Hello, I am looking for anyone who may have information on the Denning family in Rock island. They would be children of 2 brothers that i know of. John Hunter Denning born 1828 ( about ) in Pennsylvania. Who married Margaret O'Morrow / O'Mara, and Joseph A Denning born 1827 in Pennsylvania. He married Julia A. Adams. The Denning boys arived about 1853 in Mercer and Rock Island counties. My ancestor is John Denning to his daughter Cora Belle Denning who married Isaac Ellsworth Close. The son of John Nelson Close, and Mary Ann Roberts. Some census information on them below. In the 1860 Census for Mercer County, Illinois DENNING, John H., (age) 32, farmer, born Pennsylvania Margaret, 22, born Ireland Joseph A., 33, laborer, born Pennsylvania 1870 census for, Mercer Co., Illinois I see John Denning age 41 Farmer born PA RealEstateValue $15,000 Personal $1825.00 Margaret age age 30 born Ireland Eveline age 10 born IL Bell age 4 born IL Farm hand - Partrick (unable to read surname) born in Russia - age 10 1880 Census Place: Duncan, Mercer, Illinois Source: FHL Film 1254236 National Archives Film T9-0236 Page 267B Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace John DENIN Self M M W 52 PA Occ: Farmer Fa: PA Mo: PA Margeret DENIN Wife F M W 35 IRE Occ: Keeping House Fa: IRE Mo: IRE Eveline DENIN Dau F S W 14 IL Fa: PA Mo: IRE James DENIN Son M S W 4 IL Fa: PA Mo: IRE Albert DENIN Son M S W 1 IL Fa: PA Mo: IRE Mary DENIN Dau F M W 19 IL Fa: PA Mo: IRE John DENIN Son M S W 7M IL Fa: PA Mo: IRE Henry ZENKER Other M S W 27 IL Occ: Laborer Fa: ALASKA Mo: --- ********************************* Joseph Denning's family and census information.... >From the "Past and Present of Rock Island County, IL, 1877" DENNING, Joseph A., farmer; Sec 29; P.O. Buffalo Prairie; rep; Ind; 40 acs. $1,600. In 1870 I found on page 21, Buffalo Prairie, Rock Island Co., Illinois, Dwelling 162 Joseph Denning, 45, M, W, farmer, born PA Julia Denning, 30, F, W, keeping house, born IN Jellison (hard to read), 5, M, W, born IL Jane A., 4, F, W, born IL 1880 Census Place: Buffalo Prairie, Rock Island, Illinois Source: FHL Film 1254245 National Archives Film T9-0245 Page 216A Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Joseph A. DENNING Self M M W 53 PA Occ: Farmer Fa: PA Mo: PA Julia DENNING Wife F M W 40 IN Occ: Keeping House Fa: IRE Mo: IN Janneson DENNING Son M S W 15 IL Occ: Works On Farm Fa: PA Mo: IN Jone A. DENNING Dau F S W 13 IL Occ: At School Fa: PA Mo: IN Harrison ADAMS BroL M S W 36 IL Fa: IRE Mo: IN any information is gratly appreciated. sincerly David

What do you mean by this!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 9:44 PM Subject: Re: [RockIsl'd] REPLY Gravestones and / of obits Van Landschoot's > We are waiting for you to take care of this, Please no more working. > > > ==== ILROCKIS Mailing List ==== > ~ SUBJECT LINES ~ > Think about it!! A picture's worth 1000 words; a Subject Line more! The > 4 W's: Who? What? When? and Where? Don't leave home without 'em! > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

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In a message dated 10/5/2002 7:21:14 AM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > Tennie and James are buried in the Hampton Cemetery. > They are in Row 9. Do you have an exact date of their > death? > Thank you. No, all my husband remembers is the month and year as in my email. He says it seems like it was around the 18th of June for Tennie. Carla Finley Viscountess Sings Like A Bird http://www.picturetrail.com/CarlaFinley Florida

In a message dated 10/05/2002 2:41:41 AM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << It's certainly likely that there were other burial sites there besides that very first one mentioned, but, from what you told us about the people you're seeking, it would seem t >> A few months ago when they were digging to build a new swimming pool in a Rock Island Park a gravesite was found. At first it was thought to be Indians. A native American was called in to supervise the excavation. There were about 10 bodies there and it was determined that it was NOT native American due to the manner of buriel. A call was put out for anybody to try to identify these people, but nobody came forward. No more news on it after this other than they were reburied in a proper manner.

