Notes:

Please check this: BURI: CONC stone & photo

Notes:

A Family Source:
E-mail: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 10:32 AM
From: Edna Waller
Database: sljuhl1234
"Individual: I04624
Name: Edna Waller
Email: aewaller@bellsouth.net
Note:
Andrew Park was born in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia per his baptismrecord. His headstone at Bowlesburg Cemetery, Silvis, Illinois doesnot mention his place of birth."
[Transcribed 07 March 2007, SLJuhl, compiler]
Note: The headstone certainly does not list the place of birth.Please note the (;) between New Hampshire;b. 1839 per head stone thatdelineates the place of birth and the date reference. I have addedthe source now for clarification of where the information of birthcame from. See the source below. Some one in the early familycertainly believed that New Hampshire was the actual place of birth,and since Andrew Jr. Park was still living when the book waspublished, surely the information must have been from either Andrewhimself or his immediate family and there were no later correctionsadded to the publication. The information that Edna Waller offers isinteresting and would seem to indicate a mistake may have been made,but though baptisms can be a close indicator of places of birth,Baptisms do not indicate actual births in the same area as the churchnecessarily, only birth certificates do that. Until a birthcertificate appears or a document where Andrew gives his actual placeof birth is noted, it would seem that there are two possible places ofbirth for him at the present.
[SLJuhl, compiler, 07 March 2007]

1). SOURCE: BOOK--"HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ILLINOIS, EDITED BYNEWTON BATEMAN, LL.D. AND PAUL SELBY, A.M. AND HISTORY OF ROCK ISLANDCOUNTY (HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL) BY SPECIAL AUTHORS ANDCONTRIBUTORS VOLUME II ILLUSTRATED, CHICAGO MUNSELL PUBLISHING COMPANYPUBLISHERS, 1914. (Rock Island County Library)"
PARK, Andrew, for many years actively identified with the coal miningindustry, now lives retired, enjoying the comforts of a very pleasanthome, at Viola, Mercer county, Ill., where he owns propertyaccumulated through his own industry. Andrew park was born atManchester, New Hampshire, October 3, 1839, a son of Andrew and Allice(Agnes) (Irwin) Park. Andrew Park, the father, was born in Scotlandand was young when he came to America and took up his residence atManchester, N.H., where he continued to live until 1852, when he movedto Rock Island, Illinois. Being a practical miner he followed miningas an occupation until the time of his death. He married Alice(Irwin) and they had three sons and seven daughters born to them, ofwhom Andrew was the youngest, a sister, Mrs. Ellen Lewis, who lives atMoline, Ill., with him, being the only survivors of this family.Andrew Park was eleven years old when his father came with his familyto Rock Island County, and as soon as his school days were over hebecame a miner and was working in Rock Island County when the CivilWar broke out. Company A, of the Thirty-seventh Illinois VolunteerInfantry, was mainly recruited at Rock Island and he enlisted in thiscompany for three years, the commander of his regiment being Col.Julius White. After his first term of enlistment expired, hereenlisted in the same regiment, at Brownsville, Tex., and his secondenlistment did not expire until May 16, 1866, when he was honorablydischarged. He returned home by way of New Orleans and from there upthe Mississippi river to St. Louis, Mo., and thence by railroad toRock Island, reaching that city June 2, 1866. Although he was a braveand faithful soldier, never shirking any duty, he was never eitherwounded or made a prisoner, and returned to peacful pursuitspractically unharmed. During his service he took part in many battlesand mong them are included: Pea Ridge, Cape Girardeau, Vicksburg andFort Blakeley, together with all the skirmishes and long marches ofhis regiment. He is a member of Viola Post, No. 440, G.A.R.
After Andrew Park came back to Illinois he resimed mining and followedit until he retired from active labor, he began at the bottom andthrough his industry and reliability climbed until he became a minemanager, a position of great responsibility, the comfort and evenlives of many men frequently being more or less in his charge. OnAugust 1, 1866, at Harper House, Rock Island, Andrew Park was marriedto Miss Johanna Hunter, who was born in Mercer County, Pennsylvania(Pa), July 23, 1844, a daughter of Elliott and Catherine Hunter. Herparents were born in Pennsylvania and came to Rock Island County in1852, where the father followed farming. To Mr. and Mrs. Park sixchildren were born, four sons and two daughters, and the survivorsare: Elliott, who is a farmer living near Moline; Erwin, who isresiding at Moline; Catherine, who is the wife of Asbury Griffen,living at Viola, Mercer County; John, who is living at Peoria; andIra, who is residing at Rock Island. Mr. and Mrs. Park have beenblessed in many ways and not the least of these has been thepossession of a creditable family which in the second generation hasincreased until they have 189 grandchildren. They are members of thePresbyterian church. Mr. Park is no active politician, but is arepublican in his views."
[Transcribed 06 January 2007, SLJuhl, compiler]

