This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bogart, Closson (Clawson), Huston Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hg.2ADI/150.158 Message Board Post: I am beginning research on a William Henry Bogart born in New York in 1874. He married a Bertha Eugenia Closson, in Michigan. Her parents were from Indiana. They are in the 1920 and 1930 Federal census for Manton, Wexford, Michigan. The family knows very little history, but does beilieve that the name was originally Van de Bogart. Any information would be greatly appreciated.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Blackburn/Britton/Thoburn/Hodgson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hg.2ADI/177.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I am related to the Hodgson line by way of Amos Gentry Hodgson, Mina Maude and Marietta's brother. Amos married Anna Thoburn, who is my GrGr-Aunt. I have some info on the Thoburn line and have been in contact with Anna and Amos' granddaughter for anyone wanting to pursue that line for their tree.

Peg Mary Pratt was the daughter of John and Mary Pratt who farmed in Section 20 in 1875. The 1870 Census lists the family as follows: John Pratt - age 55 - farmer - born in Pennsylvania Mary Pratt - age 45 - housewife - born in North Carolina Averilla - age 20 - born in Illinois Married Oliver P. Essley in 1873 Lewis - age 19 - born in Illinois Mary - age 15 - born in Illinois (Not shown in the Illinois Marriage Records, so your subject, Mary Pratt, must have married Henry Taylor in Iowa) Harvey - age 13 - born in Illinois Nancy - age 9 - born in Illinois Melissa - age 7 - born in Illinois Married Edward Ruth in 1894 Ruth - age 4 - born in Illinois Married Andy H. Thomason in 1887 An older sibling Sarah A. Pratt was born in this family in 1858 and does not show up in the 1870 Census ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret Henderson" <pmcneil@primenet.com> To: <gcarp@qconline.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 3:09 PM Subject: PRATT > What PRATT family did Mary pratt of Eliza township, mercer County, IL belong > in.??? Also what time period did she live in Mercer county,Il.?? > Peg >

Mary Pratt of Eliza Township, Mercer County, Illinois married a Henry Taylor and moved to Adams County, Iowa. There may be something there. gc ----- Original Message ----- From: <craftyoneL@peoplepc.com> To: <ILMERCER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 10:45 AM Subject: [ILMERCER-L] Taylors of Mercer Co. Ky > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Taylor > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hg.2ADI/655 > > Message Board Post: > > Looking for info on Henry Taylor and family. Family members migrated from Ky to IN. >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Taylor Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hg.2ADI/655 Message Board Post: Looking for info on Henry Taylor and family. Family members migrated from Ky to IN.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hg.2ADI/516.1 Message Board Post: If this Edith is a relative of yours, I believe that she may also be one of mine, and would love to hear from you...eaquitaine333@yahoo.com I have some very old photos of her.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: PARK, HANLEY, RADFORD, WILLARD Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hg.2ADI/654 Message Board Post: PARK / HANLEY / RADFORD / WILLARD Margaret PARK married John HANLEY in Nova Scotia about 1847. they came to Rock Island County in 1851 with their sons James and John. Both married in Rock Island County: James to Martha RADFORD and John to Mary Victoria WILLARD. Descendants of this family lived in Henry and Mercer Counties as well as Rock Island. Seeking to correspond with any descendant of this family.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hg.2ADI/650.1 Message Board Post: Charles Pomeroy is located north of Joy in Duncan Townshop. Pome-Roy (Royal Fruit) was named after an orchard that was established in Section 31 by Tyler McWhorter in 1845. Only a single building remains. Greenmound Cemetery is located on the east side of the village of Keithsburg. M. Retherford's farm was located adjacent to the orchard in the north-east corner of Section 31. Francis M. Harvey married Mahala Miller in Henderson County on December 9, 1874. George Carpenter Illinois City, Illinois

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Weaverling Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hg.2ADI/653 Message Board Post: There is a new web sight on the Weaverling Family that settled in Mercer County in the 1850s and 60s. It is at: http://www.allwest.net/~jjarno

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Weaverling Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hg.2ADI/652 Message Board Post: There is a new web sight on the Weaverling Family that settled in Mercer County in the 1850s and 60s. It is at: http://www.allwest.net/~jjarno

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BEARD BATEMAN CARNAHAN DOWNING MCCREIGHT PINKERTON KELLEY METZGAR Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hg.2ADI/651 Message Board Post: Obituary from the Argus, Rock Island, Illinois, Friday, June 5, 1931: (Large photo next to her obituary.) MRS BEARD, 81 YEARS OLD, DIES AT VIOLA HOME Elderly Woman Passes After Long Illness at Residence of Daughter, Mrs. Clyde Carnahan _______________ (Special to The Argus) Aledo, Ill., June 5 --- Mrs. Mary Beard, 81 years old, of Aledo, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Clyde Carnahan, west of Viola, yesterday afternoon at 2:45 o'clock. Mrs. Beard, formerly Miss Mary Bateman, was born in Zanesville, Ohio, where she was married April 15, 1875, to Jasper Beard, who died in July 1928. They came to Mercer county in 1880 and spent many years near Viola. About 20 years ago they moved to Aledo. For two years Mrs. Beard had lived with her daughter in Viola. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. John Pinkerton of Aledo, Mrs. Clyde Carnahan, of Viola, Mrs. R. V. McCreight, and Mrs. John Downing of Rock Island; a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Kelley, of South Zanesville, Ohio, and a granddaughter, Mrs. W. P. Metzgar, of Omaha, Neb. She held membership in the United Presbyterian church at Viola and attended the United Presbyterian church in Aledo for many years. The funeral will be held at the Carnahan home at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon with Rev. S. W. Woodburn of Aledo officiating, assisted by Rev. W. A. Service of Viola.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hg.2ADI/366.2 Message Board Post: In 1837, John Cowden settled in the NW 1/4 of Section 17, near what later became Shale City. With him was his wife, Elizabeth, also born in Pennsylvania and his children, all born in Ohio (except Maria, who was born in Illinois) as follows: Helen who married Thomas Butler on March 11, 1852 Selina P. who married Jesse V. Frazier on Nov. 9, 1859 Watson P. who married Margaret A.Summerville on April 8, 1857 Demetrius Y. who married Nancy Ashenhurst on Nov. 1, 1867 Maria M. - born in 1847 The mother, Elizabeth, was was married to Thomas Marquis on May 26, 1863 after John's death. More on this family if you need it. George Carpenter Illinois City, Illinois

