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FOY ancestors
The Tampico Area Historical Society encompasses parts of Whiteside County and Bureau County in Illinois. Focus is on Tampico, Hume Twp., Hahnaman/Deer Grove, & Prophetstown in Whiteside County & Yorktown & Thomas in Bureau County.

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davidfoy 2 posts Mar 24, 2006 11:30 AM	I have just returned from Tampico searching for my ancestors. I received alot of good leads from Denise at the Historical Society. I am stumped on finding alot about WILLIAM FOY. He was a native of Vermont, and was born about 1788. He was married to Ruth Morrill, also from Vermont. They had 10 children. They moved to McDonough County, IL in 1839, had a farm, and moved to Whiteside Co. in aprox 1853, and died in Prairie City, IL in 1869. Ruth died in Prophetstown, IL on Sept 21,1864. I can not find any information regarding WILLIAM FOY's parents or ancestors. PLEASE HELP. Thank you. David Foy Knoxville, TN
Administrator Denise 334 posts Mar 25, 2006 6:56 AM	Hi David, I didn't get a chance to say good-bye! Have you checked the family charts on the LDS? I'm going on memory now, but there was a chart for Wm. and listed his father as Charles (I think - I have to check my notes again). Also, did you get in touch with Janet Goodell? I forgot to tell you to check with the area churches for records. They often contain much more info than civil records. Janet could probably help you out there. Here are some websites for Prairie City: McDonough Co., IL - Prairie City Twp Index http://www.macomb.com/~ilmcdono/townships/PrairieCitytpindex.html http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=264092 DUPLICATE NAMES Other IL communities named Prairie City: IL communities formerly known as Prairie City: ·Toledo, Cumberland County Former and merged community names include: · Majority Point · Prairie City Support for libraries http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=216324 PRAIRIE CITY, IL http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genealogyInfo.php?locIndex=264092 This site gives links to other area info: Cemeteries, History, etc. McDonough County, IL Genealogical Society http://www.macomb.com/mcgs/ I still haven't found anything that lists Wm.'s town or county where he was born. You could start with the Vt. State historical society and work backwards. Try to find out what institution or organization would keep funeral logs, and/or church archives. If none of this leads anywhere, get back to me and I'll see if I can find anything else. It was wonderful to get to meet you in person. ---------- Denise Family History Coordinator Tampico Area Historical Society
LesN 52 posts Mar 25, 2006 1:57 PM	I have Wm and Ruth in my database thru their son George FOY who married Nancy P. DICKERSON 4/30/1844 in McDonough Co., IL. Nancy P. DICKERSON was the sister of my ggg granmother Anna DICKERSON JONES. I don't have any more information regarding Wm and Ruth than is posted here; however, I would be greatly interested in getting any information on the 9 other siblings of George. Thanks, Les
Administrator Denise 337 posts Mar 27, 2006 7:54 AM	Les & David, This was extracted from an on-line family chart. I don't know how accurate it is (I did find several inaccuracies in chart)and it hasn't been updated since 2002, so email may not be current. But for what it's worth, here it is: ONLINE GEN CHART gmiles Entries: 11720 Updated: Wed Feb 27 10:39:12 2002 Contact: Connie Miles mitey_mom@yahoo.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Descendant Register, Generation No. 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Ruth MORRILL was born 1790 in ,,Vermont, and died 21 SEP 1864 in Prophetstown,Whiteside,Illinois. She married William FOY ABT 1810. He was born ABT 1788 in ,,Vermont, and died 16 JAN 1869 in Prairie City,Mc Donough,Illinois. Children of Ruth MORRILL and William FOY are: 2 i. Phoebe FOY. 3 ii. Mahala FOY. 4 iii. Harriet FOY. + 5 iv. George FOY was born 29 AUG 1881 in ,Allegany,New York, and died 6 MAY 1895. 6 v. Daniel FOY was born 1812 in Napoli,Cattaraugus,New York. 7 vi. William FOY. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Descendant Register, Generation No. 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. George FOY (Ruth MORRILL1) was born 29 AUG 1881 in ,Allegany,New York, and died 6 MAY 1895. He married Nancy P. DICKENSON 30 APR 1844 in Tennessee,Mc Donough,Illinois. She was born 9 MAR 1822 in ,,Kentucky, and died 16 JUL 1900. Children of George FOY and Nancy P. DICKENSON are: 8 i. Charles Edward FOY was born 1846 in ,,Tennessee. 9 ii. Mary F. FOY was born 1847 in ,,Tennessee. 10 iii. Augusta E. FOY was born 1849 in ,,Illinois. + 11 iv. Eunice Elmira FOY was born ABT 1850, and died 22 JUN 1870 in Foytown,Whiteside,Illinois. 12 v. Wilbur FOY was born 1855 in ,,Illinois. 13 vi. Albert Edgar FOY was born 1857 in ,,Illinois, and died 24 DEC 1881. 14 vii. Emma FOY was born 1858 in ,,Illinois, and died 22 APR 1870. 15 viii. Freeman E. FOY was born 1865/1866 in ,,Illinois, and died 1956. 16 ix. Augustus FOY was born ABT 1860 in ,,Illinois. 17 x. Latitia FOY was born ABT 1863 in ,,Illinois. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Descendant Register, Generation No. 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. Eunice Elmira FOY (George FOY2, Ruth MORRILL1) was born ABT 1850, and died 22 JUN 1870 in Foytown,Whiteside,Illinois. She was buried JUN 1870 in Leon Cem.,Prophetstown,Whiteside Co.,Illinois. She married Edward J. FORWARD 31 JAN 1869 in ,Whiteside,Illinois, son of George FORWARD and Sarah CAGER. He was born 19 JUL 1839 in Cato,Cayuga Co.,New York, and died 31 MAY 1923 in Goddard,Sedgwick Co.,Kansas. He was buried JUN 1923 in Greenwood Cem.,Oatville,Sedgwick Co.,Kansas. Child of Eunice Elmira FOY and Edward J. FORWARD is: 18 i. Ellen FORWARD was born ABT JAN 1870 in ,Whiteside,Illinois, and died 5 SEP 1871 in ,Whiteside,Illinois. ********************************************************* This is another one of those charts that lists Daniel as being born in 1812 - which I had asked about in a seperate post on the boards. Here's a better on-line chart and his email is current!: ONLINE GEN CHART Booth 092705 Entries: 5661 Updated: 2005-09-27 23:46:41 UTC (Tue) Contact: James Hamilton jamham@mchsi.com Ahnentafel, Generation No. 1 1. Daniel FOY was born 31 JUL 1822 in , , NY, and died 6 MAR 1899 in , Whiteside, IL. He was the son of 2. William FOY and 3. Ruth MORRILL. He married Matilda WILLIAMS 1 DEC 1842 in , Hancock, IL. She was born 10 APR 1821 in , , KY, and died 2 APR 1911. Ahnentafel, Generation No. 2 2. William FOY was born ABT 1788 in , , VT, and died 16 JAN 1869 in Prairie City, McDonough, IL. 3. Ruth MORRILL was born 1790 in , , VT, and died 21 SEP 1864 in Leon, Prophetstown, Whiteside, IL. Children of Ruth MORRILL and William FOY are: i. Mary FOY was born ABT 1812 in , , NY, and died 4 SEP 1871 in , Whiteside, IL. She married Ashley BOOTH 1830, son of William BOOTH and Sarah "Sally" ASHLEY. He was born 17 JAN 1806 in Freetown, Bristol, MA, and died 22 AUG 1885 in Portland, Whiteside, IL. ii. George W. FOY was born 29 AUG 1818 in , Allegany, NY, and died 16 MAY 1900 in , Whiteside, IL. He married Nancy P. DICKENSON 30 APR 1844 in , Hancock, IL. She was born 9 MAR 1822 in , , KY, and died 16 JUL 1900 in , Whiteside, IL. 1. iii. Daniel FOY was born 31 JUL 1822 in , , NY, and died 6 MAR 1899 in , Whiteside, IL. He married Matilda WILLIAMS 1 DEC 1842 in , Hancock, IL. She was born 10 APR 1821 in , , KY, and died 2 APR 1911. iv. John FOY was born JUN 1820 in , Cattaraugus, NY, and died 21 JUL 1876 in , , IL. He married Rachel WHITE 1 MAY 1844 in , Hancock, IL. She was born 1823, and died 23 MAR 1900 in , , IL. v. William FOY was born 1835 in , , IL. He married Maria June DRAIN 15 FEB 1860 in , Whiteside, IL. She was born 1842 in , , IL. ******************************************************* And here is an entry in the 1850 census (I get more confused with each search) 1850 United States Federal Census Record Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Not Stated,Hancock, Illinois HOH: William Foy, age 58 (b. appx 1792) in NH, farmer Wife: Ruth, age 58 (b. appx. 1792) in VT Harriett, age 19 (b. appx. 1831) in NY William, age 16 (b. appx. 1834) in NY *********************************************** The Bastian W/S History Book has something on Foytown, but I left it at the Historical Society. I'll post it as soon as I can get over there. Denise ---------- Denise Family History Coordinator Tampico Area Historical Society Last Edited by Administrator on Mar 27, 2006 8:09 AM
Administrator Denise 341 posts Apr 03, 2006 1:18 PM	The following message was emailed to me from John Pritchard: David, I just read about your recent trip to Tampico, and you and following information have touched on several people that I have in my family file. I live in Prophetstown, and have relatives buried in the Leon Cemetery, and several of the Foy names are familiar. In the material presented in this post, I find EDWARD J. FORWARD. At the time of reading this information, he was in my file as Edward Forward. Edward is a brother to my direct line William Forward. Edward Forward & Eunice Elmira Foy, have a Whiteside County Marriage Licence # 2242, dated 31 January, 1869. In my note file on him: "Dec. 24, 2001; After finding his first wife and daughter in the Leon Cemetery yesterday, today I find in the 1900, Biographical Record of Whiteside County, Il., Edward locates near Wichita, Kansas." I ran a census search on him (as I remember) and found him living at or near Banesville, Kansas. I recorded some family names on a visit to the Leon Cemetery Dec. 23, 2001. FORWARD; Elmira E. W/O E. Forward d. June 22, 1870, 19y - 7mo. - 1 ds. ELLA E. Dau. of E. + E. E. Forward d. Sept. 5, 1870, Lived 2mo. 13 ds. If I have my math correct, Ella E. was born on her mother's death date. I'm sorry to say that this is about all I had in my note file on this side of the family, but that isn't to say that I didn't do a little searching as it really took my interest, as I have other Foy's etc. in my file. I did some internet searching. 1. Centerville, Allegany Co., N.Y. "William Foy and Ruth Morrill were the first to marry at Centerville. 2. (In reference to Wm. Foy b. N.H. per census) http://www.morrillonline.com/html/MorrillSargent-1754-1834.html Ruth Morrill --- Married ca. 1811 to William Foy. William Foy was b. in N.H., ca. 1788; d. in Prairie City, Ill., 16 January 1869. I don't have any idea of how far you have tracked the Morrill side of this marriage, but in case you haven't be prepared for some 6 generations in the above URL. 3. Genealogy Library dot com: Morrill Kindred in America Vol II Author: Annie Morrill Smith Call # R9292.M874s v.2 An Account of the descendants of Abraham Morrill of Salisbury, Massachusetts, 1632-62, through his three sons, Mr. Isaac, Capt. Jacob and Lieut. Moses Morrill, to 1931. (Down load pages # 61 & 62) Ruth Morrill; daughter of Sargent Morrill - Rev. War, moved to Canterbury, N.H. in 1771 "vi. Ruth, b. 1790, d. Sept. 21, 1864 Leon, Ill., m. William Foy, had 10 children." Above this list (7 children) for Sargent is the authors mention of source. "According to the records sent by Mary L. Young, daughter of Laura (7) Morrill, Sargent and Ruth (Hoyt) Morrill had 7 children". On going here..... Down load page 169. "358 Laura (7) Dau. of Masten(6), Sargent(5) etc.... b. Oct. 4, 1821, Olean, New York, d. March 12, 1877, Geneseo, Illinois, buried in Sharon, Illinois, m. Walter Young, Dec. 30, 1858, Leon, Illinois, b. Dec. 29, 1816, near Cazenovia, New York, d. April 24, 1884, Geneseo, Ill. was a farmer. Children: Lizzie Luella Young, b. Nov. 5, 1859, near Spring Hill, Whiteside Co., Ill. lives at Prophetstown. In an assuming thought. The Library in Geneseo has a ton of their old newspapers on Mico-film. I'm sorry to say that the old Prophetstown newspapers were the victim of extensive water damage in a flooded basement. I understand that they are presently in the Prophetstown Library, and are yet to be carefully opened and researched. Some may be a total loss, but I often think of how much information is laying there. I have written a lot more than directly related to your subject, but someone from this area, just may be able to pick up on some of the material presented. Especially the mention of the Young family material. They just might know about the ten children. Enough said, and Happy Hunting: JackP

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