Posted on: Whiteside Co. Illinois Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Whiteside/741 Surname: Plant, Murry, Hewy, McCoe, Fogg ------------------------- In Sterling, Second Ward, Whiteside County, IL in 1870 were: 235/252 $5000/$500 Plant, Ira 60 M CT Carpenter $10000/2500 Ellen 44 F VT Boardinghouse Murry, Ella 15 F IL Henry 11 M IL Hattie 9 F IL Hewy, James 22 M PA /$200 Painter McCoe, Joseph 25 M PA /$200 Carpenter $1000/$100 Fogg, Noah 68 M VT Carpenter Looks obvious that Ella, Henry and Hattie were Ellen's children by her first marriage...is Noah her father? Since the children were born in Illinois, I checked 1860 census, and found this family where several things match. In Hopkins Twp in 1860: Murry, Henry 41 M VT farm laborer Jane 35 F Vt (age and birthplace match Ellen, but not name) Isabella 11 F VT Ellen 6 F IL (matches Ella in 1870) Henry 1 M IL (matches Henry in 1870) OK...from the marriage index, she was Jane! PLANT, IRA L MURRAY, JANE MRS WHITESIDE 09/27/1865 / 00001345 Found Noah Fogg in 1860 in Sterling. Fogg, Noah 56 M ME Cooper (Birthplace was VT in 1870) Sarah 42 F NY Yang, Emily R. 23 F LA Let me know if you want anything else checked! Bob