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From: "Dale Eccles" <>
Subject: Re: [ILMONTGO] RAY; McDavid's Point Cem; Church in Grisham twsp; Traylor Cem.
Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 11:59:40 -0500
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Juli,
I don't recall a church in section 18. There was a school. It was
called Root school and is no longer in its original location. It was moved
a mile north and now serves as a storage shed.
There is a cemetery not too far away that is called Rankin Presbyterian
Cemetery, for which I can't find evidence of a church. There must have been
one somewhere in the area. For a list of cemeteries and tombstones in
Grisham go to my web page at http://www.daleeccles.net/local_interest.htm

Dale
----- Original Message -----
From: Juli Claussen & Tim Damian <>
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Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 5:25 PM
Subject: [ILMONTGO] RAY; McDavid's Point Cem; Church in Grisham twsp;
Traylor Cem.


> Hello,
> I have 3 questions for the list members following a productive visit
to
> the old courthouse and Traylor Cemetery last week. We all know how
finding
> the answer to one genealogy question simply leads to several more.
> Does anyone have Nancy M. RAY, who lived in Coffeen in 1896, in their
> family files? I found that a person I'm researching, Julia Claussen
> Harrison, left Nancy her land in East Fork twsp. upon Julia's death, for
$1,
> for kindness and care given her at the end of her life. It appears that
> Nancy took Julia into her home and cared for her. Julia died a widow in
May
> of 1896, and probably had no children, although she had step-children and
a
> sibling or two still living.
> Has anyone heard of McDavid's Point cemetery, most likely in East Fork
> twsp? I am wondering if it is another name for Traylor Cemetery. It was
> given in several death records from the late 1800's as the burial place of
> members of Julia Claussen Harrison's family, including her husband, John
H.
> Harrison, for whom I have been unable to find a cemetery listing in the
> county. Next to Julia's grave in Traylor cemetery, are 4 or so more
graves
> that are no longer marked. I am suspecting her husband is buried next to
> her, although he did have a prior wife he could be buried with somewhere
> else.
> Lastly, I have found that another ancestor, Lucie Sophia Claussen,
owned
> land in Sect. 18, T. 7 N, R. 4W, Grisham twsp in the mid 1800's. I have a
> copy of that page from the 1874 Illus. atlas of Montg. Co., and I can see
> that there is a church or school indicated in Sect. 18 at that time.
Anyone
> have an idea what church or school that would be?
> By the way, Traylor Cemetery was a lovely place to visit, literally on
> the shores of Coffeen Lake, amongst the cranes and Canadian geese. It is
> well cared for by a volunter, Durell Malloy, who receives no compensation
> for his efforts. If anyone has family there and would like to send him a
> little something to help out this retired gentleman in this task, email me
> off list and I will give you his address.
> Thanks,
> Juli Claussen
>
>
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