Thanks to all that set me straight about Laird Cemetery in Wayne County. I'll soon have the Cemetery index page updated with all the known cemeteries in Wayne County and links to the ones that we have received information on. You will see a new look on the page by this evening. Sandy Jeanne Delaney wrote: > Sandy - > > Yes, there is a Laird Cemetery in Wayne County. It is in or near Enterprise, > Illinois. My gggrandparents are buried there > > Jeanne Delaney > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sandy Bauer" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 1:00 AM > Subject: [ILWAYNE-L] Re: [Fwd: Narcissa Catherine] > > > Ok, > > > > I am still confused about Laird Cemetery in Wayne County. I thought > > Laird Cemetery was in Jefferson County. I need to find out if there are > > two of them or not. The Laird Cemetery I know about would be close to > > Wayne County (maybe it is in Wayne County) but it's posted on the > > Jefferson County website: > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~iljeffe2/laird_cem.htm > > > > The one I know about is next to an abandoned church. The old part of > > the cemetery was in poor condition until they started mowing the whole > > thing. Now it looks great. There is a photo on the website below. > > > > Can someone help me figure out this mystery??? > > > > Sandy > > > > > > > > Margaret Fox-Jackson wrote: > > > > > It was from Laird, the very first batch he sent. I couldn't read the > > > stone and asked him to tell me what it said. > > > marg > > > > > > Sandy Bauer wrote: > > > > > >> John > > >> > > >> Which cemetery is this information from? I want to make sure I > > >> include > > >> it for the right cemetery. > > >> > > >> Sandy > > >> > > >> > > >> Margaret Fox-Jackson wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >> > -------- Original Message -------- > > >> > > > >> > > > >> Subject: Narcissa Catherine > > >> Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 22:03:37 -0600 > > >> From: John Hannah <[email protected]> > > >> Reply-To: John Hannah <[email protected]> > > >> To: Margaret Fox-Jackson <[email protected]> > > >> > > >> > Narcissa Catherine (Holland) Murphy, wife of Oliver Perry Murphy, > > >> > b.May 8, 1853,Union County, Illinois, d. March 8, 1902, Wayne > > >> > County, > > >> > Illinois.I am going to send Buckeye in groups of five or six. don't > > >> > hesitata to ask for any info you need. Best Regards, > > >> > John Hannah > > >> > Benton, Arkansas God Bless America > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > > > > > ==== ILWAYNE Mailing List ==== > > Any questions/problems regarding the Wayne County, Illinois list, > > contact the listowner, Dianna Williams mailto:[email protected] > > Visit the Wayne County, Illinois Genealogy web site at: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilwayne/ > > > > > > ==== ILWAYNE Mailing List ==== > Any questions/problems regarding the Wayne County, Illinois list, > contact the listowner, Dianna Williams mailto:[email protected] > Visit the Wayne County, Illinois Genealogy web site at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilwayne/

This in reply to a question from someone asking for more information on the History of Wayne County, Illinois book in the Fairfield Library. The book, at least the parts that I looked at, are divided by townships, one per chapter. Chapter 23 documents ZIF Township and has the following heading documenting what is contained in the chapters: ZIP TOWNSHIP--BOUNDARIES AND SURFACE--ORIGIN OF NAME--FIRST SETTLERS--ZIP--RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL NOTES--AGRICULTURE--MAIN PRODUCTIONS--THE GREAT PRAIRIE FIRE, ETC., ETC. I can't remember what was written about the first settlers since I wasn't looking for that. Rather, I was looking for information my ggrandfather, Richard McClure. For Elm River Township (Enterprise, Il) there was a listing for the officers of Elm River since 1860 (this wouldn't be up-to-date since it is an old book) such as supervisors, town clerks, assessors, collectors, and commissioners of highways, etc. - which is where I found his name. Jeanne Delaney ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeanne Delaney To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 7:23 PM Subject: Migration to Wayne County, Illinois There is an old book in the Fairfield Library called "The History of Wayne County". That book might shed some light on when and why of migrations into Wayne County. Jeanne Delaney

