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What follows is a complete surname, place name, and subject index to 78 letters sent among members of the family of Leonidas Thrall and Edith Flint Thrall between 1870 and 1898, mostly in or near southern Illinois. If you find a relative in this list, contact me at hhsh@earthlink.net and I'll be happy to look up what was said about them. The Thralls were Methodists and closely associated with McKendree College in Lebanon, St. Clair County, Illinois. For more information please consult the St. Clair County Genealogical Society Quarterly volume 25, number 3, 2002, pages 136-140.

INDEX TO NAMES,PLACES, AND TOPICS

IN THE THRALL/FLINT FAMILY LETTERS



#1-78, 1870-1898



(Numbers refer to

letters, not pages)



----- Names -----



AKHURST (Greenville?), 37



ALEXANDER, Bro., 58B



ALLEN, Mrs. Dr. (Greenville), 28



ALLYN, Dr. (Lebanon), memorial service, 39A



ANTHONY, Susan B., 13



ASBURY, Edith (Salem), 42A

Mrs. (Salem), 42A



BAKER, Bro. (Xenia), 58B

John, 25, Prof., 56



BARNES, Jim (near Salem), 42A



BARR, Prof., 39A



BAUCHENS, Charlie, 42A



BECK, Carrie, see FLINT

Mrs., 39A



BELLE, Miss (Lebanon?), 23A



BENNETT (Greenville), 30



BLAKE, May (Johnsonville), 59



BONHAM, Mr. (Lebanon), 67



BORAH, Bro., 58B



BOYER, L. J. (not in Lebanon), 59



BRADFORD, Mrs. Della and John (Greenville), 33, 35



BRADSLY, Della (Greenville), 33



BRITTON, Lucretia Morgan, 1, 23, 46, 54



BROOKS brothers (Lebanon), 25



BROWN, Carrie (Salem), 42A

John, 13



BRYAN, Mrs. A. R., 42A

William Jennings, 42A



BUCHANAN, Old Brother (Greenville), 28



BULLARD, Willie (Salem), 42A



BURKITT, Bro., 58A



BUSSONG, Peter (Lebanon), died, 21



CADY, Olin (missionary), 41B



CAMPBELL, Charles, 21, 47



CAMPBELL, Hannah Caroline "Carrie" Thrall, 3, 4, 9, 10, 13, 17, 21, 25, 28, 31, 41B, 46, 47, 63



