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Does anyone know if such a registry, organization or library exists for the Primitive Baptists in Greene/Monroe/Owen Co.,. Indiana area? Especially Greene Co, IN. in the 1825-1880 time frame. Thanks, in advance, for any info. Joanne in CA erictem@earthlink.net -----Original Message----- From: Cindy Leonard (by way of Gloria Frazier <glofra@townsqr.com>) <cindyldq@midwest.net> To: ILMACOUP-L@rootsweb.com <ILMACOUP-L@rootsweb.com> >---------- >From: "Linda B. Webb" <lwebb9@juno.com> >To: cindyldq@midwest.net >Subject: Macoupin County/Primitive Baptists >Date: Fri, Sep 3, 1999, 3:28 PM > > >Cindy Leonard (named in book on Illinois Museums and Historical >Agencies) >Dear Cindy, > I am trying to write a history of Primitive Baptist churches in >Illinois, past and present, county by county. Macoupin county was a >stronghold of Baptists in pioneer days. I have some record of >between a SNIP SNIP > Thank you for any help. > Sincerely, > Robert L. Webb > The Primitive Baptist Library > 416 Main Street > Carthage, IL 62321 >SNIP SNIP

You are right. Librarians won't usually do lookups like that for you. And, sometimes YOU JUST HAVE TO YELL A LITTLE LOUDER TO SEE IF SOME OF THOSE RESIDENTS WILL DO IT FOR YOU! SINCE THEY ARE BOTH BURIED IN GIRARD CEM, IT OUGHT TO BE EASY TO FIND THEIR OBITS IN THE GIRARD GAZETTE MICROFILM AT THE GIRARD LIBRARY. And, if noisey doesn't work, when I go I could do it but it might be weeks or months. I am 300 miles away. And, if nothing by that far down the road, try: Obituaries available on microfilm thru interlibrary loan or requesting a search from the IL State Historical Library IL Historical Library newspaper research policy - residents and non-residents http://www.state.il.us/hpa/lib/generes.htm#NEWSPAPER SEARCH POLICY Location, hours, address and phone number http://www.state.il.us/hpa/lib/generes.htm#LOCATION AND HOURS You can get the microfilm from the above thru interlibrary loan. If you have the ISHL do the lookup, it will cost you but they will do it for sure. Gloria At 03:20 PM 9/3/99 -0700, you wrote: >I wrote to the Gerard Gazette to see if they would look up 2 obituaries for >me. They wrote back saying they "don't provide this service". Is there >anyone who would be willing to do this for me? Harmon Carr died 26 Nov >1897 and his wife Margaret Carr died 7 April 1901. I would be most >appreciative to receive these. Leah Neuberger <neuberg@inlandnet.com> > > >==== ILMACOUP Mailing List ==== >Submit your Macoupin County family births, marriages, deaths, Bible >records, articles, and cemetery information from your own research >to be included at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/il/macoupin/macoupin.htm > > ------------------ Gloria Frazier Macoupin County ILGenWeb County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/macoupin.htm

Sending onto Linda. My mistake. I should have said to reply to her address. I don't know if she is on the maillist. Thanks. Gloria >Resent-Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 15:19:39 -0700 (PDT) >Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 17:14:44 -0500 >From: jramey <jramey@accunet.net> >X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) >Old-To: "Cindy Leonard (by way of Gloria Frazier <glofra@townsqr.com>)" <cindyldq@midwest.net> >Old-CC: ILMACOUP-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [ILMACOUP-L] FW: Macoupin County/Primitive Baptists >To: ILMACOUP-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-From: ILMACOUP-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <ILMACOUP-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/1989 >X-Loop: ILMACOUP-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-Sender: ILMACOUP-L-request@rootsweb.com > >Linda, >The Shiloh Baptist church, located approximately 8 miles west of >Carlinville on highway 108, was still active in the early 1960's. We >lived "just down the road," and several times our parents had my >brothers, sister and I walk to the church for Sunday service. As I >recall, the congregation consisted of fewer than 10 people. Annie >Bradshaw, I believe, was the name of the older woman who played the >piano and preached. She lived in nearby Enos. The church and >surrounding land was purchased by a man named Emil Ralston, who built a >small house near the church and converted the church into his carpenter >shop. The church has since been torn down. >Janell Ramey ------------------ Gloria Frazier Macoupin County ILGenWeb County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/macoupin.htm

