Wayne County Researchers Thanks to Harry Bryan, we now have lots of new photos and updated info for Johnsonville Cemetery, Indian Prairie Township, Wayne Co, IL. Bob Jones and Liz Cameron had previously submitted some photos and info for the cemetery. Come see all the new info: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilwayne/cem/johnsonville/ Thanks to all of you that continue to help us get the cemeteries of Wayne County photographed and online. Sandy

Wayne County Researchers we have another cemetery online tonight thanks to George Gregory. We now have Tyler Cemetery online at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilwayne/cem/tyler/index.html I still have more to go to catch up with all the photos George has sent me. -- 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! I am looking for information about Andrew Jackson Cox, born October 17, 1815 in Cabell County, West Virginia. He was the son of William and Sarah (White) Cox, the second of eleven children. Andrew married Mary Ann Hite on October 10, 1839 in Cabell County, West Virginia. They had at least the following children, all born in Cabell County, WV: 1. Henrietta Helen Cox, born about 1843. She married Peter C. Harshbarger in Cabell County in 1864. She second married James Meadows Lewis in 1868 in Hamilton County, Illinois. She is believed to have died in Arkansas after 1880. 2. Sarah J. Cox, born about 1845. 3. Elizabeth Cox, born about 1849. 4. America M. Cox, born about 1851. 5. Eliza Cox, born about 1853. 6. Jeanette J. Cox, born on November 25, 1856. 7. James A. Cox, born on October 1, 1858. 8. Isabella Cox, born in May 1860. She married Theodore Maulding in Wayne County, Illinois in 1879. I am guessing that sometime between 1865 and 1870, Andrew Cox and his family moved to Four Mile Township, Wayne County, Illinois. They show up in the census there from 1870 through 1900. In 1900, Andrew is 85 and his wife Mary is 78. I would like to know if there are any historical (biographical) resources that might provide information on this family. I would also like to know if anyone knows where Andrew and Mary are buried. I'd also like information on how to obtain an obituary, so any information on that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks very much! - Jean Griesan Colorado

Wayne County Researchers Thanks to George Gregory, we now have Bruce Cemetery, Four Mile Township photos online: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilwayne/cem/bruce/index.html George is doing a wonderful job helping us on the cemetery project. George travels from Missouri to Wayne County to photograph the cemeteries. If you're willing to go out to cemeteries and photograph the gravestones, please let me know. We can use all the help we can get. We've had several volunteers help photograph the cemeteries but we can always use more. We still have many more cemeteries to get photographed. I'm always thrilled when I find some of my family members show up in the cemeteries we are getting photographed. Bruce Cemetery is no exception. I found several members for the Sanders family in the photos George submitted including the grandparents of my great uncle Earl Sanders - Richard Sanders and wife Margaret and several of their children. Thanks Sandy

Wayne County Researchers Thanks to George Gregory, we now have Bradford Cemetery (aka Pierce) online. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilwayne/cem/bradford/index.html George has been busy photographing cemeteries for us whenever he makes a trip to Wayne Co. I'm trying to catch up with all the photos he has submitted. Next up will be Garrison Temple Cemetery. I'll try get it online by the end of this week. He has also photographed the following cemeteries which I am working on: Wood Family Cemetery Ten Post Oak Cemetery Tyler Cemetery Bruce Cemetery -- 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!"

Hello Wayne Co. Listers. At one time David TOOMBS had written to me regarding some info. I "thought" I had. Wasn't able to help him. But the following info. came in from the TNHenry Roots Web list I belong to. At the very bottom it mentions a Wylie TOOMBS.as being on the 1833 Henry Co. TN Voters List. Don't know if it will help David, but thought I would send it. Elaine Suhre ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judith Rascoe" <boise@well.com> To: <TNHENRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 6:02 PM Subject: [TNHENRY] FISHER NEAL letters, a voter list, and other Henry County items - > > While settling my mother's estate here in Idaho I came across some papers, > in storage for almost fifty years, with a lot of Henry County relevance. > Mostly they're letters from an attorney named Fisher Neal, who practiced > in Paris, Tennessee. My uncle Burton Rascoe had written an autobiography, > in 1938, that touched on his father's family in Paris, and Fisher Neal > had done some research and had information to share. In 1957 Uncle Burton > sent us the whole file of correspondence. > > Besides the letters there is a seventeen page typed document titled "A > Census of the Voters of Henry County, Tennessee Taken in the months of May > and June 1833 by James W. Taylor. Number of Voters 2243." It's a list of > names only, in three columns per page, and the columns are cut off at the > bottom of several pages and a there are some blank spots (it seems to be a > hasty carbon copy). Does anybody know the origin of this list or where > the original is now? > > The letters and papers raise a lot of interesting questions as well as > solving a few puzzles. At the moment I'd like to know if anybody knows > anything about Fisher Neal and his descendants. The letters suggest a > lively two-way correspondence, and I wonder what became of Uncle Burton's > letters to Fisher Neal. In his day Burton Rascoe was a fairly well-known > writer, and it seems possible somebody might have kept his letters - or > given them to a local library. Fisher Neal also mentions a couple of > photographs of my great-great grandmother, Margaret "Peggy" Hastings Davis > that he can lay hands on. Naturally I long to know what happened to those. > > Some of the people whose names turn up in the letters are - in > alphabetical order - > > Alexander, Margaret > Bomar, Will > Davis, Lewis > Dunlap, James > Dunne, Minnie Nance > Freeman, Captain > Frensley, Ora Davis > Green, William Fisher > Hill, C.H. > Jenkins, Margaret > Lilly, Tom > Moody, Mary Pierce > Pierce, Pinckney > Rascoe, Mark > Rascoe, Mary > Tombs/Toombs, Wiley/Wyley > > Do they ring any bells with the members of this mailing list? > > I'm happy to do look-ups in the Voter list if you need to know if somebody > was in Henry County, and voting, in 1833. > > > ==== TNHENRY Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, > politicalannouncements, current events, items for sale, personal > messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be > grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen > Burnett > kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >

Deborah If you want to send me a copy of the photo, I'll be glad to post it on the website and see if anyone can recognize folks in the photo. Sandy Bauer Deborah Parks wrote: >Hello List > >I have a picture of the Miller Creek School Class of Jan 1902. I only know the identity of my Berg family members. Does anyone else on the list know of an ancestor who may have been in this class? > >Thanks >Deborah > > >Deborah Parks >bdvw@earthlink.net >EarthLink Revolves Around You. > > >==== ILWAYNE Mailing List ==== >Any questions/problems regarding the Wayne County, Illinois list, >contact the listowner, ILWayne Co. Coordinator (Dianna) mailto:ilwayne@shawneelink.net >Visit the Wayne County, Illinois Genealogy web site at: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilwayne/ > > > > > -- 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!"

Hello List I have a picture of the Miller Creek School Class of Jan 1902. I only know the identity of my Berg family members. Does anyone else on the list know of an ancestor who may have been in this class? Thanks Deborah Deborah Parks bdvw@earthlink.net EarthLink Revolves Around You.

I need, for Mary Charlotte Crisel (Hutchcraft/Daily) date of birth: place of birth: parents: Charles Crisel and Margaret Peggy White Crisel m. John Hutchcraft: 1-3-1849 Hamilton County, IL children: Wm. Harrison Hutchcraft b. 11-7-1849 HCI Charlie L. Hutchcraft b. abt 1851 div. John Hutchcraft: 8-14-1855 m. George Daily (have NOTHING on him) 5-23-1858 HCI child: Silas Daily b 6-27-1859 she is in 1860 census w/George and Silas Daily 1870 census and 1880 census I think (George is in neither) and then disappears. When/where did George Daily die when/where did Mary Charlotte die WHO, for sure, are John Hutchcraft's parents? Is it Reuben and Fannie Hedges Hutchcraft of Bourbon County, KY? We truly think so; however cannot prove it. What happened to Charlie Hutchcraft b. 1851 after the 1860 census? And, when/where did Charles Lasley die? Gail Hutchcraft ladybug@arends-sons.com Ford County, Il volunteer ----- Original Message ----- From: Jack Underwood To: Gail Hutchcraft Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 2:15 PM Subject: Re: Crisel and others Gail, You have most of what I have on your GGG parents. I have some information on Andrew Crisel (1748) through my grandfather Edward Trammel Crisel. My mother Sarah E. Crisel Underwood and her siblings. My parents are buried in Twin Falls, Idaho. Let me know in particular what you are looking for. Good luck on your move. I don't envy you that, for sure! Jack Gail Hutchcraft <ladybug@arends-sons.com> wrote: AWW-RIGHT!!!!! PLEASE send me what you can? I won't have much time to reciprocate just now as we are packing to move March 5 - but cannot wait to see especially the Crisel line. Mary Charlotte Crisel m. and div. John Hutchcraft, our GGgrandparents. Gail ladybug Ford County, Il volunteer ----- Original Message ----- From: Jack Underwood To: ladybug@arends-sons.com Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 8:01 PM Subject: Crisel and others Hutchcraft, Gail, Hahn HUTCHCRAFT, BOND, GARRISON, WILLIS, CRISEL, DAVIS, HENSLEY, DAILY, WARD, WADE, HAYTER, GATLAND, BARNES, WILLIAMSON, DECKER. My mother was a Crisel, born in Dahlgren, Illinois and I have information on some of the above family names. Good luck in your research Jack Underwood jaunderwood@yahoo.com

> > >> Hi, I'm looking for information on Sarah Glasco married William Cross, b. ca 1805 Logan > >> Co. KY. They had a daughter Caroline Elizabeth Cross, b. 23 Sept 1827, >> Would like to know if there were other > >> for St. Louis, MO and then to Wayne Co. >> IL where Caroline married 17 Sept 1844, George Baker, b. 3 Apr 1823 >> Columbiana Co. OH, son of David and Sarah (Dunlap) Baker. I think that William Cross was probably the son of Zachariah Cross.Any help on the > >> Cross or Glasco family of Wayne Co. IL or Logan Co. KY appreciated. Thank you,Lois Branch >