Sandy - Yes, there is a Laird Cemetery in Wayne County. It is in or near Enterprise, Illinois. My gggrandparents are buried there Jeanne Delaney ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandy Bauer" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 1:00 AM Subject: [ILWAYNE-L] Re: [Fwd: Narcissa Catherine] > Ok, > > I am still confused about Laird Cemetery in Wayne County. I thought > Laird Cemetery was in Jefferson County. I need to find out if there are > two of them or not. The Laird Cemetery I know about would be close to > Wayne County (maybe it is in Wayne County) but it's posted on the > Jefferson County website: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~iljeffe2/laird_cem.htm > > The one I know about is next to an abandoned church. The old part of > the cemetery was in poor condition until they started mowing the whole > thing. Now it looks great. There is a photo on the website below. > > Can someone help me figure out this mystery??? > > Sandy > > > > Margaret Fox-Jackson wrote: > > > It was from Laird, the very first batch he sent. I couldn't read the > > stone and asked him to tell me what it said. > > marg > > > > Sandy Bauer wrote: > > > >> John > >> > >> Which cemetery is this information from? I want to make sure I > >> include > >> it for the right cemetery. > >> > >> Sandy > >> > >> > >> Margaret Fox-Jackson wrote: > >> > >> > >> > -------- Original Message -------- > >> > > >> > > >> Subject: Narcissa Catherine > >> Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 22:03:37 -0600 > >> From: John Hannah <[email protected]> > >> Reply-To: John Hannah <[email protected]> > >> To: Margaret Fox-Jackson <[email protected]> > >> > >> > Narcissa Catherine (Holland) Murphy, wife of Oliver Perry Murphy, > >> > b.May 8, 1853,Union County, Illinois, d. March 8, 1902, Wayne > >> > County, > >> > Illinois.I am going to send Buckeye in groups of five or six. don't > >> > hesitata to ask for any info you need. Best Regards, > >> > John Hannah > >> > Benton, Arkansas God Bless America > >> > > >> > >> > > > ==== ILWAYNE Mailing List ==== > Any questions/problems regarding the Wayne County, Illinois list, > contact the listowner, Dianna Williams mailto:[email protected] > Visit the Wayne County, Illinois Genealogy web site at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilwayne/ > >

Beverly If you can send me your cemetery info, I will gladly post it on the Wayne County website. If you have photos of the gravestones, you can send them too and I will link them into the info like I've done on several of the other cemeteries on the website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilwayne/Cem/cemintro.htm I have some photos for Farnsworth, Salem, Thomason, Buckeye, Simpson linked in. Sandy [email protected] wrote: > I have burial places and dates for some of my Wayne Co, IL ancestors > LEATHERS, MCCORMACK, MCCORMICK, MCCOMMACK, MELTON, MONTGALL, BROWN, WARREN, > STOGSDILL and other related SURNAMES. They were buried in JACOBS CHAPEL, > BAILEY, MT. PLEASANT, POWERS/PLEASANT MOUND, WARREN/NEW CHURCH and some > others in Wayne co, IL.. > My lines came from Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, Kentucky and Indiana > to Wayne Co, ILL. We believe there was Indian blood in my Wayne Co, IL > surnames lines. I put my 2nd great-grandfather William M. LEATHERS large > family group photo taken abt 1909 Wayne Co, IL on the US GEN WEB WAYNE Co, IL > site. They seem to have Indian features. My maternal grandmother Janie Mae > (STOGSDILL) told me her mother Rose Ann (LEATHERS) STOGSDILL had Indian blood. > I put my great-grandparents Charles Edward STOGSDILL & Rose Ann (LEATHERS) > wedding photo on the MACON Co, IL US GEN SEB site. Rose Ann has dark hair, > dark brown eyes and Indian features and William was fair skinned, blonde and > blue eyed his father James Charles STOGSDILL was descended from early German > line and his mother Mary Ann (FRAZEE) from early French line. > Charles & Rose Ann were a nice looking contrast. They died fairly young > though. > My grandmother Janie Mae (STOGSDILL) was left an orphan by thirteen. Her > father died in Sedro Wooley, Washington before she was even two. Her mother > married again to John Calvin SHARP. Then Rose died in 1914 Wayne Co, IL > buried Jacob's Chapel. > I visit the graves every several years, whenever I am able to visit Illinois. > I was born in Illinois. > I live 1300 miles away in New Mexico though. > If I can help someone from my collection from various tombstones and related > families Bibles that I have hand copied from on various visits to cemeteries > and family correspondence and visits, since I was twelve years old and fifty > years later(now sixty-two), on these or any related or allied surnames I will > try. > Beverly (HIMES) BARGER > [email protected] > > ==== ILWAYNE Mailing List ==== > Any questions/problems regarding the Wayne County, Illinois list, > contact the listowner, Dianna Williams mailto:[email protected] > Visit the Wayne County, Illinois Genealogy web site at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilwayne/

