176 people from the county histories of Wayne County, Illinois: who they were, when and where they were born, their parents and spouses, and which biographies are parent and child. Pick a surname.
From History of Wayne and Clay counties, Illinois (1884). All public domain; each entry links to the original book.
Adams1Alexander1Archibald1Atteberry1Baker1Barkley1Bean1Behimer1Bestow1Billington1Black1Blackburn1Blackford1Blake1Bonham1Book2Borah2Bowlds1Bradshaw1Bramson1Branch1Bristow1Brock1Buis1Burroughs1Cable1Carrothers1Carson2Carter1Chambers1Chandler1Cisne1Clark1Colvin1Cook1Cravens1Creighton3Crews8Cunningham1Daubs1Davis2Dickey1Dye1Ellis2Flemming1Foster1Funkhouser1Goodwin1Hall3Handley1Hanna1Harris1Hawk1Hay1Hayward1Hill1Hilliard2Holloway1Holman1Holmes1Hopkins1Howard1Inskeep1Jessop1Jessup1Johns1Johnson5Jones1Jordan1Keen1Keith1Kennerly1Kindle1Kramer1Lane1Lowe1Mabry1Martin2Mclin1Meritt1Merrit1Mix1Moffitt1Monroe1Montgomery1Moon1Morlan1Morris1Mundy1Murphey1Murra1Nesmith1Nisbit1Norris1Odell2Ore1Orr1Overbee1Owen1Patterson1Pearce1Pendleton1Pennington1Pettijohn1Pettyjohn1Phillips1Price1Richardson1Rider2Robertson1Robinson1Rochell1Scott2Sha1Shaeffer2Shaw1Simms1Simpson1Smith2Soddart1Spar1Spaulding1Staley1Stanley1Thomas1Tribe1Trotter1Turney1Ulm1Wall1Walters1Water1Weaver1Weems1West1White1Whiting1Willey1Wilson4Winter1Woodward1Wright2Wyatt1Yates1Youngken1
Everyone in the Wayne County index, A to Z (176)
Adams
- R. D. Adams (b. 1846)
Alexander
- N. C. Alexander (b. 1830, Carroll County); child of David Alexander
Archibald
- Charles G. Archibald (b. 1844, Wayne County)
Atteberry
- Nathan Atteberry (b. 1803)
Baker
- Allen H. Baker (b. 1839, Chester County)
Barkley
- Orlando F. Barkley (b. 1847, Wayne County); child of Joseph Barkley
Bean
- Francis Bean (b. 1845, Athens County)
Behimer
- A. J. Behimer (b. 1832, Clermont County); child of John Behimer and Jane (Meeker) Behimer
Bestow
- John C. Bestow (b. 1821, Berkshire County); child of Frederick Bestow
Billington
- James P. Billington (b. 1848, Marshall County)
Black
- Edward S. Black; child of William J. Black
Blackburn
- William Blackburn (b. 1844); child of Isaac K. Blackburn
Blackford
- E. Blackford (b. 1825, White County)
Blake
- N. N. Blake (b. 1832); married Mary P. Gardner
Bonham
- Edward Bonham (b. 1826, Northumberland County); married Elizabeth Jenkins
Book
- Michael Book (b. 1823, Mount Erie Township); child of Michael Book and Sibby (Pranks) Book
- Samuel H. Book (b. 1825, Henderson County); child of Michael Book and Sibby (Pranks) Book
Borah
- N. N. Borah (b. 1816, Butler County); child of George Borah
- Larkin P. Borah; child of John Borah and Sally (Wilson) Borah
Bowlds
- John N. Bowlds (b. 1821, Nelson County); child of John Bowlds and Jane (Fulkerson) Bowlds; married Winifred A Bolds
Bradshaw
- Arthue Bradshaw; child of Greenup Bradshaw and Mary A. (Boze) Bradshaw
Bramson
- J. M. Bramson (b. 1836, Warren County); child of Hezekiah Bramson
Branch
- George Edwin Branch (b. 1857); child of James Branch
Bristow
- J. C. Bristow (b. 1825, Parke County)
Brock
- Jacob Brock (b. 1826); child of Jacob Brock
Buis
- D. G. Buis (b. 1831, Putnam County); child of Caleb Buis and Margaret (Hurst) Buis
Burroughs
- Edward Burroughs (b. 1811, Meigs County); child of Joshua Burroughs; married Samantha Smith
Cable
