Edward J. Owen, farmer and stockman, owner of a valuable farm of 152 acres in Sniabar township, is a native of Illinois. He was born in McLean Co., Nov. 11, 1858, and is a son of ALMA OWEN. Mr. Owen purchased his present home place in 1903. It was formerly the CLEMONS place. He has done considerable improving since coming into possession of the farm, and has erected two large concrete silos. Edward J. Owen was 8 years of age when his parents came from Illinois to MO. Three families formed the party. The other families were relatives of the Owens, named CLARK and BURNHAM. Five wagons carried the travelers and their belongings. Mr. Owen brought along ten head of cows. There were three boys in the party, and a free-for-all fight ensued each night as to which of the boys should ride the old mare owned by Mr. Owen to the nearest water. After coming to Jackson county, Edward J. Owen attended the Owen school. He remained at home with his parents until 1883, and then located wet of the Owen school house. He improved 60 acres and increased his holdings to 100 acres, and later moved to the farm where N. POWERS now lives. He purchased his home farm in 1903. Edward J. Owen was married in 1883 to CASSANDRA JOHNSON, a daughter of HENRY & ELIZABETH (WARE) JOHNSON. She was born in Clay County, Mar 31, 1865. Her father, Henry Johnson, was a native of Virginia and came to Jackson County in the early 30's. He served in the civil war with the confederate army, and after the war, settled down to farming. Now, at the advanced age of 76 years, he is making his home with his children. Elizabeth, his wife, was born in 1837, and died in 1901. To Henry and Elizabeth (Ware) Johnson were born nine children: MRS. CASSANDRA OWEN, of this review; MRS. IRENE PAGE, Montana; MRS. NETTIE HARRIS, Olathe, KS.; FRED, Belvidere, Ill.; WILLIAM, Nebraska, MRS. BELLE HOGUE, Pink Hill, MO.; JESSE, near Oakland Church; MRS. JOSIE THOMAS, Independence; THOMAS, Grain Valley. The children born to Edward J. and Cassandra Owen are as follows: MRS. STELLA RISKE, lives in Independence; RUSSELL, lives near Lake City, and married PEARL PERKINS, who has born his three children, KATE, BERNADINE & PAULINE; MRS. ALTA ZUMALT, lives on the home place, has one child, REBA COVENE. Mr. Owen is a Republican, and Mrs. Owen is a Democrat. They are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and Mr. Owen is a member of the Brotherhood of American Yeoman. WILLIAM F. OWEN The Owen farm in Sniabar and Fort Osage townships, is an attractive piece of property of 160 acres, the greater part of which is rich, bottom land. The residence sets on a sloping hillside, the site commanding a view of the entire farm. Every improvement on the place has been placed there by William F. Owen, the proprietor, since he purchased the farm in 1892 from the ALMA OWEN estate. A pretty residence surrounded by shade trees is the family home; good barns and two large concrete silos are necessary adjuncts to the farming operations. Mr. Owen raises Shorthorn cattle and does general farming. He was born Jan 3, 1862 in McLain Co., IL. His father, Alma Owen, was born in Tazewell Co., IL., Aug 5, 1833 and died at his home in Sniabar township, Jackson Co., in March, 1907. He was a son of EDWARD OWEN, a native of Vermont, of Welsh extraction. Edward Owen married a MISS SOWERS of Scotch-Irish descent and he was a pioneer in Illinois. In 1836 the parents of Alma Owen moved to Caldwell Co., MO. and remained there for two years, then returned to McLean Co., IL., where they resided for three years and soon went to Marshall Co., IL. When Alma Owen became of age he went to McLean Co. and learned engineering and milling and followed this trade for several years. Nov. 28, 1858, he was married to SABETHNA BARNHOUSE, who was born in Darke Co., Ohio, Oct. 13, 1840 and died March 16, 1919. She was a native of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Owen had two brothers, JACOB BARNHOUSE & NELSON BARNHOUSE, who fought with the Union forces in the Civil War. Alma Owen had 4 brothers who served with the Illinois regiments in the same conflict, viz: LEE OWEN, NETHI OWEN, BERONI OWEN & FRAZIER OWEN. Alma Owen came to Jackson County in Nov. 1866. He first purchased 120 acres of land and improve the tract in later years with one of the then finest homes in the county. The farm which he purchased was the old RAGLAND property which had been allowed to revert to almost a wilderness during the civil war period. At the time of purchase there were only 20 acres of the land suitable for cultivation. He accumulated several hundred acres of land but met with reverses in his later days through being too willing to give his name as security for debts of some of his friends. Forced to liquidate the debts of those whom he had befriended, he lost all of his large estate, excepting the home place of 160 acres. Six children were born to Alma & Sabethna Owen as follows: CHARLES H., alberta, Canada; EDWARD J., a farmer in Fort Osage township; WILLIAM H., of this review; MRS. IDA BAXTER, living at Woods Chapel; IRA, living on the old home place; MRS. CELESTIA PATTERSON, Idaho; FRANK, died in Idaho. William H. Owen received his education in the Owen district school and has always been a hard working, industrious tiller of the soil. He purchased his present place which was formerly the old ROBERTS farm in 1892 and has made a success of his work and is rated as one of the most substantial and enterprising agriculturists and stockmen of the county. Mr. Owen was married in 1887 to MISS LIZZIE FLYNN, daughter of PATRICK & MARGARET FLYNN, deceased, of Jackson County. Mr. and Mrs. Owen have one son, DUWARD L., living on the home place. He was born in August, 1888, and is married to EMMA HAGAN who has borne him four children, namely: LEE, aged nine years; LOUISE, six years old; and twins, FRANCES & FAY, aged two years. Mr. Owen is independent in his political beliefs. He served for six years as director of the Owen school district. He is a member of the Brotherhood of American Yeoman and is popular and well liked in his home neighborhood being esteemed as a broad minded and excellent citizen.