I have updated Buckeye Cemetery with all the photos John Hannah sent me. When you send me photos, please make sure there are no "blanks" in the names of the files. The server won't accept file names with "blanks" in them. I should have Simpson photos corrected shortly. Thanks Sandy

Wayne Co., IL Researchers 2 items here. Sandy Bauer is now our Assistant County Coordinator! Welcome Sandy! "For now", she is working on the cemeteries and photos. Sandy has done a lot of work updating the cem. files, so take a trip over there and check them out! If you have info or/and photos on tombstones, contact Sandy! Also, Sandy will be in charge of the Cemetery Project. She is trying to get people together to do walk through, take photos and put them on this site. If you go to Wayne Co. and can help with part or all of 1 cem., please contact Sandy. Oh! Her email is on the Cem. pages. Just to let you know when you go to the Wayne Co. site on rootsweb, click on the "on-line data". Then scroll down to Vial Records, some new ones have been added to birth and marriages. I just forgot to mark them. Thanks! Dianna Wayne Co., IL Coordinator: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilwayne host: http://www.iltrails.org/Wayne Yahoo Voice Chat id = d1anna46 AOL-IM id = dlwillie 1

Ok, I am still confused about Laird Cemetery in Wayne County. I thought Laird Cemetery was in Jefferson County. I need to find out if there are two of them or not. The Laird Cemetery I know about would be close to Wayne County (maybe it is in Wayne County) but it's posted on the Jefferson County website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~iljeffe2/laird_cem.htm The one I know about is next to an abandoned church. The old part of the cemetery was in poor condition until they started mowing the whole thing. Now it looks great. There is a photo on the website below. Can someone help me figure out this mystery??? Sandy Margaret Fox-Jackson wrote: > It was from Laird, the very first batch he sent. I couldn't read the > stone and asked him to tell me what it said. > marg > > Sandy Bauer wrote: > >> John >> >> Which cemetery is this information from? I want to make sure I >> include >> it for the right cemetery. >> >> Sandy >> >> >> Margaret Fox-Jackson wrote: >> >> >> > -------- Original Message -------- >> > >> > >> Subject: Narcissa Catherine >> Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 22:03:37 -0600 >> From: John Hannah <[email protected]> >> Reply-To: John Hannah <[email protected]> >> To: Margaret Fox-Jackson <[email protected]> >> >> > Narcissa Catherine (Holland) Murphy, wife of Oliver Perry Murphy, >> > b.May 8, 1853,Union County, Illinois, d. March 8, 1902, Wayne >> > County, >> > Illinois.I am going to send Buckeye in groups of five or six. don't >> > hesitata to ask for any info you need. Best Regards, >> > John Hannah >> > Benton, Arkansas God Bless America >> > >> >>