Sandra Did Benjamin Franklin Cross have a son named after himself? I have a Benjamin Franklin Cross b 22 Jul 1853 d 20 Sep 1917 married to Margaret Alice Payne. Margaret's parents were Wlliam H. Payne and Margaret Alice "Lucy" Maulding which ties into my Maulding family. Sandy Sandra Brandt wrote: >Wow, did you hit a nerve! My CROSS line is probably the biggest brick wall I >have to deal with; my connection is so close, yet so far... > >My GGGrandfather, Benjamin Franklin Cross, b. Jan. 05, 1822 Tn., stated in >the 1880 Wayne Co.(Four Mile Twp.) Illinois Fed. Census, that his father was >b. in South Carolina and his mother was b. in Tn. >He was married twice, the 1st. wife, "M." was b. 1822 Tn. - they had 4 known >children; Fredric b. 1846 IL., Lydia b. 1848 IL., (my GrGrandfather) >Benjamin Franklin Cross Jr. b. July 22, 1853 Wayne Co. IL., and William >Marion b. 1856 IL. "M." d. bef. 1860 Wayne Co. IL. > >B.F. Cross' 2nd wife (married abt. 1859) was Celia Patterson Johnson >b. 1832 Wayne Co. IL. >Together, they had 6 children; Martha S., Elmira J. "Myra", Mark, Mary M. >"Linnie", Samantha E., and Jennie O.. > >B.F. (d. March 29, 1881 Wayne Co. IL.) and Celia Cross (d. 1902 Wayne Co. >IL.) are buried in Thomason Cem. Wayne Co. IL. > >Due to a small problem of the Wayne Co. Courthouse burning down, most >records have been lost. Is there ANY chance of a family connection to >Zachariah Cross with my B.F. Cross??? It sounds as if they were in the same >areas prior to coming to IL. I would SO appreciate any help you might be >able to offer!!! > >Sandra Brandt >brandt@apex.net > > >-----Original Message----- >From: dean and faye alley [mailto:fdalley@southwind.net] >Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 1:28 PM >To: CROSS-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Cross > >I found this information that someone submitted: > >The first one is of Zachariah CROSS, the Revolutionary War Vet. Although >the biography is titled "Robert Monroe Funkhouser, a large portion of it is >about Zachariah. Hope this helps someone. > > >FUNKHOUSER, Robert Monroe, physician and surgeon, was born in St.Louis >Mo., December 10, 1850, son of a prominent merchant of the same name, who is >mentioned in several biographical works of St. Louis. His ancestors, on his >father's paternal side, came from Berne, Switzerland, two brothers, >Christopher and John emigrating in 1692 to Holland, remaining there until >1698, when they went to England, from whence they proceeded to New Amsterdam >about 1700, in which year they left for Virginia, one settling at >Fredericksburg, the other at the "Neck," A de-scendant, Christopher, his >great-grand-father, was a soldier in the Revolution ; he laid out >Morgantown, W. Va., and Morgantown, Ky., naming them after his kins-man, >Gen. Daniel Morgan. His grand-father, Robert Roland Funkhouser, was a member >of the first legislature of Illinois. > >On his father's maternal side, the family came from England in 1646, >Zachariah Cross, a descendant and his great-grandfather, was born in >Baltimore County, Md., March 25, 1761, and died in Wayne County, IL., >February 27. 1833. > >While still a school boy in Maryland, sixteen years of age, being fired with >patriotism by the example of his father and brothers (one of the latter >being Lieut. Jos. Cross, mentioned in his-tory), he joined the company of >soldiers (in which were two of his brothers) when they passed his home; he >was discovered by his brothers, and being unable to take him with them, sent >him to their cousin, Gen. Francis Marion, known as the " Swamp Fox," of >North and South Carolinas. for whom he acted as scout; and it is said that >with many thrilling adventures he served during the remainder of the >Revolution and was promoted to the rank of corporal. March 25, 1777, he >offered his services to the colonies for nine months as a volunteer in Capt. >Wm. Hicks' Company, North Car-olina troops, and at various times he served >in the companies of Captains Maxwell, Thomas Wallace, and Hubbard till the >close of the war, under Gen. Nath'l Greene's command! >, his services covering North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and >Alabama. On February 8, 1833, while re-residing at St. Louis, being then 72 >years of age, he applied for and obtained a pen-sion for services in the >Revolutionary War as a private in the North Carolina troops. > >His grandmother was a sister of Lord Cole. Zachariah Cross married Easter >(Hetty) Johnston, whose father, Nathan Johnston, was of the " Clan >Johnstone: "- >" On all the banks of Annandale The gentle Johnstone rides, He has been >there a thousand years, A thousand shall be bide." > >Easter Hetty Johnston was the daughter of Dan'1 Boone's eldest sister, whose >ances-tor was one of the colonists who came to Jamestown witb Jno. Smith in >1607; or im-mediately thereafter. On his mother's side, he is connected with >the Spencer and Russell families of England, his mother, Sarah Johnson >(Selmes) Funkhouser, being a daughter of Tilden Russell Selmes, who .was a >Colonel in the late Civil War, being injured at the battle of Vicksburg. The >subject of this sketch received his early education in private schools and >under the tutelage of the late Bishop Dunlap. He is an alumnus of the >University of Virginia (1868-9), of Dartmouth College (1871), of the >Columbia College Law School (1873), and of the University of New York >(1874), having received the degrees of A. B., A. M., LL.B. and M. D. He has >been admitted to the New York and St. Louis Bars. After attending the >hospitals in New York, he returned to St. Louis and entered upon the >practice of his chosen profession. He was one of the founders of the >Beaumont Med-ical College, and for a number of years was Professor of >Surgery; he also held the chair of Surgery in the St. Louis College of >Phy-sicians and Surgeons and has been consult-ing surgeon to a number of St. >Louis hos-pitals. He has made original researches in Physiology, Psychology >and Surgery and contributed papers on various medical sub-jects, but at >present confines his practice principally to surgery and