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    Barnes Family

    ByTom Knuppel April 10, 2020

      Barnes Bunch   At a Glance   Thomas Barnes 1360-1440- 15th great-grandfather of Linda John Bowsey Barnes 1416-1465 John Barnes 1448-1486 William Barnes 1486-1558 Richard Barnes-  Bishop of Nottingham 1532-1589 Richard Barnes 1549-1605 George Barnes 1591-1650 Thomas Barnes 1636-1679 John “Deacon” Barnes Sr 1666-1752 Jonathan Barnes 1703-1783 William Barnes 1753-1773 William Barnes 1773-1860 Nathan…

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    Callaway Family History

    ByTom Knuppel April 6, 2020April 4, 2020

      This is the direct line for Linda as we start with her mother and is the most current ancestor to the furthest.    This interesting and unusual medieval English surname is of Norman French origin, and is locational from a place called “Caillovet-Orgeville” in Eure, France, and is derived from the Old Norman French “cail(ou)”…

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    Whitaker Family History

    ByTom Knuppel April 2, 2020April 3, 2020

    Whitaker Brood   The surname Whiteaker belongs to the large category of Anglo-Saxon habitation names, which are derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads. The surname Whiteaker was first found in Warwickshire where the first record of the name was Johias Whitacre (1042-1066), who died while fighting at the Battle of Hastings…

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    Bath Township Part 3

    ByTom Knuppel April 1, 2020March 30, 2020

    (see note at bottom)   THE VILLAGE OF BATH. Bath was laid out in 1836 for John Curtain, who owned the land. It was surveyed by Abraham Lincoln, Deputy Surveyor of Sangamon County ; and the plat of the original fifteen blocks, surveyed by the martyred President, is now in the possession of Maj. Gatton,…

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    Bath Township History part 2

    ByTom Knuppel March 31, 2020March 30, 2020

    c. 1834-1880   PART TWO   Joseph F. Benner came from Ohio, and settled in this township. He assisted in building the Court House when the seat of justice was moved to Bath. Mr. Benner removed to Lincoln, Logan County, a good many years ago. Samuel Craggs came to this section in 1845 or 1846…

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    History of Bath Township pt 1

    ByTom Knuppel March 30, 2020March 26, 2020

    c. 1834-1880 (it is here as is…from the book) Bath Township This township has considerable river-front, and, excepting Lynchburg, is the southwest town of Mason County. It has an area nearly equal to two Congressional towns, embracing about seventy sections, and is some twelve miles long by six to eight miles wide. It is bounded…

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    Biographical Sketches from Manito Township

    ByTom Knuppel March 27, 2020March 23, 2020

    next week- Bath Township     GEORGE BLACK, hotel, Manito; was born in Blair Co., Penn., Dec. 24, 1810, and remained there until 1857, engaged in farming and teaming; his first efforts in farming were in 1841, at which time he rented of Hawkins for two years, and next or R. Bell six years ;…

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    History of the Village of Manito

    ByTom Knuppel March 26, 2020March 23, 2020

    MANITO VILLAGE (circa 1834-1880) This village, situated on the P., P. & J. R. R., near the center of the northern boundary of the township, was surveyed and platted by James Boggs, Deputy County Surveyor, for James K. Cox, Robert M. Cox and William A. Langston, in 1858. Soon after the laying-out of the town,…

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    History of Manito Township – Part 3

    ByTom Knuppel March 25, 2020March 25, 2020

    HISTORY of MANITO TOWNSHIP Part 3 (tomorrow is Village of Manito history) Richard L. Porter, a son of Stephen W. Porter, was, so far as can be ascertained, the first child born of white parents in the township. His birth dates back to 1841. The first death of which we have any account given was…

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  • History of Manito Township part 2
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    History of Manito Township part 2

    ByTom Knuppel March 24, 2020March 24, 2020

    MANITO TOWNSHIP PART 2   As early as 1850, we may add to the list of names already given, those of Jacob Jacobs and family, James Overton, Amos Ganson, William and Nult Green, and that of Col. Robert S. Moore. Jacobs was from New York and Overton from Kentucky. Amos Ganson settled in Egypt, southeast…

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