Terry Davis's Rootsweb site for Mercer County http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmercer has a cemetery index for Mercer County. Also instructions for obtaining a lookup of the cemetery information. If you don't find your ancestor there it doesn't mean they aren't buried there - just that there was no surviving tombstone when the DAR ladies censused the cemeteries in the 1960's. ----- Original Message ----- From: "RuthAnn Ballard" <ruthab@neto.com> To: <ILMERCER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 9:20 AM Subject: [ILMERCER-L] Mary CRANE, wife of Thomas W. HILL > Hi-- > > I hope someone on the list has access to any Mercer County death records or cemetery records. > > According to the Illinois Marriage Index, Thomas W. HILL married Mary CRANE in Mercer County on November 24, 1857. I believe Thomas was the son of Thomas HILL and wife, Matilda SHROPSHIRE, who lived in Rivoli Township. I don't know who were the parents of Mary CRANE. It's possible that they also lived in Rivoli Township. > > In the 1860 census Thomas W. HILL is living with his sister and her family in Fulton County. There is no listing for Mary in the household. Thomas married Henrietta Meddows in Fulton County in 1863. > > >From this I assume that Mary CRANE died between 1857 and 1860. I would really appreciate it if someone can tell me if there is a record of the death of Mary in Mercer County. > > Thank you for your help. > RuthAnn > >
Thank you, Nadine. I should have tried the website first. No luck finding Mary, but as you said, a marker that old might no longer exist -- if there ever was a marker. Thanks again. RuthAnn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nadine Holder" <nadin@c2i2.com> To: <ILMERCER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 12:36 PM Subject: Re: [ILMERCER-L] Mary CRANE, wife of Thomas W. HILL > Terry Davis's Rootsweb site for Mercer County > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmercer > has a cemetery index for Mercer County. Also instructions for obtaining a > lookup of the cemetery information. If you don't find your ancestor there > it doesn't mean they aren't buried there - just that there was no surviving > tombstone when the DAR ladies censused the cemeteries in the 1960's. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "RuthAnn Ballard" <ruthab@neto.com> > To: <ILMERCER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 9:20 AM > Subject: [ILMERCER-L] Mary CRANE, wife of Thomas W. HILL > > > > Hi-- > > > > I hope someone on the list has access to any Mercer County death records > or cemetery records. > > > > According to the Illinois Marriage Index, Thomas W. HILL married Mary > CRANE in Mercer County on November 24, 1857. I believe Thomas was the son > of Thomas HILL and wife, Matilda SHROPSHIRE, who lived in Rivoli Township. > I don't know who were the parents of Mary CRANE. It's possible that they > also lived in Rivoli Township. > > > > In the 1860 census Thomas W. HILL is living with his sister and her family > in Fulton County. There is no listing for Mary in the household. Thomas > married Henrietta Meddows in Fulton County in 1863. > > > > >From this I assume that Mary CRANE died between 1857 and 1860. I would > really appreciate it if someone can tell me if there is a record of the > death of Mary in Mercer County. > > > > Thank you for your help. > > RuthAnn > > > > > ------NEATO: http://www.neato.net------