Hi Everyone, I'm glad there is a Vermilion County list now. This is great! Dorcas SEALS b. 1842 came to Rossville, Vermilion County, IL, sometime between 1850 and 1860 with her father Dawson SEALS and brothers and sisters Kennedy (Canady/Canada), Lydia, Charles, Elizabeth, Dawson T., Narcissa (Susan), and Francis Marion. She may also have had a brother named Jeremiah. They came from Tennessee by way of Missouri, Kentucky, and Indiana. In 1857, Dorcas married John SMITH. They had a son named Newton Jasper SMITH b. 1860. After John died, Dorcas married Samuel REYNOLDS (b. 1830 in Wimbish, Essex, England) in 1863. He had two children from a previous marriage to Rhoda CRONE b. 1839: William b. 1858 and Mary Ann b. 1861. Dorcas and Samuel had Francis b. 1863, Elizabeth b. 1866, Harriet b. 1868, James b. 1870, Samuel Dawson b. 1872, and Harley Johnson b. 1880. I'd like to meet others on-line who might also be researching these families in Rossville. I have quite a bit of information, especially on the descendants of Harley's daughter Ethel, my grandmother. Michele Chavez mchavez@netwiz.net