CARROL, Mrs. (missionary), 41B



CASTLE, Mrs. (Salem), 23A



CATTERDIN family (Ashley), 20



CAVALIER, Madame Sorabji, 41B



CELLARS, Miss (Salem, sick), 42A



CHAMBERLAIN, Clinton (Lebanon, Hutsonville), 57A, 70

John, 25, 53, 67, 68, 69

Mr., Mrs., 57A



CHAMBERS, Aunt Alice (Belleville, Kankakee), 70



CHANCE, Clarence (Salem), 42A



CLINE, Sister (Ashley, 4 children), 18A



CLINS?, Bro., 6



COLLINS, Dr. (Rev.) (Greenville), 36, 37



CRAMP, Mrs. Charles (central IL), 67



DANN, Mrs. (Greenville), 23C



DAVENPORT, Mrs. (Salem), 24

Sister (Salem), 58B



DEAKINS (Salem), 23A



DICKERMAN, Bro. Oliver (Ashley), 22



DOUTHILT, Bro., 56



DUNCAN (Lebanon), 70



DUNLAP, Mrs. (Salem, died), 42A



EASILY, Dr. (Greenville), 36



EASTWOOD (EASTERWOOD), Mary (Clarence, Shelby Co., MO), 41A

Willie (Clarence, Shelby Co., MO), 41A



EATON, Y.A., 59



ECKERT (Lebanon), 39A



ELIAS, Mrs. (Lebanon), 69



EVANS, Mrs. (Greenville), 30



FAGER, Prof., 58



FARMER, Squire (Patoka), 49



FARTHING, Mamie (Salem), 42A



FERGUSON, Harry (Reno), farmer, 33



FIFER, Gov. and Mrs., 28



FIKES, Dr. (Lebanon?), 49



FINLEY, Dr. (Salem), 42A



FISK, Bro., 59



FLINT, Annie E. Kirkland, letter from, 48, 59A



FLINT, Carrie Beck, 38, 44, 48, 51, 56



FLINT, Charles William, 35, 38



FLINT, Earl, 31, 48, 59A

letter from, 59B



FLINT, Edith Marie, see THRALL



FLINT, George, 7, 31, 48, 59A



FLINT, James, 7, 25, 41A, 44



FLINT, John Wesley, 3, 4, 7, 10, 11, 13, 18A, 25, 44, 60, 70, 71



FLINT, Louise, 48, 59A



FLINT, Lucile, 77



FLINT, Mary Gedney, 18, 23C, 25, 31, 37, 38, 39A, 40A, 41, 41A, 41B, 42A, 44, 47-49, 53, 56, 59A, 67, 69, 70, 72



FLINT, Matthew H. [probably = "Henry"], 7, 18, 18A

"Uncle" 23D, 28, 41A



FLINT, Minnie, 25, 44, 70, 72



FLINT, Myrtle, 41A



FLINT, Roy, 72



FLINT, Samuel F. [probably = "Fletcher"], 7, 18A, 25, 44, 72, 75;

