I have a brick wall in your county. Sarah Russell Hamilton. She was born in Ireland in about 1838. She married William Hamilton in Macoupin Co. in 1857. Her and her family (Sarah, Jane, Henrietta and husband can be found on the 1860 Sangamon census. She had another daughter ( Margaret) , my great grandmother in about 1862. William moved to Missouri after her death. He remarried in 1866. His obit said his first wife died in Sangamon. I can find nothing on her. I assume that the John and Nancy Russell on the 1850 Macoupin Co. censes are her parents. They also can not be found after this. I found what I think is John's brother and wife Jemimia later, but not them. Any way I'm am grasping at straws. If you come across anything, I would surely appreciate it. Thank you so much. Norma Jean