Anyone know if this Catharine (Bishop) Hays of Hadley Twp. is related to Eliza (Bishop) Peer? Here's the info I have on Eliza: b. abt 23 Jun 1808; m. 14 Dec 1825 in Allegany, MD to John Peer; d. 20 Aug 1858; bur. Fall Creek Chapel Cemetery, Adams Co., IL. Eliza's husband remarried to Sarah Ann (Brackett) Bowen on 8 Mar 1859 in Pike Co., IL. Both John and Sarah passed away in Perry, Pike Co., IL. At 05:39 PM 2/22/2004 -0700, you wrote: >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Surnames: Hays, Bishop >Classification: Query >Message Board URL: >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kg.2ADI/1514 > >Message Board Post: >This is an obituary from the Barry Adage newspaper (Barry, Pike County, >IL) Friday Dec. 14, 1884: "Mrs. Catharine Hays, a relict of the late >Richard Hays, of Hadley Twp., died at the residence of her son, Albert, >last Wednesday at the age of 78 years. About a week ago, she received a >fall and was injured to such an extent that she failed to recover. Mrs. >Hays' maiden name was Bishop, and she was a native of Virginia. In >company with her husband and family, she came to Illinois from Ohio in >1846 and since that date has been a resident of Pike Co. She was the >mother of a large family, a portion of which survives her. The funeral >will take place today." (note - I am not related to this person - only >copied it when researching my own family to help someone else - gw).