If you have the following book would you please check the index for, Worthen/Warthen/Worthin/Warthan/Worthing/Wortham ... or anything close. Thank you for your time. Barbara W "The Biographical Review of Massac, Johnson, Pope, & Hardin Counties, Illinois" Published in 1893

Hello, I have added new data on the Massac County, Illinois History and Genealogy page Lots of wills and more to come. Check it out and see if there is something you are looking for. Also if there is someone you are trying to find in the census or possibley in wills let me know and I will do my best to find them. Regards Vera http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmassa2/

Hi my name is Tim Casey and thought I would send this to the lists Cecil Toler , and others have done much work on the Union Co IL , Johnson Co IL and the surrounding counties and other states they migrated to. Toler lines which:include William Toler ,Thomas Toler, Stephen Toler all of Wayne Co NC, Stephen Toler's sons , Stephen Ashley Toler , John Marshall Toler, Lewis Toler, Powell Toler, Silas Toler , William Toler and Elizabeth Toler Wiggs. Jesse Toler line is also included. We are going to print in June I would like to say what the cost is to be but I can't it will be hardbound with photos. There will be some Boone, Coor, Jernigan families in the book. My estimate is no higher than $60.00 maybe less. If anyone is interested in the book I would like you to email me at timc@midwest.net and let me know ,under no obligation as when price is set , I will email again for orders. This is to let all those interested in the Toler lines to know the book is going to be printed. IN your subject line please type TOLER BOOK 2002. Tim Casey

Hi my name is Tim Casey and thought I would send this to the lists Cecil Toler , and others have done much work on the Union Co IL , Johnson Co IL and the surrounding counties and other states they migrated to. Toler lines which:include William Toler ,Thomas Toler, Stephen Toler all of Wayne Co NC, Stephen Toler's sons , Stephen Ashley Toler , John Marshall Toler, Lewis Toler, Powell Toler, Silas Toler , William Toler and Elizabeth Toler Wiggs. Jesse Toler line is also included. We are going to print in June I would like to say what the cost is to be but I can't it will be hardbound with photos. There will be some Boone, Coor, Jernigan families in the book. My estimate is no higher than $60.00 maybe less. If anyone is interested in the book I would like you to email me at timc@midwest.net and let me know ,under no obligation as when price is set , I will email again for orders. This is to let all those interested in the Toler lines to know the book is going to be printed. IN your subject line please type TOLER BOOK 2002. Tim Casey

Hi my name is Tim Casey and thought I would send this to the list. Cecil Toler , and others have done much work on the Union Co IL Toler lines which: include William Toler ,Thomas Toler, Stephen Toler all of Wayne Co NC, Stephen Toler's sons , Stephen Ashley Toler , John Marshall Toler, Lewis Toler, Powell Toler, Silas Toler , William Toler and Elizabeth Toler Wiggs. Jesse Toler line is also included. We are going to print in June I would like to say what the cost is to be but I can't it will be hardbound with photos. There will be some Boone, Coor, Jernigan families in the book. My estimate is no higher than $60.00 maybe less. If anyone is interested in the book I would like you to email me at timc@midwest.net and let me know , under no obligation as when price is set , I will email again for orders. This is to let all those interested in the Toler lines to know the book is going to be printed. IN your subject line please type TOLER BOOK 2002. Tim Casey

Hi, **This message is being sent to the ILMASSAC mailing list.** The email address that RootsWeb has for the ILMASSAC list admin timc@midwest.net is bouncing, so RootsWeb is looking to make contact with the list admin. Will the list admin please contact Andrew Billinghurst (billingh@rootsweb.com) so that we know that you are still maintaining this list and please reply quoting this message. List members there is nothing for you to worry about and nothing for you to do, it is probably just an email problem for the person looking after the day-to-day management of this list. Rest assured that this does not mean that your list is in danger. Thanks! Andrew Billinghurst, RootsWeb Staff billingh@rootsweb.com -- Andrew Billinghurst <billingh@rootsweb.com> Genealogy mailing lists: http://lists.rootsweb.com/ Ancestry.com--Your #1 Source for Family History Online http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1241