letter from, 47A

"Uncle," 23B, 41B

(wife Gussie), 47



FLINT, William Sr., 7, 10, 25



FLINT, William Winterton, 18A, 23D, 31, 35, 41A, 41B, 42,

42A, 46-48

letters from, 38, 44



FLINT, Zie, 25, 28, 41A, 44



FLOYD, Mrs. (Greenville), 23B



FORBES, Mrs. (missionary), 41B



FOSTER, Sadie (Lebanon), 46



Friends or relatives without surnames

Aunt Potamia (Bone Gap), 23

Bertha (Flint relative?), 18

Blanch (Salem?), 46

Call, 1

Clara (Lebanon), 10, 13

Emma, 18

Gid, 69, 72

Jessie (Lebanon), 47

Jim, 64

Josie, 59

Kate, 28, 29, 31, 41A, 45, 64, 66

Minnie H., 23A

Wog, 1



FULGHAM, Dr. (Lebanon), 70

married, 71



GEDNEY, Mary, see FLINT



GEORGLE, Miss (Lebanon), 23A



GILHAM, Bro., 51



GOLDSBURY (Salem), 42A



GOOCH, Bro. (Patoka), 49, 59



GOTT, Carrie, married, 41B



GOULD, Alta, 21, 67



GOULD, Edith, 63, 67

letter to, 42A



GOULD, Flora, 67



GOULD, Laura Lucina Thrall, 17, 23, 46

eulogized, 63

letters to, 1



GOULD, Solon, 1, 23, 63



GOULD, Virgil, 42A



GRANKONNER, Mrs. (Salem), 24



GRUBE, Mrs. (Greenville), 30



HAMMOND, Fannie et al. (Ashley), 20



HANCKBONER, Hershel (Salem), 42A



HARE, Mrs. (widow) (Greenville), very sick, 31



HARRIS, Bro., 53



HAYN, Mrs. (Salem), 23A



HEADMAN, Bro. (Lebanon?), 23D, 39A



HEARMON, John (Mt. Vernon), 69



HENSLEY (Salem), 42A



HOBBS (Lebanon), 41A



HOYT (Lebanon), 39A



HULL, "Old Man" (Salem), 46



HYPES, Mrs. E. A., 39A, 41B



INGERSOLL, Robert, 57



JACKSON, Mrs. (Metropolis), 76



JAMES, Hannah, see THRALL



JEPSON, Prof. and Genevieve (Lebanon), 23D, 25, 47



JOHNSON, Prof. (Lebanon), 26, 60



JOHNSTON, Mrs. Belle (Salem), 42A



JONES, Mrs. (Greenville), 28



KERSHEY, Bro. (Lebanon), 13



KETRING, Miss (speaker in Salem and Lebanon), 40



KIMBALL, Bro. (Effingham), 45, 49, 50, 58B, 59

C.O., 66



KIRK (Lebanon), 39A



KIRKHAM, Etta (Lebanon), 30, 31, 33, 58



KIRKLAND, Annie, see FLINT



KNIGHT, Mattie (Salem), 46



LAWS, Mrs. (Greenville), died, 31



LEANDERS (Lebanon), 70



LEARY, Bro., 75



LEOY, Bro. (Lebanon), 68, 73



LEWIS girls (Lebanon, Piasa Bluffs), 47

Phebe (Lebanon), 66



LITTLE, Bro. & Sister (Odin, Sandoval), 42A, 58B



LOAR, Bro., 58B



LORD, Miss Hattie, Edith Flint's cousin (Lebanon), 17



LOUDENS (Lebanon), 41A



MACELWAIN, Mrs., 42A



MARSHAL(L), Aunt Harriet and Ella, 24, 54



MARSHALL, Bro. (Salem), 40A

Mrs. (Salem), 42A

Y.S. or T.S. (Salem), 42, 61A



MARTIN, Ben (Salem), 24

Gen. (Salem), 58B

Mrs. (Salem, with baby), 41B



MASDEN, Rev. Dr. C.P. (St. Louis), 23D, 25



MASSEY, Bro., 11



MCBRIDE, W.E. and Y.H., (Lebanon), very sick, 3



MCCAMMON, G. E. (not from Lebanon), 59



MCDONALD, Ed (St. Louis, Lebanon), died, 47



MCFERRIN, MRS., died, 41B



MCGERRIN, Carrie, married, 23



MCGOWAN, Miss May (Greenville), 28



MCQUIN, Jennie (Salem, died), 42A



MCREYNOLDS, Charlie (Columbus KS), 18



MEYER, Lucy Rider, 57



MILLS (Lebanon), 39A



MITCHELL, Fred (Salem), boy, 42, 42A

Mr. (Grayville), 22

Mrs. (Salem, sister of Purcell), 42A



MONROE, Col. (Ashley), 18A



MORGAN, Allen Theodore, 1



MORGAN, Lucretia, see BRITTON



MORGAN, Mary Elizabeth Thrall "Lizzie," 23, 46

letter to, 1



MORGAN, Milton Worthy, 1



MORRIL, Isaac (St. Elmo), 42A



MORRIS family (Lebanon), 70

Mr. (Greenville), 27

Sister (Ashley), 20



MULFORD (Greenville), suicide, 43



MULVANEY, Rev. J. M. (Cisne), 59



NALL, Bro., 53



NEARY, Mrs. (Lebanon), 61



NELMS, Mary (Salem), married, 43



NELSON, son of Mary and Horatio, 18, 18A, 19



NELSON, Etta, 18, 18A?



