Kara
Have you tried joining the Hancock Co., rootsweb site?? They just published
a Hancock County History book not long ago.
Leonard Chapman
CA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kara Townsend" <k.townsend0408(a)comcast.net>
To: <CHAPMAN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 3:25 PM
Subject: [CHAPMAN] Jane Elizabeth Chapman - Hancock Co., Illinois
Hi! Does anyone out there have information on a Jane Elizabeth CHAPMAN
who married
George Davenport SAYLLER on 8 March 1868 in Hancock Co.,
Illinois? George and Jane had 3 children: Charles Fenton SAYLLER b. 22
January 1869 in Hamilton, Hancock Co., Illinois; Melvin Russell SAYLLER b. 2
July 1874; and Lillie Louise SAYLLER b. 19 August 1879 in Hancock Co.,
Illinois.
According to a family Bible that it looks like Jane (she also used
Elizabeth as her
first name) was born 25 September 1847 and
according to her widow's pension application for George
SAYLLER's Civil
War pension, Jane was born in Fountain Green, Hancock Co.,
Illinois.
However, I have been unable to locate her in the census until after she
married George SAYLLER. In later census records, she indicates that her
father was born in Illinois and her mother in New York. In the 1870 census,
I do find a Henry CHAPMAN (age 21, b. IL) and a Mary CHAPMAN (age 48, b. NY)
living in Fountain Green, Hancock Co., IL - could they be related to Jane?
I have been unable to locate Henry and Mary in prior census records, as
well.
Jane lived in Hamilton/Montebello Twp., Hancock Co., Illinois and Keokuk,
Lee Co.,
Iowa until she was moved to a nursing home in Quincy, Adams Co.,
Illinois. She died at that nursing home on 29 January 1923. Her death
certificate says unknown for parent and birth information.
Thanks!
Kara
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