Hi, I would like to find descendants who would appreciate having a copy of this family photo. It is a large colorized photo of members of the Griggsby or Grigsby family taken probably in the 1930's at Nortonville. It has 6 individuals pictured. The 2 I can identify are my G-G-Uncle George Kehl (1866-1959) and his second wife, Bessie Griggsby Kehl (1874-1943). The others are Bessie Griggsby's relations, a brother and a woman who could be his wife, or could be a Bessie's sister; and a young couple who are believed to be Bessie's nephew and his wife or sister. We know that Bessie had another brother who was single and farmed with her in Nortonville until his death, prior to this photo. George and Bessie married late in life, after her brother's death, and had no children to pass this photo on to. Juli Claussen Carbondale, IL

Surnames: ROGERS, WARDELL, WADDELL, GALLAHER, GOLLIHER, MURRAY, LANE, BREWER, REDDICK, BRASSELL, WILSON, HABERICHTER, BROWN, WARREN, KLIEN, MADDOX, GUYATT, EASTWOOD, LANGFORD, TAYLOR, GIBSON, ASH, WHITESIDE, NEASE, DONALDSON, REIGER, PECKMAN, VAHLE, AKIN, THOMAS, CONNER, MORRISON, RUMMINS, ROWE, HIGGINS, ADAMS, THRON, SCHEPERS, POWERS, McMULLEN, CRANE, HAMMAND, BRASSELL: WELLS, OBERT, PEER, LITTLE, DUNNING, HESSER, STEELE, MILLER My G.G. Grandfather was John M. ROGERS born abt.1839 in Syracuse, NY,(according to military pension records.) The family story says he & born in Quebec. There are 2 family stories passed down: 1) John was of English Canadian decent, & born in Quebec, Canada. He had an argument with his father about joining the Civil War. John left home joined the Civil War and changed his real surname of WARDELL to ROGERS. The surname ROGERS was his mother's maiden name. The reason behind this was so he could not be traced. 2) John M. WARDELL was born in England and related to the King. He and his father had augument about joining the Civil War in America. He left England and traveled through Canada to reach America. In order not to be traced he took "the cooks" surname of ROGERS. FACTS We found military pension records for John M. ROGERS, filed by his x-wife and youngest daughter, so he did in deed join the Civil War & became a Sgt. Major and enlisted in Co. G, 2nd New Mexico Inf. in Albuquerque, NM. on Aug. 29, 1861 (Union) and was discharged at Fort Craig, NM on May 5, 1862. According to these documents, on May 15, 1862 he married Elizabeth Caroline GOLLIHER/GALLAHER in Hannibal, Mo. She was the daughter of Patrick and Elizabeth MURRAY GALLAHER. (Patrick was born abt. 1825 in Ireland, a son of John GOLLIHER/GALLAHER who livied in Warsaw, Hancock Co. IL. in 1844. Elizabeth MURRAY was born abt. 1828 at sea or Germany and was the daughter of Miranda MURRAY of Rock Island, IL. They married August 08, 1844 in Rock Island, IL. John M.& Elizabeth had 4 known children - all carry "ROGERS" surname. 1) Hester "Hattie" Maranda ROGERS born Nov. 15, 1863 Hannibal, Mo died Dec 11, 1927. married John Wm. BREWER (On her marriage cert. it states her name is WARDELL not ROGERS.) They lived Hannibal, Mo, Chicago & Quincy, IL) Children: John Wm., Goldie Pearl, Cornelia Violet, Joseph Underwood, Hattie May, Elizabeth Ethel, Sylvia Lurvia, Addie L., Milton Roger BREWER. (Connecting families of John & Hester's children are: HABERICHTER, BROWN, WARREN, KLIEN, MADDOX, GUYATT, EASTWOOD, LANGFORD, TAYLOR, GIBSON, ASH, WHITESIDE, NEASE, DONALDSON, REIGER, PECKMAN, VAHLE, AKIN, THOMAS, CONNER, MORRISON, RUMMINS, ROWE) 2) Olivia ROGERS b. abt. 1866 Mo. (unknown what became of her) 3) George Buhler ROGERS b. Oct. 3, 1867 Hannibal, Mo. died Nov. 28, 1899 Hannibal, Mo. married Lula Rebecca REDDICK.