Looking for any information on Patrick O'Donnell and his wife Bridget/Delia Dougherty. They lived in Litchfield from about 1860 through 1875 and had numerous children - Andrew, Thomas,Anthony, Francis (Michael) Gabrielle, Honorah, Emily and Mary. Sound familiar to anyone? Thanks, Sue O'Donnell Quinn

Sheri Not listed in the alphabetical portion. Rob [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sumter DART" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 10:47 PM Subject: Re: [ILMONTGO] Re: Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History > Can you please see if you can find any information on the Blockyou Family. > They > where coal miners/owners. They lived in the Nokomis area and then settled > in Belleville, IL. any info would be greatly appreciated. Sheri Blockyou > Evans > > ---------- > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [ILMONTGO] Re: Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and > History > > Date: Thursday, June 08, 2000 1:25 PM > > > > Elaine- > > I don't see anything directly relating to the Vogel family. Nor under > the > > Lutheran Church. Zion Lutheran Church, of which my family are members, > was > > established in 1886. I was confirmed and attended school with a Vogel. > > > > My dad worked at the Litchfield Creamery (now Milnot Company) with a > Nelson > > Kessinger. > > > > Marilyn > > > > > > ==== ILMONTGO Mailing List ==== > > Search this list's archived messages! > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > > ============================== > > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > > > > > > > ==== ILMONTGO Mailing List ==== > The RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative is supported by its users: > RootsWeb would cease to exist if not for the support of folks like you. > By becoming a Member, Sponsor, or Donor, you help RootsWeb provide Web > and FTP space on thousands of genealogical topics, mailing > lists for thousands of groups of genealogists with shared interests, and > search engines to make huge amounts of genealogical data freely > available to Internet genealogists.Become A Rootsweb Sponser Today! > http://www.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ >

Elaine, Sorry, no Vogels in the alphabetical listing. Rob [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 8:06 AM Subject: Re: [ILMONTGO] Re: Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History > I was wondering if you would look up Vogel in your book? I am told he was > very active in the Lutheran Church and a Republican. Do not always go > together. Ha Ha. > > Also do you have anything on Godbey or Kessinger? > > Thanks for any help that you can give. > Elaine > [email protected] > > > ==== ILMONTGO Mailing List ==== > Montgomery County Genealogical Society was formed in 1978 and its holdings are > housed at the Litchfield Carnegie Public Library in Litchfield. > P.O. Box 212, Litchfield, IL 62056-0212 > > ============================== > The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ >

Can you please see if you can find any information on the Blockyou Family. They where coal miners/owners. They lived in the Nokomis area and then settled in Belleville, IL. any info would be greatly appreciated. Sheri Blockyou Evans ---------- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ILMONTGO] Re: Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History > Date: Thursday, June 08, 2000 1:25 PM > > Elaine- > I don't see anything directly relating to the Vogel family. Nor under the > Lutheran Church. Zion Lutheran Church, of which my family are members, was > established in 1886. I was confirmed and attended school with a Vogel. > > My dad worked at the Litchfield Creamery (now Milnot Company) with a Nelson > Kessinger. > > Marilyn > > > ==== ILMONTGO Mailing List ==== > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > >

Marilyn: Thank you for checking the book for Sammons. I have no record of John W. Sammons married to Addie Marie Nimmons. If you are able to send more information, I would really appreciate it. Thank you. Helen On Tue, 6 Jun 2000 22:31:48 EDT [email protected] writes: > Helen- > The book is not totally indexed for names, but I have found no > SAMMONS > listed. > > In my own family tree, I have a John W. Sammons (b9Jan1919) married > to Addie > Maria Nimmons(b.5Jul1921) > > Marilyn > > > ==== ILMONTGO Mailing List ==== > Visit the Montgomery County USGenWeb Home Page! > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Cabin/3648/montgo2.html > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Nora: Thanks for replying to my e-mail regarding Canady/Sammons. Rob Appleton was kind enough to send me the information on Steve Canaday. I have not been able to tie him into our family but one never knows. Maybe after more research, we'll find just where he belongs. I do appreciate the people on this list as they have certainly been kind to me. Thank you again for your offer help. Helen ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Helen J Kirtlan-Fingado wrote: > Hi Nora: > > Thank you so much for your prompt response to my inquiry concerning C. W. > Canaday. In searching through my records, I was unable to find anything > on C, W, Canaday or Pina Sapp. This must be another Canaday line. I > have been unable to find out where my grandparents, C. A. Sammons and > Matilda Alice Canaday met. Since he was from Montgomery Co., I thought > perhaps this Canaday line may be a link. They were married in Pittsburg, > KS in Jan 1889. > > My great grandparents, James Henry and Nancy Sammons are buried in Honey > Bend/Roberts Clemetery , Litchfield. Do you know where I might find > these cemetery records? > > I really appreciate the information you sent to me and I will keep it in > my files where it may come in handy in further research. > > We live in Sacramento, CA. I certainly would love to see and research > the Hilsboro, Litchfield area where my ancestors lived so many years ago. > > Thanks again for your time and help. I do appreciate it. > > Helen > > ________________________________________________________________ > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > ==== ILMONTGO Mailing List ==== > The RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative is supported by its users: > RootsWeb would cease to exist if not for the support of folks like you. > By becoming a Member, Sponsor, or Donor, you help RootsWeb provide Web > and FTP space on thousands of genealogical topics, mailing > lists for thousands of groups of genealogists with shared interests, and > search engines to make huge amounts of genealogical data freely > available to Internet genealogists.Become A Rootsweb Sponser Today! > http://www.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. Reply: Do you have Rob Appleton's submission to the Montgomery CO newsletter, the other day? He lists a huge amount of information on Steve Canaday's line. I can send it to you if you missed it. Nora

Helen, I don't know if this will help, but if you have had any CANADAY in Edgar Co, IL. There was a Henry F. CANADAY who married Eliza A. HIMES in Edgar Co, IL. Beverly ----- Original Message ----- From: Edward Tocus <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 2:52 PM Subject: Re: [ILMONTGO] CANADAY/SAMMONS > > > Helen J Kirtlan-Fingado wrote: > > > Hi Nora: > > > > Thank you so much for your prompt response to my inquiry concerning C. W. > > Canaday. In searching through my records, I was unable to find anything > > on C, W, Canaday or Pina Sapp. This must be another Canaday line. I > > have been unable to find out where my grandparents, C. A. Sammons and > > Matilda Alice Canaday met. Since he was from Montgomery Co., I thought > > perhaps this Canaday line may be a link. They were married in Pittsburg, > > KS in Jan 1889. > > > > My great grandparents, James Henry and Nancy Sammons are buried in Honey > > Bend/Roberts Clemetery , Litchfield. Do you know where I might find > > these cemetery records? > > > > I really appreciate the information you sent to me and I will keep it in > > my files where it may come in handy in further research. > > > > We live in Sacramento, CA. I certainly would love to see and research > > the Hilsboro, Litchfield area where my ancestors lived so many years ago. > > > > Thanks again for your time and help. I do appreciate it. > > > > Helen > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > > Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > > Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: > > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > > > ==== ILMONTGO Mailing List ==== > > The RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative is supported by its users: > > RootsWeb would cease to exist if not for the support of folks like you. > > By becoming a Member, Sponsor, or Donor, you help RootsWeb provide Web > > and FTP space on thousands of genealogical topics, mailing > > lists for thousands of groups of genealogists with shared interests, and > > search engines to make huge amounts of genealogical data freely > > available to Internet genealogists.Become A Rootsweb Sponser Today! > > http://www.rootsweb.com/ > > > > ============================== > > Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. > > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > > Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. > > Reply: Do you have Rob Appleton's submission to the Montgomery CO newsletter, > the other day? He lists a huge amount of information on Steve Canaday's > line. I can send it to you if you missed it. Nora > > > ==== ILMONTGO Mailing List ==== > Visit the Montgomery County USGenWeb Home Page! > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Cabin/3648/montgo2.html > > ============================== > The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ >

----- Original Message ----- From: Edward Tocus <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 2:52 PM Subject: Re: [ILMONTGO] CANADAY/SAMMONS > > > Helen J Kirtlan-Fingado wrote: > > > Hi Nora: > > > > Thank you so much for your prompt response to my inquiry concerning C. W. > > Canaday. In searching through my records, I was unable to find anything > > on C, W, Canaday or Pina Sapp. This must be another Canaday line. I > > have been unable to find out where my grandparents, C. A. Sammons and > > Matilda Alice Canaday met. Since he was from Montgomery Co., I thought > > perhaps this Canaday line may be a link. They were married in Pittsburg, > > KS in Jan 1889. > > > > My great grandparents, James Henry and Nancy Sammons are buried in Honey > > Bend/Roberts Clemetery , Litchfield. Do you know where I might find > > these cemetery records? > > > > I really appreciate the information you sent to me and I will keep it in > > my files where it may come in handy in further research. > > > > We live in Sacramento, CA. I certainly would love to see and research > > the Hilsboro, Litchfield area where my ancestors lived so many years ago. > > > > Thanks again for your time and help. I do appreciate it. > > > > Helen > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > > Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > > Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: > > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > > > ==== ILMONTGO Mailing List ==== > > The RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative is supported by its users: > > RootsWeb would cease to exist if not for the support of folks like you. > > By becoming a Member, Sponsor, or Donor, you help RootsWeb provide Web > > and FTP space on thousands of genealogical topics, mailing > > lists for thousands of groups of genealogists with shared interests, and > > search engines to make huge amounts of genealogical data freely > > available to Internet genealogists.Become A Rootsweb Sponser Today! > > http://www.rootsweb.com/ > > > > ============================== > > Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. > > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > > Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. > > Reply: Do you have Rob Appleton's submission to the Montgomery CO newsletter, > the other day? He lists a huge amount of information on Steve Canaday's > line. I can send it to you if you missed it. Nora > > > ==== ILMONTGO Mailing List ==== > Visit the Montgomery County USGenWeb Home Page! > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Cabin/3648/montgo2.html > > ============================== > The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ >

Elaine- I don't see anything directly relating to the Vogel family. Nor under the Lutheran Church. Zion Lutheran Church, of which my family are members, was established in 1886. I was confirmed and attended school with a Vogel. My dad worked at the Litchfield Creamery (now Milnot Company) with a Nelson Kessinger. Marilyn

This was in a old scrapbook of newspaper clippings that was passed down to my grandmother, and now me. Most of the articles are dated in the late 1800's & are about people in or around the Donnellson area. A Double Header On last Monday night away down in Coffeen, two strange little babies appeared on the scene, two bright little stars in the firmament risen, and Jake Traylor says he is sure they are hisen. A boy and a girl both large, fat and fine, around Jacob's hearthstone hereafter will shine. Jake scanned the kids over to see how they were shaped, and anxiously asked if there were any escaped. And as he is our Superintendent of Schools, he has, it is said, contrary to rules, a first grade certificate given to each, he thinks even now they are able to teach. He was heard to remark with a proud, haughty air, "I had no idea I was drawing a pair. I will teach them, when grown, to tell always the truth, and the names of the kids shall be Grover and Ruth." Judy Traylor wrote: > Traylor, Davis, Durbin, Sammons, Cameron, Shryock, Weigand, Cutright > > Any info on these families would be appreciated. > > Thanks > Judy > > ==== ILMONTGO Mailing List ==== > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > ============================== > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > http://pml.rootsweb.com/

I have a MARY SMITH b. abt 1833-Zanesville,Montgomery Co., IL m. Jeremiah Palmer 7 Jul 1852 Children; Sarah R. Palmer b.1853 Rachel Ann Palmer b.16 Nov 1854 Charles Adam Palmer 16 Nov 1856-Montgomery Co.,IL Pheobe Jane Palmer b. 1863 David Franklin b.22 Feb 1867 (My Family) Thomas A. Palmer b. 7 Jul 1871-Macoupin Co.,Il Could Be Possible Sibling For David? Do you have parents name? I've been searching for connection. Thank you. Charlotte Polen

Looking for info on James Milton Kelly b Oct 5, 1834, Irving, Mont Cty d Dec 20,1920. Parents were James Kelly b 1809 in Va and Henrietta Berry b 1809. James Milton m Loucinda Mayes in Johnson Cty, Mo. Thanks Ken Bauer

