This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hunter Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Wh.2ADE/1807 Message Board Post: Please help! Searching for information on John Hunter (born about 1823 in TN.) and wife Rhoda (born about 1824 in TN.). This family moved from TN. to IL. between 1846 and 1850. They are shown on the 1850 Union census living with son Ellis B. (born about 1846 in TN.) and a child names James Wilson. Any information on this family would be wonderful! Birth/marriage/death dates, ancestor names, where in TN they were from, when/why they came to IL., relasionship to the Wilson child, etc. I have searched everywhere I can think of and the only other possible trace I have come across is a John Hunter on the 1880 Makanda, Jackson Co., IL. census. Again any help would be appreciated! Thanks!

I have requested that the message board to be gatewayed to the mail list. What this means is when a message is posted on the message board (Ancestry.com board) that message will be sent to the mail list. The person who made the query to the message board is probably not a subscriber to the mail list , if you reply it will be to the message board link in the email. The reply will then be sent to the mail list from the message board. This only applies to the message board emails to the list. I do not know when it will start I would say sometime next 5 days. The mail list will work as always if you are a subscriber, you need to do nothing different than you have done in the past. I wanted you all to know what I had done. I hope this will just be another tool for your research and to help others when you can. If any questions do not email the MAIL LIST email me at [email protected] Any problems or suggestions please do so. Happy researching. Tim Casey Johnson Co IL Shelby Co IL Union Co IL

I have a Sarah Ann Faris (born 24 Jul 1850 in OH) who married Ezekiel Raum Jinnette (b 18 48 in IL) in March of 1870 in Anna, IL. I don�t have any death dates for either of them. In the 1880 census, they are living with her father. 1880 census Anna, Union Co., IL Head of household John M. Farris 62 b. VA Clergyman VA PA E. R. Jinnette SonL 32 Il farmer NC NC Sarah A. Daugh 29 OH VA PA Aggie L. G. Dau 6 IL IL OH They had two children, Aggie L. (b. 3 Sep 1873 Anna, IL) and William Faris Jinnette (b. 1 Oct 1881 Anna, Il d. 17 Jan 1964 Merrill, OR) who married Myrtle A. Hiteman (1882-1966). They are on the fringe of my line (I am researching the Faris line) so I don�t really have much about them but somewhere I have a little more about Will and Myrtle in Oregon. My father-in-law visited the cemetery at Merrill sometime. Ginny Agnew > > <Sylvester Hileman was the son of John Hileman and > Sarah Ann Toler. She > died Jul 1854. buried Campground Cem, Sylvester b. > 1845 Union Co IL m. > Sarah E. Jennett 04 Oct 1866, she must have died or > divorced, He then > marries Minerva H. Boswell, 27 Sep 1877 Union Co IL. > Does anyone have > any info such as who was Sarah E. Jennett's parents > or Minerva H. > Boswell's parents. > Tim Casey > gg nephew of John Hileman and Sarah Ann Toler.> > > > > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the > new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click > to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

I'm not sure nay of this will help, but here goes. If any of this is of interest, let me know and I can nail down some of the dates not referenced below). From the History of Union County by George E. Parks I found 5 references to BOSWELLs: Dick (After the end of WWII, "fathers took their sons into business as Dick Boswell launched his son, Stanley Junior, into his tavern business on West Vienna Street") Ed (listed as an alderman to the street superintendent in Anna, Illinois) Lester (1937 he had a small restaurant on Main Street and made 300 sandwiches in a matter of hours for some flood relief workers). Squire Thomas (says he made a speech at a Chamber of Commerce function and is from the Anna, Illinois, vicinity) Boswell Tavern (as soon as prohibition was repealed (1930's), 3 new taverns opened up in Anna. One was Boswell's Tavern on West Vienna Street Then in another book, titled History of Alexander, Union, and Pulaski Counties (1883) there are numerous references to Boswells. 21 in total. No Minerva listed. No Jinnetts listed but there is an E.R., Edna, and Sarah Jinnette listed.Also about 100 Hilemans (including John and Sarah). I am not able to look up the information for a few days. If you want to know more, just let me know and I will fill you in on details. Phyllis <Sylvester Hileman was the son of John Hileman and Sarah Ann Toler. She died Jul 1854. buried Campground Cem, Sylvester b. 1845 Union Co IL m. Sarah E. Jennett 04 Oct 1866, she must have died or divorced, He then marries Minerva H. Boswell, 27 Sep 1877 Union Co IL. Does anyone have any info such as who was Sarah E. Jennett's parents or Minerva H. Boswell's parents. Tim Casey gg nephew of John Hileman and Sarah Ann Toler.>

