I recently contacted the National Personnel Records Center online at http://vetrecs.archives.gov to see what military records they had for my late husband and to see how it worked. They had none for him. They had me fill out some forms and send what I had which I did. They replied that his records would have been in the area that was destroyed by fire on July 12, 1973, which destroyed the major portion of Army records from 1912-1959 and Air Force records from Hubbard through Z for 1947-1963. They went on to say that in many cases there are alternate record sources which contain information but in my case I had more information that they did. It appears, however, that they DO have records for Navy, Marines, pre 1912 and post 1959 Army, post 1963 Air Force. Army Air Corps was filed in Army. If that is what you are seeking you might want to try this resource. Cheryl Rothwell logancty@mindspring.com Logan County, IL, Coordinator, ILGenWeb www.rootsweb.com/~illogan Central IL Regional Coordinator, ILGenWeb Clark, Downing, Harding, Lucas et al

Daughter, Dianne and granddaughters searching for any information Re: HOWARD, Minnie Mae (Nee MARTIN) DOB 05-09-1918 Lived most or all of life in Mossville, IL. north of Peoria. We will appriate any information regarding Minnie Mae and/or her family, past or present. Also desire information about her DOB & burial. Dianne

At: http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/townco.cgi you can enter the town and state and get information as to county. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form is also helpful in locating places like towns but also schools, cemeteries, etc. Hint: if you want Mt. Vernon at both sites you must write Mount Vernon. They don't do abbreviations. Cheryl Rothwell logancty@mindspring.com Logan County, IL, Coordinator, ILGenWeb www.rootsweb.com/~illogan Central IL Regional Coordinator, ILGenWeb Clark, Downing, Harding, Lucas et al

No, I am not. But, I may have emailed you in the past asking about the Miller's in Peoria area. I some times wonder about myself. Thanks for the email. Sharon

Hello, I see your last name is Miller. Are you related to to Mortimer M. Miller from Kickapoo township? Thank you for your answer. Sharon

There are still CROTZ families in Peoria. A few attended Spalding Institute/Academy of Our Lady in Peoria.

Sharon, Are you the Sharon that was writing about William Bogardus to Bobbie? If so I can give you the Bogardus-Van Pelt connection. Ken Wiltz in CA

Kevin, I accidentally deleted your other message about Emigrations to America, etc. It is not a book, it is a three part article that originally ran in an Alzenau newspaper in German. It was translated into English and sent to me and I edited (to sound right) and wrote it for the Peoria County Genealogical Society's Prairie Roots, their quarterly. It was also in part published in the Marin County Genealogical Society's Kin Tracer, their quarterly. I am Treasurer and Life Member of the MCGS and I have been a member of the PCGS for many years. I should have become a Life Member of it also. In regards the article there are no mention of any families except those that I referred to in my first message, Trageser, Stein, Wilz (information furnished to author by me), Eisert, Reisert, Eisel, so if any of these names are of interest I can forward to you a copy of the article, 3 1/2 double sided pages. Just let me know if you are at the old address I have for you. Ken Wiltz in California

I got back home and was browing my indexes and came across the following entry who might be Edward Purcell, husband of Ann McGee Ridgeway Purcell (Crotz) 1860 Em Purcell Marshall Co, Illinois Steuben page 217 The Em could actually be a misindexing of a hard to read abbreviation for Edward...aka Ed. Since this is a Marshall Co entry, you may have to check with another list for a lookup of this entry to see if the family might be Ann's. It is highly likely that this is the Edward and Ann Purcell 1860 entry, because someone else found Ann and children for you in the very same Steuben township. I don't know if all of Peoria Co marriages are on the Illinois marriage index yet....rather...just how late they go. I haven't looked at that for a while. BUT....we know that the son, Thomas Purcell married in 1879 in Peoria and that shows up on the Illinois marriage index. You should check with Marshall Co directly to see if they have a possible marriage for Ann McGee Ridgeway Purcell to a Crotz/Krotz between 1870 and 1880...the most probable years she remarried to the unknown Crotz gentleman. Another thought....have you checked both Marshall Co and Peoria Co for a probate/will for Edward Purcell? Since there were children involved, surely there should be something. A probate file might give some additional clues....check even envelopes for return addresses. Hope the above turns out to be your Ann. Let me know...I'm curious. Julie Bissell Tupker

