Posted on: Sangamon County, Il Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Il/Sangamon/2000 Surname: Taylor ------------------------- Thank you for your response. With more research and information I was able to piece together that my John Taylor b. Jan 1856 and the John E. Taylor son of Isaac Taylor were not one and the same man. I believe John E. was born almost 10 years later so now armed with that knowledge I can go forward in to Hamilton Co. IL and search for the right parents of John Taylor. Thank you again for all the replys and responses I have been getting from the Sangamon Co. IL list. You all are just awesome. Thanks Regards, Theresa

While sharing information on Robert Bagby, I may as well give all the names I have been able to find of people who were members of the Salem, or New Salem Regular Baptist Church which was near Lincoln's New Salem. Some of you may have seen the log replica of the church or school in the Park. The church was actually located some distance from the little village. I have estimated that at least a hundred people were members of this church during its relatively short life - it lasted from August 1829 until about 1860. In about 1832 when the Sangamon Association met there (probably hundreds or maybe thousands of people present), the church had about 50 members. It is truly sad, to me, that the records of this church did not survive. Robert Webb NAME Armstrong, Hugh Bagby, Elder Robert Brunk, David Elmore, Thomas Goldsby, J. B. Graham, Mentor Green, Felix G. Griffin, Eada Griffin, Henry Hinds, J. Loyd, Tarleton Plasters, Elder Thomas Potter, Elijah Senter, Elder James H. Sheppard, E. Watkins, John Watkins, William Wynne, Thomas ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Robert - Thanks so much for Robert Bagby info. I really think he was older brother to my John D, Bagby. John was b. 1814. He had a brother James M. b. 1817 and believe Martha who married Eleven Shelton and Nancy who married John Shelton were sisters. John had daughters Nancy & Martha. John m. Mary Caroline Roll daughter of William Roll and Mary Eddy (from NJ). James m. Sydney Loyed (in Menard Co.). Faith keahey@fiberpipe.net

I am looking for info on any families, farms and businesses in the area of Illiopolis Township, in eastern Sangamon County, with particular emphasis on time frame from settlement in 1826 up to about 1860. If you have info that goes beyond Powers Early Settlers or the various county histories I am interested in communicating with you. I'm gathering information for a master's thesis. I want to emphasize what it was like to live there in those days, especially for the women and children. The town itself didn't officially come into existance until near the end of this period. Does any one know who the Mrs. Anderson, a widow, was. She is listed as the first settler in the township in 1826. My anscestor, James Hunter didn't arrive until 1828. Other families in the area that are related are Dickerson, Donner, Bridges, Lucas, Hampton, Hall, Mulligan, Wilkerson, Morgan and others. There seems to have been some mobility and intermarriage between Illiopolis, Mechanicsburg, Mt. Auburn, Buffalo Hart and Mt. Pulaski families. At least in the early days I think these were all part of Sangamon county, even tho later Mt. Pulaski ended up in Logan and Mt. Auburn ended up in Christian counties. I'd be particularly interested in any early accounts of day to day life, such as journals, etc. Some of the folks were illiterate, and those who were able to read and write were probably very busy and had little time, but there could be some reminisces out there of old settlers or mothers or grandmothers passing on the family heritage to their children or grandchildren. Thank you, Dave Hunter Nicea@aol.com

