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SHERE's in Henry County
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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Administrator Denise 546 posts Mar 28, 2007 12:33 PM	Our friend, Allen, is looking for more SHERE information: Denise Thanks for looking up the shere census for me.. I am trying to find where William E Shere raised my grand mother Mae Shere. She Was born in Yorktown twp Henry County IL. Maybe her grand fathers Farm in section 13 Yorktown twp. Henry County, IL I also Like to know which Shere owned the Shere farm south of Yorktown Bureau County. Mike Shere lived there when his family Came to Yorktown from Germany. Photo in Shere family alb. Do you know where I can get farm plat maps or township maps wih farm owner Names ? Allen ---------- Denise Family History Coordinator Tampico Area Historical Society
Administrator Denise 547 posts Mar 28, 2007 12:47 PM	May I assume that your g/m "Mae" would be the same person as Lilly May? If so, she shows up on the 1880 census: 1880 United States Federal Census > Illinois > Henry > Yorktown > District 124 Name: Wm. Shere Home in 1880: Yorktown, Henry, Illinois Age: 31 Estimated birth year: abt 1849 Birthplace: New York Relation to head-of-household: Self (Head) Spouse's name: Charity Father's birthplace: Eng Mother's birthplace: Eng Neighbors: View others on page Occupation: Farmer Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Household Members: Name Age Wm. Shere 31 Charity Shere 23 Clarance Shere 5 Lily May Shere 3 Harriett Wolsey 15 David Peterson 19 I tried to check the IL Marriage Archives for a marriage, but the site is down right now. You may want to try it later at the following link: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/marriage.html Also check their land maps: http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/data_lan.html You can access the 1880 census records for free on the LDS FHL site. www.familysearch.org Plat maps are hard to come by. Our Sterling Library has a lot of info on Henry County. I can check on my next visit to see if I can find anything. We don't have any farmer's plat maps for Henry County that I am aware of. Henry County has a genealogical society - I think it's in Kewanee. I'll try to find the link to it, but you could "google" it as well. ---------- Denise Family History Coordinator Tampico Area Historical Society Last Edited by on Mar 28, 2007 12:51 PM
Debra L. Peterson 64 posts Mar 29, 2007 8:46 PM	Yes Denise you are correct- "Mae" is Lilly Mae Shere. She was my grandmother Temple's half sister.
Administrator Denise 551 posts Apr 01, 2007 8:32 PM	The IL State Archive site is back up again: JOHNSON, FRED W SHERE, L MAE 01/12/1898 / 00009927 WHITESIDE MARTIN, HARRY A SHERE, MABEL E 10/14/1914 3 /305 11781 HENRY SHERE, ALBERT H GERBER, LENA REBECCA 12/28/1904 3 /54 8520 HENRY SHERE, AMBROSE A SWANSON, LINDA 09/06/1877 00B/0154 01877199 HENRY SHERE, CLARENCE E MERRIAM, FLOSSIE 12/06/1895 / 00009367 WHITESIDE SHERE, EDWARD E GATES, CLARA L 02/16/1876 / 00004100 WHITESIDE SHERE, WILLIAM NELSON, MOLLIE 04/28/1892 018/ WHITE SHERE, WILLIAM E DOW, ZILLA A 06/12/1895 2 /104 5033 HENRY SHERE, WILLIAM E WILSEY, CHARITY 03/01/1874 00B/0095 01874045 HENRY ---------- Denise Family History Coordinator Tampico Area Historical Society
Administrator Denise 552 posts Apr 02, 2007 1:22 PM	Allen, I have a1915 plat map of Henry county. It shows the following for section 13, Yorktown Twp, Henry Co.: NE corner: Ambrose Shere - 80 acres NW Corner: Aaron Brants - 120 acres East Center (south of Ambrose Shere): A G.Seyller - not marked, but looks like 80 acres. SE corner: unmarked/vacant West Center - 80 acres unmarked for owner Central: John Berge - 120 acres Southern part of section, from West to East is divided into four sections of 40 acres each. Starting at the s/w corner and moving east, they are owned as follows: SW corner: W. F. Fehlmen - 40 acres Next 40 acres east of Fehlmen: Eshelman Next 40 acres: OJB Williams Last section - SE corner is 40 acres - no owner listed. Does this help? I'll send you a drawing in email to better explain this. I also have a map of Bureau County (ca 1910 I think) that shows section 18, Yorktown, with A A Shere owning 40+ acres and Seyllers owning about same acerage just south of him. Not sure if this is your lady or not, but the 1900 census shows a Fred & May Johnson living in P-town, with a son, Lloyd. Fred Johnson b. April 1877, IL, Farmer May Johnson, b. July 1877, IL Lloyd, son, b. Aug. 1898,1 yr., IL 1900 United States Federal Census Name: Fred Johnson Home in 1900: Prophetstown, Whiteside, Illinois Age: 23 Estimated birth year: abt 1877 Birthplace: Illinois Relationship to head-of-house: Head Spouse's name: May Race: White Occupation: View image Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Fred Johnson 23 May Johnson 22 Lloyd Johnson 1 ---------- Denise Family History Coordinator Tampico Area Historical Society Last Edited by on Apr 03, 2007 5:29 AM

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