This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BUB.2ACI/6174 Message Board Post: Hoping for a lookup of the reference to Mrs. Ruth Foy on page 239. I wonder is this was Ruth Merrill, wife of William Foy. I believe this family spent some time in Hancock County, Illinois, circa 1850, and later moved to Whiteside County, Illinois.