CHURCHES, CEMETERYS, HOSPITALS, GENEALOGICAL CENTERS, NEWSPAPERS, ETC.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
6386 Howdershell Road
Hazelwood,Mo,63042
The Peoria Illinois Stake Family History Center
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Richmond and West Reservoir Blvds.,
Peoria,Il,61604
Library Hrs TUE & THU 9am-1pm & 7-10pm, SAT9am-1pm
Closed holidays & 2 wks at Xmas
Mailing address 3513 N. Kingston Drive, Apt. 2, Peoria, IL 61604
Woodlawn Cemetery, Clinton,IL.
Cemetery Office Hours Mon - Fri 7am-12 & 1-4 (217)935-3096/5462
North White Oak Cemetery, Carlock,IL.
'Democratic'
Baptist Cemetery, Kenney
Tunbridge Township, Dewitt Co.
Rock Creek Cemetery, near Wapella,IL.
Park Hill Cemetery, Bloomington,IL. (near Miller Park)
Shriver Cemetery, near Harvard,IA.
Union Cemetery, Putnam Co. MO.,nortwest of Unionville,MO.
Towls Cemetery, near Greentop, Schuyler Co.,MO.
Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines,IA.
1105 S Morris Av, Bloomington (309)828-8424
The Pantagraph, 301 W Washington,Bloomington,IL. (309)829-9411
Clinton Daily Journal, Clinton,IL. (217)935-3171
Carlock Chronicle, 204 E Washington,Carlock,IL. (309)376-3331
John Warner Hospital
The Bloomington Library
John Warner Library, Clinton,IL. (217)935-5174
m-th 9-9 fr 9-6 sat 9-4
Crumbaught JT & EJ Memorial Library 119 E. Center,Leroy,IL.
OLD EBENEZER M E CHURCH CEMETERY NEERSVILLE ON THE MOUNTAIN
TELEPHONE NUMBERS
Prettyman,Christopher 309-452-5553 1208 Hillcrest,Nrml
Isaac,Aaron........ 309-662-7629 713 Fairmont Dr.
Isaacs,Gail........ 309-874-2387 RR 1
,Gordon...... 309-827-2595 1218 N East
,J Nichols... 309-963-4560
Isacc,Dan.......... 309-454-2281 711 Kingsley Nrml
Strange,Jeff....... 309-663-8766 2207 Todd Dr.
,Joe........ 309-827-8473 104 N Oak
,John W..... 309-454-1008 2004 Bramble Wood Ct,Normal
,Marvin..... 309-827-3808 104 N Oak
,SamlP...... 309-473-2073 RR 1
,Terry...... 309-728-2700 RR 1
Strange,Donald..... 217-935-2071 810 N George
,Elmer...... 217-935-2652 909 N Alexander
,Evelyn L... 217-935-6664 Farmer City Rd Wapella
,Geo H...... 217-935-6853 1205 E VanBuren
,Jas T...... 217-935-5558 510 N Gibson
,Joe........ 309-827-8473 104 N Oak
,John W..... 309-454-1008 2004 Bramble Wood Ct Normal
,Joseph&Tina 309-829-6202 1006 N Park
,Kevin...... 217-935-2724 607 N Grant
,Marvin..... 309-827-3808 104 N Oak
,Paul....... 309-473-3894 206 N Joselyn
,Paul....... 217-935-5047 RR 2
,Ralph...... 217-935-5669 715 N Jackson
,Ray........ 217-935-3880 RR 2 Farmer City
,S S........ 217-935-5081 315 N Quincy
,Saml P..... 309-473-2073 RR 1
,Terry...... 309-728-2700 RFD 1 Towanda
,Verven..... 217-935-4233 207 N Linden
,ocust Wapella
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ADDRESSES
Art & Laurie Dralle, 44 Kenfield Cr.,Bloomington,IL.61704
Roger & Maxine Demry, RT 1,Box 61,Waynesville,IL.,61778
Gilbert F.Demry,308 N 4th St.,Marshalltown,IA.,50158
Cheryl & David Bach,109 W.Franklin/Box251,Downs,IL.,61736
Dorothy & Carl Martin 935-6188 212 N.Linden,Clinton
Mrs.Joseph M.Houchin, 317 SW DesMoines St.,Ankeny,IA 50021
Mrs.Donald R.Betzsold, 843 N.Helena St.,Anaheim,CA 92805
Mrs. Marie Hastings, R.R.8, Box 85,Normal,IL 61761
Ruth Ella Curby, #330A, 7625 E. Camelback Rd.,Scottsdale,AZ. 85251
Strange, Jon 104 N. Oak, Bloomington 827-3808
WOODLAWN/MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY NOTES
Woodlawn Cemetery
Block H Lot 55 Page 608
