Posted on: Pike Co. Il Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Pike?read=209 Surname: PETERSON, SHAHAN ------------------------- 1860 Census, Pike Co, IL, New Salem Twp. p440 contains: Crayton SHAHAN, 21 b IL; Emma SHAHAN, 47 b KY; Ruth PETERSON, 80 b VA. [Not in Pike 1850 or 1870 Census.] Ruth is widow of William PETERSON, Sr. [last found in 1813 Adams Co, OH.] Emma SHAHAN is probably daughter-in-law of Ruth from her first marriage to John SHAHAN in 1798 Mason Co, KY. Crayton is probably Ruth's grandson. Given name of Emma's spouse is unknown. [Ruth's son, Benjamin Abbott PETERSON, lived in Pike Co, IL 1840 until his death in 1900] Where were the other PETERSON and SHAHAN family members between 1813 and 1860; where did they go after Pike Co, IL?