Don: I'll keep you in mind in case I receive any information. If it is posted on the list, you may see it before I do. Jerry At 10:20 PM 10/8/00 -0500, you wrote: >Dear Jerry, > I would be very interested in seeing any responses you receive to your >inquiry. I also had ancestors living in the Jacksonville area in the 1880's. >Their name was Major and I think they lived on the east side of town. Thanks >for your time. > >Regards, > >Don Drury > >Jerry McClure wrote: > >> In an obituary of Corridon Cox, it states the following... >> >> "Immediately after their marriage they settled upon section 4, township 14, >> range 9, where they lived until May 9th, 1880, when their home with all its >> surroundings was swept away by a cyclone, which will long be remembered by >> the residents of that neighborhood." >> >> Does anyone have any newpaper accounts of the destruction or people killed >> or injured during this cyclone? If not, would it be possible for someone >> to check the May 1880 Jacksonville newspaper to see what was written? >> Thanks for any help! >> >> Jerry >> >> ==== ILMAGA Mailing List ==== >> ILMAGA Web site covers Central IL Counties of Scott; Morgan; Cass; >> Menard; Sangamon; Macoupin and Greene. Check out our page at: >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmaga/index.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 > >