NAME DEATH DATE INTR. DATE
Edmund Verneal Strange 19.09.1931 22.09.1931
18 yrs 10 mos 22 days
Henry Clay Strange 29.11.1931 01.12.1931
87 yrs. 3 mos. 3 days
John Earl Strange 04.04.1962 06.04.1962
89 years
Birdie Strange 28.08.1963 01.09.1963
84 years
Infant Johnson(stillborn) 02.12.1918 03.12.1918
Brutus Clay Johnson 20.06.1928 22.06.1928
45 years
Nellie Johnson 12.03.1976 17.03.1976
92 years
Memorial Park Cemetery
Block D Lot 66 Page 684
Charles Strange 16.03.1958 18.03.1958
72 years
Mabel Strange 09.05.1980 11.05.1980
93 years
Block B Lot 61-8 Page 107/108
Ralph Scott Strange
Ada Strange
Kent & Shirley Strange
Paul W. and Louise B. Strange
Ferne Sutter
Harry H. Sutter 10.02.1973 13.02.1973
72 yrs
Ralph Scott Strange 16.11.1985 19.11.1985
86 yrs
Block B Lot 62-10 Page 108
Verven Strange 08.07.1990 11.07.1990
84 yrs
Block O Lot 229 Page 1161
Cary William Strange 26.11.1944 29.11.1944
66 yrs. 5 mos. 16 days
Block O Lot 230 Page 1161
Nellie Strange 17.04.1967 20.04.1967
78 yrs
Page 81
George and Mabel E Strange
Stan and Doris Williams
Virgil and Josephine Wheeler
Virgil Wheeler 29.04.1978 02.05.1978
69 years
Doris E. Williams 30.06.1982 03.07.1982
57 years
Block B Lot 27-8 Page 90
James T Strange 11.01.1984 14.01.1984
56 yrs
John Sanborn Davis 11.03.1980 13.03.1980
48 yrs
John S & Elaine H Davies
James T & Evelyn Strange
Noland & Nellie Hougham
Prettyman,Rilla M. (b)ca.01.01.1844 (d)28.03.1926 81years2mos28 days
(cerebral hemorrhage)
Books 1893 Strange HC page 114
ROCK CREEK CEMETERY NOTES
Strange,Mary L. (b)1875 (d)1876
Strange,Catharine (1st wife of John Strange)
(d) 13.08.1834 aged 34 years
Barbery Jane (daughter of John ??A.??C. Strange
(d)22.01.1835 aged 11 mos 18 days
Strange,Andrew (son of John & Nancy)
(d) 11.01.1835 aged 16 mos.
Marcy Scott (d) 19.09.1838 aged 72 years (b)ca.1766
J.W.Scott 1819-1854
Rebecca Scott (b)20.09.1827 (d)02.02.1882
John Scott (d)18.01.1832(52) aged 61 years
Wilson Scott (d) 23.05.188_ aged 41 years
William L Scott 1860-1929
Ducilla Scott wife of W.L. 1833-1875
Wilson Scott (b)23.08.1840 (d) 15.02.1922
(m)Catharine Barton (b)14.03.1850 (d) 10.10.1915
James H. Scott (b) 15.06.1868 (d)05.03.1887
John A. Scott 1848-1935
Daniel K Scott (b) 24.05.1819 (d)20.07.1901
&Margaret Lindly (b)22.07.1818 (d)27.01.1908
MARRIAGES FROM A BOOK AT THE CLINTON LIBRARY
Henry C Strange 10.08.1868 Zerilda Scott
Charles G Prettyman 25.12.1866 Sarah C Jackson
William P Strange licensed 11.09.1869/not returned Angeline Montgomery
Samuel Strange 09.12.1875 Annie Hougham
John Strange 22.08.1839 Nancy Scott (b)1813 (d)1867
John R. Strange 05.05.1844 Mary Nichols
Ashberry Houtchin 31.08.1848 Margaret A Strange
Daniel Brock 23.11.1851 Henrietta Strange
Alexander S Etherton 09.12.1860 Mary Lucinda Strange
James P Strange 03.12.1863 Nancy Smoot
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
Theresa Dye, Thomas Balch Library, 208 W. Market St., Leesburg, Va. 22075 #703-779-1328
Strange -at the Clinton library
Gen Info file - military enrollments list
Waynesville twp. 1862
General file - ancestor chart no. 4,33
shelves - 1860 census DeWitt Co. IL page 71
Prettyman Sussex,DE 1725-1800
Accomac,VA 1680-1700
Cary William 1875 - 1844 66yrs 5mos 16 days
Nellie C 1885-1967
William Benard (Premature birth) 01.12.1922 15 days
Strange, Elmer D. (b)16.6.1924
(m) Helen E. 22.06.1968 (b) 09.09.1925
WoodLawn Cemetery,Clinton,IL.
