OLDFIELD - anyone know if this family was in Adair area? -- Thanks and be sure to check out Oldfield family history at: www.oldfield.org Jim Oldfield Jr oldfield@oldfield.org

Hi, I am looking for any info on my great great grandfather James Nelson. He married Merrican Ann Whelchel. They are both buried near Tennessee, Illinois. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Jan

To the list manager: Would you please contact me, off list. I have a suggestion. A. Utick

Here's another part of what Louis YOUNG sent to me to submit to the Lists, YOUNG-FRANCE Two of the best young people of this community hied themselves to the study of Rev. Fred Wilson on Wednesday evening at 8:30 and that good man spoke the words in uniting in marriage Mr. Ralph Young and Miss Bertha France. The ring ceremony was used. The young people were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. William Sweeny. The bride is the daughter of Theodore France and one of our most estimable young ladies and is loved and respected by a large circle of friends, and the groom is a son of Supervisor and Mrs. Marion Young, residing in the Flatwoods district southwest of town, and is one of the very best, steady and industrious farmer boys in this community and has the respect of all who know him. It is said the young couple will take charge of the Young farm and Mr. and Mrs. Young retire. The Union joins with their hosts of friends and admirers in extending to them congratulations and best wishes for a long, happy journey down the pathway of married life. ...........................Submitted by Kathleen (Stoneking) Cooper Married, At the residence of the bride's parents of near Vermont Ill. on Wednesday, August 15th Mr. William Young to Miss Cora Bottenburg.The ceremony was performed by Rev. Mr. Freeze, pastor of the Presbyterian church of that neighborhood, at four o'clock in the afternoon. At the conclusion of the performance of the solemn rite, a sumptuous wedding dinner was served to the newly married pair and fifty witnesses of the felicitous event. The bride is the second daughter of Mr. William Bottenburg, a prominent citizen of Fulton county. The groom is a industrious young farmer and of excellent family. Many rich and appropriate presents were bestowed.--Abingdon Argus. .........................Submitted by Kathleen (Stoneking) Cooper in Rantoul, IL This was typed as per clipping was typed.

Hi List, I requested and received a lookup on the 1880 McDonough census (transcribed by the McDonough County Genealogical Society) for DAVID BARNHARD. He was listed on page 292 of transcribed census as living in Bardolph with wife and daughter. I ordered the film of census to see if other family could be close by, I've been through the film three times and still can't find David Barnhard. Can someone tell me if actual census page # is included on the transcribed census? Thanks so much., Jean

John McMillan may have been from Scotland Twp. and Mary McGaughey may have been from Macomb. They m. 6 Apr. 1876 and had 5 ch. Earl, Roll, Cyrus, Fredrick and Anna May. Anna May m. James Richard (Tine) Hendrix on 5 Dec. 1900. Tine owned and operated small grocery stores in the early 1900's in Industry, Colchester and Macomb. He later owned stores in Warren and Schuyler Co. the last one in Browning where he retired. I believe John and Mary McMillan lived in Cholchester after their marriage, Anna is listed as having been born there on 4 May 1878. Tine and Anna's first ch. was born in Industry 1909 and second b. in Colchester 1920. Any information on John and Mary or Tine and Anna is greatly appreciated. Tine and Anna's first ch. Erma was my mother. Second ch. was Iris. Thank you very much. All replies are appreciated. Richard W. Coursey

The McDonough County Genealogical Society's library is in a room in the Macomb Public Library. As far as I know, the Historical Society (separate group) doesn't maintain a collection outside of donations made to the Public and WIU's University Library. Info about the Genealogical Society, publications, the library, membership, a name database(13,000+ names), etc., is available on the Society web site: http://www.macomb.com/mcgs/ Society publications are available for purchase at Studio III Stitchery, 2nd floor, 133 S. Randolph (southeast corner of square near the Post Office). Jamie, I may be able to determine if the libraries have a copy of the book. How soon are you coming to Macomb? --melissa