Jacob Kratz in Lacon, 1860 - age 39, born in Bayern, general laborer residing with the James Jenkins family. Also in the 1870 census for Marshall Co. at Hopewell is a Jacob Pursel, age 66, born in New Jersey, wife Mary and sons Robert and Lewis. Hopewell had a Lacon mailing address at that time. Illinois Death Records Index 1916-1950 PURSELL JOLEEN I F/W UNK 0039675 1945-10-25 PEORIA PEORIA - - PURSELL THEODORE M/W UNK 0720364 1932-08-04 PEORIA BRIMFIELD TWP 32-08-04 PURSELL THOMAS M/W Y-77 0018142 1935-04-21 PEORIA LIMESTONE ----- Original Message ----- From: <JulieBskt@aol.com> To: <ILPEORIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 2:52 PM Subject: [ILPEORIA-L] 1860 CROTZ entries > I found a handful, but by no means maybe all, the entries for a CROTZ in 1860 > Marshall or Peoria Cos Illinois. > > CHARLES, LEWIS and WILLIAM CROTZ of Peoria Co Richwoods and Logan twps were > too young...all in their mid 30s. > > Jacob CROTZ of Peoria Co, Chillicothe caught my eye...page 471....as he was > in the same twp as Thomas, Amy Purcell and Ann Crotz...and Ezra Ridgeway > family. However, he was married (age 45 with a housefull of kids) > > BUT....then I looked for any body in Marshall Co and found a Jacob Kratz > page page 103 of Lacon (sp) township I don't have access to that entry and you > may need somebody to look it up for you. > > It is possible, that Ann married the FATHER of the Jacob Crotz in Peoria Co > and they moved there to be near his son...OR..she may just have moved there > with her son, Thomas (aka Purcell Purcell)....but in any case...the Marshall Co > Jacob Kratz should be checked out. > > Gotta go...hubby is calling to load the car. > > I'm on digest version, so I won't get any responses until the list in digest > form comes out. > > Julie T > > > ==== ILPEORIA Mailing List ==== > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >

I found a handful, but by no means maybe all, the entries for a CROTZ in 1860 Marshall or Peoria Cos Illinois. CHARLES, LEWIS and WILLIAM CROTZ of Peoria Co Richwoods and Logan twps were too young...all in their mid 30s. Jacob CROTZ of Peoria Co, Chillicothe caught my eye...page 471....as he was in the same twp as Thomas, Amy Purcell and Ann Crotz...and Ezra Ridgeway family. However, he was married (age 45 with a housefull of kids) BUT....then I looked for any body in Marshall Co and found a Jacob Kratz page page 103 of Lacon (sp) township I don't have access to that entry and you may need somebody to look it up for you. It is possible, that Ann married the FATHER of the Jacob Crotz in Peoria Co and they moved there to be near his son...OR..she may just have moved there with her son, Thomas (aka Purcell Purcell)....but in any case...the Marshall Co Jacob Kratz should be checked out. Gotta go...hubby is calling to load the car. I'm on digest version, so I won't get any responses until the list in digest form comes out. Julie T

I forgot to mention that in addition to the other 1880 entry on the Pursell Pursell (aka Thomas Pursell?) family with Ann KRATZ....next door was EZRA RIDGEWAY...age 29. That would be the little one year old boy in the 1850 census. I would say that this definately makes Ann KRATZ your lady...BUT...now a new mystery develops at to whom and when she married yet another time. I forgot to also mention that I checked..but VERY fast...the Illinois marriage index....but there are a lot of variant spellings of Pursell and Kratz....and for all I know she married under McGee or Ridgeway again. This all needs to be checked. The marriage apparently took place anywhere from 1859 on. While she appeared in the 1870 census under the Purcell or Ridgeway name...can't remember which....it doesn't mean that that was her LEGAL name either....she well could have been married and widowed AGAIN before the 1870 census....and for convenience sake, just went by the name of her children. Again....best wishes...Julie Tupker

