While looking through the high school yearbook for Springfield High School, 1936, I noticed several seniors had an organization call "Swastikas" listed among other organizations like Senior Choir or Advanced Band. Does anyone know what this was about? Thanks.

Jan is there a Macoupin county genealogy society? Pat Gourley. My husband was from Carlinville. Pat

Posted on: Sangamon County, Il Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Sangamon/1729 Surname: Harreld, Hudson ------------------------- I am looking for any information on the John Harreld and or Benjamin Hudson families that moved from Rutherford and Wilson Counties in Tenn. to Sangamon County, IL in 1826 and 1827. Benjamin and Sara Hudson are my 4th great-grandparents. They also had a son who was married, and moved with them named John Hudson, who wife was Nancy (Pitts)Harreld. John and Sara Harreld are my 3rd great-grandparents, Sara being the daughter of Benjamin and Sara Hudson. I can not find anything on the Harreld family. Does anyone have any information on these families?? Thanks, Victoria Ann Harreld Sills

--part1_c2.1249939.27056c8a_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To all--I send this from the Macoupin board gladly. Jan Gray --part1_c2.1249939.27056c8a_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <ILMACOUP-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-za01.mx.aol.com (rly-za01.mail.aol.com [172.31.36.97]) by air-za04.mail.aol.com (v76_r1.3) with ESMTP; Thu, 28 Sep 2000 23:45:45 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.123]) by rly-za01.mx.aol.com (v75_b3.9) with ESMTP; Thu, 28 Sep 2000 23:45:12 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id e8T3gkm21154; Thu, 28 Sep 2000 20:42:46 -0700 Resent-Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 20:42:46 -0700 X-Original-Sender: glofra@earthlink.net Thu Sep 28 20:42:46 2000 Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.0.20000928222220.00b57428@earthlink.net> X-Sender: glofra@earthlink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 22:39:15 -0500 Old-To: ILMACOUP-L@rootsweb.com From: Gloria Frazier <glofra@earthlink.net> Subject: Re: [ILMACOUP-L] Auburn Cemetery Report In-Reply-To: <9c.7b09d47.27054f85@aol.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Resent-Message-ID: <wKDvHB.A.2JF.2-A15@lists5.rootsweb.com> To: ILMACOUP-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: ILMACOUP-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <ILMACOUP-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/2996 X-Loop: ILMACOUP-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: ILMACOUP-L-request@rootsweb.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by lists5.rootsweb.com id e8T3gkm21154 I challenge anyone on the maillists for Macoupin, Sangamon, and=20 other surrounding counties of Sangamon to send the Auburn Cemetery=20 Fund $5 to $10. I will send $10. Macoupin cemeteries/genealogy has=20 costs of its own so we can't afford much. I DO NOT want anyone on a limited and fixed income to send money.=20 Please. You might send a card of thanks to the monument companies=20 but do not send money. For those who can afford to send $5 to $10, get out your money and=20 envelope and stamp and mail it in. Auburn Cemetery 15125 Kennedy Road Auburn, Illinois 62615 Sooooo glad they are all set back up. Amazing! Gloria ps Jan, I am not on the other county maillists so if you want to=20 pass my challenge to the other lists, do so. At 09:51 PM 9/28/2000 -0400, you wrote: >Hello to all--I wish to write tonight of good news. If you are not=20 >able to >hear the news. The 103 stone have been uprighted and put back in=20 >place. The >thanks goes out to Arnold's Monument of Springfield, Illinois and=20 >Carlinville >Monument of Carlinville, Ill. Each company sent in two men and=20 >equipment and >Wimmer Cemetery's Alex Decatoire (retired Arnold's Monument=20 >employee, who is >83) and George LeConte ( he won't tell his age, but he is 80+) of=20 >Auburn >started to work early and finish about 3:00 this afternoon. Also=20 >the new >caretaker Harry Moore assisted. There were a few of the stone=20 >which Alex took >home to repair with pins and epoxy. They will be repaired shortly.=20 >I talked >to A

Hi, I am thinking of visiting Springfield next week to go to the university to look up my gggggrandfathers probate papers. Can someone suggest a nice place to stay that is easy to find and fairly close to the University? My sister and I will be visiting from Marion,Indiana. Thank You Susan Heinzelman

Hello to all--I wish to write tonight of good news. If you are not able to hear the news. The 103 stone have been uprighted and put back in place. The thanks goes out to Arnold's Monument of Springfield, Illinois and Carlinville Monument of Carlinville, Ill. Each company sent in two men and equipment and Wimmer Cemetery's Alex Decatoire (retired Arnold's Monument employee, who is 83) and George LeConte ( he won't tell his age, but he is 80+) of Auburn started to work early and finish about 3:00 this afternoon. Also the new caretaker Harry Moore assisted. There were a few of the stone which Alex took home to repair with pins and epoxy. They will be repaired shortly. I talked to Alex's wife Mary Ann (president of Wimmer Cemetery Assoc.) and said all went very well and everyone was very tired. I can't believe this could be true, but it is. Thanks to the monument companies and their hoists it got done. Here is the information for anyone who would like to make a donation: Auburn Cemetery 15125 Kennedy Road Auburn, Illinois 62615 Thank you notes to: Arnold Monument Company 1621 W. Wabash Ave. Springfield, Illinois I sorry I don't have Carlinville Monument Company's address but will get it a post it. I have an email in to get it for you. Alex Decatoire 14656 Dixon Road Auburn, Illinois 62615 George LeConte 115 E. Adams Auburn, Illiois 62615 So let us now pray and hope they can get the vandals and let the courts do their job. Thanks to all who responded to my post. The geneaolgy family is the best family in helpping with crisis like this. Please if you can't send money, send a thank you note to the Monument companies, they worked for us for free. They came quickly and repaired these stone, not just set them back on there bases. And Alex and George---they are Wimmer's finest---of course I'm personally proud of them. Jan Gray Co-Historian Wimmer Cemetery Auburn, Illinois gjgrayinc@aol.com

Posted on: Sangamon County, Il Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Sangamon/1728 Surname: Gray, Harris, Wineman, Machino ------------------------- It is a sad day in Auburn, Illinois--If you haven't heard the news--Auburn Cemetery was vandalized Tuesday night. Over 100 stones pushed over or broken. I was there at 6:00 tonight and it was a sad sight. The oldest part was hit the worse. It was also the darkest part of the cemetery. I talked to the caretaker who wasn't living in the house at the time due to remodling of the residence. He was really upset since he was just given the job a short time ago. I asked what I could do for him. He said that tomorrow that Arnold's Monument and a company from Carlinville would be bring hoists and repair equipment to start the repair work. I asked him what he would need in the way of help and he said he wasn't sure yet. I talked to Alex Decatoire, retired worker of Arnold's who lives in Auburn and who also worked with us on the Wimmer Cememtery Project and he and George LeConte of Auburn were going to help and anyone who could give a hand would be welcomed. This is what folks could do---help with repairs, such as applying epoxy, caulk, and holding stones while they steady them in place. It does no good to just set them back up---they need to be done right, and then they don't fall over again so easily. This will take weeks to completely repair. Wimmer was not hit---but Auburn Cemetery is closely related to Wimmer families and needs our help. They need money, they are all but bankrupted. They have not a clue who did this, but I'm sure in time they will. It is a very ugly picture to look at all the damage. Infant stones, small tablets, broke at the ground. Large monuments---Benjamin Kessler's---pushed over and in many pieces. It was 8' tall. Newer head stones that weigh many hundred pounds pushed over. It is very sad. I have to work tomorrow and Friday--so I will only be able to help for an hour each night until dark. I will keep you posted as to what they need, but if you have time tomorrow to help---go and help. Write a check or what ever you can do. I hope to make a list of which stones are damaged and post them as I find their names, some are pushed over so you can't read the name, but I'll try to see what I can find out. On the news tonight they are offering $500.00 reward for the names of the vandals. You can call 438-3090 and add to the reward or find out where to send money for the repairs. Please help. Jan Gray, co-historian of Wimmer Cemetery.

Posted on: Sangamon County, Il Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Sangamon/1727 Surname: Montgomery, Hilton ------------------------- Looking for information on Hiram Montgomery and Rebecca Hilton married Nov.18,1869 in Sangamon Co. Any help will be greatly appreciated

Thank you, I will give this a try. Susan > There is a probate packet at the University of Illinois at Springfield's > Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) for a Thomas Massey #229. Since > this is such a low probate number, it may fit for your ancestor. You will > need to contact the interns at the IRAD to have a copy made of that probate. > I have no idea what it contains but there may be a will in the file. The will > record books do not start until the year 1850 for Sangamon County. Their > address as of 1996 was: University of Illinois - Springfield Archives, > Brookens Library, Rm 144, Springfield, Illinois 62794-9243. The phone number > that is listed in this book is wrong and I do not have their current phone > number. I hope this helps. Sincerely, Dan Dixon SCGS President > > > Sangamon County Genealogical Society > PO Box 1829 > Springfield, Illinois 62705-1829 > Dbutton2@aol.com > > > ==== ILSANGAM Mailing List ==== > The RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative is supported by its users: > RootsWeb would cease to exist if not for the support of folks like you. > By becoming a Member, Sponsor, or Donor, you help RootsWeb provide Web > and FTP space on thousands of genealogical topics, mailing > lists for thousands of groups of genealogists with shared interests, and > search engines to make huge amounts of genealogical data freely > available to Internet genealogists.Become A Rootsweb Sponser Today! > http://www.rootsweb.com/ > >

Posted on: Sangamon County, Il Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Sangamon/1726 Surname: Allen, Dennison, Denneson, Morgan ------------------------- I am looking for information on a John H. Allen, born about 1821 in Kentucky. He married UNKNOWN and had at least one child. He married Emily H. Denneson (correctly spelled Dennison) on April 4, 1865 in Sangamon County and is shown in the 1870 Mortality Schedule as having died in February (1869?/1870?) in Island Grove Township, Sangamon County. In 1871, Emily Dennison Allen married Marsena Morgan in Sangamon County. Their first child died at about age three. I am looking for her name as well. Any help would be appreciated.

--part1_c1.72abdfe.26fea0de_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_c1.72abdfe.26fea0de_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <MO-CEMETERIES-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-zb01.mx.aol.com (rly-zb01.mail.aol.com [172.31.41.1]) by air-zb04.mail.aol.com (v76_r1.3) with ESMTP; Sat, 23 Sep 2000 20:09:22 -0400 Received: from lists6.rootsweb.com (lists6.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.125]) by rly-zb01.mx.aol.com (v75_b3.9) with ESMTP; Sat, 23 Sep 2000 20:09:03 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists6.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id e8O085P09116; Sat, 23 Sep 2000 17:08:05 -0700 Resent-Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 17:08:05 -0700 X-Original-Sender: LAdams2341@aol.com Sat Sep 23 17:08:05 2000 From: LAdams2341@aol.com Message-ID: <62.76e9f0c.26fe9fdb@aol.com> Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 20:07:55 EDT Old-To: MO-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 119 Subject: [MO-CEM] St. Louis, MO Cemetery Resent-Message-ID: <3pMpGD.A.QOC.lXUz5@lists6.rootsweb.com> To: MO-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: MO-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <MO-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/169 X-Loop: MO-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: MO-CEMETERIES-L-request@rootsweb.com Hello, I live in St. Louis, Missouri and saw on the local news tonight that there is a BRIDGETON MEMORIAL PARK - 1843 - 1963 ( North St. Louis) that is looking for persons with family buried there. The airport is being expanded and they are going to move the CEMETERY. Is there a way to get this message to as many listers as possible in a short amount of time? Can you help! Pat Jones Smith St. Louis, Missouri USA MSmith3030@aol.com And this followed~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here is more information. Notice names listed. Feel free to send on. We have Pat Jones Smith, of St Louis, to thank for both posts. (See end.) Alexandra BRIDGETON MEMORIAL PARK, Bridgeton, Missouri This burying ground at 4616 Long Road was made into a memorial park in 1962. In 1959 several lawsuits were filed against the City for allowing the cemetery to deteriorate. Individual stones had already been removed "through error and misunderstanding" but members of the Bridgeton Historical Commission were able to learn the names of some who were buried there and a large monument was erected in 1963 which bears this inscription, "We honor the people buried here. They were part of this nation's adventure and their vision lighted the path we follow today." At the dedication ceremonies, Mrs. Anna Wilson gave a talk about African-American veterans who are buried here. Records indicate that the cemetery was integrated from its beginning. It was in use as late as 1954 and at least 100 people are buried in the two acres. On the bronze plaque of the monument are the following names: Annie Adams Auston Edwards Enoch Mumps Edward Walker Benjamin Adams Auston Edwards, Jr. Elio Phillips Kit Walker George Adams Grace Edwards Eliza Phillips Lizzie Walker Lottie Adams Katie Edwards Ike Phillips Quiller Walker Ben Alexander The Galliger Family Tilly Phillips Tommy Walker George Alexander Almiria Grannison Walter Phillips Barbara White Henry Alexander Creed Hall Bell Pruitt John White Lucy Alexander Creed Hall, Jr. The Pueroa Family Noah White Eugene Allen Hillard Hall Fred Riddle Shibina White Arthur Bassett Hiram Hall James Robertson Alice Wilson Dr. William Berry Jack Haggerty Will Rush Ernest Wilson Febie Bivens The Heidron Children Baron Scott George Wilson George Bivens Lizzie Hodge Louise Scott Theodore Woodson Lizzie Bivens Steve Hodge Lydia Scott Baby Woolfolk Millie Bivens The Horn Family Laura Smith Hadley Woolfolk Rafe Bivens Nasrus Jackson Roberta Stanton Gibson Wright Samuel Bivens Amy Johnson Lewis Stevenson Hiram Wright Cosley Black George Johnson Fred Steward Mamie Wright Edward Black Julia Johnson Henry Stocker Green Young Hiram Black Robert Johnson Joseph Taylor Mary Ann Young King Black Turner Johnson Abe Thompson Skip Young Sam Balck Mr. Knight Henry Thompson Bell Carter Henry Lewis Hiram Thompson Lilly Cheeks Hal Lint Jenny Thompson Henry Clanton Luvenia Lint Mamie Tucker Fred Dickson The McClure Family Barney Vonsray Joe Duglas, Jr. Jessie Moore Texas Hall Wadlington This list was given to me by The Missouri Historical Society P.O. Box 11940 St. Louis, Missouri 63112-0040 (314) 746-4599 There is a Shirley Wotawa that is seeking information about the persons buried here. If you can help with this project, please contact her at 9512 Glen Owen, Ferguson, Missouri 63136. This address is from the fall of 1998. You can also contact the St. Louis Dept. of Parks and Recreation Historical Preservation Office at (314) 615-0357. After 3 hours on the phone and the typing....that I'm not that good at...I hope this will help some of you. Feel free to forward. Pat Jones Smith St, Louis, Missouri ==== MO-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. 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Posted on: Sangamon County, Il Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Il/Sangamon/1725 Surname: Henderson, Johnston ------------------------- Joseph Franklin Henderson was born in Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, Nov-17-1859, to John W Henderson and Lucinda Johnston. I haven't been able to find them listed in any census. I am desperately seeking information on his parents and possible siblings.

Posted on: Sangamon County, Il Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Sangamon/1724 Surname: ------------------------- I don`t have much on the Arnold family. All I have is Charlotte Arnold married John L Taylor 21 Jan 1886 in Williamson CO IL. She was age 18. They later divorced. I believe My Taylors might have been in Sangamon CO in 1850. Rita

Posted on: Sangamon County, Il Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Sangamon/1723 Surname: ARNOLD ------------------------- MY ARNOLD ANCESTORS LIVED IN SCOTT COUNTY-CAME TO ILLIOIS IN 1836 FROM TN. MANY ARNOLDS SETTLED IN SANGAMON CO. IS THERE A CONNECTION WITH YOURS.