Tim: Sarah, wife of Sylvester Hileman, was listed as age 19 in 1870. She and the two children in the household were, I suspect, born in Illinois, but the entire household is shown by ditto marks to have been born in NC. If her age there is also wrong, she could be the Sarah Ginnett listed in the 1850 Union Co IL census (page 157B), as age 2 in the household of Barnet Ginnet, age 41 NC and wife Frances. IL Statewide Marriage Index shows Barnett Jennett married Frances "Frankie" Evans in Union Co IL on 1/11/1836. Frankie was listed as 42 in 1860 (page 116/117, P.O. Anna), and Sarah as 12 b IL. There were at least two Minerva Boswells. One born 10 Jan 1848, according to Union Co guardianship records, dtr of James Boswell. She married James W. Wood(w)ard in 1865. The other was born around 1852, and appears to have been the dtr of Joseph and Mary Boswell. I don't know what Mary's maiden name was. See the query at http://genforum.genealogy.com/escue/messages/1.html . The Alfred Anderson Mary married was NOT the son of Timothy and Drucilla (Biggs) Anderson, as he is mistakenly listed in several submissions to the WorldConnect Project. Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Casey" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 6:11 PM Subject: [ILUNION] Hileman,Jennett,Boswell > Sylvester Hileman was the son of John Hileman and Sarah Ann Toler. She died Jul 1854. buried Campground Cem, > Sylvester b. 1845 Union Co IL m. Sarah E. Jennett 04 Oct 1866, she must have died or divorced, He then marries Minerva H. Boswell, 27 Sep 1877 Union Co IL. > Does anyone have any info such as who was Sarah E. Jennett's parents or Minerva H. Boswell's parents. > Tim Casey > gg nephew of John Hileman and Sarah Ann Toler. > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

Sylvester Hileman was the son of John Hileman and Sarah Ann Toler. She died Jul 1854. buried Campground Cem, Sylvester b. 1845 Union Co IL m. Sarah E. Jennett 04 Oct 1866, she must have died or divorced, He then marries Minerva H. Boswell, 27 Sep 1877 Union Co IL. Does anyone have any info such as who was Sarah E. Jennett's parents or Minerva H. Boswell's parents. Tim Casey gg nephew of John Hileman and Sarah Ann Toler.

I have quite a bit on the Rendleman clan. I am researching the Dilday family of Union Co. George Rendleman (b. 12/22/1831, Union Co., IL; b. 12/30/1914, McPherson, KS) married in Alto Pass, Union Co., IL on 11/30/1854 to Elizabeth Dilday (b. 4/19/1837, Memphis, Shelby Co., TN; d. 2/8/1913, Makanda, Jackson Co., IL). George and Elizabeth had children Dennis, Harvey, and Ida Mae. Please contact me to share additional information. David L. Clark [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Laura Johnson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 1:34 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ILUNION] Surnames: Cabaness /Cabaniss, Rendleman/Rintleman, Hartline/Hertlein Cabaness /Cabaniss, Rendleman/Rintleman, Hartline/Hertlein/Herdlein

I am researching the Dilday family of Union Co. I have John J. Lence (1818-1876) born and died in Union Co. He married 4/22/1860 in Union Co. to Elizabeth Catherine Dilday (b. 10/21/1833, TN; d. 3/16/1897), daughter of Simeon Dilday (b. 6/15/1811 Pendleton, Anderson Co., SC; d. 9/6/1845 Union Co., IL and Martha Wimpy (b. 5/23/1812; d. 7/13/1846, Union Co., IL). I show 2 children for John and Elizabeth. They were John and Helen. David Clark Houston, TX -----Original Message----- From: Bob Crawford [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 6:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ILUNION] Barnhar(d)t,Baker,Crawford,Davis,Holshouser,Hill,Lentz(Lence),K ing,Wright Great Idea - Thank You. Talk at me later, Bob C. Tucson, AZ. ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

