Kathy, Here are the other marriages that were listed in 1890-1900 Marriage Index for McDonough Co. #1969 John Newton Fentem, 20, Town of Hire 20 Apr. 1898 Parents, John W. Fentem and Nancy B. McCord Miss Melissa Hunt, 21, Hire 2nd marr. Lewis E. Fentem res. Parents, John Green Hunt and Harriet Murray #2251 George L. Fentem, 22, Colchester 27 Mar 1899 Parents, John W. Fentem and Nettie McCord Miss Anna Swanson, 23, Colchester Macomb Parent, Andrew Swanson and Mary Senet (Nettie maybe a nick name for Nancy) I was in Macomb last week. I would of been happy to look-up more info for you. The McDonough Co. Genealogical Society is helpful in doing look-ups for you. For a small cost of $5 an hour plus copy fee's they will research your surname. They also have published some wonderful soft cover books on our ancester's who lived in the McDonough Co. area. Happy Hunting.......Joyce, from CA. ILMCDONO-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > Subject: > > ILMCDONO-D Digest Volume 98 : Issue 23 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Re: Mcdonough Co Friendship Quilt [Jodi Emblen-Morris <emblen@mail.up] > #2 Fentem ["Kathy Lathrop" <llathrop@Prodigy.] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from ILMCDONO-D, send a message to > > ILMCDONO-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: Mcdonough Co Friendship Quilt Blocks > Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 09:21:18 -0800 (PST) > From: Jodi Emblen-Morris <emblen@mail.ups.edu> > To: ILMCDONO-L@rootsweb.com > > >Will wandering through a flea market, I found some friendship quilt blocks > >all embroidered with names, dates, and towns...I am wondering if some family > >member might be looking for them. Can anyone help me? They are mostly dated > >in the 1940's, and I do not know if they are family, friends or what. I did > >have to guess on some names. > > > > Sorry, I don't recognise the names, but applaud your efforts to find family > members. When my grandparents moved from the farm established by the DIEHL > family in the 1890s to their own place at Industry (in the 1940s) all the > neighbor ladies got together and pieced a friendship quilt for them. My > mother had the blocks put together, and it is now a treasured heirloom in > my family. > > Someone will be very grateful to you! > > Kind regards, > > Jodi Emblen-Morris > University of Puget Sound > Washington State > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Fentem > Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 16:17:10 -0600 > From: "Kathy Lathrop" <llathrop@Prodigy.net> > To: ILMCDONO-L@rootsweb.com > > Looking for anyone who knows anything about the Fentem family in McDonough > County. > > ______________________________ > LLathrop@prodigy.net