Wow, That helps out a lot. I knew all the kids couldn't be Sunderland's. In 1870 4 children are in the orphanage (Martha Jane or just Jane or just Martha, Chas, Mary, and Levi) could all be Sunderland's (died 1865) It looks like Martha died in the orphage in 1871.. I'm positive Chas and Mary are Sunderland's.. Mary Leonard Sunderland is in the 1860 and 1865 Macoupin Co. census. After William died she must have married an Alexander Eller. She is found in the 1880 Portage, St. Charles, MO. census with children all with the Eller name (Chas., Levi, Henry, and Michael) Mary E. Eller died 1930 in Alton, IL. I don't know how Michael or Emma plays in this. Michael b. 1871 and Emma b.1867 so they can't be Sunderland's. Did you find anything on Mary Leonard's parents and when did Henry die? I thought at one time I had found the Leonard family in an 1850 census in IL. but I can't find it in any files. Thank you so much for the info on Henry. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debbi Geer" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 11:10 PM Subject: Re: [ILMacoupin] Mary Eilzabeth Leonard > Mary > > Mary did have a son by Daniel Pruitt. Henry was born > abt 1854 and died in abt Aug 1866. Upon Daniel's > death, Mary as per law at that time had to relinquish > any claim to Henry and her two step-children Leticia > and Amos Pruitt. They were placed as wards in > families specified by the court. When Henry died, the > funds that were due him had he been of age was $129.49 > less $2 clerk fee and $7.86 which looks like due his > guardian or was for interment. The remaining dollars > were split between Mary (50% or $59.81) and his two > half-siblings (25% each or $29.91 each). Henry was > living with his paternal cousin Leticia Pruitt Osborn > and her family. Leticia's husband Alanson Osborn was > Henry's last guardian. > > > Debbi Geer > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ==== ILMACOUP Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from [email protected], send a message to: > [email protected] > that contains in the body of the message the command: > unsubscribe > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but your software may > require one. >

I don't know when Henry actually died. All I know Alanson Osborn presented the financial records to the court dated 12 August 1866. I can only guess that he had died within a few weeks before if not just a few days before. I thought perhaps that Mary Elizabeth Leondard might have been a sister to Annie Leonard who married Martin Pruitt of Jersey Co IL. However, when I look at Mary and Annie's personal data I can't justify the sibling relationship. Mary was born abt 1835 in Kentucky. Annie was born 10 Oct 1840 in Cumberland, Guernsey, OH. Because of Cumberland's location in OH, I just can't see where a family would have moved from KY to the central part of Eastern OH and then to IL. Had it been the reverse and the OH location was in SW Ohio, I could have easily been persuaded that they were sisters. Although there were some families who did have weird migrating patterns before they finally settled long enough to call area "home". Debbi Geer __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com