I'm still searching for connections to my Eli MELVIN, b. about 1821-23 OH--d. about 1892 ?) He married Margaret Elizabeth HUKILL on Sep.10, 1846 in Fayette Co, OH. They came to Fulton Co and McDonough Co shortly after their marriage. Margaret died in childbirth and left 5 children; Adaline Myers MELVIN, 1848-1865)who married John OLIVER.; both died in Fulton Co, IL) Caroline MELVIN, 1850-?; James D. MELVIN,1851-1931, married Jenette Ammy DOUGLAS, Aaron Harper MELVIN, 1853-1919, he died in Bellflower, IL; and Sara Catherine MELVIN, 1855-1913, who married James NICHOLSON. Sara lived in Canton, IL and remarried a MOREY. George MELVIN, 1857-?, Is he the same George MELVIN on the 1870 McDonough Co. Census who is shown as "blind"? John MELVIN, 1858-?, What happened to him? Eli MELVIN remarried a Susanna HARRY or HARDY in 1860. She disappeared by 1870....No records found of her! Where did she go? They had 3 children--Elizabeth Emmaline MELVIN, Mary Louise MELVIN & Carrie MELVIN born between 1861-1870. I'm also trying to find out about Louisa Josephine MELVIN, 1852-1931. She married Thomas K. McDONOUGH on Oct.1, 1874, in McDonough Co. Is she related to the above named MELVINS? More than happy to share what I have..Hoping to find some of the missing pieces in the New Year! Regards, Judith Goodwin