Sue, I have the records for Peniel Cemetery and will look up what there is the the Kiddoo's and the Sherer's. There are several burials for both of those surnames there. I have an old reading also from the Old Brick Cemetery just down the road from Peniel also that might contain some info. I think if you check the Mercer County cemetery listings you will also find more of those surnames in other surrounding cemeteries. To this day there is a farm nearby that we still call the Sherer Place as it was called many years ago when my grandmother was young. She was born in 1901. Lois Retherford Joy IL 61260 -----Original Message----- From: slimdoc@wireweb.net [mailto:slimdoc@wireweb.net] Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 1:37 AM To: ILMERCER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ILMERCER-L] Re: Kiddoo, Sherer, Foote Families This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kiddoo, Sherer, Foote Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hg.2ADI/55.58.2 Message Board Post: Michael, Am hoping you can help. I am Sue Sherer: Daughter of Albert Foote Sherer, Jr., b. 1925-Kansas, living; and Mary Lou Barnes, b. 1925, living; Granddaughter of: Albert Foote Sherer, Sr., b 1892-Kansas d. 1972-Texas and Reba May Whiteman, b. 1895-Missouri, d.1969-Texas. Great-Granddaughter of: Samuel D. Sherer, native of Muscatine, Iowa, b. (Unk where) 5 June 1853, d. 30 Oct 1934; married Emma Kiddoo Foote on 24 Dec 1878, in Chase, KS. Both buried in Lyons, KS. Am searching for information on any family members of Samuel Dale. Have not been able to find anything. Also searching for info on Mary Sherer, daughter of Richard Sherer, b. ca 1767, and Hannah (?). Mary Sherer, b. Pennsylvania, 26 Nov 1792, died 7 Dec 1855 in Joy, Mercer County, Ill. Married James Kiddoo II. James and Mary buried in Old Peniel Cemetery near Joy, Ill. I have Kiddoo Family History and am in touch with Bette B. Topp but we have nothing on family of Samuel Sherer. Would be interested in any help you might be able to give. Thanks Sue Sherer Walker slimdoc@wireweb.net ______________________________