NELSON, Rev. Horatio, 3, 18, 18A

letter to, 19



NELSON, Mary Flint, 3, 6, 11, 19

letter to, 18, 18A



ORR, Bro. D. (not in Lebanon), 51

J. C. (not in Lebanon), 77



OTWELL, Ada (not in Lebanon), 59, 67

Bob (Lebanon), enlists for Spanish-American War, 67

Josie (Lebanon), 39A



PARKINSON, S.H. (Lebanon), 11



PEACH, Mr., "old" (Lebanon), 39A



PERRIN, Bro., 58B



PESOLD, Miss Ollitie (Lebanon), married, 71



PFEFFER, Mrs. (Lebanon), 56



PHILLIPS, D. W. (McKendree president), 18A



PLAIN, Charlie (age 13, near Raymond), 59B



PORTER, Mrs. (Salem), 23A



POWERS, Bro. (Lebanon), 57



PRUNTY, Sister (Grayville), 22



PURCELL, Mrs. (Salem, sister of Mitchell), 42A

Noah (Salem), 42A



RAY, O. B. (Salem), 42A



REEVES, Bro., 49



REID, Ward (Greenville), 28



ROBERTSON, Minnie, see FLINT



ROBINSON, Charlie (Lebanon),70



RONALDS, Minnie (Grayville), 22



ROOT, Etta (Lebanon), 39A, 41A

Mrs. (Lebanon), 59, 74



SAGER (Lebanon), 44



SALE, Bro. (Effingham), 24



SARGE/SEARGE, J. A. (not from Lebanon), 59, 62



SAULSBURY, Mrs. (Lebanon), 29



SAVAGE, Mrs. (Greenville), 28



SCANTHON, Bro., 58B



SCUDDER, Dr. (Cincinnati), 4



SEAMAN, Mrs. Frank (Greenville), 28, 30, 40

Jonathan (Greenville), 37



SHAY, Miss (Greenville), 28



SHEPERD, Mrs. (Lebanon), 6



SHULTZ, Mrs., 41B



SMITH (Salem), 42A

Amanda, 54, 57



SPARK, S. P. (Lebanon), 3



SPARKES, Mrs. (Greenville), 28



SPRAGG, Mr. (Lebanon), 47



SULLENS (Salem), 42A



SV/SWAHLEN, Prof. (Lebanon), 8, 17



THATCHER, Mrs. (Lebanon), 39A, 63



THOMPSON, Bess/Will/Grace Lottie (Salem), 24, 58

Bro., 42A

Mrs. (Salem), 40A



THOMSON, Bro., 56



THRALL, Charles H., 22, 23A, 23C, 24, 26, 27, 29, 35, 36, 38, 39A, 40A, 42A, 44, 46, 49, 53, 55, 56, 59, 59A, 51,

64-67, 69-71, 73-75

letters from, 51A



THRALL, Edith Laura, 17, 18A, 21, 22, 49, 55, 56, 58, 58B, 59A, 61A, 63-70, 72

letters from, 19, 57A, 58A, 78

letters to, 23A, 23B, 23C, 23D, 27-36, 31A, 38, 39A, 40-48, 50, 53



THRALL, Edith Marie Flint, 17, 32-34, 36, 42A, 57A, 78

letters from, 3, 5-13, 16, 18, 18A, 20-23, 23A, 23B, 23C, 23D, 25-28, 30, 31, 31A, 35, 39A, 40-43, 45-47, 49-57, 58, 58B, 59-64, 66-77

letters to, 2, 4, 14, 24, 32, 47A, 48, 59A



THRALL, Hannah Caroline "Carrie," see CAMPBELL



THRALL, Hannah James, letters from, 1

letters to, 17



THRALL, Harold L., 23C, 25, 31, 32, 34, 36, 40A, 42A, 46-48, 55-58, 61, 67, 69

letters from 29, 65

letter to, 59B, 60



THRALL, Laura Lucina, see GOULD



THRALL, Leonidas Worthy, 1, 18, 18A, 23A, 23C, 23D, 27, 28,

41-43, 45, 46, 48, 59A, 64, 66-68, 70-72

letters from, 2, 4, 14, 17, 24, 33, 34, 36

letters to, 3, 5-13, 16, 20-23, 25, 49-57, 57A,

58A, 58B, 59, 61A, 62, 63, 73-78



THRALL, Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie," see MORGAN



THRALL, Victor Worthy, 18A, 20, 21, 23, 23A, 23C, 27-33,

35, 36, 38, 39A, 40-42, 44, 45, 47, 49-54, 57-59, 59A, 61, 63, 67, 68, 71, 75, 77, 78

letters to, 42A, 46



THRALL, William Flint, 20, 21, 23A, 25, 29, 31, 35, 36, 40A, 41B, 43, 46, 53, 55, 56, 61-63, 65, 66, 78