2). SOURCE: "NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS and SAILORSSYSTEM
http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm
ANDREW PARK (First_Last) Regiment Name 37 Illinois Infantry Side UnionCompany A Soldier's Rank_In Pvt. Soldier's Rank_Out Pvt. AlternateName Notes Film Number M539 roll 69
37th Regiment, Illinois Infantry
Organized at Chicago, Ill., and mustered in September 18, 1861. Movedto St. Louis, Mo., September 19, thence to Booneville, Mo., October 2,1861. Attached to Dept. of Missouri to February, 1862. 2nd Brigade,3rd Division, Army of Southwest Missouri, to May, 1862. Cassville,Mo., District of Southwest Missouri, to September, 1862. 2nd Brigade,2nd Division, Army of the Frontier, Dept. of Missouri, to June, 1863.1st Brigade, Herron's Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of theTennessee, to July, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 13th Army Corps,Dept. of the Tennessee, to August, 1863, and Dept. of the Gulf toJune, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of theGulf, to December, 1864. 4th Brigade, Reserve Corps, Military DivisionWest Mississippi, to February, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division,Reserve Corps, M. D. W. M., February, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division,13th Army Corps, M. D. W. M., to July, 1865. Dept. of Texas to May,1866.

SERVICE.-Expedition to Arrow Rock, Mo., October 10-14, 1861 (Cos. "C"and "K"). Fremont's Campaign against Springfield, Mo., October13-November 3 (Cos. "C" and "H," at Rolla, Mo., till February, 1862).At Lamine River till February, 1862. Curtis' Campaign against Price inMissouri and Arkansas February and March. Springfield February 12.Sugar Creek and Bentonville February 17. Battles of Pea Ridge, Ark.,March 6-8. At Cassville, Mo., guarding frontier in Southwest Missouri,and operating against guerrillas till September 29, 1862. CassvilleJune 11 (Detachment). Expedition from Ozark to Forsyth August 14-17(Cos. "A" and "K"). March to Osage Springs September 29-October 24.Occupation of Newtonia October 4. Expedition from Osage Springs toFayetteville, Ark., October 27-30. March to relief of Blunt, December3-7. Battle of Prairie Grove, Ark., December 7. Expedition over BostonMountains to Van Buren, Ark., December 27-29. Operations againstMarmaduke in Missouri April 17-May 2, 1863. Action at Cape Girardeau,April 26. Chalk Bluffs May 2. Moved to St. Louis, Mo., thence toVicksburg, Miss., June 3-14. Siege of Vicksburg June 14-July 4.Surrender of Vicksburg July 4. Expedition to Yazoo City, Miss., July12-21. Capture of Yazoo City July 13. Moved to Port Hudson, La., July24, thence to New Orleans, La., August 13. Expedition after Taylor'sand Green's forces, west of the Atchafalaya River September 8-October11. Action at Sterling's Farm on Bayou Fordoche September 29. Moved tothe Rio Grande, Texas, October 24-November 4. At Brownsville andguarding Rio Grande to Ringgold Barracks till February, 1864.Expedition to Rio Grande City November 23-December 2, 1863. Regimentveteranize February 28, 1864. Veterans on furlough till April. Movedto Memphis, Tenn. Expedition from Memphis, Tenn., to Ripley, Miss.,April 30-May 9. Moved to Atchafalaya Bayou, La. Construct SteamboatBridge across Bayou for Banks' forces. At Morganza, La., till July 12.Moved to St. Charles on White River, Ark., July 12 and duty there tillOctober. Non-Veterans mustered out September 20. Duty at Duvall'sBluff, Ark., October 7, 1864, to January 4, 1865. Moved to NewOrleans, La., thence to Barrancas, Fla. March to Pensacola, Fla.,March 11. March to Fort Blakely, Ala., March 20-April 1. Occupation ofCanoe Station March 27. Siege of Spanish Fort April 2-8. Assault andcapture of Fort Blakely April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12. Movedto Montgomery April 20-29, thence to Selma May 1. Moved to Mobile andduty there May 15 to June 28. Moved to Galveston, Texas, June 28-July1, and to Sabine Pass July 1-5. To Houston July 17. Railroad guardduty in that vicinity till May, 1866. Mustered out May 15, 1866.

Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 60 Enlisted men killed andmortally wounded and 1 Officer and 168 Enlisted men by disease. Total233." [Transcribed 08 October 2006, SLJuhl, compiler]

NOTE: Edna Park Waller [aewallr@bellsouth.net] has Andrew'senlistment date as 14 Aug 1861 in Rock Island County, Illinois and hisdischarged date as 15 May 1866 in Houston, Texas; Per pension recordfrom Washington, D.C. National Archives.
Also: Edna has his birth year as 1841, however his headstone monumentat Bowlesburg Cemetery with he and his wife Joanna, Agnes, andCatherine Hunter states that he was born in "1839" not 1841. It doesagree with his death year as 1925, and with all of the other familydates of births and deaths. A photo of the monument is in thePark/Griffin records of Penny Sue Park Wethington.

Civil War Soldiers
The original service records of Union and Confederate Civil WarSoldiers and the pension records of Union veterans are maintained atthe National Archives Building in Washington, DC, where they areavailable for research to anyone at least age 16.
The records exist in their originally created form or on microfilm.You can request searches of those records by using the NATF forms 85and 86 (see right).The military service records and pension files areseparate series of records and must be requested on separate forms(Form 86 for military service records and Form 85 for pension files).For example, if you need both the service record and the pension filefor one particular veteran who fought for the Union, you need tocomplete two NATF Forms, 86 and 85.
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), www.nara.gov,or Textual Reference Branch (NWCTB) National Archives and RecordsAdministration 7th and Pennsylvania Av NW Washington, DC 20408

SOURCE: DEATH RECORDS 1916-1950, ILLINOIS
"http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/IDPHDeathSearchServlet
Last Name First Name Middle Name Sex/Race Age Cert # Death, DateCounty City Date, Filed
PARK , ANDREW M/W UNK 0660156 1925-10-13 MERCER GREENE TWP 25-11-05"
[Transcribed 01 November 2008, SLJuhl RNBSC, Compiler & FamilyGenealogist; sljuhl1234@yahoo.com]