In the civil war pension file of Lewis M Bittle, there are several affidavits written by his friends and neighbors. The affidavits give some information about the person signing the affidavits. Examples of information included in some - their Post office location, that served with him in the Civil war and their unit, that they were a neighbor, indicating how long they knew him, their distance from his home, frequency of visits to his home, that they stayed in his home, went with him and waited on him at the civil war hospital. Some are written in their hand, others written for them and signed with their mark. I'll be glad to send digital copies of these affidavits to researchers wanting to document their ancestor's events. Below is the list of affadavits in his pension file - with the affadavit date. John M Rich 13-May-1879 Durall, John 30-Apr-1881 Rhoades, Jacob R John 30-Apr-1881,28-Aug-1897, 14-Feb-1898, Lylerly, Moses 23-Jul-1881 Lylerly, Andrew J 23-Jul-1881 Kimmel, Daniel 7-Aug-1897, 24-Apr-1899, 16-Jun-1900 Phillips, Isaac N 17-Aug-1897, 5-Mar-1898 Glusco, Dr Jipe 13-Sep-1897 Smith, William 4-Feb-1898 (by mark X), 23-Jun-1900 (by mark X) Ballance, Columbus C 21-Nov-1899 (by mark X) Asbury, C M 11-Sep-1918 Harrell S A 11-Sep-1918 Does anyone have any Bittle written affidavits in their ancestor's pension file? T Williams

Thought I'd share this information about the online Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900 accuracy. While this database has been a terrific aid in researching my Union County ancestors, this is yet one more reminder for me to document, document, document.... Calloway County, KY records show that John Bittle and Hanna Kits were married in Calloway County KY on 25 May 1826. When looking for Bittle marriages in the Illinois online database, I came across an entry for the marriage of John Bittle and Hannah Kitts. Surprised to see any Illinois marriage listed for them, I sent an email in hopes of finding out the source of this entry. Here is the reply I received. The statewide marriage index was the first Archives-sponsored database in which the data was entered by volunteers and managed by State Archives staff. In those early days marriages were entered from several sources, including publications listing Illinois marriages. Some of these published sources have proven to be unreliable or to contain data that was not documented. Some of the Union County marriages in our database were taken from "Marriages of Union County 1818-1880" compiled by Ernest Harding Jackson and published by Heritage House of Thomson, Illinois. In that volume Mr. Jackson indicates that several hundred marriages were included that "took place somewhere else"--meaning other than Union County. These were included because they were "important families in the county." Mr. Jackson further indicated that the source for most of these marriages was William Henry Perrin's "History of Alexander, Union and Pulaski Counties." A few marriages were based on "correspondence and census records." The Bittle-Kitts marriage, which occurred in Kentucky, is no doubt one of the marriages which Mr. Jackson found in one of his other sources. Our criteria for selecting sources for our marriage data have changed over the years, and we no longer use sources for which there is inadequate documentation. We try to avoid any marriage data that does not come from an official record which can be cited. The fact that such marriage data is in our database is regrettable, but it would be difficult and in some cases impossible to identify these records in our database. Currently, we do not have the capability of modifying data entered before a certain time. As problems appear, we are attempting to identify the weaknesses and quirks in the sources that were used to create the database. That way we can explain the problems even though we cannot currently remedy them. Your information certainly adds to our list of quirks and errors in the database. Thanks for pointing out the true source of this marriage. Sincerely, Karl Moore Illinois State Archives

I'm also researching the surname Giles during the late 1800's around Cobden and Wolf Lake areas. And thought I'd add my 2 cents about the libraries.... The Genealogical Society of Southern Illinois has it's collection located at the John A Logan College Library, Carterville, IL and is open for research during normal library hours and on meeting days. The books do not circulate so they're always available to do research with. However, unless you go there during one of the days the Society meets there, you will be on your own doing research. The John A Logan librarians are not knowledgeable of what is housed in the genealogy collection. If you want more information on GSSS, here's their link http://www.jal.cc.il.us/gssi.html If you want more information on this library, here's their link http://www.jal.cc.il.us/lrc.html Hope this helps, and if there's anybody researching GILES please let me know. Thanks, Melinda

If the database shows no marriage book volume and page number, and gives an approximate year of marriage (as appears in quotation marks below), the couple was probably married outside of Union County and the marriage info is quite likely taken from Perrin's "History of Alexander, Union & Pulaski Counties." These two couples were married in Stewart Co TN: BIGGS, DAVIS W ANDERSON, THISBE (MAR CA 1825) 00/00/0000 UNION FERRELL THOMAS ANDERSON, ELIZABETH (MAR CA 1818) 00/00/0000 UNION A marriage that took place in the county would more likely look like this: SMITH, ALBERT J GRIFFITH, MARY 08/17/1862 2/ 334 UNION It's misleading to have these non-Union County or non-Illinois marriages in the database, but one helpful thing about it is that, when you run across one, it's an indication to look in Perrin's "History" for a biography. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Williams" <[email protected]> To: <> Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2004 2:27 PM Subject: [ILUNION] Illinois State marriage database record accuracy > Thought I'd share this information about the online Illinois Statewide > Marriage Index, 1763-1900 accuracy. While this database has been a terrific > aid in researching my Union County ancestors, this is yet one more reminder > for me to document, document, document.... > > Calloway County, KY records show that John Bittle and Hanna Kits were > married in Calloway County KY on 25 May 1826. When looking for Bittle > marriages in the Illinois online database, I came across an entry for the > marriage of John Bittle and Hannah Kitts. Surprised to see any Illinois > marriage listed for them, I sent an email in hopes of finding out the source > of this entry. > > Here is the reply I received. > > The statewide marriage index was the first Archives-sponsored database in > which > the data was entered by volunteers and managed by State Archives staff. In > those > early days marriages were entered from several sources, including > publications > listing Illinois marriages. Some of these published sources have proven to > be > unreliable or to contain data that was not documented. > > Some of the Union County marriages in our database were taken from > "Marriages of > Union County 1818-1880" compiled by Ernest Harding Jackson ... >Mr. Jackson further indicated that the > source for most of these marriages was William Henry Perrin's "History of > Alexander, Union and Pulaski Counties." A few marriages were based on > "correspondence and census records..."