- A. M. Cable (b. 1829, Athens County); child of George Cable and Susannah (Johnson) Cable
Carrothers
- William G. Carrothers (b. 1851); child of Dr. George W. Carrothers
Carson
- William Carson (b. 1821); child of Robert Carson
- Isaac B. Carson (b. 1832, Carroll County)
Carter
- William A. Carter (b. 1833, Wayne County); child of William A. Carter; married Elvira J. Kelley
Chambers
- P. H. Chambers (b. 1855)
Chandler
- J. R. Chandler (b. 1854, Clay County)
Cisne
- Levi M. Cisne (b. 1830)
Clark
- C. S. Clark (b. 1843); child of Chauncey Clark
Colvin
- Thomas Colvin (b. 1840); child of Amos Colvin and Elizabeth (Holden) Colvin
Cook
- L. P. Cook (b. 1824)
Cravens
- W. P. Cravens (b. 1847, White County); child of Y. B. Cravens
Creighton
- Betsey Creighton (b. 1829, Massillon Township); child of Thomas Creighton and Mary (Jajers) Creighton
- James A. Creighton (b. 1846, White County); married Martha Jaggers
- Jacob R. Creighton; child of John M. Creighton and Mary A. Creighton
Crews
- Nathan Crews (b. 1825, Wayne County)
- John A. Crews (b. 1833, Wayne County); child of Jesse Crews; married Nancy B. Cannon
- Andrew Crews (b. 1837); child of James Crews and Elizabeth (Owens) Crews
- David Crews (b. 1837, Jasper Township); married Joann Young
- Caleb Crews; child of Matthew Crews and Elizabeth (Owen) Crews; married Mary C. Porter
- Elizabeth Crews (Halifax County); child of Richard Crews and Sarah (Owen) Crews
- Jesse A. Crews; child of Hon. Nathan Crews
- Joseph G. Crews; married Eliza Shaeffer
Cunningham
- A. Cunningham (b. 1840); child of Thomas Cunningham and Hannah (Beer) Cunningham
Daubs
- William H. Daubs (b. 1842); child of Michael Daubs and Sarah Ann (Knight) Daubs; married Josephine Travers
Davis
- Joshua Davis (b. 1821, Logan County)
- G. M. Davis (b. 1845, Marion County)
Dickey
- W. H. Dickey (b. 1837, Bledsoe County)
Dye
- Jesse L. Dye (b. 1833, Monroe County); child of William Dye and Maria (Mitchell) Dye
Ellis
- Charles R. Ellis; child of Isaac Ellis
- Robert H. Ellis; child of Robert H. Ellis
Flemming
Foster
- Richard Foster (b. 1826); child of George Foster and Rebecca (Brown) Foster
Funkhouser
- John Funkhouser; child of Preston L. Funkhouser and Mary (Stewart) Funkhouser; married Ella R. Skeavington
Goodwin
- James Goodwin (b. 1840); married Julia A. Mathews
Hall
- Jacob Hall (b. 1812, Warreu County); child of Richard Hall and Eleanor (Foster) Hall; married Catherine Maclin
- Philip Hall (b. 1826); child of David Hall and Hannah (Philips) Hall; married Rebecca Pykfet
- W. F. Hall (b. 1841); child of David Hall and Mary Ann (Day) Hall
Handley
- John L. Handley (b. 1835); child of James Handley and Martha (Ennis) Handley; married Clarinda Hoffman
Hanna
- Robert P. Hanna; married Sarah Conn
Harris
- Miles H. Harris (b. 1819)
Hawk
- Jacob S. Hawk (b. 1828, Vinton County); child of Samuel Hawk
Hay
- L. P. Hay (b. 1823, White County); child of John Hay; married Jane E. Borah
Hayward
- Robert Hayward (b. 1826); married Maria Davis
Hill
- George W. Hill (b. 1835, Gallia County); child of Edward W. Hill
Hilliard
- James W. Hilliard (b. 1826, Fayette County); child of George B. Hilliard
- George B. Hilliard; child of James Hilliard
Holloway
- E. E. Holloway (b. 1836, Wilson County)
Holman
- D. H. Holman (b. 1857, Butler County); child of Griffin Holman and Cynthia (Carrol) Holman
