2 - George W. Farris (Farriss in the IL land records also) b. 1796 SC d. 1865 in Macoupin Co., IL. He is buried in the Tine Sawyer Cemetery. His spouse: Nancy PIPER b. 1700 GA d. ? (her parents were: James and Catherine (VINEYARD) PIPER. They were married in 1818 in Madison Co., IL. Nancy remarried in 1866 to a R. W. WILLIAMS in 1866 in Macoupin Co., IL. Is there anyone researching a R.W. WILLIAMS?? Debi, Don't know if this will help, but thought I'd try. I have a PIPER in my database that married Emma Sexton. I don't have a first name, but they would have been in the Staunton area. A lot of SEXTONs and JARMANs are buried in the Tine-Sawyer Cem. This family lived in "West Prairie"??? which would have been east of Bunker Hill, IL. Has anyone heard of West Prairie?? There is a "story" that William came home to find his wife and children gone. He tracked them down with his gun - and then something about loosing all his land instead of going to jail. As of yet I haven't been able to find anything about this "story". Also I have heard of "West Prairie", I can't find my reference to it right now, but will continue to look. Hope this is some help. Kris Adcock

Its been a while since I've posted my family - maybe someone can help. 1 - James Farris arrived in the Staunton, IL around 1817. He arrived with 5 children: Smith, George W. b 1796, Larkin (poss. James), Margaret (married John RIGGIN/RAGAN) & Lucinda (married William DAVIS). There is no mention of a wife for James. I believe all the children were married by the 1820 census. In 1838 Thomas S. WEST bought out the Farris heirs. So I presume that James & his spouse had both died by 1838. Is anyone researching Thomas S. West that might have a deed? The name is spelled Faris, Farriss & Pharis in different IL records for several generations. Does anyone have any information on a James Farris/Farriss/Pharis that may have been born possibly between 1760 - 1770. Then he was in NC or SC in 1796. 2 - George W. Farris (Farriss in the IL land records also) b. 1796 SC d. 1865 in Macoupin Co., IL. He is buried in the Tine Sawyer Cemetery. His spouse: Nancy PIPER b. 1700 GA d. ? (her parents were: James and Catherine (VINEYARD) PIPER. They were married in 1818 in Madison Co., IL. Nancy remarried in 1866 to a R. W. WILLIAMS in 1866 in Macoupin Co., IL. Is there anyone researching a R.W. WILLIAMS?? According to George's will they had 4 children: Sarah Jane (married Robert SAWYER 1849 Macoupin Co., IL), Lucinda (married ? HANDLEY), William Vinyeard (married Permelia HARRINGTON) & James S. (he was married 3 times). George built a band mill between Hamel & Alhambra township - one of the first there. According to his tombstone, George was a veteran, but I can't find him in anywhere in the military. He is listed as an Honor Roll Veteran in Macoupin Co., but when I contacted the state they found no information on him. 3 - William Vinyeard b. 1823 d. 1879 Macoupin Co., IL. He married Permelia HARRINGTON in 1879. Permelia was b. 1822 Staunton, IL. (I believe her father was John HARRINGTON and his father Whitmil HARRINGTON) William and Permelia had 7 Children: Sarah Jane b. 1845, Emma C. b. 1947, Margaret Isabell b. 1849, George W. b. 1853, Permelia Ann b. 1858, Charles b. 1863 and William Henry b. 1861. This family lived in "West Prairie"??? which would have been east of Bunker Hill, IL. Has anyone heard of West Prairie?? There is a "story" that William came home to find his wife and children gone. He tracked them down with his gun - and then something about loosing all his land instead of going to jail. As of yet I haven't been able to find anything about this "story". Other surnames associated with these Faris' in IL are: Crites/Cretuz, Funderburk/Funderburg, Piper, Sawyer & Vineyard. Sorry this is so long but maybe another name will help someone else to connect. Thank you for taking the time to read this. -- Debi Fort Myers, FL df620@gate.net - - - - - - - - - Did Washington just flash a quarter for his ID?