Planning a trip to Macomb and am trying to fine tune my searches. Does anyone know of the location of books maintained by the McDonough County Historical Society? Am searching for a book by Clarence Watson. It is a history of ship's passage and travels of the WATSON and DOUGLAS families from Scotland. I am a member of the DOUGLAS clan. Also, does anyone have the name of a contact and address or phone number of the McDonough County genealogical society? I would like to find out about membership. Thank you for your assistance. Jamie Arbogast (PONTIFEX, HOLLER, DOUGLAS, ORR, ESPEY, BURCH, WILEY, OLIVER, TBBLES/TIBBALS, MCMILLEN, SPANGLER, CRAMER, PETRY, REIFFEL, SWEET, NICOL, BROWN, GALLOWAY)

Hi all, I have a picture on my website, http://people.ce.mediaone.net/backster/bridgpic.html , of the Industry Concert Band that I would probably guess was taken in the early 1900's. My great grandfather, William Newton Bridges is in the group picture and he was born in 1889. julie

Bev, I have Hainline's in my family. What is your connection? Angie -----Original Message----- From: ILMCDONO-D-request@rootsweb.com <ILMCDONO-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: ILMCDONO-D@rootsweb.com <ILMCDONO-D@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, January 29, 2000 12:49 Subject: ILMCDONO-D Digest V00 #12 Cindy Would appreciate your looking for the following familys that were in McDonough County in the 1800's: MILLSAP (MILLSAPP) (MILLSAPS) PARRISH (PARISH) WILLIAMS DILL HAINLINE

Hi Bev, I looked thru the indexes for 1830-60 McDonough Co., IL. Can you tell me which of these you are interested in? I was able to look at the microfilm only for 1850 today. Could you be a little more specific about which folks you're interested in? >MILLSAP (MILLSAPP) (MILLSAPS)- 1830 -none 1840 -none 1850- Page 265B, 17 Sep 1850, Starting on Lines 29, dwelling 460, family 460 MILLSAPP, James H 27 Farmer 800 IN ", Polly 18 KY Page 262B, 14Sep 1850, Starting on Line 31, dwelling 461, family 461 MILLSAPP, William 55 NC ", Elizabeth 50 NC ", Elizabeth 23 NC ", Robert 22 IL ", Morris 19 IL ", Angelina 16 IL ", Davis W. 12 IL ", Nathaniel 10 IL FREELAND, John 101 MD Pauper **Next to John Feeland's name it says 101-on 12 Mar 1850, Oldest man in the county 1860 James W. Hire Twp. PARRISH (PARISH) 1830 none 1840 none 1850 see below 1860 Benjamin Hire Jacob none listed James W. Hire Jesse Mound Leander Hire William Mound >WILLIAMS 1830 none 1840 Tileva Henry James 1850 Page 265B, 17 Sep 1850, Lines 33-35, dwelling 497, family 497 WILLIAMS, Permenium 23 Farmer 800 KY ", Lucy 19 KY ", Frances M. 9/12 IL Page 265B, 17 Sep 1850, Starting on Lines 36, dwelling 498, family 498 WILLIAMS, Patrick M. 33 Farmer KY ", Lucetta 30 IN ", James M. 13 IL ", Eliza P. 12 IL ", John 5 IL ", Labin??? 3 male IL ", Isabel 2 IL ", Henry 6/12 IL (he is line 1, pg 266A) JONES, Susan 23 IN (lining w/Williams) ", Leroy 4 IL ", Sarah J. 2 IL Page 266A, 17 Sep 1850, Starting on Line 5, dwelling 499, family 499 WILLIAMS, J. 36 Farmer 100 SC ", Lucy ??? 32 KY ", Sidney 13 KY ", Anderson 10 KY ", Seth T. 8 KY ", Amanda 5 IL ", ??? 3 IL ", Robert 11/12 IL Page 262B, 14 Sep 1850, dwelling 460, family 460 WILLIAMS, James 39 Farmer 1700 KY ", Nancy 26 IN ", Margaret A. 12 IL ", William N. 10 IL ", Sarah H. 2 IL 1860 Elias Blandinville Eliza Sciota Hiram Blandinville James TN Twp. James Hire Joseph Prairie City Layfayette Oliver Richard Willis William >DILL 1830 none 1840 Rubin Stephen 1850 Page 320A, 26 Oct 1850, lines 29-32, dwelling 1254, family 1254 DILL, John 35 Farmer IN ", Sarah 30 IN ", James 3 IL ", Mary 1 IL 1860 none >HAINLINE 1830 none 1840 George Jacob John 1850 none 1860 Charles Emmet George Hire james M. Blandinville Jamison Emmet John R. Blandinville Louisa Blandinville Matilda Hire Nathan Emmet William C. Hire >Cindy > >Would appreciate your looking for the following familys that were in >McDonough County in the 1800's: > >MILLSAP (MILLSAPP) (MILLSAPS) >PARRISH (PARISH) >WILLIAMS >DILL >HAINLINE > >Thanks for your help. >Bev

