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