Wayne Co., IL Researchers There has been a problems with various sites trying to provide you a service that you must pay to be a member of. An example of this is GenSeeker (not working now), FamilyDiscovery (not working), and now is trying to open under another name. These site(s) provides a search engine that will search your entry on 'all' genealogy sites, and return links for you to go to each. The problem is, the sites are sites as 'rootsweb', family tree maker', and etc. Sites that are FREE to go to by entering their URL in the location bar. PLEASE, do NOT be scamed by these types of sites. To make sure you are paying for a good site, check it here: http://www.ancestordetective.com/watchdog.htm In my opinion, there is no need to pay a site for data. Let your county coordinator or host know what you are looking for, if possible be a volunteer to have it put on your county's web site, FREE. Thanks! Dianna Wayne Co., IL Coordinator Wayne Co. ILGen Web http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilwayne Yahoo Voice Chat id = d1anna46 AOL-IM id = dlwillie 1

I may be the last person on the list to have found this site but I have found some interesting things: www.findagrave.com Happy Hunting, Diane Bunting Lehner

There is an old book in the Fairfield Library called "The History of Wayne County". That book might shed some light on when and why of migrations into Wayne County. Jeanne Delaney

[email protected] writes: >I'm curious about the migration in the 1850's from Ohio to Wayne Co. I'm >also curious if there were any earlier migrations in the 1830's? and [email protected] wrote: >the HEADLEY, BRICKER, DURHAM and other families came to Wayne >Co., IL from Columbiana Co., OH in that decade. Several KOONTZ families migrated in the 1830's to Wayne Co from Columbiana Co, OH and bought federal land in 1839. The KOONTZ Cemetery was undoubtedly named for John KOONTZ who owned land in that section. John KOONTZ's nephew, William ZIMMERMAN and family came to Wayne Co about 1846 from Stark Co, and other ZIMMERMAN's came about 1856 after a brief stay in Wood Co, OH. These ZIMMERMAN's had lived in Columbiana Co before moving to Stark Co, a few miles west, about 1830. I haven't looked to see why the KOONTZ's moved to Wayne Co. However, it is not unlikely that others from Columbiana Co, OH moved there about the same time. Don Zimmerman

Thanks Dianna for informing everyone. I first saw this virus on work email and of course, we had no problem since our unix systems are not affected by these PC viruses (thank goodness). I also prefer to NOT use Outlook at all. I use Netscape Messenger as my email tool and that helps when I am on my PC. Of course, I run a firewall, have a router for my home network and use Norton Antivirus software and run Liveupdate regularly. "Knock on wood" - so far no damage from viruses on either of my personal computers , desktop or laptop. Sandy (Whalen) Bauer d1anna wrote: > Wayne Co., IL Researchers > > I have been sent email about a new virus. So PLEASE > do not open any attachments unless the person sending you > the email tells you the file is there. > > IF you get this file, go to McAfee or Norton and download what > you need to clean it up. > > THEN, contact the person you got the email from and let them know > they have the virus. !00% of the time, a person does not know they > have it unless someone tells them. > > Now, scoot below my name and read about this virus. > > Thanks! > > Dianna > Wayne Co., IL Coordinator > Wayne Co. ILGen Web http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilwayne > Yahoo Voice Chat id = d1anna46 > AOL-IM id = dlwillie 1 > > =============== VIRUS ALERT ============= > Note that in this virus, the attachment looks like a webpage so the > virus is VERY DECEIVING!!! > I am trying to get to as many people as possible so some of you are > going to receive more than once. > gloria > ------------------------------------------- > MYPARTY VIRUS > The latest virus infecting computers worldwide is > W32\Myparty, a malicious computer worm that > propagates through an e-mail attachment by > masquerading as a web page link of photographs f > rom a party. > > The name of the apparent web page is myparty.yahoo.com. > The text accompanying the attachment reads: > Hello! My party ... It was absolutely amazing! I have > attached my web page with new photos! If you can, > please make color prints of my photos. > > Thanks! > The worm spreads upon execution by sending itself to every > e-mail address in the infected computer user's Microsoft > Outlook address book. E-mails received through the Outlook > system should already have had this file removed. > > However, if you are using a third party e-mail system, such > as Hotmail, to receive e-mails and you receive one with similar text, > please delete it without clicking on any web pages or attachments. > > ========= PLUS =========== > For more description of this virus can be seen at > http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/myparty.shtml > > ==== ILWAYNE Mailing List ==== > Any questions/problems regarding the Wayne County, Illinois list, > contact the listowner, Dianna Williams mailto:[email protected] > Visit the Wayne County, Illinois Genealogy web site at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilwayne/

