Apr 1, 05 Seeking Stella: Found "Lalah" Whiteside, dau of Pleasant Alexander Whiteside, b. 1864 Eddyville, Pope Co, IL, resided Brownfield, IL; Benton, IL (1922) - marr. Nancy M. Rumsey, Jan 1, 1890. Pleasant buried Benton, IL Methodist Episc. Church, Masonic & IOOF Cemetery. Pleasant is son of, George Washington (Sr.) Whiteside, b. 1831 Eddyville, Pope Co, IL - School Teacher and also owned Tannery on his farm. George (Sr.) died 1879 Pope Co, IL - buried New Liberty Church Cemetery. George was married to Sarah Elizabeth Holloway in 1852, Pope Co, IL. They had 8 children - all boys between 1852-1875 (*no Alvin). -----Lalah marr. UPCHURCH and resided in Alton, IL in 1928. It looks like Lola and Stella were cousins, not siblings. Haven't found anything on Alvin, but will keep checking further. ...... Name: Stela Whiteside Home in 1900: Eddyville, Pope, Illinois Age: 0 Age months: 1 Estimated birth year: 1900 Birthplace: Illinois Race: White Relationship to head-of-house: Daughter Occupation: View Image Image source: Year: 1900; Census Place: Eddyville, Pope, Illinois; Roll: T623 336; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 58. === 1900 Pope Co, IL Federal Census: enumerated June 4, 1900-- George Washington (Jr.) WHITESIDE, b. May 1857 IL, (age 43), marr. 8 yrs Sarah, wife, b. May 1864, marr. 8 yrs Cora, b. Nov 1884 Mina, b. May 1886 Martha, b. Dec 1888 Lydia, b. Nov 1893 Raymond, b. Nov 1895 Stella, b. Nov 1899 (noted on census: abt 6 mos old) ...... George (Jr.), son of George W.(Sr.) Whiteside, and Sarah E. Holloway Nancy (1st wife) 1857-1890, at least 6 children Sarah, (2nd wife), dau of John L. Lauderdale and Rhoda M. Grisham -- **Since Stella was born the end of 1899 - I seriously doubt she married Clark Drum in 1911 - perhaps it was closer to 1921?? You might want to contact the Pope County Clerk's Office in Golconda, and see if they can locate a marriage license for them between 1918-1930. The cost is very minimal and they are very helpful. If I need their help, I usually call and make phone contact with them first. Also, could they have married outside of Pope County? About this same time, some of my family traveled to Massac County, or to Paducah, KY or Cape G., MO and Alton,IL to get married. Hope this helps.... - Carol P.S. Posted to List for archive. Glenn Campbell wrote: >Does anyone have any information of any kind on Mary Estelle Whiteside born >12/13/1890 in Pope County and married to Clark Drum in Pope County, August >19, 1911? She was my maternal Grandmother and I know nothing about her >parents. I do have some information and pictures of some of her siblings. > >

I really appreciate your information, Carol However, I am afraid I'll have to stick to the dates I provided for birth and marriage. The reason is that my Grandmother bore 11 children from 6/9/1912 through 10/28/1933. My mother was #5 and was born 8/4/1919. However, I think Eddyville is correct. It sure rang my bell when I saw the name. I received a post from Bill Whiteside directly and in my reply to him, I said the following: "I don't know very much about my Grandmother. According to my late Mother, her mother's name (Mary Estella) is what I used earlier. I never heard her called by any name other than Stella (without the E). According to my files, she was born December 13, 1890 in Pope County and married August 19, 1911, to Clark (NMI) Drum in Pope County, IL. Since Clark was from Oak Ridge, Cape Girardeau County, MO, I suppose they could have gotten married in Cape. Both of my parents lived in Union County when they were married and they went to Cape to get the job done. As far back as I can remember, probably back to 1945, Stella and Clark lived in Union County. He died in Anna, while Stella died in Peoria. Both are buried in the Walker Hill Cemetery in Grand Tower. "I just talked to the youngest son of Mary Estella (Jack Drum) and he said he has run into brick walls every time he works on this. He did tell me that she was born close to Golconda and he thought her name was Mary Estell, without the 'a'. He has some old tape recordings from a conversation with his mother (died 1986) and he will go through them again to see if there is something he missed." Thanks, again, Carol. Glenn Incoming and outgoing mail scanned by Norton Internet Security 2004 (http://www.symantec.com/sabu/nis/nis_pe/). Virus definitions are automatically updated. -----Original Message----- From: cswr [mailto:cswr@earthlink.net] Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 9:39 PM To: ILPOPE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ILPOPE-L] Update: "Whiteside - 1890 or Later" Apr 1, 05 Seeking Stella: