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Female 1873 - 1944  (71 years)


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  1. 1.  Etta Ralls was born on 1 Apr 1873 in Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois (daughter of Franklin Ralls and Harriet Cline); died on 9 Apr 1944 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 12 Apr 1944 in Spring Hill Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: housewife
    • Census: 1920, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois
    • Census: 1930, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois
    • Census: 1940, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois

    Notes:

    Etta married Alfred L. Hackney, a widower with 5 children. Alfred's first wife, Lida F. (Snider) Hackney died in 1918

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134356928

    Etta married Edward Shepherd on 2 Apr 1899 in Vermilion County, Illinois. Edward was born in Sep 1874 in Illinois; died in 1918; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Alfred Leonard Hackney. Alfred (son of John Fulton Hackney and Christiana Menzies) was born on 26 May 1870 in Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois; died on 11 Aug 1938 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 13 Aug 1938 in Spring Hill Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Franklin Ralls was born in 1840 in Ohio; died on 13 Jun 1920 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 15 Jun 1920 in Danville National Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: farmer
    • _MILT: Civil War
    • Census: 1870, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois
    • Census: 1880, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois
    • Census: 1910, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois
    • Census: 1920, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois

    Notes:

    Civil War military service:

    Enlisted 7 July 1862, Danville, Illinois. Company A, 71 Illinois Infantry, private.
    Discharged, mustered out, 29 October 1862, Danville, Illinois.

    Name: Franklin Ralls
    Rank: Private
    Company: A
    Unit: 71st Illinois Infantry
    Height: 5' 7
    Hair: DARK
    Eyes: BLACK
    Complexion: DARK
    Marital status: Single
    Occupation: Farmer
    Birth Date: Abt 1837
    Birth Place: Hamilton CO, OH
    War: Civil War
    War Years: 1861-1865
    Service Entry Age: 25
    Service Entry Date: 7 Jul 1862
    Service Entry Place: Danville, IL
    Joined By Whom: O GILBERT
    Period: 3 MO
    Muster In Date: 26 Jul 1862
    Muster In Place: Chicago, IL
    Muster Out Date: 29 Oct 1862
    Residence Place: Vermilion CO, IL
    Record Source: Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls
    https://www.ilsos.gov/isaveterans/civilMusterSearch.do?key=206313


    LKH Notes:

    In 1919 he was admitted to US National Homes for Disable Volunteer Soldiers, Danville, V ermilion County, Illinois. In 1920 he died in that hospital.

    The Cline/Milner cemetery has a burial for Alfred Ralls b.16 January 1866, d.10 September 1870. Franklin and Harriet (Cline) Ralls are also buried there. Is this their child?

    Franklin Ralls information on Illinois deaths and stillbirths index gives his father's name: Moses, and his mother as Newbro.


    Name:
    son of Moses Ralls and Margaret Newbro

    Died:
    US National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Danville, Illinois. Admitted 1919.

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/2568658/franklin-a_-ralls

    Plot 10, 2909, R5

    Franklin married Harriet Cline on 16 Apr 1863 in Vermilion County, Illinois. Harriet (daughter of Spencer Cline and Rachel Shephard) was born on 19 Jan 1845 in Illinois; died on 26 May 1875; was buried in Cline/Milner Cemetery, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Harriet Cline was born on 19 Jan 1845 in Illinois (daughter of Spencer Cline and Rachel Shephard); died on 26 May 1875; was buried in Cline/Milner Cemetery, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27387591/harriet-ralls

    Notes:

    Married:
    Marriage License Abstracts Vermilion County, Illinois 1853-1874. Page 114. No record of anyone signing for bride or groom

