Researching OTTERSBURG, SIES, OSELAND, in Cahokia, Eagersville, Gillespie areas from 1860 to present. Cindy Le Mons La Canada, CA lemons@interserv.com

Hope many of you are making connections with new cousins. A few people have their mail coming across in html coding. One clue is messge is red and very hard to read. Hope the following helps. Happy Hunting. Kathie Mirabella Macoupin County, Il Mail List Manager ---------------------------- If you are having complaints about your msgs being in html, the following may help you to reconfigure your mail program so your msg won't go out in html coding. When I get a msg in html coding I have to copy and paste the whole msg into a new msg in order to reply because if you hit reply on an html coded msg, most of the msg will not show. Hope the following will help someone. -------- Reconfiguring Microsoft Internet Email Program: Open Microsoft Internet Browser; Click: "Mail" Icon; Select: "Read Mail"; Click: "Mail" along the top of the email screen; Click: "Options" Select the: "Send" tab; Go to: "Mail Sending Format"; Select: "Plain Text"; Click: "Settings" Select: "Uuencode"; Click: "OK"; Click: "Apply"; Click: "OK" ==================== Reconfiguring Microsoft Outlook Express Email Program: Open Microsoft Outlook Express; Click: "Tools" Click: "Options" Select the: "Send" tab; Go to: "Mail Sending Format"; Select: "Plain Text"; Click: "Settings" opposite "Plain Text" Select: "Uuencode"; Click: "OK"; Click: "Apply"; Click: "OK" ================ Reconfiguring Netscape Communicator Email Program: Using Netscape Communicator (Netscape 4.x), from the menu select "edit" then from that menu select "preferences." From that screen select "mail & groups" then "messages." Under '"messages properties" make sure the box "by default, send HTML message" is NOT selected.

Wow, you really started something! I'm researching Rafferty/Raffurty, Rusher, Reineke, Reader, Keller, Rhoads, Lumpkin, Stirman, Brown, Keplinger, Orr, Peebles, Hagaman, Smith, Albin, Kissel, Stewart, Harman, Triplett, Arnett, Baker, Bricker, Jackson, Randle, Walton, Dunn, Joiner and Woods - to name a few. But I'll stop there! Sue Raffurty McMurry

Hi Everyone! The names I'm looking for from Macoupin Co are: JARMAN,MIZE,SEXTON, and SAWYER. Would love to hear from anyone else researching any of these names! Kris Adcock in Jacksonville,IL captrew@fgi.net ---------- > From: KathieMir@aol.com > To: ILMACOUP-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ILMACOUP-L] Macoupin County Mail List Roll Call > Date: Sunday, November 29, 1998 12:04 PM > > Hi, > > Please share with us your ancestors from Macoupin County, IL. Also, let us > know what state or country you live in. > > Happy Hunting, > > Kathie Mirabella > New Jersey > > Macoupin County, IL Mail List Manager

I am researching the families of: Lewis PITMAN B. 1781 Va. d. 1849 macoupin IL and wife, Nancy JOHNSTON b. 1779, Va. d. 1848, Macoupin IL. married 1802 Mercer co KY. moved to Macopupin county about 1829. and their Children: a. Mary PITMAN DRENNAN b. 1813 KY, m. Charles DRENNAN b. Hannah PITMAN SNOW AULT b. 1814 KY m, Obediah L. SNOW . m. 2nd Joshua WOOD c. John PITMAN b. 1817 m. 1st Sophia YOWELL; m. 2nd Sararh Jane PATTON; m. 3rd Annie ROWLAND d. James Harvey PITMAN b. abt 1822-24 . m. Elizabeth ?? Lewis and Nancy PITMAN also had daughters who married into the BELCHER, CADDELL, and RILEY families in Orange co IN before moving to Macoupin co IL. James Hurt YOWELL b. 1776, VA d. 1842, Macoupin IL and wife, Mary WALKER b. 1786 Va. d. 1856 macoupin co IL. Married 1806 Jefferson co KY. moved to Macoupin co. about 1830. Warren Lawrence Lamar, MO wlawrence@talleytech.com

