Martha Hall to Annie Carlisle March 13, 1881

Fox Lake March 13

My Dear Cousin Annie

I was very agreeably surprised a short time ago by receiving a letter from yourself. We thought we had lost all trace of you, not feeling sure that either you or our folks being in the same place so did not know where to write. Mother has written twice since hearing from your mother and we thought they might have moved so waited for her to write. Oh dear such a winter as we have had especially the month of February snow! snow! snow! until there was no getting out of the house for two or three days at a time. One week I only taught one day

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of school and could not get there the rest of the time. I was teaching the Monaville school. The snow from here to the school house was from 1 to 6 feet. More shoveling has been done here than ever before. The mail stage from here to Waukegan could not get through from Wednesday until Tuesday.

Herman’s family are living here this summer. Herman and father are going to be very busy this summer. They have hired 3 more hands. It seems as though nearly everyone has something to build. Herman has two children, a boy and a girl. Emmit has two little girls. And now Ella has a boy though I suppose she will be hastening to tell all her correspondents before I have a chance.

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Eune lost a little girl last fall. Every since she has had attacks of Neuralgia of the stomach. She had quite a severe attack last week. Herman went to Hainesville for some medicine for her, the snow up to his waist in some places (no teams could get through). When he got there the doctor was snowed in within 2 miles of us, so there was labor lost.

Uncle William’s family have gone to Kansas. They went in February. Father has just found uncle Anthony’s folks, what’s left of them. There is only Aunt Cynthia and two of the girls left and one of those is a widow. Uncle George’s folks are still living in Waukegan. Aunt Fannie is living at Hainesville with Aunt

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Mary this winter. Deette writes that she had a letter from you a short time ago. We here from her quite often. Myrtie wishes she was there when peaches are ripe.

The measles are in this part of the world, in full force in Antioch. At one time there were 60 cases and the last day of my school there were 6 more scholars coming down with the measles. Have I told you we are all well? We are any how well. Well I must stop for I have 4 or 5 letters to write to night so by by.

believe me your Cousin.

Martha J Hall

Martha provides a wealth of information in a fairly short letter!

This letter was in the folder of undated correspondence. The reference to the birth of Ella's son provided the year. Donald Ray McKinnon was born 23 February 1881.

Martha's brother, Herman, lived in Waukegan, IL. Their father, William Hamlin Hall is listed as a Carpenter on census records and this letter confirms that. Emmitt was another of Martha's brothers.

Eune was Eunice Fenlon Wisner, wife of George H Wisner. I believe George was a first cousin to both Martha and Annie but I have this far been unable to lock down his parents. Prior to reading this letter I had no idea that she had lost a child.

William Abner Wisner moved his family to Washington County, Kansas.

Anthony B. Wisner died of disease during the Civil War and is buried in Nashville National Cemetery. He had settled in Barry County, Michigan prior to the war. His daughter, Sofia Wisner Valentine died in 1875. After Anthony's death it seems that his widow, Cynthia Casler Wisner, returned to Syracuse, NY. There she married George Carner. Anthony and Cynthia's daughter, Mary, married Andrew Lyke and settled in Liverpool, NY. Their third daughter was a widow named Alice Wisner Madden and she would died later in 1881.

The last bit of information I've found for Uncle George A Wisner is the 1900 census and he was still in Waukegan at that time. By 1910 his widow was living in San Joaquin Co, CA with her son. I do not know if George died in Illinois or if he went with his family to California.


Fanny was the widow of Prentice Wisner. In 1880 she was a boarder in the home of Isack and Mary Davis. At this point in time I do not know how (or if) Mary fits into the family tree.

For more see:
Carlisle - Wisner Letters
Family of William Wisner
Descendants of Maryetta Wisner
Descendants of Sarah Ann Wisner

Hall, Martha J (Fox Lake, Illinois) to “My Dear Cousin Annie” [Sarah Ann Camfield Carlisle]. Letter. 9 May 1880. Digital Images 1-4. Privately held by Apple, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Snowville, New York. 2008. [Carlisle Family, Box #1, Correspondence, Undated c. 1850-1899, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan]

DeEtte Bullen to Annie Carlisle Sept. 19, 1880

Poynette Wis Sept 19^th 1880

My dear Cousin,

I am almost ashamed to write after waiting so long but will try to do my best we are well and hope you are enjoying good health. isent it strange every one think they have got the very best husband Ella and you both thinks you have the best and I would not trade with either of you.