Tim Casey still maintaining Massac Co IL Mail list. Tim Casey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Billinghurst" <billingh@rootsweb.com> To: <ILMASSAC-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 11:18 AM Subject: ILMASSAC List Administrator: please contact Rootsweb > Hi, > > **This message is being sent to the ILMASSAC mailing list.** > > The email address that RootsWeb has for the ILMASSAC list admin > > timc@midwest.net > > is bouncing, so RootsWeb is looking to make contact with the list > admin. Will the list admin please contact Andrew Billinghurst > (billingh@rootsweb.com) so that we know that you are still > maintaining this list and please reply quoting this message. > > List members there is nothing for you to worry about and nothing for > you to do, it is probably just an email problem for the person > looking after the day-to-day management of this list. Rest assured > that this does not mean that your list is in danger. > > Thanks! > > Andrew Billinghurst, RootsWeb Staff > billingh@rootsweb.com > > -- > Andrew Billinghurst <billingh@rootsweb.com> > Genealogy mailing lists: http://lists.rootsweb.com/ > Ancestry.com--Your #1 Source for Family History Online > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1241 > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

That's an excellent idea!! I wish I lived in the area so I could work on it. I live in Terre Haute, IN and we have several groups like that here. If someone discovers an untended cemetery, it usually ends up on the news and in the paper until something is done, usually by volunteers or neighbors. One day we too will be in the ground, I hope someone is kind enough to take care of my final resting place. Have a great day!! Missy :) My family tree is full of nuts!!! Maternal Surnames: Cowger, Larimer, Harvey, Stebbins, Birt, Tennerey, Chew, Eye, Buckles, Hawkes, Wilson, Dicks, Green, Frary, Hibbert, Carter, Dickerson. Paternal Surnames: Davenport, Canada/Kennedy, Champion, Bray, Thrift, McMican, Carter, Vaughn, Thurman, Carrick, Lee, Foster, Kelly, McGrew, Wells, Coleman, Melton, Dunning, Threlkeld, Hardin, Rice. Husbands Surnames: Rose, Stephens, Shimpf, Petty, McQue.

I am looking for any info on James Sherman Cooper born about 1833 in Belpre, Ohio and moved with his family to Massac Co before 1870. He had a brother, Jacob and 2 sisters, Jane and Caley. He married Martha A. Murry on June 8, 1865 in Metropolis. I am trying to find out the names of his parents. If you have any info, I would love to hear from you. Sandra Lumley sdl9@att.net