I am looking for a May Dell Clark from Montgomery County that was born about 1897-1905. I dont have the names of any other family members. Any help will be greatly appreciated! Rebecca ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 2:52 PM Subject: Re: [ILMONTGO] Clark, Steel, Holliday > I also have a Clark/Holliday relationship. My Clark family came from New > York, James Francis Clark moved with his family to Missouri before he ended > up in Pike County Illinois. He married to Olive Holliday, I am not sure > where and have nothing on her family but more on the Clarks. If these names > ring a bell please contact me. > Tammy > > > ==== ILMONTGO Mailing List ==== > List problems? First, read the Welcome Message that you received > when you subscribed. Feel free to contact Dianne Curry Morris, > list administrator with questions concerning this list! > mail to: [email protected] > > ============================== > The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ >

Below is only Holliday I could find in Pike Co IL in my files. He's not in my line however. You may wish to subscribe to [email protected] group if you want to find out more. The Clark - Holliday connection is interesting but I can found no Olive Holliday amongst Alcie Clark Holliday 's children , just Mary b.1839, Sarah1844, and Catharine. ~Paula~ no reply needed >>9 M: William McKendree HOLLIDAY Birth: 27 Dec 1807 Kentucky Death: White Hall, IL Spouse: ? ? Spouse: ? ?? Spouse: Marie BATCHELLOR Marriage: 21 Dec 1837 Pittsfield, Pike Co., IL<< In a message dated 06/06/2000 3:54:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > I also have a Clark/Holliday relationship. My Clark family came from New > York, James Francis Clark moved with his family to Missouri before he ended > up in Pike County Illinois. He married to Olive Holliday, I am not sure > where and have nothing on her family but more on the Clarks. If these names > ring a bell please contact me. > Tammy

I was wondering if you would look up Vogel in your book? I am told he was very active in the Lutheran Church and a Republican. Do not always go together. Ha Ha. Also do you have anything on Godbey or Kessinger? Thanks for any help that you can give. Elaine [email protected]

Helen- The book is not totally indexed for names, but I have found no SAMMONS listed. In my own family tree, I have a John W. Sammons (b9Jan1919) married to Addie Maria Nimmons(b.5Jul1921) Marilyn

Helen J Kirtlan-Fingado wrote: > Hi Nora: > > Thank you so much for your prompt response to my inquiry concerning C. W. > Canaday. In searching through my records, I was unable to find anything > on C, W, Canaday or Pina Sapp. This must be another Canaday line. I > have been unable to find out where my grandparents, C. A. Sammons and > Matilda Alice Canaday met. Since he was from Montgomery Co., I thought > perhaps this Canaday line may be a link. They were married in Pittsburg, > KS in Jan 1889. > > My great grandparents, James Henry and Nancy Sammons are buried in Honey > Bend/Roberts Clemetery , Litchfield. Do you know where I might find > these cemetery records? > > I really appreciate the information you sent to me and I will keep it in > my files where it may come in handy in further research. > > We live in Sacramento, CA. I certainly would love to see and research > the Hilsboro, Litchfield area where my ancestors lived so many years ago. > > Thanks again for your time and help. I do appreciate it. > > Helen > > ________________________________________________________________ > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > ==== ILMONTGO Mailing List ==== > The RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative is supported by its users: > RootsWeb would cease to exist if not for the support of folks like you. > By becoming a Member, Sponsor, or Donor, you help RootsWeb provide Web > and FTP space on thousands of genealogical topics, mailing > lists for thousands of groups of genealogists with shared interests, and > search engines to make huge amounts of genealogical data freely > available to Internet genealogists.Become A Rootsweb Sponser Today! > http://www.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. Honey Bend is in Macoupin CO. You might try Becky Hargett <[email protected]> who does a lot of Macoupin CO research and has ancestors from Honey Bend. Good luck.