Sue, I found this in the 1830-60 IL census indexes. Before I look any of it up, is there any that you feel is what you are looking for? 1830 McGehe, James Morgan Co. McGehee, Willliam Hamilton Co. McGhehey, George Union Co. 1840 McGeehe, Even Fulton Co., Lewiston Twp. McGehee, William Fulton Co., Lewiston Twp. McGehe, Harvey Fulton Co., Waterford Twp. 1850 McGehee, Allen Fulton Co., Lewiston Twp. McGehee, Ewin Fulton Co., Liverpool McGehee, Olive Fulton Co., Lewiston Twp. McGhee, Thomas Stephenson Co McGhee, Thomas Calhoun Co. 1860 McGehee, Allen Fulton Co., Lewiston Twp. McGehee, John J. Fulton Co., Lewiston Twp. McGehee, Olive Fulton Co., Lewiston Twp. McGehee, William Fulton Co., Isabel Twp. McGeheer, Ed Fulton Co., Liverpool Twp. McGhee, William Tazewell Co., Dillon Twp. Cindy >Hello list, >I'm hoping that someone has access to the Fulton & Cass Co census >records for the following years. 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880. If anyone >can find any information for the following person I would appreciate >hearing from you. I think I > >I am looking for Thomas A. McGehee who was born in Fulton Co. Il in >1831. I do not know who his parents were and could use any help. >In 1840 he would be about age 9 >In 1850 he would be about age 19 >In 1860 he would be about age 29 and with wife Annie and at least 1 >child, a daughter Ida about age 4. >In 1870 he would be about age 39 and with wife Annie and the same >daughter Ida about age 14, as well as a son William about age 9. There >may be more children??? >In 1880 he would be about age 49 and with Annie and maybe the son >William about 19? >If anyone can help I would appreciate it very much. >Thanks in advance Sue > >______________________________

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Just noticed that the census year in my previous message about Orrin/Arron Ferguson was incorrect. The census info. I listed was from the 1860 census, not 1850. -- Annie Utick

I am wondering whether someone can help me sort or my Orrin/Arron Ferguson mystery. The evidence is as follows: In the 1850 McDonough Co., IL census, the William Ferguson household looks like this: William Ferguson, age 62 Ellen Ferguson, age 51 (this is Eleanor Sandusky) Henry, age 20 Isabel, age 17 Polly, age 15 Cynthia, age 12 Edward, age 10 Orin, age 7 George Dysel(?), age 51 William and Ellen/Eleanor are my 3g grandparents, and I am trying to establish whether Edward (age 10, above) and Orin (age 7, above) died before the probate of William's estate in 1873, or were children taken in from another family, who were not considered heirs. In the estate settlement, there is a listing of all of William's children, including their spouses. However, Edward and Orin are not listed. The logical conclusion would be that they had died before 1873, leaving no children to inherit in their stead. One of William's daughters predeceased him, and her children were named to inherit her share, so I am assuming that, if Edward or Orin died and left heirs, they would have been named. The problem with the theory of Orrin/Arron predeceasing his father is that I have come by information that he survived long enough to marry Rosalthea Twitchell. I have no spouse for Edward, so perhaps he did predecease his father. If someone on the MCDONOUGH CO., IL mailing list has a mortality table or cemetery book that lists either Orrin or Edward as having died before 1873, that would be most helpful in solving this mystery. Also, if someone on either of these lists happens to know that the Arron who m. Rosalthea Twitchell was NOT the son of this William Ferguson, that would be helpful information, too. Many thanks in advance for any help you can provide with this mystery. Annie (Elliott) Utick of Helena, Montana.