    Children:
    1. Maggie Ralls was born on 9 Apr 1865 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 15 Oct 1866 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Cline/Milner Cemetery, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    2. Alfred Ralls was born on 16 Jan 1866; died on 10 Sep 1870; was buried in Cline/Milner Cemetery, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    3. Lillie Ralls was born on 14 Feb 1868 in Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 2 Dec 1918 in Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 2 Dec 1918 in Illinois.
    4. John Leroy Ralls was born on 18 Jul 1869 in Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 26 Jun 1927 in Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 27 Jun 1927 in Cline/Milner Cemetery, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    5. 1. Etta Ralls was born on 1 Apr 1873 in Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 9 Apr 1944 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 12 Apr 1944 in Spring Hill Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    6. Albert Ralls was born on 16 Jan 1875 in Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 12 Aug 1959 in Clinton, Boone County, Indiana; was buried on 14 Aug 1959 in Floral Hill Cemetery, Hoopeston, Iroquois County, Illinois.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Spencer Cline was born on 14 Aug 1813 in Kentucky (son of John B. Cline and Catherine Shumate); died on 27 Mar 1893 in Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Sidell Township, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: farmer
    • Census: 1850, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois
    • Census: 1860, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois
    • Census: 1870, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois
    • Census: 1880, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois

    Notes:

    No history of Vermilion county would be complete without the record of Spencer Cline, who for many years assisted materially in the improivement and upbuilding of the county as a representative of its agricultural interests. He was born in Kentucky, August 13, 1812, and was of German and Scotch extraction. His parents, John D. C. and Catherine (Shumate) Cline, came to this county in 1829, when the work of progress and improvement had scarcely been begun and often would attend the Indian meetings here. The father was a potter by trade and frequently made trips as far north as Wisconsin in order to dispose of his wares. He also traveled along the Sangamon river, selling his goods. Spencer Cline acquired his education in the schools of his native state and when a young man of seventeen accompanied his parents to Vermilion county, where he lived until called to his final rest. He assisted in the arduous task of developing a new farm and the hardships and trials incident to life on the frontier became familiar to him through actual experience. He was married in 1840 and then began farming and stock-raising on his own account, living on section [25], Blount township - the old homestead on which his parents had lived and died. The house which still stands here is now about seventy-two years old and in it the widow of our subject is yet living and expects to spend her remaining life here. After coming to Illinois Spencer Cline knew no other home. On the 8th of October, 1840, he wedded Rachel Shephard, who was of Scotch lineage and a daughter of Louis and Celia (McCreary) Shephard, both natives of Burke county, North Carolina. Mrs. Cline was born in the same state, December 24, 1819, and attended school there. Subsequently her parents removed to Terre Haute, Indiana, where she continued her education, remaining there until she reached womanhood. She was eighty three years of age in December, 1902, and is one of the honored pioneer ladies, whose memory forms a connecting link between the primitive past and the progressive present.
    Spencer Cline assisted in clearing the old home farm. The land here was entered by his father from the government and not a furrow had been turned or an improvement made upon the place. All of the pioneer conditions of Vermilion county were familiar to Mr. and Mrs. Cline.
    Danville contained but two stores and a Baptist church when Mrs. Cline came to Vermilion county. The milling was done at Covington, Indiana, and the country was all covered with timber or stretched away as an unbroken prairie for miles. The meals were largely cooked in great iron pots or kettles which were hung from the crane that extended over the fire place. Bread and pies were baked in a skillet which, was covered over and then coals placed upon it The johnny cake, a frequent article of food at that time, was baked upon a board placed before the fire. Mrs. Cline still has in her possession an old timepiece called a spring clock, which is more than seventy years old.
    Unto our subject and his wife were born ten children, seven of whom reached mature years, while three are now living: David C.; Lewis, who married Eliza Demoss and had five children, their home being in Blount township; and Margaret, the wife of John P. Stuckey, by whom she had nine children, seven of whom are yet living.
    Mr. Cline was called to his final rest March 27, 1893, at the age of seventy-nine years and five months. He was long a consistent member of the Christian church and Mrs. Cline has been a member of the church for about forty years. She is still living in the old log-cabin home and has twenty acres of ground around her place. This is largely planted to blackberries, pears, peaches and apples and the sale of her fruit brings her a good income. In the early days she spun and wove her own clothing, spinning wheels being used extensively in the time of her girlhood, but as the years passed and cities grew and brought with them the ready made materials from the factories and looms of the east. Her husband, Mr. Cline, was at one time a member of a party that walked to Chicago to help dig the cellar for the first brick house erected in that city. He frequently made trips to Chicago with ox teams and returned with salt and provisions.
    David C. Cline, who still lives upon the old homestead, where he was born September 12, 1854, in the log house in which his grandparents and his father lived and died, pursued his education in the district schools and from an early age he assisted in the work of the home farm. He continued to attend the schools in the winter months until eighteen years of age, after which he was allowed the privilege of attending throughout the year until he attained his majority. Since that time he has given his attention exclusively to agricultural and horticultural pursuits and is now engaged in the raising of all kinds of fruit and vegetables for the city markets. In this lie has been quite successful, establishing a large trade, and his business has brought to him a comfortable income. In politics he is independent, voting not for party but for men and measures, and for nine years he has served his district as school director.
    Text from: The Past and Present of Vermilion County, Illinois, 1903. Pages 1117-1118.


