From:
Ken and Laurie Huffman [[email protected]]
Sent:
Wednesday, July 16, 2003 6:24 AM
Subject:
RE: Brown County Permanent Residents Listing
Dear
Cliff,
Yes,
there are many misspellings in the listing and even a few that I introduced.
One of the many problems is that name spellings were not standardized until the
late 1800's. You may see different spellings of the same person's name as you
go from record to record. For example. My surname has three spellings in the
various Brown County records - Huffman, Hoffman and Hoofman. My son in law's name in New Mexico, Ulibarri, has
almost 40 different spellings. A lot of the time the names are spelled as the
person reporting it spoke or how the recorder heard or was prejudiced to spell
it. So, we, who are amateur genealogists, have to be as you are and check all
possible name spellings.
In the
lists of names in the Brown County Web pages, I have tried to be faithful to
the spellings found in the records copied. This way, when you look them up in
the actual record they are easier to find. For the most part I've done pretty
well. The 1850 Census is the worst and I really need to go back and fix it.
So,
what I will do for the Wethers/Withers is add your email and my response to the One Name Research section, so others
searching for these surnames can see the kinds of things they need to be aware
of .
Did you
need the burial information on the persons named?
Sincerely,
Ken
Huffman
-----Original
Message-----
From:
Clifford Morgan [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent:
Tuesday, July 15, 2003 11:43 PM
Subject:
Brown County Permanent Residents Listing
In
reviewing the Brown County Permanent Residents Listing, I found what
I think
are some errors in spelling. I was specifically researching the
Robinson,
Withers and Morgan entries and I found some "Wethers" entries
that I
believe should be "Withers".
Specificly,
the entries for "Wethers, Quenton" and "Wethers, Sarah T.
(Sallee)"
should be "Withers, Quinton" and Withers, Sarah T. (Sallee)"
Quinton
Withers married Sarah T. Sallee about 1830 in Missouri and moved
into
Brown County, IL sometime between 1835 and 1840 where they joined
Quinton's
father, Matthew K. Withers, and his brother-in-law, Benjamin
F.
Robinson, settling on land northeast of Versailles.
I'm not
sure about the other two "Wethers" (Edgar A. and Ella A.) but
they
might also be "Withers"; the names are familiar.
I'm
trying to be hlepful, not just critical; hope it works.
Cliff
Morgan
GGgrandson
of Benjamin F. Robinson and Somerville Withers.