Hello all, This email is to remind you of the Sangamon County Genealogical Society's weekly Wednesday night researching night. We open at 5:30pm at 2856 South 11th Street in Springfield and close at 9:00pm. If no one arrives by 8:00, then we will close for the evening. The Office Library will be closed on the following Wednesdays: 24 November 2004, 22 December 2004, 29 December 2004, 09 February 2005, 06 July 2005, 02 November 2005, 23 November 2005, 21 December 2005, 28 December 2005 Yesterday the print committee completed the collating and stapling of the Circuit Rider. The quarterly will be sent out sometime this week. Remember, it is time to renew your subscription to the Circuit Rider. Dues are $15.00 per single membership, $1.00 per additional member at the same address and $150.00 for life memberships. Donations to the equipment fund are always welcome. This quarter includes the society's membership list, our genealogist's report, ancestor charts of Irene Frelin, Mary Katheryn Clinton and siblings and Marilyn Bates, also included is Novice's Nook Part 6, an update on the obituary files, a biographical article on Mrs. Marie M. Chenoweth of Williamsville, plans and terms of court house to be built in Springfield in 1826, a listing of from the soldiers monument in Oak Ridge Cemetery as well as our publication list. If you have an article about research you have conducted or a family history that you wish to be published, please contact me at [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) We hope to see you at our Monday 8 November 2004 meeting when we will hear from Kathryn Harris on the new Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library. The meeting is held at Springfield's Public Library, the Lincoln Library in the main building on 7th & Capital at 7:00. Parking in the lower level is now well lighted and free to the public after 4:30pm. We will also have an Open House/Research Day on Saturday 4 December 2004 from 9:00am to 1:00pm. All of our meetings are open to the public. Please join us and help us "Pack The House." Sincerely, Dan Dixon Dan Dixon - President/Editor PO Box 1829 (Mailing Address) Springfield, IL 62705-1829 Email: [email protected] Phone: 217-529-0542 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

Was this recently? I'd say the police. Was this 100 years ago? We need more information, names, dates, etc. Cheryl Rothwell [email protected] Logan County ILGenWeb www.rootsweb.com/~illogan Central IL Regional Coordinator, ILGenWeb Clark, Downing, Harding, Lucas, et al -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2004 7:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: RE: [ILLOGAN] Your Beck Surname Interest Hi, Who would I talk to about finding a relative that lived in Lincoln Illinois and then seemed to vanish. Claudia Haxton --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.774 / Virus Database: 521 - Release Date: 10/7/2004

Hi, Who would I talk to about finding a relative that lived in Lincoln Illinois and then seemed to vanish. Claudia Haxton ============================================================ From: "Cheryl Rothwell" <[email protected]> Date: 2004/10/16 Sat AM 09:50:19 EDT To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ILLOGAN] Your Beck Surname Interest I know there are or were Becks in the Warrensburg-Harristown area of Macon County. I really don't know how far afield they lived. 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: 6.0.774 / Virus Database: 521 - Release Date: 10/7/2004 ==== 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] ============================================================

I know there are or were Becks in the Warrensburg-Harristown area of Macon County. I really don't know how far afield they lived. 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: 6.0.774 / Virus Database: 521 - Release Date: 10/7/2004

Patrice -- I have a John Beck, b. 6 May 1869 in Harristown, Macon, Illinois; d. 16 Jun 1950 in Peoria, Peoria, Illinois; m. Carrie Belle Miller (my great grandfather's sister) 3 Sep 1891, probably in Logan County, Illinois. I have info on six children and some later generations. Is this a connection for you? Guy I. Colby IV Irving, TX -------------- Original message from "Patrice Wilson" : -------------- > Still searching for Donegan (all variations), Stone, Beck, Orendorff, and > Burton

