Is there more stories/info on the Wood River Massacre? William Moore's wife "Mary Polly Thomas-Moore is my ancestor... Would like to exchange info with others.... regards, R Houston PALMEEM@aol.com wrote: Sharon, It was not strange that it appeared. You asked and I live 6 miles from there. A monument to these victims of Indian warfare stands today on Fosterburg Road across from Alton State Hospital grounds. Fosterburg Road runs off of highway 140 just east of Alton Mr. Edward S. Stobbs has one of the old muskets used in killing the Indians during the Wood River Massacre. The gun was owned by Wiley Pruitt who lived a mile southeast of present day Bethalto. The gun was made in England, and was used during the Revolutionary War. The barrel of the gun is still quite long, although it has been sawed off twice. At the site of the massacre, a monument was placed in memory of those killed. Ellie See the following links _http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/RiverWeb/Projects/Ambot/Archives/transac tions/1901/wood%20river%20massacre.html_ (http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/RiverWeb/Projects/Ambot/Archives/transactions/1901/wood%20river%20massacre.ht ml) _http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmadiso/madhistory.html_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmadiso/madhistory.html) ==== ILMADISO Mailing List ==== Visit the Madison County ILGenWeb home page! http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmadiso/index.htm --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? vote.yahoo.com - Register online to vote today!

I have no family connections to those involved in the massacre, but I saw this in the August 30, 1877 Jersey County Democrat newspaper: [note: this account was told at the "Old Settler's Meeting"] "Mrs. Martha Cowen, who was present at the Wood River massacre that occurred in 1814, she now being nearly 80 years of age, and Mrs. Prewit [attended the Old Settler's Meeting in August of 1877]. Mr. T. J. Selby [orator] related the horrors of the bloody massacre which occurred on Wood River. This horrible picture is still fresh in the mind of Mrs. Prewit, who, though young at the time, can well recollect it. The groans of the dying and the agonized pleadings of the helpless still ring in her ears; the bloody tomahawk and knife are things that are still fresh in her memory, together with the pursuit and capture of the murderers. It was both a pleasant and a sad sight to watch the countenances of the old people while the speakers were addressing them. Now for a moment their wrinkled and weather-beaten countenances would be o'erspread with smiles of gladness, as they heard some pleasing incident recited in which they were concerned; then again would the veil shift and cast a pall of darkness, gloom and sorrow over them, when the hardships through which they had passed and the privations they had endured were brought before them." Bev Bauser -----Original Message----- From: Ray [mailto:rb7us@yahoo.com] Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 9:05 AM To: ILMADISO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ILMADISO-L] Abel Moore Is there more stories/info on the Wood River Massacre? William Moore's wife "Mary Polly Thomas-Moore is my ancestor... Would like to exchange info with others.... regards, R Houston PALMEEM@aol.com wrote: Sharon, It was not strange that it appeared. You asked and I live 6 miles from there. A monument to these victims of Indian warfare stands today on Fosterburg Road across from Alton State Hospital grounds. Fosterburg Road runs off of highway 140 just east of Alton Mr. Edward S. Stobbs has one of the old muskets used in killing the Indians during the Wood River Massacre. The gun was owned by Wiley Pruitt who lived a mile southeast of present day Bethalto. The gun was made in England, and was used during the Revolutionary War. The barrel of the gun is still quite long, although it has been sawed off twice. At the site of the massacre, a monument was placed in memory of those killed. Ellie See the following links _http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/RiverWeb/Projects/Ambot/Archives/trans ac tions/1901/wood%20river%20massacre.html_ (http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/RiverWeb/Projects/Ambot/Archives/trans actions/1901/wood%20river%20massacre.ht ml) _http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmadiso/madhistory.html_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmadiso/madhistory.html) ==== ILMADISO Mailing List ==== Visit the Madison County ILGenWeb home page! http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmadiso/index.htm --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? vote.yahoo.com - Register online to vote today! ==== ILMADISO Mailing List ==== Visit the Madison County ILGenWeb home page! http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmadiso/index.htm

