Illinois Ancestors Mercer County

Welcome to Illinois Ancestors Mercer County. I'm your host Wini Caudell. We at Illinois Ancestors like to blend genealogy with a little history. So while you're learning about your ancestors hopefuly you will learn a little about the area where they lived and worked.

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Now Let's Explore Mercer County!

Mercer County is named after Hugh Mercer, a physician and general who died from his wounds during the Revolutionary War.He was wounded at the Battle of Franklin.

Mercer was part of the land that Congress had set aside in 1812 as payment to volunteer soldiers for their service in the War of 1812.

Mercer County was founded in 1825 and was formed from unorganized territory near Pike County.

Counties surrounding Mercer are:

Rock Island

Henry

Knox

Henderson

Warren

DeMoines County, Iowa

Louisa County, Iowa

Michelle Ross has generously volunteered to look up obituaries for various counties in Illinois.

The list

We've started a tombstone project at Illinois Ancestors http://www.illinoisancestors.org/cemphotos/main.php

This website is designed to allow researchers to add their photos automatically! If you'd like to share your photos with fellow researchers, please contact me at winicaudell@yahoo.com We'll either set up an account for you so that you can add your own photos online or if you prefer you can send me the pictures and I'll put them on for you.

MERCER COUNTY LINKS

TOWNS	FAMILY GROUPS	BRICK WALLS
TOWNSHIP HISTORY	NEWS BRIEFS	SWEDES IN SWEDONA AND MERCER COUNTY
MERCER COUNTY HISTORY	PRAIRIE FARMERS DIRECTORY	LIBRARIES AND HISTORICAL SOCIETIES
OBITUARIES	CEMETERIES	SOLDIERS AND SAILORS HOME RESIDENTS
BIOGRAPHIES	CHURCHES	MERCER COUNTY ALMSHOUSE
MILITARY	SCHOOLS	Biographical List
MARRIAGES	CODICIL AND OTHER FORMS	WOMEN PIONEERS
THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI	1918 ADVERTISEMENTS	LINKS
PORTRAITS	CEMETERY LOOK UPS	DEATH NOTICES
1918 BUSINESS DIRECTORY	BREEDERS DIRECTORY	1935 Township Platt Maps
Vitals Records	POSTCARDS	Codicil and Genealogy Forms
Mercer County Fair		County Maps
1918 AUTO DIRECTORY	1918 TRACTOR DIRECTORY	Mortality Schedules

Nadine Holder has a wonderful site on Eliza and New Boston,Mercer County on her site Life Along the Mississippi in the 1800's. It's full of information! HERE

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Penny Postcards: A great site with old postcards from towns and counties around the United States.

Click HERE

UPDATED

Oct. 14, 2009

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Dear Ancestor
Author unknown

Your tombstone stands among the rest; Neglected and alone.
The name and date are chiseled out On polished, marbled stone.
It reaches out to all who care It is too late to mourn.
You did not know that I exist You died and I was born.
Yet each of us are cells of you In flesh, in blood, in bone.
Our blood contracts and beats a pulse Entirely not our own.
Dear Ancestor, the place you filled One hundred years ago
Spreads out among the ones you left Who would have loved you so.
I wonder if you lived and loved, I wonder if you knew
That someday I would find this spot, And come to visit you.

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