Wayne Co., IL Researchers I am working on an Index from a Funeral Home and need help on one name. If anyone has information on this person that the funeral was for, please contact me with the correct information. I have: Sr. Mark M (need correct full name) wife: Flossie Williamson born Oct 2 1880 died: Jan 19 1958 mother: Hester Burrows father: Samuel Martin Should his name read Mark M Martin, Sr (having a son as Jr.)? Thanks! Dianna Coordinator Wayne Co., ILGen Web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilwayne mailto:dianna46@verizon.net

Wayne County Researchers I didn't realize until yesterday that I had failed to post the photos for Cisne (Yarnall) Cemetery that I took last summer. Sorry about that. I'm running way behind on getting things posted to our website. More to come whenever I get a chance to make another trip back to Illinois. No plans for this year due to my change of jobs. If anyone wants to volunteer to finish photographing this cemetery, let me know. It's an easy cemetery to get to and very well maintained. Lots of the older stones are extremely hard to read as they face the direction that the weather seems to come from so it looks like they are getting "sand blasted". I tried using blue chalk on many but still hard time reading them. Some I decided to not even attempt to post on the website. There are still many more gravestones to photograph at this cemetery. Here's a direct link to the cemetery: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilwayne/cem/cisne-yarnall/ The cemetery is on the west edge of town (Cisne). Enjoy! Sandy

ILWAYNE-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >ILWAYNE-D Digest Volume 05 : Issue 62 > >Today's Topics: > #1 Need a volunteer to go to Cisne/Ya [Sandy Bauer <sandyebauer@comcast.n] > >Administrivia: > >Dianna Williams >Coordinator and Mail List Owner >Wayne Co., ILGen Web >Free Genealogy >mailto:dianna46@verizon.net >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilwayne/ > > > >______________________________ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > Need a volunteer to go to Cisne/Yarnall cemetery in Cisne > From: > Sandy Bauer <sandyebauer@comcast.net> > Date: > Sat, 25 Jun 2005 21:26:19 -0600 > To: > ILWAYNE-L@rootsweb.com > > To: > ILWAYNE-L@rootsweb.com > > > Wayne County Researchers, > > Rod Simmons has a dilemma he needs help with. Can anyone go to the > Cisne/Yarnall cemetery in Cisne and check and see if they can find > Gilla & Isham T. Simmons gravestones?? > > I made a quick trip there last year but it was late in the day and I > was unable to photograph the whole cemetery. This cemetery is very > well maintained and right on the road. The cemetery is easy to find > as it's on the west edge of town. Where Rt 45 makes a big right > curve, you take the local road that kind of goes straight and you will > see the cemetery shortly on the right side of the road. There's a > nice big sign so you can't miss the cemetery. Here's a link to a map > showing the location (note it's a really long URL): > > http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?ovi=1&zoom=7&mapdata=RwuiQHYj5qm0ryIUVDvB%2bdN4U3ctc4NZyZln%2bn5cmWCLFWlq23yrmDemLpf05tcYa1mba6ucSwTfDJCb%2fLIwaVb6ukv7WGU%2fuetxTH8rExpm%2fI%2bYeJmsNrzrue15xt7maAXV5PneZFDRL0irLRMeYTXK2L9x%2bCjoef7cPX%2fqsDt9HOySenCi7NAwZ3JdUvnXdwEltuEFhiBDANj9bCjaesUwQpwSgOPA7yuvud%2f9FesHkaBf11jqcyeKGbaaeWphJARnnMHzu0Kc3%2b%2f%2bXLylLC0aBQA%2fCcDsc1gFRNvaFpZAJgD8V%2fNoHEfydlDO1S3xRcyO3maR6PAn%2bkDU%2fyWvtuNWw50DGCsX1C69%2bf7IC8PSMzBIdMjlxx3jXIbYGqyGYK%2b6N7WHHcHe4BmYxwXUCQC5U14UCqaId%2bPjDttJdRjRw8FNdKqfDTAZBhCiqA0kVtQWxbmLKGiAmbyYE14KOnW17BCokkpL > > > Sandy > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Question and/or suggestion > Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 09:30:03 -0700 > From: Rodney Simmons <actorrod@hotmail.com> > To: sandyebauer@comcast.net > > > > Sandy; > > According to the buriel listings I've found, Gilla & Isham T. Simmons > are buried in the Cisne Cemetery outside Cisne, IL. My problem is > that three people have gone there to look for their grave markers and > none were found. There does not appear to be anything resembling an > office at the cemetery itself. Is there somebody in Cisne that has > records and can give me a more precise location in the cemetery as to > where their graves can be found? That information added to you > cemetery listings might also be of use if added to the rest of the > cemeteries as well. > > Thanks again for all your hard work on the web page! > > Rod Simmons Some years ago I found the the records at the city hall. RGB