(lived Burton & Quincy, IL, & Hannibal, Mo) Children: Lorena Alace (deaf & dumb. died at 3yrs. from a knitting needle through her brain.), George William, Howard Elmer, Lula Margaret ROGERS. (Connecting families of Geroge & Lula's children: HIGGINS, ADAMS, THRON, SCHEPERS, POWERS) After George Buhler ROGERS' death, his widow, Lula married William BREWER the brother of John Wm. BREWER who married Hester "Hattie" Maranda ROGERS. (They lived Quincy, IL & Hannibal, Mo.) Lula & William BREWER's children were: Leslie, Sarah Irene, and Otis Charles BREWER. (Connecting known family of William & Lula's children: McMULLEN, CRANE, HAMMAND) 4) Elizabeth ROGERS b. Jan 3, 1871 Quincy, IL. died Sept. 16, 1944 Hannibal, Mo. She was known to marry twice. First to Wm. BRASSELL.Children: Benjamin Frank, Elizabeth BRASSELL. (lived Davenport, Iowa, Hannibal, Mo) (Connecting families of William & Elizabeth BRASSELL: WELLS, OBERT, PEER, LITTLE) Second marriage: Wesley WILSON (No known children born to Weslie & Elizabeth WILSON) (also believe she had a son by Willian Ivory LANE named Norman Grover LANE. He married Mable MADISON. Norman lived Hannibal, Mo. & St. Louis, Mo) John M. ROGERS and his wife ELizabeth, in fact, divorced March 12, 1874 in Quincy, IL on the grounds of adultery by both parties. John had an affair with his wife's younger sister, Clara Ann GALLAHER BUCHHEIT. (Clara Ann was married to John BUCHHEIT of Quincy, IL. They married in West Quincy, Marion Co. Mo. on Feb 11, 1872 & divorced Sept 19, 1874 in Quincy, IL..) John M. WARDELL's wife, Elizabeth had an affair with William E. LANE. At least one of John & Elizabeth's children were placed in Woodland Orphanage in Quincy, IL.. The Woodland Orphanage records shows that the youngest daughter, Lizzie, was placed in the Woodland Orphanage between March and May of 1875, and when her mother returned for her, she was listed as married to William E. LANE. What happened to the other 3 WARDELL/ROGERS children? (George Buhler, Olivia, Hester"Hattie") Possibly George Buhler was taking in by the STEEL(E) or MILLER family of Burton, Adams County, IL. where George learned the Blacksmithing trade. Family story says George ran away from home and hopped on a train and ended up in Burton, IL. John M. ROGERS may have died in Natchez, Mississippi in 1878 acorrding to Civil War pension papers filed by x-wife Elizabeth & youngest known daughter Elizabeth ROGERS BRASSELL WILSON filed in 1920. Family story states his wife Elizabeth buried John M. ROGERS in her back yard in Hannibal, Mo. It is unknown what truly became of John M. ROGERS after the divorce. John M. ROGERS x-wife Elizabeth married William E. LANE in 1875 and lived Hannibal, Mo.William E. LANE died about 1899, and Elizabeth lived in Hannibal until her death on Dec 31, 1925. She was known as "Granny LANE." William E. LANE died around 1899 most likely in Hannibal, Mo. He had a brother Joseph W. LANE born in Plymouth, NY. who lived in Springfield, IL. until 1870 when he moved to Hannibal with his wife Abby and his 2 daughters Elizabeth & Mary "Mamie". Joseph died Oct 5, 1905 in Hannibal, Mo. Abby died June 11, 1915 in Hannibal, Mo. Both bodies were buried in Springfield, IL. Connecting families of Joseph & Abby: DUNNING, HESSER) Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Judi ROGERS GILKER jgilker@adams,net Quincy, IL.