    A surprise to Spencer Cline
    On the 13th of August, Mr. Spencer Cline, who lives in Blount township, on the Newtown road, reached his 75th year. He was sent by his good wife, Rachael, to the store for some soda, which she didn't need, but made an excuse to get him away. Then the neighbors came in with baskets laden with good things and spread a table with food fit for a king. They also brought a lot of nice presents. So when Mr. Cline returned home he was astonished, surprised, laughed until the tears run from his eyes, and shook hands all round. Thirty took dinner, had a joyful time and went away wishing Mr. Cline many more birthdays. The News extends congratulations also to both Spencer and Rachael.

    Newspaper clipping from Cora (Gritton) Hedges. No publishing information available.


    1850 US census, enumerated 19 December 1950
    Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois
    Spencer Cline, age 62, farmer
    Rachel, age 50
    Sarah, age 9
    Harriet, age 4
    Margaret, age 2
    value of real estate - $600
    Neighbors are the households of his father, John B. Cline, and his brother, Nathaniel Cline.


    1860 US census, enumerated 9 July 1960
    Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois
    Spencer Cline, age 46, farmer
    Rachel, age 40
    Harriet, age 14, attended school
    Margaret, age 12, attended school
    David age, 6, attended school
    Lewis, age 4
    Nathaniel, age 2
    Mary, age 6 months
    Catharine, age 70 [Spencer's widowed mother]
    S. C., age 18 [Sarah Catherine Cline, daughter of Andrew Jackson Cline and Eliza Millinder Cline]
    value of real estate - $1200
    value of personal estate - $300
    Neighbors to Abel Newbrough and family.


    1870 US census, enumerated 11 August 1870
    Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois
    Spencer Cline, age 56, farmer
    Rachel age, 52
    David age, 17, attended school
    Lewis, age 15, attended school
    Nathaniel, age 13, attended school
    Mary, age 11, attended school
    value of real estate, $2800
    value of personal estate, $400


    1880 US census, enumerated 15 June 1880
    Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    Spencer Cline age 67, farmer
    Rachel, age 60, keeping house
    David, age 27, farm laborer
    Nathaniel, age 23, farm laborer


    1850 US selected federal census non-population schedule - agriculture
    District 21 [Blount Township], Vermilion County, Illinois
    Line 20
    Spencer Cline
    60 acres improved land
    60 acres unimproved land
    cash value of farm = $600
    value of farm implements = $75
    3 horses
    68 swine
    value of livestock = $250
    wheat, bushels of = 30
    Indian corn, bushels of = 400
    Irish potatoes, bushels of = 6
    value of animals slaughtered = $40