This question came up today so I'll share the answer. The Pekin Times, which covers Tazewell and Mason counties, is online at: http://www.pekin.net/times/ It is likely that some of the same information may be found in the Peoria paper: http://www.pjstar.com/ Cheryl Rothwell LoganCty@mindspring.com

William Golden (1613-1686) Joseph Golden I (1635-1698) Joseph Golden II (1675-1725) Joseph Golden III (?? - 1776) Capt William Golden (1743-1816) Abraham Golden (1780-1868) Aaron Houghton Golden (1807-1865) Henry Cooley Golden (1840-1920) Nancy Alice Golden (1865-1947) Nancy Alice GOLDEN Reid is my great grandmother. Would love to visit with others related to this line of Goldens. Kathy Kathleen HAYES Yandell LaRose Searching : Golden, Hayes, Miller, Moore, Reid, Thompson, Woods, Bagby, Beckwith, Bumgardener, Eggleston, Floyd, Fuller, Hardy, Hayward, Hokinson, Jones, Kee, Lawson, Marple, McHenry, Robinson, Snellen, Troth, Woodford, Dugan, Glenn, Thornton, Yandell, Hicks, Stone, Robertson, and Sheldon

Hello Everyone, This is my first post to the list, and it isnt a very good one. The reason being is that I am looking for my Calvin BLANKENSHIP without much to go on. I am sending this to the Illinois lists because I am thinking that since his wife was born in IL and her parents in TN, that maybe the Blankenship's moved from TN to IL, then to MO. Unfortunately I do not have last names for the women born in IL, but I figure that if I start shooting in the dark long enough, I will hit something. I estimate the Blankenship's migrating to IL after 1825. I found Calvin BLANKENSHIP married to DELIAH on the 1850 Texas County, MO census. Living next door to Calvin is WILLIAM BLANKENSHIP and his wife, PAMELA JANE. Since Calvin was only a couple of years older than William, I have to assume they are related, if not brothers, because they were the only Blankenships in TExas County at this time and they were both born in TN and both of their wives in IL (just thought that was interesting). SInce Calvin Died during the civil war (there is no record on him except a muster roll, since he was a confederate), he wasnt around when the government started asking where their parents were born. I followed Deiliah until 1880. I estimate her time of death between 1881-1883. I followed William, and he lists his parents as also being born in TN ..... although its a shot in the dark, is there anyone out there that has a link to a BLANKENSHIP's that had a son named Calvin, (who was born abt 1820-25) and/or William (b. abt.1823-1826). I do not have Calvin's parents names or their wives maiden names. I am hoping to connect them to someone who might be able to shed some light on this for me .... Thank you in advance!!!!