I believe I may have found your Ann in the 1880 census. First, I found her son Thomas's approx birth year of 1859 and then looked for him on the 1880 census index I have. He does NOT appear under the name Thomas. However, then I did a search for the woman who the Illinois Marriage Index indicates he may have married, Amy Reed (1879 in Peoria Co) and Amy Purcell DID appear. Her husband was listed as Purcell, Purcell, so there is the problem. Now the listing is as follows: Peoria Co, Chillicothe page 367D (on the LDS 1880 index) FHL film 1254240 National Archieves Film T9-0240 Purcell Purcell farmer age 22 for Ill Father born ? Mother born Ohio Amy Purcell keeping house wife 18 born IL Father born IL Mother born IL Ann CROTZ mother age 64 born Ohio Father Ohio Mother Ohio Ann CROTZ who appear in the above 1880 census, is apparently the mother of the male head of the household and note that HIS mother was born in Ohio whereas, his wife, Amy (nee REED) Purcell's mother was born in Illinois. Note...this woman was born the same year as the woman in the 1870 census found by another Peoria lister. I would suggest that it is possible that Edward Purcell either died just before the 1860 census and that either Ann is listed as head of household, or buried in another Purcell household, OR....he died and she remarried....to a CROTZ (also check , KROTZ,KRATZ, CRATZ, etc). The other possibility is that Ann and Edward Purcell divorced. Even though it ~appears~ she may have widowed, that is not always the case even when it is stated. Often back then, they SAID they were widowed to census takers because they thought it ~looked~ better. Now....if this is your Ann Mc GEE Ridgeway Purcell CROTZ....I would suggest that you look at cemeteries in Peoria Co or Marshall Co for ANN CROTZ and see what comes up. If you can find a burial for Thomas and Amy Pursell.....Ann may be buried in the same plot or close by....possibly with her last husband...whatever his first name was. As to the 1860 census....I don't know if I'll have time to check or not....but it is possible that Ann did remarry before the 1860 census to this unknown CROTZ...in which case, they may appear in Peoria or Marshall or some nearby county in the 1860 census. Also...I would check each and every household of possible adult Ridgeway children in the area to see if Ann is living with any of them during the 1860 census. While any male children would be simpler to find, the females would be harder. However, it is possible to check the Illinois marriage index to see if you can track marriage for them, and then look for them in the census under their husband's name. It appears in the 1850 census...the way the children are listed...that it was Not John Ridgeway's first marriage...he was 10 years older than Ann....and the children appear to be listed with those they had together first after Ann's name...and then starting again with the oldest from a previous marriage of John's. Therefore, in 1860, only Johnathan age 12 in 1850 might have been out on his own if he was still alive. Rebecca would have only been 15, and while she might have married that young, it wasn't as common as you'd think. I will see if I can do a quick 1860 scan for a Kratz....but we're leaving shortly for grandma's house for Thanksgiving. Hope this information is helpful....I'll check back in when we get to our destination to see if you have any additional information. I won't have my references with me, but can possibly check a few other things from that distance. Good luck...and Happy Thanksgiving. Julie