1878 Morgan: Austin 1881 Sangamon: Anderson 1891 Sangamon: Gates & Keisacker 1891 Macoupin: Adams Ames Dilliard Huddleston (2) King Loveless Sawyers Schmidt (5) Snedeker Taylor (2) York 1904 Sangamon: Anderson

Add to 1912 Sangamon: Kaylor (Forgot to tell Shirley <g>) Mary Ann At 09:42 AM 08/24/2000 -0500, you wrote: > 1878 Morgan: Thompson (7) > > 1879 Macoupin: Taylor > > 1881 Sangamon: Brawner > Brewer > Rhea (3) > > > 1889 Morgan: Markham > Springer > > > 1891 Macoupin: Burton > Carroll > Huddlestun > Isaacs > > 1891 Sangamon: Joy > > 1905 Greene: Scott > > 1906 Morgan: Springer > > > 1912 Sangamon: Rhea (2) > > > > >==== ILMAGA Mailing List ==== >MAGA Web Site now has a Central IL Obits page. Submit your ancestors obit. >Also, a Photo Album page, where you can submit your ancestors pictures for >preservation. Links can be found at: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmaga/index.html

1878 Morgan: Thompson (7) 1879 Macoupin: Taylor 1881 Sangamon: Brawner Brewer Rhea (3) 1889 Morgan: Markham Springer 1891 Macoupin: Burton Carroll Huddlestun Isaacs 1891 Sangamon: Joy 1905 Greene: Scott 1906 Morgan: Springer 1912 Sangamon: Rhea (2)

1878 Morgan Co: Birdsell Caotes Duncan Emmerson Gunn Peak Smetters Self (2) Spencer (2) Spires (4) Wright (5) 1881 Sangamon: Britton England (2) Mallory 1889 Morgan: Coats Henry (2) Hewson Spires 1891 Sangamon: Hughes 1904 Sangamon: Bretz Hesser Rentschler 1906 Morgan: Bull Coates Duncan (2) Kennedy (2) Peak Wright (2) 1912 Sangamon Hesser

If anyone sent requests for bios and/or lookups late last night or this morning, you'll need to re-send your request. Managed (somehow) to lose all of my mail this morning. Sorry for any inconvenience. Shirley

No doubt about it, Shirley is a wonder! Thanks Shirley! Bonnie << Shirley is to be commended for her work on the 1876 Sangamon Bios.....she will soon have them all online. Isn't that great?! Thanks Shirley. Mary Ann >>

Without Mary Ann and Morris none of the above pages would be what they are today. Mary Ann is the one who encouraged me to start putting "stuff" online for both Morgan and Sangamon pages - she personally typed and put much of the material up on all three pages. Morris picked up Morgan and Sangamon when Mary Ann left those pages to give birth to the MAGA page - she's done a marvelous job on it and Morris is doing a super job on the other two. Much thanks and appreciation to these two master "Webmasters".

Morris is the one who deserves the kudos for this book ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Ann Kaylor" <makaylor@npwt.net> To: <ILMAGA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 7:45 PM Subject: Re: [ILMAGA] New Online > Shirley is to be commended for her work on the 1876 Sangamon Bios.....she > will soon have them all online. Isn't that great?! Thanks Shirley. > > Mary Ann > > At 07:15 PM 08/16/2000 -0500, you wrote: > >1876 Sangamon Co.: > > > >All bios online EXCEPT those beginning with letters M, R, & S - the > >remainder should be up soon > > > >1881 Sangamon Co.: > > > >Busher > >Cline > >Collins > >Kriegh > >Moulton > >Simmons > >Springer (2) > >Staley > > > >1891 Sangamon: Thayer > > > > > >1904 Sangamon: > > > >Bretz > >Harnsberger > >Rentschler > >Stout (3) > > > > > >1912 Sangamon: > > > >Kreigh > >Thayer > > > > > >Morgan County > > > >1878: > > > >McAllister (2) - *** > >Mills > >Thayer > > > > > >1889: > > > >Black > >Wright (2) *** > > > >1894: Severe > > > > > >1904: Black (4) > > > > > >Greene County - 1879: Bowman (3) > > > > > >*** = should be up later this evening. > > > > > > > > > >==== ILMAGA Mailing List ==== > >Scott County Farmers Directory is now online, as well as the 1850 thru 1880 > >Census records. These Links can be found at: > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmaga/p2index.html > > > ==== ILMAGA Mailing List ==== > Menard County 1850 Census is now online!! Also, Marriages 1901-1932, several > Cemeteries inscriptions online, 1870-80 Mortality Schedules, 1917 Farmers > Directory. All on the MAGA site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmaga/index.html

Shirley is to be commended for her work on the 1876 Sangamon Bios.....she will soon have them all online. Isn't that great?! Thanks Shirley. Mary Ann At 07:15 PM 08/16/2000 -0500, you wrote: >1876 Sangamon Co.: > >All bios online EXCEPT those beginning with letters M, R, & S - the >remainder should be up soon > >1881 Sangamon Co.: > >Busher >Cline >Collins >Kriegh >Moulton >Simmons >Springer (2) >Staley > >1891 Sangamon: Thayer > > >1904 Sangamon: > >Bretz >Harnsberger >Rentschler >Stout (3) > > >1912 Sangamon: > >Kreigh >Thayer > > >Morgan County > >1878: > >McAllister (2) - *** >Mills >Thayer > > >1889: > >Black >Wright (2) *** > >1894: Severe > > >1904: Black (4) > > >Greene County - 1879: Bowman (3) > > >*** = should be up later this evening. > > > > >==== ILMAGA Mailing List ==== >Scott County Farmers Directory is now online, as well as the 1850 thru 1880 >Census records. These Links can be found at: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmaga/p2index.html