Hello fellow listers, I am looking for info on George W. and Mary A. (SKINNER)LYERLY,and more specifically, their children and grandchildren. They were in the Jonesboro area at least by Feb. 5,1895 for the birth of their daughter, Elvia May LYERLY. Elvia married Richard SLACK and they had at least 2 daughters. They were: 1. Norma Dixie SLACK,b.Mar. 22, 1911 2. Gladys SLACK, b.June 28,1912 There was also an A.J. LYERLY who may have been the attending physician for Mary A. (SKINNER) LYERLY at the time of her death(1918). My priority is to find out anything about Norma & Gladys SLACK,my first cousins, and their families. I also would like to prove conclusively that their Richard SLACK was the son of Richard H. SLACK, my great grandfather. Then I need to find all of my hitherto unknown LYERLY cousins! Thanks sooooooo much in advance, Carl __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

My gg grndfather was Alexander Westley Thorn he married Jane Shepherd was she a Shepherd or a Gibbs , when my g grandmother died it had her mother as Martha Jane Gibbs. I do not find a Gibbs/Shepherd marriage on the State Marriage list for any county. Can anyone help me here. Tim Casey THORN, ALEXANDER SHEPHERD, JANE 11/07/1870 / UNION

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Does anyone know of records regarding the men who worked on the railroad or in a lumber mill about 1860 to 1880? Was Dongola near a railroad in the 1860s to 1880s? Thanks, Carolyn Heimann

Stinson Library has family histories some may be the only histories written on some Union Co IL families. They have census records, some of Darrell Dexter's books, Stinson Library has been redoing their genealogy section. I do not know what the Jonesboro library has to offer in genealogy, Dongola library has a very small section, they have been working on a Dongola History Book . A person would be wise to see what is there at Stinson Library and the Courthouse some of what you find at Courthouse you can find at Stinson also. Courthhouse does have the Civil War books on IL regiments. The courthouse has index of records so they are easy to find. After searching Union Co IL as Linda stated earlier in her email. A person may want to go to John A. Logan College in Carterville which is not far. The Southern IL Genealogy Society has their library and family histories there. I think it is open Monday thru Sat during school. There will be many books from neighboring counties there also. Brehm Library in Mt. Vernon IL which is about 75 miles North of Anna has a very large Genealogy Library. Tim Casey Anna IL

Yes, it's called Brehm Library and is wonderful. There's also a genealogy library for our area at John A. Logan College at Carterville. Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Crawford" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 11:56 AM Subject: [ILUNION] Libraries > Carolyn, > > You mentioned that you may be taking a trip to Union. If your travels take > you close to Mt. Vernon stop at their library. Mt. Vernon is at the > junction of I-64 and I-57. Can't remember the name of the library but I'm > sure others on this site can give you more information. I was absolutely > amazed at the amount of information they had. And I have been through the > libraries in Anna/Jonesboro but was still very impressed with what I saw > there. The really great thing was they have a large collection from a lot > of counties. So if your looking for someone that lived close to a county > line it was easy to research the other counties, which I did not find at > the other libraries. > > I traveled over 5,300 miles on that trip in 2 1/2 weeks so it was somewhat > of a blur. Would someone please confirm that the library was indeed at Mt. > Vernon. > > > > Talk at me later, > > Bob C. > Tucson, AZ. >

Cabaness /Cabaniss, Rendleman/Rintleman, Hartline/Hertlein/Herdlein

In answer to the roll call of members who research in Union County (and if you research in Montgomery County), Illinois: Norton, Rumbley, Adamson, Morris, Mason, Channel, Borror. Other family surnames are Schick, Woolwine, Smith, Haddock Thanks Cory [email protected]