bringing friends and neighbors along to see the great selection of materials available in Sangamon County. Come join in the hunt through our treasure trove of genealogical and historical resources. If you would like to be added to the SCGS email group, please send me an email at [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) Sincerely, Dan Dixon SCGS President/Editor Donations of genealogical or historical materials as well as monetary donations are always welcome. Contact the society at: 217-529-0542 or via the Internet at [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) Sangamon County Genealogical Society Office Library 2856 South 11th Street (approx. 3 blocks north of Stevenson Drive) Springfield, Illinois Phone: 217-529-0546 Email: [email protected] Open Wednesday nights 5:30 to 9:00 or by appointment Please be sure to check the following web site for holiday and other closings of the library http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilsangam/scgs/scgs.htm

Joan Lund is the Illinois Coordinator for the Newspaper Abstracts web site: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/illinois/index.shtml Contact her if you have transcribed newspaper articles and wish to submit them. Cheryl Rothwell [email protected] Logan County ILGenWeb www.rootsweb.com/~illogan Central IL Regional Coordinator, ILGenWeb Clark, Downing, Harding, Lucas, et al --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.802 / Virus Database: 545 - Release Date: 11/26/2004

Please follow the link below for information about Illinois newspapers. http://www.library.uiuc.edu/inp/webpages/main.html and www.newspaperabstracts.com has some transcriptions. Joan --- [email protected] wrote: > I spent the day in Lincoln looking through Mt. > Pulaski Times - News from 1933 > on. Was the Times printed before then? If not, was > there another newspaper? > If so, where would I find microfilmed editions? Is > there a statewide > newspaper library in Illinois that someone can go > through old newspapers and print > off articles? > > Bill Scroggin > > > ==== ILLOGAN Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Logan County List if you are > in mail mode, send to > [email protected] If you are receiving > messages in the digest mode, send to > [email protected] > > ===== Joan Black Lund [email protected] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~joanlund/

Yes, that's when Harry Wible came from Golden and bought the paper. There was once a Times and a News and they joined or maybe Harry bought both. I confess I don't remember. http://www.state.il.us/hpa/lib/Microfilm.htm Here's what they have: MOUNT PULASKI (Logan) Citizen: Ja 21, 1877; F 14-Mr 14, 28, Ap 25-My 16, 30-Je 13, JI 18-25, 1878; F 19, 1879; S 22, 1881; Ag 23, 1882; =Times-Citizen Dollar Star: F 13-20, 1875 Hometown Weekly News: Merchant, *JI 23-D 28, 1987X; =Independent Free Press, [*Ja 4-My 31, 1988X]; =Hometown Weekly News, [*Je 6-Ag 22, 1988X] Independent Free Press: see Hometown Weekly News Merchant: see Hometown Weekly News News (I): F 27, Ap 2, My 14, O 29, N 26, D 23, 1892; JI 20, 1894; Mr 5, Ap 16, D 17, 1897; Jl 5, 1907; D 4, 1908; O 17, 1913; O 2, 1914; Mr 4, 1921; My 19, 1922; Mr 14, 1924; JI 8, 1927; Ap 13-27, Je 15, 1928; Mr 22-29, Ap 12, 26, My 3, Je 7-21, Ag 2, N 15-22, 1929; F 14, Ap 4¬-11, 25, My 23, Je 27-JI 4, 1930; Ja 9, Ap 17, My 22, Je 27, JI 4, 1931; F 12, Ap 8, JI 29, 1932X; =Times-News News (II): Times-Citizen, Ap 22, 1886; =Times, Je 29-JI 13, 1905; F 10, Je 23, 1909; Mr 2, 1910; Mr 8, N 1, 1911; Ag 30, 1923; O 17, 1929; =Times-News, D 1, 1932; [Ja 5, 1933-Mr 31, 1988X]; =News, *Ap 7, 1988+ Observer: *JI 22-29, 1871; Ja 13, Je 29-JI 6, S 28, O 19-26, 1872 Republican: JI 31, 1885; Ja 23, 1886; Ja 1, 1887 Sentinel: JI 30, 1870 Times, Times-Citizen, Times-News: see News (ll) Cheryl Rothwell [email protected] Logan County ILGenWeb www.rootsweb.com/~illogan Central IL Regional Coordinator, ILGenWeb Clark, Downing, Harding, Lucas, et al --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.802 / Virus Database: 545 - Release Date: 11/26/2004