Libbie has lost her little and only child little Hermia I shall

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miss her so much when I go down there she was my pet and she thought no one quite equal to her Auntie De as she called me she died of scarlet fever she would have been four years old tomorrow if she had lived. Emmitt has another girl they have named it Lulu Belle

We went to the state fair this fall at Madison and saw General Grant and son but I did not see that he looked any different from common men that people need go so near crazy over him.

Will is writing to Jen he has not written to any of them only Myrtle

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and they think he might write once in awhile so he has finely got it started but he is a rather poor hand to write he will get out of it if he can.

I have a new dress to make and you don’t know how I dread it I havent got a machine and I have always been used to having one to use and it seems like an endless job to make one by hand

We have been talking all summer of going to the place they call pine hollow it is a wild rocky place and I never saw many such places the girls (Wills sisters) was going with us if we

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went but it is getting to late to go now so if you will come here next summer we will take you with us. You wasent as lucky as I was getting over the Rheumatism for I have never felt it since. you ought to see Eune Wisner she is just as fat as fat can be she weighed 147 pounds before I came from home. I only weigh 129 now. I have been well all summer but I guess I have worked hard and worked the fat off well. as my sheet is full and my head empty I will close by saying good night. I remain your Cousin Deette

Hermia D. Belden, daughter of Ephraim and Elizabeth (Hall) Belden, died 27 July 1880 per the records of another researcher. In Ella's letter written on August 19th she made no mention of her death. Had Ella not received word of her niece's death or did she simply not think to mention it? It is very sad that Hermia died of a disease that is now treated with simple antibiotics.

Emmitt and Eva (Bangs) Hall's second daughter, Lulu Belle Hall was born 20 January 1880. I know very little about Emmitt's descendants.

I believe that Jen was Will Bullen's sister. I'm not certain who Myrtle was.

As a seamstress I feel DeEtte's pain at having to do all of her sewing by hand! Per my records DeEtte was eight months pregnant when she wrote this letter. Why was there no mention of the pregnancy? Is she making the dress to wear after the baby is born? Or are my unverified records incorrect?

For more see:
Carlisle - Wisner Letters
Family of William Wisner
Descendants of Maryetta Wisner
Descendants of Sarah Ann Wisner

Bullen, DeEtte Hall (Poynette, Wisconsin) to “My dear Cousin” [Sarah Ann Camfield Carlisle]. Letter. 19 September 1880. Digital Images 1-4. Privately held by Apple, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Snowville, New York. 2008. [Carlisle Family, Box #1, Correspondence, 1880, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan]

Ella McKinnon to Annie Carlisle August 19, 1880

Eau Claire, Wis

August 19^th 1880

My dear Cousin,

I had ought to have answered your letter sooner but have neglected it not feeling very well but will try to answer it now if I can.

Well I will try and tell you all about it (the wedding) if I can. In the first place I was married at home with no one present but our own folks and the minister. Deette was not there nor Emmit his little girl had the mumps so he could not be there.

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My dress was seal brown Empress cloth trimmed with silk same shade teal colored ribbons. hat the same & brown kid gloves. the dress I made with a train but now I wish it was just a walking suit.

Yes Uncle Wirt lives here in Eau Claire right in town now and we are staying with them this summer but I guess we will go out to Minn in about three weeks now. I dread it but there is no help for it. I must go he says he will not go without me.

We have been having nice weather for our haying and harvesting they are nearly through every where I guess and some have their threshing

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done. It has been rather warm a part of the time and for a couple of days this week we have almost needed a fire all over the house but it is as warm as ever again yesterday and to-day.

I had a letter from Elizabeth to day and she says they have been home. splendid weather down home. their Harvesting too.

My husband lies on the bed asleep while I am writing this and when the flies will let him alone he has been out on Uncle Wirt’s farm at work nearly all summer. got home last Tuesday and now he has nothing to do and he is fretting because has not but I

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often think when we get home we can find enough to do with out his working now all the time but he does not feel right without something to do but work here will be rather scarce until cutting and husking corn begins.

Well I will close this for this time I guess.

