Posted on: Pike Co. Il Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Pike?read=240 Surname: GREIWE, GRIEVE, SOMMERS, MILLS ------------------------- I will gladly share any information that I have. I will contact you personally.

Posted on: Pike Co. Il Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Pike?read=238 Surname: Newenham, Greiwe ------------------------- I am interested in sharing information with you on your Pike Co, IL, Newenham/Greiwe family

Thanks, Barbara, great job and great idea for a roll call. Still looking for the 1st wife and parents of Wyman GRIFFIN b. 1788 CT d. unk (we think in Pike Co. IL) m. 2nd Sarah WATSON 11-18-1816 in Fairfield Co. Ohio. Child: Young GRIFFIN b. 1812 KY (We would like to know where), m. Mary Ann FARRINGTON 7-3-1831 in Morgan Co. IL Mary Ann's father, Solomon, was a member of the Montezuma School board in Pike Co., IL. (Others have run this FARRINGTON line back). Their child , Ferdinand Cortez GRIFFIN, b. 5-10-1832 in Milton, Pike Co. IL d. Tenn, buried Salem, Dent Co. MO. m. Catherine HOLDER(N) Census records show Wyman: 1820 Medina Co. Ohio 1830 Geauga Co. Ohio 1840 Pike Co. IL 1850 Pike Co. IL 1860 Pike Co. IL Montezuma ( this may be a grandson with the same name) Census records show Young: 1840 Pike Co. IL 1850 Izard Co. Ark 1860 Jackson Co. IL Evan's Landing Young also bought land in Pike Co. in 1838 near Wyman in Bedford, Pike Co. Thanks to Melvin and Pat for helping us last year when we first got on the list. We did go to Pike Co. last summer and received royal treatment at the courthouse. Great people there! We looked at tax rolls and Wyman and Young GRIFFIN weren't listed. Did they hide? We would love to know what type of people they were. We can't find where they even socialized! Any help, clues, info. would be very much appreciated. John and Brenda Griffin in Lakeview, Oregon

Folks My Juno E-mail service, the "main computer," turned its belly to the sun yesterday late afternoon, evening, and into the wee hours. One message from Jerry Davis made it though, but nothing else. So, if anyone else wrote yesterday, please try again. Among other things, Jerry points out that the happenstance of some of my great-great grandfather Benjamin Powers' kids being born at Pittsfield, but others at Atlas, could be because the doctor delayed the paperwork and misremembered the actual place. (Or the birth occurred away from home.) Thank you, Jerry. About my neighbors query yesterday, I did search the back issues of ILPIKE-L and found that the Barnett Willsey family was a pretty close neighbor. Barnett Sr came from New York state in 1837 (via Ohio). My Benjamin Powers came from New York state in about 1834 or 1835 or so. I'm just wondering what part of New York state Barnett Willsey Sr. came from (that's not in the March 2, 2000 post citing the Pike History book). I'm wondering if the Willseys and the Powers might have known each other in New York. My guy came from Alfred, Allegany County, NY. Also, I'm wondering if Barnett's son Barnett J. Willsey could have bought some or all of my Benjamin Powers' farm at section 29, Pittsfield township. Ben left for Oregon -- permanently -- in 1852, when Barnett J. was age 17 or 18, so maybe that's unlikely. (Ben's farm straddled sections 29 and 32.) I asked about possible mills. Jerry Davis thinks that Six Mile Creek at "1300 N" is kinda short on water. In the ILPIKE back issues, I noticed that the Pike History seems to cover the early mill owners pretty well, but omits Benjamin Powers, so maybe Ben had no mill. Oh well. Anyway, where did the Willseys come from in New York? Lester Powers lesterps@juno.com ________________________________________________________________ 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.

Posted on: Pike Co. Il Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Pike?read=236 Surname: PETERSON, SHAHAN, EULER, GORTON, SHAUL ------------------------- Thanks for responding, Norm. Yes, we descend from the same PETERSON family of Pike Co., IL. In fact, you also descend from the SHAHAN family I am researching along with the Petersons. Cora certainly was a daughter of Benjamin Abbott Peterson and Bethalinda SHAUL. I have Cora's photo, along with siblings and Benj dated c1888-1900. When I found Cora's obit, I was surprised to learn my grandmother Flora GORTON and my mother, Edna (EULER) GORTON, attended Cora's funeral in 1928. There is quite a bit about the PETERSON family in my book Shaul Family History. I'd be happy to share with you directly. bonne@mc.net