gynaecology. He is >a member of numerous societies, scienti-fic and otherwise, including the >Sons of the Revolution. The Doctor is a great student, not only of his >profession, but in all depart-ments of knowledge; his chief aim is to do >what he thinks right, under all difficulties. It is safe to assert that no >physician holds, in a greater degree, the confidence and es-teem of his >patients, friends, and the public in general. Dr. Funkhouser has been twice >married, both wives, Virginia C. and Alice M., being the daughters of Dr. A. >M. Cantrell of Virginia, and the great-granddaugh-ters of Leonard Daniel of >Cumberland Co., Va., who at the age of 17 entered the Rev-olutionary Army; >he was stationed first at Norfolk and later at Yorktown, and wit-nessed the >surrender of Lord Cornwallis in his eighteenth year. His father, William >Daniel, one of the early settlers of Cum-berland County, served during the >entire Revolutionary War. > >************** >CYRUS W. CROSS, a veteran of the Civil War", a prominent resident of the >town of Palmer, Mass., where he is successfully engaged in the practice of >dentistry, was born in Monson, April 10, 1842. His parents were Porter and >Sophia (Amidon) Cross, and his paternal grandfather Stephen Cross, whose >wife's family name was Vinton. Stephen Cross was born in Connecti-cut, and >was a farmer and a carpenter. He was a soldier of the Revolution, and lived >to be ninety years old, being a Whig in politics. His wife reached the age >.of eighty years, and was the mother of six children-- Stephen and Lyman, >who were soldiers in the War of 1812; Cyrus; Eli; Hannah; and Porter. > >The last-named, who was the father of Cyrus W., was born in Monson, July 15, >1807, and learned his father's trade of carpenter. His first independent >work was done for his brother Stephen, in whose employ he continued until >forty years of age. He then went into busi-ness for himself, his first >contract being an important one in Boston, where his work was raising the >root of a hotel and putting on an extra story - a rarer and more difficult >piece of work in those clays than in the present. Mr. Porter Cross was one >of the builders of the Methodist Episcopal church in Wilbraham, and >continued in the same line of business in Boston, Wilbraham, and >Springfield, until he retired from all active labor, dying at the age of >eighty-seven years. Mr. Cross was twice married, his first wife being before >her mar-riage Miss Sophia Amidon. August 1, 1807, and died at years, leaving >six children; G., Laurette J., Ellen C., Candace C., Cyrus W., and Lucius H. >The second wife of Mr. Cross was : Miss Mary Babcock, who lived to old >age, and was the mother of two children - Eugene F. and Dora E. Mr. Cross >was first a Whig in politics, and later a Republican. He served as one of >the Selectmen for a num-ber of years; and he, Mrs. Cross, and their children >were members of the Methodist Epis-copal church, to which he gave a large >amount of money. > >Cyrus W., son of Porter and Sophia Cross, received his education in >Wilbraham Acad-emy; and at the age of twenty, in July, 1862, he enlisted in >Company D, Thirty-seventh-Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, under Colonel >Edwards. He served three years in the Civil War, was in the battles of >Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, and in all the skirmishes of the >Potomac valley, receiving his discharge in 1864. After returning to his home >he began the study of dentistry with Joseph .Gould, of Palmer, and carried >on his studies later with J. M. Gould, of East Doug-lass, after which he >opened an office in Wil-braham, and -had a successful practice during the >two years of his residence there. He then removed to Palmer, where he has >since made a permanent home and has acquired a noteworthy reputation for the >durability and general excellence of his dental work. > >Dr. Cross has been twice married. The lady of his first choice was Miss Anna >M. Cooley, daughter of George G. Cooley, a farmer, and a builder of >Springfield, Mass., who spent his life in that city, and died at the age o >eighty-three years. Mrs. Anna M. Cross; lived to be but twenty-eight years >of age, ant at her death left two children, namely: , daughter, Alice >Sophie, born March 4, 1868, died March 30, 1874; and one son, Chester W., >born March 10, 1872, who is a young man-of much promise, at present holding" >the posi-tion of teller in the bank of Palmer. The sec-ond wife of Mr. >Cross, Miss Charlotte K. Kent before marriage, was born in Wilbraham, >daughter of William and Laura (Smith) Kent. Mr. Kent was a carpenter by >occupation, and died at the age of seventy years. His wife lived to be >seventy-two years old. Mr. and Mrs. Cross have three children, as follows: >Louis K., born February 11, 1877; .Bertha M., born October 31, 1880; and >Laura B., born April 12, 1884. In 1877 ! >Dr. Cross built an attractive and comfortable residence, on Main Street, >which he has since occupied with his family. His business office is in the >Lawrence Block, Main Street. He is a Republican in politics, and is a member >of the Thomas Lodge, A. F. & A. M., at Palmer, the" Hampden Chapter, >Washington Council, Springfield Commandery, and L. L. Merrick Post, Grand >Army of the Republic, of Palmer, in which he held the office of Commander. >He is also a member of the Congregational church at Palmer. > > >CROSS, Stephen >Family: >Spouse: VINTON, Sarah >b. 6 JUL 1763 Stoughton, Mass. >Parents: >Father: VINTON, David >Mother: DORMAN, Ruth > > > > > > > >==== CROSS Mailing List ==== >To post a message to the CROSS list, send your message to >CROSS-L@rootsweb.com > >============================== >View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > >==== ILWAYNE Mailing List ==== >Any questions/problems regarding the Wayne County, Illinois list, >contact the listowner, ILWayne Co., Coordinator (Dianna) mailto:ilwayne@shawneelink.net >Visit the Wayne County, Illinois Genealogy web site at: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilwayne/ > > > > > -- 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!"