I wrote to the Gerard Gazette to see if they would look up 2 obituaries for me. They wrote back saying they "don't provide this service". Is there anyone who would be willing to do this for me? Harmon Carr died 26 Nov 1897 and his wife Margaret Carr died 7 April 1901. I would be most appreciative to receive these. Leah Neuberger <neuberg@inlandnet.com>

Linda, The Shiloh Baptist church, located approximately 8 miles west of Carlinville on highway 108, was still active in the early 1960's. We lived "just down the road," and several times our parents had my brothers, sister and I walk to the church for Sunday service. As I recall, the congregation consisted of fewer than 10 people. Annie Bradshaw, I believe, was the name of the older woman who played the piano and preached. She lived in nearby Enos. The church and surrounding land was purchased by a man named Emil Ralston, who built a small house near the church and converted the church into his carpenter shop. The church has since been torn down. Janell Ramey

Pass it on - reply if you can. ---------- From: "Linda B. Webb" <lwebb9@juno.com> To: cindyldq@midwest.net Subject: Macoupin County/Primitive Baptists Date: Fri, Sep 3, 1999, 3:28 PM Cindy Leonard (named in book on Illinois Museums and Historical Agencies) Dear Cindy, I am trying to write a history of Primitive Baptist churches in Illinois, past and present, county by county. Macoupin county was a stronghold of Baptists in pioneer days. I have some record of between a dozen or 15 churches of the Primitive Baptists which once existed there. I am going to copy (cut and paste) my chapter on Macoupin County thus far, below, in case anyone can assist us in locating more information, or correcting some of this information. I admit I need help! I am also compiling a database of Primitive Baptist members in Illinois, past and present, from the old records we have in our church library here in Carthage. I have entered about 19,000 names so far. Thank you for any help. Sincerely, Robert L. Webb The Primitive Baptist Library 416 Main Street Carthage, IL 62321 M a c o u p i n C o u n t y Macoupin County Organized Dissolved Deed Found? Records? North Fork of Macoupin 1820? No No Concord (Pleasant View), Palmyra 1829 ACTIVE No Yes Long Run 1830 No No Head of Wood River 1830 1848 (Joined Apple Creek Association after it went into modern missions) Pleasant Mount 1830 No No Hopewell, Gillespie 1831 1935 No Yes Mt. Pleasant, Medora 1832 1841 No No Honey Creek 1832 No No Mt. Olive 1833 No No Henry Creek 1835 No No Bethel Shiloh Sugar Creek Rocksprings Little Flock 1843 1851 No No Spring Creek, Hornsby 1852 1942 No No Otter Creek, Girard 1861 1966 No Yes NORTH FORK OF MACOUPIN CREEK A church was constituted "on Macaupin Creek" in 1820 by Elders David Badgley and William Jones (this may have been Providence Church - see Greene County). A Macoupin county history indicates that a church was organized very early at the home of John Powell in what is now Hilyard township, in the southern part of Macoupin County. The records of Union Church in Morgan County make mention of North Fork of Macoupin Creek Church (North Fork sent a request for help to ordain a deacon in October 1829), but records substantiating the exact date of constitution have not been found, and neither the location of the church or names of any of its members are known. CONCORD (PLEASANT VIEW) Pleasant View (formerly Concord) Church was organized June 13, 1829. Eight charter members came together, viz., Braxton Mabry, Christian Mabry, James Mabry, Maximilian Mabry, Nancy Mabry, Sally Mabry, Reuben Claringer, and Sally Claringer. Elders William Rodgers, Aaron Smith, and Thomas Lee formed the presbytery. The church was organized before the present town of Palmyra came into being; the town was surveyed and laid out in 1835 under the name of Newburg; the name was changed to Palmyra in 1855. The first building owned by the church was located about one mile south of town, according to the best information available. It was made of logs, covered with split boards (clapboard) and long poles were fastened across these to keep the wind from blowing them away. At least one other building was erected prior to the meeting house now in use. The present building was constructed between August 1924 and May 1925. It was called "Pleasant View" for several years before the church officially changed its name from Concord to Pleasant View in August 1950. This building is located about three miles southeast of Palmyra on a blacktop road. The Progressive faction still meets in the previous building, about one or two miles northwest of Pleasant View. The church passed through a season of tribulation between 1907 and 1909, when a majority