Bobbie, I am researching the Chandler surname. What part of Pike County are your Chandler's from? I am certainly willing to share information. My Chandler's were in the Montezuma Township area. Gregory A. Land Tulsa, Oklahoma mailto:greg.land@egs-eg.com -----Original Message----- From: Bobbie [mailto:bertiebobayson@webtv.net] Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 7:56 PM To: ILPIKE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ILPIKE] surnames Posted on: Pike Co. Il Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Pike?read=194 Surname: MCKINNEY, CHANDLER, DARRAH, BALDWIN, BOWMAN, CURFMAN, ELLEDGE, GENTRY, HAZELRIGG, HOOPER, ORR, PENCE, RICHARDS, JEFFRIES, KELLUM, CASTLEMEN ------------------------- Am researching the above/below names & would like to correspond with anybody researching the same. Bobbie

I found a site with a list of books for sale for Illinois and Illinois Counties. I found some good stuff there. http://www.myfreeoffice.com/hrywlfrd//books.html

Posted on: Pike Co. Il Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Pike?read=201 Surname: Wright, Hulse, Kellum, Leggett, Metcalf, Bowers ------------------------- I have Elledge, Hazelrigg, Kellum and Richards in my family tree. Elledge and Kellum being direct ancestors.

Looking for possible familys of Joseph Thomas BABB or Mary E. FRYER I know that they were married in Quincy on Sept. 16, 1866 and it it said that Mary died in Pike Co. in 1880. Three children were born in Ill. in that time frame. William Joseph abt 1867, Lucy E. abt 1869, and John on Jan 09, 1872. It is suspected that Lucy and her mother may have died at the same time. John was raised in Carrolltown, Mo. and moved to Brookfield, Mo. where he spent the rest of his life. Joseph was discharged from the civil war in Quincy in 1865 at the end of the war. Marriage lic was aquired in Adams County but pension papers state wife died in Pike Co. We believe John was born in Grayson, Ill. Any help would be greatly appreciated on this family. Will share anything that I have with anybody else. Thank you Glen Babb

Posted on: Pike Co. Il Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Pike?read=200 Surname: McKinney-McAllister-Wilson etal ------------------------- I have an extensive McKinney tree with Orr, Pence and Hooper in it. I have published a Pike County diary of ca1860 that has McKinney, Curfman and Darrah mentioned frequently.I will trade information on the McKinney tree.What in your connection with these?

Posted on: Pike Co. Il Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Pike?read=199 Surname: GRIEVE, GREIWE, SOMMERS, CURFMAN, ELLEDGE, HAZELRIGG, ZIMMERMAN, NEWENHAM, KEYLOR, MEHL, REED, THIELE, HOOVER, LIEHR, CORY, DOBY, KENNEDY, BRADBURY, SIX ------------------------- I have a James Ira SIX with a son Marshall (born 1899) and he had children Richard, Donald, Grace and Wayne. Would like to have more information on this line. Dave Miller

Posted on: Pike Co. Il Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Pike?read=197 Surname: GRIEVE, GREIWE, SOMMERS, CURFMAN, ELLEDGE, HAZELRIGG, ZIMMERMAN, NEWENHAM, KEYLOR, MEHL, REED, THIELE, HOOVER, LIEHR, CORY, DOBY, KENNEDY, BRADBURY, SIX ------------------------- Nina Zimmerman (born abt 1904) m. a Hazelrigg and had a son James. Do you know anything about this family? Dave Miller

My mother's ancestry contains Hoopers in Pike County. She says that Thomas Hooper's grave is just outside Summer Hill, Pike, IL. Partial Ahnentafael from my wife: 1. Rose Mary Wagner (Wife) 2. Wade Honse Wagner (Living) 3. Mary Ella Lipcamon (Living) 6. Arthur Franklin Lipcamon 7. Mary Lervina Dean (4 jul 1897 - Jul 1976 Pike) 14. John Amos Dean 15. Sarah Conkright (18 Oct 1863 - 10 Jul 1936 Pike) 30. John Oliver Conkright (Bef 1840 - Aft 1890 Pike) 31. Margaret Fisher HOOPER (Bef 1820 - abt 1890 Pike) 62. Thomas HOOPER (bur: Summer Hill, Pike, Il) 63. Sarah Russell 124. John HOOPER 125. Hannah Frazee 249 William Frazee Bobbie wrote: > > Posted on: Pike Co. Il Queries > Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Pike?read=194 > > Surname: MCKINNEY, CHANDLER, DARRAH, BALDWIN, BOWMAN, CURFMAN, ELLEDGE, > GENTRY, HAZELRIGG, HOOPER, ORR, PENCE, RICHARDS, JEFFRIES, KELLUM, CASTLEMEN > ------------------------- > > Am researching the above/below names & would like to correspond with anybody > researching the same. > > Bobbie

Posted on: Pike Co. Il Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Pike?read=194 Surname: MCKINNEY, CHANDLER, DARRAH, BALDWIN, BOWMAN, CURFMAN, ELLEDGE, GENTRY, HAZELRIGG, HOOPER, ORR, PENCE, RICHARDS, JEFFRIES, KELLUM, CASTLEMEN ------------------------- Am researching the above/below names & would like to correspond with anybody researching the same. Bobbie

you might try Brown County also for your Six family. I just came back from there looking at land records and remember seeing a lot of Six's. Also look at the Brown County census. I don't remember which one I saw them on because of looking at so many of them today but it had to be 1860, 1870 or 1900. Those are the ones I was going through. Nancy S.