Hi: Am unable to decode this message. Bob O'Neill

Hi, A friend at work scanned a few pictures for me. One picture is 4 1/2 by 3 1/3 inches and contains 23 people - some being children. When you turn it over it is a post card. There is no address and does not appear to have been mailed. I found this among my grandmother�s, Rita Emma Wheeler McDermott (born 25 May 1902) pictures. Her parents were William �Collie� Wheeler and Lora Stokes (born 9 Nov 1875). They lived in Gillespie, Macoupin County, IL. This picture must be from Macoupin County, IL. Does anyone recognize the names? I do not recognize these names. If this is your family - I will e- mail you the picture. The scanned picture is in JPG format that I can use at work - but - not at home. Happy Hunting, Kathie Mirabella *************************************************************************** On the back of the picture, in pencil, is the following: Family Group John Hays by me. L. taken at uncle Cys & Aunt Sarah�s house On left side of picture is Mother and me sitting down 8 yrs old think I was. Melvin back of Ida Mother. Please keep for our pictures Dad is back middle. Cyrina L. is third from left she died when 19 yrs old from taking carbolic acid I was 8 then I think. ( The �C� in Cys and Cyrina could be a different letter.)

Hi Everyone: I am researching Crump and Gibson in Northotter, Mcoupin Co. IL. I think they were living there from around 1835 to possibly 1880. I know John William Crump married Amanda Jane Gibson in North otter Macoupin Co. Il. in 1879. They were both living there at the time of their marriage. I have quite a bit of info on the Gibson Family, but none on the Crump Family any further back than John William Crump. Happy Holidays Pauline Crump-Stewart Livermore, Alameda Co., Calif.

FYI gf ----------- From: "Terasa" <pcuser@horizon.hit.net> Subject: [ILGEN-L] Down to 3 To: ILGEN-L@rootsweb.com I need your help! In the Illinois Archives all counties have files stored in the appropriate counties except 3. I am asking for submissions from Boone, Carroll, and Grundy County! My goal is to have submissions in the Archives for all Illinois Counties!! Remember copyright laws. Articles from printed resources need to be over 72 years old or you need to have the author's permission. Please search through your research articles and see if you have any possible submissions for the archives. I will also take items for any other counties! Terasa Illinois Archives: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/il/ilfiles.htm Hancock County Illinois: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilhancoc/Hancock.html Perry County Illinois: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilperry/ Rogers County Oklahoma: http://www.rootsweb.com/~okrogers/index.html

My grandmother was born on 5 Oct 1865 in Macoupin County, IL. The father, Lawson Young Weir, and his family probably attended the Methodist Episcopal Church (known as ME Church). Are there records of the ME Church in Macoupin County near Plainview, IL. I have not been successful in finding her birth certificate. Lorain Axup carlor@dconn.com

Nancy Emily FANNING CLAUSSEN was born 1855 in Morgan County, IL. She died on 17 Oct 1924 and is buried in Scottville West Cemetery in Macoupin County beside her husband Alexander E. CLAUSSEN (he died 1916.) How could I locate an obituary for the two on them? Mary Ann Fanning Atencio

A Thyme To Plant Herb Farm, Inc. wrote: > Dear ILMacoup Rooters, > > I just want to thank each of you so much for the great instructions you > gave me prior to our trip to Carlinville. snip > I have another question. My ggrandfather was a millwright. He came to > Carlinville (from Germany) sometime in the 1860's (to the best of my > knowledge). My question is...does anyone know if immigrants were sponsored > at that time...and if it may have been likely that he came, specifically, > to work on the courthouse? Without looking into my immigration law books and notes, I doubt VERY much that your ggrandfather was "sponsored" by a family or organization. As I recall, sponsering was a legal novelty introduced after the turn of the century.On the other hand, he may have heard about the project (no telling how he heard) and showed up in C'ville to offer his services. Since the project was so large and the community mostly farmers and related merchants I believe that "technical" skills, such as millwright would have been welcome. > I know they stayed until after 1881 when their > youngest child was born. They moved to St. Louis after that. Is there > any way to find out if that was the situation? I mean...are there any > records of who did the fancy carpentry on the courthouse? Unknown to me. > My husband > questioned this possibility. There was a "German" church; Lutheran as I recall. If there are any remaining records they might reflect membership. I don't know of any Germany societies or fraternities.Seems as if I've seen pictures of court house work crews? Tom

