Still NOT *mine* .... but an interesting story .... does this Barney B. Vanarsdale *belong* to anyone on the list? SOURCE: History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois Author: John Carroll Power Call Number: R929.1P88 This book contains the history of the early settlers of Sangamon County Illinois. Bibliographic Information: Power, John Carroll. History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois. Edwin A Wilson & Co. Illinois. 1876. "... John H. Sanders was in the store of James Bodge, in Pawnee, on the evening of March 7, 1865, when two men entered it, ostensibly with the view of trading, but really with the view of robbery. Mr. Sanders passed out of the door, and as he did so, was shot by an accomplice of the robbers, stationed on the outside, to prevent his giving the alarm. He died before any of his friends could reach him. Two of the robbers, James P. Lemon and Barney B. Vanarsdale, were arrested, the former in Missouri and the latter in Iowa. They were tried, convicted April 25, and hung at Springfield, July 20, 1866, The other, (???) Ballard, was hung in Missouri by a mob, but confessed that he assisted in the murder of Mr. Sanders."