Wayne County Researchers, Rod Simmons has a dilemma he needs help with. Can anyone go to the Cisne/Yarnall cemetery in Cisne and check and see if they can find Gilla & Isham T. Simmons gravestones?? I made a quick trip there last year but it was late in the day and I was unable to photograph the whole cemetery. This cemetery is very well maintained and right on the road. The cemetery is easy to find as it's on the west edge of town. Where Rt 45 makes a big right curve, you take the local road that kind of goes straight and you will see the cemetery shortly on the right side of the road. There's a nice big sign so you can't miss the cemetery. Here's a link to a map showing the location (note it's a really long URL): http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?ovi=1&zoom=7&mapdata=RwuiQHYj5qm0ryIUVDvB%2bdN4U3ctc4NZyZln%2bn5cmWCLFWlq23yrmDemLpf05tcYa1mba6ucSwTfDJCb%2fLIwaVb6ukv7WGU%2fuetxTH8rExpm%2fI%2bYeJmsNrzrue15xt7maAXV5PneZFDRL0irLRMeYTXK2L9x%2bCjoef7cPX%2fqsDt9HOySenCi7NAwZ3JdUvnXdwEltuEFhiBDANj9bCjaesUwQpwSgOPA7yuvud%2f9FesHkaBf11jqcyeKGbaaeWphJARnnMHzu0Kc3%2b%2f%2bXLylLC0aBQA%2fCcDsc1gFRNvaFpZAJgD8V%2fNoHEfydlDO1S3xRcyO3maR6PAn%2bkDU%2fyWvtuNWw50DGCsX1C69%2bf7IC8PSMzBIdMjlxx3jXIbYGqyGYK%2b6N7WHHcHe4BmYxwXUCQC5U14UCqaId%2bPjDttJdRjRw8FNdKqfDTAZBhCiqA0kVtQWxbmLKGiAmbyYE14KOnW17BCokkpL Sandy -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Question and/or suggestion Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 09:30:03 -0700 From: Rodney Simmons <actorrod@hotmail.com> To: sandyebauer@comcast.net Sandy; According to the buriel listings I've found, Gilla & Isham T. Simmons are buried in the Cisne Cemetery outside Cisne, IL. My problem is that three people have gone there to look for their grave markers and none were found. There does not appear to be anything resembling an office at the cemetery itself. Is there somebody in Cisne that has records and can give me a more precise location in the cemetery as to where their graves can be found? That information added to you cemetery listings might also be of use if added to the rest of the cemeteries as well. Thanks again for all your hard work on the web page! Rod Simmons

Is Lois Branch still on this list? Have lost her email addy. Hugs, Carolyn Remember you have a friend in Oklahoma -- endlessly sorting out dead relatives! Researching Illinois: BRANCH, STRIBLING, SMITH, TUBBS, WILLIAMS in Wayne and Marion County before 1900.

Wayne Co., IL Researchers Is there anyone that can do a census look up for me? I am looking for "anything" on "any" of the family members below from the 1880 WCI Fed'l census. If anyone has any information on this family or its members, PLEASE contact me. Also, I have a NEW EMAIL ADDY. It is: dianna46@verizon.net Thanks! Dianna Coordinator Waybne Co., ILGen Web site NEW EMAIL: dianna46@verizon.net http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilwayne ===== 1880 WCI Fed'L Census (Township not known) 233-234 SMITH, Hiram C. 27 farmer IL KY KY Lucy A. 26 W kh IL IL IL Alpha A. 6 d --- DITTO --- Clara 3 d --- DITTO --- Laura A. 1 d --- DITTO ---

Thanks to Bob Jones, we now have more complete information on Cincinnati Cemetery in Berry Twp north of Sims. Bob photographed this cemetery and is working on all the photos but in the meantime, we have the text posted. Enjoy: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilwayne/cem/cincinnati/index.html I have not yet had time to link in obits to all the cemeteries but that's a project I hope to accomplish some time in the future. -- Sandy (Whalen) Bauer http://www.whalen-family.org "Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, Champagne in one hand - strawberries in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO - What a Ride!"

