I've "rescued" an old photograph of Lutty AYERS taken at the L.F. Smith Studio in El Paso, Illinois. The photograph was probably taken in the 1890's and she appears to be in her 30's or 40's at the time. Her name is written as "Aunt" Lutty AYERS on the back of the photograph. I'm hoping to find someone from this family so that the photograph can make its way back to the family. If you are a member of this family or know someone who might be, please contact me. Thanks, Shelley

Re: Epidemic: This might be a very important clue to my family. My great grandmother's parents, Henry H and Mary Galbraith Simpson are nowhere to be found in the 1870 census of Woodford county. I thought my great granDmother might have been orphaned but wasn't sure. Henry H, Simpson returned home from the Civil War in 1865. I've contacted the Olio twp cemetary in Eureka last week and my gg grandparents are buried there. The kind Superintendent said she would send me all the information they have on Henry H and Mary Simpson. This will be interesting to know if they have the cause of death in this information and when they died. thanks for passing on that information! laura in WV, USA http://lauraloft.com researching my family: NICOLLE, MORINIER/MOURINIER, GARNIER, SIMPSON, GALBRAITH

In a message dated 3/17/2002 12:29:27 PM Mountain Standard Time, swrobel@ragingbull.com writes: > I know that there were outbreaks of Cholera, Typhus and small pox around > this time. Just wondering if there was an epidemic at this time in Woodford > or if anyone else has many deaths in the summer of 1866 in their > information. > Just to add to the chorus about civil war ills. My gggrdfather, Capt Rufus Hurlbut Lucore, from Marion IA, came home injured and with smallpox from the battle of Vicksburg, inoculated many of his 17 children against smallpox but died from it himself in 1863. Wayne Lucore

> I did a chart one time for the funerals handled by the funeral home in Atlanta, Illinois, which isn't more than 30-40 miles from some parts of Woodford Co... to demonstrate the effect of epidemics. There was a big peak in 1865, which I relate partly to soldiers returning from the South with all sorts of infections, but there was another, longer run from 1870-1874 of higher than normal deaths. Someday I am going to run some figures on my 33000 person database of family and see if any > patterns emerge. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: [ILWOODFORD] epidemic 1866? > Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 23:04:23 -0600 > From: Tom Baker <tjbaker@alltel.net> > To: ILWOODFO-L@rootsweb.com > > Last week, I received cemetery listings for my Baker family in the Oakwood Cemetery in Metamora. My gg-grandparents had 5 of their 9 children die there between 1863 and 1868, the oldest being 13 years old and the youngest only 9 > months old. The youngest died on April 27, 1867. I had been wondering if they had died from an outbreak of some disease. When did these epidemics start, and when did they end? > > Tom > > Mary Kocak wrote: > > > I just received some info and I have a family where a 2 yr old died on July 20 1866, her 11 yr. old sister died on August 6 1866 and their father died on August 4, 1866 > > I know that there were outbreaks of Cholera, Typhus and small pox around this time. Just wondering if there was an epidemic at this time in Woodford or if anyone else has many deaths in the summer of 1866 in their information. > > Thanks, > > Mary > > interesting site for epidemics, abbreviations and naming trends for children >

It could have been cholera, a quote from the page below, "1866: New cholera wave strikes Illinois with deadly force, stimulating feverish interest in sanitary and public health organizations everywhere, especially in Chicago, where Herculean but futile efforts to ward off cholera were expended." Losing 32.5 per 100 inhabitants, Chicago experiences the highest mortality rate in her history. http://www.iltrails.org/ilhealth.htm There were also many outbreaks of disease during the civil war era. In 1865 and 1866 many soldiers would have been coming home possibly bringing disease with them. I was really curious if this was widespread in woodford. Thanks to those of you that have replied. Mary

The family of my gg-grandparents (surname KING) endured something similar while living in neighboring Waldo Township in Livingston County. One son died in August, 1867 and four daughters died in the late summer/fall of 1871. I don't know the cause of death, but I also presume it was some kind of epidemic as you describe. Luckily, these hardy souls kept trying, as they raised four more kids to adulthood (including, of course, my g-grandpa). Stan -----Original Message----- From: Mary Kocak [mailto:Mary_K@centurytel.net] Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 8:21 PM To: ILWOODFO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ILWOODFORD] epidemic 1866? I just received some info and I have a family where a 2 yr old died on July 20 1866, her 11 yr. old sister died on August 6 1866 and their father died on August 4, 1866 I know that there were outbreaks of Cholera, Typhus and small pox around this time. Just wondering if there was an epidemic at this time in Woodford or if anyone else has many deaths in the summer of 1866 in their information. Thanks, Mary interesting site for epidemics, abbreviations and naming trends for children http://www.rootsweb.com/~inmarsha/info.htm ______________________________