Co. 27th 6th Reg. U.S. Marine World War Soldier
Strange,James T. Sr.
Tech 4 US Army World War II
(b)04.01.1928 (d)11.01.1984
(m) Evelyn L. 09.01.1948 (b)17.03.1929
Reeves,Eldon (b)23.10.1924 (m) Irene (b) 02.05.1922
WoodLawn Cemetery,Clinton,IL.
Reeves,Roy (b)1890 (d) 1975 (m) Nellie F. (b)1895 (d) 1964
WoodLawn Cemetery,Clinton,IL.
CLINTON COURT HOUSE NOTES
Maxine Strange & Roger D Demry (m)12.10.1951 Clinton,IL.
The Daily Pantagraph - 12.01.1984
James Strange Sr.
WAPELLA (PNS) - James Strange Sr., 56, of Wapella died at 747 last
night (Jan. 11, 1964) at Springfield Memorial Medical Center. he had
been ill.
He was take to Herrington-Calvert Funeral Home.
The Daily Pantagraph - 13.01.1984
James T. Strange
WAPELLA - The funeral of James T. Strange, 56, a lineman for Illinois
Power Co. in Bloomington, who died Wednesday (Jan. 11, 1984), will be
at 130 p.m. Saturday at Herrington-Calvert Funeral Home, Clinton, the
Rev. Vernon Oakley Officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery,
Clinton.
Visitation will be from6 to 9 tonight at the funeral home.
He was born Jan. 4, 1928, in Waynesville, a son a Elmer D. and Leona D.
Winebrinner. He married Evelyn Corwin Jan. 9, 1948, in Clinton. She
survives.
Other survivors include two sons, Samuel P. Strange, Heyworth, and James
T. Strange Jr., Clinton; two brothers, Elmer D. Strange and Donald P.
Strange, both of Clinton; and four grandchildren.
He was a member of Wapella Christian Church; DeWitt Masonic Lodge 84;
Bloomington Consistory; Clinton Council; Goodbrake Chapter Clinton
Commandery; Order of White Shrine; and the Wapella Fire Department. He
was a veteran of World War II and formerly was employed by the L.E.
Myers Contruction Co.
Memorials may be made to the Kidney Foundation or to the DeWitt County
Cancer Fund.
Clinton Daily Journal and Public 00.00.0000
Rilla Prettyman, 82, of Clinton, Sucumbs
Mrs. Rilla Prettyman, mother of Mrs. Charles E. Davidson and Mrs. A.
Pollock, passed away in the home of the latter on West Main street, Sunday
night at 930 o'clock following an illness of several months duration
wil hardening of the arteries.
Rilla May Tree was born in Woodstock, Canada, December 30, 1844. She
came to the United States in 1869, where she was married to Robert
Studdyyin. To this union seven children; three girls and four boys,
were born. They survive as follows Mrs. Charles Hohimer of Los Angeles,
Calif., Mrs. Davidson and Mrs. Pollock of Clinton, Jesse B. of Kinderhook,
Ill., Grant A. of Pekin, and James J. and Monford Studdyyin of Toledo,
Ohio.
At the death of her first husband she was again married. her second
marriage taking place at Pekin on July 8, 1894, to Ben Prettyman. He
also preceded her in death. In 1910 the deceased came to Clinton and
since then had made her home with her daughters in this city.
She is also survived by a number of grandchildren and other relatives.
She was a niece of the lete Judge Lambert Tree of Chicago, and also a
distant relative of Marshall Field of Chicago.
Funeral services will be conducted at Pullen's chapel Tuesday afternoon
at 2 o'clock in charge of Rev. T.H. Tull, pastor of the M.E. church.
The pall bearers will be Ira Pollockm Ed Pollock, Perry Danels and S.M.
Pollock. Interment will be made in Woodlawn cemetery.
The Daily Pantagraph - xx.xx.xxxx
Ida Mae Reeves
GRIDLEY - Ida Mae Reeves, 89, of 202 S. Roosevelt Ave., Bloomington,
formerly of Gridley, died at 1120 a.m. yesterday (July 24, 1991) at
Fairbury Hospital, where she had been a patient the past 40 days.
Her funeral will be at 1030 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary's Catholic Church,
El Paso, the Rev. Gene Kane officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary's
Cemetery, El Paso.
Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Froelich Memorial
Home, El Paso, with the rosary recited at 8 p.m.
She was born Jan. 28, 1902, in Gridley Township, daughter of Steven and
Ida O'Hara Fulton. She married Joseph C. Reeves on Oct. 12, 1920, in
El Paso. He died Oct. 2, 1962.