Hi Guy, This item published 27 Feb 1896 in the Wayne County Press was written by Mrs. Alice Walker who mentions her Mother Mrs. Mary Beck. "Mrs. Alice Walker writes from Elkhart: We came here from Wayne county nine years ago. My husband is farming and raising a few hogs for the market; we are doing very well. Jas. A. Burroughs is living with us at present, so we get to read his Press, which is like a letter from home. Mrs. Mary Beck, my mother, and two brothers, Sol and Sherman, are running a barber shop, and doing well. Our family consist of five children three girls and two boys; all are going to school. Our oldest is a girl of seventeen." Are you related to them? I'm trying to find out if this is Elkhart, IN or Elkhart, IL which is located in Logan Co. IL. My reason for locating Elkhart is to find more information on the James A. Burroughs who is mentioned. Thanks, Lois Branch

Hi all, Had to share a wonderful experience I had today. As I drove back from my first ever visit to Springfield I decided to take a chance and see if I could find Old Union Cemetery in Lincoln. I guessed correctly and found it. When I located the office I met the most helpful young men around. I knew that many of my relatives were buried there but the genealogy books don't list them. I knew one date so we went to the actual burial record and found many of the others in a family plot. These guys actually escorted me to the area where my relatives were buried. We went back to the office and found others and went walking again. If only others could be so helpful. These folks gave me answers that have escaped me for years. They didn't even think I was crazy. If only other places were as friendly Patrice Wilson Still searching for Donegan (all variations), Stone, Beck, Orendorff, and Burton

Wow! Great Job. I used links I never used before. Better, for us elders. I will visit more often now that it is easier to find things. Thank you so much for all your hard work. I think I will add some "stuff" now that it looks so good. Blue Skies, K. Oliver Stockton

That's my goal, cleaner, easier to find things, also as much useful information as I can find. I skip the bells, whistles and fancy stuff because many people are still on slow dial up and some have disabilities which make the fancy stuff very annoying. If you have any suggestions for links [to public pages] that would be useful to add let me know. I make the page my home page and tend to add the links I use a lot. I also try to add things I look for on other pages. I will probably be out of contact most of next week. I'm FINALLY moving. Note that I am in the processing of changing over my email to [email protected] which will outlive the ISP since that will change also. 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: 6.0.774 / Virus Database: 521 - Release Date: 10/7/2004

Cheryl, I like the new look of the main page. It makes everything VERY easy to find. Thanks for your constant efforts to improve and expand the Logan County site. Bill Detmers LCGHS

Cheryl, I would second Bill's comment. Logan County has always been one of the best county web pages in the USGenWeb. One other I visit regularly which is as good is Kosciusko County, Indiana. http://www.rootsweb.com/~inkosciu/ It is always an extreme contrast when you visit some of the county pages which have very minimal information on-line. One suggestion that may help others would be a listing of Logan County ancestors and the counties they came from. Often others follow along and it might be a clue to others to check when looking for where their Logan County ancestors came from. Particularly in earlier years. Garland Edgell ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 8:50 AM Subject: Re: [ILLOGAN] Revised Main Page > Cheryl, > > I like the new look of the main page. It makes everything VERY easy to find. > > Thanks for your constant efforts to improve and expand the Logan County > site. > > Bill Detmers > LCGHS > > > ==== 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] >

Hi Cheryl, I think the main page is wonderful but then I've always felt your website was extremely good. I appreciate all of your hard work and dedication in making researching from out of state easier. Shirley in Wooster, OH In a message dated 10/12/2004 8:08:27 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: I have revised the main page of the Logan County ILGenWeb site. I thought it was time for a change and I hope the new format makes it easier to locate pages. Please have a look and let me know if you think it is NOT easier to use. www.rootsweb.com/~illogan Cheryl Rothwell

