Many of the early settlers were poor spellers. A language barrier only compounded this problem. Lukin Township was a settlement of...

Luther M Jones, son of Frank Francis M and Mary Frances “Fanny” Jones, was born southwest of Sumner, Lawrence County, Illinois, May 23,...

Emily Jane Price was born April 22, 1829, according to her tombstone; her death certificate said she was born April 29, 1829, in Ohio....

Philip H L was born February, 1825 in Lawrence County, Illinois, the third child of twelve children and the second son of Paul and Ann...

Names as inscribed on the back of the photograph: Row 1 1. Susanna (Halfacre) Moore 2. Pallas Moore 3. Elijah Gaddy 4. ...

Westall Ridgely Jr., the first son of Westall Sr. and Sarah Isaac Ridgely, was born in Frederick Co, Maryland about 1735. He and Sarah...