Susan, My grandmother, Opal Ingram was born in Stonefort in 1903. She always said it was in Pope County but what I find in research is in Saline County....the family was also listed in the Saline County Census. Her siblings were: Fred Ingram, Della, Dessie, Clyde and Claude (twins boy & girl but I do not know which was which) and then Opal the youngest. Their parents were JohnWilliam Ingram (not to be confused with John Wesley Ingram...not my line but in the same area) and Nora Smith Ingram. John Ingram supposedly died when dragged to death by a team of mules before my grandmother was born. She was born in Nov...and I am assuming he was plowing in the spring...I find no record of his death or burial. I would assumed that it would have been news at the time back then.John W. Ingram was born Sept 1871 so he would have only been 32 or so when he died. John Ingram's parents were Frank/Franklin Ingram (not to be confused with Francis Marion Ingram...not my line but also in the same area) and Martha Huggins. Nora Smith's parents were: Giles Smith and Vida Ferrell Nora's siblings were: 2 brothers....Sam and Schyler and sisters.....Lottie, Mima, Minnie, Guesta and Kate. These families go back to the 1840s in the Hardin, Saline and Pope Counties........if any oldtimers can remember anything about any of these people, I would appreciate the tiniest bit.......maybe somebody remembers hearing a story...and I do not care if it is good or bad. Opal Ingram, my grandmother, married John Bonnie Gillespie who was about 15 years older than she was. At some point they divorced and Gma married George R. Ledbetter who was a great step grandfather....Opal and George were childhood sweethearts who got back together and stayed married til death........about 50 years. Opal had dark black hair as did her mother, Norah.......Dess had reddish hair. Opal loved to dance, loved to sing..... Hopefully, somebody's grandparents will remember something. Even anything about the names Ingram, Smith, Huggins.........I have plenty of information on Ferrell. Thanks............Sandra Sandra White, researching McGlothlin, Gillespie, Ingram, Stilwell, Spradlin, Bryant, Avery, Cook, Huggins, Taylor, Mott, Henke, Hunsaker, Bolin, House, Denning

I beleive that the original Stonefort may have been in Pope County. When the town relocated however it developed along what is now U.S.45, and what was once the NYC Railroad. The eastern part of town is in Saline Co. while the western portion is in Williamson. The house I grew up in was partially in both counties. Barney ----- Original Message ----- From: <Swhit29@aol.com> To: <ILPOPE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 6:39 PM Subject: Re: [ILPOPE-L] This oldtimer quest is a great one. Anyone who can go and talk... > Susan, > > My grandmother, Opal Ingram was born in Stonefort in 1903. She always > said > it was in Pope County but what I find in research is in Saline > County....the > family was also listed in the Saline County Census. > > Her siblings were: Fred Ingram, Della, Dessie, Clyde and Claude (twins > boy > & girl but I do not know which was which) and then Opal the youngest. > > Their parents were JohnWilliam Ingram (not to be confused with John > Wesley > Ingram...not my line but in the same area) and Nora Smith Ingram. John > Ingram > supposedly died when dragged to death by a team of mules before my > grandmother was born. She was born in Nov...and I am assuming he was > plowing in the > spring...I find no record of his death or burial. I would assumed that > it > would have been news at the time back then.John W. Ingram was born Sept > 1871 so > he would have only been 32 or so when he died. > > John Ingram's parents were Frank/Franklin Ingram (not to be confused with > Francis Marion Ingram...not my line but also in the same area) and Martha > Huggins. > > Nora Smith's parents were: Giles Smith and Vida Ferrell > Nora's siblings were: 2 brothers....Sam and Schyler and > sisters.....Lottie, > Mima, Minnie, Guesta and Kate. > > These families go back to the 1840s in the Hardin, Saline and Pope > Counties........if any oldtimers can remember anything about any of these > people, I > would appreciate the tiniest bit.......maybe somebody remembers hearing a > story...and I do not care if it is good or bad. > > Opal Ingram, my grandmother, married John Bonnie Gillespie who was about > 15 > years older than she was. At some point they divorced and Gma married > George > R. Ledbetter who was a great step grandfather....Opal and George were > childhood sweethearts who got back together and stayed married til > death........about 50 years. Opal had dark black hair as did her mother, > Norah.......Dess > had reddish hair. Opal loved to dance, loved to sing..... > > Hopefully, somebody's grandparents will remember something. > > Even anything about the names Ingram, Smith, Huggins.........I have > plenty > of information on Ferrell. > > Thanks............Sandra > > Sandra White, > > researching McGlothlin, Gillespie, Ingram, Stilwell, > Spradlin, Bryant, Avery, Cook, Huggins, Taylor, > Mott, Henke, Hunsaker, Bolin, House, Denning > > > >