Janet Flynn <[email protected]> wrote 3 Feb 1999: > The index doesn't list the precinct in Monroe Co. If I can get to a > reader, > I'll look at the 1840 roll on Friday when I'm at the library for our > monthly > MCGS help day. > > If it's the Madonnaville area there's a Catholic church there which was > founded by the JAMES family of Monroe City - Immaculate Conception (not to > be > confused with Immaculate Conception in Columbia). > >snip Thank you very much for writing, Janet, and for offering to help locate this family in Monroe County. And, I appreciate you including the history of Immaculate Conception Church of Madonnaville. We'll have to see if Immaculate Conception is the parish for this family. In the fall of 1997, after 28 years of research, I finally traced the last one of my 13 immigrant ancestors to their hometown in Germany. That only happens once in the life of a genealogist, if they're lucky. After finally locating the baptismal record of this last ancestor on an LDS film, I celebrated by going out and buying a big box of chocolates for the volunteers at the FHC that day. Then I went home and opened a bottle of champagne. Now, I'm working on my wife Janet's 11 immigrant ancestors, and still have 4 to trace -- Henry & Catherine [SCHEUERING] LANG, and two others. Tracing these LANGs would be the best because her maiden name is LANG. Best Regards from Wisconsin. Daniel Daniel J. Kortenkamp, Ph.D. [email protected] Dept. of Psychology University of Wisconsin fax: 715 346-2778 Stevens Point, WI 54481 http://www.uwsp.edu/acad/psych/dk/danielpg.htm

The index doesn't list the precinct in Monroe Co. If I can get to a reader, I'll look at the 1840 roll on Friday when I'm at the library for our monthly MCGS help day. If it's the Madonnaville area there's a Catholic church there which was founded by the JAMES family of Monroe City - Immaculate Conception (not to be confused with Immaculate Conception in Columbia). >From the book Arrowheads to Aerojets: IMMACULATE CONCEPTION PARISH of Madonnaville had its origin in the home of Thomas James of Monroe City in 1839. That year James succeeded in having a missionary priest come from Cahokia to offer Mass in his home. From 1818 to 1839, there is no record of any priest having visited the area. From 1839 the home of Thomas James was used as the parish church. In 1844 plans were made to build a church. Thomas James donated forty acres of land for a new site and a new log church was begun in 1844 near the present stone church in Madonnaville. Under the direction of the Reverend Peter J. Baltes, pastor of SS. Peter and Paul, Waterloo, plans for a new stone church were made in 1855. The cornerstone for this church was laid on September 14, 1856, by the Reverend Francis Fischer who succeeded Father Baltes. Later additions to the church included a tower in 1863 and a stone sacristy in 1909. The exterior and interior of the church were completely renovated in 1965 and 1966. George Andres was the stonemason who built the original rock church, rectory, and schoolhouse. Adam Eichenseer was the carpenter. On September 8, 1863, Bishop Henry Damian Juncker of Alton blessed the new church in honor of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. During the same visit, he blessed the cemetery in honor of St. Henry. This cemetery adjoining the church was originally the family burial grounds of the James Family. The Cemetery of the Immaculate Conception was laid out in 1892. At the present time there are forty families attending Immaculate Conception Church of Madonnaville. Pastors at Madonnaville have been: Mission of Hecker, 1840-1850; Mission of Waterloo, 1851-1861; L. Hinssen, 1861-1865; Anthony Zingheim, 1866; John Berlage, SS. Peter and Paul, Waterloo, 1867; F. Sloch, 1867-1871; G. H. Hesse, 1871-1874; Bernard Ahne, 1874-1877; Bernard Claus, 1877-1881; Longinus Quitter, 1881-1886; Thomas Day, 1886-1891; Jacob Eckerle, 1891-1903; Albert Kaercher, 1903-1914; Aloysius Eckert, 1914-1917; Henry Alberg, 1917-1924; Bernard Spors, 1924-1926; (?) Weskamp, 1926-1928; Henry Keuth, 1928-1930; C.J. Eschmann, 1931-1938; Joseph Duehren, 1937-1943; Louis Fellner, 1943-1944; Walter Myerscough, 1945-1951; Mission of Waterloo, 1951-1963; since January 1964, James H. Jansen, St. Patrick's Church, Tipton. I believe Madonnaville is still a mission church, without a regular pastor. I think the priest from Tipton pastors both parishes. It's a beautiful little church and the cemetery is well-maintained. I have several ancestors buried there. Janet Flynn, MCGS

Marsha: New Design is located almost dead center in Monroe Co. It's the Burksville/Burksville Station area now. Janet Flynn

Nora: Almost one-half of this party died within a few months after their arrival. The book Arrowheads to Aerojets (history of Monroe Co.) states: In the years 1796 and 1797, important additions were made to the New Design Settlement. Solomon Shook and a man named Borer arrived from Virginia in 1796. In 1797 a large group came from the country adjacent to the south branch of the Potomac River in Hardy County, Virginia. A year earlier, David Badgley, Leonard Carr. Daniel Stookey, Abraham Eyeman, Abraham Stookey, and a man named Whetstone. made the journey to Illinois from Virginia on horseback and thoroughly explored the country with the view of selecting a good location for their neighbors in Virginia. On the first trip, David Badgley, who was a Baptist preacher, held religious meetings in the American settlements. The summer of 1797 was uncommonly wet and rainy and the streams between Fort Massac and Kaskaskia were all swollen beyond their banks. After arranging their wagons and horses and making all things ready for the journey, the colony from Virginia set out from Fort Massac for New Design. The ravages of disease carried off almost half of this colony during the first summer and fall of their arrival. The prevailing sickness was a malignant fever supposed to be contagious. Scarcely a household failed to mourn the loss of one or more of its members. After 1797 the country was healthy and that part of the colony which remained furnished many valuable citizens. Of that colony, the Carr, Stookey, Eyeman, Shook, Mitchell, Clark, Badgley, Teter, Miller, and other families left numerous descendants. David Badgley was one of the earliest Baptist ministers in Illinois. During his first visit in 1796, he preached in the settlement from May 4 to May 30. During that time he baptized fifteen persons. Among the settlers was Joseph Chance who had been designated lay elder in Kentucky. Badgley and Chance organized, with twenty-eight members the first Baptist Church in Illinois. It was called the New Design Church. Prior to that time James Smith, the Baptist, and Joseph Lillard, the Methodist, had preached to the settlers but no formal congregations were organized. John Clark, a Scotchman by birth, followed the seas in early life. In 1781 he was pressed into service on board a British man-of-war which lay off Charleston harbor. He swam ashore at the risk of his life rather than fight the Americans. He came to Illinois in 1797 and both preached and taught school at New Design. He is said to have been the first preacher of the gospel to cross the Mississippi River and preach to the Americans west of the river. This was against the regulations of the Roman Catholic Spanish government of Upper Louisiana. The unfortunates who died soon after arrival are probably in New Design cemetery. If you have specific names, I'll do a look up. I am a LEMEN descendant and a descendant of Abraham CLARK of the Hardy Co. party. I am suspicious that my TOLIN ancestors may also have originated from Hardy Co., but have not yet been able to prove this. I know they were from VA, as were all of our first Americans. Our VP is an IMAN/EYMAN descendant. There are many descendants of these Hardy Co. families. Most of the early SHOOKs are in Eagle Cliff-Miles cemetery as they eventually settled in the American Bottom. I believe my 3rd great-grandfather's (Joseph W. HILTON) second wife's maiden name was BADGLEY. Since she is not my direct, I've not spent a lot of time proving this. Elizabeth STARR was her name when she married Joseph. Janet Flynn, Secretary Monroe Co. Genealogical Society Monroe Co. Historical Society ,