Dave, Have you checked out the Illiopolis Web Site at: http://illiopolis.com/ Click on History of Illiopolis and you will find some material from the 1956 Centennial Booklet and various other sources. Have contacted Kinahan Rule in Illiopolis? Believe he is a Hunter descendant, too. And he might be able to tell you some stories about the people. You live in Sangamon, don't you? Mary Ann At 11:55 PM 02/18/2001 -0500, you wrote: >I am looking for info on any families, farms and businesses in the area of >Illiopolis Township, in eastern Sangamon County, with particular emphasis on >time frame from settlement in 1826 up to about 1860. If you have info that >goes beyond Powers Early Settlers or the various county histories I am >interested in communicating with you. I'm gathering information for a >master's thesis. > >I want to emphasize what it was like to live there in those days, especially >for the women and children. The town itself didn't officially come into >existance until near the end of this period. > >Does any one know who the Mrs. Anderson, a widow, was. She is listed as the >first settler in the township in 1826. My anscestor, James Hunter didn't >arrive until 1828. Other families in the area that are related are >Dickerson, Donner, Bridges, Lucas, Hampton, Hall, Mulligan, Wilkerson, Morgan >and others. > >There seems to have been some mobility and intermarriage between Illiopolis, >Mechanicsburg, Mt. Auburn, Buffalo Hart and Mt. Pulaski families. At least >in the early days I think these were all part of Sangamon county, even tho >later Mt. Pulaski ended up in Logan and Mt. Auburn ended up in Christian >counties. > >I'd be particularly interested in any early accounts of day to day life, such >as journals, etc. Some of the folks were illiterate, and those who were able >to read and write were probably very busy and had little time, but there >could be some reminisces out there of old settlers or mothers or grandmothers >passing on the family heritage to their children or grandchildren. > >Thank you, > >Dave Hunter >Nicea@aol.com > > >==== ILSANGAM Mailing List ==== >New - 4th Presbyterian Church INDEX, Springfield, IL >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilsangam/church.htm CONVERSE CONNECTIONS http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~converse/index.html CONVERSE MAIL LIST Administrator MY FAMILY GENEALOGY http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~makaylor/index.html KAYLOR MAIL LIST Administrator TEDROW MAIL LIST Administrator "Friends are quiet angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly!"

Posted on: Sangamon County, Il Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Il/Sangamon/1999 Surname: Hendrix, Taylor ------------------------- FYI Susan Hendrix is buried (with Simeon Taylor) in the Taylor Cemetery near Barclay, IL (Sangamon Co. NE of Springfield) She was born 11/16/1815 in KY and died 7/11/1852. see findagrave.com for all taylors and their spouses buried in this small rural cemetery

Posted on: Sangamon County, Il Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Il/Sangamon/1998 Surname: Taylor, Halbert, McGinnis ------------------------- Isaac taylor b: 10/12/1830 in Sangamon Co. died 9/14/1895 in Sangamon Co. buried Taylor cemetery,near Barclay, IL (see findagrave.com for all Taylor's buried in Taylor cemetery Sangamon Co. IL)from my grave survey last year. Isaac married Margaret J. Halbert (1833-1863) before 1852 they had a daughter who died after 13 days 8/9/1852 to 8/22/1852 who is buried in taylor cemetery Don't know anything about their other children (if any). After Margaret's death, Isaac then married Mary Ann McGinnis 5/27/1864. Two of their children died young and are buried in taylor cemetery. infant daughter taylor died April 10, 1865 Charlie O. Taylor 10/7/1870 2/20/1871 (pretty horrible times to be a parent) Sorry, but have no info on their other children (if any) including your possible relative. Despite that lack of info hope the rest is helpful

Copied from the Western Predestinarian Baptist, Charleston, Illinois, Elder Richard M. Newport, editor, dated April 1, 1845. "By a letter received from our esteemed brother, Elder Cyrus Wright, we are informed of the death of Elder Robert Bagby, of the Sangamon Association. When we were at Springfield, we unerstood he was dangerously sick, and we now learn that he died shortly after we left. With Brother Bagby we had but a very limited acquaintance. We heard him preach once only, and we felt satisfied that he was a workman approved of God, that need not be ashamed. Among his brethren, and those who were intimately acquainted with him, he sustained the character of a sound and able minister of the gospel, and highly exemplary professor of the Christian religion; and we feel to sympathize deeply with his bereaved wife and children, and also with the churches and brethren generally of the Sangamon Association, who will long mourn the great loss they have sustained. Brother Wright writes to us as follows: "It now becomes my painful duty to announce to you the death of our beloved and highly esteemed brother in the Lord, Elder R. Bagby. He is no more with us here on earth; he has, as we humbly trust, fallen asleep in Christ. He deaprted this life on the 4th of February 1845. His moral and religious character stands high in the bounds of his acquaintance. He has left a most tenderly, affectionate and now greatly afflicted wife and family; as well as churches and friends to lament their great loss." Since the remainder of the obituary contains nothing about his family, I will not copy it here. Likewise, since the account published in 1842 of an article written by Elder Robert Bagby is his religious experience rather than his natural history, I will not post it except to give the date of his birth, which he states is March 20th, 1811. He also mentions hearing Elder William Watkins preach, who was also a member of the New Salem church (Lincoln's New Salem). Hope this will be of interest to someone. Robert Webb ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Posted on: Sangamon County, Il Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Sangamon/1997 Surname: BOOTH ------------------------- My GreatGreatGreat Grandfather Benjamin Franklin Booth born in Maine 1838. Moved Springfield, Il as a young boy. Lived there until and adult and returned to Springfield in early 1900' to live with a brother. Died in 1927 and was buried in Iowa. I would like to talk with anybody researching this family in the Springfield area.