The two names that have question marks - I checked the census image: They are: RIDGEWAY, Eza, age 21 RIDGEWAY, Barzilla, age 18 both males, born in Illinois and both are farmers There is a John and Ann Ridgeway residing in Marshall Co. in the 1850 census with several children listed with them, including Ezra. This Ann is listed as being born in Kentucky, age 43. Following is an entry for the marriage record of Ann McGee and John Ridgeway: Mcgee, Ann and Ridgeway, John 05 Jul 1832 Illinois Peoria County (It appears you have this information) ----- Original Message ----- From: "ELMER BAYLES" <eebayles@msn.com> To: <ILPEORIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 3:45 PM Subject: Re: [ILPEORIA-L] PURCELL - RIDGEWAY/RIDGWAY - McGEE > 1870 STEUBEN, MARSHALL CO, ILLINOIS CENSUS > > ANN PURCELL, AGE 54, BORN PENNSYLVANIA, HOUSE KEEPER. > MARY AGE 13 BORN IN ILLINOIS > THOMAS AGE 11 BORN IN ILLINOIS > ALSO LIVING IN THIS HOUSEHOLD ARE: > FEGERRARY (?), EZA, MALE, AGE 21, FARMER, BORN IN ILLINOIS. > FEGERRARY (?), ZARZILLA, FEMALE, AGE 18, BORN IN ILLINOIS. > > HOPE THIS HELPS. > MARIE IN ILLINOIS > eebayles@msn.com > > PS. COULD NOT FIND HER WITH EDWARD PURCELL ON 1860 CENSUS. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: cashby2587@lvcta.com > Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 10:37 AM > To: ILPEORIA-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ILPEORIA-L] PURCELL - RIDGEWAY/RIDGWAY - McGEE > > I hope some 'Peorian' can help me. I've been trying for years to locate my > ancestral grandmother's grave, obit , 1880 census entry and/or death > information: > > Ann (nee' McGee) Ridgeway/Ridgway Purcell who was born about > 1810-1815--married Peoria County in 1832 to John Ridgeway, who died in 1852. > She md 2nd in 1854, Edward Purcell and they lived in both Peoria and > Marshall counties. A Peoria County history notes in their pioneer group > that Ann was still living at the time of its publication in 1880. > > I made a special trip to Peoria Co a few years ago to look through the Clerk > of Court death register, but as any of you Peorians know, that office > refuses to permit anyone to see their dockets and I had to come all the way > back to central Iowa empty-handed. At that time I didn't check for a > probate for Ann, but I did check for land records. > > I cannot find Ann PURCELL in the 1880 census, nor in the few cemetery > listings have I found her grave under the name, PURCELL , yet I've been > looking for Ann PURCELL and an 1869 pioneer meeting group in Marshall County > lists her as 'Ann RIDGEWAY' rather than PURCELL--at that time she was > widowed from Edward Purcell and perhaps she went back to her former surname, > Ridgeway, for some reason. > > I'd deeply appreicate any information on this as I've hit a brickwall. > C. Brees Cashby2587@lvcta.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <ILPEORIA-D-request@rootsweb.com> > To: <ILPEORIA-D@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 7:00 AM > Subject: ILPEORIA-D Digest V03 #122 > > > > ==== ILPEORIA Mailing List ==== > Visit the Peoria County ILGenWeb Home Page! > http://www.usgennet.org/~ilpeoria/index.html > > > ==== ILPEORIA Mailing List ==== > Visit the Peoria County ILGenWeb Home Page! > http://www.usgennet.org/~ilpeoria/index.html >

1870 STEUBEN, MARSHALL CO, ILLINOIS CENSUS ANN PURCELL, AGE 54, BORN PENNSYLVANIA, HOUSE KEEPER. MARY AGE 13 BORN IN ILLINOIS THOMAS AGE 11 BORN IN ILLINOIS ALSO LIVING IN THIS HOUSEHOLD ARE: FEGERRARY (?), EZA, MALE, AGE 21, FARMER, BORN IN ILLINOIS. FEGERRARY (?), ZARZILLA, FEMALE, AGE 18, BORN IN ILLINOIS. HOPE THIS HELPS. MARIE IN ILLINOIS eebayles@msn.com PS. COULD NOT FIND HER WITH EDWARD PURCELL ON 1860 CENSUS. ----- Original Message ----- From: cashby2587@lvcta.com Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 10:37 AM To: ILPEORIA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ILPEORIA-L] PURCELL - RIDGEWAY/RIDGWAY - McGEE I hope some 'Peorian' can help me. I've been trying for years to locate my ancestral grandmother's grave, obit , 1880 census entry and/or death information: Ann (nee' McGee) Ridgeway/Ridgway Purcell who was born about 1810-1815--married Peoria County in 1832 to John Ridgeway, who died in 1852. She md 2nd in 1854, Edward Purcell and they lived in both Peoria and Marshall counties. A Peoria County history notes in their pioneer group that Ann was still living at the time of its publication in 1880. I made a special trip to Peoria Co a few years ago to look through the Clerk of Court death register, but as any of you Peorians know, that office refuses to permit anyone to see their dockets and I had to come all the way back to central Iowa empty-handed. At that time I didn't check for a probate for Ann, but I did check for land records. I cannot find Ann PURCELL in the 1880 census, nor in the few cemetery listings have I found her grave under the name, PURCELL , yet I've been looking for Ann PURCELL and an 1869 pioneer meeting group in Marshall County lists her as 'Ann RIDGEWAY' rather than PURCELL--at that time she was widowed from Edward Purcell and perhaps she went back to her former surname, Ridgeway, for some reason. I'd deeply appreicate any information on this as I've hit a brickwall. C. Brees Cashby2587@lvcta.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <ILPEORIA-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <ILPEORIA-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 7:00 AM Subject: ILPEORIA-D Digest V03 #122 ==== ILPEORIA Mailing List ==== Visit the Peoria County ILGenWeb Home Page! http://www.usgennet.org/~ilpeoria/index.html