    1860 US agricultural census, enumerated 21 August 1860
    Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois
    Spencer Cline
    40 improved acres
    40 unimproved acres
    Cash value of farm = $1000
    value of farming implements = $50
    2 horses
    20 swine
    value of livestock = $200
    Indian corn, bushels of = 600
    Irish potatoes, bushels of = 10
    buckwheat, bushels of = 15
    value of produce market garden = $15
    butter, pounds of = 150
    hay, tons of 30
    value of animals, slaughtered $100


    Vermilion County, Illinois. Will Book F, 1882-1896, page 430.
    Last Will and Testament of Spence Cline.
    Know all men by these present that I Spencer Cline of the County of Vermilion and the State of Ills. Being of mature age, and sound mind, do hereby make my last Will and Testament in manner and form following to wit: -
    First: It is my Will that my funeral expenses and all my just debt be paid in full.
    Second: After the payment of such funeral expenses and debts, I Will, devise and bequeath unto my beloved wife Rachel Cline, all my personal property, consisting of horses, cattle, hogs, poultry, wagon, harness and farm implements of all kinds, household and kitchen furniture and furnishings, moneys, and credits by me owned, also all of my land being the N.W. quarter of the S.W. quarter of Section No.25, of T20, R.12 West Vermilion County, Ills. Together with all the appurtenances thereunto belonging.
    Third: And lastly I hereby appoint my son David Cline executor of this my last Will and Testament and further Will that my said son shall not be required by the Court to give security for his faithful execution of this Will. In witness whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal this the seventh day of March A.D. 1893. Hereby revoking all former wills by me made and confirming this and no other as and for my last Will and Testament. Spencer [his X mark] Cline.
    Signed sealed published and declared by the testator as and for his last Will and Testament in our presence who at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other have here unto subscribed our names as witnesses thereto.
    N.L. Bowman
    Nelson Champlin
    State of Illinois
    Vermilion County


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/160198931/spencer-cline

    Spencer married Rachel Shephard on 8 Oct 1840 in Vermilion County, Illinois. Rachel (daughter of Louis Shepherd and Sealy McCreay) was born on 24 Dec 1819 in Burke County, North Carolina; died on 5 Nov 1910 in Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Rachel Shephard was born on 24 Dec 1819 in Burke County, North Carolina (daughter of Louis Shepherd and Sealy McCreay); died on 5 Nov 1910 in Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois
    • Census: 1910, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois

    Notes:

    In the 1910 US census, Rachel is in the household of her son Lewis Cline and his family.

    Text from: The Past and Present of Vermilion County, Illinois, 1903. Pages 1117-1118. [see notes for Spencer Cline for complete text]
    On the 8th of October, 1840, he [Spencer Cline] wedded Rachel Shephard, who was of Scotch lineage and a daughter of Louis and Celia (McCreary) Shephard, both natives of Burke county, North Carolina. Mrs. Cline was born in the same state, December 24, 1819, and attended school there. Subsequently her parents removed to Terre Haute, Indiana, where she continued her education, remaining there until she reached womanhood. She was eighty three years of age in December, 1902, and is one of the honored pioneer ladies, whose memory forms a connecting link between the primitive past and the progressive present.

    Notes:

    Married:
    Marriage License Abstracts Vermilion County, Illinois 1826-1852. Page 14. Henry Howard signed permission for Rachel.