> Please share with us your ancestors from Macoupin County, IL. Also, let us > know what state or country you live in. The families I'm researching have their roots in Macoupin County Il. As you will see, my roots in Macoupin County run very deep. All but one of the following families settled and stayed in Macoupin county. Thomas Wade Shipley came to Macoupin county IL around 1840-50 and settled in North Otter Township with is wife, Phoeba Lewis (Davis?). Unknown (possibly William) Crump (daughter is Sarah Elizabeth {Crump} Shipley) was in Macoupin County by 1870. Settled in North Otter Township. James Madison Patterson, Sr came to Macoupin county IL around 1830-40 and settled in Macoupin county with his wife Nancy Sparks. (My Great-Great Grandfather/mother) James Marshall came through Macoupin county around 1850 and lived in Macoupin County for 12 to 15 years in North Palmyra township with his wife (Artimesia?) Artimacy before moving on and ending up in Bates county Missouri. (The Marshalls had strong ties to Macoupin county. Their other children came back and lived in Macoupin county for a time around 1880 and married in Macoupin county before returning to southwestern Missouri.) Stephen Barnes (S.B.) Strate came to Macoupin county IL, moved to Iowa with his wife Margaret Susanna Davis where she died. S.B. married Clara Aurelia Knowlton and then moved back to Macoupin county where they stayed. Thomas Turner Bivin came to Macoupin County around 1835 with his wife Martha Collins where he purchased approx. 200 acres of land in North Palmyra Township. Charles (Carl) Best came from Hesse. Germany around 1850 with his parents and settled in Madison County, IL. Charles and his second wife Wilhelmine (Minnie) Meyer moved to Macoupin county after 1860 and settled in South Palmyra Township. John Albert Pratt came from England with his wife Caroline Tatman in 1856 and settled in Green County IL. They settled in South Palmyra Township. -- Aaron Shipley Carlinville, IL Amateur Genealogist Actively researching surnames:SHIPLEY/PATTERSON/BEST/MARSHALL Also researching surnames:PRATT/CRUMP/STRATE/BIVIN ------------------------------------------------------------ Thesaurus: ancient reptile with an excellent vocabulary. ------------------------------------------------------------

I am looking for Crumps, Elisha and William C Howards, James and Martin Van Buren Solomons, Lewis and his offspring I have found several cousins and hope to find more of you soon. Dorothy Cook 860 Swinging Bridge Rd Beebe, Arkansas 72012 Cookd@thor.k12.ar.us

Howdy, My Macoupin County ancestor is my great great Uncle, John P. LONEY. He served in the Civil War, company C, 61 INF. He was married twice - to Rebecca (1) and to Harriett (2). His wifes maiden names are unknown. He had three daughters by Rebecca (Susan, Clara M. & Sarah A.) and three daughters by Harriett (Erma A., Alace L. & Amie/Amy M.). John P. is buried in Virden City Cemetery. His parents and siblings were living in the county next door (Jersey) untill they d i s a p p e a r e d after the IL 1855 census. Any information on John P. LONEY or his family would be greatly appreciated. Henry in Colorful Colorado 2johansens@prodigy.net http://www.newsuccess.com/tracer.htm ---------- > Please share with us your ancestors from Macoupin County, IL. Also, let us know what state or country you live in. > Kathie Mirabella

Looking for the above named surnames. Darlene

Anyone also interested in the surname? Bill Caddell

Kathie: Thanks for being involved in Macoupin Co., genealogy. I 1997 my wife and I visited the great courthouse, received gracious help from the office people, then traveled to Modesto, and after walking through a cornfield visited the Norvell Cemetery. Hugh Smith, my g-g grandfather was born 1798, Lebanon Co., TN. In Nov. 1831 he purchased 80A of land located southeast of Modesto. He married Rebecca Norvell in 1833. They are listed in the first 100 weddings to occur in Macoupin Co. The 1840 census lists Hugh, Rebecca and nine children. Rebecca's parents are William Norvell and Mary Payne; both are buried in the Norvell Cemetery. I have a 20 page history on the Norvell family. Mary Payne was born 1775 in Botetourt Co., VA a daughter of John Payne and Elizabeth Litt. (I have no more info beyond this) William Norvell Smith, a son of Hugh & Rebecca, relocated to Moultrie Co. where he married Julia Ann Margaret Sickafus. They are my great grandparents. Robert 8-).

