Hi Mabel Its Bill Hamilton The cold weather is back so I'm starting to do geneology again. I saw that you were investigating Harry McLaughlin and Jand Aubuchon...any luck on that?
I have been over in IL, at Patoka, Centralia, Sandoval and Salem. Some of the following is from the Salem Court House records:
1840 US Census IL: Marion Co:Robert (Williamson) Lewis (Henry Clay Lewis' father) is listed as having the following individuals living in his househld: 2 boys under 5, 1 man under 35 (Robt. himself), 2 women under 25 (One was likely his wife LeAnn Phelps. I don't know who ther other was.)
1850 US Census IL Marion Co: Continued on next message