Jim - Here goes. Sorry for some repeats. Maybe someone else will be able to use this information, too. Here are a number of interrelated lines with several of the same names you mention as having in your line. They migrated from the general Nashville area to southern Illinois from the 1830s to the 1850s. I dont have exact migration dates for everyone. Russell line 1 James Russell ...... 2 Lee Roy Russell b: 1886 in Johnson County, Illinois .......... +Ida Rena Gower b: April 1888 in Johnson County, Illinois m: August 12, 1906 in Johnson County, Illinois (daughter of John Wilson Gower, b. 1852, Williamson County, Illinois; he is the son of William Washington Gower, b. 1833 Davidison County, Tenn, and Mary Elizabeth Sims.) ---------------------------------------------------- Russell and Kearney/Carney line, also Robinson 1 (?) Kearney ...... 2 Washington Kearney .......... +Nancy McClerrand m: November 16, 1848 in Franklin County, Illinois ...... *2nd Wife of Washington Kearney: .......... +Catherine Williams b: November 25, 1845 m: August 16, 1861 in Franklin County, Illinois d: May 8, 1943 ............... 3 Alice Kearney d: 1943 ................... +William (Will) Sherman Kearney b: July 26, 1867 d: June 1951 (son of William Jonce Kearney II and Sydney Robinson, b. 1839, d. 1877 in Illinois, listed below) ............... 3 David Kearney ............... 3 Julia Kearney ................... +(?) Barnfield ............... 3 Nina Kearney ................... +(?) Atchison ............... 3 Lou Kearney ................... +(?) Overturf ............... *2nd Husband of Lou Kearney: ................... +(?) Summers ...... 2 Jack Kearney ...... 2 William Kearney I b: Abt. 1815 in North Carolina d: 1855 in Kentucky .......... +Lucy Griffith b: Abt. 1810 in Kentucky m: Bef. 1850 in prob. Kentucky d: in probably Kentucky ............... 3 Elizabeth Kearney b: Abt. 1830 in Kentucky ............... 3 William Johnson (Jonce) Kearney II b: January 4, 1832 in Bowling Green, Kentucky d: October 11, 1908 in Dahlgren, Franklin County, Illinois ................... +Lucinda Russell b: December 19, 1839 in possibly Margon Field, Kentucky m: October 28, 1854 in Franklin County, Illinois d: July 26, 1858 in Kentucky ............... *2nd Wife of William Johnson (Jonce) Kearney II: ................... +Sydney Robinson b: August 13, 1839 m: March 27, 1862 d: May 30, 1877 in Illinois ............... *3rd Wife of William Johnson (Jonce) Kearney II: ................... +Emily A. (Ann) Hancock b: October 20, 1847 m: March 15, 1878 d: November 11, 1902 in Franklin County, Illinois ............... 3 James H. Kearney b: Abt. 1833 in Tennessee ............... 3 Serry Kearney b: Abt. 1835 in Tennessee ............... 3 Munroe Kearney b: Abt. 1837 in Tennessee ............... 3 Lucy Kearney b: Abt. 1838 in Kentucky --------------------------------------------------------------------- Another Russell and Kearney/Carney 1 Tilman Andrews b: Abt. 1844 .. +Lucinda Russell b: Abt. 1853 ...... 2 William Andrews b: 1871 .......... +Hester (?) b: 1876 ...... 2 Lewis Robert Andrews b: 1875 d: 1941 .......... +Nancy Ella Kearney b: December 23, 1878 d: July 10, 1951 (her parents are William Jonce Kearney II and Emily A. Hancock, listed above.) ...... 2 Thomas Andrews b: Abt. 1876 ...... 2 Lawrence Andrews b: 1879 d: 1953 .......... +Martha (?) b: Abt. 1888 ...... 2 Nora Andrews b: 1884 ...... 2 Anna Andrews b: 1886 -------------------------------------------------------------- Robertson and Reeves Mary Robertson, 1722 to 1778, wife of Abel Gower, b 1720 in Virginia, d. 1780, Clover Bottom Massacre, Nashville Their daughter Mary Gower, b. after 1764, m. John Robertson, b. 1723 in Virginia. Their son was James Randolph Robertson, b. 1742 Virginia, m. Charlotte Reeves. ------------------------------------------------------------ Simpson 1 William Brummett b: 1760 d: 1840 in Anderson County, Tennessee .. +Rebecca Simpson ...... 2 Elzira Brummett ...... 2 Payton Brummett ...... 2 Joab Brummett ...... 2 Ginery Brummett ...... 2 Preston Brummett ...... 2 Henery Brummett ...... 2 George Brummett ...... 2 John Brummett b: 1800 in North Carolina .......... +Polly Gadd b: 1804 in North Carolina or Virginia m: February 22, 1817 in Orange County, Indiana ...... 2 William Brummett ...... 2 Marget Brummett *2nd Wife of William Brummett: .. +Martha Whitten ...... 2 Calvin Brummett ...... 2 Lucy Brummett ...... 2 Aley Brummett ...... 2 Banner Brummett ...... 2 Hugh L. Brummett ...... 2 Sareldy Brummett -------------------------------------------------------------- Simpson 1 Nancy Simpson .. +William May ...... 2 Stephen Monroe May b: Abt. 1863 in Williamson County, Illinois .......... +Mary Virginia Lee b: July 21, 1866 in Williamson County, Illinois m: October 1, 1884 in Williamson County, Illinois (her parents are William Carroll Lee, b. 1832, Davidson Co. Tenn, and Amanda Jane Norman, b. 1836, Williamson County, Illinois. William Carroll Lee is the son of Henry Tuggle Lee and Jane Sanders, listed above) ............... 3 Earnest L. May b: December 16, 1885 in Williamson County, Illinois ............... 3 Leo C. May b: February 19, 1893 in Williamson County, Illinois ............... 3 Genevieve May b: October 17, 1904 in Williamson County, Illinois ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Carney 1 Charles "Charley S." Spencer Gent b: Abt. 1826 in Cheatham County, Tennessee d: 1900 in Carbondale, Illinois (Jackson County) .. +Mary Jane Sanders b: November 23, 1821 in Robertson County, Tennessee m: February 23, 1840 in probably in Robertson Co., Tennessee (sister to Jane Sanders, listed above) ...... 2 James Henry Gent b: Abt. 1843 in Tennessee ...... 2 Zackariah T. Gent b: Abt. 1849 in Tennessee ...... 2 John Washington Gent b: Abt. 1852 in Tennessee ...... 2 Charles C. "Charley" Gent b: Abt. 1854 in Tennessee ...... 2 Henry Matheson (Madison) Gent b: Abt. 1857 in Robinson, Tennessee .......... +Olive Christina Grimes b: Abt. 1859 in Williamson County, Illinois m: December 26, 1880 in Williamson County, Illinois ...... 2 Robert Gent b: Abt. 1859 in Tennessee ...... 2 Sarah Gent b: Abt. 1860 in Tennessee ...... 2 Martha Tennessee "Tennie" Gent b: August 25, 1863 in Carbondale, Illinois (Jackson County) d: December 13, 1929 in Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County) .......... +John Holder m: April 1, 1883 in Carterville, Illinois (Williamson County) ...... *2nd Husband of Martha Tennessee "Tennie" Gent: .......... +Asa (A.A.) John Carney m: November 11, 1905 in Williamson County, Illinois ...... 2 Henrietta Margret Gent b: Abt. 1865 in Williamson County, Illinois .......... +John L. Bulliner m: February 23, 1888 in Williamson County, Illinois -------------------------------------------------------------------------