Dear ILMacoup Rooters, I just want to thank each of you so much for the great instructions you gave me prior to our trip to Carlinville. Mary...thank you for directing me to Marilyn! She was a great help and a very delightful lady. Everyone was so wonderful and so helpful. We had a terrific visit. I have another question. My ggrandfather was a millwright. He came to Carlinville (from Germany) sometime in the 1860's (to the best of my knowledge). My question is...does anyone know if immigrants were sponsored at that time...and if it may have been likely that he came, specifically, to work on the courthouse? I know they stayed until after 1881 when their youngest child was born. They moved to St. Louis after that. Is there any way to find out if that was the situation? I mean...are there any records of who did the fancy carpentry on the courthouse? My husband questioned this possibility. We were so fascinated by the structure and its history. If anyone knows anything about this or where we may secure such information, we would love to know. Again, many thanks to each who responded to my query about how to best utilize our time there. It was delightful! Marianne/VA

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 07:54:08 +0100 (MET) From: Ylbrd@aol.com Reply-To: slovak-world@fris.sk To: Multiple recipients of list <slovak-world@fris.sk> Subject: A little Halloween Humor This was probably what happened to one of my ancestors and yours LOL! Two men were walking home after a party and decided to take a shortcut through the cemetery just for laughs. Right in the middle of the cemetery they were startled by a tap-tap-tapping noise coming from the misty shadows. Trembling with fear, they found an old man with a hammer and chisel, chipping away at one of the headstones. "Holy cow, Mister," one of them said after catching his breath, "You scared us half to death -- we thought you were a ghost! What are you doing working here so late at night?" "Those fools!" the old man grumbled. "They misspelled my name!" --------- End forwarded message ---------- ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

Anyone have access to the 1880 Macoupin Census to do a lookup? Please contact Alice Clay Benedict <jb3acb@volusianet.net> if you have access and can do a lookup. Thanks. Gloria ------------------ Gloria Frazier DE>IL-Coverdill IN>IL-Hays KY>IL-Nash/Oller/Shipp KY>MO-Frazier/Morrison/Ragland/Upton/Hamilton KY>Hord TN>IL-Adcock/Carter/Sutton/Richards/Warren/Wingo TN-Baseye Thrasher

To the Macoupin Co list, Here is some more names from Obits in the Staunton Star-Times from 23 Nov 1922 to 15 Feb 1923. If anyone would like a copy of any of these obits, let me know by Friday: BAKER, Henry S. BARR, Robert BEINKE, Milton BRAUER, Emil Herman Julius BRUCE*, Eliza Jane CLARK, Eliza Jane COWELL, Luke DICK*, Cinderella DICKHAUSEN, Robert FENTON*, Mrs. William FISHER, Ernest L. FLANNIGAN, Cinderella GABERNETTE, Pete GERMER, Fred GRANT, Samuel J. (Jr.) GROB*, Elizabeth HAUBRICH*, Pauline HAYES, Millard Lee HEINEMIER, Erwin W. JUENNEMAN, Anna KLOCKE, Theresa KNEMOELLER, Rudolph P. KUEHN, Clara KUPISCH, John LANDAU, Rosamond LANGEN*, Elizabeth MEHLMAN, Elizabeth MESSICK, J. F. MESSICK, Judge Joseph B. MEYER, Pauline MULL, August W. PICKETT, Maurice POFAHL*, Pauline SANDNER, Albert E. SCHMIDT*, Kathrine SCHMIDT*, Theresa SCHNAARE*, Anna SMITH, Milton Alexander SNELL*, Hattie STIFFELMAN*, Rosamond WERLER*, Mrs. Max (nee PURDY) ZUMWALT, Hattie

Hi all, I learned of a web site where you can enter any date back to 1900 and see the events that took place on that date. It's an interesting site. Try it with your birthdate. dMarie Time Capsule Go to: <http://www.dmarie.com/asp/history.asp> Bob Colby Researching Colby's: NH > IL, (Pike, Greene, Macoupin, Christian & McHenry counties).