Received this from a friend and thought everyone might find it interesting: In the year 1900... The average life expectancy was forty-seven Only 14 percent of homes had bathtubs. Only 8 percent had telephones. (A three minute call from Denver to New York cost eleven dollars) There were only 8,000 cars in the US and 144 miles of paved roads. The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 miles per hour. The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower. The average wage was 22 cents an hour. The average worker made between $200.00 and $400.00 annually. An accountant expected to earn $2,000.00 per year, a dentist, $2,500.00, a vet between $1,500 and $4000. per year. A mechanical engineer, about $5,000 a year. More than 95% of all births took place at home. 90% of all physicians had no college education. Instead they attended medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press by the government as "substandard." Sugar cost 4 cents a pound, Eggs, 14 cents a dozen, and coffee, 15 cents a pound. Most women only washed their hair once a month and used borax or egg yolks as shampoo. Five leading causes of death were, 1) Pneumonia and influenza, 2) TB, 3) Diarrhea, 4) Heart disease, and 5) Stroke. The American flag had 45 stars. Drive-by shootings in which teenage boys galloped down the street on horses, carriages, or anything else, were an ongoing problem in Denver and other large cities in the West. The population of LasVegas was 30. There was no Mother's or Father's Day. One in ten adults couldn't read or write. Only 6% graduated high school. 230 reported murders in the US. Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter, and according to one pharmacist, "Heroin cleans the complexion, gives buoyancy to mind, regulates the stomach and bowels, and is in fact a perfect guardian of health." Coca-Cola contained cocaine instead of caffeine. Punchcard data processing had recently been developed, and early predecessors of the modern computer were used for the first time by the government to help compile the 1900 census.

Posted on: Pike Co. Il Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Pike?read=192 Surname: SIX ------------------------- Am trying to locate info on John SIX, VA->KY->Il. He appeared to have settled in the Pike Co region around 1830. Looking for spouse, parents and children. Please Email me directly. Thank you.

Dear Group, I am posting this information again for two reasons. The first is to see if any of my research might be familiar to list members who might be able to help. The second is to help anyone reseaching allied families I have listed. I and family members are looking for ancestral information on others Higgins' in the Pike County area. Specifically for information regarding the Irish County of origin of any of the Higgins' listed here. We feel John Higgins had to have a reason for migrating to the Pike County area once he immigrated to the United States. I apologize for this second post. I hope some of the information in it helps someone. John Higgins' birth date has been variously placed at 1825, 1832, and 1842. Sometime prior to the Civil War he immigrated to the United States and then migrated to Kinderhook, Pike, Illinois. His Civil War records in my possession indicate he was illiterate. An officer witnessed his mark in one instance. These records also simply state he was from Ireland, county unknown. He is said to have built a lot of field stone walls in the Kinderhook, Illinois area. John married Anna Lewton Orin, widow. Her husband was killed in Nashville, TN during the war, apparently from illness. Together they had one son, William. Anna divorced him and remarried to a Howe. John Higgins then disappears kind of. We have found a death registry for a John Higgins from Ireland in Quincy, IL in 1890. He is buried in St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery in Quincy. William Higgins married Clara Clutch. Their children were Harry, Florine, Floyd and Lewis. For a while the family resided in Texas where they worked on the King ranch. Harry and Florine married a brother and sister. Their children are double cousins. Floyd Higgins is my grandfather. Floyd married Edna O. Ward and their children were Floyd Wesley Higgins, my father, and Hyla Higgins. The following Higgins' had land patents or warrants issued to them in the Pike County, Illinois area fore services during the War of 1812. Name Date John 3-3-1818 Thomas 5-12-1818 Ezekiel 6-27-1818 Uriah 10-6-1818 John 10-8-1818 (Different from 3-3-1818) Later patents or warrants were issued to: Name Date James M. 11-3-1840 Terence 2-1-1850 and 3-12-1857 Several Higgins' from the area also served during the Civil War. Name Company Regiment Home Town George W. G 5 Cav Perry Richard B. K 16 Inf Barry Edward B 68 Inf Griggsville Daniel B. B 99 Inf Perry Thomas J. D 99 Inf Barry (Distinguished himself during the Battle of Champion Hill during the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi.) John H 99 Inf Kinderhook (My gggrandfather) James M. HQ 114 Inf. Griggsville Higgins births and marriages in the Pike County area are as follows: Births Name Date of Birth Parents James Higgins 1847 John Higgins and Ruth ????? Marriages Name Spouse Date Place Dan Higgins Sarah Meek 23 July 1843 Pike, Illinois Daniel B. Higgins Elizabeth R. Crable 24 April 1859 Pike, Illinois James M. Higgins Hatti A. Kneeland 3 May 1860 Pike, Illinois James Higgins Mary Cleveland 21 January 1871 Pike, Illinois James M. Higgins Sarah Burgesser 29 November 1877 Pike, Illinois -- Dave Higgins Eau Claire, Wisconsin Our ancestors are not lost; information about them has been misplaced.