The AHLN site for Illinois has a link to epidemics in Illinois from a 1927 book or report from the state department of public health. Select "Historical Illinois Links", then "Illinois Trails State Epidemics" on the next page. The address for the AHLN site is: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/il/state/index.html To jump directly to the epidemics site go to: http://www.iltrails.org/ilhealth.htm The site does show a cholera epidemic in 1866, although no specific dates and locations. It does suggest that the outbreak was widespread. Dan Steffen At 01:04 AM 3/17/02 -0700, you wrote: >______________________________X-Message: #2 >Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 20:20:38 -0500 >From: "Mary Kocak" <Mary_K@centurytel.net> >To: ILWOODFO-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <00be01c1cd51$f2fb8720$6601a8c0@marys> >Subject: [ILWOODFORD] epidemic 1866? >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > >I just received some info and I have a family where a 2 yr old died on >July 20 1866, her 11 yr. old sister died on August 6 1866 and their father >died on August 4, 1866 >I know that there were outbreaks of Cholera, Typhus and small pox around >this time. Just wondering if there was an epidemic at this time in >Woodford or if anyone else has many deaths in the summer of 1866 in their >information. >Thanks, >Mary >interesting site for epidemics, abbreviations and naming trends for children >http://www.rootsweb.com/~inmarsha/info.htm > >______________________________X-Message: #3 >Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 23:04:23 -0600 >From: Tom Baker <tjbaker@alltel.net> >To: ILWOODFO-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <3C9423D7.5011E897@alltel.net> >Subject: Re: [ILWOODFORD] epidemic 1866? >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Last week, I received cemetery listings for my Baker family in the Oakwood >Cemetery in Metamora. My gg-grandparents had 5 of their 9 children die >there between 1863 and 1868, the oldest being 13 years old and the >youngest only 9 >months old. The youngest died on April 27, 1867. I had been wondering if >they had died from an outbreak of some disease. When did these epidemics >start, and when did they end? > >Tom > >Mary Kocak wrote: > > > I just received some info and I have a family where a 2 yr old died on > July 20 1866, her 11 yr. old sister died on August 6 1866 and their > father died on August 4, 1866 > > I know that there were outbreaks of Cholera, Typhus and small pox > around this time. Just wondering if there was an epidemic at this time in > Woodford or if anyone else has many deaths in the summer of 1866 in their > information. > > Thanks, > > Mary > > interesting site for epidemics, abbreviations and naming trends for > children > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~inmarsha/info.htm > > > > ==== ILWOODFO Mailing List ==== > > Woodford County website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilwoodfo/index.htm

Last week, I received cemetery listings for my Baker family in the Oakwood Cemetery in Metamora. My gg-grandparents had 5 of their 9 children die there between 1863 and 1868, the oldest being 13 years old and the youngest only 9 months old. The youngest died on April 27, 1867. I had been wondering if they had died from an outbreak of some disease. When did these epidemics start, and when did they end? Tom Mary Kocak wrote: > I just received some info and I have a family where a 2 yr old died on July 20 1866, her 11 yr. old sister died on August 6 1866 and their father died on August 4, 1866 > I know that there were outbreaks of Cholera, Typhus and small pox around this time. Just wondering if there was an epidemic at this time in Woodford or if anyone else has many deaths in the summer of 1866 in their information. > Thanks, > Mary > interesting site for epidemics, abbreviations and naming trends for children > http://www.rootsweb.com/~inmarsha/info.htm > > ==== ILWOODFO Mailing List ==== > Woodford County website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilwoodfo/index.htm

I just received some info and I have a family where a 2 yr old died on July 20 1866, her 11 yr. old sister died on August 6 1866 and their father died on August 4, 1866 I know that there were outbreaks of Cholera, Typhus and small pox around this time. Just wondering if there was an epidemic at this time in Woodford or if anyone else has many deaths in the summer of 1866 in their information. Thanks, Mary interesting site for epidemics, abbreviations and naming trends for children http://www.rootsweb.com/~inmarsha/info.htm

Amy, There were Vogelsangs in Tazewell County when I was growing up, which was quite a while after 1910, but my dad worked with someone with that name. There were also Vogels. On the other hand, the name may have changed. And, I don't know anything about it, but thought you might like to try Tazewell County. And, none of that probably helped. :-) Ellen Rowan Taylor > From: "Amy Robbins-Tjaden" <atjaden@mindspring.com> > It's a cry in the wilderness but if there's a chance, I have to ask the question. > > Does anyone know of an Irene VOGEL who married a Charles M. TJADEN about 1910 in Woodford Co? An old and not-too-well researched Tjaden family tree has Irene's surname as VOGELSANG but I've never found any in the area. I'm wondering if the name might have been VOGEL since I just ran across an Irene VOGEL, daughter of Frank and Mary GRETTER VOGEL in the 1917 Prairie Farmers of Woodford Co book and found the same VOGELs in Sec 2 and 3 of Greene Twp in the plat books for 1912 and 1920. > > Hope to hear from someone who is researching these VOGELs who can give me a yes or a no (even a maybe is okay...). > > Thanks, > Amy Robbins-Tjaden > atjaden@mindspring.com > amy@tjaden.com