----- Original Message ----- From: ELMER BAYLES Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 12:18 PM To: ILPEORIA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ILPEORIA-L] PURCELL - RIDGEWAY/RIDGWAY - McGEE Sometimes when a woman has children by her first husband and none by her second husband, the woman will revert back to her first husband's last name AFTER HER SECOND HUSBAND'S DEATH in order to keep everyone in the family under the same surname. This is not uncommon. I will try to find what I can for you this afternoon. Marie in Illinois ----- Original Message ----- From: cashby2587@lvcta.com Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 10:37 AM To: ILPEORIA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ILPEORIA-L] PURCELL - RIDGEWAY/RIDGWAY - McGEE I hope some 'Peorian' can help me. I've been trying for years to locate my ancestral grandmother's grave, obit , 1880 census entry and/or death information: Ann (nee' McGee) Ridgeway/Ridgway Purcell who was born about 1810-1815--married Peoria County in 1832 to John Ridgeway, who died in 1852. She md 2nd in 1854, Edward Purcell and they lived in both Peoria and Marshall counties. A Peoria County history notes in their pioneer group that Ann was still living at the time of its publication in 1880. I made a special trip to Peoria Co a few years ago to look through the Clerk of Court death register, but as any of you Peorians know, that office refuses to permit anyone to see their dockets and I had to come all the way back to central Iowa empty-handed. At that time I didn't check for a probate for Ann, but I did check for land records. I cannot find Ann PURCELL in the 1880 census, nor in the few cemetery listings have I found her grave under the name, PURCELL , yet I've been looking for Ann PURCELL and an 1869 pioneer meeting group in Marshall County lists her as 'Ann RIDGEWAY' rather than PURCELL--at that time she was widowed from Edward Purcell and perhaps she went back to her former surname, Ridgeway, for some reason. I'd deeply appreicate any information on this as I've hit a brickwall. C. Brees Cashby2587@lvcta.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <ILPEORIA-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <ILPEORIA-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 7:00 AM Subject: ILPEORIA-D Digest V03 #122 ==== ILPEORIA Mailing List ==== Visit the Peoria County ILGenWeb Home Page! http://www.usgennet.org/~ilpeoria/index.html ==== ILPEORIA Mailing List ==== Visit the Peoria County ILGenWeb Home Page! http://www.usgennet.org/~ilpeoria/index.html

Sometimes when a women has children by her first husband and none by her second husband, the women will revert back to her first husband's last name in order to keep everyone in the family under the same surname. This is not uncommon. I will try to find what I can for you this afternoon. Marie in Illinois ----- Original Message ----- From: cashby2587@lvcta.com Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 10:37 AM To: ILPEORIA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ILPEORIA-L] PURCELL - RIDGEWAY/RIDGWAY - McGEE I hope some 'Peorian' can help me. I've been trying for years to locate my ancestral grandmother's grave, obit , 1880 census entry and/or death information: Ann (nee' McGee) Ridgeway/Ridgway Purcell who was born about 1810-1815--married Peoria County in 1832 to John Ridgeway, who died in 1852. She md 2nd in 1854, Edward Purcell and they lived in both Peoria and Marshall counties. A Peoria County history notes in their pioneer group that Ann was still living at the time of its publication in 1880. I made a special trip to Peoria Co a few years ago to look through the Clerk of Court death register, but as any of you Peorians know, that office refuses to permit anyone to see their dockets and I had to come all the way back to central Iowa empty-handed. At that time I didn't check for a probate for Ann, but I did check for land records. I cannot find Ann PURCELL in the 1880 census, nor in the few cemetery listings have I found her grave under the name, PURCELL , yet I've been looking for Ann PURCELL and an 1869 pioneer meeting group in Marshall County lists her as 'Ann RIDGEWAY' rather than PURCELL--at that time she was widowed from Edward Purcell and perhaps she went back to her former surname, Ridgeway, for some reason. I'd deeply appreicate any information on this as I've hit a brickwall. C. Brees Cashby2587@lvcta.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <ILPEORIA-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <ILPEORIA-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 7:00 AM Subject: ILPEORIA-D Digest V03 #122 ==== ILPEORIA Mailing List ==== Visit the Peoria County ILGenWeb Home Page! http://www.usgennet.org/~ilpeoria/index.html