Candace, One of the reasons for the migration from central Ohio ( Pickaway, Franklin, Ross, Pike, Madison Co.s etc) was there was a major cholera epidemic in that area in 1833. Truman ----- Original Message ----- From: "candace smith" <andace@bellsouth.net> To: <ILPIKE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2000 7:41 PM Subject: [ILPIKE] Clermont Co. to Pike > Does anyone know whay there seems to be so many families that migrated > from Clermont Co. Ohio to the Pike county area? I keep seeing families > list this area of Ohio in the 1840's or so as the place of residence > for their families and then they appear in Pike county. It's not really > important but I just thought there must have been some historical reason > for the migration. Thanks Candace Jeffers Smith >

In a message dated 4/26/2000 8:51:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time, dobert@adams.net writes: << Submitted by: Dorothy Obert Email address: dobert@adams.net Subject: Cemetery Listing Addition cemetery: Griggsville location: NW corner of Griggsville >> Dorothy, Your submissions to Griggsville cem. have been posted one was a duplicate Thanks for the submissions -- Glenda Family Historian ********** .............\\\|/// \\ ~ ~ // ( @ @ ) ------- oOOo-(_)-oOOo---------------------------- Visit my web page & sign my Guestbook <A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~glendasubyak">Glenda - Rootsweb pg</A> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~glendasubyak

Posted on: Pike Co. Il Queries Board URL: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Pike?read=234 Surname: Peterson ------------------------- My ggrandmother was Cora Peterson who married Williamson Starks in Pike County. I think she was Benjamin's daughter, and was born in 1848, if I'm correct. If you're interested, I can give you more information down that family line.

I was fooling around on the USGenWeb site for Pike, IL yesterday (www.rootsweb.com/~ilpike) and stumbled across the exact location of my great-great grandfather Benjamin B. Powers' land there.-- Pittsfield (township 5S), range 4W, sections 29 and 32. Evidently his land was on the border of sections 29 and 32, sort of overlapping them. My trusty DeLorme Illinois atlas shows this as about on the southern dogleg of a road called "1300 N" between U.S. Route 54 on the west side and what looks like a branch of Six Mile Creek on the east side. In Pittsfield township (not the village). What is "1300 N" called? A street? A road? A route? And, are there any neighbors to this place out there? My Benjamin Powers lived there from 1834 to 1852. He is not in the on-line index to the 1880 "History of Pike County," so that's a dead end. Just thought I'd ask if anyone knows who his neighbors were, 1834-1852. My Ben liked to do carpentry and milling. Is the blue line described above really Six Mile Creek? Could a mill have been built there (about where "1300 N" crosses it)? Some of Ben's kids were born in Pittsfield, some in Atlas. The above land is near the Atlas/Pittsfield town line. Could that town line have moved, 1834-1852, or did Ben move? And especially, who were the neighbors? Twp 5S, range 4W, straddling sections 29 and 32. Lester Powers lesterps@juno.com ________________________________________________________________ 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.

RESEARCHING: Samuel Baker (1796 VA - 1837 IL) m. Judith Robertson (1800 SC - 1854 IL) who's daughter Louisa Baker (1824 KY - 1862 IL) m. John Woodson Allen (1814 VA - 1901 IL) who's daughter Jennie Allen (1851 IL - 1939 IL) m. Turner Morton (1849 IL - 1910 MO) son of Franklin Morton (1822 NC - 1861 IL) m. Lucy Ann Frame (1828 IL - 1909 IL) Any cousins out there? Holly Ann Burt (or just Holly!) umschab@ptsi.net http://www.ptsi.net/user/umschab/ =^..^=

Hello List, Has anyone come across the LISH/LUESCH family. They may have lived in Pike County for a time around 1880. Ernst Luesch, who may have been a minister, might have lived in Pike County. His wife, Rosa Kelly, died about 1880 near Hannibal, Missouri. They had several children: Jebebah, Carry Amandy, Evret L., Peter U., Daniel, Mary, Martha, Alice, Angaline and Charles. It seems this family moved around quite a bit, and are very hard to keep up with. Any information is appreciated. Thanks, Arlene