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Posted on: Pike Co. Il Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Pike?read=191 Surname: WALLS, CURRY ------------------------- I saw your qurie on WALLS and CURRY and since I am lelated to both thought I would reply and see where you fit in.Let me hear from you.Thanks

I am researching the paternal side of my family and looking for my "lost" Brown ancestors. My gggrandfather Staten Brown was born about 1799 in North Carolina, Tennesee or Virginia. The 1830 Census shows Staten & Dicy (Coffield) Brown living in Halifax Cnty., N.C. with 6 children in the home. One of these children was my ggrandfather William Wesley Brown who was born on Jan. 9, 1823 in North Carolina. I believe that another sons name was Sandy Brown and have no idea of the names of the other children. The 1840 Census shows Staten Brown living in Rush Cnty., Indiana and in 1845 he married Penny Ruby in Rush Cnty., Indiana. The 1850 Census shows the family in Madison, Jeffferson Cnty., Indiana. The 1860 Census shows Staten Brown living in Hadley, Barry P.O., Pike Cnty., Illinois with the following in the household: Penelope Brown, Harrison Brown, Jessie Brown, Cassius Brown, John Quincy Brown, Henry & Henryetta Brown(twins?), & Allen Brown. There was a Sandy Brown living close to Staten Brown with the following in his household: Sarah Ann Brown (wife) and the following children: Mary Brown, William Brown, Samuel Brown, Robert S. Brown and Sandy Brown. There was an Andrew Brown living with Sandy who may have been a child of Staten Browns. The 1860 Census shows William Wesley Brown(my ggrandfather) living in Kinderhook, Illinois with his family. William Wesley Brown married Thankful Delight Smith on 8/8/1852 in Pittsfield, Pike Cnty., Illinois. They had the following chidren in the home in 1860: Adrian Jackson Brown, Oliver Howard Brown, William Lloyd Brown, Dicy Jane Brown, Virta Angeline Brown and Estella May Brown. William Wesley Brown moved to Iowa in the late 1860's and continued to move around the mid-west frequently. Any help at all regarding this family will be greatly appreciated and I will share my information with others. Thank you. P.S. I have a copy of a death record of a Wesley Brown who passed away on Dec. 7, 1911 at his home in Pearl Township, Pike Cnty. He was born July 2, 1830 in Ohio and at the time of his death he had lived in Pike Cnty., for 60 years. Name of father was Slater Brown, born in Virginia. Could this be Staten Brown without the t crossed and and n mistaken for r? The name of the mother was unknown. The 1850 amd 1860 census films show Staten Brown born in North Carolina, William Wesley Browns death record show Staten Brown born in Tennessee. Sandy B. Eglise.

To submit pictures for the Pike Co ILGenWeb site: 1. Save the image as a .jpg file 2. Email it as an attachment to Saxbury@aol.com 3. Include a description of the photo along with your name I will then place it on the site on the next update. Have a great week, Barbara Freeman Pike Co ILGenWeb CC

Could you give me instructions on who and how to send pictures to this site. I have a few pictures of school classes, individuals etc. that may be of interest to Pike county researchers but I am not sure of the procedure . Candace

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Barry Library has microfilm of the Barry ADAGE. Has been several years since I looked at it, but assume they still have. Believe there is a "museum" (?) on the second floor of library building. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Truman Troutner" <tct42@citynet.net> To: <ILPIKE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2000 10:44 AM Subject: Re: [ILPIKE] Newspapers > The Pittsfield Library has micro-film of old Pike Co. newspapers. > Truman > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <gran5grk@uswest.net> > To: <ILPIKE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2000 1:07 PM > Subject: [ILPIKE] Newspapers > > > > Morning all - > > I am heading for Pike County the first of May. Want to read old > > newspapers, along with visiting with as many of you locals as I > > can. I know they are at the Illinois library on microfilm and I > > know Glenda has done some to the newspaper abstract site - > > however > > I was wondering if any of the local historical societies had any > > or any of the libraries. > > I plan on visiting the society in Pittsfield - but see a couple > > more. All they show are PO Box numbers, does anyone know exactly > > where they are and who would be a contact person for them. > > I have a horrible copy of an obit from the Pike County Democrat > > on Thursday Sept. 11, 1890 for my ggggrandmother, Nancy English > > Shinn. Would like a better copy. Plus would like to see if I > > can find any other obits. > > Dorothy > > > >