I'm looking for any information on my ancestor of Woodford County, IL. Here what I have on them would love to talk to anyone with information on them. JOHN POLICK WHITE was born in Davenshire, England. He married ROSEANNA. She was born in Davenshire, England. Children of JOHN WHITE and ROSEANNA are: i. POLLY ANN WHITE. ii. TOM FLETCHER WHITE. iii. WILLIAM ARTHUR WHITE, b. March 26, 1841,; d. April 16, 1876. WILLIAM ARTHUR WHITE was born March 26, 1841, and died April 16, 1876. He married SARAH EMILY MORELAND. She was born October 03, 1843, and died November 15, 1867. More About WILLIAM ARTHUR WHITE: Burial: Centennial Chapel Cemetery, Woodford Co. IL More About SARAH EMILY MORELAND: Burial: Centennial Chapel Cemetery, Woodford Co. IL Children of WILLIAM WHITE and SARAH MORELAND are: i. JOHN WILLIAM WHITE. ii. GEORGE HENRY WHITE, b. October 10, 1866, Secor, IL; d. April 09, 1946, Danvers, Mclean County, IL. GEORGE HENRY WHITE was born October 10, 1866 in Secor, IL, and died April 09, 1946 in Danvers, Mclean County, IL. He married (1) ELENORA HOWARD September 29, 1884 in Bloomington, Mclean Co, IL, daughter of JOHN HOWARD and SARAH MCDONALD. She was born August 10, 1862 in Spring Bay, IL, and died June 04, 1928 in Danvers, Mclean County, IL. He married (2) CLARA KRUEGER Aft. 1928. More About GEORGE HENRY WHITE: Burial: Stouts Grove Cemetery, Danvers, IL Notes for ELENORA HOWARD: Elnora was a member of Christian Church at Lilly More About ELENORA HOWARD: Burial: Stouts Grove Cemetery, Danvers, IL Children of GEORGE WHITE and ELENORA HOWARD are: i. MILLIE WHITE, b. August 28, 1885. ii. CLARA EMILY WHITE, b. October 14, 1888, Carlock, IL; d. March 31, 1969, Danvers, Mclean County, IL. iii. LEE FRANKLIN WHITE, b. August 05, 1890; d. May 08, 1957, Danvers, IL; m. EVALENA PARMELE; b. 1896; d. 1960. iv. CHARLES RAY WHITE, b. December 20, 1892; m. MABLE MILLER. v. WILLIAM ALONZO WHITE, b. May 01, 1895; d. September 12, 1971; m. MARGARET GRIFFITH; b. 1897. vi. JOHN G. WHITE, b. March 27, 1898; d. September 12, 1959. vii. HENRY SANFORD WHITE, b. May 21, 1901; d. March 01, 1972; m. JOSIE L. FRIEND; b. October 07, 1901; d. June 11, 1971. viii. OREN EDWARD WHITE, b. March 12, 1903; d. December 14, 1962; m. ALTA L. MCCLISTER, September 27, 1925; b. 1905; d. 1966. ix. VERMON CAREY WHITE, b. June 04, 1905; d. March 18, 1956; m. ABERI DYSON; b. June 12, 1901. CLARA EMILY WHITE was born October 14, 1888 in Carlock, IL, and died March 31, 1969 in Danvers, Mclean County, IL. She married FRED JUILIS LANE December 28, 1910 in Bloomington, IL, son of JOHN LANE and HANNAH HITTLE. He was born January 31, 1882 in Danvers, Mclean County, IL, and died 1973 in Danvers, Mclean County, IL. Notes for CLARA EMILY WHITE: Clara was a Member of Danvers Baptist Church More About CLARA EMILY WHITE: Burial: Stouts Grove Cemetery, Danvers, IL Notes for FRED JUILIS LANE: Fred own land at Danvers RT3 Sec 21 T220a (1885). More About FRED JUILIS LANE: Burial: Stouts Grove Cemetery, Danvers, IL Children of CLARA WHITE and FRED LANE are: i. ERVIN DALE5 LANE, b. January 30, 1910. ii. ALFRED VERLLAM LANE, b. July 09, 1912. iii. FRANCES LENOA LANE, b. May 23, 1914, Ohio?; d. April 10, 1980, Mackinaw, IL. Sincerely, Karen Heinrich

