John WILKINS was born in what would become the state of Illinois about 1790 and was the first to enter land in Jersey County. { http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/I/ILJERSEY+2002+350502802+F} WILKINS(married Elizabeth DORSEY?) had a daughter named Harriet (born 1825 Delhi, Greene County, Illinois?) Perley SILLOWAY, born about 1811 in New Hampshire, married Harriet WILKINS May 28, 1840 at Jersey County, Illinois. See 1850 Census Jerseyville, Jersey County, Illinois page 5b 67, 69 line 26; 1860 Virden Town 12 Range 6, Virden P.O., Macoupin County, Illinois page 135 1000, 951 line 22. Frederick W. (WILKINS?) SILLOWAY, the son of Perley SILLOWAY and Harriet (WILKINS) SILLOWAY, married Emma J. HOLMES July 5, 1862 at Morgan County, Illinois. Below is what I believe to be Emma HOLMES nuclear family. Does anyone know this family. What is the relationship, if any, of John HOLMES to Peris HOLMES and Palmer HOLMES. http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/I/ILMORGAN+2003+110187369+F http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/I/ILMORGAN+2003+109185751+F Census 1850 Morgan County, Illinois page 353 2558,2613 Line 25 John Holmes 42 m Carpenter 1000 NY Julia 29 f NY Milton 11 m NY Francis 9 m ILL. Emma 7 f ILL Amanda 5 f ILL Edgar 25 m Farmer NY