To the Macoupin Co list, I currently have the microfilm for the Staunton Star-Times from 1 Dec 1921 thru 28 Feb 1924 on inter-library loan from the IL State Historical library. Below is a list of names from obits for almost all of 1922 (to Nov23, will finish 1922 tomorrow p.m.) (* asterisk after surname means married name. Each women is listed both maiden & married name) If anyone would like a copy of any of these obits let me know before Friday so I can copy it for you. (Can either send snailmail or as an email attachment.) And if anyone has a death date (at least month & year)for anyone that died in the rest of the years on this film, let me know & I will look it up. ABELING, ? (Mrs ) AGRESH*, Anna AHLERS*, Johana AHRENS, Henry Sr. ATWOOD, Harley BECK, Harold BECKER*, Anna BECKER, Marie BERSTEIN*, Mary BETHEL, Tilmon P. BETTMAN*, Margaret BLEY, Dr. Geo. BOND, Grace CALDWELL*, Amelia Christine CARDWELL, Lorinda Jane CARTER, Delores Eielen CAYWOOD, Mrs. Beall DAUDERMAN, Raymond D. DOHNAL*, Anna DVORSKY, Mary DWORACSEK, Wenzel EILERS, Fred W. FAULSTICH, Johana FORSTER, Geo. GERLT, Chas. Sr. GILLESPIE, Amelia Christine GRIEM, Wm. T. GRUBER*, Helena GUENNEWIG, John HADDAD, Ering HAGAMAN*, Lena HANNIG, Zereldia HEINZ*, Pauline HEMANN, Wilhelmina Anna HENKE*, Mrs. Henry HUNSINGER*, Anna JACOBS*, Lorinda Jane JUBELT, Pauline KATAVA, Frank KAUP*, Frances KAYSER, Alfred KELL, Howard KLETT, Charles KNAPP*, Helena KOHLENBERG, Wm. KOHLER, Karl LAMB, Chas. W. LAMB*, Emma LAUTEN*, Marie LELA, August LINDAUER, Ernestine LIPPOLD, Anna LITTLE, Dr. Charles W. MAZE*, Mrs. Spencer F. McDANIELS*. Sarah McGAUGHEY, Mathias McMANUS, Harry R. MESSICK, Thomas L. MEYER, August MILLER, Vincent MOSS, W.B. MROCZEK, Louis NEHYBA, Anna NILAND, John OEHLER, Anna OERTEL, Herman OLEYAR, Andro PAGE*, Lucy V. PAGITSCH*, Margaret PARISHER, Mrs Adeline PETROVSKI, Frank PRANGE, Charles H. ROCHESTER, Wm. ROHLEDER*, Elizabeth ROSETHAL, August ROUNDS, Lucy V. RUTHER, Christopher H. SANDBACH, Emma SAVILL, Harold Robert SCHERFF, Fred Sr. SCHMIDT, John SCHNEIDER, Gustav SCHOENMETZLER*, Louisa SCHULTZ, Elizabeth SCROGGINS, Ebern SCROGGINS*, Kissiah Ann SCROGGINS*, Lucy V. SEUBERT, Geo. SHERMAN*, Wilhelmina Anna SPAK*, Mary SPANVIELLO*, Mary Ann STAHL*, Mrs. D.W. STILLER*, Grace STRAWHUN, Mary Frances STUTTLE, Joseph Jr. SWAYZE, Sarah Margaret TABOR, ? (Mrs) THIEL, Wm. THOMURE, Bobbie TOSTA, Charles ULLMANN, Anton Frederick VOLAND*, Amelia Christine WEEKS, Wm. B. (H.?) WOLF, Frank YARECKY*, Maria YEMM, Wm. Jr.

Hey, I found a huge CW site. There is no end. It goes on and on and on. The American Civil War Homepage http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html#rosters The url is set to the target for rosters but there are many many more targets on this page. Even try clicking on the link "USA National & States A-I" at the target "Rosters." I just wrote a guy listed on that page who might know something about my Carter in the 40th IA Infantry killed in Paducah. Doesn't it? I told you it did. Just doesn't stop. Don't think we have it on the Macoupin CW Main page. Guess Eric could put it on his "To Do" list. I almost heard those nice words all the way down here.<g> Gloria