    Children:
    1. Sarah Cline was born on 8 Sep 1840 in Vermilion County, Illinois.
    2. 3. Harriet Cline was born on 19 Jan 1845 in Illinois; died on 26 May 1875; was buried in Cline/Milner Cemetery, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    3. Margaret Cline was born on 14 Jan 1847 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 24 Mar 1941 in Alton, Madison County, Illinois; was buried on 27 Mar 1941 in Unnamed Cemetery, Mahomet, Champaign County, Illinois.
    4. Lewis Cline was born on 12 Sep 1853 in Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 30 Jan 1917 in Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 1 Feb 1917 in Cline/Milner Cemetery, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    5. David Cline was born on 12 Sep 1855 in Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 4 May 1927 in Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 6 May 1927 in Cline/Milner Cemetery, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    6. Nathaniel Cline was born in 1858 in Illinois; died on 29 Oct 1885; was buried in Cline/Milner Cemetery, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    7. Mary Cline was born about 1860 in Illinois.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  John B. ClineJohn B. Cline was born about 1786 in Pennsylvania; died on 3 Oct 1856; was buried in Cline/Milner Cemetery, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: potter
    • Census: 1840, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois
    • Census: 1850, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois

    Notes:

    From History of Vermilion County. By H. W. Beckwith. Chicago, Illinois, H.H. Hill and Company, 1879. Page 886.

    J.B. Cline came from Kentucky in 1829, and settled on section 25. He made a good farm, and was a good citizen. He had nine children, who are all dead but Spencer, who lives still in the same log-house his father built. Mr. (J.B.) Cline died many years ago. His widow died with the year past at the age of eight-four. Spencer, the only living child, has lived here fifty years. Of ten children five are living, three of them at home.


    From: The past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois. S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1903.
    Page 1117.
    Chapter on Spender Cline.
    His parents, John B. and Catherine (Shumate) Cline came to this county in 1828, when the work of progress and improvement had scarcely been begun and often would attend the Indian Meetings here. The father was a potter by trade and frequently made trips as far north as Wisconsin in order to dispose of his wares. He also traveled along the Sagamon river, selling his goods.
    page 1118.
    living on Section 25, Blount township - the old homestead on which her parents lived and died. The house which still stands here is now about seventy-two years old and in it the widow of our subject is yet living. ... Spender Cline assisted in clearing the old home farm. The land here was entered by his father from the government and not a furrow had been turned or an improvement made upon the place. All of the pioneer conditions of Vermilion county were familiar to Mr. and Mrs. Cline.


    LKH Notes:
    The earliest record I can find for this family is the marriage record for John Cline and Catey Shumate on 3 December 1811 in Harrison County, Kentucky. John Shumate is recorded as her father.

    The next record is the 1820 US census where the family resides on south side of Licking River, Harrison County, Kentucky. Household members are:
    1 white male aged 26-44 (who would be John B. Cline age 34).
    1 white male age 16-25 (who I cannot identify).
    3 white males under age 10 (who would be Spencer age 7, Andrew J age 5 and Nathaniel age 4).
    1 white female age 26-44 (who would be Catherine age 30).
    2 white females under age 10 (who would be Lizean age 7 and Susannah age 1).

    In the 1820 US census John Shumate is next door and is most probably Catherine (Shumate) Cline's father.

    The next record is the 1830 US census where the family resides in the western division, Harrison County, Kentucky. The household members are:
    1 white male age 40-49 (who would be John B. Cline age 44).
    1 white male age 15-19 (who would be Spencer age 17).
    2 white males age 10-14 (who would be Andrew J. age 15 and Nathaniel age 14).
    1 white female age 30-30 (who would be Catherine age 40).
    1 white female age 10-14 (who would be Lizean age 13).
    4 white females age 5-9 (who would be Susannah, age 11, Merica, abt 10, Sarah, age 8, and Amanda age 7).
    1 white female under the age of 5 who would be Mary age 5.

    In the 1830 US census, the households of John Shumate and of William Shumate are nearby.

    On 15 November 1830 John Cline is the original purchaser of 80 acres of federal land in Blount Township of Vermilion County, Illinois: Township 20N, Section 25, Range 12W, Section part W25W.
    Nearby Christian Cline purchased 160 acres on 9 November 1830: Township 20N, Section 26, Range 12W, Section Part SE. I have found no other records of him and I do not know if or how he might be related to John B. Cline.
    In 1831 three members of the Shumate family will also purchase land nearby: John Shumate, Stephen Shumate, and William Shumate. I have not yet found any records that would prove if or how they are related to Catherine (Shumate) Cline other than the probability that John Shumate was the father who signed at her marriage; and that her photo album contained a photograph of Bill Shumate, possibly her brother (?).