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Does anyone have information on burials in the Bushnell area? I am looking for Martin Humes and Olive Humes, both died after the 1880 census, plus any other Humes in the area. Thanks so much! Pam in Oregon

Cindy Would appreciate your looking for the following familys that were in McDonough County in the 1800's: MILLSAP (MILLSAPP) (MILLSAPS) PARRISH (PARISH) WILLIAMS DILL HAINLINE Thanks for your help. Bev

Marilyn, and anyone who wishes to read, My 5th grt-g'parents were Jacob STEINKONIG from Germany and Summer Eve? His second wife, not proven. My 4th grt-g'parents were 1st wife, unknown and Jacob STONEKING. My 3rd grt-g'parents were Rebecca McDIFFIT and Joseph D. STONEKING. My 2nd grt'gparents were Levina PIALS and George W. STONEKINGs/o J.D. STONEKING. My grt-g'parents were Rachel E. CUMBERLEDGE and Andrew STONEKING. My g'parents were Ada Mae WINGO and Jesse STONEKING. My parents are Ila L. YOUNG and Bennie E. STONEKING. I got my DAR last year from Jacob STONEKING. I'll have to say, having all STONEKING males made it easier for me doing the research. I'm at a brick wall with Levina PIALS (various sp.), my 2nd grt-g'mother and I'm also at a brick wall with my 3rd grt-g'mother, Rebecca McDIFFIT (various sp.). Email me and I'll see what I may be able to help you with. My LEMELY's, WILLEY's, SHAW's and CUMBERLEDGE come down from: Catherine YOHO and George LEMLEY, d/ Rachel and Absalom WILLEY, d/ Catherine "Katy" and Mahlon SHAW, d/ Clarinda and Nicholas CUMBERLEDGE, d/ Rachel and Andrew STONEKING, s/ Jesse STONEKING and Ada Mae WINGO, s/ Bennie STONEKING and Ila L. YOUNG. Anyone remember the "Gin Ridge Store" down the hill and atop the hill south of Jone's Corner in McDonough Co.? My g'father, Jesse and his father Andrew owned and operated this store for years. The above are my paternal and my surnames for my maternal are: YOUNG, STANDARD, PAYNE, JUSTUS, JUSTICE, to name a few. All lived and most born in Schuyler and McDonough Counties and a few surrounding counties at one time or another. My g'father Edward YOUNG was a carpenter, farmed, was Road Commisioner and Mayor in and of Industry, McDonough Co., IL among other things. I was b: Industry at his home. I'm at a brick wall with my grt-g'parents, Hester Ann EDWARDS and Pleasant Lorenzo Bishop WINGO. They came and settled in Rushville after getting m: in Morgan Co. in 1834. I have certified copy of their marriage license but no parents listed. Their obits I found at Rushville's Genalogy Center and, no parents listed. Their son James Douglas WINGO and Mahala Elzina COOPER ( no relation to my husband, COOPER) had my g'mother, Ada Mae, b. Littleton, IL. I'd also like to find out more information on my grt-g'mother, Mahala Elzina COOPER's parents. Her fatherm my 2nd grt-g'father, was Joel COOPER, Schuyler Co., IL Cindy and all researches, you are doing a very good job and helping lots of people. I for one have gotten returned emails and found new relatives and more information from both lists. Mainly I just surf the two county lists. Any information about my brick walls and other families will most GRATEFULLY be APPRECIATED and a GREAT BIG THANK YOU, ONE and ALL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Kathleen (Stoneking) Cooper in Rantoul, Champaign Co., IL (Sorry if this is so long) _

Hi all, I am trying to find out who had a first name of Alvaron or Alveron. I have a brother and sister, Ira C. Bridges and Susan Bridges married to Joseph Ward Hiatt who named one of their kids this name. One child was born in 1853 and the other born in 1857. Has anyone heard of this name and does it belong to a Bridges? thanks julie