That's a possibility. My William Moore was born in 1812 and it is said he died in 1844. (He arrived from Ireland in 1841 in Randolph County.) I don't know his middle name or initial. Thank you very much. Dave -------------- Original message from "el" <elyons@powrup.net>: -------------- > There is a W. B. Moore in Gillespie Cemetery Wine Hill, age 33 yrs. No > date was given. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 5:55 PM > Subject: Re: [ILRANDOL] Lookup Request - Preston Cemetery > > > > Well, c'est la vie. Thanks anyway. Dave > > > > -------------- Original message from crainrs@comcast.net: -------------- > > > > > >> No William Moore in the book I have > >> > >> -------------- Original message -------------- > >> From: hudelson8620@bellsouth.net > >> > >> > That's very interesting --- Union Cemetery Sparta, and not Preston > >> > Cemetery. > >> It > >> > seems my mother's record may be wrong, and Margaret Boyd (widow to both > >> William > >> > MOORE and Samuel BOYD) is bureid at Union Cemetery. Is there by chance > >> > in > >> Union > >> > Cemetery a William MOORE who died in 1844? He was born in County > >> > Monagham, > >> > Ireland in 1812, and he was my great great grandfather. I appreciate > >> > your > >> > response. Dave Hudelson. > >> > > >> > -------------- Original message from > >> > crainrs@comcast.net: -------------- > >> > > >> > > >> > > In Randolph County Cemetery records there is a Margaret Boyd listed. > >> > > > >> > > Boyd, Margaret w/o Samuel 79 yr 11 mo 27 da July 9, 1894 Union-Sparta > >> > > > >> > > There is also this one. > >> > > > >> > > Boyd, Margaret N 22 y 7 m 8 d 1827-1850 Old Bethal-Sparta > >> > > > >> > > -------------- Original message -------------- > >> > > From: hudelson8620@bellsouth.net > >> > > > >> > > > Does anybody know of an index of burials in Preston Cemetery? I'm > >> > > > looking > >> > for > >> > > > my great great grandfathr, William Moore, who was born 1812 in > >> > > > County > >> > > Monagham, > >> > > > Ireland and died in 1844 in Randolph County, IL His widow, Margaret > >> > > > Dunn, > >> > > > married the widower Samuel Boyd in 1845; he died in 1888 and is > >> > > > buried in > >> > Old > >> > > > Bethel Cemetery, Sparta, IL. But Margaret is said to be buried in > >> > > > Preston > >> > > > Cemetery, where she had been a member of the Old Presbyterian > >> > > > Church. I'm > >> > > > wondering if she chose to be buried alongside her first husband, > >> > > > whose > >> exact > >> > > > date of death I don't know. (Interestingly, the list I have of > >> > > > persons > >> > buried > >> > > > in Old Bethel Cemetery doesn't seem to include the first wife of > >> > > > Samuel > >> > Boyd, > >> > > > either. Her name was Jemima Baird., and there are Baird's buried in > >> > > > Old > >> > > Bethel, > >> > > > but not Jemima.) > >> > > > > >> > > > ------------------------------- > >> > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> > > > ILRANDOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > >> > > > the > >> quotes > >> > > in > >> > > > the subject and the body of the message > >> > > > >> > > ------------------------------- > >> > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> > > ILRANDOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >> > > quotes > >> > in > >> > > the subject and the body of the message > >> > > >> > ------------------------------- > >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> > ILRANDOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >> > quotes > >> in > >> > the subject and the body of the message > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> ILRANDOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >> quotes in > >> the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > ILRANDOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILRANDOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message