Don, I saw your post and for some reason Shelburn sounded familiar -- although I don't have anyone on the family tree with that name. Then I realized that your ancestors and mine were neighbors! My grandfather, Art Brown, and Bill Shelburn were friends. Art lived at 996 E. College Ave; he was born 29 Dec 1899 so is the same age as Bill. My grandfather wrote a "book" about his youth in Jacksonville -- a book that was only intended to be given to his children and grandchildren. There are some treasures in it, though, about life in Jacksonville, circa 1900-1920. He wrote about the Shelburns a few times in it: This is from a chapter called "The Games We Played." "I was most fortunate in having four childhood friends who contributed greatly to my happiness. They all lived within a quarter of a mile of our house, and we were together every day the year around. We attended the same grade school, the same church, and went through high school together. "The Arters (Russ and Al) lived at 947 East College Avenue. . . . "Bill Shelburn lived next door to the Arters. His father was a house painter. His grandfather lived with them and was a Civil War veteran (he never called it the Civil War, but always referred to it as "The Rebellion"). He had been a prisoner at Andersonville and told us many stories of the suffering and privation in this ignominious prison camp and also told us many stories of army life and the battles in which he had participated. He was old; however, his mind was active and he was most interesting." (The rest of the chapter describes some of the games they played, including "Run, Sheep, Run" and a game with two teams who had to protect 10 Pet Milk cans each). This is from the chapter called "Christmas." "From the time I was seven or eight years old, until I was eighteen, the two Arter boys, Fred Lynn, Bill Shelburn, and I spent every Sunday at the Centenary Methodist Church -- Sunday School in the morning; church services in the evening; and prayer meeting on Wednesday evening. So we were interested in and involved in all the activities of the church. . . ." There may be more in the book about the Shelburns, but this is all I found looking through the book very quickly this morning. I'll look through it some more. I'd be glad to send you copies of the pages that include your ancestors if you'd like. Sorry so long-winded. When I read my grandpa's book it's hard to leave anything out because he described things in such great detail. I'd love to share more with you if I find it. Cathie ----- Original Message ----- From: Don Matson <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 10:50 AM Subject: [ILMORGAN] Shelburn family, 1900 Jacksonville > Posted on: Morgan Co. IL Query Page > Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Morgan?read=176 > > Surname: Shelburn, Ashby, Hukil > ------------------------- > > Looking for descendants of Augustus Shelburn family on 1900 census in Jacksonville... > 953 E. College Ave. > Augustus Shelburn b. 5/ /1848 age 62 b. Ky. > Eliza " b. 2/ /1842 age 58 b. Il. > Frederick " b. 8/ /1879 age 20 b. Il. > Samuel Ashby b. 9/ /1889 age 10 b. Il. nephew > > 1016 E. College Ave. > Joshua Shelburn b. 6/ /1872 age ? b. Il. > Rosa W. " b. 3/ /1876 age 24 b. Mo. > William A. " b. 5/ /1900 age 1/12 b. Il. > Mary A. Hukil b. 4/ /1884 age 51 b. Mo. m. in law > Stonewall J. Hukil b. 3/ /1891 age 8 b. Mo. b. in law > I'm only interested in getting info. on the Shelburn blood line descendants > only. Thank you. > [email protected] > Stonewall J. Hukil b. > > > ==== ILMORGAN Mailing List ==== > Visit the Morgan County ILGenWeb Page and see what's new. Recent additions > - over 200 plus OBITS linked to Cemetery Inscriptions. Find them at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmorgan/obit-dex.htm > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmorgan/morgan.htm > >

Cathie, What a treasure you have in the book by your grandfather! And how kind of you to share it. I know I enjoyed reading what you sent on the email. I wish I had a book written by any of my ancestors! Thanks so much for sharing. :-) Sally