Edward Tocus wrote: > > In 1797 a party of 154 persons led by Reverend David Badgley came to > Illinois from Hardy County, Virginia (now part of West Virginia). Their > intention was to help establish and settle the town of New Design (now > in Monroe County). New Design had been founded in 1786 by Reverend > James Leman, a friend of Thomas Jefferson. He intended it to be a model > town, a "new design" for a frontier town with a Jeffersonian > anti-slavery position. The colonists who accompanied Badgley > encountered flooding and disease and some died. Many others dispersed > to take up land in other areas, and today the Badgley Colony has been > largely forgotten. > > If you believe that your ancestors may have come to Illinois as members > of the Badgley Colony, or if you have information about these people > (such as the location of gravesites), or if you have heard of your folks > coming originally from Hardy County, please get in touch with me. Let > us see if we can put some information together. This important part of > Illinois history deserves to be better remembered. Thanks, Nora > > ==== ILMONROE Mailing List ==== > About 1796 a small settlement was formed between Bellefontaine and the > Mississippi Bluff, comprehended probably within the limits of the present > Bluff Precinct. Families with the names of Short, Griffin, Gibbons, Roberts > and Valentine lived in this locality. There is also a record of a man named > Golden erecting a blockhouse on Section 24, Township 3, Range 11 near the > present town of Monroe City. At this place Andrew Kinney, a son of Joseph > Kinney, built a water mill, and thus laid the foundation for the present > town of Monroe City. > Combined Atlases of Monroe County 1875, 1901, 1916 p. 14 Nora, where in Monroe County was New Design located--do we know? Marsha

In 1797 a party of 154 persons led by Reverend David Badgley came to Illinois from Hardy County, Virginia (now part of West Virginia). Their intention was to help establish and settle the town of New Design (now in Monroe County). New Design had been founded in 1786 by Reverend James Leman, a friend of Thomas Jefferson. He intended it to be a model town, a "new design" for a frontier town with a Jeffersonian anti-slavery position. The colonists who accompanied Badgley encountered flooding and disease and some died. Many others dispersed to take up land in other areas, and today the Badgley Colony has been largely forgotten. If you believe that your ancestors may have come to Illinois as members of the Badgley Colony, or if you have information about these people (such as the location of gravesites), or if you have heard of your folks coming originally from Hardy County, please get in touch with me. Let us see if we can put some information together. This important part of Illinois history deserves to be better remembered. Thanks, Nora

Thank you very much for the info. I was at a dead end. I really appreciate it. If you ever need any info from Skagit County, Washington, let me know. Thanks again. Jean Schmitt

I'm looking for any information about Peter Schmitt or his family. I know he lived in Waterloo, Illinois at least during the 1870's. I believe he was born in Germany and eventually migrated to Waterloo, Illinois. He married his second wife there (Elizabeth Rapp from Pennsylvania). Their son, Jacob Schmitt was born there August 17, 1872. I don't know whether they had any other children or not. Jacob Schmitt was my grandfather. I believe there were children by Peter's first marriage and that some of their descendants possibly still reside in that area. Since i have no idea what year Peter and Elizabeth were married, I haven't tried writing to the Monroe County Clerk, Courthouse. Does anyone know how much information you need to check for a marriage license record in Monroe County. Could I give them a 10-year span, like 1860 to 1870 or do I need an exact date? If anyone has any information either on the families or how to obtain information from the County Clerk, my e-mail address is [email protected] Jean Schmitt

A Peter Jacob SCHMIT naturalized in Monroe Co. on May 10, 1862. He was from Nassau Province, Germany. My Monroe Co. Germans (SPRIESTERSBACH and BORN) were also from Nassau, specifically Attenhausen. I visited the area in 1997 and it is very beautiful - In the mountains close to the Rhine. Koblenz is the biggest city nearby. There is also a town in Nassau Province, named Nassau. It's close to Attenhausen.

Peter SCHMIDT married Elizabeth RAPP on February 13, 1865 in Monroe Co., IL Janet Flynn, Secretary MCGS

