kathleenc on Family Tree Circles

The Book, "Past and Present of Mercer County, Illinois" can be read online by going to http://www.archive.org/stream/pastpresentofmercerco
It is well worth the read, both historically and for genealogy info. Authors name is Isaac Newton Bassett, and if you have ancestors from this region, around the 1800's, you may be able to access info from this book. excellent resource.

Her parents were Walter WOOD and Harriet SMITH. She was born in 1845, married to Michael in 1866. My grandfather's name was Walter, probably named after his ggrandfather.