Gloria and others, It might be interesting for you to know what I found out this week regarding the migration of people from IL to Barton Co. I spoke with the president of the Barton Co. MO Historical Society, Bob Douglas, and he told me of a company, the Missouri Immigration Associates, who would organize groups of people to come to Barton Co. in hopes of selling them land. The people would be lodged in a nearby farmhouse, fed good meals, and then taken on a tour of the Barton county properties for sale. The attractions of Barton Co., according to Mr. Douglas, included small grains and prairie hay production, and mines not too far away. The county's population now is much smaller than it was near the turn of the century due to the larger numbers of people that were flooding to the west. Mr. Douglas told me the names of the excursion managers from IL. They are: C.B. Davis, from Aurora, IL R.J. Bailey, Joliet, IL John Marsh, Joliet H.W. Slowthower, Kenton John Connelly, Lincoln Elmer Smith, Gardner W.O. Albright, Manmouth George Gelwicks ?sp, Princeton Mr. Douglas said he thinks this company was actively recruiting people from IL from the 1860's until somewhere around 1907 or 1908. He said that some people came down the rivers part of the way, others followed trails, and still others took nearby rail lines. I'm betting, based on an old family story, that it was a wagon train. Like you, I'm very curious to know how many people migrated from the Macoupin Co. and surrounding area to Barton Co. It's become a great point of interest for me. ---- you wrote: > It would be interesting to see how many went to Barton Co MO. I bet > there may have been a wagon train going there. I have heard others > going besides yours and some of mine. > > If you come across Sutton, York, Bandy, Martin, I would be > interested in receiving any info. Sutton and Bandy went from > Montgomery Co IL. York from Macoupin and Martin may have been there > before and think the Martins would have been from Moultrie Co > vicinity. All of these surnames are kin one way or another. > > My ggrandparents John and Frances Emeline Thompson Sutton left from > Montgomery Co with two children tween 1869 and 1873 but returned to > Macoupin Co before 1878. While there they had at least a set of > twins, one twin was my grandmother, Nancy Martha Jane Sutton. But > John's sister Martha Sutton Bandy lived there the rest of her life > and another sister Mary Sutton York lived there and is buried there. > > Sorry, I don't know the history of the Asbury name and > church/cemetery. > > Gloria > > At 01:52 PM 7/8/99 -0400, you wrote: > >Hi everyone. > > > >I was wondering if any of you might have a membership list for > Asbury Chapel, Barr Twp. Also, does anyone know who or what it was > named for? My husband's great-grandfather Job Rives (also spelled > Rees or Reeves) was born in Macoupin County 6 OCT 1850 and moved to > Barton Co., MO by 1870. His oldest son was William Asbury Rives. > I thought there might be some connection with the name. > > > >Also, the Methodist church that Job helped to construct in Barton > County was Central Chapel. It seems that several Macoupin County > families migrated to the Barton County area in the 1860's. I have > a roster for Central Chapel and I would be more than happy to do > lookups on this list. I also have a cemetery directory for Vernon > County, which borders Barton County. I will do lookups on this also. > > > >Thanks for your help. > > > >Susan > > > >--------------------------------------------------- > >Get free personalized email at http://www.iname.com > > > > > >==== 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. > > > > > ------------------ > Gloria Frazier > Macoupin County ILGenWeb County Coordinator > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/macoupin.htm > > > ==== ILMACOUP Mailing List ==== > Please send questions, comments and ideas for the Macoupin County, ILGenWeb Home Page and Mail List to: > Eric Adcock, Macoupin County, IL GenWeb Coordinator - eadcock@dave-world.ne > Kathleen Mirabella, Macoupin County, ILGenWeb Mail List Manager - KathieMir@aol.com > - ------------------------------------------------- Get free personalized email at http://www.iname.com