OBITUARY: ?ANDREW PARKS IS CALLED AT VIOLA Andrew Parks, 86, passedaway yesterday morning in the home of his daughter, Mrs. KatherineGriffin of Viola, after a short illness caused by asthma. He was bornOct. 3, 1839, in Nova Scotia. He came to America when a boy andserved all through the Civil war. Mr. Parks married Miss JohannaHunter of South Moline, who preceded him in death eight years ago.They were the parents of six children, four of whom are living. Theyare Mrs. Griffin of Viola, Elliott Parks, Moline, John Parks, Peoriaand Berton Parks, Los Angeles, Cal. Funeral services will be held at2:30 tomorrow afternoon in the Bowlesburg chapel and burial will takeplace in the Bowlesburg cemetery.? Wednesday Evening, October 14,1925, Page 17, The Moline Daily Dispatch, Moline, Rock Island County,Illinois. [Transcribed, 17 February 2009, By, SLJuhl RNBSC, Compiler,3810 - 10th Avenue Place, Moline, Illinois 61265;sljuhl1234@yahoo.com ][NOTE: The obituaryis from the Moline Public Library, 41st Street, Moline, Illinois61265]
"1860 United States Federal Census
about Andrew Park; Name: Andrew Park Age in 1860: 20 Birth Year: abt1840 Birthplace: Nova Scotia Home in 1860: Moline, Rock Island,Illinois Gender: Male Post Office: Moline; Andrew Park 20; Year: 1860;Census Place: Moline, Rock Island, Illinois; Roll: M653_222; Page: 0;Image: 608.; This database is an index to individuals enumerated inthe 1860 United States Federal Census, the Eighth Census of the UnitedStates." [Obtained 20 February 2009, SLJuhl RNBSC, Compiler;sljuhl1234@yahoo.com]
Please check this: CONC 196, sheet 5, line 92, e.d. 75, p620; Andrew Park, colow-w, 80 (age),
CONC birth Nova Scotia, citizenship na, enumerated with Griffin, Asbury T.
CONC 2). Andrew PARK; www.Rootsweb.com by, Edna Park Waller-Email:
CONC aewaller@bellsouth.net 3). "NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS
CONC and SAILORS SYSTEM; http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm 4).
CONC Illinois Death Index Record, www.cyberdriveillinois.com and
CONC www.2.sos.state.il.us/GenealogyMWeb/IDPHDeathSearchServlet 5). Photo
CONC of headstone from Bowlesburg Cemetery listing: Andrew, Joanna,
CONC and Agnes E. Park with grandmother Catherine Hunter
DEAT: CONC 1925, Rock Island Argus Newspaper; See Notes

(Medical):Had a short illness from asthma before his death

Ocean, New Jersey, USA

Trinity Anglican Church, Sydney Mines;There is also a Cape Breton,

Andrew married Johanna Hunter on 1 Aug 1866 in Rock Island, Rock Island, Illinois, USA. Johanna (daughter of Elliott Hunter and Catherine Williams) was born on 23 Jul 1844 in West Salem, Mercer, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 13 Apr 1917 in Hampton, Rock Island, Illinois, USA; was buried in Apr 1917 in Hampton, Rock Island, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Marriage Record: Rock Island County, Illinois Clerk
Record C, Pg. 73, No. 5068

Notes:

Head Stone reads: ANDREW PARK DIED JAN. 30, 1859 AGED 61 years;Glennwood Cemetery, Colona Township, Henry County, Illinois, Octoberc.2006 A.D. [SLJuhl, compiler]
This would make his birth year 1798 since he was already 61 in Januaryof 1859.
Please check this: CONC Descendants of Andrew Park and Agnes Irvin, by Edna Park Waller;
CONC e-mail address: aewaller@bellsouth.net Ms. Waller sites several
CONC resources in Scotland for her information, federal census records in
CONC Illinois, and of course family members who have participated. A copy
CONC of the Internet Register Report is kept in the Wethington Family
CONC Volume, and the Park/Griffin Family records of Penny Sue Park
CONC Wethington. Ms. Edna Waller is a cousin to Duane Harold Park and is
CONC known as, "Babe" to family members. Andrew Park Sr: Emigration: ABT
CONC 1837 Renfrewshire, Scotland Emigration: ABT 1851 Cape Breton, Nova
CONC Scotia Immigration: ABT 1837 Cape Breton, Nova Scotia Immigration:
CONC ABT 1851 Coal Valley, Coal Valley Township, Rock Island County,
CONC Illinois Occupation: Collier AUG 1824 Elderslee, Renfrewshire,
CONC Scotland 4 (2). **Added Resources for this family genealogy project
CONC are direct family members: Marcella Mae Griffin Park, and Penny Sue
CONC Park Wethington. Plus, all other resources cited in the end notes,
CONC ex. census records, marriage records, death records, obituaries,
CONC cemetery photos, etc..., and in the notes of each individual. If
CONC there are questions or mistakes that need to be corrected please
CONC contact the compiler at: sljuhl1234@yahoo.com for further assistance
CONC and information. No personal information of living individuals will
CONC be given out. (3). FIND A GRAVE.COM
CONC h
CONC t
CONC t
CONC p
CONC :
CONC //www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=105837&GRid=8945351&
CONC Contributor to the site was BLW: bgwelch@qconline.com 24 July 2006,
CONC SLJuhl, compiler "Andrew Park Birth: 1797, Scotland Death: Jan. 30,
CONC 1859 Coal Valley Rock Island County Illinois, USA Burial: Glenwood
CONC Cemetery Henry County Illinois, USA Record added: Jun 17 2004 By:
CONC BLW " (4). Andrew Park Sr.'s photo of grave headstone from Glenwood
CONC Cemetery, Colona Township, Henry County, Illinois (5). Internet Site:
CONC http://www.Ancestry.com ; census, birth, death, military, immigration,
CONC marriage, trees, records available on the site. (6). Interviews &
CONC written correspondence with immediate family members; Records kept in
CONC Park & Griffin Volumes of the family. Must contact the compiler or a
CONC family member for further information. sljuhl1234@yahoo.com or
CONC sljuhl1234@msn.com Note: No information on living individuals will
CONC be given out except by permission of that individual. (7). A State of
CONC Illinois web State web site:
CONC h
CONC t
CONC tp://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/riprob.html#about
CONC (8). Internet Site://www.RootsWeb.com; Illinois Maps (9). Book
CONC Source: Atlas if Henry County, Illinois, Warner & Beers Publishers,
CONC Chicago, 1875. (10). Internet Site: http:www.houseofnames.com (11).
CONC Atlas of Rock Island County, Illinois; Moline Public Library, Rock
CONC Island County, Illinois; Iowa Publishing Company, Davenport, Iowa,
CONC 1905. Reprint 1976. (12). The Art Of Heraldry, An Encyclopedia Of
CONC Armory, By A.C. Fox-Davies, Bloomsbury Books, London; Moline Public
CONC Library, Rock Island County, Illinois. (13). Funk & Wagnalls
CONC Encyclopedia; Infopedia 2.0 CD; A Complete 29 Volume Encyclopedia Plus
CONC 7 Essential Reference Books-1992-1995 SoftKey Multimedia Inc.,
CONC Cambridge, MA. 02142 USA. (14). Internet Site:
CONC http://en.wikipedia.org (15). Cemetery photos of headstones of
CONC ancestral family members with records kept in Park/Griffin Records
CONC (16). Internet Site: http://www.ednet.co.uk/~jeanmoore/names.html AND
CONC MANY MORE SOURCES.

Andrew married Agnes Irvin about 1816. Agnes was born in 1799 in Scotland Per 1920 Census; died between 1850 and 1851 in 51 Years Old; Unknown; was buried after 1841 in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia Per Edna Waller; Unable To Locate The Grave. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"E-mail dated: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 10:30 AM
Subject: WorldConnect: Post-em posted
Database: sljuhl1234
Individual: I04632
Link:http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sljuhl1234&id=I04632
Name: Edna Waller
Email: aewaller@bellsouth.net
Note:
Agnes Irvin died in 1850 or 1851 in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. She isburied somewhere on the north shore of Cape Breton. We have beenunable to locate her grave."
[SLJuhl, compiler, 07 March 2007]

Notes:

Married:
Please check this:
MARR: CONC Illinois State Internet site for marriages index

Elliott married Catherine Williams about 1830 in West Salem Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Catherine (daughter of Solomon Williams) was born in 1804 in Pennsylvania; died on 28 Nov 1876 in Hampton Township, Rock Island County, Illinois; was buried in Nov 1876 in Bowlesburg Cemetery, Hampton Township, Rock Island County, Illinois; Listed On Monument With Daughter Joanna & Andrew Park. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Source: Book-HISTORY OF MERCER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA ITS PAST ANDPRESENT AND CONDENSED HISTORY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Chicago, Ill., Brown,Runk & Co., Publishers. http://persi.heritagequestonline.com
Chapter III., page 147 Excerpt: "The early settlers who came into whatis now Mercer County, were largely Irish, and mainly members of thePresbyterian Church. They were intelligent, courageous, industriouspeople, who were desirous of establishing homes for themselves in thenew country just opened up to be occupied by the white race. Theycame, the majority of them, from Westmoreland, Washington, Fayette andAllegheny, where they located after wearisome journeys from the Eastacross the Allegheny Mountains. Some, it is true, came direct fromIreland and the eastern counties of the State, but the line of travelbrought them by way of the forks of the Ohio. As a rule thesepioneers reared large families, and were noted for their longevity."
Page1181--1182: "ALEXANDER AND MARGARET HUNTER, natives of the CountyTyrone, Ireland, were among the early settlers of West Salem Township. The former was born November 13, 1761, and the later in April, 1768,and they were married in County Tyrone, Ireland, October 2, 1786.They left their native county for America June 16, 1788, and arrivedat Philadelphia August 22 following. They remained there till August,1790, and then removed to Cumberland County, Penn., and in November,1793, to Fayette County. Here they lived till April, 1812, when theycame to Mercer County and settled on a tract of 400 acres of land inWest Salem Township, still principally owned by their descendants.Alexander Hunter was a pioneer surveyor of Mercer County and a man offine education and extensive knowledge. He was the principal surveyorof this locality from 1812 up to his death, and devoted nearly hisentire attention to that profession. He reared a family of ninechildren: Jane, who married Thomas Gilliland, and remained behind inFayette County; James, Matthew, Betty, who married James Mossman, andat his death Robert Brion, and subsequently David Parker; Peggy, whobecame the wife of John Mossman; Ebby, who married Hugh Mossman;Alexander, Hiram and Elliott, all of whom are dead except Hiram, aresident of Wisconsin. The eight youngest came to this township withtheir parents, the eldest son, James, being then in his twenty-thirdyear, and the youngest, Elliott, in his fifth year. The mother diedon the old homestead April 8, 1838, and her husband survived her tillMarch 24, 1847. They were life-long members of the Covenanter Church,and Mr. Hunter was an elder in the Greenville congregation many years. Politically he was a Whig, and one of the prominent men of pioneerdays." [Transcribed 28 Jul 2006, SLJuhl, compiler]

"Alexander Hunter
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rrp023&id=I1514
Richard R. Parks; y41481011@yahoo.com
Sun Jan 18 19:23:05 2004
Source of birth/death/child data(F).
From the History of Mercer Co. PA 1888, notes made in Alexander'sfamily bible, and associated notes from (H) & (ew).
Natives of County Tyrone Ireland (Alexander & Margaret), they wereamong the early settlers of West Salem Twp. (Mercer))(birthdates/locations as above)----They left their native country on June16, 1788, sailing from Londonderry, and arriving in Philadelphia Aug.22 following. They remained there until Aug. 16, 1790, moving toCumberland Co, Newton Twp. PA and in Nov. 1793 to Fayette Co.Franklin(otherwise Dunbar) Twp PA. They lived in Fayette until April1812 when they came to Mercer Co. and settled on a tract of 400 acresin West Salem Twp, still principally owned by their descendants.Alexander was a pioneer surveyor of Mercer Co., his principaloccupation from 1812 until his death. He was a man of fine educationand extensive knowledge. (nine children). Hunter was an elder in theGreenville Congregation, member of the Covenanter Church. A whigpolitically, he was prominent in pioneer days.
Their daughter Jane remained behind in Fayette Co. and Married ThomasGilleland. The eight youngest came to Mercer Co.in 1812, James thenbeing 23 (b 1789?), and Elliott being 5 (b 1807?).
(F) has birth in Crevenmore Parish, County Tyrone, Ireland."[Transcribed 07 October 2006, SLJuhl, compiler]

EXAMPLES OF OTHER LISTED SOURCES: Also see end notes and referencesspecific to individuals in their notes as well. If you would likemore information or notice mistakes please contact the compiler at:sljuhl1234@yahoo.com and place the word "genealogy" in the subjectline so that your e-mail message is not missed when scanned. You mayalso reach the compiler by snail mail at: 3810 -10th Avenue Place,Moline, Illinois 61265.
1). Family source: Edna Park Waller; aewaller@bellsouth.net ; Edna isa direct descendant of the Hunter family as well as the Griffin andPark families. She also has access to the Will & Bible records ofAlexander Hunter.
http://www.RootsWeb.com ; The WorldConnect pages of the Internet site.
2). Internet Site: http://www.Ancestry.com ; multiple census, birth,death, military, immigration, marriage, trees, records available onthe site.
3). Interviews & written correspondence with immediate familymembers; Records kept in Park & Griffin Volumes of the family. Mustcontact the compiler or a family member for further information.sljuhl1234@yahoo.com or sljuhl1234@msn.com
Note: No information on living individuals will be given out except bypermission of that individual.
4). Illinois web State web site:http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/riprob.html#about
5). Internet Site: http://www.findagrave.com
6). Internet Site://www.RootsWeb.com; Illinois Maps
7). Book Source: Atlas if Henry County, Illinois, Warner & BeersPublishers, Chicago, 1875.
8). Internet Site: http:www.houseofnames.com
9). Atlas of Rock Island County, Illinois; Moline Public Library,Rock Island County, Illinois; Iowa Publishing Company, Davenport,Iowa, 1905. Reprint 1976.
10). The Art Of Heraldry, An Encyclopedia Of Armory, By A.C.Fox-Davies, Bloomsbury Books, London; Moline Public Library, RockIsland County, Illinois.
11). Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia; Infopedia 2.0 CD; A Complete 29Volume Encyclopedia Plus 7 Essential Reference Books-1992-1995 SoftKeyMultimedia Inc., Cambridge, MA. 02142 USA.
12). Internet Site: http://en.wikipedia.org
13). Internet Site: http://www.ednet.co.uk/~jeanmoore/names.html
14). Book: History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania : its past andpresent : including its aboriginal history, its early settlement anddevelopment, a description of its historic and interesting localities,sketches of its boroughs, townships and villages, neighborhood andfamily histories, portraits and biographies of pioneers andrepresentative citizens, statistics, etc. : also, a condensed historyof Pennsylvania.
Chicago, Ill.: Brown, Runk & Co., 1888, 1208 pgs.
City of Publication: Chicago, Ill. Publisher: Brown, Runk & Co.Date:1888 ?Page Count: 1208 Notes: "Illustrated." Reel/Fiche Number:Genealogy and local history ; LH9824 Subject Headings: Mercer County(Pa.) -- History .
Mercer County (Pa.) -- Biography.
Pennsylvania -- Mercer County; pages 1; Chapter I, pg. 1; pg's. 147,1181 - 1183 (Biographies).
www.heritagequestonline.com
Obtained: 27 July 2006, SLJuhl, compiler
15). Book: Chapter 34: Mercer County, from A Pioneer Outline Historyof Northwestern Pennsylvania by William James McKnight, M.D.(Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1905). Transcribed by MichaelHebert.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~pamercer/PA/C/History/1905History/1905hi03.htm
pages 584-587.
16). Cemetery photos of headstones where noted as: "Per headstone"
AND MANY, MANY MORE SOURCES, etc...

Elder married Margaret on 2 Oct 1786 in Crevanmore, Parish Of Drumraugh, County Tyrone, Ireland. was born on 7 Apr 1768 in Crevanmore, Parish Of Drumraugh, County Tyrone, Irleand; died on 8 Apr 1838 in Jamestown, West Salem Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania; was buried in Apr 1838 in Rock Ridge Cemetery, West Salem Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
There were a total of nine children born to this couple. Jane Hunterstayed and married in Fayette County to Thomas Gilleland when the restof the family moved to Mercer County in 1812. [See page title:Alexander Hunter, in Park Records, Hunter Section; Plus, History OfMercer County, 1888, Biography Copy in the same location; 27 July2006, SLJuhl, compiler]