Miller Cemetery is an overgrown one acre cemetery located atop a hill on a private farm, in a grove of trees due west of Belknap, Lower Cache Township, Johnson County, Illinois. The cemetery's headstones have sunk into the ground, been displaced by growing trees, and/or pushed over by grazing cattle. Several of the tombstones belong to Civil War veterans. > > On 15 August 1853, Fountain Miller deeded a one acre "burying ground" to Johnson County for use as a public burying ground forever. I believe that the Miller Cemetery was the primary cemetery for the surrounding area, until establishment of the Belknap Masonic Cemetery in 1906. It is believed the last burial in the Miller Cemetery took place in the 1950s. Cemetery transcriptions by JCGHS members and also by a commercial cemetery book publisher for Johnson County, indicated approximately 50 individuals were buried in the Miller Cemetery. However, I have (to date) extended the list to 111 individuals through a review of the Johnson County Death Records from 1878 through 1933. I believe that more names will be discovered by additional review of the Johnson County Death Records. > > A number of my Huckleberry ancestors and relatives are buried in the Miller Cemetery, and whenever I visit Johnson County (I live in the San Diego area) I try to visit the cemetery, poke around in the underbrush and place my great-grandmother's headstone back in its proper position. Age and arthritis makes this task a little harder with each visit and I am not sure how much longer I will be able to push that large headstone back up on its pedestal. > > A review of Illinois state laws indicates the responsibility for the oversight of cemetery protection laws rests with the Illinois State Comptroller's office. Information on cemetery protection and preservation laws in the State of Illinois can be found at the following web site: > > http://www.savinggraves.com/usa/il/ > > I contacted the Illinois State Comptroller's Office a year ago in order to determine who was responsible for the upkeep of the Miller Cemetery. A month ago I was contacted by the State of Illinois, and was told that it appears the Miller Cemetery still belonged to Johnson County (even though the County didn't seem to know they owned the land), and that the State Attorney's Office in Vienna had been contacted and directed to determine what action would be taken regarding maintenance of the cemetery. I contacted a Brian Trambley (sp?)in the State Attorney's Office in Vienna, and was told that he had contacted Johnson County Commissioner Max Ray, who had indicated that the County would probably fence the cemetery and cut the grass twice a year. > > Since I don't live in the area, I would appreciate it very much if members of this list who live in the area and have ancestors or relatives in the Miller Cemetery would periodically check with the County Commissioner's Office to ensure that some action is taken regarding the maintenance of the Miller Cemetery. Additionally, some thought should be given to the establishment of a Miller Cemetery Association to oversee the welfare of the cemetery. As to cleaning up the cemetery after it is fenced, this might make a good Eagle Scout Project, or perhaps Johnson County could clean up the cemetery using inmates from the local prison. > > The following is a listing of persons known (either from headstones or death records) to be buried in Miller Cemetery: > > ADKINS, A. O. > ALLEN, Arthur D. > ALLEN, Cynthia > ALLEN, Ed > ARMSTRONG, Wade > BEAVER, Torrence M. > BEGGS (Male) > BEGGS, Owen > BENARD, ---------- Infant daughter of J. L. & M. E. Benard > BINIARD, Adia > BINIARD, Idia > BENARD, Ollie > BENSON, Lizzie V. > BLACK, Sarah Jane > BROCK, America E. > BROCK, Arthur > BROCK, Issac N. > BROCK, Reheba > BROCK, Roy Edward > BROCK, Sarah A. > BROCK, Sarah J. Wife of I. N. Brock > BROCK, Silas C > BROCK, Vernice E. > BROCK, Virgil Paul > BROCK, Vivian Paul > BROCK, William M. > BRUCE, William McKinley > CARTER (Female) > CHAPMAN, Rebecca > CORNELISON, Mary J. > CUMMINS, Edna M. > CURRY, Sidney Bell > EVANS, Mary > GEORGE, Rubie Agnes > GODDARD, Casper > GURLEY (Female) > HALL, G. W. A. G. > HARRIS, Andrew J. > HARRIS, Lois > HODGE, Oscar > HOUSE, Jesse G. > HOUSE, John Edward. > HUCKELBERRY, Lucinda A. > HUCKELBERRY, Laura Jane (Richards) (my G-Grandmother) > HUCKELBERRY, Lucy Ann > HUCKELBERRY, Martha E. > HUCKELBERRY, Myrtia > HUCKELBERRY, Ruthie A. > HUCKLEBERRY, Seeley R. > HUCKLEBERRY, William H. > HUDGENS, Lawrence C. > HUFF, Elijah Jr. > JOHNSON, Laura L. > HUGHES (?), Civil (?) E. > HULL (?), G. W. A. G. > JERDON, George W., > JOHNSON (Infant) > JOHNSON, Laura L. > LAIRD, Elizabeth J. > MCBRIDE, Jno > MCCUMMINGS, Eda > MILLER, ---------- > MILLER, Albert > MILLER, Albert > MILLER, Alexander > MILLER, Chloe B. > MILLER, Christopher C. > MILLER, Frederick > MILLER, Green B. > MILLER, Jacob Jeptha > MILLER, James Alexander > MILLER, James Dover. > MILLER, Jeamiah > MILLER, John T. > MILLER, Lydia > MILLER, M. > MILLER, Mary > MILLER, Mary F. > MILLER, William > MILLER, Willis E. > MORFORD, James H. > MORFORD, John N. > MULLINMAX (Mullinax?), Mary > OLIVER, Henry > OLIVER, Thomas > PENDALL, Jesse James > PENDER, Martha A. > PETERSON, Amanda E. > PETERSON, Mary J. > PETERSON, Nancy A. > PICKENS. Martha Rebecca > REDDEN, Ada May > REDDEN, Lillian > RICHARDS, Homer > RICHARDS, Ralph > SCROGGENS, Mary E. > SEXTON, W. A. Died March 16, 1884 > THOMPSON, Cornelious > THOMPSON, James P. > THOMPSON, Louis > THOMPSON, Malinda Jane > THOMPSON, Willis M. > TRIPP, Amanda E. > WATSON, Martha E. > WILMOTH, Leroy > WILSHOWER, William Henry > WILSON, Duelie E. > > Regards, > > Rebel L. Kreklow > rkreklow@mindspring.com

Tim, I tried to email you back, but it bounced. I'm sending this to the list, because I'm not sure if you have a different email address. ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- <timc@midwest.net> ----- Transcript of session follows ----- 550 5.1.2 <timc@midwest.net>... Host unknown (Name server: midwest.net: host not found) Reporting-MTA: dns; soulshock.mail.pas.earthlink.net Received-From-MTA: DNS; gull.mail.pas.earthlink.net Arrival-Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 08:40:55 -0800 (PST) Your message to me was regarding permission to link to the Massac County Illinois Trails site. --Debbie Woolard Massac County IL Trails - http://www.iltrails.org/Massac

To all listers, I have started a new Massac County, page, it is small yet but I hope to have a lot of data on there soon. Wills, Bio's, Deed, etc. and lots of useful links. Check it out and hope you find something useful there, if not check back, I will be up dating often. Vera http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmassa2/