I hope some 'Peorian' can help me. I've been trying for years to locate my ancestral grandmother's grave, obit , 1880 census entry and/or death information: Ann (nee' McGee) Ridgeway/Ridgway Purcell who was born about 1810-1815--married Peoria County in 1832 to John Ridgeway, who died in 1852. She md 2nd in 1854, Edward Purcell and they lived in both Peoria and Marshall counties. A Peoria County history notes in their pioneer group that Ann was still living at the time of its publication in 1880. I made a special trip to Peoria Co a few years ago to look through the Clerk of Court death register, but as any of you Peorians know, that office refuses to permit anyone to see their dockets and I had to come all the way back to central Iowa empty-handed. At that time I didn't check for a probate for Ann, but I did check for land records. I cannot find Ann PURCELL in the 1880 census, nor in the few cemetery listings have I found her grave under the name, PURCELL , yet I've been looking for Ann PURCELL and an 1869 pioneer meeting group in Marshall County lists her as 'Ann RIDGEWAY' rather than PURCELL--at that time she was widowed from Edward Purcell and perhaps she went back to her former surname, Ridgeway, for some reason. I'd deeply appreicate any information on this as I've hit a brickwall. C. Brees Cashby2587@lvcta.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <ILPEORIA-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <ILPEORIA-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 7:00 AM Subject: ILPEORIA-D Digest V03 #122

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Hi Sandra, Wow!! This is Great, I really appreciate you giving me all this information on my White and McKown Families this is wonderful. Most of it I don't have.Thanks! Thanks for the time it took to find and type it up. If you find more family inf. I would love to have it. THANKS Again, Regards, Iris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra Weber" <marana@charter.net> To: <ILPEORIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 11:03 PM Subject: [ILPEORIA-L] McKown Family, cont. > Eliza McKown was married to Alanson Bouton on Jan. 5, 1854. Mr. Bouton died July 3, 1868 and their only child, Miss Minnie, still lives at home with her mother. > > Amanda McKown married Isaac Crowe and now lives in Toulon, Ill.; her children are: Wm. Crowe of Iowa, Mrs. Ella Moss of Jubilee and Mrs. Jennie Smith of Toulon. > > Hugh McKown married Lizzie Bouton on March 29, 1864 and died April 8, 1874. Their children are Mrs. Lena Miller; Emma (deceased); Alanson B., living in Iowa; Mrs. Lois Beall and Mrs. Stella Graves. > > Levi McKown married Jane German and they are now living at Elmwood, Ill. Their children are: Mrs. Allie Carter, William, Lewis, Albert, Bessie, Frank, Edith and Eldon. > > Mary McKown married Hiram Bronson, both of them now dead; a daughter, Mrs. Clara Archibald is living in Iowa and a son, Mark, went to the Phillippines some years ago and has not been heard from. > > Cynthia McKown married Malchiah Mendell and she is still living in Kansas, although now critically ill. She has six children: Mrs. Mary Gadberry of Russell, Kan.; Mrs. Ida Bowman of Moran, Kan.; Luther A. of Gorham, Kan.; Eliza H. of Russell, Kan.; and Iva L. of Russell, Kan. (Mrs. Mendell died April 18, 1911, and was buried in the Russell Cemetery). > > Mrs. Bouton is probably the oldest settler now in this locality. She remembers the building of the first school house, the coming of the Slane family from Kickapoo, also the coming of the Blanchards, the coming of Mr. Stevens, the building of the first Morrow store, the staking out of the original village in 1837, the building of the first Presbyterian Church, where Cheesman Bros. Store now stands and has been familiar with practically all of Princeville's history. She also remembers the starting of the cemetery out on the Northwest hill and can tell of the burials in the South woods for a few years before that. There were many hardships during these early years that the people of today know nothing about, but along with the hardships there were many pleasant happenings. Best of all was the old spirit of hospitality and ever readiness to help friends. > > > ==== ILPEORIA Mailing List ==== > List problems? First, read the Welcome Message that you received > when you subscribed. Feel free to contact Cheryl Rothwell, LoganCty@mindspring.com > >