I am seeking others researching John Carney who moved to Vermilion Co. Ilinois
sometime around 1850-Aug. 1953 when he married Katherine Elizabeth Rutledge. She
died Nov. 1855 and he married Nancy Brewer Rutledge May 1856. John died June 1859
and is buried in Rose Cemetery, Bismarck, Vermilion Co., Il.
He and Katherine had a daughter Sylvia Carney who married Thomas Henry Fugate.
He and Nancy had a daughter Elizabeth Carney who married my great grandfather Isaac
Johnson.
John was the second Postmaster for Kentucky, Newell Twp, Vermilion Co., IL, just
south and a little east of Bismarck sometime between 1855-1859.
He is in the 1855 Illinois state census listed as 1 male 30-40, 1 female under 10,
1 female 20-30 and it lists him as being in the militia. This is the only census I
have him in.
I haven't found when he was born although supposedly the inhabitants of Kentucky,
Ill. were mostly from Kentucky. His birthplace has not been proven.
Carol Hicks
Hoopeston, Il