Holmes
- David Holmes (b. 1837, Carroll County)
Hopkins
- J. F. S. Hopkins (b. 1825, Hamilton County); child of John Hopkins
Howard
- H. F. Howard (b. 1840); child of Horace Howard and Olive (Cleveland) Howard
Inskeep
- J. E. Inskeep (b. 1851, Culpeper County); child of James W. Inskeep
Jessop
- Robert Jessop (b. 1842, Kings County); married Josephanna Hand
Jessup
- Alexander S. Jessup (Elm Township); married Isabella Best
Johns
- G. W. Johns (b. 1849, Edwards County); child of George J. Johns
Johnson
- Ethan A. Johnson (b. 1817); married Etta Baker
- Ansley Johnson (b. 1826, Meigs County); married Martha E. Bing
- William M. Johnson (b. 1829, Gallatin County); child of W. B. Johnson and Matilda (Ormand) Johnson; married Mary A. Galbraith
- Bascom E. Johnson (b. 1831, Meigs County); child of Abraham Johnson
- Albert R. Johnson (b. 1850, Meigs County); married Louisa Book
Jones
- Moses Jones; child of Henry Jones; married Abbie Penn
Jordan
- Sanford C. Jordan; child of Samuel Jordan
Keen
- John Keen (b. 1837); married Martha J. Atteberry
Keith
- Lewis J. Keith (b. 1839, Noble County); child of Peter Keith
Kennerly
- J. E. Kennerly (b. 1845, Vanderburgh County)
Kindle
- John W. Kindle (b. 1828, Brown County); child of Joseph Kindle and Nancy (Morrow) Kindle
Kramer
- Edward C. Kramer (b. 1857); child of Henry Kramer and Martha Kramer
Lane
- James E. Lane (b. 1854, Massillon Township); child of James Lane and Tabitha (Crews) Lane
Lowe
- John Lowe (b. 1822); child of John Lowe and Hannah (Ayles) Lowe
Mabry
- Robert E. Mabry (b. 1848)
Martin
- Jacob Martin (b. 1808); child of Peter Martin
- Ambrose M. Martin (b. 1820, Beaver County); child of William Martin
Mclin
- Curtis A. Mclin (b. 1849)
Meritt
- Nathan Meritt; child of Alfred Meritt
Merrit
- N. P. Merrit (b. 1826, Breckinridge County)
Mix
- William H. Mix (b. 1829)
Moffitt
Monroe
- James Monroe (b. 1837); child of David Monroe and Nemcy (Crews) Monroe; married Ellen Read
Montgomery
- John Montgomery; child of Daniel Montgomery
Moon
- G. H. Moon (b. 1814, Peters- Ijurgh Township); child of James Moon and Anna (Dodds) Moon
Morlan
- Jonah Morlan (b. 1827)
Morris
- John Morris (b. 1836, Monroe County); married Lucinda E. Lentz
Mundy
- Samuel Mundy (b. 1825); child of Samuel Mundy and Phoebe (Reed) Mundy
Murphey
- William M. Murphey (b. 1830)
Murra
- William M. Murra (b. 1844, Bond County); child of William Murra and Jane (Harris) Murra
Nesmith
- O. P. Nesmith (b. 1846, Athens County); child of Jonathan Nesmith
Nisbit
- Andrew F. Nisbit; married Lizzie Massey
Norris
- James Norris (b. 1838, Kennebec County); child of G. K. Norris
Odell
- Newton J. Odell (b. 1840, Wayne County); child of Joseph Odell and Elizabeth Odell
- George W. Odell (b. 1852); married Alfarata Hunsinger
Ore
- Casselman Ore (b. 1829, Mahoning County)
Orr
- Emanuel Orr; child of Alexander Orr and Lucy (Collins) Orr
Overbee
- James C. Overbee (b. 1820, Allen County); child of James Overbee and Lucretia (Wade) Overbee; married Eleanor McEight
Owen
- William M. Owen (b. 1827, Barren County); child of E. C. Owen; married Nancy C. Owen
Patterson
- Oliver P. Patterson (b. 1838); child of Richard M. Patterson
Pearce
- James F. Pearce (b. 1820, Trumbull County); child of Amos Pearce and Ada (James) Pearce
Pendleton