In a message dated 3/8/2001 4:39:00 PM Mountain Standard Time, waynejay@dnai.com writes: > Subj: Grove Photo > Date: 3/8/2001 4:39:00 PM Mountain Standard Time > From: waynejay@dnai.com (Wayne Busby) > To: ILWOODFO-L@rootsweb.com > > > > > The notion that a photo of my Grove ancestors might exist caught my > attention. Here is an outline of what I have on this line: > Descendants of Benjamin Grove > > 1 Benjamin Grove > . +Barbara Unknown > ..... 2 Henry Grove b: 1804 in Augusta County, VA > ......... +Elizabeth Hoover b: Abt. 1797 in Virginia m: August 08, 1825 > in Hermitage, Augusta, VA d: 1873 in Olio Township, Woodford County, IL > ............. 3 Sarah Elizabeth Grove b: September 24, 1831 in > Pennsylvania d: March 11, 1902 in Washington, Tazewell, IL > ................ +Christian Geiselman b: January 23, 1830 in Baden, > Germany m: November 21, 1858 in Woodford County, IL d: October 23, 1910 > in Washington, Tazewell, IL > ............. 3 Abraham Grove b: Abt. 1835 > ............. 3 David Grove b: Abt. 1840 > ............. 3 Ann Grove b: Abt. 1843 > ............. 3 Martha Grove b: Abt. 1845 > ............. 3 Ellen Grove b: Abt. 1849 > > Henry Grove had a farm in Olio Twp, Woodford County. > > > ==== ILWOODFO Mailing List ==== > Email Address or ISP changes: unsubscribe your old email address prior to > the change effective date. Once your new email address is effective then > resubscribe using your new address. > > ============================== > Add as many as 10 Good Years To Your Life > If you know how to reduce these risks. > http://www.thirdage.com/health/wecare/hearthealth/index.html > > > > ----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- > Return-Path: <ILWOODFO-L-request@rootsweb.com> > Received: from rly-xc02.mx.aol.com (rly-xc02.mail.aol.com > [172.20.105.135]) by air-xc01.mail.aol.com (v77_r1.21) with ESMTP; Thu, 08 > Mar 2001 18:39:00 -0500 > Received: from lists2.rootsweb.com (lists2.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.32]) by > rly-xc02.mx.aol.com (v77_r1.21) with ESMTP; Thu, 08 Mar 2001 18:28:41 -0500 > Received: (from slist@localhost) > by lists2.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id f28NMpj13956; > Thu, 8 Mar 2001 16:22:51 -0700 > Resent-Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 16:22:51 -0700 > X-Original-Sender: waynejay@dnai.com Thu Mar 8 16:22:51 2001 > Message-ID: <3AA81441.93B526B7@dnai.com> > Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 15:22:41 -0800 > From: Wayne Busby <waynejay@dnai.com> > X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (Win98; U) > X-Accept-Language: en > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Old-To: "ILWOODFO-L@rootsweb.com" <ILWOODFO-L@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Grove Photo > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Resent-Message-ID: <b9PS-B.A.rZD.LRBq6@lists2.rootsweb.com> > To: ILWOODFO-L@rootsweb.com > Resent-From: ILWOODFO-L@rootsweb.com > X-Mailing-List: <ILWOODFO-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/16 > X-Loop: ILWOODFO-L@rootsweb.com > Precedence: list > Resent-Sender: ILWOODFO-L-request@rootsweb.com > > I have gotten Grove & Groves mixed up in the past but I believe your > Benjamin Grove was b 4 jun 1762 the son of John Groff & Catherine Herr. > His wife Barbara, I have as Barbara Kendig b ca 1765, dau of Henry Kendig & > Anna Groff. Wayne Lucore

Wayne (and anyone else interested in this Grove family)-- I don't have any photos of any Grove family (not surprising since I'm not related to any) but did find this in the 1860 Woodford Co census - Olio Twp - and thought it must fit in with your line... Dwelling 1141, Family 1142 Christian Gieselman, 30, Baden Sarah, 26, Penn Franklin, 3, Illinois Henry, 1, Illinois (............ 3 Sarah Elizabeth Grove b: September 24, 1831 in Pennsylvania d: March 11, 1902 in Washington, Tazewell, IL ................ +Christian Geiselman b: January 23, 1830 in Baden, Germany m: November 21, 1858 in Woodford County, IL d: October 23, 1910 in Washington, Tazewell, IL ............. 3 Abraham Grove b: Abt. 1835 ............. 3 David Grove b: Abt. 1840 ............. 3 Ann Grove b: Abt. 1843 ............. 3 Martha Grove b: Abt. 1845 ............. 3 Ellen Grove b: Abt. 1849) Amy atjaden@mindspring.com