Among survivors are two daughters, Jean Malcom, 104 Harter Lane, Normal,
and Patricia Huette, R.R.2, Forrest; three sons, William J., Mesa, Ariz.;
Leo L., Kirkland, Wash.; and Donald, River Ridge, La.; four sisters,
Mildred Kearney, Meadows; Hortense Giebelhausen, Glendale, Calif.; Helen
Jones, Creve Coeur; and Margaret Giberson, Peoria; 14 grandchildren, and
15 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by one daughter, one brother, one sister, one
grandson and one great-grandchild.
She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Bloomington, former
member of that church in El Paso, and member of the Altar and Rosary
Society of the church. She was also a member of the El Paso VFW Ladies
Auxiliary and was a homemaker.
Memorial may be made to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
QUESTIONS
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Find Lauries birth announcements 29.12.1960
Find Cheries birth announcements 08.08.1954
Find Thomass birth announcements 10.06.1952
Find wedding of Ralph Scott Strange and Ada M nichols 20.10.1920
Find wedding date of Birdie L.Prettyman and J.E.Strange 1897 Clinton
Get Elmer Runge stuff (d)06.02.1978
Pictures of Carlock cemetery.
John Reeves (d)28.03.1931 Carlock ??
QUERIES FROM THE CLINTON LIBRARY
Mrs. Marie Hastings, R.R.8, Box 85, Normal, IL 61761
BROCK Henrietta Strange, b. 2 Dec 1831, the daughter of John S.
ROBINSON Strange and Catherine Robinson, married Daniel Brock. She
STRANGE died 3 Nov 1852, leaving 1 child. Was it a boy or a girl?
Any information will be appreciated.
Mrs. Donald R. Betzsold, 843 N. Helena St., Anaheim, CA 92805
ROBINSON Am interested in John Sylvester Strange, who came to
SCOTT Waynesville in 1829 and died 10 Jan 1857 in DeWitt Co.
STRANGE He is buried in Rock Creek Cemetery. He married 1Catha-
rine Robinson 1824 and had these children John R, b.
1825; Elizabeth G., b. 1826; Margaret A., b. 1829; Hen-
rietta C., b. 1831; and Barbara Jane, b. 1834. Catherine
died in 1834, and John Sylvester Strange married 2Nancy
Scott in 1839. They had these children James P., b.
1840; Henry C., b. 1844, Andrew J., b. 1846; William P.,
b. 1848; Charles A., b.1850; Mary L., b. 1852; Samuel G.
b. 1853; and Martin S., b. 1856.
Mrs. Joseph M. Houchin, 317 SW DesMoines St., Ankeny, IA 50021
ROBINSON Searching for parents/siblings of Catherine Robinson,
STRANGE born 1804, and John Strange, born 1800; married 1824
Nelson Co., KY, and lived in Waynesville, DeWitt Co.,
IL. Catherine died in 1834, and John died in 1857,
Waynesville; buried Rock Creek Cemetery.
STRANGE FAMILY
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Strange,John (m)
Children Strange,John Sylvester (m) Nancy G. Scott
Children Strange,John R. (m) Nichols,Mary
Strange,Elizabeth G.
Strange,Margaret A. (m) Houtchin,Ashberry
Strange,Henrietta C. (m) Brock,Daniel
Strange,Barbara (Barbery) Jane
Strange,James P. (m) Smoot,Nancy
Strange,Henry Clay (m) Scott,Zirelda
Children Strange,Lorenzo
Strange,Charles A. (m) Dusenberry,Mabel G.
Children Strange,Jean (m) Hubbard,
Strange,Charles Raymond
Children Strange,Charles David
Strange,Mabel Marie (m) Hastings, Ray Lenhart
Strange,George
Strange,Dorothy
Strange,Ina. (m)Conn,
Strange,Mary D/L.
Strange,William
Strange,John Earl (m) Prettyman,Birdie L.
Children Strange,Henry Thornton (Dick)
Children Strange,Tony
Strange,Norma
Strange,Maxine
Strange,Larry
Strange,Edmund Verneal (nm)
Strange,Verven (m)
Strange,Allene (m) Smith,
Strange,Earl
Strange,Ralph Scott (m) Nichols,Ada
Strange,Ferne (m) Sutter,Harry
Strange,Paul (m) ,Louise B.
Strange,John (Jack/Ket)
Strange,William
Strange,H.L.
Strange,Andrew J.
Strange,William P. (m) Montgomery,Angeline
Strange,Charles A.
Strange,Mary L.
Strange,Samuel G. (m) Hougham,Annie
Strange,Martin S.
STRANGE FAMILY ???
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Children Strange,Elmer
Children Strange,James T.
Children Strange,Samuel P.
Strange,James Jr.
Strange,Elmer D.
Strange,Donald