I received an old photo of Russell "Burrell" Oliver and Ann Maria Barlow Oliver, of KY., then IL. Printed on the photo it has Eckerman - Lincoln, as the photographer. Does anyone have information about this photographer in Lincoln? And/or information about this Oliver Family of Sangamon - Logan? I would like to make contact with anyone researching this line. Other names of interest: Pierce, Wisher, Jones, Treft, Barlow, Havener, Staley, Davis, Hughes, Shaughessy, Gingry, Haselmeyer, Burks, McKinney, Pope, Baker, Leisch, Hurley, Howett, Smitherman, Kennedy and many more. Many thanks for any help you can give on this line. K. Oliver [email protected] Burrell Oliver and Ann Maria Barlow children: 1. Samuel "Sam" Oliver, b. c1834, IL, No further information known. 2. John L. Oliver, b. Jul 1837, IL, m. (1) Mary J. Havener, b. 1842, OH d. c1871, m. 1861, Sangamon, m. (2) Elizabeth Ward, 1872, Sangamon. 3. Russell Burrell Oliver, Jr. b. c1841, IL, No further information known. 4. James Franklin Oliver, b. 12 Jul 1844, Mechanicsburg, Sangamon, IL, d. 1926, Springfield, Old Union cem. m. Louise Martha Treft, 21 Aug1874, Logan, IL, d/o John Treft and Margaret Leikem. Louise b. 1853, Springfield, IL, d. 1922, Lincoln, Old Union cemetery. 5. Ann Maria "Annie Marie" Oliver. b. c1848, Mechanicsburg, Sangamon, IL m. (1) Randolph Mitchell Havener, 5 May 1864, d. May 1880, Illiopolis, IL m. (2) Joseph Carper Havener, 16 Feb 1881, Illiopolis, Sangamon, Riverside cemetery. - - - - - - - - - - - James Franklin Oliver and Louise Treft 7 known children born in Logan. 1. William H. Treft Oliver, b. 1872, (son of Lousie/his father b. OH) No further information known. 2. Bertha M. Oliver, b. 1876, m. Samuel A. Staley, 5 May 1895, Logan/moved to Springfield. 3. Burrell "Burley" F. Oliver, b. 1878, Mt. Pulaski, Logan, IL, m. Mary Comstock, 1905 4. Harry Edison Oliver, b. 1879, Mt. Pulaski, Logan, d. 1960, Chicago, IL m. Maude M. Smitherman, 5 Jul 1903, Logan d/o Jesse Jasper Monroe Smiterman and Mary McKinney. 5. James Nelson Oliver, b. 1881, d. 1950, Chicago, m. Myrtle Alzina Jones, 1904, Lincoln d/o Richard Warle "Warley" Jones and Charlotte "Callie" Mary S. Pierce. Callie is the d/o Hollom Pierce and Lucena/Lucinda Winters. 6. John T. Oliver, b. 1884, d. 1918, Logan, m. Maude E. Kennedy b. 1888, Greenfield, IL, d. 1918, Old Union cemetery. d/o David and Alice Woodman of Greenfield, IL. 7. Royal "Roy" A. Oliver, b. 1889, Logan, d. 1941, Keokuk, Lee Co, Iowa, m. Florence P. Wisher, 1911, Sangamon, b. 1892, IL, d. 1982, Iowa. d/o Wm. Albert Wisher and Nora Sisson.

Looks great, Cheryl. Very clean and organized look. Thanks for all the hard work you do! Troy Semple --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? vote.yahoo.com - Register online to vote today!

Looking for parents of my ggrandfather THOMAS LAKE GORDON his military records shows he was born about 1828 Clark Ohio. He married N Jane Bevins and they had a son William born in Ohio, 1849.I do not know what happen to Jane but he moved to ILL.and marred Lucretia Hougham Oct 21 1849 at Heyworth McLean Co. ILL. THOMAS LAKE GORDON died March 22 1863 at Gladden Valley Mo. while in Company B 94th Illinois Infantry. His children were William H b 1849 Ohio m.Loretta K Eversole ILL. Hannah b 1851 Heyworth ILL. m. Herbet Pockington Ada l b. 1852 " '' m. Fred Fields James b. 1853 " " m. Minnie Sargeant Emma b. " " m. Elijah M Neeley ( grandmother ) Dora b. 1856 " " Anna b. 1857 " " Thank You Jack New River Az.

