New Additions for 2007
Most Recent Updates   2006 Updates


November 2007

Biographies
Added to the Misc Bios-

  • Edward Booth
  • Claiborn Hall
  • Thomas L Harris
  • James W Judy
  • Charles Masterson
  • Benjamin F Stephenson (additional bio)


Directories


Military


Newspaper Articles


Obituaries

  • Hutcherson, Jenny Lind
  • Robinson, Francis Jane


Military


Newspaper Clippings

  • Several new articles added under "Abraham Lincoln", "Ann Rutledge", "Business & Politics", "Military" and "Misc News"


Obituaries

  • Bell, David
  • Curry, Dorothy
  • Curry, William
  • Gum, Josephine
  • Rankin, M.B.
  • Stott, Sophie


Surnames

  • Hibbs
  • Nash
  • Shelton


August 2007

Directories

  • The 1917 Farmers Directory
    -Listing gives not only the farmer's name, but his wife, children, landowner & year moved to county


Military


Obituaries

  • Freese, Heike


Surnames

  • Merrel/Merrell
  • Merril/Merrill


June 2007

Cemeteries

  • Indian Point surnames added:
    -Talla
  • Oakland surnames added:
    -Lounsberry, Satter, Winkler
  • Rose Hill surnames added
    -Lukens, Schrimpf, Torrey
  • Wooldridge surname added, plus link to new info:
    -Batterton


Census & Mortality Schedules


Death Records

  • Index of Death Records 1916-1950
  • Death certificates for:
    -Cooper, Maud
    -Martin, Polly
    -Martin, infant
    -Shubert, Samuel
    -Thomas, Vaughn
    -Vaughn, Bernice
    -Vaughn, Philip
    -Woldridge, Richard


Military

  • World War II Honor List of Dead & Missing
    -Menard Co residents extracted from the publication by the State of Illinois War Department in 1946
  • The main Veterans listing has been updated with:
    -Cox, Clarence (unknown)
    -Deerwester, Joseph (Civil)
    -Faith, Jacob (Civil)
    -Menichetti, William (WWII)
    -Miller, Marshall (WWII)
    -Neis, Walter (WWI)
    -Schultz, William (Civil)
    -Smith, John Thomas (WWI)


Obituaries
  • Batterton, George
  • Baum, Jean
  • Caldwell, Anderson
  • Caldwell, Louisa
  • Carstenjohannes, Frederick
  • Clary, Deborah
  • Clary, George
  • Coffey, Ethel
  • Coffey, Homer
  • Coffey, Rev. N.J.
  • Cox, Clarence
  • Crosby, Martha
  • Duncan, Emma
  • Duncan, Harve
  • Ferguson, Nellie
  • Gellerman, Mary
  • Golden, Abram
  • Golden, Lou
  • Grosboll, James
  • Hartley, Charles
  • Hartley, Isaac Newton
  • Hartley, John Marion
 
  • Hedgecock, Mary
  • Herald, Eunice
  • Hellstern, Mrs. J.W.
  • Hugenberger, A.C.
  • Irwin, Della
  • Jacobs, Henry
  • Jurgens, Loren
  • Levanius, Clara Henderson
  • Levering, Henry
  • Libben, John
  • Martin, James
  • Martin, Lincoln
  • McNabb, E.H.
  • Mengerhausen, Oscar
  • Miller, Emma
  • Miller, Frank
  • Miller, Orena
  • Mott, Allen
  • Nance, Kittie
  • Newcomer, Dr. J.W.
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  • Olsen, Charles
  • Orr, Dr. Loren
  • Ortman, Lucinda
  • Ortgessen, Fred
  • Pearce, Eliphalet
  • Power, Mariah "Mage"
  • Reitz, Anna
  • Ritterbush, Anna
  • Sampson, Delana
  • Sampson, Virginia
  • Schafer, Christina
  • Schmidt, Deana
  • Schubert, Mary
  • Schultz, William
  • Snow, Jane
  • Terry, Mary Ann
  • Tozier, William
  • Turner, Clarence
  • Whitenack, Joseph
  • Wilkie, Ellen
  • Williams, Iona Killion
  • Williamson child

  • Schools


    Wills

    • John Brewer
    • Ephraim Wilcox


    Surnames

    • Bale


    April 2007

    Cemeteries

    • Turner/Wilcox Cemetery has photos and information on a stone for Thomas Wilcox and that was recently found
    • Rose Hill's surname index has been updated

    Historic Places

    • Photos and information on the historic Marbold Farmstead and it's restoration are available for viewing