of the members followed the leaders of what became the Progressive movement. Since the majority took charge of the building, those who protested their course were forced to retire to the residence of T. J. Weller. On October 9, 1909, the minority presented a letter of protest against the pastor, W. I. Dobbs, as to his manner of conducting the church. The protest was signed by S. J. Smith, Mary T. Weller, H. H. Holiday, C. A. Walk, Mary J. Conlee, Samantha Weller, and Lillie Walk. The protest was ignored, so a council was called by the minority to advise them. This council met in November 1909, and consisted of Elders John Willeford and Daniel Masters; and brethren J. R. Spires, George H. Conlee, Nathaniel Morris, L. C. Stone, Henry Sutton, Elmer Sutton, James McPeak, G. M. Rusher, Peter Coyl, and Nancy Smith. The council represented Head of Apple Creek, Otter Creek, Hopewell, Mt. Nebo, and Little Flock Churches. As stated above, the other faction went with the Progressive Primitive Baptists, and is one of only two such churches in Illinois. Concord Church was served by the following pastors in the early years: John Howerton, Isaac Conlee, Allen W. Murray, Ira Turner, John A. Conlee, and W. I. Dobbs. Pastors since 1909 have been D. M. Master, J. A. Modlin, Baxter Hale, Orvel B. Prior, and James R. Harris. Elder Harris was ordained by this church in May 1955. Deacons since 1909 have been Charles Masters (1925); Thomas Weller (1952); and Donald E. Ashby (1964). Clerks have been John Weller (1874); T. W. Conlee (1882); J. W. Weller (1895); T. J. Weller (1896); J. W. Weller (1898); W. R. Conlee (1909); Charles Masters (1913); James R. Harris (1953); Wendell Coffey (1955); and Donald Ashby (1966). LONG RUN Long Run Church HEAD OF WOOD RIVER Head of Wood River Church PLEASANT MOUNT Pleasant Mount Church HOPEWELL Hopewell Church was organized August 6, 1831, at the home of Brother Joseph Hilyard, by the following four members, viz., Elder Pleasant Lemay, Patton Walker, John Allen and Joseph Hilyard. The presbytery consisted of Elders John Morris, Alexander Conlee and William Jones, and Brother David Gimblin. Elder Lemay was chosen pastor in September 1831, and continued in that office until his death in 1845. He was followed by Elders William J. Jerrell, David Gimblin, G. W. Jones, W. I. Dobbs, A. J. Witty, and J. A. Modlin. Hopewell Church was one of the churches which organized the Concord Association in 1838. MT. PLEASANT Mt. Pleasant Church, at Medora, was organized in about 1832, and joined the Apple Creek Association. In November 1838, it was one of the founding churches of the Concord Association, Elder David Gimblin and Charles Hutton being the messengers, who reported 13 members. The church continued to meet until about 1841. HONEY CREEK Honey Creek Church MT. OLIVE Mt. Olive Church was a member of the Kaskaskia Association. HENRY CREEK Henry Creek Church BETHEL Bethel Church was one of the original churches in the Concord Association, in 1838. SHILOAH Shiloah Church was one of the original churches in the Concord Association in 1838. SUGAR CREEK Sugar Creek Church was one of the original churches in the Concord Association in 1838. LITTLE FLOCK Little Flock Church united with the Concord Association in 1843, her messengers being James Mulberry, John Stone, and Elihu Bandy, who reported a total of 8 members. The church represented in the association again in 1844, and 1845, but failed thereafter, and was dropped from the minutes in 1850 or 1851. SPRING CREEK Spring Creek Church, at Hornsby, united with the Concord Association in 1852, and reported 12 members at that time. The church continued to meet until about 1942. OTTER CREEK Otter Creek Church was organized May 18, 1861, in the town of Girard. The following Elders constituted them into a church, viz., Isaac Conlee, Charles Alsbury, and Stephen Coonrod. Names of members constituted were: Stephen Sheppard, Malinda Sheppard, F. T. V. White, Nancy White, William Metcalf, Huldah Metcalf, W. T. W. Howerton, Ali E. Howerton, David Byram, Elysa Byram, Samuel R. Boggess, Mary R. Boggess, and Rachel Sheppard. The following served the church as pastor: Elders B. B. Piper, F. T. V. White, W. Y. Wright, Edmund T. Morris, A. W. Murray, B. F. Querry, Ira Turner, John A. Conlee, Stuart Flanigan, and L. E. Sutton. Until 1883 the church held its monthly meetings in the homes of the brethren, but most of them in the home of Brother S. R. Boggess. In July 1883 the church agreed to build a meeting house, and the first meeting held there was on October 20, 1883. The church continued to meet in Girard until 1966, when it was agreed to dissolve and letter out the remaining members into the Head of Apple Creek Church in Waverly.

