Tom in response to your questions. Could TINR10W be Township ?? Range 10 West? It's just my guess. On your marriages did you try checking into St. Louis, or St. Gen, even Jefferson Co. Mo, it might not hurt checking Randolph Co. Illinois. The library does have a partial newspaper obit and Cemetery index. I don't know if it's equal to Belleville. Have you tried to find probate info or will if property was involved or even checked into the deed index to see if they sold their property? Phyllis > > Hello - > > I would welcome any research suggestions relative to the following > long-time residents of Monroe County. > > William Stone and Mary Davis, nee Duvall, were married shortly before > 1860, and worked a farm near Columbia, Monroe County. Each had been a > resident of Monroe County for at least ten years prior to the marriage. > Unfortunately, the county has neither a record of their marriage, nor of > their respective deaths: Mary's in 1872, and William's ca 1901. > > The farm/residence apparently was near Centerville, St. Clair Co., as the > 1860 census shows the family living at TINR10W, P.O. Centerville; and the > census of 1870 also shows the family at Centerville. Evenso, the census' > for 1880 and 1900 show the family residing at Columbia, Monroe Co., > > As noted above, Mary died in 1872, and William Stone died at home, of a > heart attack ca 1901, after running to assist a neighbor put out a fire. > Apparently neither death was recorded, as the St. Clair and Monroe county > clerks have no record of the events. > > Given the above story, I wonder if the library at Waterloo maintains an > newspaper/obituary index similar to that maintained by the Belleville > library? In addition, does anyone know what TINR10W meant, when it was > listed at the top of the 1860 census sheet? > > Any related comments would be most welcome > > Tom Davis > Oceanside, CA > > ==== ILMONROE Mailing List ==== > Lutz Marble and Granite Works > Estimates on all work in our line cheerfully furnished upon application. > We carry the highest stock of monuments to select from in Monroe County. > Come in and see them. > Waterloo, Illinois > 1918 Prarie Farmers Directory p. 272