The notion that a photo of my Grove ancestors might exist caught my attention. Here is an outline of what I have on this line: Descendants of Benjamin Grove 1 Benjamin Grove . +Barbara Unknown ..... 2 Henry Grove b: 1804 in Augusta County, VA ......... +Elizabeth Hoover b: Abt. 1797 in Virginia m: August 08, 1825 in Hermitage, Augusta, VA d: 1873 in Olio Township, Woodford County, IL ............. 3 Sarah Elizabeth Grove b: September 24, 1831 in Pennsylvania d: March 11, 1902 in Washington, Tazewell, IL ................ +Christian Geiselman b: January 23, 1830 in Baden, Germany m: November 21, 1858 in Woodford County, IL d: October 23, 1910 in Washington, Tazewell, IL ............. 3 Abraham Grove b: Abt. 1835 ............. 3 David Grove b: Abt. 1840 ............. 3 Ann Grove b: Abt. 1843 ............. 3 Martha Grove b: Abt. 1845 ............. 3 Ellen Grove b: Abt. 1849 Henry Grove had a farm in Olio Twp, Woodford County.

I recently responded to a message board post offering an old Grove family photo. According to the poster, the notation on the back of the photo says "H. J. Grove and Bros", and was taken in Colfax, McLean County, Illinois. Date is unknown. The poster suggested turn of the century to WWI, but I think it is older than that, judging by the dress. It does not appear to be my family, since I've found no connection to the Colfax area. If you think this might be your family, I can forward you a low-res .gif of the photo, and the poster's email. An excerpt from her message is below. If anyone is on the Tazwell County, Illinois list (where a number of Grove families settled), could you please forward a copy of this email to that list? I am not subscribed. Dan Steffen dlsteffn@elpaso.net El Paso, IL ************************************* Email excerpt: Hi Dan, The photo I have (low-res .gif attached) looks to be WW I vintage. The writing on the back says "H.J. Grove and bros." It was taken in Colfax, IL. I would really love to reunite it with its family. $5 covers what it cost me ($3.75) it plus postage, packaging, etc. So if you locate the right party, have them write me. This is an attractive cabinet card photo in nice condition! --Sue

I now have the 1860 digital census for Woodford Co, IL. It is not indexed, however. If there is someone on the list who has an index to this CD, I would be glad to get together with them so that we could offer lookups to people on this list from this source. Amy Robbins-Tjaden atjaden@mindspring.com

I am trying to put the various REDENIUS families from both Woodford Co and Ostfriesland into neat little bundles and am at a standstill with some orphans. If you are researching this name and would like to trade information, maybe we could help each other. Allied families include SCHROEDER, KALKWARF, WOLTZEN, DECKER, JOHNSON/JANSSEN, MONK, HARMS, DETMERS among others. Please email me if you feel like exploring possibilities. Thanks, Amy Robbins-Tjaden atjaden@mindspring.com

In the 1900 census for Metamora Twp I just came across a section that lists about a dozen Catholic sisters which is followed by about a page and a half of young people referred to as "inmates". These appear to include some siblings, in addition to names that don't seem to be related to any others. Am I correct in thinking this might be a list of children at St Mary's Orphanage? It seems it almost must be but I hate to assume and would appreciate it if someone who knows could tell me if I'm right or wrong. Thanks, Amy Robbins-Tjaden atjaden@mindspring.com

Would some kind soul who has access to the 1850 census of Woodford County please email the info on the household of Lyman Sherman - page 446. I would be very grateful. Gary W Watson Denver, Colorado

Researching 1850-1900 NEWTON, Melvin,Sylvanus Smith Newton and his children who went to NE,Charles, Lucius, George, Kate-who married AK SMITH, Eveline R/Evaline R who came to CA prior to 1872. Any cousins out there?

I've received many answers none really to the point. Let me restate the question. Is anyone aware - do any records exist of the first members/attendees of the Apostolic Christian Church? Who has the records? I rarely get to Illinois with time to track down records John > Subject: Early Apostolic Church History? > > Is anyone aware of any source of early history of the Apostolic Christian > Church (Roanoke, Peoria, Gridley, Goodfield/Congerville or Black Partridge.) I > have a copy of the book 'Marching to Zion' by Klopfenstein but it does not have > any of the names I need. (I've written to him and got no help at all - he'd not > even provide sources for his information!) My Fischer and Miller ancestors > first appear in the area about 1850 or about the same time as the A/C church > formed in the area. Are there any records of the very early membership? > > John E Fischer Cincinnati OH

I am not familiar with the family. I grew up a short distance from Spring Bay which is one of the older locations in Woodford County (Fort Creve Coeur a french fort and settlement being the oldest is in Tazwell). There are 2 catholic churches in the Metamora area. St Mary's in Metamora and Lordes Church lies almost in between Spring Bay and Metamora on the Santa Fe trail. The church has 2-3 cemetaries in the area and I believe they keep records. Unfortunately I have been unable to get in touch with them during their business hours. (My guess is that the person that might be able to assist with any record searches only works a few days per week and maybe for just a few hours. They may be a volunteer, clergy or a nun maybe. ) I have relatives buried in one of these cemetaries and have been trying to get more information on them. The number for the church can be found via information . The area code is 309 it is in metamora and the prefix is 367. Let me know if you have any luck or if you find out the process for requesting information. I have not had the time recently to follow this path more in depth. oops just found their contact information St Mary's Friary 415 W Chatham Metamora Il 309 367 4407 St Mary's Friary Lourdes RR2 Box 255 (historically santa fe trail) Metamora IL (309) 383 4460 I also know that some of the cemetary grounds keeper know a great deal of oral history. They are getting on in age. However, if you could get in contact with one of these people you might learn a great deal. Arlene Bogardus wrote: > You mentioned Black Partridge. My Millers were from that area: Louis Miller and family. He and his wife Lydia Woodcock Miller are buried at the Spring Bay Cemetery. Can you help > me with this family? I do not know what religion they were. I do know he was born in France and he had a sister who was Catholic in the Metamora area. > > Arlene Bogardus - Rolene50@concentric.net > > > John E Fischer wrote: > >> Is anyone aware of any source of early history of the Apostolic Christian >> Church (Roanoke, Peoria, Gridley, Goodfield/Congerville or Black Partridge.) I >> have a copy of the book 'Marching to Zion' by Klopfenstein but it does not have >> any of the names I need. (I've written to him and got no help at all - he'd not >> even provide sources for his information!) My Fischer and Miller ancestors >> first appear in the area about 1850 or about the same time as the A/C church >> formed in the area. Are there any records of the very early membership? >> >> John E Fischer Cincinnati OH >> >> ==== ILWOODFO Mailing List ==== >> To unsubscribe: Send a message with only the text UNSUBSCRIBE in the body to ilwoodfo-L-request@rootsweb.com [for mail mode] or ilwoodfo-D-request@rootsweb.com [for digest mode] >> >> ============================== >> Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history >> learning and how-to articles on the Internet. >> http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > > > > > ==== ILWOODFO Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe: Send a message with only the text UNSUBSCRIBE in the body to ilwoodfo-L-request@rootsweb.com [for mail mode] or ilwoodfo-D-request@rootsweb.com [for digest mode] > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > > > >

You mentioned Black Partridge. My Millers were from that area: Louis Miller and family. He and his wife Lydia Woodcock Miller are buried at the Spring Bay Cemetery. Can you help me with this family? I do not know what religion they were. I do know he was born in France and he had a sister who was Catholic in the Metamora area. Arlene Bogardus - Rolene50@concentric.net John E Fischer wrote: > Is anyone aware of any source of early history of the Apostolic Christian > Church (Roanoke, Peoria, Gridley, Goodfield/Congerville or Black Partridge.) I > have a copy of the book 'Marching to Zion' by Klopfenstein but it does not have > any of the names I need. (I've written to him and got no help at all - he'd not > even provide sources for his information!) My Fischer and Miller ancestors > first appear in the area about 1850 or about the same time as the A/C church > formed in the area. Are there any records of the very early membership? > > John E Fischer Cincinnati OH > > ==== ILWOODFO Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe: Send a message with only the text UNSUBSCRIBE in the body to ilwoodfo-L-request@rootsweb.com [for mail mode] or ilwoodfo-D-request@rootsweb.com [for digest mode] > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library

Is anyone aware of any source of early history of the Apostolic Christian Church (Roanoke, Peoria, Gridley, Goodfield/Congerville or Black Partridge.) I have a copy of the book 'Marching to Zion' by Klopfenstein but it does not have any of the names I need. (I've written to him and got no help at all - he'd not even provide sources for his information!) My Fischer and Miller ancestors first appear in the area about 1850 or about the same time as the A/C church formed in the area. Are there any records of the very early membership? John E Fischer Cincinnati OH

A few links: http://www.disciples.org/ http://www.dhedisciples.org/ http://users.aol.com/dishistsoc/index.htm

