Hi all, I have been researching some families from Wayne Co, IL that had members who migrated to Colorado from 1859 to the early 1900s. I would like anyone on this List to contact me that might have had family members who moved to Colorado. Some of the families (and I may not be touching on all of them) are: Richards, David, James and John Grice Harman/Harmon Tubbs Bobbett/Bobbit/Bobett McKee If anyone has any connection to any of these families, or any I have missed that moved to Colorado, please contact me. You can contact me at my private e-mail (laurelcampbell@comcast.net) or thru the List if you think others would like to follow this research. Thanks, Laurel Campbell in Colorado

Gosh, I am very interested in everything you know about these families. Maria Whitacre migrated to Colorado for her health and returned to Wayne County because her brother was dying and then she caught what he had and died. I am also related to Chrisa Grice Whitacre and Mabel Berg Bobbitt. I haven't known why of all places they picked to go to Colorado. I also heard that there was a Whitacre brother who moved there and worked on streetcars, but was really a drunk and he died there and my Mother remembers going to the train station to collect his body. Thank you for posting to the list. Karen Lynch

Laurel I was just reading the Wayne County Press newspapers on microfilm at the Lafayette library and saw mention of Richard being in Denver, CO but originally from Wayne Co, IL. I'm going back to the library tomorrow. I'll try to find the articles again. He showed up in a couple of issues of the newspaper. I was thrilled to find I could get the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library to lend the microfilm to my local library her in Colorado. I'm particularly trying to find the marriage of my great grandparents, John William Whalen and Mary Susan Maulding who would have married in Wayne County prior to the fire at the courthouse. I was looking through 1874, 1875 and 1876 newspapers. Hope to get to 1877 tomorrow. Looking at so much microfilm gives me a headache but it sure is interesting reading. Sandy laurelcampbell@comcast.net wrote: >Hi all, > >I have been researching some families from Wayne Co, IL that had members who migrated to Colorado from 1859 to the early 1900s. I would like anyone on this List to contact me that might have had family members who moved to Colorado. Some of the families (and I may not be touching on all of them) are: > >Richards, David, James and John >Grice >Harman/Harmon >Tubbs >Bobbett/Bobbit/Bobett >McKee > >If anyone has any connection to any of these families, or any I have missed that moved to Colorado, please contact me. You can contact me at my private e-mail (laurelcampbell@comcast.net) or thru the List if you think others would like to follow this research. > >Thanks, Laurel Campbell in Colorado > > >==== 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!"

Laurel - Just in case you haven't, be sure to check out the link to Harry Bryan's website, which is listed under "Newspapers" "1896-1897." You might find some information there. The newspapers did publish information on Wayne County families who had migrated elsewhere. Jeanne