It's a cry in the wilderness but if there's a chance, I have to ask the question. Does anyone know of an Irene VOGEL who married a Charles M. TJADEN about 1910 in Woodford Co? An old and not-too-well researched Tjaden family tree has Irene's surname as VOGELSANG but I've never found any in the area. I'm wondering if the name might have been VOGEL since I just ran across an Irene VOGEL, daughter of Frank and Mary GRETTER VOGEL in the 1917 Prairie Farmers of Woodford Co book and found the same VOGELs in Sec 2 and 3 of Greene Twp in the plat books for 1912 and 1920. Hope to hear from someone who is researching these VOGELs who can give me a yes or a no (even a maybe is okay...). Thanks, Amy Robbins-Tjaden atjaden@mindspring.com amy@tjaden.com

Hi, I am looking for information on any of the following people listed as surviving members of the deceased for an obituary I have for Louisa (FISHER) WHITE she was the daughter of Elias Fisher and Sarah Stanley Fisher of Cazenovia. >From the Washburn Leader, Sept 7, 1944: On October 3, 1878, she married John A. White, who preceded her in death in 1918. One daughter, Mildred Bernice, who was Mrs. George Wineteer, has also gone on before. There are left two daughters, Mrs. Elva Sprague of this place (Washburn) and Mrs. Irma Tuttle, of McLean; three grandchildren, Mrs. Bernice Tweddale, Stanley Tuttle, and Mrs. Julia Owen; and two great-grandchildren, Gary Tweddale and Lucy Dale Owen. Full text of the obituary can be seen at http://www.geocities.com/kyramk/louisawhiteobit.html or check my homepage for many surnames in Woodford County http://www.geocities.com/kyramk/genealogy.html Thanks, Mary

You can write to the Metamora Library and request obituaries that aren't yet in the obit index database at Ancestry. They need the name and date of death. They have the whole index on cards at the library - some which haven't yet been added to the online database. Send mail to: Illinois Prairie District Public Library PO Box 770 Metamora, IL 61548 Costs are: First obit copy on acid free paper and mailed flat - $5.00 Duplicate of the same obit - $.50 each Subsequent obits - $1.00 each Duplicates of subsequent obits - $.50 each If you want your copies on standard copy paper, the first obit is $3.00 and the rest follow the same rates as above. Shirley, you might want to go to your local library and go through the microfilmed newspapers and see if you can't find any references to your grandparents there. If you don't know exactly when he died in February of 1920, at most you might have to go through a month's worth of newspapers to find an obit for him (assuming there was one). I would imagine that the Peoria library would have old Woodford Co newspapers. If not, hop across the county border! Amy atjaden@mindspring.com amy@tjaden.com

I am interested in finding an obituary for my grandfather, GEORG RABENSTEIN or ROBENSTEIN. Since he died in Metamora Township, Woodford Co, in February 1920, I was hoping to find him listed in the Illinois Prairie District library obituaries, 1887-2000. He was not on that list, and I can't find anything about him. I know he was born in Wilhelmshaven, Germany in 1883. I don't know when he came to US. He married my grandmother Hiemke Miener, also from Germany, in 1912. here in US. He died from complications of the flu (pneumonia). I know my grandmother also had the flu and was too sick to attend her husband's funeral. Is there any information out there on him? Shirley (Robenstein) Mansfield 1204 Bloomington Rd. East Peoria, IL. 61611-3505 E-mail: mansfieldgrams@aol.com