Posted on: Sangamon County, Il Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Sangamon/1722 Surname: GLASSCOCK, SWEARINGEN, GAMES ------------------------- I do not know of any William Glasscock in this family. Lemuel Glasscock was born in VA. and some of his siblings were born in Adams and or Brown Co. OH

Posted on: Sangamon County, Il Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Sangamon/1721 Surname: Glasscock, Taylor, Ray, Carter, Arnold, Caig, Terry, Duncan, Felts, Lewis, Spiller, King ------------------------- Just wondering if the Glasscocks in Sangamon CO IL, might be related to William Glasscock who married Milly Ray Taylor (widow of James W Taylor) 1882 in Williamson CO IL. William Glasscock was from Green CO TN, resided in Jackson CO IL. Thanks, Rita

Posted on: Sangamon County, Il Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Il/Sangamon/1720 Surname: Campbell, Clark, Jones ------------------------- Looking for information on Joseph Campbell b.5/3/1803. Montgomery Co, KY died Sangamon Co, IL 1883. Joseph married Elsey Clark b. 4/30/1803 in KY d. 5/6/1870 in Sangamon Co They had one child Alexander Clark Campbell b 1831 IL. d 1910 Sangamon Co. Alexander married Temperance Jones and had two children Greenbury and Charles W. Both had connections and relation in Wayne Co, IL.

Linda--Does your Ebenezer maybe descend from a PRESTON line? The combination of Ebenezer and Smith is too tantalizing not to ask Mary

Posted on: Sangamon County, Il Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Sangamon/1719 Surname: Austin ------------------------- Hi All.. I have a birth record for a David Henry Austin born 10/2/1861 in Springfield, Ill. Sangamon County. The record shows a father Joseph Austin and mother Bessie Jenkins. Does anyone know anything about this family. Could this be Joseph Austin and Elizabeth Jenks from England and Indiana? Thanks for any help Lory

Sharon, My Mary is Mary P. daughter of Ebenezer and Julia Smith. What else do you have on them? I am just getting into this segment of the family, but have a lot on descendants. Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: Sharon Nichols <sknichols@mail.com> To: <ILSANGAM-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 11:37 PM Subject: [ILSANGAM-L] Colburn Research > Posted on: Sangamon County, Il Query Forum > Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Sangamon/1718 > > Surname: COLBURN > ------------------------- > > PAUL COLBURN was born approx. 1761 in Hollis, Hillsborough County, NH. > He and his wife (MEHETIBEL BALL) had 11 children born in Sterling, Worcester > County, MA. In about 1815, PAUL COLBURN, his wife and some of their children > left to go west. They arrived in Morgan County, IL approx. March 1821 in > what is now Loami. Children who accompanied him to IL were SALLY, MARY, > ISABEL, ISAAC, WILLIAM, EBENEZER, and ABEL. William had a son EBENEZER > born April 9, 1833 in Sangamon County, IL. This EBENEZER married Nancy > A. Huffmaster. ABEL COLBURN married DEBORAH PHELPS July 1794. They had > nine children, JOSEPH, ELVIRA, ISABEL, IRA, ASHSA P. (who married JOHN > P. DAVIS), LUTHER, NATHAN, MELINDA, and EMELINE. I am descended from PAUL'S > son EBENEZER. EBENEZER married JULIA SMITH. They had seven children, ADNA > P., WILLIAM, CHARLOTTE, MARIA, MARY P., BURFITT G., and ELLEN. BURFITT > G. married LUCINDA LARGE. They had several children, one of whom, JONER > (who married Frankie Myra Langley), is my great-grandfather. I am quite > interested in finding any information I can pertaining to BURFITT G. I > know he died sometime between 1870 and 1880. I am also very curious about > his name. > > > ==== ILSANGAM Mailing List ==== > You can search the surname or county mail list msgs here: > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > For Sangamon enter the word ilsangam. > Find the names of other maillists to search: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ > >