My problem is there was no date listed on the book. It is a non-circulating book, so therefore I cannot have my Library request it. What I was hoping is that someone there would possibly be able to check on it for me when they went on a regular trip to the Library. Thank you for your response. Roberta ----- Original Message ----- From: <clrothwell@mindspring.com> To: <ILLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 01, 1999 8:06 AM Subject: Re: [ILLOGAN] David S. MOWREY County Clerk > The list of county officers on the Logan web site is prior to 1878. > > Plat Books are published periodically, not sure how often. They are still > published. We always had one. They tell who the actual owner is for all > farm land in the county as well as provide maps and such. Did you note the > year of the book you found? That would give you a better clue. > > You are talking fairly recently in the grand scope of things. If someone > here has a copy of the Stringer history I'd ask that they see if there is a > David Mowrey listed. I figure though, given the birthdate you have, it > would be 1930 or later before he would be Clerk. > > > Cheryl Rothwell > clrothwell@mindspring.com > > > ==== ILLOGAN Mailing List ==== > If you have found some information you were seeking through this list we'd like to know about it. >

The list of county officers on the Logan web site is prior to 1878. Plat Books are published periodically, not sure how often. They are still published. We always had one. They tell who the actual owner is for all farm land in the county as well as provide maps and such. Did you note the year of the book you found? That would give you a better clue. You are talking fairly recently in the grand scope of things. If someone here has a copy of the Stringer history I'd ask that they see if there is a David Mowrey listed. I figure though, given the birthdate you have, it would be 1930 or later before he would be Clerk. Cheryl Rothwell clrothwell@mindspring.com

I have a reference to a George Mowery, farmer, S, 35, T. Orvil, P.O. Emden, 1866. He was a patron for the Logan County plat book I have. The abbreviations mean that his land is in Section 35 of the Orvil Township. When I look in the map, there is a George and Herbert Mowery owning property where the school was, 60 and 209 are on their section of land. The address is the address of party and 1866 is when he settled in Logan county. Hope this leads to something. Darlene

I was doing some research today and clearing out my mailbox and stumbled across some information. I am hoping there is someone up there in Logan County who can help me out with this. I ended up in the Rolling Prarie Library site today and did a search for Mowrey to see what I might come up with. And I did. I found they had a book title Farm Ownership Map & Plat Book Guide of Logan County, Illinois. This book was published by W. A. Howat for David S. Mowrey, County Clerk. What I need to find out is when this book was published or how can I find a list of County clerks for Logan county. He is not included in the list online at genweb. He was born in 1879 so I figure he would have been county clerk after the turn of the century. If this David S. Mowrey is not my Grandfather could he have been related, maybe a G-Grandfather, Uncle, Or even my brother. Can someone help please. Thank you Roberta Mowrey Hollister

Can anyonnyone tell me more about A.E Church? Was he related to George Church who married Phylura Jones? Thanks, Ann Maxwell amax@gvtc XWORD@aol.com wrote: > A. E. Church was the founder and owner from 1857 when he arrived in Atlanta, > IL till his retirement in 1913. Mr. G. H. Tuttle was his assistant when A. > E. Church retired and bought his business, becoming the owner. > > --- G. H. Tuttle Funeral Home Records, Atlanta, Logan County, Illinois; > Copied by Mrs. Kenneth Patterson, Copyright, The Decatur Genealogical > Society, printed 1971, reprinted 1981. > > ==== ILLOGAN Mailing List ==== > If you have found some information you were seeking through this list we'd like to know about it.

