This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Wh.2ADE/1822.1 Message Board Post: You might try asking the probate clerk of Union County to check to see if William R. Reed is listed in their probate index. If a record exists for him it should show his date of death. I checked the online Illinois death indexes and didn't find a likely William listed in Jackson or Union County. Didn't find him in the Illinois Trails Jackson County probate records, either.