>From "The Past and Present of Rock Island County, Illinois, 1877" page 369 in the biographical section of Buffalo Prairie Township: "FRANCE Wm. A. Farmer; Sec 16; P.O. Illinois City; born in Portage County, Ohio, May 30, 1834; came to this Co. in 1847; Republican; Independent; 340 acres, value $7,000; wife was Emma Bruner, who was born in Philadelphia, Penn., Feb. 11, 1838; married Dec 9, 1858; five children, four boys, one girl." Lee, my Ellsworth line came from Portage County, Ohio, also. The Historical Society in Portage County is very helpful. I believe they have a web site, also. Audrey Cox Vogelpohl Seattle, Washington Lee & Mary Sulzberger wrote: > > Hi all!!!! > > I'm new to this list. I found the following from a marriage index on the Illinois genealogy website. William and Emma are my GGgrandparents on my mothers side. I have no vitals on either of them. However, their son Charles Samuel France was born in Muscatine, IA abt. 1865 and married Jane "Jennie" Reed on 19 Oct 1887. > > GROOM BRIDE CNTY DATE > VOL/PAGE LIC > FRANCE, WILLIAM BRUNER, EMMA ROCK ISLAND 12/09/1858 00A/0147 3214 > > Any help on the ancestry of William and Emma would be greatly appreciated. > > Lee Sulzberger, Huntsville, AL > > ==== ILROCKIS Mailing List ==== > LDS Family Search Engine: > http://www.familysearch.org/ > Illinois State Archives Databases including pre 1900 IL marriages: > http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/database.html