I am researching the REED's in Macon County, Illinois. My grandmother was Nellie Bertha REED b 6-08-1878 Macon County, IL d 2-02-1925 b Union Cemetery, Oreana, Macon County, IL. married Frank Edward STUART b 4-29-1874 Macon County, IL d 5-29-1959 b Union Cemetery, Oreana, Macon County, IL Nellie's parents were Robert REED b 10-20-1845 Macon County, IL d 4-14-1923 b Union Cemetery, Oreana, Macon County, IL married Louisa Barbra FULK b 8-13-1856 Greene Co., Ind. d 4-13-1911 b Union Cemetery, Oreana, Macon County, IL Best regards, Sandra Wagner Decatur, Macon County, Illinois ---------- > From: Wyndamere <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ILMACON-L] PATTERSON, MACON CO., ILL., circa 1845-1900 > Date: Friday, April 24, 1998 8:01 PM > > I am so glad to see that there is now a Macon Co. list. My Patterson family > came from there, after moving from Pennsylvania, and I have never been able to > trace them from Illinois back to Pennsylvania. > > I am researching the following Macon Co. names: PATTERSON, REED, > CREEKMUR(MAN), BINGAMON. > > I am going to add some information from a recent posting I did to the > Pennsylvania lists. Someone might find a clue. > > "In a message dated 98-04-12 13:37:37 EDT, [email protected] (Milbrey > Otto BURGETT) wrote: > > << Washington PATTERSON was b. in Madison Co., OH in 1819 and > > m. Chloe NORTON in Logan Co., IL ca. 1840. By abt. 1850, Washington > > PATTERSON had also moved his family from Logan Co., IL to Kings Valley, > > Benton Co., OR, where he filed and received a "Donation Land Claim" > > there for a free land grant. >> > > I have some information on my line of Patterson's, whose migrations seem to > parallel and/or touch upon Milbrey Burgett's family. > > General information about my g-g-g-grandparents, Robert and Mary PATTERSON, > comes from family records, the obituary of their son, George, my g-g- > grdfather, and census records of 1850, 1860. > > Robert b. 1803 in Pennsylvania (1850 Census), DOD unknown > > Mary b. 1816 in Pennsylvania (1850 Census), d. 1902 Macon Co., Illinois (Macon > Co. Death Index, p. 137; Reg. 3, p. 110) (I THINK this is her; need further > confirmation). > > They were married ca 1830, prob. in Pennsylvania. > > Children: > > (1) William, b. 1831, Pennsylvania (1850 census). He was a Civil War vet, > possibly the Private William Patterson who enlisted in 126th Co. B on 11 Aug, > 1862, from Prairie, Illinois. Date of muster was 04 Sept., 1862. He died in > Andalusia, Ill., 25 Nov. 1862. He was a resident of Buffalo. I have no > information that he ever married. > > (2) David, b. 1833, Pennsylvania (1850 census). m. Mary (Polly) Yolton 16 > Sept. 1852 (Vol. A, p. 44, Fayette Co., Ill.), d. aft. 1912 in Altamount, > Illinois. > > (3) George, b. 1835 (obit. says 1833; census says 1835), Westmoreland Co., PA > (George's obituary; census records). George m. Sarah Creekmur (man?) 23 Nov. > 1857 in Sangamon Co., Illinois. He enlisted in (I think-needs further > confirmation) Co. E, 130th Illinois Infantry, at Greenville, Vermilion Co., > Ill. in April 1862. He was taken prisoner at Sabine Cross Roads Aug. 8, 1862, > and spent the remainder of the war in Camp Tyler Prison in Texas. > > George emerged miraculously unscathed from 2 years in prisoner of war camp, > and returned home to father 9 more children (in addition to the two he had > before the war). He died 26 August 1912, and is buried with his wife at White > Cemetery, Findley Shelby Co., Illinois. > > (4) Margaret, b. 1838, Pennsylvania, m. Richard R. Reagan, 27 March 1858, > Macoupin co., Illinois (license 3093). > > (5) Henry, b. 1841 in OHIO, m. Lenora Sclez 07 Oct, 1861 in Kankakee, Ill. > (Lic #6485, Book B) > > (6) Mary Ann, b. 1843, ILLINOIS, m. Lewis Townsend 18 Oct. 1863 in Fayette > Co., Ill. (Book A, p. 84, Illinois marriage license index), d. aft 1912 in > Brownstown Illinois. > > > In 1850, the family was living in Fayette Co., Illinois, in North Township L > (1850 census, p. 389). > > In 1860 the family was living in Elkhart Precinct, Logan Co., Illinois (1860 > census, p. 293). > > One discrepancy involves the number of children Robert and Mary had. According > to George's obituary, he not only had 11 children, but he, himself, was one of > 11 children. I think the obituary is wrong, although the date of birth for > his mother, Mary, conflicts, and could explain the discrepancy. In the 1850 > census, Mary's birth year was 1816, making her only 15 when her son William > was born. That's early enough to be a mother, for sure, but it's unlikely she > had 3 or 4 more children before him, and no additional children appear in the > census after they move to Illinois. Some children might have died, but I have > found no other evidence except George's obituary. > > Supposedly, however, George had two brothers killed in the Civil War (William > and ?), and one killed in the Mexican War (?). So it's possible there were > more children. I just don't know yet. > > Hope this information helps someone. And if anyone has any information about > this family, please let me know! > > Kathi Patterson > 2 Charlton Street #14A > New York NY 10014-4919