I have quite a lot of information on this line of Coursons. Benjamin and Elizaabeth were my 2 great grandparents. I would be happy to share. Gwen > Steve > It does not look like I am going to be of much help finding > what happened to your Benjamin Courson. Neither of my > good "sources" have a death date or burial place for him > or Elizabeth. > Her brother Samuel Shanafelt married Elizabeth Courson. > they are in East lawn cemetery in Salem. This is my line. > Her sister Susanna married George Courson he diedAug 11 > 1888 and is in Courson cemetery. > Elizabeth Courson is listed in the 1850 census but Benjamin > is not. > George and Susanna are the next entry in the 1850 census > so they must have lived nearby. > > Ray > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.502 / Virus Database: 300 - Release Date: 7/18/03 > > > ==== ILMARION Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the ILMARION List if you are in mail mode, send to > ILMARION-L-request@Rootsweb.com. If you are receiving messages in the digest mode, send to ILMARION-D-request@Rootsweb.com >

I have this Courson info in my files. I have a picture of Eliza Courson & Charles Hanks that I can e-mail to anyone interested. Charles Hanks was a brother to my great grandfather, Alvin Lewis Hanks. I have Eliza's parents as Jacob Courson and Eliza Coleman. I also had a great aunt, Marie Krutsinger, that married to Floyd E Courson (1904-1958). I just checked the 1910 census and it looks like Floyd's parents are Samuel & Sarah M Courson (Marion Co, Meacham Twp. household/family-39/40) I also have Floyd's obit if interested. Ron Hanks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Descendants of Eliza Alice Courson Generation No. 1 1. ELIZA ALICE2 COURSON (JACOB1) was born September 23, 1883 in Marion County, Illinois, and died August 05, 1951 in Mt. Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois. She married (1) CHARLES EDWARD HANKS March 12, 1903 in Marion County Illinois, son of AUSTIN HANKS and MARY COMBS. He was born January 11, 1878, and died May 31, 1910. She married (2) CLARENCE OSCAR PIGG April 01, 1911. He was born December 06, 1883, and died Unknown. She married (3) CHARLES A BALSOVER October 11, 1928. He was born December 1878. Notes for ELIZA ALICE COURSON: MT. VERNON REGISTER-NEWS AUGUST 6, 1951 Eliza Balsover Dies at Age 67; Rites Tomorrow Mrs. Eliza Alice Balsover died at her home, 14th and Oak streets at the age of 67 years, ten months and 12 days. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 3:00 p.m. at Meyers Chapel, with Edwin V. Hayden officiating and burial will be in Bethel Memorial cemetery. The body will remain at Meyers Chapel where friends may call at any time until the funeral hour. Mrs. Balsover was born September 23, 1833 in Marion county, but had been a resident of Mt. Vernon most of her lifetime. She was married to C. A. Balsover, who survives. She joined the Christian church in Marion county in 1904 and later united with the Central Church of Christ in Mt. Vernon, of which she was a member at the time of her death. Surviving besides her husband, are one son, Ivan Pigg of Mt. Vernon; one daughter, Mrs. Opal Puckett of Mt. Vernon; one brother, Ed Courson of Farina, Ill; two sisters, Mrs. Susan Campbell of Salem and Mrs. Martha Cockrell of St. Louis, Mo.; two grandchildren and one great grandchild. She was preceded in death by an infant daughter and three brothers. More About ELIZA ALICE COURSON: Cemetery: Bethel Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, Illinois Notes for CHARLES EDWARD HANKS: Obituary- Unknown paper Charles Edward Hanks The subject of this sketch was born January 11,1878. He was the eldest child of Austin and Mary Hanks. He was united in marriage with Eliza Coursen, March 12, 1903; to this union was born two children one whom died in infancy. After a lingering illness of three years, he departed this life, May 31, 1910. He leaves a wife, one daughter, a mother, three brothers, one sister, and a host of relatives and friends to mourn his departure. In his great struggle for life and health he spent nine months in New Mexico in great hopes of overcoming his afflictions, and of recovering his health, but alas, God's will, not ours, be done. He returned home to make his short stay here on earth with relatives and friend so dear. He was loved by all who knew him. He was a kind husband, father and son. Some time ago he told his mother he was going to a better place. His absence from his home and community will be missed by all, more so in the home; a vacancy is left which can never be filled. Far! ewell Charlie, God be with you till we meet again. More About CHARLES EDWARD HANKS: Cause of Death: Tuberculosis Cemetery: Phillips Cemetery, Marion County, Illinois Children of ELIZA COURSON and CHARLES HANKS are: i. ALETHA OPAL3 HANKS, b. February 26, 1906; m. (1) ELMER BOLERJACK, December 1924; m. (2) HENRY IVAN PUCKETT, March 1950, Mississippi; b. March 16, 1900; d. February 06, 1977. ii. ROCHELLE HANKS, d. Infant. Child of ELIZA COURSON and CLARENCE PIGG is: iii. IVAN3 PIGG.