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hg.2ADI/366.1 Message Board Post: my greatgrandmothers maiden name was Cowden. Rose was born in the 1850's and she had a brother John born in 1860. They lived in souhtern illinois in crawford co.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hg.2ADI/552.2 Message Board Post: Hi We've been out to Duncan Cemetery a number of times this year and hope to go one more time before the snow flies, but I can't say as I remember seeing that name on any tombstone there. It's a small cemetery and family members from the O'Dell, Sheese, Minteer,Duncan, Williams, Jones, Strickland, and Bogart families can be found there. Now there are a number of headstones that have been destroyed by time and the weather, perhaps I missed the York name or it was at this time ilegible. If we make it down there again this year, I will check for you, but it's looking doubtful as our weather has already turned rather cold on us. I may be wrong on this because we've been to quite a few of the cemeteries in Mercer County this year, but seems I do recall seeing the name York at one of them. If I come up with anything definite on that I will let you know as well. Good luck in your search...

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hg.2ADI/410.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Liesa, I wish to thank you for the information you shared. norm

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Burr,Burrows,Lipton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hg.2ADI/410.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Norm, 1920 Census shows Samuel F. Burrows living in Duncan Township,Mercer,Illinois. Seems he was born in Pennsylvania in 1956. He married Abbie Minnette Burr 14 Aug 1879 in Rock Island County, Illinois as per the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763-1900, 00D/0103 (vol. and page) Samuel F. Burrows died 1926 or 1927 according to old family records. Abbie Minnette Burr is the 4th child born to Nelson Burr and Lydia Freeman Percival. Abbie was born 12 Oct 1850 in Lee,Berkshire,Massachusetts. She died 20 Nov 1922 in Buffalo Prairie,Mercer,Illinois and buried 22 Nov 1922 in Hamlet Cemetery. Samuel and Abbie had 5 children. Grace Freeman Burrows, Olive Martha Burrows, John Samuel Burrows, Nellie Minnette Burrows and Benjamin Thomas Burrows. Grace married Fred N. Taylor. Olive Martha married Elmer J. Lipton, John Samuel married Ruth V. Cooke, Nellie Minnette married Bert C. Denning, and Benjamin Thomas married Ellena Lee. I'm looking for information on all these families. A! bbie Minnette Burr's siblings were Charles Elisha Burr, Levi Percival Burr (my line), Abbie Minnette Burr (infant death), Benjamin Franklin Burr and John Porter Burr. There were a total of 6 children born to Nelson Burr and Lydia Freeman Percival. The first daughter (Abbie Minnette) died in infancy and they named their 2nd daughter Abbie Minnette also. Charles Elisha Burr died at 18 years of age. Levi Percival Burr married Elizabeth Mattheisen. Benjamin Franklin Burr married Susie Shepard and then Jennie Colton. John Porter Burr married Anna M. Stock. Let me know if there is any other information you would like to have. Unfortunately I don't have any further information on the Burrow family. I'm in the process of trying to find living descendents.......thus my reaching out to bulletin boards and such. I really appreciate all your information. Thank you! Liesa

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hg.2ADI/410.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Liesa, Elmer Jordan Lipton was married on 31 December 1912 and, as shown on the Marriage License, this took place in rural Reynolds, Mercer County, Illinois. Martha was thirty years of age as was Elmer when they married. In checking both the 1920 and 1930 census, there is no mention of any children in this family. Martha died 2 February 1963 and was buried next to Elmer, who died 19 October 1950, in the Preemption Cemetery, Preemption, Mercer County, Illinois. Any information you can share on the parents of Martha would be most helpful. norm

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lipton,Burrows,Burr Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hg.2ADI/410.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks for your speedy reply! Do you have the children for Elmer J. Lipton and Olive Martha Burrows? I have their marriage date as 31 Dec 1915. Is this correct? Do you have the place of their marriage? I also need the death date for Olive and her place of burial. Thank you so much! Liesa

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lipton, Johnston Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hg.2ADI/410.1.1 Message Board Post: Liesa, I would be most willing to share further information on the Lipton line which may be of help to your search. My primary line of research is the Johnston family, but I have over sixty names in the Lipton line in my file. You may contact me directly at <norm_frog@yahoo.com> or continue with this message board. norm

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Burr,Burrows,Lipton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hg.2ADI/410.1 Message Board Post: Hello, I am related to Olive Martha Burrows who married your Elmer J. Lipton. I'd be most happy to hear from you. Thank you very much! Liesa