Researching BLEVINS, KARNES, JONES, DUNCAN, WALKER, mostly in Cahokia township; DIGMAN & BALMER near Staunton; STEHLIN in Gillespie; and PEARSON in Bunker Hill Neil Blevins Laurel, Maryland gnblevins@aol.com

Greetings, I've got just one line in Macoupin Co. My gg-grandfather John WATSON (1838-1917) was born near Fidelity in Jersey Co. He had an older sister Elizabeth (b 1834c.) and an older brother William (b 1836c.). His mother's name was Elizabeth _____ (1815-1894). She remarried Henry PENICK (PANICK) in April 1845. I believe her first husband may have been a son of William WATSON the early settler. I've been stuck on this since 1976. HELP !!! Greg Watson

Guess it would be nice to include the last "branch". Emil BEYER married Ethel Flossie REEVES, daughter of William Hardin REEVES and Cora May DERWIN who lived for over 50 years in Livingston, Madison County. Emil and Ethel made their home for over 50 years in Staunton and children were: Melvin, Arlene, Gloria (Tootie) and Imogene. Pam http://members.aol.com/AAtwins94/index.htm

Good Morning all, I took the weekend off and what a surprise I got this morning when I got my mail.... Like a Macoupin County Reunion <G>. And I don' like to be left out, so here we go. My BEIER/BEYER family started in Staunton with the arrival of my great grandfather, Herman BEIER in 1892 from Saxony, Germany (the son of Gustav Beier and Carolini W. Schmidt). In 1883, little Martha Rosa REINHOLD came to Staunton with her parents, Fredrich Wilhelm REINHOLD and Therese HAMANN, also from Saxony, Germany. They were also the parents of Emil, Hedwig (Hattie), Selma, and 3 names unknown born in Germany, and not known if these 3 came to the US. Hermann BEIER married Martha Rosa REINHOLD in 1894 and they were the parents of Kurt, Dorothy, Emil, Frieda, Alma, Herman, Walter, and Curt, most of whom stayed in the Staunton area. On the other tree branch, we have great grandpa Arnold FREY and his wife, Lena (Evelyn) BERNARD who moved to Macoupin County from Laurel County, Kentucky ca 1910, first living in Girard and then moving to Staunton. Several other siblings of Arnold's siblings moved to Macoupin County, including brother Alfred and his wife Maria SCHOTT who, along with 2 of their 4 children, were killed in 1925 when their automobile was hit by a train. Arnold and Lena were the parents of Bertha Marie (M. Samuel Robertson, died at very young age), Marshall ( m. Eugenie Theory, lived in Staunton), Henry (m. - one of my favorite people in the whole world - Jessie Campbell and lived in Staunton) and Carl ( m. 1. Nellie Unknown and 2. Dorothy Campbell and lived in Staunton, Boone County, Illinois and Vandalia, Illinois). Several of Lena BERNARD's siblings and mother ended up in Macoupin County (Girard). Lena's mother and stepfather were Mary Catherine (Molly) JUSTICE and Goffried GLUR and came to Girard in 1911. There children were: Bertha (M. Edward Whalen), Rose (M. Steve Koniak), Elsie (M. James Albert Hardin) and Virgil (m. Marguerite Talkington). And last (but by no means least), William ROBERTSON, a widower, came to Macoupin County in 1908 from his homeland of Scotland. His brother James came over in 1906 and it is believed that a brother Samuel arrived with William. They lived in Benld. In 1911, William's mother and possibly his brother Peter, arrived Macoupin County with William's 2 young sons, Samuel age approximately 6 and James, ca 5. Samuel eventually married the eldest child of Arnold FREY and Lena BERNARD, Bertha. Sammy was boss at Little Dog coal mine for many years. Now somehow all of these people ended up in Macoupin county and SURPRISE! - - - yours truly. <G> hoping to hear from anyone with any information.... Pam

> My Macoupin County heads of family are: MILLER, James H. About 1840, Gillespie CORDUM, Ludwig Hans About 1850, Staunton, Bunker Hill Mary Ann (Smallwood) Bolton Mililani, HI > ==== ILMACOUP Mailing List ==== > To post a message so everyone on ILMACOUP-L or ILMACOUP-D receives it, > send the message to: > ILMACOUP-L@rootsweb.com > It will then be sent on to everyone in both ILMACOUP-L or ILMACOUP-D. > You don't need to send it explicitly to both.