Robert Appleton wrote: > Hi Helen, > > Too much for me to type the whole thing, let me try to extract just > the family connection from the article on Hon Stephen D. Canaday-- > This is not verbatim! > > Senator Canaday was born in North Litchfield Township, four miles > east of Litchfield, March 3, 1865, son of Caleb W. and Martha L. H.. (Starr) > Canaday. The father was born in Kentucky, Jan 5, 1833, and brought to > Montgomery County at age 2, by his parents John and Pina M. (Sapp) Canaday, > both born and raised in Casey Co., Ky. Parents came to Montgomery Co > in 1835 and spent rest of their lives there.The grandfather of John Canaday > had been a Revolutionary War soldier. They had the following children: > James, Caleb, William, Sarah, Rachel, Mary, Elzie, and Euel, the last two > being > twins. > Caleb developed his own farm, where he died Oct 25, 1901, age 68. > IN early manhood, he married Martha L.H. Starr, born Montgomery County > March 27, 1842, who survives at age 75. Her parents were David Badgley > and James (Street) Starr. David was born Monroe Co., Ill., and served in > the Black Hawk War, and was later a farmer. He died at age 77. The maternal > grandmother of Senator Canaday was born near Litchfield and died at 48. They > had children: Abraham (served in Mexican War); Julia, Mary, David Monroe; > James N.; John M.; Martha L.H.; and four who died in infancy. > > The children of Caleb and his wife were: James M., died Oct 25, 1990; > Stephen D.; > John Sidney; E. Franklin; Julia Alice, wife of D. D. Garver of Republican > City, NE.; William L.; Lewis W., of Nebraska; Robert N., a physician; Oatie, > died in infancy; Harriet C., and Mattie, wife of John B. Nail of Mayfield, > KS. > > (Senator Canaday once served as acting governor for 13 days) > > Senator Canaday on Jul 27, 1890, married Miss Mattie I. Wilson, born North > Litchfield Township Dec 6, 1869, daughter of John Goshen and Jane > (McIntyre) Wilson. John Wilson was born in North Carolina; Jane Wilson > was born in Jersey Co., Ill. The father has been married three times. > Thirteen > children were born of his first married: Silas Riley; George Luther; Ellen > E., > who married Arthur Brue; William Douglas; Virginia Ann, wife of Thomas H. > Dyer; > Emma and Eddie, twins died in infancy; Charles Henry, died in infancy; > Alice May, wife of John C. white; James Commodore; Martha Irene, wife of > Senator > Canaday; Cora Blanche, died at about 2 years; John Gillespie, now deceased; > and > one to his third marriage, Mrs. Mabel (Wilson) Pond, wife of Arthur > Pond of Kansas city. this wife is still living. > > Mrs. Canaday's maternal great grandfather, whose name was McIntyre, came > from > Ireland, and her maternal grandmother was born and reared in West Virginia. > Sen and Mrs. Canaday have four children: Amos, Wayne, Warren, and > Raymond, the first two died infancy. > > ------------------------------------ > And you didn't know Canadays in Montgomery county! > > Rob Appleton > [email protected] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Helen J Kirtlan-Fingado" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 5:41 PM > Subject: Re: [ILMONTGO] STARR > > > Hi Rob: > > > > In your recent message, you mentioned "Martha L. H., the wife of C. W. > > Canaday". My Sammons ancestors were from the Hillsboro/Litchfield area > > but I wasn't aware that our Canaday ancestors may be from there also. > > Can you give me any further information on C. W. Canaday? > > > > Your help will be greatly appreciated. > > > > Thank you. > > > > Helen > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > > Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > > Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: > > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > > > > > ==== ILMONTGO Mailing List ==== > > The RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative is supported by its users: > > RootsWeb would cease to exist if not for the support of folks like you. > > By becoming a Member, Sponsor, or Donor, you help RootsWeb provide Web > > and FTP space on thousands of genealogical topics, mailing > > lists for thousands of groups of genealogists with shared interests, and > > search engines to make huge amounts of genealogical data freely > > available to Internet genealogists.Become A Rootsweb Sponser Today! > > http://www.rootsweb.com/ > > > > ============================== > > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > > > > ==== ILMONTGO Mailing List ==== > Montgomery County Genealogical Society was formed in 1978 and its holdings are > housed at the Litchfield Carnegie Public Library in Litchfield. > P.O. Box 212, Litchfield, IL 62056-0212 > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi Could I please add one slight correction---Jane Street, grandmother of Steve Canaday, was born in Kentucky in either 1804 or 1805. She came to Montgomery CO in 1818 with her parents, Reverend James Street and Mary (Polly) Newton Street; her sibs John, Elizabeth, Anthony, James, Newton, Eli, Mary, and Martha; and her grandmother Elizabeth Newton. Nora Tocus