1876 Sangamon Co.: All bios online EXCEPT those beginning with letters M, R, & S - the remainder should be up soon 1881 Sangamon Co.: Busher Cline Collins Kriegh Moulton Simmons Springer (2) Staley 1891 Sangamon: Thayer 1904 Sangamon: Bretz Harnsberger Rentschler Stout (3) 1912 Sangamon: Kreigh Thayer Morgan County 1878: McAllister (2) - *** Mills Thayer 1889: Black Wright (2) *** 1894: Severe 1904: Black (4) Greene County - 1879: Bowman (3) *** = should be up later this evening.

Hi. I'm new to this list. I'm researching this family: Charles Augustus Hardwick b 31 Aug 1825 TN (son of Willis Hardwick/Anna Scoggins) d Feb 1901 Greene Co., IL Married first to Mary Jane Adcock 1850 Married 2nd to Mary C. Buckley 1864 Married 3rd to Mary Caroline Grizzle btwn 1864-1887 I am related through Charles' daughter, Sarah C. Hardwick b 19 Jul 1865 in Greene Co., IL. Here's my problem: On Sarah's marraige certificate (1887)to Benjamin Shetterly, she puts Mary Grizzle (Grissle) as her mom. I think her actual biological mom was probably Mary Buckley, because of the marraige date being abt 10 months before Sarah was born. So, who was Sarah's biological mother? I can't find any record of Mary Buckley's death (or info on her parents) or on the marraige of Charles and Mary Grizzle (need to find out her parents, also). The census info is not much help, because it lists Charles and his wife Mary (there were 3 of them, don't know which one is which!). Can anyone help? Thanks. Teri

Obits: Mellor Meyers (3) Miner Sample (3) Wood (1) 1876 Sangamon Co. Bios: To numerous to list 1881 Sang. Bios: Stout 1891 Sang. Bios: Stout 1894 Morgan Bios: Corrington Turney (2) 1904 Sang. Bios: Stout 1912 Sang. Bios: Gedman Stout

tomorrow and Wednesday - back Thursday afternoon so if I don't answer message before then, I'm not ignoring you. Will get to your requests as soon as I return.

An interesting and informative sight for US Veterans of WWII, most recorded are from KY and surrounding states. This is on the KYGenWeb Archives site. Saint Avold, France, to the Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial, established 16 March 1945. http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/history/lorraine/index.html Mary Ann -------------------------------------------------------- Shirley Aleguas, Webmistress Morgan Area Genealogical Association & Waverly GHS http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmaga/index.html Dedicated to Free Online Resources for Central IL Mary Ann Kaylor, Mail List Administrator & Helper MAGA Mailing List URL for information: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmaga/mail.html My Family Genealogy http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~makaylor/index.html

We are glad to transcribe and put online the biography requests for all County Histories, but now feel we have to limit the request to only two biography requests at any one time. When you receive those, then you can request two more <g>. Makes it easier for us transcribers. Thanks, I appreciate your cooperation. Mary Ann -------------------------------------------------------- Shirley Aleguas, Webmistress Morgan Area Genealogical Association & Waverly GHS http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmaga/index.html Dedicated to Free Online Resources for Central IL Mary Ann Kaylor, Mail List Administrator & Helper MAGA Mailing List URL for information: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmaga/mail.html My Family Genealogy http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~makaylor/index.html

for 1879 Greene County BELL BRADSHAW (2) 1876 Sangamon County PHILLIPS (2) HAMILTON (2) BENNETT (9) HARDIN (2) BARBRE (1)

The following bios have been uploaded today: 1881 Sangamon Co: Harnsberger Dawson (4) Hodgerson 1891 Sangamon Co. Hesser (2) Whitcomb 1891 Macoupin Co. Talley (2) 1906 Morgan Co. Luttrell

So there is a Westminster Presb. Church in Springfield. I doubt, though, that my Smith family would have taken the carriage-ride to that city when there was a Presbyterian church in Jacksonville where they lived. I think maybe the person who wrote the obit. made a mistake and my relative (Barbara Smith, wife of Wm. K. McFarland) did in fact belong to the Northminster Church. If anybody on this list is connected with this Church, I would like to get an e-mail address for the Minister or Deacon. I have never seen any reference to Church records in Jacksonville. Does anybody have knowledge of such records or archives ? Thanks to Cheryl for her message, Marion Baker in Newfoundland