I will send you a piece of my dress [?] the silk.

Ever your Cousin

Ella McKinnon

write soon before I leave Eau Claire

Details of the wedding! I wish there had been a picture of the dress or perhaps the sample of the cloth that said she'd send. I did find this description of Empress Cloth.

From Google Books:

Textiles for commercial, industrial, and domestic arts schools also adapted to those engaged in wholesale and retail dry goods, wool, cotton, and dressmaker's trades By William Henry Dooley

Marshall Wirt Wisner must have been doing well for himself to have both a home in town and a farm.

Elizabeth Hall Belden (also referred to as Libbie in some letters) was Ella's sister and in July she lost a child. Did Ella know of the loss at the time she wrote this letter?

For more see:
Carlisle - Wisner Letters
Family of William Wisner
Descendants of Maryetta Wisner
Descendants of Sarah Ann Wisner


McKinnon, Ella Hall (Eau Claire, Wisconsin) to “My dear Cousin” [Sarah Ann Camfield Carlisle]. Letter. 19 August 1880. Digital Images 1-4. Privately held by Apple, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Snowville, New York. 2008. [Carlisle Family, Box #1, Correspondence, 1880, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan]

Kenton J Karow 1916 - 2008

Kenton J. Karow was born 20 October 1916, the son of John Frederick Karow and Ruth Isabel Bullen and grandson of William Kelsey Bullen and DeEtte Hall. Kenton passed away on 17 June 2008. You will find his obituary here.

I offer my deepest sympathy to all of Kenton's family.

I have been researching Ella and DeEtte's descendants in hopes of sharing their letters. Sadly I discovered Kenton's obituary today.

Last week I sent a letter to one of Kenton's children, which was unintentionally poor timing on my part. I hope that they will contact me at some point in the future when the time is right for them.

Ella McKinnon to Annie Carlisle June 27 1880

Eau Claire June 27^th 180

Dear Cousin Annie

I told you I was coming to Eau Claire and I would write when I got here but I have neglected to do so partly because I was rather busy a part of the time and when I had time I forgot it. that is the only excuse I can offer for the neglect.

Have you heard that I was married? if not I will say right here that I am was married on the 26^th of April

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and meant to have written to you right away but only just got at it. My husband is a scotchman and his parents live in Canada but he has not lived there for 14 years. he has a farm out in Blue Earth Co Minnesota and we are going out there this fall. he is 15 years older than I but remember Annie that I am getting old too. It does not seem as though we were so old does it, it only seems a little while ago since we were little children and it has been a good while since we played together

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My husband is just as good as he can be. he talks sometimes as though I was some little child that could not think for myself because he is afraid I will take cold or something of that sort.

Annie I wish I could see you. How long is it since you were married? I have forgotten.

I would like to have you send me your and Mr Carlisle & the babies pictures. if you will I will send you ours.

Please excuse this short letter but I have no more time now to write so will close by hoping to hear from you soon.

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I remain your cousin as ever.

Ella L McKinnon

Eau Claire

Eau Claire Co

Wisconsin

Box 1062

Ella Hall married Jacob McKinnon, son of John and Annie (Stewart) McKinnon. These letters are from my maternal line so I was quite surprised a few years ago to discover a possible connection between the McKinnon's and my paternal cousins in Canada. Stan Cumming and I worked on trying to untangle the relationships but I believe that I simply found cousins of cousins. Anyway it was very interesting for me that John and Annie McKinnon were already in my paternal file when I started researching Ella's descendants.

Ashley and Annie (Camfield) Carlisle had a son, Francis Ashley Carlisle born 18 May 1878 in Buchanan, MI.

For more see:
Carlisle - Wisner Letters
Family of William Wisner
Descendants of Maryetta Wisner
Descendants of Sarah Ann Wisner


McKinnon, Ella Hall (Eau Claire, Wisconsin) to “Dear Cousin Annie” [Sarah Ann Camfield Carlisle]. Letter. 26 June 1880. Digital Images 1-4. Privately held by Apple, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Snowville, New York. 2008. [Carlisle Family, Box #1, Correspondence, 1880, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan]

Martha Hall to Annie Carlisle May 9 1880

1880

Fox Lake Ill May 9

My Dear Cousin,

It is Sunday evening and I am writing so as to post it tomorrow. I have been scuffling with Uncle Henry and my hand trembles so I can hardly write. And now Ella is gone she was married the 26^th of April to a Mr Jacob McKinnon of Beaufort Minnesota they met at Uncle Wirt’s in Eau Claire he was down almost three weeks before and we got pretty well acquainted with him we like him very he is a farmer owning 160 acres of land all paid for so in that way she has done well

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but we will be better able to tell in 10 years than now what kind of man he is he is Scotch.