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_907436405_boundary Content-ID: <0_907436405@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII --part0_907436405_boundary Content-ID: <0_907436405@inet_out.mail.juno.com.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: <RAGAN-ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-zb02.mx.aol.com (rly-zb02.mail.aol.com [172.31.41.2]) by air-zb05.mail.aol.com (v50.16) with SMTP; Sat, 03 Oct 1998 07:35:40 -0400 Received: from fp-1.rootsweb.com (fp-1.rootsweb.com [207.113.233.233]) by rly-zb02.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id HAA02344; Sat, 3 Oct 1998 07:35:25 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from slist@localhost) by fp-1.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id EAA11389; Sat, 3 Oct 1998 04:32:21 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1998 04:32:21 -0700 (PDT) Old-To: ktshahan@juno.com Old-Cc: shawhan-l@rootsweb.com, wvtucker-l@rootsweb.com, rsl@rootsweb.com, lower-delmarva-roots-l@rootsweb.com, ragan-roots-l@rootsweb.com, tnroane-l@rootsweb.com, moripley-l@rootsweb.com, southern-trails-l@rootsweb.com, scotch-irish-l@rootsweb.com, bfields@arches.uga.edu, branchroot@aol.com, cherry@ok.azalea.net, djsha1@aol.com, domdale@aol.com, dshahan@airnet.net, fjmeyer@4state.com, gail@bellatlantic.net, jHart5313@aol.com, joemc1@gte.net, kathleenmaples@hotmail.com, kle89490@cmsu2.cmsu.edu, ksparr@aol.com, ktshahan@juno.com, mcHistory@aol.com, mdshahan@earthlink.net, nicolecastle@mindspring.com, p.wells@cbiinternet.com, palowe@gte.net, pshahantar@aol.com, rssnow@xactware.com, sbatt65245@aol.com, Shahan@mail.med.upenn.edu, shahan@nponline.net, Shahan@pdqnet.net, SmithHeirlooms-evv.@worldnet.att.net, sstelzer@up.net, talen@inetport.com, tennwilly@cafes.net, villanow@juno.com, wdrake@gte.net, wvgamma@aol.com Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 18:44:51 -0500 Subject: FAMILY BIBLE NEEDS TO FIND ITS HOME Message-ID: <19981003.063500.-803743.0.ktshahan@juno.com> X-Mailer: Juno 2.0.11 X-Juno-Line-Breaks: 0-8,10-78 X-Juno-Att: 0 From: ktshahan@juno.com (Karla K Shahan) Resent-Message-ID: <"qcmSv.A.OxC.DtgF2"@fp-1.rootsweb.com> To: RAGAN-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: RAGAN-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <RAGAN-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/1007 X-Loop: RAGAN-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: RAGAN-ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Here something that might help someone somewhere! Please pass on. Rain From: TPoe123875@aol.com Return-path: <TPoe123875@aol.com> To: RAIN882955@aol.com Cc: Gogetter77@aol.com Subject: Fwd: Has the list seen this? Hi, Got this in my e-mail and thought you might want to pass it along to someone who might be the family member who would love to have this. Hope someone finds the owner... Your Cousin Trina P.S. too bad that it wasn't for our family..... Forwarded from another list. Know of anywhere else to post it? >>Subject: Bible needs a family:Stough,Welk,Wantz just passing this along.......article clipped from a newspaper: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "VIRGINIAN REVIEW - Sat 15 Aug 1998." It had the heading "VA >MAN TRYING TO FIND FAMILY TO RETURN BIBLE.' The article reads "YORK, Pa. - A Virginia man is trying to return a 100 year old Bible to the descendants of a York County, PA family. But finding them has not been an easy matter. Julian Gordon of Newport News, VA. > Came into possession of the Bible last year, when his father-in-law died. His father-in-law had purchased the Bible in 1973 at an auction in Delta. But trying to find the family, Gordon doesn't have much to go on -- just a few names written inside and eight photographs. The name that occurs frequently is Stough. The York County telephone lists about 145 numbers for homes and businesses under that name. Gordon tried calling some of the Stoughs. A few were openly skeptical, apparently think the call was some kind of hoax..............." Inscriptions, photographs, and papers inside the bible tell: "it was given to Harry Isaiah Stough by his mother, Savannah on 25 Dec 1885. Harry had a brother named Ammon, who married Minnie F Welk. They had at least three children: Marie Florence; Laroy George; and Raymond Welk. Other papers mention Sevannia Wantz Stough and Lydia Wantz. The pictures were taken at Jeffres Art Studio in York. Mr Julian Gordon, according to the newspaper article has said he will send the bible and contents to anybody who can tie their family to Ammon and Harry Stough. The newspaper quotes him "It's there. I'll send it to them. I'll pay the postage," This will be quite a find if the right family can be located. Please pass this message on to other lists. We would all appreciate finding it if it was our family bible. [my guess is you contact tje Virginia Review, or the York PA newspapers if this is your family -elin] ________________________________________________________________ Get secure free e-mail that you don't need Web access to use from Juno, the world's second largest online service. Download your free software at http://www.juno.com/getit.b.html. ==== RAGAN-ROOTS Mailing List ==== Support RootsWeb!!!! Send in a donation today! http://www.rootsweb.com --part0_907436405_boundary--