Carla, Tennie and James are buried in the Hampton Cemetery. They are in Row 9. Do you have an exact date of their death? Bev __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com

Hans, I don't know about any other cemetery at Fort Armstrong other than the one I found in the article I copied to the list. It's certainly likely that there were other burial sites there besides that very first one mentioned, but, from what you told us about the people you're seeking, it would seem to me that they were later enough to be buried elsewhere in the Rock Island Co area. There are many more people on the Rock Island list more knowledgable about the area...and esp about the cemeteries than I am. I hope that one of them can help you better than I. Julie Bissell Tupker

I am so desperate to get some info on Tennie and James. Below is all I know about them. If there was an obit, I would be so grateful for it. Thank you so much for your time. My husband Mike thinks they are buried in a cemetery in Hampton. I would love to have an obit on Tennie and James. This is what I have on her: 1. TENNIE RICE was born August 01, 1888 in Vienna, IL, and died June 1969 in East Moline, IL. She married JAMES KENNETH FINLEY March 19, 1918 in East Moline, IL, son of HARDIN FINLEY and MARY PRESGROVE. He was born August 02, 1886 in Samoth, IL, and died August 1973 in East Moline, IL. Carla Finley Viscountess Sings Like A Bird http://www.picturetrail.com/CarlaFinley Florida

Julie do you know if Fort Armstrong Cemetary was the only cemetery at the time in Moline or were there some others. I'm trying to find one of the old cemeterys were these familys were buried. Ambroos Van Landschoot who died aug. 15th 1854 in Black Hawk Township,Moline,Rock Island County, immigrated in 1850 from Belgium to ILL. > His wife Mary died april 12th 1856 same location. > A son Willem H Van Landschoot who died july 19th 1874 in Milan,Rock Co,Ill ; his wife Sophie later moved to Creston,IOwa. > Mary Theresia Van Landschoot dieed in 1863; don't know the exact date. Her husband Anthony Bouwhuis later moved to Atkinson,Ill. > sources: Probates case files of The Western University of ILL. Hans ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hans Van Landschoot" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 8:35 PM Subject: [RockIsl'd] Gravestones and / of obits Van Landschoot's > Hi, > is there someone who can help me to find the gravestones and/of obits on the following persons. > Ambroos Van Landschoot who died aug. 15th 1854 in Black Hawk Township,Moline,Rock Island County, immigrated in 1850 from Belgium to ILL. > His wife Mary died april 12th 1856 same location. > A son Willem H Van Landschoot who died july 19th 1874 in Milan,Rock Co,Ill ; his wife Sophie later moved to Creston,IOwa. > Mary Theresia Van Landschoot dieed in 1863; don't know the exact date. Her husband Anthony Bouwhuis later moved to Atkinson,Ill. > sources: Probates case files of The Western University of ILL. > http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/v/a/n/Hans-Van-landschoot/index.html?We lcome=1006247426 > > Hans Van Landschoot > Belgium > > > > ==== ILROCKIS Mailing List ==== > ~*~*~*~ The Resources in the USGenWeb's Parade of States Awaits! ~*~*~*~ > -- Table of all States: http://www.usgenweb.org/statelinks-table.html > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >

Hi, Yes there was an early cem. on the Island it was between the clock tower and the block house, a sign says the cem is were the train embankment is now. Near the block house is two large stones that were grave markers. I just read this while waiting for the bridge to close. Ken > In a message dated 10/02/2002 3:50:02 PM Central Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > << Does anyone know if there are any records of deaths at Fort Armstrong or > if there was a cemetery in connection with the fort? >> > > As far as I know there were never any records at Fort Armstrong or a > cemetery. The Fort is (or was) on an island in the Mississippi River and > there is no cemetery connected to the Fort. However, there now is a National > Cemetery on the Island. The Rock Island Arsenal and Military Base is on the > Arsenal Island and there is a manufacturing plant there. There are some very > early records of a trader who lived on the island and then bought land in > Rock Island County. > > > ==== ILROCKIS Mailing List ==== > ~ SUBJECT LINES ~ > Think about it!! A picture's worth 1000 words; a Subject Line more! The > 4 W's: Who? What? When? and Where? Don't leave home without 'em! > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Flavia, I tried viewing the 1840 census listing of Michael Bartlett...and it's very hard for me to see for sure some of the entries...the line ~appears ~ to be sloping somewhat. But...it appears the children are back in the household of Michael Bartlett (if they ever left) There were three boys, and three girls listed from what I ~think~ I'm seeing. males 1 under 5 1 10-15 1 15-20 1 40-50 Females 1 under 5 1 5-10 1 10-15 1 20-30 A question to you..... You mention that in 1832, there were four children. Was one a male, possibly the 12 year old? The reason that I ask...and I may have told you this before, is that we had narrowed down to several households in RockIsland/Hampton, where Pierce B. Bissell may have been living in 1840 (he's my gg grandfather). Pierce would have been in that 15-20 age range we think. We had pretty much eliminated Michael Bartlett's household, but if you knew the ages and sex of the children, that would really help one way or another. thanks for any help you can give....and good luck with your own search. Julie Bissell Tupker

Flavia, I would agree with you. It appears there definately WAS a very early cemetery on the island at Fort Armstrong, associated with the Fort, and apparently many of the graves..the earliest ones went unmarked. I would suppose that might have had something to do with the cholera epidemic that struck during the time that Michael Bartlett's first wife died. Since the article mentioned that almost 200 locals and Indians died within 8 days, I would imagine that there were common burials/mass graves/every day for a while....and thus the graves wouldn't have been marked for individuals. I'm sure at the time, it seemed to those remaining, that NObody would every forget such a horror as that many deaths from cholera...and who was actually buried there, but time passes on. I know from researching in church death records in St. Louis about 1849.....at the start of one of the big cholera epidemics down there, ...at first, each death was listed with a cause...but after a short while, ....the deaths were only registered by name....50 or more per day in the small cemetery alone. It was not unusual at all during these early epidemics to find large mass graves...which they did to bury so many people so quickly...to try to contain the spread of the disease. How awful it must have been. I have the 1840 census of Rock Island, so I'll try to check on Michael Bartlett's household again and see if I can see any children there for you. I'll post that back to the list. It's nice to hear from you again... Julie Bissell Tupker

Hi, is there someone who can help me to find the gravestones and/of obits on the following persons. Ambroos Van Landschoot who died aug. 15th 1854 in Black Hawk Township,Moline,Rock Island County, immigrated in 1850 from Belgium to ILL. His wife Mary died april 12th 1856 same location. A son Willem H Van Landschoot who died july 19th 1874 in Milan,Rock Co,Ill ; his wife Sophie later moved to Creston,IOwa. Mary Theresia Van Landschoot dieed in 1863; don't know the exact date. Her husband Anthony Bouwhuis later moved to Atkinson,Ill. sources: Probates case files of The Western University of ILL. http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/v/a/n/Hans-Van-landschoot/index.html?Welcome=1006247426 Hans Van Landschoot Belgium

> A question to you..... You mention that in 1832, there were four children. > Was one a male, possibly the 12 year old? > Michael and Zerviah had: William W. 11 Jul 1820; Joel 27 Jul 1824; Michael R. 07 Jun 1825; Lucinda 01 Sep 1830 Michael and Bethena Babbitt had Mary, about 1834; Hiram 02 Aug 1836; Zerviah, about 1839, d 10 Dec 1855; Christina, 17 Apr 1842; Cynthia, Jan 1844; Nancy, about 1846. I remember some of your problem. I'll look around and see what I can find. Flavia

In a message dated 10/02/2002 4:33:35 PM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Fort Armstrong was at Rock Island. I have copied a few items below, I > found > using a Google search. I don't know about a cemetery there, but surely > there > was one. There are a few cemeterys there. Debbie Clough G-erischer G-erischer Family Web Site http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/ Assistant CC, Iowa Gen Web, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ List Manager for: IASCOTT-L * G-erischer-L * D-encker-L Fitzpatirck-L * V-lerebome-L * Huntington-L * Otis-L * Algar-L EIGS-L * Pickens-L * McNab-L * Patris-L - Rankin-L

