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From: "James R. Brown" <>
Subject: Re: [ILJOHNSO-L] Little Egypt
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 09:20:28 -0800
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My dad said it was because of the three rivers in Southern Illinois. The
Mississippi, the Ohio and, I think, the Wabash. They would have provided
the water source so the grain could be grown.

Harlene Soper Brown

----- Original Message -----
From: "Carol A. Johnson" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, March 24, 2000 11:20 PM
Subject: Re: [ILJOHNSO-L] Buncombe


> "When you say Egypt are you talking Lake of Egypt?"
>
>
> Chris and Group,
>
> When I mentioned Egypt, I was referring to the southern 1/3 of IL. The
> story goes that there was a big drought in the northern and central part
of
> IL. The only place to get grain was in Southern Illinois. Folks from the
> north would say that they were "going down into Egypt."
> Don't know how much truth is here, but that's the story I heard. Tim, can
> you help me out here?
> Can't remember where I read it.
>
> My g-grandparents are burr in Union County, by Wolf Lake, In the Shawnee
> Nat'l Forest.
> Some "Cousins" have a cottage on the Lake of Egypt.
>
> Tim, I love the grandpa story. That's what makes genealogy fun. Not just
> collecting names and dates, but the stories. . .
>
> One thing I know from my "southern" (at least south of here) Mama, is that
> they do love a good story. She had several. I cherish every one.
>
> A few years back we were in Carbondale, and a professor there gave a talk
> about the folks who in the 1800's migrated from TN,KY and NC. He said
that
> they were "poor whites following poor whites into Illinois." That was
true
> in the case of my gg-grandfather. He then added "they dearly loved a good
> ghost story." That was true of my mother. . .she could scare the bejezus
> out of us with her story about her "Aunt Maude, who was a witch woman."
>
> Cheers, Carol
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