    Newspaper Articles

    • Death of Theodore Coney

    Obituaries

    • Burns, Mary Brewer
    • Carman, James
    • Elam, Ruth
    • Ennis, Joshua
    • Ferguson, Louise Nation
    • Martin, Martha Wilson
    • Martin, Sarah
    • McNabb, Fannie
    • McNabb, Malinda
    • McNeal, John
    • Powers, John
    • Rhodes, Alex
    • Robinson, Mary

    Surnames & Researchers

    • Hopwood
    • Jennings
    • Wade
    • Williams

    Veterans
    These names have been added to the main Veterans listing, a * in front of the name means a gravestone photo is available:

    • Altig, E. Dale
    • *Ames, James Vernon
    • *Backs, David H.
    • Barbee, Edward
    • *Clark, Richard G
    • *Curry, Donald P
    • *Dearing, Russell M. Sr.
    • *Doyen, John H Jr.
    • *Feagans, Joseph R. Jr.
    • *Fielden, Clark
    • *Fillbright, Earl Melvin
    • Hoke, Charles
    • *Hornback, Alvin M.
    • *Leinberger, Otto
    • Lenz, Carl R, Dr.
    • Miller, Richard L.
    • *Mowery, Charles D.
    • *Nelson, Paul Eugene
    • *Shaw, George A.
    • *Taapken, Russell Henry
    • Tedder, Estel W.
    • *Wilson, Thomas Leroy
    • Young, Charles Lendel

    These names have gravestone photos added:

    • Bela, Paul
    • Biggs, Henry H.
    • Black, J.S.
    • Black, Orbra
    • Blane, S.H.
    • Bonney, Dwight
    • Clayton, Julian
    • Cleaveland, Asa
    • Cleaveland, Chandler
    • Crosby, Columbus
    • Crosby, Daniel
    • Curry, George
    • Curry, Lester T.
    • Dalman, H.
    • Deerwester, Solomon
    • Dewitt, Peter
    • Dodson, Donald T.
    • Garvin, John H. Jr.
    • Gibbs, Wm L.
    • Gordon, Thomas F.
    • Hamilton, Hobart
    • Heigold, Geo. W.
    • Martin, William
    • McDole, Woodrow
    • Miller, Alvin Tracy
    • Nelson, Paul F.
    • Nelson, William A.
    • Ortman, Richard C.
    • Pritchett, Robert E.
    • Ray, Sylvester
    • Reed, Green
    • Ritter, Anno
    • Ritter, Richard
    • Rourke, Cornelius
    • Scott, P.S.
    • Shisler, Earl Jr.
    • Snipes, Sam
    • Sullivan, Edward
    • Sullivan, Harold
    • Taapken, David
    • Wheeler, W.R.
    • Whisker, Jesse
    • Wilson, Joseph


    January 2007

    Veterans
    These names have been added to the main Veterans listing, a * in front of the name means a gravestone photo is available:

    • *Boice, Charles
    • Brauer, George
    • *Chandler, Clarence
    • *Clupper, Darwin
    • *Conway, Robert
    • *Croft, Donovan Lewis
    • *Cronister, Donald
    • *Curtis, Leander
    • Dirks, Eddie
    • *Deckard, Kenneth
    • *Denton, Gerald
    • *Duncheon, James E
    • *Ed, Carl F.
    • Eilks, Richard
    • *Estes, Thomas
    • *Ferguson, Allen
    • Ferguson, Charles
    • *Ferguson, Earl
    • Ferguson, Lewis
    • *Fulscher, G. Deo
    • *Garrison, Henry James
    • *Graff, James
    • *Graham, George L.
    • Greene, George
    • *Griffin, Robert
    • Hall, Calvin D.
    • *Hall, Julian
    • *Hartley, Arthur
    • *Hartley, Thomas
    • Hill, Augustus
    • Hinrichs, Harold R
    • Hurie, Hickory
    • *Hurt, J.M.
    • Juhl, Robert
    • Kuhn, Kenneth
    • *Lewis, Glenn
    • *Lynch, Hubert
    • Lynn, Gerald M
    • Lynn, Harold
    • *Meers, J. Donald
    • Miller, Earl
    • Nance, Roy
    • Neumann, Dan
    • O'Haloran, Edward
    • Paine, Charles
    • *Peters, Roy
    • *Primm, Richard
    • *Rathsack, Harry M.
    • *Reding, Ralph Spears
    • *Reimer, Charles
    • *Rhodes, Jesse M
    • *Rhodes, Jim
    • *Rogers, Jerold
    • Sanderfield, Jerry Jr.
    • Schurman, Bobby Charles
    • *Shively, Clarke
    • *Sidwell, David
    • *Smith, Billy D.
    • *Taylor, Ward Lee
    • *Thoma, William
    • *Thompson, Laurence
    • Tibbs, Daniel
    • Toal, James
    • *Weaver, Robert E.
    • *Weidhuner, Henry G.
    • Weidhuner, William
    • *Wilcox, Harold
    • *Willis, Denzil
    • *Wood, Herschel
    • *Woods, Floyd Wayne
    • *Work, Stephen
    • Wright, Harold