A couple of new Rootsweb mailing lists that may be of interest involve census lookups. Here's the information. Guidelines for posting to the lists: Established 11 October 2000 EMAIL SUBJECT LINES: COUNTY,YEAR,SURNAME NO FLAMING or you will be unsubbed without notice. By this I mean not only being rude or mean to each other but there will be NO and I do mean NO debating here about the Census Projects. This list is for everyone who wants to research. NO General requests such as "all Smiths in all counties" Be specific, Name the County, Family you are looking for and also the year. Try to supply as much info as possible. LIMIT your requests to ONE PER CENSUS YEAR and SURNAME My Mama taught me that Thank you and Please are always nice too :) A few people have emailed me asking how to sign up for the new lists and what to do. - ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. All lists are XX-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L-request@rootsweb.com XX-CENSUS-LOOKUP-D-request@rootsweb.com The XX is to be removed and the two letter abbreviation for the state you are looking in added in its place. Examples: MI-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L-request@rootsweb.com CA-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L-request@rootsweb.com IL-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L-request@rootsweb.com 2. So, send an email to the one of your choice (make sure to have the state). Put NOTHING in the subject line. In the body of the email write only: subscribe Then send it on :) 3. POSTING to the new census lists: A. Send it to XX-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L@rootsweb.com (supply the two letter state code for the XX again) B: Subject line MUST have the following: County/Year/Surname Example: Saginaw/1850/Smith C: In the body of the email: List whom you are looking for. Supply as much information as you can. Birthplace, ages, occupation, etc. D: Mail it on! That's it folks :) I hope that helped. I have put the list of states and two letter codes below for you. AL Alabama AK Alaska AZ Arizona AR Arkansas CA California CO Colorado CT Connecticut DC District Of Columbia DE Delaware FL Florida GA Georgia HI Hawaii ID Idaho IL Illinois IN Indiana IA Iowa KS Kansas KY Kentucky LA Louisiana ME Maine MD Maryland MA Massachusetts MI Michigan MN Minnesota MS Mississippi MO Missouri MT Montana NE Nebraska NV Nevada NH New Hampshire NJ New Jersey NM New Mexico NY New York NC North Carolina ND North Dakota OH Ohio OK Oklahoma OR Oregon PA Pennsylvania RI Rhode Island SC South Carolina SD South Dakota TN Tennessee TX Texas UT Utah VT Vermont VA Virginia WA Washington (state) WV West Virginia WI Wisconsin WY Wyoming

The National Archives and Records Administration published its final rule, NARA Reproduction Fee Schedule, in the October 13, 2000, Federal Register at page 60862. The revised fees go into effect on November 13. Information on the fee schedule is published on NARA's web site at http://www.nara.gov/nara/newfees.html. A copy of the final rule is also available through that URL. You won't be happy...you might want to order before November 13! Cheryl Rothwell LoganCty@mindspring.com

Thank you for the fun and information, however I must unsubscribe until a later date. Sondra

Kathy, I know a Bill Mount. Can you e-mail me privately with some further info on the one you are searching for? (age would help). I live in Tazewell County and so does the one I know. Mike Dunlap k9sgt@heart.net -----Original Message----- From: KLaRosea10@aol.com [mailto:KLaRosea10@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2000 9:48 PM To: ILTAZEWE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ILTAZEWE] Hardys still around Denise I check for a phone for Bill Mounts today. No luck. Would love to contact a "HARDY" Got any other ideas of how I might find either or both of these girls? What school did you all go to? Maybe I could find them through the school system or newspapers. Kathy Kathleen HAYES Yandell LaRose Searching : Golden, Hayes, Miller, Moore, Reid, Thompson, Woods, Bagby, Beckwith, Bumgardener, Eggleston, Floyd, Fuller, Hardy, Hayward, Hokinson, Jones, Kee, Lawson, Marple, McHenry, Robinson, Snellen, Troth, Woodford, Dugan, Glenn, Thornton, Yandell, Hicks, Stone, Robertson, and Sheldon

Kathy, There are Hardys in Fulton County and also Peoria County. I can't remember the particulars of the Hardy query....names and time frame. If you can let me know, I'll lookup the Hardys in those counties, since they are so close to Tazewell County. Lyde