We are having splendid weather now everything is quite forward. I never saw everything grow as it has done for the last week. Apple. plum. & cherry trees are just white with blossoms. It bids fair now for an abundance of fruit this year. our garden is coming up nicely this year small grain is up nicely and everyone is plowing for corn.

I am teaching at Monaville this summer so you can see I am at home. I have not a very large school either in number or size there is six in A B C’s the rest are from 8 to 16 years old. It is raining tonight

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in fact it has been trying to rain all day. we had quite a heavy shower last night but it died off this morning so that we went to church.

George & Eune seem to be doing nicely. Eune is so fat she weighs 141 pounds now three more I do and I am 6 inches the taller.

Aunt Ellen and Uncle William were down last. Susie is teaching school this summer.

Deette seems as happy as mortals usually are.

Our family seems quite small now-a-days only father, mother, Myrtle and myself.

Did Ella write you of Mr Culver’s death he died the second of April of pneumonia and Ev Culver is married so she’s

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the only one of those children (that were on a) that is left.

Well I am the only one up in the house so I guess you will have to excuse.

Martha J Hall

P.S. Write whenever you find time and I will always answer when there is no one else to do it though I do not like to write very well.

M.

What did "scuffling with Uncle Henry" mean and why did it make her tremble?

Ella Letitia Hall married Jacob McKinnon. The Illinois State Marriage Index gives the date as April 22, 1880.

George H Wisner, born March 1848 would have been a first cousin of both Martha and Annie. My best guess is that he was a son of William Abner Wisner and a wife whose identity is as yet undiscovered. George married Eunice Ann Fenlon, daughter of Thomas and Eunice Fenlon, on November 5, 1873. This is the George Wisner that sued all of the descendants of William Wisner for land owned by William.

William Abner Wisner married about 1856 for his 3rd (?) wife, Susan Ellen Barto, daughter of John C and Susan (Berry) Barto. Their first oldest child was Susan (Susie), born in 1860. In 1880 they were living in Antioch, Lake Co, IL but would soon be leaving for Kansas. (Susan Ellen Barto's sister, Julia Ann, married George E Wisner, brother of William Abner.)

I believe that the Culver's were neighbors.

For more see:
Carlisle - Wisner Letters
Family of William Wisner
Descendants of Maryetta Wisner
Descendants of Sarah Ann Wisner

Hall, Martha J (Fox Lake, Illinois) to “My Dear Cousin” [Sarah Ann Camfield Carlisle]. Letter. 9 May 1880. Digital Images 1-4. Privately held by Apple, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Snowville, New York. 2008. [Carlisle Family, Box #1, Correspondence, 1880, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan]

DeEtte Bullen to Annie Carlisle April 18, 1880

Poynette Wis April 18^th 1880

My dear Cousin,

I will now strive to answer your letter which I received so long ago. you will see by the heading of this that I have changed my place of residence. I have also changed my name. I changed my name on the 8^th of Jan and my house the next day. I was married at the parsonage and went home for dinner and started for my new home the next morning and have not been homesick yet. I like better here

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I ever expected to any where but Lake Co. my husband is a farmer he has a farm of something over a hundred acres but I don’t know how much over for I don’t remember. he has bought some since we were married we live near a village called Poynette it is quite a place of course there is no use to tell you I think I have a good kind husband for it is not time yet for me to think any other way but he is a very steady good disposition fellow. he will be 25 years old next Nov he is not very much older than I nearly two years and a half is all.

Ella wrote to me this last week that she thought she would be up to see us the 23^rd of this

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month and when she comes she will bring me a new brother. I expect she intends living in Eau Claire this summer and going to Minnesota in the fall he owns a farm out ther but he has got it rented until fall. I hate to have her go so far from any of us but we cannot expect to always all stay together. I can get home in one day from here but she will have to take three or four days to get from there.