Inputting Civil War Obits on Morgan County page and found this Elah JONES who married a Mary HAYES. Isn't this the one some of you are researching? If not excuse, please. Guess you could use this on the obit page, Gloria?? Might check out our CW Obit page on Morgan, seems I seen other Macoupin Co. connected people there. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmorgan/mil-cw.htm Mary Ann - ----------------------------------- OBITUARY. ELAH JONES Elah Jones, son of Robert and Lotisha Jones, was born in Morgan county, Ill., May 8, 1837, died at Girard, Ill., Nov. 8th 1900, aged 63 years, 6 months. The deceased was united in wedlock with Mary Hayes, March 3d, 1859. To them were born seven children, three girls, four boys of whom but three, John W., Edward Leslie and Elah Elmer still survive him. His wife Mary died August 26, 1893. On the 14th day of Oct. 1857, at Girard, Ill. He was united in wedlock with Elizabeth Sanford, who lives to mourn the death of a kind and loving husband. Mr. Jones made a profession in Christ twenty years ago and has since lived an upright Christian life to the best of his ability and belief. For about two weeks before his own fatal illness, Mr. Jones was at Waverly taking care of his aged father, Robert Jones, whom he attended with loving and willing care until his own illness compelled him to desist. His father preceded him to the better land by only a few days having passed away on Monday last. Mr. Jones suffered intensely in his last illness but bore it throughout with Christian patience and resignation always thoughtful in his moments of comparative ease from pain, of the welfare of others. His last moments were free from pain and he passed calmly and peacefully away to the blest beyond at 7 o'clock Thursday eve. He leaves to mourn his departure a wife, three children, four brothers and three sisters, besides numerous other relatives and a host of good friends. Truly a great man has gone to his reward. There is no death, what seems so is transition, This life of mortal breath. Is but a suburb of the life elysian, Whose portal we call death. Mr. Jones was well and favorably know in this community having lived here the greater part of his life and he leaves a host of friends and relatives all of whom have nothing but words of commendation for his past life. The body was brought to this city last Saturday morning and the funeral services were conducted at the M. E. church by the Rev. D. T. Black. (17 Nov. 1900) Mary Ann Kaylor makaylor@npwt.net

FYI >From: Dbutton2@aol.com >Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 22:50:15 EDT >Subject: Sangamon Co. Gen. Soc. Workshop >To: glofra@townsqr.com >X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 21 > >The Sangamon County Genealogical Society Board Met tonight in regards to the >Everton's Workshop scheduled for 11 September. Since we have only recieved >eight applications for the workshop and the deadline is September 1 it was >decided to cancel the event. Thank you for spreading the word. Sincerely, Dan >Dixon President Sangamon County Genealogical Society >