Dianna...this is what I got back from the Library. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara DeWitt" <[email protected]> To: "Susan Newell" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 11:49 AM Subject: Re: Meetings > > The Wayne County Historical Society Museum is open the first and third > Saturday of each month. They meet the third Tuesday evening of each > month. Judith Puckett is the contact person. She lives on East Court > Street, Fairfield, IL 62837 > Barbara DeWitt > Fairfield Public Library > > >

Wayne Co., IL Researchers I have been sent email about a new virus. So PLEASE do not open any attachments unless the person sending you the email tells you the file is there. IF you get this file, go to McAfee or Norton and download what you need to clean it up. THEN, contact the person you got the email from and let them know they have the virus. !00% of the time, a person does not know they have it unless someone tells them. Now, scoot below my name and read about this virus. Thanks! Dianna Wayne Co., IL Coordinator Wayne Co. ILGen Web http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilwayne Yahoo Voice Chat id = d1anna46 AOL-IM id = dlwillie 1 =============== VIRUS ALERT ============= Note that in this virus, the attachment looks like a webpage so the virus is VERY DECEIVING!!! I am trying to get to as many people as possible so some of you are going to receive more than once. gloria ------------------------------------------- MYPARTY VIRUS The latest virus infecting computers worldwide is W32\Myparty, a malicious computer worm that propagates through an e-mail attachment by masquerading as a web page link of photographs f rom a party. The name of the apparent web page is myparty.yahoo.com. The text accompanying the attachment reads: Hello! My party ... It was absolutely amazing! I have attached my web page with new photos! If you can, please make color prints of my photos. Thanks! The worm spreads upon execution by sending itself to every e-mail address in the infected computer user's Microsoft Outlook address book. E-mails received through the Outlook system should already have had this file removed. However, if you are using a third party e-mail system, such as Hotmail, to receive e-mails and you receive one with similar text, please delete it without clicking on any web pages or attachments. ========= PLUS =========== For more description of this virus can be seen at http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/myparty.shtml

Dorris I know my Butler family moved from Butler's Landing in Jackson County, TN because of the Civil War. My great great grandfather Franklin Walker Butler, disagreed with his father, Bailey Butler, over the slavery issue and moved to Illinios in the spring of 1865. Franklin and another relatived owned a general store and they were burned out over their political beliefs. I suspect the migration from North Carolina through Tennesee and on to Illinois had a lot to do with Daniel Boone and others carving out the trail and it being one of the main "road" pioneers were taking as they migrated west. Sandy [email protected] wrote: > I do not know what cause it, but there seemed to be a immigration from > Jackson Co.,TN to Franklin and Union Co, IL between about 1850-1860 and then > to Wayne Co. Some of these families came from Washington Co TN earlier, and > prior from Rockingham Co. VA. The Thomas McMackin Wilson and Rachel > Fulkerson family came from Butler Co. KY between 1820-1838. <A HREF="http://home.attbi.com/~fulkersonfamily/">Fulkerson > Family History and Genealogy Introduction Page...Continued 9/16/2001</A> <A HREF="http://home.attbi.com/~apr1jan/index2.html"> > {www.fulkerson.org} FULKERSON INDEX</A> are two great sites for Fulkersons. The > McMackins and Wilsons were from Greene/Washington Cos. in TN. There was > another Wilson family that I think of as the Joseph Wilson family that > probably lived in the Barnhill area. The family of Thomas was in the part > north and east of Fairfield. Probably in Jasper and Massilon. When I say > probably, I am speaking from memory. I am having eye problems and can't do > much checking of my material. If we could get something on the web site > telling the place of origin of the various family, I feel it would help > others. > Dorris > [email protected] > > ==== ILWAYNE Mailing List ==== > Any questions/problems regarding the Wayne County, Illinois list, > contact the listowner, Dianna Williams mailto:[email protected] > Visit the Wayne County, Illinois Genealogy web site at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilwayne/