In a message dated 10/02/2002 3:50:02 PM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << Does anyone know if there are any records of deaths at Fort Armstrong or if there was a cemetery in connection with the fort? >> As far as I know there were never any records at Fort Armstrong or a cemetery. The Fort is (or was) on an island in the Mississippi River and there is no cemetery connected to the Fort. However, there now is a National Cemetery on the Island. The Rock Island Arsenal and Military Base is on the Arsenal Island and there is a manufacturing plant there. There are some very early records of a trader who lived on the island and then bought land in Rock Island County.

Flavia, I found the following also from the same article...which mentions a cemetery at Fort Armstrong: Julie Bissell Tupker Fort Armstrong Cemetary A writer for the Rock Island Banner and Stephenson Gazette published the following description of the Fort Armstrong cemetery in an article for the January 9, 1840 edition: "...our attention was directed to a small lot enclosed by a small white painted gate, and found it to be the resting place of those who had gone to that “bourne from when they are not returning,” about the centre of this beautiful spot whose brow is washed by the passing wave, are erected a few beautiful stones pointing out the place where rests the body of John Gale a surgeon in the 6th Regiment of U. S. Infantry, Samuel Torrence of Fayette County Pennsylvania, a lieutenant in the 4th Regt., and on a smooth stone close by, is chiseled out the name of Benjamin Gorham nearly overgrown with the creeping time stains - also a Lieutenant of the Army of the U. S., in the South West corner of the secluded spot, with nothing but the initials of the name marked on a plain board lie consigned to their mother earth, two females of the names of Maria Hewet, and Mary Beston; what, or who they were is alike unknown to us; a little spot poled in, in this corner, contains all of them that belongs to earth, death passed not by here without its victims. Numerous graves are to be found here without any memorial of what they were, or a single Hxx to record from

