Hi, I am looking for information on my ancestors with the name of EGAN. I know that two of the siblings were born in Girard, but I am unsure of the others. Can someone let me know if Auburn and Dawson, Illinois are also in Macoupin county or would have been in the mid-1800s to early 1900s? The family history is that the father, John EAGAN (EGAN) came came from Ireland in the early 1850s and worked the railroad west and had 10 children with a wife named Mary BOYLE. Near Dawson, Illinois he acquired a farm andall the children were born there. Dont know when or where he was married,but the first child was born in 1854. In 1877 Mary Boyle Egan died in childbirth, that last daughter, Anna and Katy, the next youngest were taken to Iowa to be raised by relatives. John walked out to Iowa twice from Dawson, Illinois to see his children. His youngest son named Charles Thomas EAGAN (EGAN) (my direct ancestor)stayed at a boarding house in Auburn, Illinois owned by James Blanchfield and Mary Ryan Blanchfield, met and married Anna Blanchfield about 1900. They had 7 boys and 2 girls. Two of their children were born in Girard during the years of 1911-1913. I have listed the children below.I am unsure where the others were born. I would appreciate any assistance or ideas of where to search for further information. Sharon Charles Thomas Eagan born 1871 family farm at Dawson, Illinois (father) Anna Elizabeth Blanchfield Egan born 1883 (mother) Johnie Eagan born 11/12/1901 Anne Elizabeth Egan born 12/7/1903 (my direct ancestor) Charles T Egan born 10/14/1906 James M Egan born 02/13/1908 William Patrick Egan born 02/05/1911 in Girard, Illinois Loretta C Egan born 02/25/1913 in Girard, Illinois Francis P Egan born 01/13/1916 Edward T Egan born 09/08/1918 Joseph P Egan born 1921