Ellen, I checked the web site for the historical society and I can't quite tell what records they have, but I do remember seeing a few references to Eureka Christian Church. I haven't contacted them yet so I can't give you my experience. I do know that in order to use their services, or to have one of them search for you, you must send a membership of $20. If you're certain that your ancestors were members of the church, this isn't a bad deal since I'm sure they have overhead for such a great undertaking, and they do seem to have a lot of information. Here is the message I got from the historical society: > Please see our home page > http://users.aol.com/dishistsoc > for a fee sheet for non-members doing research. > > You will need to send a written request with your $20 membership fee. Our > research staff will be happy to assist you. I would alert you that we have > very few baptismal certificates here. We will be happy to look for you. If > the persons were in the ministry, we likely have bio files. Let us know what > we can do. > Lynne Morgan > I'm not sure the Davidson relative I'm searching for is related to the Davidsons who were members of Eureka Church so I'll wait to make sure before I request a search. If you decide to, I hope you will post to this site to let us know about your experience. Becca Davidson Ellen Rowan Taylor wrote: > Rebecca, > Does the Disciples of Christ Historical Society have the records? Do the exist > somewhere? What a shame if they don't. I think at least one of my families > attended that church, too. > > Ellen Rowan Taylor > searching in Woodford County > ROWAN, SCHEFFLER, ROBINSON, COLBURN > > > > > From: Rebecca Davidson <rebecca.davidson@mailhub1.ctc.cummins.com> > > Someone else on this list was asking about church records in Woodford > > Co. so I thought I'd post this information. > > > > I inquired at the Eureka Christian Church (est. 1832) about vital > > records and was told the church no longer has the records. They > > suggested I inquire at the following address: > > > > Disciples of Christ Historical Society, dishistsoc@aol.com. > > > > The church (Eureka Christian) historian is Betty Lopata. Web site > > http://www.eureka.lib.il.us/community/christian_church/index.html > > > > ______________________________ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > ==== ILWOODFO Mailing List ==== > Woodford County website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilwoodfo/index.htm > > ============================== > Add as many as 10 Good Years To Your Life > If you know how to reduce these risks. > http://www.thirdage.com/health/wecare/hearthealth/index.html

Rebecca, Does the Disciples of Christ Historical Society have the records? Do the exist somewhere? What a shame if they don't. I think at least one of my families attended that church, too. Ellen Rowan Taylor searching in Woodford County ROWAN, SCHEFFLER, ROBINSON, COLBURN > > From: Rebecca Davidson <rebecca.davidson@mailhub1.ctc.cummins.com> > Someone else on this list was asking about church records in Woodford > Co. so I thought I'd post this information. > > I inquired at the Eureka Christian Church (est. 1832) about vital > records and was told the church no longer has the records. They > suggested I inquire at the following address: > > Disciples of Christ Historical Society, dishistsoc@aol.com. > > The church (Eureka Christian) historian is Betty Lopata. Web site > http://www.eureka.lib.il.us/community/christian_church/index.html > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >

In case it helps someone: I see by the news that Kathryn G (KETTWICH) THAYER; age 92; was born in Minonk IL and died in Modesto CA recently; Her obituary was in the Modesto Bee, the 2001-1-12 issue (code: neb).

Someone else on this list was asking about church records in Woodford Co. so I thought I'd post this information. I inquired at the Eureka Christian Church (est. 1832) about vital records and was told the church no longer has the records. They suggested I inquire at the following address: Disciples of Christ Historical Society, dishistsoc@aol.com. The church (Eureka Christian) historian is Betty Lopata. Web site http://www.eureka.lib.il.us/community/christian_church/index.html

My great grandfather was Harrison Darst, He was the son of John and Ruhama Darst.I am looking for information on my grandfather Frank Darst, who was born in Eureka in 1873. He was a veterinarian and practised in Ottawa Kansas from 1900 to 1920.I need to know when he moved to Kansas and if he went to Eureka colledge for his Vet degree. My mother is 97 years old now and she said that her grandfather Harrison Darst was buried in Eureka, ILL. and that his father John Darst was very dedicated to Eureka college. I do genealogy and I cant find out why John Darst and Ruhama Mohler being German would have their son Harrison Darst telling my mother that he was part Indian?My mother said that when she lived in Kansas as a girl, that she would go accross the dirt road to see grandpa Harrison who lived in a Tee Pee. I can find his brothers civil war records but it dosen't seem that Harrison was in the civil war. I saw a map of Eureka and there is a street named for him in front of the college. I saw a paper in our family files that said Harrison died of Enphesema and is burried in the Darst family plot in Eureka.I would like to have a copy of any of the information you might have on Harrison or his son Frank. Thank you Jerry Hale