Denise I check for a phone for Bill Mounts today. No luck. Would love to contact a "HARDY" Got any other ideas of how I might find either or both of these girls? What school did you all go to? Maybe I could find them through the school system or newspapers. Kathy Kathleen HAYES Yandell LaRose Searching : Golden, Hayes, Miller, Moore, Reid, Thompson, Woods, Bagby, Beckwith, Bumgardener, Eggleston, Floyd, Fuller, Hardy, Hayward, Hokinson, Jones, Kee, Lawson, Marple, McHenry, Robinson, Snellen, Troth, Woodford, Dugan, Glenn, Thornton, Yandell, Hicks, Stone, Robertson, and Sheldon

Here's a tip I find useful when working with land records: find out who the neighbors were. Using the land records at Bureau of Land Management's web site first find your ancestor. Note the location of his land. Then search for that county, township and section. It gives ALL the folks in that section who bought land from the government. Check the surrounding sections also. Often you find families who also show up in your lines. People often married their neighbors. You had to marry what was available. If you don't understand how to find land in a township or section check out: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan/sections.htm A quick lesson: townships are divided into 36 sections of 640 acres each [a mile on each side so you can figure distance also]. Numbering starts in the northeast corner and zigzags right to left, then left to right, then right to left and so on. Section 36 is in the southeast corner. Sections are divided into quarters and then the quarters are divided. The northwest quarter is precisely where you think it is. It's quite logical. Unfortunately not all townships are a precise 36 sections -- for larger townships the township number is critical. Mt. Pulaski Township in Logan County has 36 sections in Township 18N and 18 sections in Township 17N, for example. It is very helpful if you can see a township map of the county -- available on most Illinois county web sites. Here's the one for Logan County: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan/LoganMap.html Be sure to click on a township to see the actual map. Cheryl Rothwell LoganCty@mindspring.com

Subscribe/unsubscribe seems to present a lot of problems for list members. The instructions are in the message you originally received -- which many people don't read let alone save. :-( I personally save them to a folder named subscribe because I've had these problems and I know it is very frustrating. Often the instructions are also in some of the tag lines of the mailing list, at the very bottom of the messages. The format for all Rootsweb lists is to send a message to: LISTNAME-L-request@rootsweb.com for lists or LISTNAME-D-request@rootsweb.com for digests with subscribe or unsubscribe as the subject. Note that this is different from the address you use to post to the list. There is no 'hold while I'm on vacation.' You are sending a message to a computer which only notes your address and the subject -- anything else you write is ignored. Cheryl Rothwell LoganCty@mindspring.com

>Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2000 19:32:13 >From: Frances Terry <franleet@hal-pc.org> >Subject: Punch 9 and get a free------- > >To whom it may concern, > I just received one of those calls, asking me to help them test their new computer system by punching "9" on my telephone and >I would receive "free of charge" and "installed free" abrand new something, which I didn't understand what it was. I hung up. I have been told that this is something that men in prison do to get top use your phone for long distance calls. I don't know how it works, but somebody should know how to stop it. I had heard about this sometime last year and told people I had e-mail addresses for. Several days later, a fellow researcher in Lafayette, LA sent me a not & said that he had received a call like that shortly after he got my message. He asked for their supervissor's name and number and they hung up! I could not understand what he was trying to give me free of charge. It was something worth two or three hundred dollars. Anyway, I thought I had better let everybody know, even the people that have requested that I not send them any joint messages. Foprgive me. I thought it >was important to let you know. You may think it is a hoax. Perhaps >it was just some kid having fun, but better to be safe than sorrh. >Goodnight. > FLT >

Dear friends, I just couldn't believe it, but I just got another call from someone wanting me to punch "9" now so that I could receive a free digital dish satalite, with free installation, for only 39.95 a month. This time it was a woman. This was on our other phone. this is probably the same "offer" I was given the other day, which I couldn't understand because the caller was speaking so quickly. One of my friends sent me a note telling me that her husband worked for the telephone company, and it is possible for somebody to get you to do this, and then they can use your number for long distance. Be forewarned. Sorry if you didn't want to receive this message, but I thought it was important. From what I have understood, this is being done by prisoners in jail. Frances ============================================================