I spent the day in Lincoln looking through Mt. Pulaski Times - News from 1933 on. Was the Times printed before then? If not, was there another newspaper? If so, where would I find microfilmed editions? Is there a statewide newspaper library in Illinois that someone can go through old newspapers and print off articles? Bill Scroggin

Reading madly! Thanks Cheryl!! Sandi At 05:36 PM 11/21/04 -0600, you wrote: >Interesting Vandeventer web site: > >http://www.vandeventer.net/ > >Cheryl Rothwell >[email protected] >Logan County ILGenWeb www.rootsweb.com/~illogan >Central IL Regional Coordinator, ILGenWeb >Clark, Downing, Harding, Lucas, et al > >--- >Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.796 / Virus Database: 540 - Release Date: 11/13/2004 > > > >==== ILLOGAN Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe from the Logan County List if you are in mail mode, send to [email protected] If you are receiving messages in the digest mode, send to [email protected] > >

Interesting Vandeventer web site: http://www.vandeventer.net/ Cheryl Rothwell [email protected] Logan County ILGenWeb www.rootsweb.com/~illogan Central IL Regional Coordinator, ILGenWeb Clark, Downing, Harding, Lucas, et al --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.796 / Virus Database: 540 - Release Date: 11/13/2004

Congrats!!! I can't find it right now but there's a place in the Netherlands called Van Devender or something - I printed it off some time past - supposedly a famous place or something important today. Just got up from a nap and then to grocery store - that'll do it to you! Sandi

I just couldn't stand it. <g> I did a search of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Index for 1870-1998. The Vandevenders/Vandeventers in Logan County came through New Amsterdam [New York] originally, then to Virginia, Tennessee and up through southern Illinois to Logan County by 1828. There are absolutely no Vandevenders in that index, plenty of Vandeventers. This leads me to suspect that Vandeventer is the original spelling, actually Van Deventer. At some point in time it became Vandeventer and then, for some, Vandevender. I also believe I have found the connection between Anna Vandeventer who married John Buckles and the Vandevenders we were discussing earlier. I will be putting this all together at a later date and I will share it. Now I can get back to what I was doing. Cheryl Rothwell [email protected] Logan County ILGenWeb www.rootsweb.com/~illogan Central IL Regional Coordinator, ILGenWeb Clark, Downing, Harding, Lucas, et al --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.796 / Virus Database: 540 - Release Date: 11/13/2004

Harrison was born Dec 29, 1888, almost undoubtedly in Chester Township, Logan County, the son of William Henry Vandevender and Emma Isabelle Vail. He married Eunice Naomi Shyer. He died July 12, 1944. Clifford married a month later and I think everyone that was left lived together on the homeplace. Information relating to living people should not be exchanged on the list. If you are asking about his children send me a private email. Cheryl Rothwell [email protected] Logan County ILGenWeb www.rootsweb.com/~illogan Central IL Regional Coordinator, ILGenWeb Clark, Downing, Harding, Lucas, et al --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.796 / Virus Database: 540 - Release Date: 11/13/2004

The only Harrison Vandeventer/der I have on file is the son of William Vandevender and Emma Isabel Vail. I have no data on him at all; William was born 24 Feb 1842 in Chester Township, Logan, IL; died 15 May 1924 Salt Lake Creek, Logan; md to Emma 23 Nov 1871 in Logan Co. Emma was my great-grandmother. I don't know if this is the right Harrison but is all I have. Sandi

Morning: Would you have any information on Harrison Vandeventer? His son Clifford married my cousin Marjorie K. Mielke in 1944, her mother was a Keil. She has two boys Donald and James and they may still be in the Mt. Pulaski area. I have been doing research on the Keil and Wetter family that settled in the area. Any help you could give me sure would be appreciated. Thanks Don -----Original Message----- From: Sandi Gorin [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 6:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ILLOGAN] Looking for some photos from Logan Co I know it's a long shot but no family pictures exist and I would dearly love to track a few down. Thomas Vandevender/Vandeventer and Harriet Roberts. They md 1837 in Sangamon Co, lived Mt Pulaski area in Logan. William Henry Vandevender/Vandeventer and Emma Isabel Vail. They married in Logan in 1871. These are my great and great-great-grandparents. If anyone has any knowledge of any pictures I would forever be in your debt. Thanks so much - Sandi (Sandra Laughery) Gorin, born Lincoln IL just a few years back! ==== ILLOGAN Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from the Logan County List if you are in mail mode, send to [email protected] If you are receiving messages in the digest mode, send to [email protected]

You know Sandi, my grandfather said some of the Vandevenders were Vandevenders and some were Vandeventers -- and I frankly assumed there was just some confusion about the spelling. There was also a separate Vandeventer line. Vandevender and Vandeventer were pronounced quite differently. van DE venter and vandevender. I am always looking for more things for the web site. I am rather behind due to the packing and the moving and the disaster in getting settled but I expect to start getting caught up shortly. I have about 100 obits to put up when I can. Cheryl Rothwell [email protected] Logan County ILGenWeb www.rootsweb.com/~illogan Central IL Regional Coordinator, ILGenWeb Clark, Downing, Harding, Lucas, et al --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.796 / Virus Database: 540 - Release Date: 11/13/2004

Thanks so much Cheryl. Both spellings of Vandevender/Vandeventer were used for the same family in Mt. Pulaski in our line. I do have some pictures out of Logan Co that I will send you in a week or two - a school picture (undated) of the Chestnut IL school, and various kinfolk. You have my permission to put them on the board! Also, I think I have some obituaries that you might be able to use. Sandi

I have as an ancestor on Abraham Vandeventer who married Mary Jones and produced, ca 1775 and obviously not in Logan County, Anna Vandeventer. She married John Buckles and is the mother of the Logan County Buckles clan. I have another Abraham Vandeventer, Jr., who is are likely related [based on locations and dates] and possibly is the son of the first one [now that I am looking at it - I have never looked at the Vandeventers that closely before], whose son Andrew married Nancy Downing in Logan County. Nancy was the daughter of Thomas Downing of the Timothy Downing line. His son John married Mary "Polly" Downing in Logan County [then Sangamon]. She was the daughter of John Downing of the James Downing line. I am descended from BOTH of these apparently unrelated Downing lines. Let me also toss in here, for lurkers, that there were VandevenDers and VandevenTers in Mt. Pulaski. Perhaps there were pictures made later in their lives. I'd put in a "looking for" request to the Logan County G&H and also to the Mt. Pulaski Historical Society. Both have old pictures, not all of which are identified. This is a good place to put in a plug to make copies of your old pictures, identify them as much as you can, send the copies to the Logan County G&H and, if appropriate, also to the Mt. Pulaski Historical Society. Do future researchers that favor. Cheryl Rothwell [email protected] Logan County ILGenWeb www.rootsweb.com/~illogan Central IL Regional Coordinator, ILGenWeb Clark, Downing, Harding, Lucas, et al --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.796 / Virus Database: 540 - Release Date: 11/13/2004

You might want to post a query at www.iltrails.org and look for the county specific to you and post a query on that site too...for example www.iltrails.org/logan/ and post a query. Check out www.deadfred.com. They have all sorts of pictures on there. The county or local historical society sometimes has year book pictures or other pictures donated to them. Hope this helps. Carrol Mick [email protected] or [email protected] www.iltrails.org/iroquois/ -----Original Message----- From: Sandi Gorin [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 4:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ILLOGAN] Looking for some photos from Logan Co I know it's a long shot but no family pictures exist and I would dearly love to track a few down. Thomas Vandevender/Vandeventer and Harriet Roberts. They md 1837 in Sangamon Co, lived Mt Pulaski area in Logan. William Henry Vandevender/Vandeventer and Emma Isabel Vail. They married in Logan in 1871. These are my great and great-great-grandparents. If anyone has any knowledge of any pictures I would forever be in your debt. Thanks so much - Sandi (Sandra Laughery) Gorin, born Lincoln IL just a few years back! ==== ILLOGAN Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from the Logan County List if you are in mail mode, send to [email protected] If you are receiving messages in the digest mode, send to [email protected] --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.797 / Virus Database: 541 - Release Date: 11/15/04 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.797 / Virus Database: 541 - Release Date: 11/15/04

I know it's a long shot but no family pictures exist and I would dearly love to track a few down. Thomas Vandevender/Vandeventer and Harriet Roberts. They md 1837 in Sangamon Co, lived Mt Pulaski area in Logan. William Henry Vandevender/Vandeventer and Emma Isabel Vail. They married in Logan in 1871. These are my great and great-great-grandparents. If anyone has any knowledge of any pictures I would forever be in your debt. Thanks so much - Sandi (Sandra Laughery) Gorin, born Lincoln IL just a few years back!