Posted Queries for June 1997; Champaign County OH

Surnames: COMER, PENCE, ZIMMERMAN Researcher: Alianora Email: dlpence@bright.net Date posted: Sunday, June 15, 1997: Looking for information onThomas Joseph COMER b) 1856 d) 6 Oct 1913, married to Sarah Catherine ZIMMERMAN b) 8 May 1858 d) 4 Oct 1906. Had a daughter, Ruth Eliza b) 11 Nov 1882 d) 31 Dec 1934. Ruth married Elby Jay Warden PENCE 4 April 1900. Also interested in who the parents of Sarah ZIMMERMAN were. These would be my g-g-grandparents.

Surnames: TERRELL Researcher: Darleen Ritchey Berens Email: dberens@aol.com Date posted: Sunday, June 15, 1997: Working on the TERRELL famiies of Champaign Co. some left and went to IL and into the western part of IA in the area of Shelby and Harrison Co. IA. Would love to hear from anyone working on the TERRELL lines that are out of Champaign Co. OH.

Surnames: KIRKWOOD, REID, WIEDNER Researcher: J. Burdick Email: jburdick@earthlink.net Date posted: Sunday, June 15, 1997: I have been trying to locate records for the family of John & Matilda (WIEDNER) KIRKWOOD who lived in Champaign Co. OH. John b) 1816 d) 1885; Matilda still living as of 1900. Family lived in Urbana. They had one daughter, Anna b) 1842 who married Andrew REID and had 2 sons. Any info appreciated.

Surnames: BROWN Researcher: Candy Email: cbservices@monmouth.com Date posted: Sunday, June 15, 1997: I would appreciate it if someone with access to newspapr microfilm could copy an obit for me. I am looking for the obituary for Rev. Michael B. BROWN, who died September 19, 1888 in St Paris, Champaign County. At the time, he was Rector of a Catholic church in St. Paris. I will gladly pay any copying and postage costs. Thanks in advance for any assistance.

Surnames: BANE, SCEVA, SMITH, WOOLLEY Researcher: Cindy Email: Keystn73@aol.com Date posted: Sunday, June 15, 1997: Researching SMITHS. Trying to find the parets of Granville b) 1836 & Adelaide SMITH b) 1838 in Morgantown, VA (now WV). Thre may have been more children. Granville SMITH m) Susan BANE. They had no children. He spent the rest of his life with his nieces whose last name was SCEVA in Champaign Co, OH. Adelaide SMITH m) Joseph WOOLLEY in 1858 also in Champaign Co. OH.

Surnames: JOHNSON, WHITTREDGE, WOODWARD Researcher: Cindy Email: Keystn73@aol.com Date posted: Sunday, June 15, 1997: Willing to share information on our family: James JOHNSON b) KY and came to OH in early 1800s. Others:Jesse JOHNSON b) about 1798 d) 1829 Clark Co and married Mellitiah WHITTRIDGE about 1801 in Clark Co; Mary JOHNSON b) 1825; Joseph W. JOHNSON b) 1827 Wayne twp OH m) Luretha BALDWIN and had children Emma E., Jennie & Richard; family of James JOHNSON b) 1829 d) 1901 and Mary WOODWARD b) 1834 PA d) 1900; Abigail JOHNSON; and Jess JOHNSON.

Surnames: JENKINS, PENCE, STULTS Researcher: K. Conley Email: KConley100@aol.com Date posted: Sunday, June 15, 1997: Would like to correspond with any desc. of Frederick PENCE and Susan (JENKINS) PENCE. I descend through their daughter Nancy Jane PENCE who married John M. STULTS and would like to find other cousins. Thanks!

Surnames: SIFERS Researcher: Stan Cornelius Email: Cheeka@msn.com Date posted: Sunday, June 15, 1997: I am descended from George SIFERS who was supp9sedly born in Champaign Co OH in 1824. Is there a way to determine if he was born there, and if so, the names of his parents and siblings?

Surnames: LEMON Researcher: HelnA Email: HelnA@aol.com Date posted: Sunday, June 15, 1997: Seeking ancestors of Wm LEMON d) 24 Oct 1849, Will probated in Champaign Co. Wife Mary, chldren: Mary Jane, Rebekah Ann, Margaret Elizabeth, James Wesley, William Donaldson and Lemiel R. Newton.

Surnames: HOISINGTON Researcher: Harriette Jensen Email: hariji@mediaone.net Date posted: Sunday, June 15, 1997: I would be interested in hering from anyone with HOISINGTON connections. At least one of my ancestors, Abisha HOISINGTON settled in Champaign County in the early 1800s.

Surnames: BAYLESS, CONAWAY, SILER Researcher: David Kearns Email: davidk8084@aol.com Date posted: Sunday, June 15, 1997: Jacob SILER moved his family to Urbana, Champaign County from Berkely County, WV (about 1841). I am looking for evidence of a marriage between his son, John b) 15 Dec 1839 and Lucinda CONAWAY b) ca. 1 Jul 1848, poss. of Miami County, around 1865. John and his brother David may have married two sisters, Louisa and Susan BAYLESS on 18 Nov 1863, but Lucinda was the wife John moved to Reno County, KS with in time for the 1880 census. Is a Louisa SILER buried in Champaign County? I have much information on John SILER and happy to share.

Surnames: ARMSTRONG, FUNK Researcher: Vivian Matthews Email: vmatthew@indy.net Date posted: Sunday, June 15, 1997: I am researching ARMSTONGS & FUNK lines that lived in Champaign Co OH. I need info on George ARMSTRONG & Sophia FUNK. Childre: Louisa b) 1845 married Chas MATTHEWS and moved to Sheldon IL before 1860. On the 1850 census, there wee several ARMSTRONG children living with other people, which maybe due to them being orphaned. No records have been found of this couple. Louisa was living with George BELL and wife, Mary. 1850 Isabelle ARMSTRONG lived with John CRETCHEN family. 12 yr old James ARMSTRONG lived with Joseph REYNOLDS. If anyone is resarching these names, can you help with this mystery?

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