letter from, 42A

letters to, 58, 64-72



TUCKER, Bro. (not in Lebanon), 63



UTTERBACK (Salem), 24, 42, 42A, 46, 57, 58



VAN CLEVE, Bro., 58B



VANDEVEER, Bro., 58B



WAGGONER, Prof./Dr. (Lebanon), 38, 67, 69



WALKER (Ashley or Grayville), 21



WALTON, Prof. (Lebanon), 68, 69, 71



WATTS, Faith (Lebanon), 68



WEISE, Mrs. (Greenville), 28, 32



WESLEY, Susannah, 40A



WEST, Bro. (Lebanon), 25



WHITTEN, Sister (Salem), 24



WIGGINS, Gideon (Lebanon), 71



WILKERSON, Bro., wife died, 41B



WILSON, Bro. (Salem), 58B

Mrs., 57A

Rob (Greenville), sold horse and buggy, 31

Y. A. (Lebanon), 73



WISE, Charlie (Lebanon), 44



WOODHULL, Victoria Claflin, 13



WRIGHT, Miss (Lebanon), 30, 33

Miss Laura, 69



YAGGART, Bruce (Lebanon), died, 28



YOUNG, Bro. (Salem), 57A, 58B

Dr. (Salem), 24

Robert (not in Lebanon), 41B

Sherman (not in Lebanon), 75







----- Places -----



Albion, Edwards Co., 4, 17



Alma, Marion Co., 55



Altamont, Madison or Effingham Co., 40



Alton, Madison Co., 25



Ashley, Washington Co., letter from, 18A, 20



Belleville, St. Clair Co., 7, 41A, 49, 70, 71



Bethalto, Madison Co., 62



Bluford, Jefferson Co., 74



Bone Gap, Edwards Co., 71

letters to, 1, 17, 63, 72

letters from, 4, 23



Bunker Hill, Macoupin Co., 62



Campsville, Calhoun Co., 41A



Carbondale, Jackson Co., 20, 23A

letter to, 61



Carmi, White Co., 17



Centralia, Marion Co., 46, 56



Cincinnati, Ohio, 38



Cisne, Wayne Co., 42A

letter to, 59



Cleveland, Ohio, letters to, 49-57, 58A, 58B



Colorado, 7



Columbus, Cherokee Co., Kansas, letter from, 18



Decatur, Macon Co., 71



East St. Louis, St. Clair Co., 47



Eau Claire, Eau Claire Co., WI, 41B



Effingham, Effingham Co., 45

letter from, 24



Evanston, Cook Co., 4, 23



Farmington, St. Francois Co., MO, letter to,18A



Flora, Clay Co., 71, 72



Freeburg, St. Clair Co., letters from, 17



Glenwood, Schuyler Co., Missouri, 31



Grand Crossing, 43



Grayville, Edwards/White Co., 1, 7

letter from, 22



Greenville, Bond Co., 41, 48

letters from, 23B, 27-36

letters to, 23D, 38



Hot Springs, Garland Co., Arkansas, 35



Iowa, 7, 18



Johnsonville, Wayne Co., 59



Johnstonville, 42A



Kankakee, Kankakee Co., 70



Kentucky, 42, 59



Kinmundy, Marion Co., 53, 59



Kokomo, Howard Co., Indiana, 60



Lake Branch, 6



Lebanon, St. Clair Co., 9, 10, 31A, 35, 36, 38, 70

letters from, 1, 2, 5, 13, 21, 23D, 25, 38, 39A, 41A, 41B, 44-56, 57, 57A, 58A, 59, 61-69, 71-76