Amy and all I recently subbed to the ILWoodford list, thanks for the reminder about the obits.on microcfilm at the Illinois Prairie District Library. I have used Ancestry for a couple of years and have subscriptions to the census and england databases. I went to the IPDL free database and found about 30 obits right away, relevant to my search! in May of 2000 I took my grandfather Cliff Clanin (born 1912 in Lacon, Ill) back to Washburn, where he graduated high school in 1932.. in Eureka, Ill he married Serena Gill in 1933 we went to the courthouse there and the kind folks there let us visit the judges chambers where they were married. We were able to obtain birth certificates of 4 his children including my moms. (My mom had passed away earlier that year) We visited the Washburn high school and a couple of students took us on a tour... we then visited the home where my maternal grandmother Serena lived as a child with her parents Henry Gill and Bertha Preston Gill. My mother was born in that house also., From there we visited Mt Vernon Cemetery and he told me about a lot of his aunts and uncles.....it seemed that I am connected to most buried there... if any one has a history of Mt Vernon Cemetery on Washburn -Eureka Rd. I'd like a copy, Grandpa says the land the cemetery is sitting on was once homesteaded, then donated by ancester John P. Black or one of his sons, I'd like to verify that for my research. My mother's first cousin still lives in Wenona, Ill. We visited there for a day, and she shared what she had found on my grandmothers maternal side, even giving me copies of old pictures and a hat pin and cross stitched wall hanging that was my great grandmothers! This year in May we will be celebrating the 90th birthday of my grandfather Clifford Clanin. in Columbus, OH.! I would love to return to Woodford co Ill ,for another visit with him while he is still able to travel. I am researching Robert Alex Black and Eva Bauman and descendants, All the Clanin surname, John Gill and Rachel Heyes Gill, Henry Gill and Amanda Rose, James Sylvester Preston and Eliza Reed. Thomas B. Reed and Francis Wilkinson(pioneer settlers in Illinois) Anyone connecting with these names? Sherrie R. (Neal) Neff (I am in the middle of divorce and will be reverting back to maiden name of Neal) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Amy Robbins-Tjaden" <atjaden@mindspring.com> To: <ILWOODFO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 12:17 PM Subject: [ILWOODFORD] obit index at Ancestry > The Woodford Co, Illinois obituary index for the years 1887-2000 is a free database at http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/6109.htm I found 19 obits listed that I was interested in and sent the list and a check to the Illinois Prairie District Public Library in Metamora 13 Feb 2002. I received copies of those obits from them 27 Feb 2002 and couldn't be more pleased. I'm already compiling another list (this one will be much longer) to send to them. I just wanted to share my experience concerning that database and with the great people at the Metamora Library. I would recommend it to anyone interested in people whose obits might have been published in the Metamora Herald. > > Amy Robbins-Tjaden > atjaden@mindspring.com > amy@tjaden.com > > > > > > > > > ______________________________

The Woodford Co, Illinois obituary index for the years 1887-2000 is a free database at http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/6109.htm I found 19 obits listed that I was interested in and sent the list and a check to the Illinois Prairie District Public Library in Metamora 13 Feb 2002. I received copies of those obits from them 27 Feb 2002 and couldn't be more pleased. I'm already compiling another list (this one will be much longer) to send to them. I just wanted to share my experience concerning that database and with the great people at the Metamora Library. I would recommend it to anyone interested in people whose obits might have been published in the Metamora Herald. Amy Robbins-Tjaden atjaden@mindspring.com amy@tjaden.com

Amy, Thanks so much for the info on the Woodford Co., Il. Prairie District Library Obits. Someone I missed that site on Ancestry.com. I found at least 10 of my Flanagan family members there, what a landfall!! Sandi Stringer Plano, Tx. Researching Flanagan family in Woodford Co. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - sign up for Fantasy Baseball http://sports.yahoo.com

Does anyone know where I can get copies of any church yearbooks (I believe that might be what they're called) for any years for Immanuel Lutheran Church in Minonk or St Peter's Lutheran Church near Benson? What about centennial books for any of the towns in Woodford County? Any help in finding any of these or hints as to be my best bets etc. would be so appreciated! Amy Robbins-Tjaden atjaden@mindspring.com

Is anyone on the list, besides cousin Shirley, interested in or connected to any of the REWERTS families of Woodford and/or Peoria counties? Would be very happy to exchange information with anyone interested. Amy Robbins-Tjaden 3rd great granddaughter of Idke Rolfs Rewerts Schmidt

Hi Folks My name is Christine Glynn Mills and I come from sunny (for now!) New Zealand. I'm new to your list and I just thought I would post my interests. My main interest is in the surname GLYNN/GLENN. I am trying to find some information on the life of Catherine GLENN (Glynn) in particular. She was the daughter of Joseph GLENN (Glynn) and Alice KIRBEY who were married in Kansas City, MO in 1889. Catherine was presumably born in the decade after her parents' marriage and at the time of her father's death in 1926 she was still single, working as an Assistant Secretary for Community Savings and Loan and living in Independence MO. It is not known if she married or when she died. All searches in MO have come to a dead end (or a brick wall!) I had to come to the conclusion that she had moved from MO which is where Woodford, IL comes into play! A check in the SSDI (Social Security Death Index) revealed a Catherine GLENN of 61548 Metamora, Woodford, IL born 31 October 1898, died July 1982 whose SSN was issued in MO (1962). I might be on a wild goose chase here but I'm getting desperate! Any of you kind folks out there got any ideas about where I could try for information on Catherine GLENN of Metamora? Thanks in advance Christine in New Zealand