Mattfeldt is not a name I recognize but Mayer is. Also Clark, Buckles, Schaffenacker, Vonderlieth, Letterly, Stoll, Schroth... Theodore Herman Otto Mattfeldt is in 'And She Held Forth Her Hand' but very little information is there. I was not aware that was an historic home. I am visualizing the house...should be at Cooke and Marion if I figure correctly. [I'm afraid I had to look it up -- I tend to define streets by a block down from Pamela, two blocks north of the high school, etc.] Cheryl Rothwell clrothwell@mindspring.com

Hello, Is this the correct family for the Mattfeldt home on the historic register. We know how German families reused names! >From the National Register of Historic Places: ILLINOIS, LOGAN COUNTY, Mattfeldt, Theodore H. O., House, 202 S. Marion St., Mt. Pulaski, 96000853, LISTED, 8/01/96. It was built in 1860 and is being restored. 1850 Census: Roll 116, pg 178 Harman Mattfeldt, 32, m, Cooper, Germany, property 500?, can’t be sure. Emily, 30, Germany Mary Ann, 2, Mich Cecelia ?/12, Mich [looks like 3/12 and Census was taken the 4th of Sept. 1850] According Cecelia’s birth information, they had been in Illinois for about “20 minutes” before the 1850 census was taken. Theodore Herman Otto Mattfeldt m. Amelia "Emilie" Baurmann | Mary Elizabeth "Marianne" Mattfeldt m. John W. Mayer | | Harmon Mayer m. Myrna St. John | | Oscar Mayer m. Edna Jane Buckles | | Clarence Mayer m. Marjorie (Mayer) | | James Frederick Mayer | Cecelia Emilie "Celia" Mattfeldt m. George C. Mayer | | Edward Otto Mayer m. Minnie Laura Clark | | Henry John Mayer m. Ida P. Schaffenacker | | Carl Mayer | Adolph Augustov Mattfeldt m. Janet Kennedy | Agnes Mattfeldt m. John Vonderlieth | Amelia Dorthea Mattfeldt m. Adam Loetterle/Letterly | | Henrietta Louise "Lula" Letterle m. Henry George Stoll | | Anna Emilie Loetterle m. Charles Christian Schroth | | Herman 1 Theodore Letterly m. Anna Luella Howe | | Fredrick Oscar Letterly m. Mary Frances Kerwood | | Floyd Wilhelm Letterly m1 Flossie Aretha Howe & m2 May Williams I found a couple of "extra" Mattfeldt family members can anyone help place them? or are any included in the above list? Adolph Smith, Emma, George, Lillie & Vada Maud b. October 24, 1893 d. September 1979 m. Henry Steinmetz Thank You, Penny

http://usgennet.org/~alhnilus/kimco.html contains a handy chart of the earliest records available for all Illinois counties. Cheryl Rothwell clrothwell@mindspring.com

Luckenbill was quite the character -- at least I thought so when I was a kid. He used to drive around the county and he always stopped in to visit us. My grandfather had been on the school board and I assume that was the connection although they may have been involved in politics together also. If there is more I am not aware of it...certainly not related. Cheryl Rothwell clrothwell@mindspring.com

Ford collected many historic buildings and had them moved. I am sure that money was part of the reason. Cheri Salz

I recall that when I was in grade school in Logan County (1941-49), county Superintendent of Schools E.H. Luckenbill led a campaign to have students raise funds to "restore" the Postville Courthouse. I do not know why it was originally sold to Henry Ford, but the restoration campaign was definitely led by those with a historical perspective. Mr. Luckenbill was a long-time superindendent and a Lincoln Scholar. There is probably press coverage in the Lincoln Courier of that period, and perhaps in the library collections at Lincoln College. Prof. Paul Beaver, now retired, headed the Lincoln Collection for many years.