I have revised the main page of the Logan County ILGenWeb site. I thought it was time for a change and I hope the new format makes it easier to locate pages. Please have a look and let me know if you think it is NOT easier to use. www.rootsweb.com/~illogan 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: 6.0.774 / Virus Database: 521 - Release Date: 10/7/2004

Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Wg.2ADI/184.186.1.1.1.1.1.1.2 Message Board Post: There is a reference to what I assume is that circuit court case in a published book: In Tender Consideration: Women, Families, and the Law in Abraham Lincoln's Illinois, edited by Daniel W. Stowell, published by University of Illinois Press, 2002. The first chapter, which describes the case in a few paragraphs, is at: http://www.press.uillinois.edu/epub/books/stowell/ch1.html (search the page for Michael Mann or Sarah Lucas). --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.774 / Virus Database: 521 - Release Date: 10/7/2004

Hello all: This Monday, 11 October 2004 beginning at 7:00pm, the Sangamon County Genealogical Society will host its monthly meeting. The meeting is held at Springfield's Public Library, Lincoln Library, in the Carnigee Room South. This month's topic is a Show and Share Night. We invite all attending to bring an item relating to their family history which can be viewed by all and share a story about the item at the meeting. Items such as photos, newspaper clippings, family group sheets, family trees and other items relating to family history research are among the ideas of what to bring Monday night. The stories can be told to the entire group or we can break off into smaller groups. If there are any "brick walls" we can help participants climb over, through new or trusted researching methods, we will work to lead people over easier paths. Everyone is welcome to attend. Please do bring an item so we can all share in this experience. We hope to see several people at this meeting. Sincerely, Dan Dixon Dan Dixon - President/Editor PO Box 1829 (Mailing Address) Springfield, IL 62705-1829 Email: [email protected] Phone: 217-529-0542 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

Message 3. Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 10:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Looking for Mann,Houston, This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Wg.2ADI/184.186.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Connie & Sharon I have been doing some research for the Logan County Genealogical & Historical Society at Lincoln Public Library. In the process I came across the MANN surname in early issues of The Lincoln Herald which is on microfilm at the Library. In the 11 May 1859 edition, Michael Mann and Sarah Mann were invovled in a case in the Circuit Court of Logan County. You can find the reference on page 2 column 7. In the 08 June 1859 edition, Michael and Sarah were involved in a Chancery Sale. You can find the reference on page 4 column 2. In the 15 June 1859 edition, H L Mann, John Mann, John Mann, Jr. were listed at least once in the tax lists. The references for these are page 1 column 1, page 1 column 4, page 4 column 1, and page 4 column 2. Look for more than one occurance of those names in those columns. Perhaps these will be clues to probate records that will answer your questions. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.745 / Virus Database: 497 - Release Date: 8/27/2004

Same story - to respond click on the link. I am forwarding it because I know there are Huston and Mann people on this list. Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 7:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Looking for Mann,Houston, This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Batson, Huston, Mann Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Wg.2ADI/184.186.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Sharon, You asked... "Is the Charles F. Huston who marriage Elizabeth Jane Mann, daughter of Michael Jacob Mann, the son of James Huston and Mary Batson???" **Yes "Also could the wife of Michael Jacob Mann be Elizabeth Landis. I have no proof positive but in the IGI of the LDS church they list the wife of Micheal as Elizabeth Landis. I know there are a ton of mistakes there so I am just tossing it out as a question" **I can't say for sure... I have seen nothing to verify this info... "Is the Andew ho married Hannah the brother to Charles????" **Andrew H. Huston who married Hannah Mann was the elder brother of Charles F. Huston who married Elizabeth Jane Mann (Andrew and Charles were sons of James Huston and Mary Batson - Hannah was the elder sister of Elizabeth Mann - both daughters of Michael J. Mann. Hence, brothers married sisters) **May I ask how you connect to this family line??? I would love to share and compare info with you :-) Connie --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.745 / Virus Database: 497 - Release Date: 8/27/2004