- Erasmus W. Pendleton; child of Samuel C. Pendleton; married Lucretia Murphy
Pennington
- Jesse Pennington (b. 1828, Monroe County)
Pettijohn
- Edwin L. Pettijohn (b. 1831); child of John Pettijohn
Pettyjohn
- John Pettyjohn (b. 1813, Brown County); child of John Pettyjohn
Phillips
- John C. Phillips (b. 1823)
Price
- James T. Price (b. 1823, Posey County); married Jane Nisbit
Richardson
- Alexander Richardson (b. 1828); married Mary Bruce
Rider
- Sylvester Rider (b. 1814, Adams County)
- Alexius B. Rider (b. 1845); child of Sylvester Rider and Ann F. Rider
Robertson
- A. S. Robertson (b. 1830, Lawrence County); child of David Robertson and Rebecca (Clark) Robertson
Robinson
- W. H. Robinson; child of I. B. Robinson and Elizabeth (Curry) Robinson
Rochell
- James Rochell (b. 1840, Franklin County); child of James Rochell
Scott
- William Scott (b. 1826); child of William Scott; married Narcissa Hunt
- Thomas W. Scott (b. 1842)
Sha
- William Sha (b. 1817, Stark County); married Maria Alexander
Shaeffer
- J. B. Shaeffer (b. 1846)
- W. C. Shaeffer (b. 1854)
Shaw
- George W. Shaw (b. 1831, Davis County)
Simms
- William Simms (b. 1814); child of William Simms
Simpson
- W. C. Simpson (b. 1853)
Smith
- J. G. Smith (b. 1847); child of J. G. Smith
- G. F. Smith; child of Diewault Smith and Eva (Lantz) Smith
Soddart
- William Soddart (b. 1826); child of Robert Soddart
Spar
- John Spar (b. 1832)
Spaulding
- George W. Spaulding; child of William Spaulding and Mary Spaulding
Staley
- Samuel M. Staley (b. 1823, Montgomery County); child of Samuel M. Staley and Harriet (Melrose) Staley
Stanley
- Thomas C. Stanley (b. 1830, Botetourt County); child of Joel Stanley and Elizabeth (Combs) Stanley
Thomas
- John F. Thomas (b. 1830, Calloway County); child of Henry Thomas
Tribe
- John Tribe (b. 1831, Edgar County); married Kate A. Punkhouser
Trotter
- James W. Trotter (b. 1830, Bedford Township); child of Elisha B. Trotter and Amelia (Watkins) Trotter
Turney
- T. J. Turney (b. 1830); child of Anthony B. Turney; married Canzada Whitson
Ulm
- Daniel N. Ulm (b. 1833)
Wall
- A. L. Wall; child of A. S. Wall and Elizabeth (Allen) Wall
Walters
- James P. Walters (b. 1848); child of John Walters and Julia (Evans) Walters
Water
Weaver
- James H. Weaver (b. 1843, Monroe County); married Hannah A. Lennell
Weems
- T. L. B. Weems (b. 1836, Marion County); married Lura Bradley
West
- Z. B. West (b. 1827)
White
- William White (b. 1812, Logan County); child of John White and Catherine (Simons) White
Whiting
- William Whiting (b. 1837, Fayette County); married Ellen Baught
Willey
- John Willey; child of James Willey and Nancy (Coppage) Willey
Wilson
- Samuel J. R. Wilson (b. 1816, Ohio County)
- Silas Wilson (b. 1821, Grayson County); child of Samuel Wilson
- Joseph E. Wilson; child of Alfred Wilson and Elizabeth Wilson; married Elizabeth Laughlin
- Thomas A. Wilson; child of John Wilson and Eliza J. Wilson; married Frankie M. Presley
Winter
- A. Winter (b. 1836, Trumbull County)
Woodward
- George H. Woodward; child of Rev. John M. Woodward
Wright
- Charles W. Wright (b. 1831); child of David Wright and Elizabeth Wright
- W. A. Wright (b. 1849); child of A. C. Wright; married Sarah C. Johnson
Wyatt
- N. Wyatt; child of Charles Wyatt and Delila (Butcher) Wyatt; married Mary Pritchett
Yates
- Solomon Yates (b. 1835)