Will has got all his small grain in and winter wheat looks nice. his folks live about three miles from here on the prairie we live just in the edge of timber land. I don’t like the place his father lives as well as I do here

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there it is mud if it rains a bit here it is more sandy and it don’t muddy around the doors in a great while.

Now Annie don’t think I don’t want to hear from you just because I am married for I do just the same as before and I will answer them and try to do better next time. just two weeks after we were married Will had the measles his sisters and brother had them when we got here and so we stayed with his folks until he got over them he was quite sick with them then we moved and I took cold while we were moving and was sick three or four weeks so you see I have quite a good excuse for not writing before. I will close by wishing you good night. Deette

Top of page one, written upside down:

Please direct to

Mrs Will R Bullen

Poynette

Columbia Co

Wisconsin

give my love and best respects to all friends

Louise DeEtte Hall married William Kelsey Bullen. Per family records he was born November 5, 1855 in Washington Co, WI; son of Winslow and Selina (Gilmore) Bullen.

For more see:
Carlisle - Wisner Letters
Family of William Wisner
Descendants of Maryetta Wisner
Descendants of Sarah Ann Wisner


Bullen, DeEtte Hall (Poynette, Wisconsin) to “My dear Cousin” [Sarah Ann Camfield Carlisle]. Letter. 18 April 1880. Digital Images 1-4. Privately held by Apple, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Snowville, New York. 2008. [Carlisle Family, Box #1, Correspondence, 1880, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan]

Ella Hall to Annie Carlisle April 12, 1880

Fox Lake April 12^th 1880

My dear Cousin,

I will now try and answer your letter. I was real glad to hear from you. I did not know as you would answer it seeing as it was so long since you wrote to me before I answered it but I hope I will be a better correspondent in the future. I am going back to Uncle Wirt’s in a couple of weeks I guess so if you will wait until I get settled & write again you will know where to write to me and perhaps who to for dear Cousin. I expect to change my name in the course of a week or two and if I do I will go to Minnesota in the fall but I will be in Eau Claire this summer but wait until I write again and see

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what the name is that you write to.

Oh how my head aches today. I am as near sick as I have been in a good while and have not done anything but sit around or lie on the lounge to day but I have just had me dinner & feel better so I will finish this now. I don’t know when I will have time again if not now for I must go to sewing this afternoon any way headache or no headache.

I went down to Herman’s yesterday afternoon and had a splendid visit they are all well now. Elizabeth’s little girl is here has been since last Thursday. Elizabeth is coming out later this week after her but will not stay long.

Well this is a nice writing is it not but I am in a hurry

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I don’t know if Martha will write any now or not. I thought I would because I want to go to town tomorrow.

Deette’s name is Bullen so if you have not heard from her yet I will send you her directions it is

Mrs W R Bullen

Poynette

Columbia Co

Wisconsin

Well I guess I have written all there is except we are all well as usual.

Write when you can if you can in two weeks after that I will not be here.

Ever your Cousin

Ella Hall

Ella announces her imminent marriage but tells Annie nothing about him! I don't believe this was her Iowa farmer. She also doesn't provide the first name of Deette's new husband but Deette will provide that in the next letter.

Uncle Wirt was her mother's brother, Marshall Wirt Wisner. Her brother, Herman Hall lived in Avon, Lake Co, IL at the time of the 1880 census. Her sister, Elizabeth Belden, lived in Waukegan, Lake Co, IL and her daughter, Hermia was four years old at the time of her visit.

For more see:
Carlisle - Wisner Letters
Family of William Wisner
Descendants of Maryetta Wisner
Descendants of Sarah Ann Wisner

Hall, Ella L (Fox Lake, Illinois) to “My dear Cousin” [Sarah Ann Camfield Carlisle]. Letter. 12 April 1880. Digital Images 1-3. Privately held by Apple, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Snowville, New York. 2008. [Carlisle Family, Box #1, Correspondence, 1880, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan]

Heirloom Blooms

Summer is a short season here and I find myself spending what little free time I have in my garden and almost everything else gets put off. I still have two weeks of school left before summer vacation starts. I've missed two carnivals that I really wanted to participate in. I've been trying to catch up with everyone's else's blogs whenever I get a minute or two early in the morning or late in the evening. I've been transcribing letters during my wait time and breaks at work. I seem to be at the same place I was last summer. I've decided to take this summer off and work on some major projects that I've put off for far too long - both in the house and out in the garden.