Martha Lou Whitson was the daughter of Fred Sill and Gertrude Jefferis. I would like to work with someone who might know something about his ancestors. Thanks. Jerilyn

Hello all, I'm hoping someone would be able to help me with some obituaries. I'm searching for this full obituary: "Wayne County Press" May 17, 1888 "Died, May 11, 1888, at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Malinda CREWS, Mrs. Margaret A. MARTIN in her 77th year..." I'm also hoping to find one for Monroe Martin, who died 22 Jul 1888. He left a wife, Ellen (Curry), and two daughters that I know of, Anna Belle and Nora L., I believe. Ellen later remarried to William Atchison in 1894. I'm hoping data from these obituaries may help me fill in some further blanks on my own Martin family line! Thanks Mary (White) R. . Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. ~Dr. Seuss . . . . . . http://www.Care2.com Free e-mail. 100MB storage. Helps charities. Make a Difference: Tell U.S. Congress to stop hurting our health care! http://www.care2.com/go/z/healthcare

This information is from the New England Historical and Genealogical Society eNews Vol. 7, No. 21 Whole #220 May 25, 2005 NHPRC Funding in Danger of Elimination The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) is the grant-making arm of the National Archives and Records Administration. Through the course of four decades, the Commission has awarded $153 million to thousands of archives, colleges and universities, and individuals to preserve and publish important historical records that document non-Federal American history. President Bush’s budget recommends that all grant funding and staff support for NHPRC be eliminated in the next fiscal year. Such an event would vastly decrease the preservation, let alone the availability, of records for genealogical research. For more information on how this will impact genealogists, and how you can help, visit the FGS/NGS Records Preservation and Access Committee at http://www.fgs.org/rpa/formalactions.htm. More details can also be found on a website developed to dissemination information specifically on this issue at http://www.savearchives.org. Hugs, Carolyn Remember you have a friend in Oklahoma -- endlessly sorting out dead relatives! Researching Illinois: BRANCH, STRIBLING, SMITH, TUBBS, WILLIAMS in Wayne and Marion County before 1900.

Andrew Dianna had problems with changing her email address to her new ISP. I am County Co-coordinator and have been watching the list. Please contact me if you have any questions. Dianna's new email address is: ilwaynecc@yahoo.com I've already changed it on our website. Sandy Andrew Billinghurst wrote: >Hi, > >**This message is being sent to the ILWAYNE mailing list.** > >The email address that RootsWeb has for the ILWAYNE list admin > > ilwayne@shawneelink.net > >is bouncing, so RootsWeb is looking to make contact with the list >admin. Will the list admin please contact Andrew Billinghurst >(billingh@rootsweb.com) so that we know that you are still >maintaining this list and please reply quoting this message. > >List members there is nothing for you to worry about and nothing for >you to do, it is probably just an email problem for the person >looking after the day-to-day management of this list. Rest assured >that this does not mean that your list is in danger. > >Thanks! > >Andrew Billinghurst, RootsWeb Staff >billingh@rootsweb.com > > -- Sandy (Whalen) Bauer http://www.whalen-family.org "Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, Champagne in one hand - strawberries in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO - What a Ride!"

Hi, **This message is being sent to the ILWAYNE mailing list.** The email address that RootsWeb has for the ILWAYNE list admin ilwayne@shawneelink.net is bouncing, so RootsWeb is looking to make contact with the list admin. Will the list admin please contact Andrew Billinghurst (billingh@rootsweb.com) so that we know that you are still maintaining this list and please reply quoting this message. List members there is nothing for you to worry about and nothing for you to do, it is probably just an email problem for the person looking after the day-to-day management of this list. Rest assured that this does not mean that your list is in danger. Thanks! Andrew Billinghurst, RootsWeb Staff billingh@rootsweb.com -- Andrew Billinghurst <billingh@rootsweb.com> Adopt-a-mailing list -> http://resources.rootsweb.com/adopt/ Ancestry.com--Your #1 Source for Family History Online http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

This one is driving me nuts. Charles H. Hill was born August 21, 1857 in Wayne Co., Illinois to Thomas M. Hill and Susannah Cummings. His father died from measles in Kentucky during the Civil War on January 26.1862. His grandfather, John Green Hill, then became the guardian of Charles and his little brother Edgar, but Edgar died 1864. Susannah Cummings Hill died from consumption March 27, 1864. Thomas and Susannah are buried in the Yarnall Cemetery in Wayne Co. Now my dilemma, I can't find Susannah or Charles on the 1860 census either under Hill or her maiden name in Wayne or any surrounding counties. I found Charles in the 1870 census in Bedford Township living with his grandparents and then nothing. Is anyone hunting this person, knows what happened to him or anything about this distant relative of mine? Thanks. Jerilyn

What is her last name as I have so many addresses I can't find her by the first name in order to fix the address? Thanks. Jerilyn

My name is Brenda Gracin. I am a great great granddaughter of James Polk Burkitt. His wife, my great great grandmother was named Mary. James and Mary had two children, Winnifred and Joseph. Winnifred had one child Vently Owen Carter. Joseph married Alice Coil in 1891. They had ten children, Eldridge, Dessie, Winnie, Terry, Mamie, Obe, Pearl (my grandmother) her twin Earl, Raymond, and James. My grandmother Pearl married Kelly R. Harmon and gave birth to Oakley, Melvin, Lulabelle and Fern. All were born in Wayne County Illinois, Orchardville to be exact. I am searching for any information on my family and hope that you can somehow post this info. I did receive my great great grandfather's muster papers, and do have pictures of my great grandfather Joseph and his wife Alice, along with pictures of their children, and their children. Thank you in advance for any help you can give. Sincerely; Brenda S. Gracin