letters to, 2, 23A, 23B, 29, 30, 33-37, 40A, 42,

42A, 43, 58, 59A, 59B, 60



Louisville, Clay Co., 50



Mascoutah (St. Clair Co.), 66



Metropolis, Massac Co., 30, 41B, 76



Mound Chapel (near Patoka), 42A



Mt. Carmel, Wabash Co., 17



Mt. Olive, 18A



Mt. Vernon, Jefferson Co., 3, 61A, 70

letter to, 62



Muncie, Indiana, 41B, 42



Nashville, Washington Co., 66



New Douglas, Madison Co., 6



Odin, Marion Co., 42, 42A, 71



O'Fallon, St. Clair Co., 42A, 67



Olney, Richland Co., 1, 4, 7, 17

letter from, 14



Patoka, Marion Co., 42A, 49, 57A



Piasa Bluffs, 47, 61



Pleasant Valley, letters from, 10-12



Raymond, Montgomery Co., letters from, 59A, 59B



Reno, Bond Co., 33



Sailors Springs, Clay Co., 42



St. Elmo, Fayette Co., 66



St. Louis, Missouri, 3, 25, 28, 41B, 47, 71, 75



Salem, Marion Co., 24, 54, 55, 57, 71

letters from, 23A, 40-43, 45, 46, 58, 58B

letter to, 39A, 44, 61A



Sandoval Marion Co., 21, 42A, 46



Springfield, Sangamon Co., 41B, 46



Toronto, Ontario, Canada, letter from, 60



Trenton Clinton Co., 6, 10, 38



Vandalia, Fayette Co., 62



Vincennes, Knox Co., Indiana, 67, letters to, 64-66, 68



Waggoner, Montgomery Co., letter from, 48



Washington, Daviess Co., Indiana, letters to, 69, 70



Wayne City, Wayne Co., 56, 77





----- Topics -----



Campbellites, 34, 37



Christmas, 18A



Clothes and fashion, 1, 18A, 23B, 23C, 28, 37, 42, 51A



Crime, 41A



Dreams, 7, 9, 10, 13, 53



Epworth League, 30, 32, 33, 42A, 57A, 69



Family finances, 1, 23B, 34, 36, 42, 53, 56



Farming and gardening, 7, 26, 33, 36, 40A, 48, 57, 59A, 59B



Food and recipes, 28, 69



Fourth of July celebration 1898, 67, 68



Germans, 14, 17



Household affairs, 18, 18A, 23, 27-30, 36, 37, 40-42, 42A, 46



Hunting, 42A



Junior League, 30, 42A



Kites, 35, 67



Liquor question, 14, 18, 36



McKendree College, 1, 18A, 21, 28, 30, 31, 33, 38, 39A, 42A, 53, 56, 59A, 67, 69, 71



Medicine and doctors, 4, 23, 23C, 26-28, 32, 33, 36, 38, 39A, 41A, 41B, 42A, 44, 46, 49-51, 53, 61, 61A, 62, 71, 73,

75-78



"Meetings" and revivals, 6, 11, 18, 18A, 34



Methodist conferences, 7, 11, 17, 28, 34, 40A, 41B, 46, 54, 57A, 58



Ministerial life, 3, 9, 11, 18A, 23A, 23B, 24, 27, 33, 34, 42A, 61A



Painting, 6



Pets, 42A



Poetry, 18A



Religious discussion, 1, 3



School and teaching, 1, 6, 11, 12, 23C, 42A, 58, 57, 59, 59A, 66



Smallpox, 10



Sports, 42A



Suffrage/feminism, 13, 51A



Thanksgiving, 42A



Transportation, horse, 4, 22, 31, 33, 41A-B, 42A, 70

railroad, 1, 17, 21, 38, 41



Typhoid, 28, 42, 42A



WCTU, 30, 42



WFMS, 28, 49



Whooping cough, 18A



World Parliament of Religions, 41B



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