Cheryl this is one - I deleted the duplicate as I do all duplicates Cheryl Rothwell wrote: > Click and download your own copy from > > http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/datcivil.html > > Histories of Illinois Civil War Regiments and Units > > The histories of Illinois Civil War regiments and units are included in the > first eight volumes of the nine volume publication, Report of the Adjutant > General of the State of Illinois (1900-1902). (The ninth volume lists units > of the Black Hawk, Mexican and Spanish-American Wars as well as the War of > 1812.) The histories, some written shortly after the war's end, are the work > of numerous authors throughout the intervening years. The 1886 version of > the Adjutant General's Report included regimental histories compiled by that > office which had not previously been published. The final 1900-1902 > republication of the report incorporated revisions and corrections to the > histories. Researchers may also wish to consult images and histories of > flags of Illinois regiments at John Schmale's web site. In recognition of > the service of Illinois' six regiments during the Mexican War, the > assignment of regimental numbers for infantry began with seven. > > The histories of Illinois Civil War regiments and units are provided in a > PDF (Portable Document Format) file, which can be viewed or printed using > your Web browser and Adobe's Acrobat Reader software. Macintosh and Windows > versions of Acrobat Reader may be downloaded free of charge from Adobe. > > Cheryl Rothwell > LoganCty@mindspring.com

Cheryl, I am getting two copies of everything that is sent from this list. How can this be corrected? Thank you Sharon bklady Cheryl Rothwell wrote: > Click and download your own copy from > > http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/datcivil.html > > Histories of Illinois Civil War Regiments and Units > > The histories of Illinois Civil War regiments and units are included in the > first eight volumes of the nine volume publication, Report of the Adjutant > General of the State of Illinois (1900-1902). (The ninth volume lists units > of the Black Hawk, Mexican and Spanish-American Wars as well as the War of > 1812.) The histories, some written shortly after the war's end, are the work > of numerous authors throughout the intervening years. The 1886 version of > the Adjutant General's Report included regimental histories compiled by that > office which had not previously been published. The final 1900-1902 > republication of the report incorporated revisions and corrections to the > histories. Researchers may also wish to consult images and histories of > flags of Illinois regiments at John Schmale's web site. In recognition of > the service of Illinois' six regiments during the Mexican War, the > assignment of regimental numbers for infantry began with seven. > > The histories of Illinois Civil War regiments and units are provided in a > PDF (Portable Document Format) file, which can be viewed or printed using > your Web browser and Adobe's Acrobat Reader software. Macintosh and Windows > versions of Acrobat Reader may be downloaded free of charge from Adobe. > > Cheryl Rothwell > LoganCty@mindspring.com

Click and download your own copy from http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/datcivil.html Histories of Illinois Civil War Regiments and Units The histories of Illinois Civil War regiments and units are included in the first eight volumes of the nine volume publication, Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois (1900-1902). (The ninth volume lists units of the Black Hawk, Mexican and Spanish-American Wars as well as the War of 1812.) The histories, some written shortly after the war's end, are the work of numerous authors throughout the intervening years. The 1886 version of the Adjutant General's Report included regimental histories compiled by that office which had not previously been published. The final 1900-1902 republication of the report incorporated revisions and corrections to the histories. Researchers may also wish to consult images and histories of flags of Illinois regiments at John Schmale's web site. In recognition of the service of Illinois' six regiments during the Mexican War, the assignment of regimental numbers for infantry began with seven. The histories of Illinois Civil War regiments and units are provided in a PDF (Portable Document Format) file, which can be viewed or printed using your Web browser and Adobe's Acrobat Reader software. Macintosh and Windows versions of Acrobat Reader may be downloaded free of charge from Adobe. Cheryl Rothwell LoganCty@mindspring.com

Hi Merrily, They are my great-grandparents. What information are you needing? Karas Hall Morton, IL Merrily King wrote: > Looking for information on Ida Belle Gossmeyer married to Stephen Douglas Hall ca.1892 at Deer Creek, IL They are buried in Mackinaw.

Looking for information on Ida Belle Gossmeyer married to Stephen Douglas Hall ca.1892 at Deer Creek, IL They are buried in Mackinaw.

Does anyone on the list have access to "Tazewell County, Illinois" published by Chas G. Chapman & Co in 1879? The index of this book lists Jennings Families - pg 458. It'd be more than appreciated if someone would do a lookup for me - names: Amos, Simeon and Hezekiah Jennings. Thanks so much! Dixie (Jennings) Greenwood