Deb, I have a record of Sarah Margaret Wilhite b. Dec 5, 1848 to Eli Wilhite and Elizabeth Ryman in Cass Co, IL. The record has her married to a Daniels. This record comes from papers I recieved from my grandmother who was a daughter in law of Sarah's younger brother. I also have the 1850 census record. The reason there is no 1860 record is that Eli died in 1855. His wife Elizabeth and the younger sons showed up in Iowa with a few of the older brothers in 1870. My guess is that in 1860 they were with relatives somewhere in the Cass County area, but I have not found them yet. I do not have record of Sarah's marriage but Menard Co is a stones throw from where Sarah was born. Her younger brother, Eli Thornton Wilhite, my great grandfather married a girl from near Petersburg, Menard Co. I am guessing that he met her while back in Illinois from Iowa visiting one of his sisters that seemed to settle over that way, maybe Sarah. As for Eli and Elizabeth, Eli is a son of Joseph Thornton Wilhite who moved to the Cass county area in the 1830s while it was still part of Morgan Co. I have a great deal of information on him and his forebears. Elizabeth Ryman was a daughter of Joseph Ryman and Margaret Johnson. I have some information on them and their ancestry but not very complete. Let me know what you need. I will be happy to share. I am of course interested in whatever information you may have as well, particularly because I have not been able to locate the place of death and burial for Sarah's mother, my great, great grandmother. She seems to dissappear from Iowa before her death in 1899. I am guessing that in old age she went back to Illinois to live with a daughter. There is no marker for her next to her husband in Cass Co. and I have found no death record for her in Iowa. Maybe we can figure this out or maybe someone else out there has a clue. Dennis Wilhite