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

Demery Peter (b)06/11/1768 (d)07/08/1843 at 75 yrs 2 DS

Demory Mary F (d) 1849 in 80th year

Demory, Geaorge Volney jan 3 1910 sept 7 1938

John w demory 1835-1919 with Jane P 1846-1930

George B demory may 21 1861-sept 2 1931

Marry Demory Dec 13 1849 - Jan 13 1915 and Virginia Jan 16 1840 - Jan 19 1918

Mahlon Demory may 29 1810-July 7 1870 with Sophia E. May 5 1808 - July 28 1878 and daughter Louisa (d) April 30 1900 aged 67 y. 6m, 19 d (b) @ 1833

Amacia Demory Aug 13 1875 - Aug 4, 1966 with William Franklin Sheppard July 7 1869 - Sep 5 1955 and their son Milburn D sheppard Sep 7 1907 - Aug 15 1959

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

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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