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(Q229) 19 Aug 1998 - Gary McKiddy
Surnames: CAUDLE, KRIDER, SIMMONS
Seeking info. on Neify CAUDLE and wife, Sarah Elizabeth SIMMONS.
They moved ca 1880 from IL to Davis City, IA. Members of L.D.S. community.
Sarah remarried a Mr. KRIDER and returned to IL after Neify's death.
She is buried in Cisne. Her funeral was held at the Brush Creek Latter
Day Saints Chapel in 1938.
(Q228) 16 Aug 1998 - Michael Blair
Surnames: REED
I am looking for info. on Josiah C. REED who came to Wayne Co.,
IL by 1830 from Fleming Co., KY. His son, George REED, fathered
John Turner REED who went to Iron Co., MO. Thank you.
(Q227) 12 Aug 1998 - Caroline Sims Coon
Surnames: COON, IRWIN
Need parents of Elizabeth IRWIN COON, b. 8 Feb 1846 in Wayne
Co., d. 16 Jan 1882, buried Johnsonville Cemetery, m. ca 1864 to Charles
COON,
a German immigrant who served in Co. I, 48th IL Inf. He owned 200
acres near Mt. Airy. They had 8 children before her death.
Have reason to believe her father may have been William IRWIN who
had land in Hickory Hill Twp. and Indian Prairie Twp. Any help will
be appreciated on this IRWIN line.
(Q226) 12 Aug 1998 - Marilyn Williamson
Surnames: CONLEY, GARRISON, GREENWALT, WATSON
I am looking for the whereabouts prior to 1840 of my gg-grandfather,
David GREENWALT, b. 17 Jul 1813 either in KY or Prussia (Germany),
d. 3 Sep 1862 in Wayne Co., IL, m. (1) 4 Feb 1836 to Eliza GARRISON,
dau. of Samuel GARRISON and Martha CONLEY, m. (2) 4 Apr 1857
to Maria L. WATSON. The 1840 Federal Census for Wayne Co.
shows him head of household with male child under five, one male twenty
to thirty (presumably David), one male eighty to ninety, two females under
the age of five, one female age twenty to thirty (presumably Eliza).
In the 1850 Federal Census for Wayne Co., David states he was b. in KY.
Family records state that he was b. in Prussia (Germany) as we all know
family records are not always accurate.
(Q225) 11 Aug 1998 - Evelyn C. Dudley
Surnames: GREATHOUSE, SNYDER, STANLEY
Eliza (Lydia) Ellen GREATHOUSE m. abt 1875 to James Casey STANLEY.
Their son, Luke, was b. in Village of Golden Gate, Leech Twp. When
James Casey d. abt 1880 or 1890, Lydia m. a man (family lore) name SNYDER
from Fairfield. Does anyone know of Lydia and James Casey or who
the man from Fairfield was? Was James Casey shot?
(Q224) 6 Aug 1998 - Vicki King
Surnames: FOUNTAIN-FONTAINE-FOUNTAINE, LEFFLER, MARTIN, MORRIS
The 1850 census for Wayne Co. has Henry FOUNTAIN, b. ca 1823 in MO, and wife, Elizabeth, b. ca 1823 in IL, and children: Mary A., b. ca 1845 in IL; Louisa, b. ca 1847 in IL; and Stephen, b. Nov 19, 1849 in IL. Henry must have d. bef 1860 as only Elizabeth and children were on that census. Stephen FOUNTAIN m. Sep 12, 1869 to Sarah Elizabeth MARTIN. Their children: Nancy Isabelle, b. Jun 16, 1870, d. Jan 8, 1876; Elizabeth Jane, b. Oct 7, 1871, d. Oct 4, 1873; and William Sanford, b. Dec 13, 1873. Stephen FOUNTAIN d. Feb 4, 1876 at age 26. Sarah MARTIN FOUNTAIN m. Sep 4, 1879 in Wayne Co, IL to John W. MORRIS. The FOUNTAIN family name has also been spelled FONTAINE and FOUNTAINE. Does anyone known anything about these people? I have info. on Sarah E. MARTIN FOUNTAIN MORRIS, William Sanford FOUNTAIN, and John W. MORRIS to share.
Andrew J. MARTIN, b. 1819 in TN, d. Jul 16, 1902 in Hickory Hill
Twp., Wayne Co., IL, and is buried in Garrison Temple Cemetery. Andrew
m. Nancy Jane LEFFLER, b. Aug 19, 1820 in VA, d. Jan 14, 1859 in
Wayne Co., IL, buried in Garrison Temple Cemetery. Andrew and Nancy
Jane MARTIN's children: A.G., b. ca 1839 in TN; James, b. 1840,
served in Co. I, 48th IL Inf.; Susan M., b. ca 1842 in IL; Owen H., b.
ca 1844 in IL; Nancy Catherine, b. ca 1846 in IL; William J., b. ca 1849
in IL; Sarah Elizabeth, b. Feb 4, 1851; Sarah Jane, b. Mar 30, 1853 in
IL; Martha A., b. ca 1850 in IL; and George E., b. ca 1859 in IL.
Andrew MARTIN m. Elizabeth __?__ after Nancy Jane's death.
Elizabeth was b. Dec 19, 1832, d. Dec 25, 1876, and is buried in Garrison
Temple Cemetery. Andrew and Elizabeth MARTIN's children: Amadona,
b. ca 1865 in IL; Andrew Jr., b. ca 1869 in IL; and Saudy, b. ca 1873 in
IL. At least one of the sons moved to TX. Amadona believed
to have married and moved to Bemer, WA. Does anyone have any info.
on any of these people? I have info. on Sarah Elizabeth MARTIN
and her descendants to share.
(Q223) 4 Aug 1998 - Donna Young
Surnames: BELL, COPLEY, EDMISTON, ORR
Searching for info. on Johnson COPLEY m. Marguerite ORR.
Johnson's father was William COPLEY who m. Margaret BELL.
They were found on 1860 census in Wayne Co. Johnson had at least
one dau., Laura Ann COPLEY, who m. Jacob EDMISTON.
Johnson got a Federal land grant on Jun 14, 1847.
(Q222) 2 Aug 1998 - Diana White
Surnames: BATSON, HUSTON
I am seeking info. on William BATSON of Wayne Co. In 1827,
he was made the guardian of the children of James and Mary HUSTON
of Edwards Co. Is there a family connection? Is Mary HUSTON
a sister of William BATSON?
(Q221) 2 Aug 1998 - Penny Gidcumb Meese
Surnames: AMBROSE, COX, GIDCUMB, GILLISON
Am looking for info. on the Vernon Cemetery, northeast of Fairfield,
IL. My mother, Blanche Corrine COX GIDCUMB, b. Jan 7, 1921,
remembers going with her dad, Charles COX, b. May 18, 1894, to mow
and clean the cemetery when she was about 12 years old. She believes
that the COX and the GILLISONs are buried there. Don't
know who else. We are looking for death date of John P. COX,
b. 1843. His wife was Sarah AMBROSE, d. 1906 and is buried
there also. Any help would be appreciated! Thank you.
(Q220) 24 Jul 1998 - Beth Bodkin
Surnames: RIGNEY, VEST, WHITE
Am looking for the parents of Sallie WHITE, b. Dec 2, 1827, d. Jul 3, 1909 in Wayne Co., IL, m. in Orange Co., IN to Robert Harvey VEST and moved with the family to IL. She left behind a dau., Nancy VEST RIGNEY, my g-grandmother. I have info. on the VESTs but none on the WHITEs.
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