Robert Appleton wrote: > Nora, > Nothing in the alphabetical listings. > In the history portion, under early settlers > of Hillsboro Township (pages 884-885), after talking about Clear Springs > Church > being second church in the county (after one at Hurricane, near present > Van Burensburg): > > "While Clear Springs settlement was the first settlement in the county, > it was only a few months after then that Joel Smith and > David Kirkpatrick settled about where Hamilton was laid out was laid out." > (Hamilton was "about two and a half miles further southwest" -- page 863) > > And then the next paragraph "Among the early settlers, other than those > above mentioned, especially those particularly connected with the early > history > of the town of Hillsboro, were Robert Mann, brick kiln owner; John Marshall, > same business; Mark Rutlege, tavern keeper; C. B. Blockburger, tavern keeper > and > tin shop keeper; ..." > > Rob Appleton > [email protected] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Edward Tocus" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 3:05 PM > Subject: Re: [ILMONTGO] STARR > > > > > Thanks very much, Ron, for your thoughtfulness. Actually I do have the > information > > but am nonetheless grateful to you for thinking of me. David Monroe Starr > (my > > gg-grandfather) was the son of David Badgley Starr (my ggg-grandfather). > I visited > > both graves last month. > > > > Tell me this---do you have anything in your bag of tricks on Benjamin > Blockburger? > > He was a Hillsboro boy who went West about 1860 and did well there. He > was the > > boyhood pal and war buddy of David Badgley Starr's half-brother Wiley B > Smith. > > Wiley kept a diary of his service in the Mexican War and now a historical > society > > wants to publish the diary and has asked me for information about Wiley. > All I know > > of him post-war is that he was residing with Ben in California as of 1907 > when he > > made a visit to Hillsboro---Grandpa Starr wrote about this in a ledger. > > > > Wiley's father was Joel Smith, a pioneer ca 1820 and charter member of the > Hurricane > > Church---there's probably nothing about him---at least I sure can't find > much.. But > > there might be something on Blockburger. Thanks so much. Nora Tocus > > <[email protected]> > > > > > > ==== ILMONTGO Mailing List ==== > > The RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative is supported by its users: > > RootsWeb would cease to exist if not for the support of folks like you. > > By becoming a Member, Sponsor, or Donor, you help RootsWeb provide Web > > and FTP space on thousands of genealogical topics, mailing > > lists for thousands of groups of genealogists with shared interests, and > > search engines to make huge amounts of genealogical data freely > > available to Internet genealogists.Become A Rootsweb Sponser Today! > > http://www.rootsweb.com/ > > > > ============================== > > Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. > > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > > Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. > > > > > > ==== ILMONTGO Mailing List ==== > Montgomery County Genealogical Society was formed in 1978 and its holdings are > housed at the Litchfield Carnegie Public Library in Litchfield. > P.O. Box 212, Litchfield, IL 62056-0212 > > ============================== > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ Rob, that is wonderful---and it's a passage I didn't have. I am so involved with these folks. Joel Smith was third husband of Elizabeth Badgley Starr Titsworth Smith. In 1797 at the age of 18 she had come from Hardy CO VA with her father Reverend David Badgley and his party of 154 people, half of whom died of some epidemic disease. He survived to establish the first Protestant church in the Western Territories. I descend from her first marriage, to John Starr (who died, as did her second husband, Abraham Titsworth). Her third was Joel Smith and they probably started out in St. Clair CO, where she had returned to her father's home after Titsworth's sudden death when they ran away in a pirogue canoe with her eight or nine months pregnant and went downriver to Arkansas where she gave birth to Ezekiel Titsworth (later a Montgomery CO minister). I read that Joel Smith intended starting a salt works in Bond CO and that they went there in 1817. . I also read that the Indians were especially menacing in Bond CO in 1817 so perhaps that's why they moved on to the Hurricane settlement in 1818---Joel Smith is listed as one of the first members of that church. They then moved westward to the Clear Springs community where the church was formed in 1822. The first minister of Clear Springs Church was Reverend James Street, my gggg-grandfather, who was "lettered out" of Hurricane to start the Clear Springs Church. Street's daughter Jane married David Badgley