Wow, did you hit a nerve! My CROSS line is probably the biggest brick wall I have to deal with; my connection is so close, yet so far... My GGGrandfather, Benjamin Franklin Cross, b. Jan. 05, 1822 Tn., stated in the 1880 Wayne Co.(Four Mile Twp.) Illinois Fed. Census, that his father was b. in South Carolina and his mother was b. in Tn. He was married twice, the 1st. wife, "M." was b. 1822 Tn. - they had 4 known children; Fredric b. 1846 IL., Lydia b. 1848 IL., (my GrGrandfather) Benjamin Franklin Cross Jr. b. July 22, 1853 Wayne Co. IL., and William Marion b. 1856 IL. "M." d. bef. 1860 Wayne Co. IL. B.F. Cross' 2nd wife (married abt. 1859) was Celia Patterson Johnson b. 1832 Wayne Co. IL. Together, they had 6 children; Martha S., Elmira J. "Myra", Mark, Mary M. "Linnie", Samantha E., and Jennie O.. B.F. (d. March 29, 1881 Wayne Co. IL.) and Celia Cross (d. 1902 Wayne Co. IL.) are buried in Thomason Cem. Wayne Co. IL. Due to a small problem of the Wayne Co. Courthouse burning down, most records have been lost. Is there ANY chance of a family connection to Zachariah Cross with my B.F. Cross??? It sounds as if they were in the same areas prior to coming to IL. I would SO appreciate any help you might be able to offer!!! Sandra Brandt brandt@apex.net -----Original Message----- From: dean and faye alley [mailto:fdalley@southwind.net] Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 1:28 PM To: CROSS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Cross I found this information that someone submitted: The first one is of Zachariah CROSS, the Revolutionary War Vet. Although the biography is titled "Robert Monroe Funkhouser, a large portion of it is about Zachariah. Hope this helps someone. FUNKHOUSER, Robert Monroe, physician and surgeon, was born in St.Louis Mo., December 10, 1850, son of a prominent merchant of the same name, who is mentioned in several biographical works of St. Louis. His ancestors, on his father's paternal side, came from Berne, Switzerland, two brothers, Christopher and John emigrating in 1692 to Holland, remaining there until 1698, when they went to England, from whence they proceeded to New Amsterdam about 1700, in which year they left for Virginia, one settling at Fredericksburg, the other at the "Neck," A de-scendant, Christopher, his great-grand-father, was a soldier in the Revolution ; he laid out Morgantown, W. Va., and Morgantown, Ky., naming them after his kins-man, Gen. Daniel Morgan. His grand-father, Robert Roland Funkhouser, was a member of the first legislature of Illinois. On his father's maternal side, the family came from England in 1646, Zachariah Cross, a descendant and his great-grandfather, was born in Baltimore County, Md., March 25, 1761, and died in Wayne County, IL., February 27. 1833. While still a school boy in Maryland, sixteen years of age, being fired with patriotism by the example of his father and brothers (one of the latter being Lieut. Jos. Cross, mentioned in his-tory), he joined the company of soldiers (in which were two of his brothers) when they passed his home; he was discovered by his brothers, and being unable to take him with them, sent him to their cousin, Gen. Francis Marion, known as the " Swamp Fox," of North and South Carolinas. for whom he acted as scout; and it is said that with many thrilling adventures he served during the remainder of the Revolution and was promoted to the rank of corporal. March 25, 1777, he offered his services to the colonies for nine months as a volunteer in Capt. Wm. Hicks' Company, North Car-olina troops, and at various times he served in the companies of Captains Maxwell, Thomas Wallace, and Hubbard till the close of the war, under Gen. Nath'l Greene's command! , his services covering North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama. On February 8, 1833, while re-residing at St. Louis, being then 72 years of age, he applied for and obtained a pen-sion for services in the Revolutionary War as a private in the North Carolina troops. His grandmother was a sister of Lord Cole. Zachariah Cross married Easter (Hetty) Johnston, whose father, Nathan Johnston, was of the " Clan Johnstone: "- " On all the banks of Annandale The gentle Johnstone rides, He has been there a thousand years, A thousand shall be bide." Easter Hetty Johnston was the daughter of Dan'1 Boone's eldest sister, whose ances-tor was one of the colonists who came to Jamestown witb Jno. Smith in 1607; or im-mediately thereafter. On his mother's side, he is connected with the Spencer and Russell families of England, his mother, Sarah Johnson (Selmes) Funkhouser, being a daughter of Tilden Russell Selmes, who .was a Colonel in the late Civil War, being injured at the battle of Vicksburg. The subject of this sketch received his early education in private schools and under the tutelage of the late Bishop Dunlap. He is an alumnus of the University of Virginia (1868-9), of Dartmouth College (1871), of the Columbia College Law School (1873), and of the University of New York (1874), having received the degrees of A. B., A. M., LL.B. and M. D. He has been admitted to the New York and St. Louis Bars. After attending the hospitals in New York, he returned to St. Louis and entered upon the practice of his chosen profession. He was one of the founders of the Beaumont Med-ical College, and for a number of years was Professor of Surgery; he also held the chair of Surgery in the St. Louis College of Phy-sicians and Surgeons and has been consult-ing surgeon to a number of St. Louis hos-pitals. He has made original researches in Physiology, Psychology and Surgery and contributed papers on various medical sub-jects, but at present confines