Marilyn wrote: >Hi, >I am also researching the Farrar Family. My husband's gggrandmother >was Sarah Elizabeth Farrar who married William Duncan in Clyde,Macoupin >IL. I feel certain that she is the daughter of Green Wesley Farrar. I >have Green W. born 1800 NC, m. Laura (Lura) Sinclair. Green's father was >William Franklin Farrar b. 1781, Caswell Co. NC, m. Elizabeth Brekeen. >The 1850 census for Macoupin Co. IL shows Green W. Farrar age 50, (pg. >313, Dwg. No. 4, Family No. 4, with Lusa age 42, George W. 23, Thomas J. >17, Nancy J. 15, Laura Ann 9, Green W. 7. In Dwg. No. 6, Family #7, I >have William Duncan 28, Sarah E. Duncan, age 22, and D. W. Duncan, age >2. We know that Sarah's maiden name was Farrar fom a copy of their >marriage record. As you can see, the age of 22 for Sarah fits between >George W. and Thomas J. Farrar, and since she and William Duncan were >married in 1847, she would no longer be in her father's household for >the 1850 census. >Does anyone have any information on this family. Please if you can help >me connect Sarah Elizabeth to the family of Green W. Farrar, please >let me know. I'll gladly share what I have with anyone. >Thanks, and >God bless, >Marilyn ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Marilyn, I have some FARRAR ancestry info. If you like more info. contact me. Silas COLBY, B. 11 Aug 1788, D. 16 Dec 1858, Henniker, NH, m. Hannah FARRAR, b. 31 Mar 1793, d. 5 Aug 1844, Henniker, NH, 2nd. Emily FARRAR, (sister of Hannah), b. 3 Dec 1800, d. Apr 1883, Hillsborough, NH. One of Silas and Hannah's sons, Isaac F. COLBY, (my gg grandfather), emigrated from NH to Pike Co. Il abt. 1835, then moved to Greene, Macoupin and finally Christian County. Bob Colby Tinley Park, IL

Does anyone have the Gillespie Cemetery books? Noticed this query on the query page. If you do, could you look and see if Nathaniel and Margaret are there? Answer me privately, please. William Ewing EMAIL: WEwingman@aol.com NOTE: 183 E. Lakeshore Dr. Hope, MI 48628 SURNAMES: EWING QRYTEXT: Am trying to locate burial site of Nathaniel Harris EWING, aka N. H. EWING, b 13 Dec 1811, m 25 Aug 1832 to Margaret Dunn, d 9 Dec 1892 in Gillespie, Macoupin Co., IL. Would like to locate gravesite And, BTW, does anyone know how much Jill Secoy charges for her books? She has a Gillespie City Cem and Gillespie Holy Cross for sale, it shows on the books for sale page. And, the Small Cem Vol II has some Gillespie Twp cems in it but it isn't out, yet, is it? Gloria ------------------ Gloria Frazier DE>IL-Coverdill IN>IL-Hays KY<IL-Nash/Oller/Shipp KY>MO-Frazier/Morrison/Ragland/Upton/Hamilton KY>Hord TN>IL-Adcock/Carter/Sutton/Richards/Warren/Wingo TN-Baseye Thrasher

Hi, I am also researching the Farrar Family. My husband's gggrandmother was Sarah Elizabeth Farrar who married William Duncan in Clyde,Macoupin IL. I feel certain that she is the daughter of Green Wesley Farrar. I have Green W. born 1800 NC, m. Laura (Lura) Sinclair. Green's father was William Franklin Farrar b. 1781, Caswell Co. NC, m. Elizabeth Brekeen. The 1850 census for Macoupin Co. IL shows Green W. Farrar age 50, (pg. 313, Dwg. No. 4, Family No. 4, with Lusa age 42, George W. 23, Thomas J. 17, Nancy J. 15, Laura Ann 9, Green W. 7. In Dwg. No. 6, Family #7, I have William Duncan 28, Sarah E. Duncan, age 22, and D. W. Duncan, age 2. We know that Sarah's maiden name was Farrar fom a copy of their marriage record. As you can see, the age of 22 for Sarah fits between George W. and Thomas J. Farrar, and since she and William Duncan were married in 1847, she would no longer be in her father's household for the 1850 census. Does anyone have any information on this family. Please if you can help me connect Sarah Elizabeth to the family of Green W. Farrar, please let me know. I'll gladly share what I have with anyone. Thanks, and God bless, Marilyn