    These names have gravestone photos added:

    • Agnew, James
    • Albright, Clarence
    • Anderson, Lemuel
    • Apken, Robert
    • Baum, Earl Dean
    • Benedict, Harry
    • Benedict, John W.
    • Bock, Louis O
    • Canterbury, Wm.
    • Council, Arthur
    • Culver, George
    • Davis, Clyde J.
    • Davis, Nelson
    • Denton, Halpin
    • Dowell, William A.
    • Duff, John Raymond
    • Eddy, James
    • Endicott, Owen
    • Foland, Henry
    • Gaines, Thomas
    • Garrison, Jerry
    • Glenn, Charles
    • Glenn, George
    • Glenn, James O.
    • Green, Bowling
    • Gunsten, J.N.O.
    • Gunstenson, John
    • Holland, Raymond
    • Knoles, James
    • Leffers, Gerhard
    • Lukins, John R.
    • McAtee, James
    • McDougall, Jacob
    • Miller, Eugene
    • Morgan, Joseph
    • Nichols, Reuben
    • Pedigo, Richard
    • Potter, Edward
    • Primm, Elmer
    • Randall, Paul
    • Reinders, John J.
    • Reinders, Rudolph
    • Rogers, Carl
    • Rogers, Monroe
    • Ross, Thomas William
    • Ross, William
    • Smedley, J.F.
    • Smith, Enoch
    • Smith, Joseph
    • Stone, James
    • Tabor, Thomas
    • Unkrey, Otto
    • Wark/Work, Stephen
    • Warmoth, Jones
    • Weaver, Robert
    • Weaver, William M.
    • Whiteman, Robert
    • Whitlow, Jesse
    • Whitney, Andrew
    • Worth, Ed

    These names have other additions or corrections, such as birth/death dates:

    • Angel, John
    • Anson, Owen or Onen
    • Beck, Cisero
    • Bennett, Thomas
    • Biggs, Elmer
    • Biggs, James W.
    • Bloom, Arthur
    • Bowman, George
    • Busch, August
    • Callahan, Daniel
    • Cantrall, Charles
    • Chord, Andrew
    • Clary, Royal
    • Clemens, Homer
    • Cox, Chas.
    • Crowder, Michael
    • Culver, Edward
    • Davis, Wm. G
    • Diehl, Daniel
    • Eldridge, Earle
    • Estill, Wm.
    • Fox, John
    • Gambrel, Raymond
    • Grandstaff, Wm
    • Greene, Scott
    • Heatherwick, James
    • Heflin, Andrew
    • Herman, Kennen
    • Hollis, Arthur
    • Hollis, George
    • Hornback, Andrew
    • Hornback, John
    • Hueffner, Henry A
    • Irwin, Samuel
    • Judy, J.W.
    • Kinhart, John
    • Kirk, W.B.
    • Knoles, Pretyman
    • Luck, Benjamin
    • Lutes, Hamilton
    • Massey, C.V.
    • Masters, Squire
    • Mathews, Harry H.
    • McLemore, James
    • Montgomery, William
    • Pantier, David
    • Pantier, James
    • Parkinson, John A
    • Primm, Abraham
    • Primm, James
    • Primm, Thomas
    • Randal, Nelson
    • Rayburn, Logan
    • Reep, Elisa
    • Rogers, Mathew
    • Scantlin, Herman
    • Senter, Jas.
    • Short, Joshua
    • Siegel, David
    • Stone, Caleb
    • Stone, Wm
    • Sturgis, Stephen
    • Sullivan, Wm
    • Taylor, Eliga
    • Thompson, Sam
    • Treakle, Roy
    • Trumbo, Charles A.
    • Turner, Robert
    • Walker, William
    • Walker, William H.
    • Waters, Allen
    • Wathen, Joseph
    • Watkins, Thomas
    • Whitley, John
    • Williams, James H.
    • Williams, Simeon
    • Williams, William Benjamin
    • Wolfe, Henry
    • Young, Andrew
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