Does anyone know when the following was in business in Springfield? W. J. Beckam, Bramer Studio, Springfield, IL Thank You

Can you give me the names of the children? Some of the Cagle's were spelled That way also. Thanks Marianne

Hello, I am looking for the ancestors and personal history of Abner Wilkinson who was born in 1810 and married Elizabeth (Betsy) Brown daughter of Delos White and Ruth Ann Brown June 17, 1847 in Sangamon County, IL. According to the 1860 census Abner was a tailor. Betty died January 21, 1870. Abner remarried to a Margaret E. Soule November 7, 1872 in Sangamon County, IL. He died July 1, 1903 in La Crosse, WI and was buried in the Oak Ridge cemetery in Sangamon County, IL. Children of Betsy and Abner are, Robert, Ada, Anna, and Louis. If you have any information on this family please let me know. Thank you very much, Charlene Swan Kes6135@aol.com

With all the discussions of burials, it may be timely to ask about my GREENWOODs. The book "Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois" by John Power noted several generations of GREENWOODs noting a William GREENWOOD, who arrived in Sangamon County in 1824, living near what is now Curran township. I thank a Lister for sending me the GREENWOOD data from this book. My records begin with a Johnathan GREENWOOD, who came from an unknown parish, or possibly arriving from England. He married Lucretia McTYRE [or McINTYRE] in 1734. Lucretia is the earliest birth noted in my line, 1709, Christ Church parish. They had several children among whom was William, born 1740. He married an unknown person, this union produced another William in 1772 , who married Ruth BROOKS. This is the couple who arrived in Sangamon County in 1824. They had 9 children one of whom was Thomas GREENWOOD who married Ann LINDLEY. One of his 11 children was John Thomas who married Elva Phesant, they moved to Nebraska from McLean County, so the family must have left Sangamon County before John Thomas's birth in 1853, McLean Co., Illinois. Christ Church parish records note this GREENWOOD line from the early 1700s, and saw parts of 4 generations of GREENWOODs there in Middlesex Co. Knowing a fairly good amount of their lives, I was not particularly interested in their burial sites for awhile, but I am ready to begin looking now. Christ Church must have been large, the number of people listed in the registers is incredible. Were many buried in a large cemetery there ? Or were they buried in smaller, homestead or family type plots ? Ruth Brooks GREENWOOD died 1837, William GREENWOOD died 1855, both in Sangamon Co. Where might I begin to look for them, and possibly some of the children ? Meg GREENWOOD / Oklahoma, USA

Posted on: Sangamon County, Il Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Il/Sangamon/1996 Surname: Fritchman, Kalb, Trum, Shultz ------------------------- Looking for death date and place of Blanche Pearl Fritchman daughter of Albert Kalb and Catherine (Keagle) Kalb born 25 Jul 1878 married to Howard T Fritchman when? she had 3 sons Kenneth Fritchman m. Dorothy Trun Wilbur Fritchman m. Jean Shultz Harold Fritchman m. Neita ?

Posted on: Sangamon County, Il Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Il/Sangamon/1995 Surname: ------------------------- Cemetery is in Williams Township Joseph B. Keagle 1818 - 1871 died in Williamsville I have all his family information and photograph of his wife and children taken abt 1900.

Posted on: Sangamon County, Il Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Il/Sangamon/1994 Surname: Kalb, Keagle, Reynolds, Mrasak ------------------------- Researching Kalb family in Sangamon Co., Illinois Absalom Kalb and wife Susannah came to Springfield from Loudoun Co., VA in the fall of 1849 with their children and grandchildren. sons were; Jesse Kalb wife Mary Virts Daniel Kalb wife Eliza Shutt Andrew Kalb wife Ann James Ezekiel Kalb wife Eliza Cummings looking for all descendants of above

Hi Elder Robert, Some of the names in this church are very familiar to me. I am Margarette Davis, the descendant of Jeremiah Moore and the Carters and Evans of Liberty Church. We have corresponded before. Isn't this church pretty close to the Liberty Church? At least it is pretty close to where I thought the Liberty Church was but maybe I am wrong. I think this George Davenport lived very close to my people and they were supposed to lived in Island Grove. The Jacksonville Road runs through Island Grove from Springfield to Jacksonville. Alsburys married into my Hodgerson family but not Brice Alsbury but he may have been a brother to Levi who was son of Charles Alsbury. I believe Charles was a preacher also but maybe I am mixed up. David Simms was with Jeremiah Moore and the others in Ten Mile in Hamilton co and asked for his letter to move to Liberty same time as the Moores. He was married by Robert Moore in Hamilton Co. He later moved to Morgan Co, I believe. Lewis Robertson was married to one of the Hodgerson girls and he had a son named Brice (probably named for Brice Alsbury) After Robertson's wife died he married an Alzina Ray Evans(I see you have Rays in this church) Alzina Ray was the widow of John Evans who was in the Liberty church and later the Fancy Point church. I believe this church was very close to Island Grove or what became Island Grove TWP when the twps were formed. Berlin is in Island Grove TWP. In our correspondence a while back you were looking for Berlin church on Spring Creek. Is it possible this was Berlin church? TTYL, Margarette Davis

Would someone be kind enough to tell me what the age of consent to marry, for a female, would have been in Illinois in 1863? 18 or 21? Many thanks Katie

Hi, Margarette, yes, I remember you, nice to hear from you again, anytime. I have promised another person that I will try to find the sketch and the obituary of Elder Robert Bagby (1811-1845) and post it on here, hopefully it will be next week sometime. Elder Brice Alsbury may have been a brother to Elder John Alsbury (who once ran for office against Lincoln), I'm not sure, anyway Elder Brice Alsbury was born in 1805 and died in Arkansas in 1894. Yes, I think this church was probably pretty close to Liberty. I'll check again on David Simms, had forgotten he was in Ten Mile, but knew he had moved to Morgan or Pike, somewhere and I think I have him listed in several churches. My notes on George Davenport say that he came to Sangamon County in 1819, and was first a member of Sangamo Church (org. in 1820) which was later called Richland. It was also in close proximity to Liberty and Spring Creek. I'm sure it will be a relief to a lot of the people on this list if I ever get my research done and move on. ha. If only the old records had all survived, I wouldn't have this problem of trying to dig out the history. Robert On Sat, 17 Feb 2001 19:01:05 EST MaggeD@aol.com writes: > Hi Elder Robert, > > Some of the names in this church are very familiar to me. I am > Margarette > Davis, the descendant of Jeremiah Moore and the Carters and Evans of > Liberty > Church. We have corresponded before. Isn't this church pretty > close to the > Liberty Church? At least it is pretty close to where I thought the > Liberty > Church was but maybe I am wrong. > > I think this George Davenport lived very close to my people and they > were > supposed to lived in Island Grove. The Jacksonville Road runs > through Island > Grove from Springfield to Jacksonville. Alsburys married into my > Hodgerson > family but not Brice Alsbury but he may have been a brother to Levi > who was > son of Charles Alsbury. I believe Charles was a preacher also but > maybe I am > mixed up. David Simms was with Jeremiah Moore and the others in Ten > Mile in > Hamilton co and asked for his letter to move to Liberty same time as > the > Moores. He was married by Robert Moore in Hamilton Co. He later > moved to > Morgan Co, I believe. Lewis Robertson was married to one of the > Hodgerson > girls and he had a son named Brice (probably named for Brice > Alsbury) After > Robertson's wife died he married an Alzina Ray Evans(I see you have > Rays in > this church) Alzina Ray was the widow of John Evans who was in the > Liberty > church and later the Fancy Point church. > > I believe this church was very close to Island Grove or what became > Island > Grove TWP when the twps were formed. Berlin is in Island Grove TWP. > In our > correspondence a while back you were looking for Berlin church on > Spring > Creek. Is it possible this was Berlin church? > > TTYL, Margarette Davis > > > ==== ILSANGAM Mailing List ==== > List problems? First, read the Welcome Message that you received > when you subscribed. Feel free to contact Morris Myers, > list administrator, with questions concerning this list! > mailto: gmm00@amdahl.com > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

I've thought a little about how to narrow down the vicinity of this church, and am thinking that finding the land of some of the Kendalls might be the answer, but they were only there from whenever they came in the 1820's (probably) until about 1835-1836 when some of them moved to Hancock County. Actually the land sales of 1835-1836 might be easier to find than the date they bought. Robert On Sat, 17 Feb 2001 18:04:36 -0600 Mary Ann Kaylor <makaylor@npwt.net> writes: > On the 1874 Sangamon Atlas there is a church shown in Cartwright Twp. > NE > 1/4 of Sec 25. This is approx. 1 mile or so from Spring Creek and > is > about 2 miles north of Old Jacksonville Rd. From what I can make of > it, it > appears to be about eight miles west of Springfield (present day). > I can't > verify that this is the Baptist Church, perhaps someone else can? > It is > still on the 1914 Atlas, but not on present day Atlas. > > At 04:52 PM 02/17/2001 -0600, you wrote: > > I'm working on sketches of several early Baptist churches in > >Sangamon County. One of them is Spring Creek. It was supposed to > be > >located about eight miles west of Springfield (1861 Springfield) > and one > >mile north of the road to Jacksonville. I haven't been able to > locate > >the precise spot or find a deed. > > Some of the early members, whose name was Kendall, later > moved to > >the county where I now live (Hancock). William Kendall (1770-1845) > is > >buried in Hancock Co., in the Providence cemetery, but was probably > a > >charter member of Spring Creek church. > > I have the following names as members of Spring Creek > Church: > > Brice W. Alsbury (joined in Nov. 1828, ordained as a > minister by > >another church, later, I believe). > > Robert Bagby (already an ordained minister when he joined > in > >about 1841 or 1842; he was also a member at one time of the church > at > >Lincoln's New Salem. I have a sketch he wrote of himself not long > before > >his death, and his obituary). > > Daniel Brundage, James A. Brundage, William H. Brundage. > > A. Burnett > > Thomas Burnett > > Nathan Butler > > George Davenport (1781-1845, came to Sangamon Co. in > 1819). > > A. Foutch (this may be the one born in 1797, who was one > of the > >commissioners at the time of the building of the courthouse, which > became > >the Old State Capitol) > > Harmon Haggard > > Allen Hamilton > > William P. Hazlett > > John B. Hinman > > Tandy James (not sure of spelling - very difficult to > read on my > >microfilm) > > Benjamin Kendall, Barzillia Kendall, John H. Kendall, > William > >Kendall Jr., William Kendall Sr. > > J. Martin > > Stephen Pool > > J. F. Pyatt > > S. Ray, and T. Ray > > Lewis Robertson > > Elder J. H. Senter (also once a member of New Salem > Baptist > >church at Lincoln's New Salem) > > David Simms > > Andrew Steele > > Reuben Underwood > > T. B. Wright > > > >Someone may be able to enlighten me about some of these folks. > >Submitted by: > >Elder Robert Webb > > > >________________________________________________________________ > >GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > >Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > >Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > >http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > > > > >==== ILSANGAM Mailing List ==== > >List problems? First, read the Welcome Message that you received > >when you subscribed. Feel free to contact Morris Myers, > >list administrator, with questions concerning this list! > >mailto: gmm00@amdahl.com > > > ==== ILSANGAM Mailing List ==== > Search the Index to the 1904 Sangamon County History at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilsangam/histdex.htm > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.