How kind of you to reply! My Frank Firley was born about 1838. His first wife was Elizabeth Wenner; they married in 1861 in Madison County (I have that record). Elizabeth died in Worden, Madison County, sometime between the birth of her last child in 1875 and the time of the 1880 census. Unfortunately I have no record of her death or burial either. (Madison County Courthouse has no record either.) He remarried in 1881, to a Hilde Will, in Edwardsville, Madison County. The last record I have of him is a notice of his death in Walshville in 1899. He was a blacksmith by trade and his son continued the trade in Walshville, so I am certain that I have the correct Firley. I have scoured the cemetery records for Madison County and can't find either one of them buried there. Walshville and Montgomery County are new territory for me. Any suggestions? Thanks very much, Myra Dittes ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dewey Everts" <Evertshistory@webtv.net> To: <ILMONTGO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 12:12 PM Subject: Re: [ILMONTGO] Frank Firley > If he was 61, he was born in 1839. Married circa 1860. If he was > marrried in Illinois, they have marriage records. In what county is > Mount Olive? If it is in Montgomery, that is a difficult County to > search, believe me. I ran the marriage records for Frank Finley. I will > go back and see if there is a John married circa 1860. What was his > wife's name? > > Rev. Everts > > > ==== ILMONTGO Mailing List ==== > Visit the Montgomery County ILGenWeb Home Page! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmontgo/ > >
Hello My Ancestors came from Montgomery County and also Madison county My 6thgreatgrand father Jacob Sr Baker died 1840 in Montgomery Co, he had son Jacob Jr. Baker living in same county and died 1854 and his first wife was Nancy Farley and she died after the 1850 census was taken. I wonder if the name Firley and Farley could be one and the same. Jacob Jr and Nancy were married in White Co., IL. Just a thought that they might be from the same families. Malcolm (Mike) Baker ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mangold & Dittes" <mangolddittes@comcast.net> To: <ILMONTGO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 12:28 PM Subject: Re: [ILMONTGO] Frank Firley > How kind of you to reply! > > My Frank Firley was born about 1838. His first wife was Elizabeth Wenner; > they married in 1861 in Madison County (I have that record). Elizabeth died > in Worden, Madison County, sometime between the birth of her last child in > 1875 and the time of the 1880 census. Unfortunately I have no record of > her death or burial either. (Madison County Courthouse has no record > either.) > > He remarried in 1881, to a Hilde Will, in Edwardsville, Madison County. > > The last record I have of him is a notice of his death in Walshville in > 1899. He was a blacksmith by trade and his son continued the trade in > Walshville, so I am certain that I have the correct Firley. > > I have scoured the cemetery records for Madison County and can't find either > one of them buried there. Walshville and Montgomery County are new > territory for me. Any suggestions? > > Thanks very much, Myra Dittes > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dewey Everts" <Evertshistory@webtv.net> > To: <ILMONTGO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 12:12 PM > Subject: Re: [ILMONTGO] Frank Firley > > > > If he was 61, he was born in 1839. Married circa 1860. If he was > > marrried in Illinois, they have marriage records. In what county is > > Mount Olive? If it is in Montgomery, that is a difficult County to > > search, believe me. I ran the marriage records for Frank Finley. I will > > go back and see if there is a John married circa 1860. What was his > > wife's name? > > > > Rev. Everts > > > > > > ==== ILMONTGO Mailing List ==== > > Visit the Montgomery County ILGenWeb Home Page! > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmontgo/ > > > > > > > > ==== ILMONTGO Mailing List ==== > Visit the Montgomery County ILGenWeb Home Page! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmontgo/ >
Myra, a few years ago my Dad and I listed all the readable stones at Walshville's Baptist Cemetery aka Lemen Cemetery, which is SE of Walshville, and your Firley wasn't found, although many stones are unreadable. Neither is he in the earlier list of this cemetery by Walter R. Sanders, probably made in the 1950's. I would suggest trying to figure out what his religion was. If he was Baptist, he is probably at that cemetery with an unreadable stone. If he's Catholic, then he'd likely be at the nearest Catholic burial ground, etc. Good luck, Juli Claussen