An Internet friend from Germany Emailed the following. You may have heard some them before, but they are still good for a laugh. Date: Sun, 15 Nov 98 09:23:38 PST From: Hilgedieck To: smckenzi@midwest.net Subject: Genealogy Dear Mary, the following wisdom about genealogy I found in a genealogic list. It is just fun. Hope you have had a nice sunday. Greetings to you and your family. Inge and Wilhelm ------------------------------------------------------------------ Murphy's Law for Genealogists > > The public ceremony in which your distinguished ancestor > participated and at which the platform collapsed under him > turned out to be a hanging. > > When at last after much hard work you have solved the > mystery you have been working on for two years, your aunt > says, "I could have told you that" > > You grandmother's maiden name that you have searched for for > four years was on a letter in a box in the attic all the > time. > > You never asked your father about his family when he was > alive because you weren't interested in genealogy then. > > The will you need is in the safe on board the Titanic. > > Copies of old newspapers have holes occurring only on the > surnames. > > John, son of Thomas, the immigrant whom your relatives claim > as the family progenitor, died on board ship at age 10. > > Your great grandfather's newspaper obituary states that he > died leaving no issue of record. > > The keeper of the vital records you need has just been > insulted by a another genealogist. > > The relative who had all the family photographs gave them > all to her daughter who has no interest in genealogy and no > inclination to share. > > The only record you find for your great grandfather is that > his property was sold at a sheriff's sale for insolvency. > > The one document that would supply the missing link in your > dead-end line has been lost due to fire, flood or war. > > The town clerk to whom you wrote for the information sends > you a long handwritten letter which is totally illegible. > > The spelling of your European ancestor's name bears no > relationship to its current spelling or pronunciation. > > None of the pictures in your recently deceased grmother's > photo album have names written on them. > > No one in your family tree ever did anything noteworthy, > owned property, was sued or was named in wills. > > You learn that your great aunt's executor just sold her > life's collection of family genealogical materials to a > flea market dealer "somewhere in New York City." > > Ink fades and paper deteriorates at a rate inversely > proportional to the value of the data recorded. > > The 37 volume, sixteen thousand page history of your county > of origin isn't indexed. > > You finally find your great grandparent's wedding records > and discover that the brides' father was named John Smith.

I am researching the following surnames in Macoupin Co: STEELY (sometimes spelled STEELEY) Isaiah Steely & his wife Sarah Dodson came to Macoupin Co from Cole Co, Missouri between 1845 and 1850 with their children: Elijah Greene Steely, who married Martha Louise Daniel in Macoupin Co. in 1855 (Elijah Greene Steely and Martha Louise Daniel are my great-great-grandparents) Minerva S. Steely, who married Henry M. Wheeler in 1850 Elizabeth Steely, who married Isaac Asbury Owens in Macoupin Co., in 1853 James W. Steely Mary A. Steely DANIEL Wiley Blunt Daniel and his wife Julia Ann Barnett came to Macoupin Co from White Co., Illinois before 1850 with their children: Martha Louise and Elizabeth Daniel, twins May Daniel Polly Daniel their other 3 children were born in Macoupin Co: David Daniel Palnia Daniel Palmyra Daniel Both the Daniels and the Steelys are in the Macoupin Co. Census for 1850 and 1860 only. I do not know if any of them are buried in Macoupin Co. or if all or some of them left to go elsewhere. I have very little information about most of them, although I do know that Elizabeth Steely Owens died about a year after her marriage and I have a lot of information on Minerva S. Steely Wheeler's descendents as well as on the life and descendents of Elijah Greene Steely and Martha Louise Daniel. I would be happy to exchange information with anyone who shares a link with me. Karen Steely Seattle, WA

Greetings fellow researchers, The Macoupin county surnames I am researching are; McKinzie, McKenzie, McKinsie(and any other spelling variations), Grey, Gray, Ruyle, Rule, Ruelle(etc),and Wright. I hope to hear from somebody soon. Thanks, Dale A. McKinzie Meriden,Connecticut ammckinzie@snet.net

Dale A. McKinzie wrote: > > Hi all, > > The Macoupin County surnames I am researching are; McKinzie, McKenzie, McKinsie (and any other variation), Grey, Gray, Ruyle, Ruelle, Rule,and Wright. I hope to hear from somebody soon. > Thanks, > Dale A. McKinzie > Meriden, Connecticut