I am sending this piece of information that I found again on a Google search....which does mention the year 1832...and a cholera outbreak ...where a lot of locals caught the disease from troops who had marched to the area from Chicago....(started with over 1000 troops and only about 200 survived the trip to Rock Island/Fort Armstrong). It does mention that many were buried on the island. So, you should be on the right track. It appears possible that Michael Bartlett's wife may have died of cholera. Nice to work with you again on these people....I've researched Michael Bartlett and most of the names you mention in trying to find more information about my gg grandfather, Pierce B. Bissell. Julie Bissell Tupker Home Colonel Davenport First Settlers Fort Armstrong Era The Origins of Fort Armstrong began in 1805 with Zebulon Pike followed by Major Stephen H. Long and his charting of the Upper Mississippi River. The island was once so heavily wooded that seasoned outdoorsmen could get lost or Indians would be the cause for soldier's missing. Illinois Governor Ford described the island in his History of Illinois in 1831. In 1832, the island was the headquarters for the Black Hawk War. This war brought many historical figures to the island. In the following years the island was visited by artists such as George Catlin, John Casper Wild, George Walter, Seth Eastman, and Henry Lewis. The advent of photography has left some record of the island through the camera lens. Reports by Captain Bell, a newspaper description of Fort Armstrong's Cemetary, a report through an act of Congress have survived to tell the story of the island and the Fort into the 1840s. Origins of Fort Armstrong At the same time President Thomas Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark up the Missouri River in 1805, Lt. Zebulon Pike was sent up the Mississippi River. Pike was instructed to gather information about the river and note sites that would be favorable strategic locations for forts. In June 1809, Congress reserved Rock Island, or “big island,” as Pike called it, for federal military use. (Slattery) The two westernmost battles of the War of 1812 were fought in May and August of 1814 near Rock Island. One took place at an island north of Rock Island called Campbell’s Island, named for the commander in charge of the troops who died as a result of wounds incurred there. The other took place at Credit Island which is just below Rock Island. (It was so named because of it being the site of fur trade between the Indians, British and French where the Indians were extended credit for supplies to get them through trapping season until they could pay off their credit with furs in the spring.) These two battles and the Fur Trading Act of 1816 caused the United States government to build a fort on Rock Island. Soldiers arrived on May 10, 1816 and commenced construction of Fort Armstrong on the west end of Rock Island. (Wickstrom 36) It was only the second fort between St. Louis and Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin at the time. The fort was named after the Secretary of War under President James Madison, John Armstrong. When construction began there were 600 soldiers and 150 laborers. After the construction was completed less than 200 soldiers garrisoned the post. Between 1824 and 1836 the garrison consisted of less than 100 troops. (Slattery 23) Besides providing a U. S. military presence to discourage encroachment by the English and French fur traders, Fort Armstrong also provided protection for settlers, and attempted to police intertribal feuds amongst the Indians of the area. (Slattery 28-29) Top Major Stephen H. Long Noted for diligence, precision and accuracy, Major Stephen H. Long was assigned the task of charting the Mississippi River up to Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin in 1817. A topographical engineer, Long was reputed to be a good artist. Unfortunately none of his sketches that accompanied his journal entries survived or have yet to be recovered. His journal did survive and his description of the Fort Armstrong dated 2 August 1817 follows: The Fort is situated immediately upon the lower extremity of Rock Island, at which place the shores are perpendicular cliffs of limestone 30 feet high. In some instances the cliffs project over their base and even some parts of the Fort overhang the water. The Fort has two entire faces only, the other two sides being sufficiently fortified against an assault by the cliffs before mentioned. The east face commences immediately upon the top of the cliff, where here is a Block (No. 1) 2 stories high and 21 feet square. The front upon this side is 277 feet including a Block House (No. 2) at the NE corner of the Fort 26 feet square. The North face forms a tight angle with the east and extends from Block House No. 2 to the North Channel of the River, where it is terminated by Block House No. 3 of the same dimensions as No. 1, presenting a front of this side of 288 feet. Both faces are flanked by Block House No. 2, the other Block Houses being placed in such a manner as to form a part of the Front of the two faces. The Block Houses are all two stories high, their second stories being placed diagonally upon the first. No. 2 has also a basement story which is used as a store house. The faces are made up principally by the rear walls of the Barracks and store houses. They are about 20 feet high and furnished with two rows of loop holes for muskets. The spaces between the buildings are fortified by walls of stone about 8 feet high supporting a breast work of timber 5 feet high. The buildings ranged along the Faces contain 7 rooms 20 feet square upon each side; 8 of which are occupied as soldiers quarters, 3 as hospital, 2 as store houses, and 1 as Guard House. On the south and west sides detached from other parts of the works are situated 2 other buildings, 64 feet long & 16 wide, containing four rooms each designed for officers quarters. In the SW corner is a 2 story building with low wings designed as quarters for the commanding Officer and Offices for the use of the Garrison. The body of the building is furnished with Piazzas on both sides, and the whole combines a degree of taste and elegance worthy of imitation at all other military posts in this part of the country. The works are constructed principally of square timber, the lower part of the block houses including embrasures (an opening for a gun in the wall or parapet) is of stone. The Magazine also is of stone, 7 by 10 feet in the clear, its walls 4 feet in thickness. Besides these, there are a few other buildings outside the Garrison, viz. a smith shop, sutler’s and contractor’s stores, a stable, etc. (Slattery 21-22) Because of the high bluffs which the fort was built upon, construction of two walls and a block house were eliminated. The two inland facing walls were anchored by the three block houses and provided landward protection from attack. The roofs of the buildings on the fort walls sloped inward to protect from fire arrows catching the buildings on fire. The barracks held three companies of infantry. (Slattery 22) Top Soldier's Missing Rock Island was so heavily wooded with oak, black walnut, elm and basswood (Tillinghast 17) at the time Fort Armstrong was built that seasoned outdoorsmen could easily get lost. Two soldiers from the fort received permission to go in search of wood for ax handles. Because of the presence of Winnebago Indian “robbers” on the island they were warned not to go far from the fort. The soldiers were missing at sundown’s roll. Colonel Morgan, the fort’s commander, ordered one of the cannon fired to give provide them bearings back to the fort. Not having returned during the night, colonel Davenport’s men and soldiers from the fort formed a north-south line across the island and headed east. Near the middle of the island they found the shot and scalped bodies of the soldiers. Top Governor Ford's Description of Fort Armstrong and the Island Illinois Governor Ford’s book, History of Illinois, described Rock Island as he saw it in 1831: Fort Armstrong was built upon a rocky cliff on the lower point of an island near the center of the river, a little way above; the shores on each side formed of gentle slopes of prairie, extending back to bluffs of considerable height, made it one of the most picturewque scenes in the western country. The river here is a beautiful sheet of clear, swift running water, about three-quarters of a mile wide; its banks on both sides were uninhabited, except by Indians, from the lower rapids to the fort; and the voyager up-stream, after several days’ solitary progress through a wilderness country on its borders, came suddenly in sight of the whitewashed walls and towers of the fort, perched upon a rock, surrounded by the grandeur and beauty of nature, which, at a distance, gave it the appearance of one of those enchanted castles in an uninhabited desert, so well described in the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments. (Flagler 16-17) Top Black Hawk War of 1832 In 1832 it was the military headquarters for the army during the Black Hawk War. (Slattery 36) General Winfield Scott and 1000 troops were sent to Fort Armstrong to assist Fort Armstrong’s garrison and the volunteers that comprised the force to fight in the Black Hawk War. While enroute on the great lakes a case of Asiatic cholera broke out amongst General Scott’s troops and wiped out a good portion of the 1000 men who started the trip with him. Only 220 of the original force made the march from Chicago to Rock Island. (Slattery 40) Shortly after General Scott and his troops’ arrival at Rock Island, the cholera they were plagued with while enroute to Rock Island broke out again amongst whites and Indians in the area of the fort. Within eight days 189 persons died and were buried on the island. In September of 1833, Sauk, Fox, Sioux, Menominee, Winnebago and other tribes were summoned to the fort to hear peace terms and to cede to the United States six million acres of eastern Iowa. The chiefs and warriors with their families, arrived with whoops and a furious riding of ponies. Between peace parleys, they enlivened the island with dances and pageantry. A guard of grenadiers put on nightly fireworks displays (Wickstrom 37). The fort remained garrisoned until 1836 when the troops were moved to Fort Snelling, Minnesota.

