Kathy, Here is some info for you, hope it helps. >From the Marriage Index 1864-1871, #4228 Mr Samuel Bright and Miss Mary A. Fentem May 25, 1871, By J.W. Stapp >From Marriage Index 1881-1889, #3007 Mr Elijah H. Carmack, 32, Hire TWP 31 Oct 1888 Parent, James B.Carmack and Jane Grayham Good Hope Miss Liota May Fentem, 18, Blandinville TWP Parent, John W.Fentem and Nettie McCord 1890-1900 Marriage Index, #1213 Lewis P. Fentem, 44, Colchester 3 July 1895 Parents, John H. Fentem and _____Ellis Mrs. Martha J. McCord, 43, Colchester 2nd marr. Parents, Ezakial Martin and Nancy R_th #1231 Lewis E. Fentem, 23, McDonough Co. 2nd marr. 8 Aug. 1895 Parents, John Fentem and _____McCord Miss Lizzie B. Bradley, 20, McDonough Co. Taylor Murrie's Parent, James Bradley and Lucy Mury There are two more from this book will send them later...Joyce 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