I'm trying to track when N.S. BASTION, sometimes spelled BASTIAN, was the minister of the Christian (Disciples of Christ) church in Shelbyville. According to his Bible, which I have, he and his wife Eunice JEWETT had a daughter Eunice, my gg grandmother, b. there Jan 31, 1863. They did not live there a particularly long time, as they had children born in Mattoon in 1959 and in Tuscola, in Douglas Co., in 1869, but all I know of their movements is the dates. I have also found in a history of the Disciples in IL that Bastion served the church in Shelbyville, but it does not give a date. I even found the 1881 History of Shelby and Moultrie Cos that is online, and it doesn't give dates. Does anyone have dates for the ministers that far back? Would the earliest Christian (Disciples of Christ)church in town have such records? Is there a genealogical society that might? According to the book, written in 1915, there was only one Disciples church there at the time. Until I have the dates, I can't prove that the reason his daughter was born there was because he was living there as the minister. (I have the same problem with the places of birth of the other two children, and the place of death of one of them.) Hoping someone can help, Doris Waggoner Seattle

Doris, According to the Disciples of Christ history, some of your relatives were allegedly and regrettably buried in unmarked graves near Sullivan, Ill. (Moultrie County). http://www.bible.acu.edu/stone-campbell/Biogs/bastiann.html Virtually every denomination has an archive somewhere. an excellent resource for Disciples is at: http://www.mun.ca/rels/restmov/restmov.html The project is housed at Memorial University of Newfoundland. I would recommend contacting the librarian there and asking if they can help. It is possible there are Bastian Papers or a Bastian archive either by or about him. Diaries, newspaper clippings and other personal papers archived there. If not, they may know someplace more local where they might be. To find out, go to this link: http://www.library.mun.ca/ You'll see an "Ask a Librarian" link. Explain what you are looking for and they'll let you know if they have it. Typically you'll be told how much information there, how much it will cost for them to xerox it and send it to you, and whether you are willing to pay the cost. Some libraries will also charge a search fee. The fees are actually quite minimal in most cases and, depending on where you are, would certainly cost less than a trip to Newfoundland!! Best of luck to you. Judy Rosella Edwards - The Jasper Douthit Project http://www.ecolitgy.com/JLD/ --- "doriswaggoner@juno.com" <doriswaggoner@juno.com> wrote: > > I'm trying to track when N.S. BASTION, sometimes > spelled BASTIAN, was the minister of the Christian > (Disciples of Christ) church in Shelbyville. > According to his Bible, which I have, he and his > wife Eunice JEWETT had a daughter Eunice, my gg > grandmother, b. there Jan 31, 1863. They did not > live there a particularly long time, as they had > children born in Mattoon in 1959 and in Tuscola, in > Douglas Co., in 1869, but all I know of their > movements is the dates. > > I have also found in a history of the Disciples in > IL that Bastion served the church in Shelbyville, > but it does not give a date. I even found the 1881 > History of Shelby and Moultrie Cos that is online, > and it doesn't give dates. Does anyone have dates > for the ministers that far back? Would the earliest > Christian (Disciples of Christ)church in town have > such records? Is there a genealogical society that > might? According to the book, written in 1915, there > was only one Disciples church there at the time. > Until I have the dates, I can't prove that the > reason his daughter was born there was because he > was living there as the minister. (I have the same > problem with the places of birth of the other two > children, and the place of death of one of them.) > > Hoping someone can help, > Doris Waggoner > Seattle > > > ==== ILSHELBY Mailing List ==== > Visit the Shelby Co IL ILGenWeb Site > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilshelb2/shelby.htm > >