In an effort to tie family history to my gardening passion I'm sharing these pictures of my heirloom peony. We moved into the house where my mother still lives in 1964. As long as I can remember there were three peonies spaced out along the property line in the back yard. I have no idea if Mom planted them or if they were there when we moved in. Over time two of them them died. The last one was cut down by the mower every year after it finished blooming and not looking very robust so when I started my garden three years ago Mom let me dig it up and bring it here. I divided it into three plants, one in the butterfly garden and two on the far end of the house. Last year there were very few blooms but the plants started to look healthy. This year I was rewarded with beautiful blooms. Hopefully I can keep them healthy for another 20 or 30 years and pass them on to another family member.

Martha J Hall to Annie Carlisle March 21 1880

1880

Fox Lake Ill March 21^st

Dear Cousin,

You will no doubt be surprised at receiving a letter from me as it has been some time since we have held any correspondence directly. But as long as Deette is gone we do not propose to lose sight of you if we can help so I thought I would open the correspondence anew. I do not know who wrote the last letter nor do I care.

We are all well and enjoying ourselves to the best of our abilities. I have been teaching school this winter of course taught 3 ½ months school has been out now nearly two weeks. I had a nice school it only a nice pastime to teach such a school but the winter has a very disagreeable.

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We have been sleighing except about at Christmas time and since that it has been mud the most of the time but now it is splendid roads and every one seems to be improving their time. With Dance. Concerts. Singing schools and other things too numerous to mention make it seem quite lively.

Do you remember Mr Robert Hook down at Monaville you know he died last November. There has been a good many deaths among the older people during the last year.

There is a good deal of sickness now. Mr Culver is quite sick he had Congestion of the lungs for a few days they looked for his death at any hour but he is better though they hardly expect he will ever recover. He was taken the same day Ev Everets

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was married. Oh I forgot you did not know that but he is “just the same” to Alice Gilbert.

We were out last night to a concert got home about twelve and we have been to church today.

George and Eune are well her sister (a widow with one boy) is living with them this winter. I do not know how long she is going to stay there.

We have not seen Aunt Fanny for some time. I believe she is at Libertyville.

Emmit lives almost to Waukegan. Hermon lives at Monaville and Deette I presume you have heard from so she has told you herself where she is staying. don’t you think she might have found a prettier name. I do but he is a nice young fellow in spite of the name.

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He is Hermon’s wife’s cousin and I am well satisfied with my brother-in-law. well I will bring this to a close and if you think it worth answering I will write again.

So good Bye

With cousinly regards

I remain

Martha J Hall

P.S. Give Mr Carlisle my best respects and just say to him we would be glad to see you both out here. love to the little one or ones just as that happens to be.

M.J.H.
The year, 1880, may have been added to the letter at a later date. It is correct based on information contained in the letter.

George H Wisner's wife was Eunice Ann Fenlon. The sister refered to was Julia Fenlon Whaples, widow of Emory J Whapes who died during the Civil War. Her son was Frank Whaples who was born about 1866.

Mr Culver was Horace Culver, a neighbor. His son, Everette Culver married Alice Gilbert on February 21, 1880.

DeEtte Hall married William K Bullen on January 3, 1880. More on her marriage will be revealed in a future in a future letter. The fact that he was a cousin of Herman Hall's wife, Sarah Ann Dayton, is new to me and I have not researched the connection.

For more see:
Carlisle - Wisner Letters
Family of William Wisner
Descendants of Maryetta Wisner
Descendants of Sarah Ann Wisner


Hall, Martha J (Fox Lake, Illinois) to “Dear Cousin” [Sarah Ann Camfield Carlisle]. Letter. 21 March 1880. Digital Images 1-4. Privately held by Apple, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Snowville, New York. 2008. [Carlisle Family, Box #1, Correspondence, 1880, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan]

Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1880. T9, 1,454 rolls. (viewed 11 June 2008)

Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900. Retrieved June 11, 2008, from CyberDriveIllinois Web site: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/serv_sta.html#vitalrec