Monday, May 26, 2025

In Memoriam - Joe Boone


Joe Marshall Boone

Born: April 27, 1956, Fairfield, Wayne Co., IL
Died: May 23, 2025, Fairfield, Wayne Co., IL

Married: September 10, 1974 Barbara Robertson  

No children

Ahnentafel:
1. Joe Boone b. 1956, d. 2025
2. Olen Boone b. 1918, d. 2009
3. Mary Katherine Vaughan, b. 1927, d. 1992

Joe Marshall Boone, 69, of Fairfield, passed away at 9:33 am on Friday, May 23, 2025 at his home.

Joe was born on April 27, 1956 in Fairfield, IL to Olen and Mary (Vaughan) Boone. He graduated from Merriam Grade School, Fairfield Community High School and Frontier Community College, earning his associate in science degree. On September 10, 1974, he maried the love of his life, Barbara (Robertson) Boone, in Trenton, TN.

Friday, May 16, 2025

Book Purge - Illinois

Clay County Genealogical Society. Clay Roots, Vol. XXI, Louisville, IL: Clay County Genealogical Society, 2010.

p. 64 5 generation chart of Mary Ann Bryan translated as ahnentafel

1. Mary Ann Bryan, b. 13 Dec 1923 Clay Co., IL, d. [FindaGrave indicates burial in Ingraham Cemetery] md. 12 Aug. 1945 Champaign, IL Garland Walter Heinrich Poehler
2. Norva Cassel Bryan b. 9 Apr 1887 Clay Co., IL, d. 13 Dec. 1971 Bible Grove Twp., Clay Co., IL, md. 12 Dec. 1906 Clay Co., IL
3. Anna Colborn b. 30 Aug. 1886 Richland Co., IL, d. 23 June 1975 Clay Co., IL
4. Wesley Ingraham Bryan b. 14 Aug. 1852 Bible Grove Twp., Clay Co. Il, d. 16 Oct. 1925 Clay Co., IL md. 22 Aug 1875 Clay Co., IL
5. Catherine Isabel Smith b. 21 Apr 1858 Clay Co., IL, d. 13 Jan 1931 Clay Co., IL
6. Thomas Jefferson Colborn b. 10 Mar 1852 Richland Co., IL, d. 11 Apr 1923 Richland Co., IL md. 19 Nov. 1877 Richland Co., IL

Thursday, May 1, 2025

Book Purge - Capon Valley, Vol. II, Part 2

Pugh, Maud. Capon Valley: Its Pioneers & Their Descendants 1698 to 1940, Vol. II, Baltimore, MD: Clearfield Company, Inc., 2000.  Originally printed in 1946.

p. 281 Brills, Confederate Veterans
Company K, Captain Pyles, 18th Virginia Cavalry:
  • Joseph Brill
  • Isaac Brill
  • L.S. Brill
  • W.P. Brill
  • L.P. Brill
Company E, 24rd Virginia Cavalry, J. Mort, Captain - Harrison Brill
Company D, 11th Virginia Cavalry, E.H. McDonald, Captain - Mathias Brill killed at Darksville
Company B, 18th Virginia Cavalry, George W. Stump, Captain: 
  • Joseph Brill
  • John H. Brill
  • Morgan Brill, killed
  • perhaps others not reported