Wayne County Researchers Those of you that have been trying to email Dianna and got a bounce back can now contact her at her new email address: ilwaynecc@yahoo.com Dianna was in the process of changing internet service providers and her old provider cut her off before she got up on the new one. I've changed the "contact" pages on our website but there may be other links I missed which Dianna will fix once she's back online again. Sandy -- Sandy (Whalen) Bauer http://www.whalen-family.org "Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, Champagne in one hand - strawberries in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO - What a Ride!"

Can anyone help Brenda? Please reply back to her (not me). Thanks Sandy -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Burkitt/Burkett Family Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 11:34:27 EDT From: BrendaSG05@aol.com To: sandyebauer@comcast.net My name is Brenda Gracin. I am a great great granddaughter of James Polk Burkitt. His wife, my great great grandmother was named Mary. James and Mary had two children, Winnifred and Joseph. Winnifred had one child Vently Owen Carter. Joseph married Alice Coil in 1891. They had ten children, Eldridge, Dessie, Winnie, Terry, Mamie, Obe, Pearl (my grandmother) her twin Earl, Raymond, and James. My grandmother Pearl married Kelly R. Harmon and gave birth to Oakley, Melvin, Lulabelle and Fern. All were born in Wayne County Illinois, Orchardville to be exact. I am searching for any information on my family and hope that you can somehow post this info. I did receive my great great grandfather's muster papers, and do have pictures of my great grandfather Joseph and his wife Alice, along with pictures of their children, and their children. Thank you in advance for any help you can give. Sincerely; Brenda S. Gracin

Hello Judy. I am a POTTER descendent. Rance (John Ransom) POTTER was my Gr. Uncle, son of Asa HAYNES POTTER b. 1849 d. 1930 and Elmira/Elmyra ALEXANDER b. 1852 d. Dec. 31, 1893, both b. and d. in Fairfield IL. They were my Gx2 Grandparents. To my knowledge, Bessie COPURTWRIGHT POTTER who m. Charles POTTER son of Clarence POTTER son of Rance POTTER was still living as of about two years ago. I know they had one son, Rick POTTER. I can get in touch with him. He is still in the Fairfield area. Bessie gave me a lovely picture of Uncle Ransom POTTER the last time visited her. If you go to the Wayne Co. website and click on "I think" obits. you can see his pic. and obit. I have several unidentified pics. of the POTTER/ALEXANDER family prob. taken in the early 1900s. I would love to see the pics. of the COURTWRIGHTS. Don't think they would be among my stacks, but then who knows. You can email me at braisl@madisontelco.com . Elaine Suhre Thanks Sandy for keeping all of us together and in touch.

Can anyone answer Judy's question? -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Doris Bland books Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 02:27:46 +0000 From: Judith Norman <judithnorman@hotmail.com> To: sandyebauer@comcast.net Hi Sandy, Thanks so much for the prompt reply even if it wasn't quite what I wanted to hear. ........ One question though (but stay tuned there may be more later), do you know of any children of either Clarence and Bessie Potter or Ed and Jessie Voris who might still be in the area? I have two great photographs of the Courtright twins, Bessie and Jessie, that I would like to see returned to their families since I am the last of my family who will appreciate them. They aren't direct ancestors of mine but Bessie was named (so she said anyway) for my grandmother, Bessie Molt Humbarger and the families remained very close. I've taken enough of your time but thanks again for all your suggestions. Judy Norman

Harry, Thanks for the Wayne County Published Reserves. It is nice to have such a list. I have recently published a Family Genealogy that includes a large BULLARD family who were pioneers in NW Wayne County in the early 1800s and many still live in that area. A copy of "William and Nathan Bullard Family History and Genealogy" by Spencer Ardell Bullard, February 2004, is in the Fairfield, Albion, and Mt. Vernon Libraries. It includes generations of this family that settled near Johnsonville in Indian Prairie and near by Townships. -------------- Original message from "Harry T. Bryan" <htbryan@inil.com>: -------------- > I have put together a list of published genealogy resources specific to > Wayne County. > > It can be found at http://my.inil.com/~htbryan/Bib/index.html > > If you know of any others or have any corrections let me know. > > ----- Harry > > > > ==== ILWAYNE Mailing List ==== > list owner Dianna Williams mailto:ilwayne@shawneelink.net > Visit Wayne Co., IL Genealogy web site at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilwayne/ >