Ray I found quite a bit on this massacre several years ago. The Madison County Genealogical society some how located me actual newspaper articles. You might check with them and see if they still have that information. My line goes from Abel Moore to John Moore to Pheobe Moore to Pheobe Brooks (my grandmother) If you are unable to locate any further please let me know and I can type what I have. Sharon macormic -----Original Message----- From: Ray [mailto:rb7us@yahoo.com] Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 9:05 AM To: ILMADISO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ILMADISO-L] Abel Moore Is there more stories/info on the Wood River Massacre? William Moore's wife "Mary Polly Thomas-Moore is my ancestor... Would like to exchange info with others.... regards, R Houston PALMEEM@aol.com wrote: Sharon, It was not strange that it appeared. You asked and I live 6 miles from there. A monument to these victims of Indian warfare stands today on Fosterburg Road across from Alton State Hospital grounds. Fosterburg Road runs off of highway 140 just east of Alton Mr. Edward S. Stobbs has one of the old muskets used in killing the Indians during the Wood River Massacre. The gun was owned by Wiley Pruitt who lived a mile southeast of present day Bethalto. The gun was made in England, and was used during the Revolutionary War. The barrel of the gun is still quite long, although it has been sawed off twice. At the site of the massacre, a monument was placed in memory of those killed. Ellie See the following links _http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/RiverWeb/Projects/Ambot/Archives/trans ac tions/1901/wood%20river%20massacre.html_ (http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/RiverWeb/Projects/Ambot/Archives/trans actions/1901/wood%20river%20massacre.ht ml) _http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmadiso/madhistory.html_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmadiso/madhistory.html) ==== ILMADISO Mailing List ==== Visit the Madison County ILGenWeb home page! http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmadiso/index.htm --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? vote.yahoo.com - Register online to vote today! ==== ILMADISO Mailing List ==== Visit the Madison County ILGenWeb home page! http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmadiso/index.htm

Thank you Sharon Macormic....I will contact the Madison Co. Genealogical Society as you suggest....And thank you for offering to type up the info you have if the society no longer has it. I do appreciate it. regards, Ray Sharon <shamac46@earthlink.net> wrote: Ray I found quite a bit on this massacre several years ago. The Madison County Genealogical society some how located me actual newspaper articles. You might check with them and see if they still have that information. My line goes from Abel Moore to John Moore to Pheobe Moore to Pheobe Brooks (my grandmother) If you are unable to locate any further please let me know and I can type what I have. Sharon macormic -----Original Message----- From: Ray [mailto:rb7us@yahoo.com] Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 9:05 AM To: ILMADISO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ILMADISO-L] Abel Moore Is there more stories/info on the Wood River Massacre? William Moore's wife "Mary Polly Thomas-Moore is my ancestor... Would like to exchange info with others.... regards, R Houston PALMEEM@aol.com wrote: Sharon, It was not strange that it appeared. You asked and I live 6 miles from there. A monument to these victims of Indian warfare stands today on Fosterburg Road across from Alton State Hospital grounds. Fosterburg Road runs off of highway 140 just east of Alton Mr. Edward S. Stobbs has one of the old muskets used in killing the Indians during the Wood River Massacre. The gun was owned by Wiley Pruitt who lived a mile southeast of present day Bethalto. The gun was made in England, and was used during the Revolutionary War. The barrel of the gun is still quite long, although it has been sawed off twice. At the site of the massacre, a monument was placed in memory of those killed. Ellie See the following links _http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/RiverWeb/Projects/Ambot/Archives/trans ac tions/1901/wood%20river%20massacre.html_ (http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/RiverWeb/Projects/Ambot/Archives/trans actions/1901/wood%20river%20massacre.ht ml) _http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmadiso/madhistory.html_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmadiso/madhistory.html) ==== ILMADISO Mailing List ==== Visit the Madison County ILGenWeb home page! http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmadiso/index.htm --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? vote.yahoo.com - Register online to vote today! ==== ILMADISO Mailing List ==== Visit the Madison County ILGenWeb home page! http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmadiso/index.htm ==== ILMADISO Mailing List ==== Keep an eye on this census site because more census' are going up every day. http://www.us-census.org/usgwcens/ and this one: http://www.rootsweb.com/~census/states.htm --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses.