Posted on: Sangamon County, Il Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Sangamon/1900 Surname: Toops, Seward, Shaffer ------------------------- Minerva Toops, daughter of Charles Toops and Sidney Ann Brown, b. July 2, 1846, Madison Co., OH, m. Alex Shinkel, September 14, 1862.