I haven't checked the message board for a while so this is in reply to your message 21 Sep 2007. I still have found no documentation for James Harvey Kitchell b.place yet either. The Census record 1860 p391 for Crawford County IL, shows he said he was born New York, but I'm still betting he said "Newark" and the census taker didn't understand correctly. I'm not sure about one note in your message about Nancy Gill Kitchell, wife of JHK, dying in 1838. I have seen her gravestone in the Palestine Cemetery Aug 1995. Copied dates for birth and death from gravestone. Hers were complete dates with month, day and year. b. 3 Feb 1802 d.5 Nov 1877. Also said Aged 75 y 9 m 2 d. Her picture has been passed down through the family it is also noted on the back with these dates. I will be happy to share the picture by email in jpg form. I also have pictures of Eva Steele and June Hannah Steele Smith who were Mollie's sisters. I don't have b.dates or d.dates on either but they were good friends and cousins of my grandmother Ola Kitchell Taylor. I knew June Smith and her daughter Portia Smith from the Presbyterian Church in Palestine. We all attended every Sunday. My email is
mshort3@mac.com if you want to make contact for pictures and what little information I have on your family. I would be interested in the obits for Mollie and Dr. Steele.