I just learned that there is a "Henry LONG" family listed for Monroe County in the 1840 Illinois Federal Census, p. 355. Does anyone know what part of Monroe County this would be, and what Catholic parish this would be? Does anyone have any ideas for getting more info about the "Henry LONG" family in the 1840 Illinois Federal Census? The ages of Henry (20-29), the female (20-29) and chilld (under 5) closely match the Heinrich/Henry LANG/LONG family I am trying to trace who moved to Sherrill (formerly "Sherrill's Mound"), Dubuque County, Iowa, from Illinois about 1845. Also, the Illinois Census shows one member of the household was employed in manufacture or trade. My Heinrich LANG is listed as a "farmer" and "shoemaker" in the 1870 Iowa Federal Census. According to the 1856 State of Iowa Census, my family had three children in "Illinois" from about 1837 to about 1845. In this 1856 Census they said they had lived in Iowa for "10 years." According to a 1995 history of Sherrill, this town was started about 1833 by brothers Adam & Isaac SHERRILL who came from Madonnaville, IL. Issac went back to marry Ellen WALKER, 13 Aug 1847, in St. Clair County. He moved back to Illinois in 1852. Because of the similarity between these LONG/LANG families, and this connection between Madonnaville and Sherrill, I am narrowing my search to Monroe County. Does anyone know of any other links between Monroe County and Sherrill or Dubuque County? Here is more info about the family I am trying to trace: Heinrich LANG, b. 1808?, Bavaria? immigrated 1830s? died 21 Feb 1881, Sherrill, Dubuque Co., IA - wife: Catherine [SCHEUERING], b. 1811?, Bavaria? immigrated 1830s? d. 11 Mar 1896, Sherrill. - children: Joseph (Henry), b. 1837/38?, Illinois; married Elizabeth ? , d. ? Ignatius/Ignatz, b. 1840/41/42?, Illinois; m. Barbara ZIEGLER, d. 26 Oct 1910, Sherrill. ("Enos Long" in his Civil War pension papers, born in "the State of Illinois"). Barbara, b. 1845/46?, Illinois; m. C. Ulrich WYSS/WEISS, d. 1886-1892, at ? Peter, b. 1849, Sherrill; single; d. 1927, Sherrill. Elizabeth, b. 1849? (twin of Peter?), Sherrill; d. in childhood? (Mary?) Theresa, b. 1850, Sherrill; m. Nicholas BRIMEYER; d. 1880, Sherrill. (Margaret?) Mary, b. 1851-52?, Sherrill; m. John ZIEGLER; d. 1901, Balltown, IA. Conrad, b. 1854, Sherrill; m. Anna Helen HERMES; d. 1926, Fulda, Sask., Canada. Anna Catherina, b. 1857, Sherrill; m. Albert KUMMER/CUMMER; d. ? , at ? Most records say Heinrich & Catherine [SCHEUERING] LANG/LONG came from Bavaria. Are there any specific towns in Bavaria that Monroe County immigrants came from during the 1830s? Thanks for any help. If I can be of help with Dubuque County research, please let me know. I have been doing Dubuque County research for 30 years. Daniel Daniel J. Kortenkamp, Ph.D. [email protected] Dept. of Psychology University of Wisconsin fax: 715 346-2778 Stevens Point, WI 54481 http://www.uwsp.edu/acad/psych/dk/danielpg.htm

Jeff: Our VP's son lives in Floraville, so I'm forwarding this message to her. Are you from the MOOREs of Belle Fontaine? Janet Flynn, Secretary Monroe Co. Gen. Society

Hello Monroe County people! Does anyone remember me? I'm living in Geneva, Switzerland now and I'm looking for my family FLORA and it just occurred to me to write and ask if anyone has any information on Floraville, where it got its name? I used to live on Floraville Road. I miss Waterloo! All the best, Jeff Moore Jeff Moore Geneva, Switzerland [email protected]

Thanks Janet, Carolyn Sue Smith [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Friday, January 22, 1999 8:01 PM Subject: Re: [ILMONROE-L] Reis/Rice >Carolyn: >Monroe Co. was organized in 1816. It was carved out of both Randolph and St. >Clair Counties - St. Clair to the north and east, Randolph to the south. >Janet > >