    The year 1830 was probably the year that the family moved from Harrison County, Kentucky to Vermilion County, Illinois. It was also a tragic year for youngest children. From their Bible records we know that baby Catherine died 26 Feb 1830, only five months old; baby John Cline died 23 May 1830 at one year, six months old; and young William died 11 Aug 1830 at three years, six months old. In July of 1830 their youngest child, Leusinda, was born, but she also would die just three years later.
    There are no locations given for either the deaths or the births in the Bible record, and there are no burial records that I yet have found in either Kentucky or Illinois. We also do not know if the family moved before or after John B. Cline purchased the 80 acres in Vermilion County.

    The next record is the 1840 US census when the Cline family resides in Vermilion County, Illinois. Household members are:
    1 white male age 50-59 (who would be John B. Cline age 54).
    1 white male age 20-29 (who would be Spencer age 29).
    1 white male age 15-19 (who would be Andrew J. age 25).
    1 white female age 40-49 (who would be Catherine age 49).
    3 white females age 15-19 (who would be: Sarah age 18, Amanda age 17, and Mary age 15).
    1 white female age 10-14 (I don't know who this is).
    Nearby families include William Shumate, John Shumate

    Son Nathaniel had married in March 1840 at age 24.
    Daughter Lizean had married in April 1837 at age 23.
    Daughter Susannah had married in March 1836 at age 21.
    Daugher Merica had married in May 1839 at age 20.
    Spencer would marry in October 1840.
    Sarah would marry in Jun 1841.
    Amanda would marry in January 1842
    Andrew J. would marry in Aug 1842.
    Mary would marry in October 1842.

    In the 1850 US census John B. Cline, age 64, household includes, his wife Catherine, age 50, and their orphaned granddaughter Catherine Cline, age 8 (daughter of Andrew Jackson Cline and Eliza Milliner). His occupation is listed as potter. They live next door to Spencer Cline and to Nathaniel Cline, both farmers. Next door to Stephen Cline is the household of John G. Gritton which includes his son Jesse, age 14, who will later marry Catherine.



    1850 US census
    John B. Cline, age 64, potter
    Catherine, age 50
    Catherine Cline, age 8 (orphaned daughter of Andrew Jackson Cline and Eliza Milliner).
    They live next door to the household of their sons Spencer Cline and Nathaniel Cline, both farmers.
    Next door to Stephen Cline is the household of John G. Gritton which includes his son Jesse, age 14, who will later marry Catherine.


    US General Land Office Records for land sales in Illinois
    Name: John Cline
    Issue Date: 13 Jun 1831
    Place: Vermilion, Illinois, USA
    Land Office: Palestine
    Meridian: 2nd PM
    Township: 20-N
    Range: 12-W
    Section: 25
    Accession Number: IL0370__.497
    Document Number: 2492



    Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales Database
    Detail
    Purchaser: CLINE JOHN
    Residence: VERMILION
    Social Status -
    Legal Description
    Aliquot Parts or Lot: W2SW
    Section Number: 25
    Township: 20N
    Range: 12W
    Meridian: 2
    County of Purchase: VERMILION
    Details of Sale
    Acres: 80.00
    Price per Acre: 1.25
    Total Price: 100.00
    Type of Sale: FD
    Date of Purchase: 11/15/1830
    Volume: 291
    Page: 048
    https://apps.ilsos.gov/isa/landSalesSearch.do



    Buried:
    John's farm was adjacent to Cline/Milner Cemetery - this is our best guess for his burial location.

