I was not familiar with the Elwood Meeting/cemetery, so looked to see if I could find anything about it in Willard Heiss' published info of the records of Friends Meetings (mostly) in Indiana. He also includes some from meetings just over the line into another state, which were affiliated with Indiana Meetings. In Vol. 5 of his " ....Records of the Society of Friends in Indiana" there is a lot of birth/death/minutes information from Vermillion Meeting, which was located in Vermillion Co, Illinois. He also has info listed in the same volume from Hopewell Meeting, which is in Vermillion Co, Indiana, and from Honey Creek Meeting in Vigo Co, IN. These Meetings, in a small geographical area, seemed to overlap and interact as they were set up, set off, etc. My guess is you would find families that are listed in more than one of these meetings. Hopefully Tom Hill or Dan Treadway will fill us in on why Elwood is not listed in Williard's books of records--maybe it is just because he never found/or was given access to the Elwood Meeting minutes. Some should exist since apparently the Meeting still exists. Joyce Overman Bowman On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Lowell Cummings <[email protected]> wrote: > My husband and I are reading cemeteries for our local Genealogy Society and > one is Elwood Church cemetery. It is next to the church a few miles out of > the town of Georgetown in Vermilion County Illinois. The stones are in > terrible shape and most beyond reading. > > If there are any of you out there who have family buried in this cemetery, > would you please let me know. > > He has taken a picture of the church that is exceptionally good. I would > be happy to send it on line to anyone who would like to have a copy. > > Marilyn HAWORTH Cummings > Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois > > ------------------------------- > 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 > -- Joyce Joyce Overman Bowman 7877 Beanblossom Circle Indianapolis, IN 46256-1637 (317) 849-0995

As Willard told the story to me, he had to argue with some force to get Vermilion MM included in the abstracts of the Indiana Quaker records, as the Indiana Historical Society was insistent on INDIANA publishing. Until Hopewell MM was set off from Vermilion in 1873, Vermilion included some Indiana members, which justified its inclusion. But I don't think that Elwood ever did. My wife and I photographed some pre-1900 markers at Elwood in 1996, which we would be glad to share if that would be helpful. Tom Hamm I was not familiar with the Elwood Meeting/cemetery, so looked to see if > I > could find anything about it in Willard Heiss' published info of the > records > of Friends Meetings (mostly) in Indiana. He also includes some from > meetings just over the line into another state, which were affiliated with > Indiana Meetings. In Vol. 5 of his " ....Records of the Society of > Friends > in Indiana" there is a lot of birth/death/minutes information from > Vermillion Meeting, which was located in Vermillion Co, Illinois. He also > has info listed in the same volume from Hopewell Meeting, which is in > Vermillion Co, Indiana, and from Honey Creek Meeting in Vigo Co, IN. > These > Meetings, in a small geographical area, seemed to overlap and interact as > they were set up, set off, etc. My guess is you would find families that > are listed in more than one of these meetings. Hopefully Tom Hill or Dan > Treadway will fill us in on why Elwood is not listed in Williard's books > of > records--maybe it is just because he never found/or was given access to > the > Elwood Meeting minutes. Some should exist since apparently the Meeting > still exists. > Joyce Overman Bowman > > On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Lowell Cummings <[email protected]> wrote: > >> My husband and I are reading cemeteries for our local Genealogy Society >> and >> one is Elwood Church cemetery. It is next to the church a few miles out >> of >> the town of Georgetown in Vermilion County Illinois. The stones are in >> terrible shape and most beyond reading. >> >> If there are any of you out there who have family buried in this >> cemetery, >> would you please let me know. >> >> He has taken a picture of the church that is exceptionally good. I >> would >> be happy to send it on line to anyone who would like to have a copy. >> >> Marilyn HAWORTH Cummings >> Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> > > > > -- > Joyce > > Joyce Overman Bowman > 7877 Beanblossom Circle > Indianapolis, IN 46256-1637 > (317) 849-0995 > > ------------------------------- > 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 >