Hello List, Has anyone come across the LISH/LUESCH family. They may have lived in Pike County for a time around 1880. Ernst Luesch, who may have been a minister, might have lived in Pike County. His wife, Rosa Kelly, died about 1880 near Hannibal, Missouri. They had several children: Jebebah, Carry Amandy, Evret L., Peter U., Daniel, Mary, Martha, Alice, Angaline and Charles. It seems this family moved around quite a bit, and are very hard to keep up with. Any information is appreciated. Thanks, Arlene

Just forwarding - Please respond to: GRamsey66@cs.com In a message dated 4/25/00 10:20:09 PM, GRamsey66@cs.com writes: << Wm. Frank LOCKETT,b.1841 in Wayne County,KY, m. Martha Washington BEARD on 10 May 1866 in Pike, IL, d. 18 June 1894 in Pike Cty, IL. Children were: Frank McGrady LOCKETT, b. 23 Nov 1869 in Brown Cty, IL, Annie LOCKETT, and Earl LOCKETT. We know that Frank McGrady LOCKETT, Martha Washington LOCKETT, and Earl Lockett came to OK in the Land run of 1889. Other names listed as children of Wm. Frank LOCKETT are: Lincoln(Link)MOREHEAD and Otis E. & Arnold COLVIN have all been listed in family papers as half brothers so Martha must have been married to COLVIN AND MOREHEAD also. Please help me to find any information about any of the above. Thanks, Glenda LOCKETT Ramsey of OK >>

----- Original Message ----- From: Melvin McAllister <melmac@cybersurfers.net> To: candace smith <andace@bellsouth.net> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2000 5:10 PM Subject: Re: [ILPIKE] Clermont Co. to Pike > Candace. > > There is not only the Clermont Co but also Harrison and Tuscarwas County > migration. Most all of these were in the same locations in Pennsylvania at > some time. It is very evident that many of these families came from the same > location in Ireland and knew each other at the migration points. Looking at > history, it was the Irish that pushed the Native Indians out of the way in > Pennsylvania (in defiance of government wishes) to make way for farming. > They must have been close knit to have done this. Also they were very > religious and maintained their Sunday worships and prayer meeting and > continued to do so even in Pike County in the 1860's. > > I have stated before on this mail list that I intend to do a migration study > at some point in time. I believe such a study will shed much light on the > relationships of people of Pike County. > > Another factor is that the land of all these places were similar. It was > valleys and dales without much extent. It was suited to sheep and small > acreage farming. Land patents were of small acreage. The farmers raised a > variety of animals and produce. (The John Cane McKinney Diary that I have > published shows the variety of farm products the Pike County farmer had in > 1860.) The land was probably similar to that in Ireland. In the 1880's there > were a great number of Pike County people that went to Nebraska (Hamilton > County and there abouts) that a greater expanse and suitable to large scale > farming. The flat land of Nebraska was difficult to cultivate a first > because of the heavy sod but it was more profitable than the valley and dale > farming of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Pike County. > > The history of the people as they migrated is fascinating and I intend to > pursue this. I have finished a book on the history of my home town and have > started research on another book and will probably get excited about the > migration book soon. > > I hope I have not bored you. I thing that the subject you have brought up is > rather exciting. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: candace smith <andace@bellsouth.net> > To: <ILPIKE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2000 4:41 PM > Subject: [ILPIKE] Clermont Co. to Pike > > > > Does anyone know whay there seems to be so many families that migrated > > from Clermont Co. Ohio to the Pike county area? I keep seeing families > > list this area of Ohio in the 1840's or so as the place of residence > > for their families and then they appear in Pike county. It's not really > > important but I just thought there must have been some historical reason > > for the migration. Thanks Candace Jeffers Smith > > > > >

There is a new book available for Pike Co IL researchers. Melvin McAllister has published the diary of John Cane McKinney and the index is available online at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilpike/McKinneyIndex.html Be sure to stop by and see if your surnames are listed. Information on purchasing the book is at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilpike/books.html I have also added a link to Rootsweb's board for buying and selling Pike Co related books. This link can be found on the homepage at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilpike The purpose of this board is for individuals who have copies of Pike Co resources they no longer have a need for to list for sale and for those wanting to purchase a particular book to make it known to others. Good luck in your search, Barbara Freeman Pike Co ILGenWeb CC

