This is in response to Bill CEARLOCK's (wcearloc(a)uiuc.edu) query today about the
ancestry of John Henry CARLOCK/CEARLOCK (1830/31 - 1900) of Fayette Co., IL. See the
following reports:
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/t/i/l/Susan-E-Tilleman/GENE11-...
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/t/i/l/Susan-E-Tilleman/GENE16-...
In the first report, see Generation 8, Person 128 Abraham CARLOCK/CEARLOCK, Person 129
Cynthia "Sinthy" LANDERS, and their 9 children, with Bill's gg-grandfather
John Henry CARLOCK/CEARLOCK being listed as the eldest of those children. Note that
individuals in this line are also distant cousins of President Harry S. TRUMAN. See
Generation 11, Person 1028 Christian/Christopher LANDESS/LANDIS/LANDYS, and his 11
children, with the 10th being Mary LANDIS/LANDERS who m. Hans Michael "Michael"
GUTKNECHT/GOODNIGHT. Michael and Mary were direct ancestors of President Harry S. TRUMAN.
See the listing for President TRUMAN's ancestry at the following site:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/presidents/. Hans Michael GOODNIGHT is listed as Person
26, and Mary LANDIS/LANDERS is listed as Person 27.
In the second report, Wooten Whitfield CEARLOCK's lineage can be traced as follows:
Hans GERLACH
David GERLACH/CARLOCK
Unknown CARLOCK
Unknown CARLOCK
George W. CARLOCK/CEARLOCK
Abraham CARLOCK/CARELOCK
John Henry CARLOCK/CEARLOCK
Wooten Whitfield "Whitfield/Whit" CEARLOCK
I am also descended from John Henry CEARLOCK. My lineage from John Henry CEARLOCK is as
follows:
John Henry CARLOCK/CEARLOCK
James Robert "Robert" CEARLOCK
Joseph Edward "Ed" CEARLOCK
Claude Abner CEARLOCK
Voris Carney CEARLOCK
Rex Duane "Duane" CEARLOCK
Susan Elaine "Sue" CEARLOCK
I would be very much interested in any additional information that anyone may have to
offer with regard to this family.
Sue Tilleman
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/t/i/l/Susan-E-Tilleman/index.h...
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From: "Bill Cearlock" <wcearloc(a)uiuc.edu>
To: <CEARLOCK-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 8:20 PM
Subject: {not a subscriber} Cearlock's
I am new to this ancestry thing. So far the best that I can come up with is
a Great Great grand father John H Cearlock b;ABT 1831 married a
Catherine Jane Haines b;1832 in Fayette Co IL son.
Wooten Whitfield Cearlock b:14/12/1869 D: 14/02/1905 Married ABT 1890
Arminnie Weeden b:6 sept 1863.
Bill Cearlock
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