Section VII Chapter 25, Page 264 Hall-Overstreet Family Records A partial list of family marriages occurring in Menard county, Illinois during the year 1841 - 1865 inclusive. + Groom Bride Date By Whom Married Wesley Hall ++ (m.2) Nancy Ferguson 9-16-1841 Coleman Smoot, J.P. John Nelson Hall +++ Sara Parker 4-17-1842 John Imison, J.P. Mathew Lounsberry Nancy Overstreet 10-20-1844 J.M. Robinson, J.P. George Hall +++ Nancy W. Short 4-15-1848 A.J. Graves. M.G. Samuel Lounsberry (m.1) Susan Overstreet 2-01-1848 Jas. Robinson, J.P. Isaac Ogden (M.1) Julia Overstreet 12-06-1849 A.H. Goodpasture,M.G. William B. England (m.1) Martha F. Hall ++++ 11-06-1853 J.M. Hurt, J.P. William F. Roberts (m.1) Elizabeth A. Ayers ++++ 10-17-1856 R.A. Criswell, M.G. James Cline Eliza Hall ++++ 11-20-1856 James Mott, M.G. Isaac Ogden (m.2) Jane Overstreet 1-6-1862 L.B. Carpenter, M.G. Samuel Lounsberry (m.2) Margaret Overstreet 12-24-1863 G.B. Wolf, M.G. Abram Smith Harris Arminda Jane Clark ++++ 3-16-1865 H.P. Curry, M.G. Dabney Hall +++ Tabitha A Short 4-13-1865 R.A. Criswell, M.G. J.P = Justice of the Peace   M.G. = Minister of the Gospel   +After 1839 the Athens area became a part of Menard county, Illinois. Petersburg, the county seat then became the site of many marriages. ++Wesley Hall, descendant Thomas Hall, brother of Abner, Elisha and James Hall who pioneered Illinois. All descendants Hezekiah Hall, 1741 - 1811 +++All descendants of Elisha Hall, 1783 - 1838, Athens, Ill. pioneer ++++All descendants of Abner Hall, 1795 - 1843, Athens, Ill., Pioneer. All Overstreets descended Dabney Overstreet, second son of John Overstreet, 1760 - 1848; all pioneers to Menard county, Ill. N.B. Samuel Lounsberry and Isaac Ogden each married two Overstreet women, sisters of their first spouses who died. These families all lived in the Oakford, Ill. area of Menard county