My GGG Grandfather Sims Kinman came to Pike Co sometime around 1830's Was in the Black Hawk Wars 1831 - 1832 from Atlas. Believe he came from Indiana, maybe Pke Co. Elisha B. Kinman was born in Indiana abt 1823. Sims Kinman remarried Elizabeth Bowman and had two children. In 1850 Sims Kinman listed in both Adams Co. and Pike Co., Census. Elisha being in the Adams Co Census. Elisha B. Kinman married Mrs Naamah Forrest (Forest). Believe she had two children at the time. By time Elisha enlisted in the Army in 1862 was living in Fairmount, Pike Co., and at least one of his son Henry in New Salem. George Allen Kinman married Louisa Watts or Watson Houston. Last child born in Illinois was Mary Alice in 1880 and I believe that some of the family moved to Missouri and on to Grayson Co, Texas by 1890's. Any help on the KINMAN's would be appreciated. Thanks, Leroy Gailey Paint Rock, Texas

Does anyone know whay there seems to be so many families that migrated from Clermont Co. Ohio to the Pike county area? I keep seeing families list this area of Ohio in the 1840's or so as the place of residence for their families and then they appear in Pike county. It's not really important but I just thought there must have been some historical reason for the migration. Thanks Candace Jeffers Smith

Just Forwarding - Please respond to: Sghughett@cs.com In a message dated 4/25/00 7:01:32 PM, Sghughett@cs.com writes: << Kinder: Henry Kinder 1839-1924 born in Pike County (Kinderhook, Barry Township). Married to Elizabeth Chamberlain in 1865 in Adams County, although they lived in Pike. Elizabeth was born in Belmont County, OH in 1849. She died in Pike and is buried in D.D. Hull Cemetery (Barry Twp). Their children: Effie, Fanny, Belle, Scott, Perry, Anna. Anna Kinder (1880-1916) married to Benjamin Guthrie in 1900. Benjamin's parents came to Pike County circa 1860. Children of Anna (Kinder) and Benjamin Guthrie: Nellie; Lewis, Virgil (all born in Pike County-Kinderhook area in early 1900's) Benjamin was born in Pike County in 1877. He died in Quincy, IL in 1962. His father, Benjamin Cunningham Guthrie was born in OH in 1832. His mother, Susan Hedges was born in OH in 1839. they were married in OH in 1857. Klaus Charles Luken was born in Germany and sailed to New Orleans in 1836. He changed his name from Beaterfelt or Bielefeld to Luken. He came up the Mississippi River and settled in Kinderhook area in the 1830's. He married Henrietta Felgar. His daughter, Katherine Margaret Luken was born in 1875 in Fall Creek, IL. She married Henry B. Epker, who was born in 1868 in Marblehead, IL. They lived in Seahorn area after their marriage in 1892. Their children: Fredrick; Lena, Josephine, Louis, Velma, Goldie, Eva, Lillian, Harold, Evelyn, Opal. There's lots more, but this is long already. Anyone that finds a connection please e-mail me. Thanks! Sherry Guthrie Hughett Owasso, OK (still an Illinoisan at heart) >>

My Clarks came from New York to Missouri then to Pike County. My Horners left Pike County and went to Nebraska. I can't wait to read a study on the migration patterns. Tammy

Am seeking information on the ancestry of Daniel W. Gray of Barry Township, Pike Co IL and on the Sweet family of Pike Co.IL Daniel W.Gray was born in New York abt 1813-1813. He purchased land in Pike Co in 1837. He married Ann Sweet on 10 Dec. 1838 in Pike Co. On the 1850 census of Pike Co., Daniel W.Gray was listed as an engineer, he and Ann Sweet Gray had the following children, all born in Pike Co.: Ira Gray b. abt.1840; Sarah A.Gray b.abt. 1842: Horatio P.Gray b, abt 1845 and Roby Gray b. after 1850. Horatio P.Gray enlisted in Quincy, Pike CO, IL Feb 19, 1864. age 18. He served in Company K of the 16th regiment of the Illinois infantry during the civil war. He had "grey" eyes, light hair, was 5' 7in tall. He was discharged 8 July 1865. He moved to Ellis Co Texas and married Martha Jane Handy March 28, 1869. They later moved to Plainview Hale Co.,TX. I am descended from Horatio and Martha Jane Gray and have information on their children if anyone is interested in this line. It appears that Ann Sweet was the daughter of Job B. Sweet and Clara Jones who migrated to Pike Co from NY. I do not have any documentation on this. Any information on the Daniel W. Gray and the Sweet families would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Linda Nader Naderlgb@aol.com