    John married Catherine Shumate on 3 Dec 1811 in Harrison County, Kentucky. Catherine (daughter of John Shumate and Sarah Preston) was born about 1790 in Virginia; died on 9 Jan 1878; was buried in Cline/Milner Cemetery, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Catherine ShumateCatherine Shumate was born about 1790 in Virginia (daughter of John Shumate and Sarah Preston); died on 9 Jan 1878; was buried in Cline/Milner Cemetery, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1860, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois
    • Census: 1870, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois

    Notes:

    Census:
    In the 1860 US census Catharine Cline, age 70, and her granddaughter S. C. Cline, age 18, are in the household of Catherine's oldest son, Spencer Cline.

    Census:
    In the 1870 US census, Catherine Cline, age 78, is in the household of her granddaughter, Sarah and Sarah's second husband John F. Gritton.

    Buried:
    Catherine and her husband's farm was adjacent to Cline/Milner Cemetery - this is our best guess for her burial location.

    Notes:

    Married:
    Harrison County, Kentucky Marriages 1794-1832. By Charles M. Franklin. Page 43: Cline, John Shumate / Shewmate, Catey 3 Dec 1811. Father of Catey: John Shewmate

    Children:
    1. 6. Spencer Cline was born on 14 Aug 1813 in Kentucky; died on 27 Mar 1893 in Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Sidell Township, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    2. Andrew Jackson Cline was born on 10 Feb 1815 in Kentucky; died on 13 Nov 1842; was buried in Cline/Milner Cemetery, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    3. Nathaniel Cline was born on 11 Apr 1816 in Kentucky; died on 24 Jan 1863 in Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee; was buried on 24 Jan 1863 in Nashville National Cemetery, South Madison, Davidson County, Tennessee.
    4. Lizean Eliza Cline was born on 30 Aug 1817 in Kentucky; died on 1 Sep 1851.
    5. Susannah Cline was born on 10 May 1819 in Kentucky; died on 23 Nov 1850; was buried in Cline/Milner Cemetery, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    6. America Cline was born on 27 Nov 1820 in Kentucky; died before 1860.
    7. Sarah Cline was born on 21 Mar 1822 in Kentucky; died before 1863.
    8. Amanda Cline was born on 20 Apr 1823 in Kentucky; died on 7 Sep 1863; was buried in Gordon Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    9. Mary Cline was born on 19 Jan 1825 in Kentucky.
    10. William Cline was born on 25 Feb 1827 in Kentucky; died on 11 Aug 1830.
    11. John Cline was born on 4 Oct 1828 in Kentucky; died on 23 May 1830.
    12. Catherine Cline was born on 12 Sep 1829 in Kentucky; died on 26 Feb 1830.
    13. Leusinda Cline was born on 3 Jul 1830 in Illinois; died on 26 Feb 1833.

  3. 14.  Louis Shepherd was born about 1794 in North Carolina.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1840, Lost Creek, Vigo County, Indiana
    • Census: 1850, Lost Creek, Vigo County, Indiana

    Notes:

    LKH note: uncertain if this is the same family.
    There is a Louis Shepherd in the 1830 US census in Wilkes, North Carrolina
    Total of 3 free white persons in household
    1 free white male ages 15-19
    1 free white femail ages 15-19
    1 free white femail aged under 5.

    Unknown if there is any family connection, however,
    Next door is the household of Allen Shepherd
    Total of 4 free white persons in household
    1 free while male age 20-29
    1 free white male under the age of 5
    1 fee white female age 15-19
    1 free white female under age of 5
    free white persons under age 20 = 3
    free white persons ages 20-49 = 1

    Louis married Sealy McCreay. Sealy was born about 1788 in North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Sealy McCreay was born about 1788 in North Carolina.
    Children:
    1. 7. Rachel Shephard was born on 24 Dec 1819 in Burke County, North Carolina; died on 5 Nov 1910 in Vermilion County, Illinois.
    2. Joseph Shepherd was born in 1821 in North Carolina; died on 11 Feb 1889; was buried in Lost Grove Cemetery, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois.


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