Henry Ford wanted to collect and protect buildings and artifacts of people that he admired, and apparently Henry was good at getting what he wanted. A case in point is that he wanted Thomas Edison's Laboratory moved from New Jersey. The problem was that Edison had stipulated that the building must always stand on New Jersey soil. Ford had truck loads of soil transported into Michigan and then had Edison's Laboratory moved, thus satisfying Edison's requirement. I don't know the terms under which Lincoln gave up their courthouse, but I imagine that Ford was very convincing. Robert P. Roach

MJD62@aol.com wrote: > Postville Courthouse----- the original was disassembled and placed in Greenfield Village in Michigan - and the one located in Lincoln is a replica. "not missing something until we have it no longer?" I think that is the way many people in Lincoln feel about it now. Alberta McKinley Lisk, widow of "Bob" Lisk.

clrothwell@mindspring.com wrote: > > Thanks Alberta. I knew I had been in the Postville courthouse. Why do you suppose they let Ford carry the original off to Michigan...and why would he want to? Cheryl: I think, (I don't have the data to back this up right at hand) the City Fathers of Lincoln, IL at that time, wanted the money and didn't think about the Historical Value. Since Lincoln now has a Chamber of Commerce and is interested in Tourism, they make much of the courthouse and other Abraham Lincoln sites in Logan County. Henry Ford had an enormous project of building the Greenfield Village next to his automobile museum. The village consists of many original historical buildings that he purchased and had moved to Greenfield Village. It is very impressive and contains much that is of historical value from all around the country. I remember especially the Logan Co. Courthouse, Edison's Laboratory, the Wright Brothers Bicycle Shop where they made their airplanes, Burbank's home. I have many slides taken in the Museum and the Village taken by my husband Bob Lisk when we visited there about 1970. Alberta

Thanks Alberta. I knew I had been in the Postville courthouse. Why do you suppose they let Ford carry the original off to Michigan...and why would he want to? Cheryl Rothwell clrothwell@mindspring.com

I know something of the Postville Courthouse as we visited there several times -- one framed article (from the many) was signed by my husband's gg-grandfather, Thomas J. Larison, as he was Sheriff for one or two terms. From what I can remember, the original was dis- assembled and placed in Greenfield Village in Michigan - and the one located in Lincoln is a replica. Am sure there is a story behind that somewhere -- something on the order of not missing something until we have it no longer? Just a guess. Marlyn

clrothwell@mindspring.com wrote: > > Abraham Lincoln argued cases in the Mt. Pulaski courthouse which still stands on the square in Mt. Pulaski. Mt. Pulaski replaced Postville as the county seat. > > It seems to me that the building in Michigan is a duplicate -- or it used to be in Lincoln when I was younger. Does anyone else remember the building being in Lincoln? Postville, of course, was where Lincoln is now. > Dear Cheryl: The original courthouse was purchased by Henry Ford who had it moved to Greenfield Village in Michigan. The one that now stands on the site in Lincoln, Logan Co. IL is a replica built by the State of IL. I have visited both and they are very interesting. Grace Alberta McKinley Lisk

Abraham Lincoln argued cases in the Mt. Pulaski courthouse which still stands on the square in Mt. Pulaski. Mt. Pulaski replaced Postville as the county seat. It seems to me that the building in Michigan is a duplicate -- or it used to be in Lincoln when I was younger. Does anyone else remember the building being in Lincoln? Postville, of course, was where Lincoln is now. Cheryl Rothwell clrothwell@mindspring.com

The old Logan County Courthouse, c. 1840 was relocated to Greenfield Village (historical park) in Dearborn, Michigan (a suburb of Detroit). The sign in front of the building reads "Logan County Courthouse - Postville, Illinois, served as the Logan County seat from 1839 to 1847. Residents won that designation by promising to build this courthouse, completed in 1840. A young lawyer and prominent Whig politician named Abraham Lincoln argued cases here while traveling the Eighth Judicial Circuit."...."From Postville, now Lincoln, Illinois." Greenfield Village, built by Henry Ford, is a very interesting place to visit. Many famous historical building and artifacts from around the country have been brought here and restored. Robert P. Roach

Douglas Earl Yeakel married Ella A. Armstrong a daughter of Lavina Marvel and John Armstrong. He was a son of Levi Yeakel and Rebecca Whistler. I have more information on these people and will send upon request. Robert