This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: JohnEarl_Spencer Surnames: Graves, Greer, Willis, Flegel, Nolan Classification: marriage Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.counties.white/4445.1.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: He actually looks like my gg uncle, Thomas Cassander Graves. Lucy Elizabeth Greer married a Willis first, then Thomas Graves, then the Flegel and lastly a Nolan. Sadly for all of us doing research there are many misspellings to overcome, so unless you got the story from one of your ancestors you would have a difficult time deciphering the names. Below is the marriage as recorded to Mr. Nolan. NOLAN, JOHN FLEIRS, LUCY ELIZABETH GREEN (MRS) 1880-08-10 012/ WHITE Barry was a neighbor of mine and one year my junior. I was always proud of that editorial. I always thought we had ghosts in the house as a child. One of my father's first cousins told me that old Richard Graves, Sr. was known to go to town, have a few too many drinks, come home and pull out the butcher knife whereby he would chase his wife in the house while yelling, "Run, Cassie, run" until she would drop from exhaustion. My cousin thought the story was funny and that it was all done in good humor. I'm not so sure. I could have lived the rest of my life believing what a great pioneer he was, but it seems our progenitors had the same human behavior or worse than their offspring. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

My great grandfather John Flegel married Lucy & apparantly abandoned her, due to a pending lawsuit in Carmi. He later died in Pa. of Cancer. He was in his 70's before he did marry her. My great grandmother Ellen Flegel is buried at Charles Cemetary at Cowling. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, Nov 9, 2009 9:23 pm Subject: Re: [ILWHITE] Graves, Alphrettie This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: JohnEarl_Spencer Surnames: Graves, Greer, Willis, Flegel, Nolan Classification: marriage Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.counties.white/4445.1.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: He actually looks like my gg uncle, Thomas Cassander Graves. Lucy Elizabeth Greer married a Willis first, then Thomas Graves, then the Flegel and lastly a Nolan. Sadly for all of us doing research there are many misspellings to overcome, so unless you got the story from one of your ancestors you would have a difficult time deciphering the names. Below is the marriage as recorded to Mr. Nolan. NOLAN, JOHN FLEIRS, LUCY ELIZABETH GREEN (MRS) 1880-08-10 012/ WHITE Barry was a neighbor of mine and one year my junior. I was always proud of that editorial. I always thought we had ghosts in the house as a child. One of my father's first cousins told me that old Richard Graves, Sr. was known to go to town, have a few too many drinks, come home and pull out the butcher knife whereby he would chase his wife in the house while yelling, "Run, Cassie, run" until she would drop from exhaustion. My cousin thought the story was funny and that it was all done in good humor. I'm not so sure. I could have lived the rest of my life believing what a great pioneer he was, but it seems our progenitors had the same human behavior or worse than their offspring. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message