Hi Carolyn, According to Ancestry's RED BOOK Monroe Co. was formed in 1816. Parent counties were St. Clair/Randolph. Starting recording: Birth 1877 Marr. 1816 Death 1878 :Land 1816 Probate 1820 Court 1816 Hope this helps. Pat -----Original Message----- From: Michael Smith <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Friday, January 22, 1999 4:31 PM Subject: [ILMONROE-L] Reis/Rice >Starting off 1999 still searching for my Reis/Rice line. George Reis/Rice born in 1844 in Monroe County, Waterloo, Ill. He had a sister named Elizabeth born around 1835 in IL. Have not been able to put this family in Monroe County nor learn the name of their father. > >Located George Reiss living with a Samual Alex Hill family on the 1860 census. Farm located 9 miles south of Freeburg, IL. in St. Clair County. This is my George as we located a deposition in his Civil War papers signed by Samual Alex Hill saying that he had raised George from age of 8. Some of his Civil war papers were under the name of Rice and some under Reis. His marriage certificate had Rice. My Grandfather (son of George) had always gone by Reis but was listed as Rice on the 1920 census. > >Is there anyone that has access to church records for that area and that time period that might look up those names for me? > >Would anyone know if Monroe county was apart of St. Clair and Randolph County in 1844? > >Thanks, >Carolyn Sue Smith >[email protected] > >

I can tell you that Monroe county was made from Randolph and St. Clair Counties. You might try them. ---------- > From: Michael Smith <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ILMONROE-L] Reis/Rice > Date: Friday, January 22, 1999 3:20 PM > > Starting off 1999 still searching for my Reis/Rice line. George Reis/Rice born in 1844 in Monroe County, Waterloo, Ill. He had a sister named Elizabeth born around 1835 in IL. Have not been able to put this family in Monroe County nor learn the name of their father. > > Located George Reiss living with a Samual Alex Hill family on the 1860 census. Farm located 9 miles south of Freeburg, IL. in St. Clair County. This is my George as we located a deposition in his Civil War papers signed by Samual Alex Hill saying that he had raised George from age of 8. Some of his Civil war papers were under the name of Rice and some under Reis. His marriage certificate had Rice. My Grandfather (son of George) had always gone by Reis but was listed as Rice on the 1920 census. > > Is there anyone that has access to church records for that area and that time period that might look up those names for me? > > Would anyone know if Monroe county was apart of St. Clair and Randolph County in 1844? > > Thanks, > Carolyn Sue Smith > [email protected] >

Starting off 1999 still searching for my Reis/Rice line. George Reis/Rice born in 1844 in Monroe County, Waterloo, Ill. He had a sister named Elizabeth born around 1835 in IL. Have not been able to put this family in Monroe County nor learn the name of their father. Located George Reiss living with a Samual Alex Hill family on the 1860 census. Farm located 9 miles south of Freeburg, IL. in St. Clair County. This is my George as we located a deposition in his Civil War papers signed by Samual Alex Hill saying that he had raised George from age of 8. Some of his Civil war papers were under the name of Rice and some under Reis. His marriage certificate had Rice. My Grandfather (son of George) had always gone by Reis but was listed as Rice on the 1920 census. Is there anyone that has access to church records for that area and that time period that might look up those names for me? Would anyone know if Monroe county was apart of St. Clair and Randolph County in 1844? Thanks, Carolyn Sue Smith [email protected]

Carolyn: Monroe Co. was organized in 1816. It was carved out of both Randolph and St. Clair Counties - St. Clair to the north and east, Randolph to the south. Janet

Dear Judy, The closest name is Klotz: Harold A. Klotz, 1934, living in E. Carondelet Peggy Peggy: Thank you for your kind offer. Would you happen to have any Klotzer's in your database? Probably from Hecker or Waterloo, but not necessarily. Judy St. Eve Schor Kirkland, WA [email protected]

Hi Gerry, I am not sure of connections to Meier surname. My great-great grand father Joseph MeyerSr., b. Feb 2 1805, Cologne, Prussia co., Germany died March 2, 1888. Married Gertrude, last name unknown. They are both buried at Miles Cemetery, Monroe Co., IL. They had 5 children. Rosetta, Barbara, Bertha, Joseph H. MeyerJr., (my great grandfather), Cornellia. Joseph MeyerSr., father Charles F. Meier. Do you know Ernst Meier had any siblings? Pat Vaseska, Vice president of MCGS is also related to Joseph Meyer. Pat is my second cousin, whom I plan on meeting this May. I live in Taylor, MI. My father Robert Markle was born in Moredock, Monroe Co., IL and my grandfather John Markle was born in Harrisonville. I do have more on Meyer, but not too sure of connection. Let me know if possible connection. Kay