I have had some requests for information about a resource book I mentioned a couple of days ago. I visited the Wheaton, Illinois Public Library this afternoon and here is the information: The Biographical Review of Johnson, Massac, Pope and Hardin Counties, Illlinois subtitled: Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens It was originally published by the Chicago Biographical Publishing Company 1893 but the 650 page hard bound copy I looked at was a reproduction of the original reprinted by Cook and McDowell Publications, 700 Griffin, Hartford, Kentucky 42347. The phone number is listed as 502-298-7772. I hope this helps. Phil Shappard ---------------------------------------------------- Sign Up for NetZero Platinum Today Only $9.95 per month! http://my.netzero.net/s/signup?r=platinum&refcd=PT97

I recently found a mention of my ggGrandfather Henry Shappard's half sister Caroline Obermark born in January 1859 to F.W.Obermark and Hanne Wilhelmine Schabbehard Obermark. My late uncle Howard Shappard of Metropolis said a daughter named "Carrie" was born to them after their 1854 marriage. I found here name listed in the confirmations of St. Stephen's Church at Midway and just this week found her in an 1893 book of biographical sketches of people from Pope, Massac and surrounding counties. The book shows her as the second wife of James Story of Brooklyn. It also says they had a child named William Clifford. I checked the 1900 census and found them there. Does anyone have any information on this family or descendants??? Thank you! Phil Shappard Winfield, IL ---------------------------------------------------- Sign Up for NetZero Platinum Today Only $9.95 per month! http://my.netzero.net/s/signup?r=platinum&refcd=PT97

Norma Do you have record of me paying or not. I can't remember if I sent in the dues. Thx Cuz Linda

URGENT REQUEST!: Now that we are over the holidays, This years is our 350th Anniversary of the landing of the Swartwout family in North America. The name has many variations such as Swarthout, Swartout, Swartwood, Swathwood, Swarthwood etc. We need help in gather lines, pictures, articles, wills, what ever you have stashed in your attic. We would really appreciated it if you shared with us what you had, there a literally thousands of us here looking for our roots, looking for connections. For our 350th Anniversary we need to updated our list of folks out there that are descendants somewhere along the line of any of those variations. We also have a family newsletter that cost only $5.00 per year, a real bargain. Just send it your mailing address. Every day I get e-mail asking me for help. Up here in Canada, there were two brothers that had huge families, all the remains of their descendants are the female sides. All the male went back to the States. I'm am the maintainer of "The Updated Swartwout Chronicles" People submit their lines-ged-coms etc. and I just drop them into the data base. It is everyone's database. Each person is responsible for their own submissions. It is not copyrighted. Kathy kathyhoeldke@sympatico.ca ldyk@hotmail.ca

I am trying to get the word out about the membership dues for the Massac County Genealogical Society. It was neglected to be put in the last quarterly that they come due as of January 1st. We will be sending out reminders to those that we do not hear from to remind them of their dues. For an individual--$15.00 and a household, one quarterly, $20.00, a year, January 1st through December 31st. You get a quarterly of information, articles, documents, etc. of around 50 pages each quarter, March, June, September and December. Sorry for the mix up and hope to hear from you soon. Mail to-- Massac Co Genealogical Society; P.O. Box 1043; Metropolis, IL 62960-1043. Thank You. Norma Jean Huss Secretary 2002 dowhat@hcis.net "The only Rose without a thorn is Friendship"

Barb, I would like to discuss your family ties to the Rondeau's and ask you about your Joseph Everett Pryor. My family may connect somewhere. I am a descendent of the KING's of the area (Massac, Pope counties in IL and Livingston Co., KY). Everitt was a name used in one of my King family uncles. We have never known where the name came from. I am also a descendent of the BERRY line, probably the Berry's that had the Berry's Ferry, but again can not make the connection. My GGgrandmother was Matilda Ann Berry King, wife of James Henry KING. Matilda died Nov 1881 in Bay City, Jackson Precinct, Massac Co., IL. She is buried at Farmer's Hall cemetery, Massac Co., IL. One of James and Matilda's son's (according to family hearsay), Jeff King, was a commercial fisherman, lived in a houseboat, and may have lived on the island you are seeking info on. If you are interested in comparing info, please email me at BrightStarRN1@aol.com. Deb Kirsch

Can anyone on the list tell me if Pryor Island is part of Illinois or Kentucky? I'd like to do some land/deed research and wonder where to start. Thanks much. Barb Diehl P.O. Box 510092 St. Louis MO 63151-0092 bdiehl@bsda-transit.org

Does anyone on the list have the Rondeau's in their family line or information on him? He was a Baptist Minister, and I think he was also a Regulator. I think he lived on Pryor Island and knew my Joseph Everett Pryor well and I would like to research him. Thanks much. Barb Diehl PO Box 510092 St. Louis MO 63151-0092 bdiehl@bsda-transit.org