his practice principally to surgery and gynaecology. He is a member of numerous societies, scienti-fic and otherwise, including the Sons of the Revolution. The Doctor is a great student, not only of his profession, but in all depart-ments of knowledge; his chief aim is to do what he thinks right, under all difficulties. It is safe to assert that no physician holds, in a greater degree, the confidence and es-teem of his patients, friends, and the public in general. Dr. Funkhouser has been twice married, both wives, Virginia C. and Alice M., being the daughters of Dr. A. M. Cantrell of Virginia, and the great-granddaugh-ters of Leonard Daniel of Cumberland Co., Va., who at the age of 17 entered the Rev-olutionary Army; he was stationed first at Norfolk and later at Yorktown, and wit-nessed the surrender of Lord Cornwallis in his eighteenth year. His father, William Daniel, one of the early settlers of Cum-berland County, served during the entire Revolutionary War. ************** CYRUS W. CROSS, a veteran of the Civil War", a prominent resident of the town of Palmer, Mass., where he is successfully engaged in the practice of dentistry, was born in Monson, April 10, 1842. His parents were Porter and Sophia (Amidon) Cross, and his paternal grandfather Stephen Cross, whose wife's family name was Vinton. Stephen Cross was born in Connecti-cut, and was a farmer and a carpenter. He was a soldier of the Revolution, and lived to be ninety years old, being a Whig in politics. His wife reached the age .of eighty years, and was the mother of six children-- Stephen and Lyman, who were soldiers in the War of 1812; Cyrus; Eli; Hannah; and Porter. The last-named, who was the father of Cyrus W., was born in Monson, July 15, 1807, and learned his father's trade of carpenter. His first independent work was done for his brother Stephen, in whose employ he continued until forty years of age. He then went into busi-ness for himself, his first contract being an important one in Boston, where his work was raising the root of a hotel and putting on an extra story - a rarer and more difficult piece of work in those clays than in the present. Mr. Porter Cross was one of the builders of the Methodist Episcopal church in Wilbraham, and continued in the same line of business in Boston, Wilbraham, and Springfield, until he retired from all active labor, dying at the age of eighty-seven years. Mr. Cross was twice married, his first wife being before her mar-riage Miss Sophia Amidon. August 1, 1807, and died at years, leaving six children; G., Laurette J., Ellen C., Candace C., Cyrus W., and Lucius H. The second wife of Mr. Cross was : Miss Mary Babcock, who lived to old age, and was the mother of two children - Eugene F. and Dora E. Mr. Cross was first a Whig in politics, and later a Republican. He served as one of the Selectmen for a num-ber of years; and he, Mrs. Cross, and their children were members of the Methodist Epis-copal church, to which he gave a large amount of money. Cyrus W., son of Porter and Sophia Cross, received his education in Wilbraham Acad-emy; and at the age of twenty, in July, 1862, he enlisted in Company D, Thirty-seventh-Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, under Colonel Edwards. He served three years in the Civil War, was in the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, and in all the skirmishes of the Potomac valley, receiving his discharge in 1864. After returning to his home he began the study of dentistry with Joseph .Gould, of Palmer, and carried on his studies later with J. M. Gould, of East Doug-lass, after which he opened an office in Wil-braham, and -had a successful practice during the two years of his residence there. He then removed to Palmer, where he has since made a permanent home and has acquired a noteworthy reputation for the durability and general excellence of his dental work. Dr. Cross has been twice married. The lady of his first choice was Miss Anna M. Cooley, daughter of George G. Cooley, a farmer, and a builder of Springfield, Mass., who spent his life in that city, and died at the age o eighty-three years. Mrs. Anna M. Cross; lived to be but twenty-eight years of age, ant at her death left two children, namely: , daughter, Alice Sophie, born March 4, 1868, died March 30, 1874; and one son, Chester W., born March 10, 1872, who is a young man-of much promise, at present holding" the posi-tion of teller in the bank of Palmer. The sec-ond wife of Mr. Cross, Miss Charlotte K. Kent before marriage, was born in Wilbraham, daughter of William and Laura (Smith) Kent. Mr. Kent was a carpenter by occupation, and died at the age of seventy years. His wife lived to be seventy-two years old. Mr. and Mrs. Cross have three children, as follows: Louis K., born February 11, 1877; .Bertha M., born October 31, 1880; and Laura B., born April 12, 1884. In 1877 ! Dr. Cross built an attractive and comfortable residence, on Main Street, which he has since occupied with his family. His business office is in the Lawrence Block, Main Street. He is a Republican in politics, and is a member of the Thomas Lodge, A. F. & A. M., at Palmer, the" Hampden Chapter, Washington Council, Springfield Commandery, and L. L. Merrick Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Palmer, in which he held the office of Commander. He is also a member of the Congregational church at Palmer. CROSS, Stephen Family: Spouse: VINTON, Sarah b. 6 JUL 1763 Stoughton, Mass. Parents: Father: VINTON, David Mother: DORMAN, Ruth ==== CROSS Mailing List ==== To post a message to the CROSS list, send your message to CROSS-L@rootsweb.com ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx

My apologies. That information about AOL cutting off the mail lists was wrong. The technician must have been confused by my question. The Rootsweb mail lists are not newsgroups, and it is the newsgroups that are being cut off. Hope I did not mislead anyone. 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. On Feb 11, 2005, at 5:00 PM, ILWAYNE-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: From: Thikaben@aol.com Date: February 11, 2005 4:37:36 AM CST To: ILWAYNE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: ILWAYNE-D Digest V05 #19 I have AOL and have seen no reduction in any of my regular genealogy received messages. Jane

I have AOL and have seen no reduction in any of my regular genealogy received messages. Jane

Did you know AOL is no longer supporting our mailing lists as of yesterday? I had seen the notice but did not realize our mailing list is considered a "newsgroup". Q: Message: I have heard the rumor that AOL will, sometime in January, no longer accept e-mails from newsgroups such as my genealogy newsgroups. Is this true? If so, how do you suggest I then receive those messages? Thank you for your help. A: The AOL Newsgroup service will be discontinued on February 9th, 2005. AOL is sunsetting Newsgroups because usage over the years has been steadily declining. I understand this feature is important to you, and sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. AOL« members who connect over a dial-up connection will no longer be able to access Newsgroups. However, if you have access to a high-speed connection, you can contact your broadband provider to see if they offer Newsgroups. These services can often be accessed through a third party Newsgroup reader, such as Mozilla« Thunderbird«. You can also access Newsgroups via Google at http://groups.google.com/. If you need additional assistance, you can chat online with a technical support specialist. Please go to AOL Keyword: Live Help. My colleagues there are available 24 hours a day to assist you in a secure, one-on-one session. Q: Message: I have heard the rumor that AOL will, sometime in January, no longer accept e-mails from newsgroups such as my genealogy newsgroups. Is this true? If so, how do you suggest I then receive those messages? Thank you for your help. A: The AOL Newsgroup service will be discontinued on February 9th, 2005. AOL is sunsetting Newsgroups because usage over the years has been steadily declining. I understand this feature is important to you, and sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. AOL« members who connect over a dial-up connection will no longer be able to access Newsgroups. However, if you have access to a high-speed connection, you can contact your broadband provider to see if they offer Newsgroups. These services can often be accessed through a third party Newsgroup reader, such as Mozilla« Thunderbird«. You can also access Newsgroups via Google at http://groups.google.com/. If you need additional assistance, you can chat online with a technical support specialist. Please go to AOL Keyword: Live Help. My colleagues there are available 24 hours a day to assist you in a secure, one-on-one session. Hugs, Carolyn Pray for the safety of our brave troops, and Remember, you have a friend in Oklahoma! Check out my homepage: (always under construction) http://homepage.mac.com/carolynleonard

Our email list is not a "newsgroup" Newgroups are something entirely different. They are generally tied to a mailing list but not necessarily. Here''s a more technical description: AN APPROXIMATE DESCRIPTION -------------------------- Usenet is a world-wide distributed discussion system. It consists of a set of "newsgroups" with names that are classified hierarchically by subject. "Articles" or "messages" are "posted" to these newsgroups by people on computers with the appropriate software -- these articles are then broadcast to other interconnected computer systems via a wide variety of networks. Some newsgroups are "moderated"; in these newsgroups, the articles are first sent to a moderator for approval before appearing in the newsgroup. Usenet is available on a wide variety of computer systems and networks, but the bulk of modern Usenet traffic is transported over either the Internet or UUCP. Sandy Buffalo234@aol.com wrote: > Did you know AOL is no longer supporting our mailing lists as of yesterday? >I had seen the notice but did not realize our mailing list is considered a >"newsgroup". > >Q: Message: I have heard the rumor that AOL will, sometime in January, no >longer >accept e-mails from newsgroups such as my genealogy newsgroups. Is this >true? If so, how do you suggest I then receive those messages? >Thank you for your help. > >A: The AOL Newsgroup service will be discontinued on February 9th, 2005. AOL >is >sunsetting Newsgroups because usage over the years has been steadily >declining. I understand this feature is important to you, and sincerely >apologize for >any inconvenience this may cause. > >AOL« members who connect over a dial-up connection will no longer be able to >access Newsgroups. > >However, if you have access to a high-speed connection, you can contact your >broadband provider to see if they offer Newsgroups. These services can often >be accessed through a third party Newsgroup reader, such as Mozilla« >Thunderbird«. You can also access Newsgroups via Google at >http://groups.google.com/. > >If you need additional assistance, you can chat online with a technical >support specialist. Please go to AOL Keyword: Live Help. My colleagues there >are >available 24 hours a day to assist you in a secure, one-on-one session. > > > >Q: Message: I have heard the rumor that AOL will, sometime in January, no >longer >accept e-mails from newsgroups such as my genealogy newsgroups. Is this >true? If so, how do you suggest I then receive those messages? >Thank you for your help. > >A: The AOL Newsgroup service will be discontinued on February 9th, 2005. AOL >is >sunsetting Newsgroups because usage over the years has been steadily >declining. I understand this feature is important to you, and sincerely >apologize for >any inconvenience this may cause. > >AOL« members who connect over a dial-up connection will no longer be able to >access Newsgroups. > >However, if you have access to a high-speed connection, you can contact your >broadband provider to see if they offer Newsgroups. These services can often >be accessed through a third party Newsgroup reader, such as Mozilla« >Thunderbird«. You can also access Newsgroups via Google at >http://groups.google.com/. > >If you need additional assistance, you can chat online with a technical >support specialist. Please go to AOL Keyword: Live Help. My colleagues there >are >available 24 hours a day to assist you in a secure, one-on-one session. > >Hugs, >Carolyn >Pray for the safety of our brave troops, and >Remember, you have a friend in Oklahoma! >Check out my homepage: (always under construction) >http://homepage.mac.com/carolynleonard > > >==== ILWAYNE Mailing List ==== >Any questions/problems regarding the Wayne County, Illinois list, >contact the listowner, ILWayne Co., Coordinator (Dianna) mailto:ilwayne@shawneelink.net >Visit the Wayne County, Illinois Genealogy web site at: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilwayne/ > > > > > -- 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 Mary, Much of my Martin material is not well documented, but I do know the Wayne History Book states that James B. Martin came to Wayne Co. with Joseph Martin, but moved on to Arkansas where he died. By 1840 there is a James B. Martin living near Owen Martin (son of Joseph Martin and Elizabeth Owen Martin) in Searcy Co., Ar. By 1850, James B. Martin and his wife, Isobell Elizabeth Melton are living in Izard Co. Ar. James B. died about 1854 and is buried on Sooter's Farm. (info. from descendants) The family tradition is that James B.'s first wife died and he left his children with her family, later married Isobell Elizabeth Melton and had several more children. There is also a Johnson Martin, born about 1810 in Virginia and later moved to Scott Co., Ar. This is possibly a son of James B. Shirley