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LAND Cemetery, Scottville Township http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/cemland.htm Transcribed and Contributed by Juli Claussen <DAMIAN1024@aol.com> Thank you sooo much, Juli! 1870 Letter from Ed Trover to Frank and Elizabeth Trover Russell: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/history/trover2.txt Black Hawk War searchable database - IL State Archives http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/blkhawk.html Illinois Pensioners 1887-1888 http://www.usgennet.org/~alhnilus/ilpendx.htm More marriages: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/marriage/groom.htm many surnames including LYNCH, MCGHEE (variations), CROUCH, and many others. Got Mrs Howard Reno's address and letter is in the mail for permission to use her Piasa History. Hope we get permission. Thanks for all the help in getting her address. 1860 Census Intro page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/1860census/intro.htm if you printed it off there is a mistake in the PO section, not the table but the list of post offices. #20 should be Shaw's Point pushing the rest down and adding #28 Post Office Not Shown My mistake. Thanks to Brad Wilson for finding the mistake. New obits include surnames: AUGUR, DAUGHERTY, KASTEN, LOGES, LORENZ, MCCANN, MIEHE, MIEHER, ROBLEY, ROHR, TALLEY, YOUNG, WITHROW, ZELMER, ZENGERLE http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/obits/m_obitx.htm (oh, mar garsh, I never was so glad to get those obits caught up.whew! must of been 50 or more. No snickering, Patricia.) And, it might be awhile til I get a death page and a will page started. Be patient. I am swamped........ If un ya think I should have done something on the Macoupin page by now and it ain't done, yet, run it by me again. Gloria ------------------ Gloria Frazier Macoupin County ILGenWeb County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/macoupin.htm

I have a researcher who would like the rest of the information on the 1860 census for original page numbers 402, Post Office Plainview and 447, Post Office Woodburn. Names on original page 402 include David SMALLEY, Lowman NEWCOMB, and George TURNER. Names on original page 447 include Jackson SISSON, Elias L. DORSEY, and Francis A. NEWCOMB. [I have an 1860 index just for name and original page numbers which Littleton didn't include on his transcription.] Quoting researcher: "Would it be possible to get additional data for families S205 & S223 - ie, the date of enumeration, married status, attended school, read/write status, & deaf/dumb status?" Littleton did not include this information for the 1860 census, the one we put on the Macoupin page. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/1860census/intro.htm I thought I would check here first before I sent the researcher off to order original pages 402 and 447 from the IL State Archives or order a film at a local LDS library. Please let me know if you have information on these 1860 Macoupin original pages 402 and 447. Thanks. Gloria IL State Archives ordering procedures for copies of original pages: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/m_archiv.htm#archives Carlinville Public Library Macoupin County has the census films. LDS Films available to order/rent at your local LDS History Center on Macoupin: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/m_lds.htm LDS complete library catalog search: http://www.familysearch.org/Search/searchcatalog.asp ------------------ Gloria Frazier Macoupin County ILGenWeb County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/macoupin.htm

I am new to this list. I am looking for information about George Franklin Riddle and his wife Rachel Rebecca Alford. They moved to Macoupin Co in 1854-1855 from TN. with several children. I have reason to believe they were in Macoupin Co until their deaths. Rachel died around 1877 and George about 1882. They were members of Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Palmyra. Any info on this family would be appreciated. Rachel's father and several siblings also moved to Macoupin Co from TN. Her parents were Charles Alford and Mary Tipton. Charles died in 1858 and Mary in 1863 both in Macoupin Co. Thank you for any help in this family research. Ronnie

Hello list: I've been on the list for two days and been patiently waiting for some e-mail. So I thought to myself..... "Self, let's send a query!" How about some information? I'm looking for a birth place for my William HILL b. abt. 1860. Recently, I received a copy of my grandfather's SS application. It states the following info: James Shadrack Hi b. Oct. 12, 1880 in Girard, IL. Father: William HILL Mother: Nora RELIFORD Anyone have information on 1880 census that could help? I would gladly appreciate any information anyone could share. Thank you, Shirley

Ya didn't copy it right - missed a dash in there Not: ILMACOUP-Drequest@rootsweb.com Use: ILMACOUP-D-request@rootsweb.com that is, if you are in digest mode. If in single letter mode then send to: ILMACOUP-L-request@rootsweb.com Don't forget ta put the word unsubscribe in the body of your message At 10:51 PM 8/25/99 -0500, you wrote: >I have tried two or three times to remove my name (e-mail) from the >Illinois Macoupin >county mailing list yesterday I copied "ILMACOUP-Drequest@rootsweb.com" >from >the bottom of a msg and it bounced. Why do you people use such strange >e-mail addresses? If you used a simple format like >Ilmacoup<Drequest@rootsweb.com> one could see where the problem was when >an address bounced. Please see if you can either remove my address from >this list or tell me in simple completely unmistakeable terms how to >access your mail box. >Thank you >clentz@swbell.net > > > >==== ILMACOUP Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe from ILMACOUP-L-request@rootsweb.com, send a message to > ILMACOUP-L-request@rootsweb.com >that contains in the body of the message the command > unsubscribe >and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. AOL requires a subject line. > >

