Hi, Debbie! Most interested in your CREEL connection--I believe Malinda is a sister to my gggmother, Naomi CREEL--father James CREEL & mother Elizabeth WAGGONER, from Adair Co, KY. This family appears on the 1860 McDonough Co, IL census, Bardolph town: "CREEL, James 49yo KY" Elizabeth 48yo KY Malinda 18yo IL--is this your Malinda, or was she a sister to James?? Naomi 7yo IL I know there were more children than these 2 girls, but haven't collected them all-- Naomi Ellen md Charles Eliott BALLOU, from Blandinsville. Their dau, Lula, married Robert H KLEISER (from IN); their dau, Reva, married Harry Willis QUERTERMOUS, after the KLEISERS settled AR--these were my maternal grandparents. Will be anxiously waiting for your thoughts--- Jan in CA Debbie Hamilton wrote: > I am researching the Levi Hamilton family from Adair Co. KY. to > McDonough Co. Illinois about 1830. Levi Hamilton and Malinda (Creel) had > three sons, Harrison, Uriah & Silas. Harrison married Rachel Ballance, > Uriah married Catherine Bridges and moved to Shenandoah, Iowa, Silas > married Frances Chapman. I am a descendant of Harrison & Rachel through > their son Joseph Franklin Hamilton married to Anna Lucinda Allison. > Their son Andrew Welbourne Hamilton married Mettie Ora Ellis daughter of > John Frederick Ellis and Mary Elizabeth Andrews. > Surnames: ANDREWS, ELLIS, HAMILTON, ALLISON, CREEL, BALLANCE, and any > related lines. > Debbie Hamilton