Starr (Elizabeth's son of first marriage) in 1825. Now all are buried at Clear Springs Cemetery: Reverend James Street, his wife Mary Newton Street, Mary's mother Elizabeth Newton, Jane Street, David Badgley Starr, several of their children, and several of their grandchildren, and lots of others allied by kinship and marriage. The uproar over the location of the new Montgomery County seat also involved my family, I wonder if maybe in a not-nice way, since James Street was on the selection committee and the new town was to be on land owned by his son-in-law-to-be, David Badgley Starr. The deal fell through, Hillsboro went elsewhere, and the original site is now nothing at all, known as Woodboro. Clear Springs Church still stands but is inactive now for some years. The cemetery is maintained by an association in which Carol Berry <[email protected]> is instrumental as a near neighbor of church and cemetery. In later years a pastor who often preached there was Reverend Larkin Craig (1793-1881), another of my grandfathers (his daughter Frances Craig married David Monroe Starr s/o David Badgley Starr and Jane Street. Larkin Craig had served as State Senator from Bond-Macoupin-Montgomery from 1832-37. As a young child I found his collapsible tall silk Senator hat in the basement of his granddaughter, my great-grandmother born Jane Starr. David Badgley Starr and Jane Street settled on the federal land he bought a week after his 18th birthday (I assume with Badgley money). He fought in the Black Hawk War under Judge Hiram Rountree, who had married him and Jane. The couple raised seven children and lost four as infants.. Their eldest son Abraham Badgley Starr fought in the Mexican War in the company raised in Montgomery CO. In the same company were: 1) Ben Blockburger 2) Wiley B Smith, Elizabeth's son of her marriage to Joel Smith and thus the half-brother of David Badgley Starr. Wiley kept a diary of his war service. Abraham died three weeks after his discharge, by family story of a disease he'd caught in camp, which would be commensurate with history as this happened to many of the young soldiers who fought in that awful war. Ben married and went to California, where he prospered to the extent that the town of Blocksburg was named for him. After this I have no news of Wiley until 1907 when he visited Hillsboro at the same time as Ben Blockburger. Ben was living in California and I have thought that Wiley was too but not hide nor hair of him can I find out there so far. During this 1907 visit my gg-grandfather David Monroe Starr, then age 74, undertook to hand-copy Wiley's old war diary in the back of a ledger he used to record family history. His hand was still steady; he had been Montgomery County Surveyor for something like forty years and wrote a hand that is precise ane easily legible. I am so glad of the copy, as the original has disappeared as far as we know. Of Wiley I have no further information. A historical society is now interested in publishing the diary and wants to know something about Wiley, but I have little to tell them. Blockburger is another story---there is an incredible amount of information about this colorful character.... Well,. it's all a long time gone. I am as rooted in Montgomery County as a black walnut tree but until last month I had never set foot there. On May Day I visited my ancestors' graves for the first time. I had never heard spoken the names of the generations before my great-great grandfather David Monroe Starr, the one who copied Wiley's diary. Elizabeth and her many husbands, various other Badgleys, Larkin Craig's Revolutionary War veteran father, Jane Street and David, all their children, and all the other Streets I have come to know only in the last couple of years since taking up this interesting hobby. Another son of DBS and Jane was James Newton Starr, who wrote wonderful letters home from Kansas when he went out there to teach school---if you'd like to read one go to USGenWeb, Haskell CO KA. I feel affection for all of them but James is perhaps my favorite. When I die if God throws a big party so I can meet my ancestors, James is the one I'm asking for first. Do read his letter, which is full of warmth and humor---you have such a sense of the coziness and joy in their horrid little freezing-cold house where he and his wife were clearly in love with one another and with their new baby son. Describing their primitive living conditions he says, "Our bed is so low that if the cat runs under it he will knock his brains out, but as we have no cat we have no worries on that account." (James was to die of diphtheria at 31 leaving his wife with three children under four years of age and then two of those babies soon died, also of diphtheria.) I wonder sometimes how our folks stood their lives. Rob, I've kept you long enough. Again, many thanks for your help. Nora Tocus, Chicago