I have tried two or three times to remove my name (e-mail) from the Illinois Macoupin county mailing list yesterday I copied "ILMACOUP-Drequest@rootsweb.com" from the bottom of a msg and it bounced. Why do you people use such strange e-mail addresses? If you used a simple format like Ilmacoup<Drequest@rootsweb.com> one could see where the problem was when an address bounced. Please see if you can either remove my address from this list or tell me in simple completely unmistakeable terms how to access your mail box. Thank you clentz@swbell.net

Have in my possession a "card" of the death notice of Mrs. Elizabeth L. ENGLAND born February 1, 1858 - Died May 18, 1930. Is there a family member that would like to have it??

Solomon Davis migrated to Macoupin County from Scott County, KY, during the 1820s. He brought unmarried children with him and settled in North Palmyra Township, neighboring John Cummings, the first known settler of North Palmyra. Solomon had eleven children, four of whom stayed back in Kentucky. The other seven had Macoupin County connections, as follows: Maria (born abt 1795) married John Tavis. This family migrated to Illinois a few years after Solomon's migration. Elizabeth (born abt 1800) married Lewis Mcwain in 1833. She died in 1849. Julia (born abt 1808) married William Cummings (son of John Cummings and brother of Samuel Cummings) in 1829. She is my great,great,grandmother. I do not know when she died, or where. Polly (born abt 1811) married Jackson McCulley in 1834. John D. (born abt 1813) may be the one who married a Mary Walker in 1843. Garret (born abt 1815) married, first, Catharine Cawood in 1839, and, second, Mildred Blevins in 1860. Harriet (born abt 1817) married Francis Stone in 1836. These families show up in the Macoupin County census records from 1830 through 1860. Most of the names can be found in Solomon Davis's will of 1846, the same year of his death. Solomon Davis was buried in Pulliam Cemetery (just north of Modesto). His tombstone stands alone in the old section of the cemetery. The one member of the family who is a mystery is Solomon Davis's wife. She is not mentioned in the will, so she may have already died. Records of land transactions indicate that Solomon had a wife named Elizabeth. Whether this Elizabeth was the mother of all or some of the children is unknown. Also unknown is her maiden name. I would like to learn more about the Solomon Davis family, especially his wife and mother of his children. Dwayne Wrightsman <dw@nh.ultranet.com>

There is a history of Piasa someone wants to submit and the date is in copyright. Does anyone know the author or, if deceased, her children. An address? "History of Piasa', Illinois. "Material compiled by Mrs. Howard Reno April, 1976" There is a mention of a Pauline Reno, a grand daughter of the founder of the Piasa Mutual telephone Company and was an operator. Would like to be able to use it in its entirety if we can get permission. If not, maybe we can excerpt a bit of it. Thanks. Gloria ------------------ Gloria Frazier Macoupin County ILGenWeb County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/macoupin.htm

Hi Raya, Was your Jacoby family from the Bunker Hill, Alton, Jerseyville area. The Macoupin Co. Genealogical Soc. printed a bit of history of this family in the April 1998 Macoupin Co. Searcher. Sounds like some of the same first names. It was extracted from a free publication the Jacoby brothers handed out in 1908. Mary - -------------------------------------------------------------- Hi, I'm new to the list and need your HELP........... Looking for family of Louis Jacoby and Charlotte "Letty" Deppe. Their children were: Julius, Henry, August, Louis, and twin girls Caroline & Wilhelmine. Julius married Elizabeth Lou Alice Brown in 1881 and they had these children: Willia, Mary, Daniel, Martha, Julius, Henry, Bertha, Minnie, Ansal, Lou, Lilly, and Nina. Connecting surnames: Baker, Bergfeld/t, Bowerman, Brown, Deppe, Lickiss, Lively, McMillan and more. If any of this rings any bells out there, please contact me: rkrause@kua.net Sincerely, Raya Florida ==== ILMACOUP Mailing List ==== To look at 1850 Macoupin County, IL census - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/1850census/index.htm