I have Nancy, wife of George Pennington buried in Cates Cemetery, Indiana Prairie Township, Wayne Co., Illinois. She was born 1862 and died 1913 according to "Wayne County, Illinois Cemetery Inscriptions, Volume IV" page 24. Listed as Nancy C. Pennington, 1862-1913. If this is the correct one, do you have dates for her husband George and where is he buried? There is also a child buried there with no name, born October 28, 1887, and died March 15, 1888. Jerilyn

I just realized I could of explained a few of my entries a bit more clearly. "-James D. Martin, b. abt 1818, mrd Jane White abt 1840" Jane White, b. 1816 in Wayne County is daughter to John White and Catherine Simons of Kentucky. "-Nathan Martin, b. abt 1809 in KY, son of James B. Martin (I have no information on James B. his wife, or other children)" James B. Martin was in Wayne County by the 1820 Census. Nathan Martin married a Margaret Ann Martin, who was born abt 1811 in Indiana. "-Nancy Martin mrd to William Crews (son of Richard Crews of Virginia)." This William Crews died in 1807 in Halifax Co., Virginia. "-William J. Martin, b. abt 1854; mrd Wilmoth Ann White on 7 Feb 1875 in Posey Co., Ind. Wilmoth died Oct 1875." Wilmoth was daughter to James W. and Melinda (Martin) White. "-Nancy Martin, mrd Richard Owen abt 1805 in Halifax Co., VA" Their daughter Temperance Owen, b. abt 1819 was the first wife to William White (b.1812, d.1885) As I mentioned before, the White, Owen, Martin and Crews families seemed to interwine often. In fact I see similar trends in the fact that they all started in Virginia, went to Kentucky, then landed in Wayne County! Mary To: ILWAYNE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ILWAYNE-L] Martins Gallore! From: "MaryR" <maryroark@wildmail.com> Date: Mon, Feb 7 2005 4:27:03 PM -0700 I have a lot of Martins in my family line. They do seem to intertwine a lot with the White, Owen and Crews families. I know these Martins must connect up somewhere, but I have very little information on the parentage of most of them. Here are some names and information of my Martins, if anyone knows anything more about them, I'd love to hear from you!: -James D. Martin, b. abt 1818, mrd Jane White abt 1840 -Nathan Martin, b. abt 1809 in KY, son of James B. Martin (I have no information on James B. his wife, or other children) -Nancy Martin mrd to William Crews (son of Richard Crews of Virginia) -William J. Martin, b. abt 1854; mrd Wilmoth Ann White on 7 Feb 1875 in Posey Co., Ind. Wilmoth died Oct 1875. -Nancy Martin, mrd Richard Owen abt 1805 in Halifax Co., VA Thanks bunches, Mary (White) R. ~ There's a difference between trying to be "the best" simply being YOUR best! ~ ~ ~ Pray for our brave soldiers at war. ~ ~ ~ ~ Support Care2 Email: 1,400 whales may be killed this year. Take action! http://www.care2.com/go/z/17954

I am looking for the burial place of Nancy Beeson Pennington. She died in Melvin, Texas. We have looked everywhere for her grave. I finally got a copy of her death certificate and it says her body was sent back to Illinois. She was married to George Washington Pennington in Wayne County, Illinois. I was wondering if anyone knows how I could find where she is buried. Thank you, Edwyna