Fort Armstrong was at Rock Island. I have copied a few items below, I found using a Google search. I don't know about a cemetery there, but surely there was one. _____________________________________ On May 10th, 1816, there landed on the island of Rock Island, a distance of three and one-half miles from the Watch Tower, Brig. Gen. Thomas A. Smith and Col. William Law- rence with 700 regulars, and the erection of Fort Armstrong proceeded under this strong guard. _______________________________ Proclamation. Feb. 13, 1833 Articles of a Treaty of Peace, Friendship and Cession, concluded at Fort Armstrong, Rock Island, Illinois, between the United Sates of America, by their Commissioners, Major General Winfield Scott, of the United States Army, and his Excellency John Reynolds, Governor of the State of Illinois, and the confederated tribes of Sac and Fox Indians, represented, in general Council, by the undersigned Chiefs, Headmen and Warriors. Julie Tupker

Fort Armstrong is in Des Moines, IA If there are records, they'd be in the Polk County courthouse, or the Iowa State Historical Society. Diana Flavia Hodges wrote: > An affidavit in a pension application file I received makes this > statement: > "we have heard Michael (R. Bartlett) state that his first wife (Zerviah > Edwards Wells Bartlett) died in 1832 at Fort Armstrong. > > Michael was in the Indian War and at Fort Armstrong around this time. > > Does anyone know if there are any records of deaths at Fort Armstrong or > if there was a cemetery in connection with the fort? > > Zerviah Edwards Wells was the first child of Joel Wells/Mary Edwards and > married Michael R. Bartlett in Gallatin County in 1818. She is my > husband's great great grandmother and I would really like to find where > she is buried. I believe she died in the first half of 1832. > > Flavia Hodges, San Pablo, CA > > ==== ILROCKIS Mailing List ==== > Uh-Oh!!! <----- Missed or deleted a post that would put a crack in your > wall? Remember, day and night, the RootsWeb Archives are always there to > browse or search from http://www.rootsweb.com . > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237