Many surnames came to Wayne Co, IL from Orange & Spotsylvania Co, Virginia, Sumner Co, Tennessee, Warren, Nelson, Jefferson & Pulaski Co, KY, and Orange & Jefferson Co, Indiana and Ohio also. Most of my lines came from the south. Beverly

In a message dated 1/27/02 8:03:34 AM, [email protected] writes: << I have been seeing alot of people wanting to have a work session in the Wayne County area.. >> I'll help with things that can be done from a distance. Let me know... Is there a Wayne County Tourist Bureau? Just don't choose the FIRST weekend in May or I can't come. Annual Writers Conference here. Carolyn Remember, you have a friend in Oklahoma!

In a message dated 1/28/02 3:01:28 AM, [email protected] writes: << 'm curious Carolyn and other if you know, why was there a big migration to Wayne Co Il in the 1850's? How was that area picked over all the others. >> I think it was because my ancestor Samuel BRANCH's cousin, Jasper Levi BRANCH of Chester, Ohio, a veteran of the war of 1812, obtained 160 acres bounty under land warrant #3311 dated 10 June 1852. This land was located in Wayne Co, Ill and became the parcel from which the town of Jeffersonville was created in 1853. I have heard Jasper BRANCH named the town Jeffersonville because he didn't want it called Jasperville... I think the railroad named the postoffice Geff and the name Jeffersonville gradually disappeared. Anyway, my guess is Jasper BRANCH invited his friends and family to come join him on his bountyland in this new opportunity, where the land was much easier to farm. In 1854 B&O laid their tracks from Shawneetown to Flora through Jeffersonville, which consisted of 3 small clapboard houses. 1855 Census shows BRANCH family living in Wayne Cty,IL 1860 Census JASPER and REBECCA were living in Johnsonville,Indian Prairie Twp. Jasper, Males 50-60 (1), Females 10-20 (1), 40-50 (1). Just my thoughts. Carolyn Remember, you have a friend in Oklahoma!

In a message dated 1/26/02 8:39:54 PM, [email protected] writes: << Carolyn, I am new to this group and had a family that moved from Meigs County Ohio to Wayne County Illinois. Was there a particular reason for this migration? I am searching for the Otis and Sarah Trussell family. Thanks, margaret >> I had puzzed over this question for years, until last summer when we drove to Wayne Co Illinois and on to Meigs County Ohio. Then I could understand. I would say there were two reasons why my ancestors migrated there in 1851. 1. They had a restless pioneer spirit and having opened new land in Ohio wanted the opportunity to help carve a new community in Illinois. They came to Meigs Co in 1800 as soon as the land opened for settlement. Wayne County was opening up in 1850 for homesteading. 2. My 2nd great grandfather Samuel S BRANCH was a freewill Baptist preacher and felt the call to bring the Message to a new country. 3. And probably the primary reason, because they were farmers. Wayne County is rich, flat farmland. Meigs county is BEAUTIFUL, right on the Ohio River, very scenic area in the Appalachians, but VERY rough, hilly, rocky, hard to farm. This is my theory for what it is worth. Carolyn Remember, you have a friend in Oklahoma!

Solomon Mitchell is one of our "brick walls". He was on the 1850 census in Wayne Co. IL, with his wife, Paulina (Alexander) Mitchell and their children. Solomon died in 1858, probably in Wayne Co. I have an exact date of death for him and I have tried without success to get to the documented source of that date. Paulina was in Clinton Co. (near relatives) in 1860. Her probate is only an estate sale and it was recorded in Washington Co. IL. I don't know where either Solomon or Paulina Mitchell is buried. Perhaps a tombstone is the source of the exact dates of both birth and death, but WHERE? If anyone knows anything about either Solomon or Paulina Mitchell, I would be grateful to hear from you. I would like very much to know where they are buried and IF the dates of I have are accurate. Many thanks, Dot