Robin - good idea. My Schuyler County names: RICHMOND - WALKER - TALLEY - GRISTY Rev. John P. RICHMOND, MD (1811-1895) his first wife, America WALKER (widow of Alexander TALLEY) their children, Felicia, Oregon, Francis, John (Jr.) her children, Harriet and Martha Talley his second wife, Kitty GRISTY their children, America, Corona, Cora Dr. Richmond, his first wife, and the two Talley girls arrived Schuyler County April 1836. Shortly afterwards he was ordained as a Methodist pastor. In 1839 the Richmond family moved to the Oregon Country (not then part of the United States) as Methodist missionaries. They returned to IL in 1843 and he was assigned to various pulpits including Rushville. He represented Schuyler County in the IL Senate 1848-52 and 1858-1862, and in the IL House 1854-1856 or 1858. Dr. Richmond spent one year as a Methodist pastor in Madison County, MS in 1853. America Richmond died near Rushville 1858, buried Rushville. Dr. Richmond married Kitty Gristy in Brown County in 1859. The family moved to Brown County about 1865. Dr. Richmond was Educational Commissioner (aka Superintendent of Schools) in Brown County 1865-72. The family then moved to Dakota Territory about 1873. In 1859 his daughter Felicia Richmond married Jonathan Neill of Rushville. About 1870 John Richmond, Jr. married Alice Graves. Alice died 1871 and in same year he married Anna Seelay. Both marriages may have been in Brown County, IL. The other Richmond children married outside IL. It is not known what became of the Talley girls. Both were still in the Richmond household in Rushville in 1850. One still there in 1860. Dave Axe POB 858 Index, WA 98256 axeco@juno.com (360) 793-2526 ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]