Union County, Illinois Guardian Records
©Darrel Dexter
Column Headings
1. name of ward(s)
2. date of birth of ward (when given)
3. estate from which ward is inheriting
4. year guardian was appointed
5. box number containing original records
Abernathie, George W. 24 Aug. 1843 Parish
G. Abernathie 1858 591
James
M.
1847
Andrew
J.
1848
Inabel
S.
1853
William Oberts, guardian (Bk. 6 pg. 218, 219)
Abernathie,
Mary Ann Harriet
Alexander Abernathie 1835 533
Lineas Bowling
Sublett
Washington Abernathie
1848 533
18 Feb. 1828 (father)
Robert Littleberry 1831
James M. Abernathie, guardian 1835, died (Bk. B, 122)
Parish G. Abernathie, guardian 1848 (Bk. A Pg. 30)
Abernathie,
Mary J. 15
Feb. 1868 Robert M.
Abernathie
1884 596a
Libbie
28 Oct. 1869
Sarah J. Whitehead, mother
Walter Underwood, guardian
Adams, Andrew
J. 11 Aug. 1880
George Adams 1896 533
John
H.
11 Mar. 1885
Kate
11 Aug. 1889
Nancy Adams, mother and guardian
Adams,
Eva
8 Apr. 1898 Nancy Ellen
Carlock- 1904 736
Adams
John F. Beggs, grandfather and guardian
Adams, Eva
E. 7 May 1898
Louis Adams 1903
570
Thomas E. Carlock, grandfather
Willard F. Carlock, guardian
Adams, William
B. 13 Apr. 1856 Jesse
T. Adams 1866 575
(also as 15 Apr.) (father and
deceased
1872 575
John
W.
26 Jan.
1850 soldier)
John R. Hood, step-father and guardian 1866 (Bk. A Pg. 309, 310)
F.M. Henard, guardian 1872
Aden,
Julia
12 Apr. 1875 Simon
Aden
1888 591
Dora
4 Nov.
1877
1890 569
(also as 1878)
Henry
7 Mar. 1879
Frank Neibauer, guardian 1888
Edward Cuhl, guardian 1890
Aden, Peter
A. 27 May
1874 Adde Aden
1893 594
Mollie
E.
10 July
1878
1899 WCM
Adie
17 May
1882
1902 596a
Caroline Aden, mother
A.W. Sims, guardian 1893
William C. Moreland, guardian 1899
Martin V. Ussery, guardian 1902
Aden, Simon
R. 30 May
1871 Simon Aden
1888 573
Eli Eddleman, guardian
Adkins,
Christine
20 Feb.
1882
1899 533
Minnie Adkins, guardian
Albright,
Caleb
P.
John C. Albright 1851 533
Henry W.
John C. Albright, guardian
Albright,
Dora
22 Oct. 1869 Ambrose
Albright 1883 569
Deborah Clark, guardian
Albright, William W.
9 Mar. 1867 Casander Albright 1871 533
Mrs. Kirkland
(grandmother)
Isaac F. Albright, guardian
Alden, Ernest H.
20 Dec. 1879 Oliver Alden 1899 533
John B. Alden, guardian
Aldredge, Warren W.
21 July 1869 William Welch 1882 533
James Aldredge, father and guardian
Allen,
John
1825 Arthur
Allen
1844 533
Henry
1827
Smithy
1828
Mary
1830
Mahala
Jane
1832
Patience Allen, guardian
Alsbrooks, Mary
E.
1871 S
Edithy C.
George W.
Robert B. Stinson, guardian
Anderson, Fannie Luella 21 Sep.
1878 Ollie Humes 1887 533
1892 533
Benjamin M. Adams, uncle and guardian 1887
Elmer E, Adams, uncle and guardian 1892
(see also Arlet Humes)
Anderson, Flora
R.
Nov. 1884 Martha J. Anderson
1889 596
William W. May 1887
Richard Thornton, uncle and guardian
Anderson,
Fred
13 Oct.
1883
1901 576
Abraham L. Hall, guardian
Anderson, Gladys
30 June 1900 India Anderson 1910 736
1910 752
Arthur D. Anderson, uncle
Martin V. Ussery, guardian
Anderson,
McGilbra
Timothy Anderson 1854 573
(also as Margretta)
Reuben
Alzada M. (married _______Gregory)
Marshal A.
George W. Ferrill, guardian
Anderson,
Newton
H.
Susan Anderson
1852 533
Mary Adeline
Jacob Rodgers
Ervin Jackson
(great-grandfather,
Elizabeth L.
estate in Maury Co., Tenn.)
Cornelius Anderson, guardian
Anderson, Reuben M.
21 June 1862 Reuben Marion Anderson
1863 599
Levi
Vancil, guardian
1863
(deceased soldier)
1874 599
Piety
Vancil, mother and guardian 1874
Angell,
Iris
30 Mar. 1897 Fred
Angell
1912 533
Lester
3 May 1899
Edwin Angell
Edna
30 Sep. 1901
Fannie
Angell, mother and guardian
Apple,
Andrew
11 Aug. 1884 Jackson
Apple
1904 596
Harriet
M.Treece, mother and guardian
Apple,
Frank
22 Feb. 1888 Jackson
Apple
1904 533
George
10 Feb. 1890
John
H. Apple, brother and guardian
Armour,
Ada
23 May
1877
1894 582
James
L. Modglin, guardian
Ada needed
a guardian appointed to obtain a marriage license
Armstrong, Serena
19 Sep. 1844 Calvin
Armstrong 1848 575
Mary A. Armstrong 1852
533
1852 581
David
Armstrong, guardian 1848 (Bk. A Pg. 35)
Luther
Armstrong, guardian 1848
John
W. McElhaney, guardian 1852
Arnold, Frederick
J.
Ernest G. Arnold
1903 572
Laura A.
Fredie L.
George
W. Day, guardian
Ates, Effie
May
1877 Charlotte
Ates
1888 593
Minnie Ellen May 1881
Mary
Reed, aunt and guardian
Atherton, Thomas Delia
31 Dec. 1871 Thomas S.
Cox
1875
575
(great-great-grandfather)
James
Holloway, guardian
Martha
L. Axley, mother
Atley, Sidney
N.
Thomas J. Atley
1906 582
Hannah
E. Mowery, guardian
Axley,
Ibrce
1819
Hannah 1801-1805
Cliff-Hazlewood,
guardian (Cm. Ct. Bk. A pg. 45, 46)
Axley, John
W.
13 Mar. 1850 John
Axley
1868
(father)
1869
579
George
W. Axley, guardian 1868 (Bk. A pg. 543)
Ebeni
Leavenworth, guardian 1869
Axley,
Polly
Pleasant
Axley
1819 575
Rachel
Pleasant
John
Harvey
(continued)
Axley, Rebecca (cont.)
Jesse
Cliff Hazlewood, guardian
Baker, Edward
J.
Sep. 1885 Lyura
Baker
1899 572
Riley M. Damron, uncle and guardian
Baker, Giles
N.
10 Jan. 1863 Ephraigm M.
Baker 1866 568
(father and deceased
soldier)
Lucinda E. Lingle, mother
Napoleon B. Collins, guardian (Bk. A, Pg.
313)
Baker,
Hughie
22 Aug.
1892
1909 567
Allie Baker, guardian
Baker, Lewis
James
Aug. 1854 Samuel
Baker
1868 594
(father and deceased
soldier)
John C. Scurlock, guardian (Bk.A Pg. 514)
Baker, Louisa
J.
Joel
Baker
1849
596
Sarah A.
Jacob Treese, guardian
Ballance,
Samuel
1843 Samuel
Ballance
1858 596
Matilda
1845 (father)
Margaret
1847
James M. Tweedy, guardian (Bk. 6 pg. 199)
Ballard, Lena
M.
6 Mar 1893 William J.
Jinette 1902 582
George Ballard, father and guardian
Ballard,
Minnie
Lewis P.
Holland
533
Matilda Artz, guardian
Ballard,
Sarah
ca.1867 Lucinda
Ballard
1878 569
Mathias Caraker, guardian
Ballard,
Walton
8 Jan. 1875 Cynthia A.
Ballard 1894 569
Walter
8 Jan. 1875
Laura
26 Aug. 1877
Jacob Caraker, guardian
Baltzell,
Harvey
1886 Mary E.
Lyerle
1905
567
Delphina
Robert
Kathie
Lewis
Othis
Theodore T. Baltzell, father and guardian
Bame,
Flora
J.
23 Dec. 1866 Michael
Bame
1881 591
Susan
E.
26 Apr.
1868
1890 577
Willie
C.
29 Sep.
1870
1892 S
Emma
C.
12 Jan.
1875
1894 WCM
(also recorded as
Ella and Eliza)
Michael
I.
17 Nov. 1880
Frank Neibauer, guardian 1881
(continued)
Bame, (continued)
Ezekiel R. Jinette, guardian 1890
Alexander W. Sims, guardian 1892
William C. Moreland, guardian 1894
Martha Bame, mother
Bame,
Pearl
1893 William
Bame
1903 574
Charles Goodman, grandfather and guardian
Bankston, Florence
Feb. 1896 S.A.
Bankston
1906 736
Martin V. Ussery, guardian
Eliza E. Bankston, mother
Bankston, William
H. 22 Nov. 1889 George C.
Bankston
1901 574
Nellie Bankston Williams, sister
Elizabeth Fink, guardian
Barker, John
M.
Aug. 1835 Joel
Barker
1855 534
Susan Barker
Thomas Barker, guardian (Bk. 6 pg. 44)
Barkert Louisa
J.
Joel
Barker
1849
Sarah
A.
Susanna Barker
Jacob Trees, guardian (Bk. 5 Pg. 190)
Barker, Mary
E. 6 Jan,
1849 James
Lewis
1864 578a
(father)
1865
Nancy Bass, mother and guardian 1864
James M. Abernathie, guardian 1865 (Bk. A pg. 169)
(see also James M. Lewis)
Barkhouser, Charlotte
C. 28 Apr. 1856 Fred Barkhouser
1871 581
(married _____Hogue) (estate in
Pulaski Co., Ill
Theodore E. Miller, guardian
Barksdale,
Anna
1893 W.D.
Barksdale
1906 570
Lucinda
1895
Lucetta
1898
Curtis
1900
Frank
1902
Lewis
1904
John R. Campbell, grandfather and guardian
Barnhart,
Albert 19 Dec.
1881 George M.
Barnhart
1902 567
August 14 Apr. 1884
Peter J. 13 Feb.
Bertha E.
Ella F.
Anjolina
Stephen
Powell
David
Peter Barnhart, father and guardian
Barnhart, George
M. 23 Jan. 1878 Elizabeth
Barnhart
1881 534
Paul Peisel
(grandfather)
Peter Barnhart, father and guardian
Barringer,
Daniel
Daniel Barringer 1848
534
Nancy
Joseph Batson, guardian (Bk. 5 pg. 19)
Barringer,
Elijah E.
5 Dec.
1867
1887 575
Norris Highlands, guardian
Barringer, James
Monroe
1877 534
James was declared a pauper and was to be taken
to an institution
for feeble minded children at Lincoln, Illinois.
Barringer,
John
1847 573
Sarah
William Elmore, guardian
Barringer, John H.
26 Feb. 1864 John W. Watkins 1873 593
(grandfather)
John M. Rich, guardian
Crawford Barringer, father
Barringer, Nellie
1 July 1873 Aaron R. Barringer 1887 567
Zetha J. 9 Dec. 1876
Lucinda Barringer, mother and guardian
Barringer,
Susan
Daniel Barringer 1847
600
(married Jefferson Menees) John E. Naille
Willis Willard, guardian
Barringer, Thomas J. 16 Nov.
1844 Henry Barringer 1861 S
Elizabeth C. 20 Dec. 1847
William H. 18 Mar. 1852
David 6 Jan. 1855
Peter Simmerman, guardian (Bk. 6 pg. 491)
Bartlett, Joseph G.
18 Aug. 1848 Joel Barlett 1866
534
William
T. 23 Jan. 1850 (uncle)
Margaret
E. 19 Mar. 1853 Seborn Bartlett
John
A. 19 Mar. 1853 (father, estate in Missouri)
Mary
C, 24 July 1855
Sarah J. Bartlett, mother and guardian (Bk. A Pg.
366)
Baslert
Earl
30 July 1903 Abraham
Sitter 1918 567
Dennis
13 July 1905 (grandfather)
Jacob Basler, guardian
Batson,
Hattie
5 Apr. 1871 James
Batson
1885
533
(deceased soldier)
Benjamin W. Menees, guardian
Clemmie Batson, sister
Batson, Mary J.
19 May 1856 John C. Batson 1871 575
Margaret L.
7 Aug. 1859 (deceased soldier)
Sarah J.
15 July 1861
Margaret C. Hauchens, mother and guardian
Bean,
Emeline
18 Feb. 1853 George
Bean
1865 534
father
Josiah Bean, brother and guardian (Bk. A pg. 173)
Bean, Nancy
E.
19 Jan. 1842 George
Bean
1858 574
Amanda
F.
8 June 1846
(father)
1862 534
Emeline 18 Feb. 1853
William
Green, guardian 1858 (Bk. 6 pg,268)
Elizabeth
L. Bean, guardian 1862 (Bk. 6,pg. 585)
Bean, Stanly
M.
28 Oct. 1894 Monroe
Bean
1914 567
Mary 25 Oct
1897 (father)
Ruth 21 May
1903
Louisa
E. Bean, mother and guardian
Beck, William Frank
19 Mare 1864 Elizabeth
Holmes 1885 574
Mary E. Vemor 22 Jan. 1867 (mother)
Sarah F. 31 Dec. 1869
William Osborn
(grandfather estate
in Benton Co., Tenn.)
Thomas
J. Ferrill, guardian
Beggs, Hattie
0.
14 Oct. 1885 David Henry
Beggs 1888 578
Henry R. 28
July 1887
Amanda
J. Beggs, mother
Henry
W. Karraker, guardian
Beggs, John
F.
10 Apr. 1853 John
Beggs
1872 592
John
Peeler, uncle and guardian
Jacob
B. Peeler, former guardian, died
Beggs,
Joseph
John
Beggs
1822 534
Alexander Beggs Sr. 1837 581
1837 534
Alexander
Beggs Sr., guardian 1822
Moses
Meisenheimer, guardian 1837
Archibald
Beggs, guardian 1837
Beggs, Louisa
J.
12 Dec. 1858 Paul
Beggs
1865 577
James A. 29 May 1861
(father and deceased
Paul J. 11 Nov. 1863
soldier)
John
Keller,uncle and guardian (Bk. A pg. 210)
Beggs,
Minnie
1877 Jacob P.
Beggs
1881 578
Harvey
1879
Henry
Beggs, brother
David
W. Karraker, guardian
Beggs,
Nathan
ca.1859 Jesse
Beggs
1866
581
(father),
1871
592
Elizabeth Beggs
(mother)
Abram
L. Meisenheimer, relative and guardian 1866 (Bk. A Pg. 349)
David
Penrod, guardian 1871
Beggs,
Telly
17 Jan. 1874 Paul
Caraker
1878 534
(grandfather)
John
T. Beggs, father and guardian
Beggs, William E.
28 Oct. 1862 Jacob
Beggs
1880 569
Jacob
A.
Feb. 1864
(continued)
Beggs, Charles
E.
1868 (cont.)
James Curry, guardian
Bell, Charles
P.
20 Jan. 1859 William H.
Bell 1868 579
William
H.
20 Nov. 1864 (died 5 Mar.
1866) 1869 534
Emma N. Bell McLoney, mother
and guardian 1868
James Bell, guardian
1869
Bennett, William
W.
28 June 1854 Franklin M. Bennett
1872 569
David A. 7 July 1854
Franklin M. 12 Jan. 1846
Charles Crowell, guardian
and uncle
Benson,
George
20 Nov. 1841 William
Benson 1859
Bryant 15 Apr. 1843
Uzell 25 Dec. 1844
Elizabeth 6 Mar. 1849
George Stokes, guardian
(Bk. 6 Pg. 323, 324, 331)
Bensong, John
C.
2 Aug. 1900 Earl
Benson
1913 593
Eva
Benson
1914 738
William A. Ridge, guardian
1913
James D.R. Brown, guardian
1914
Millington Penrod, grandfather
Bevin, Alice
A.
27 Sep. 1859 Thomas P.
Bevin 1865 534
(deceased soldier) 1865 600
Charlotte (Mrs.Charles
P.) Ward, mother and guardian
Bevin,
Harmick
29 July 1894 John
Pickerell
1901 592
Guy Pickereil, guardian
Bigler, Elizabeth C.
12 Aug. 1892 Joseph Bigler,
Jr. 1896 567
Louisa B. Bigler, aunt
and guardian
Bigler, Gertrude
A.
7 Nov. 1896 Joseph Bigler,
Jr. 1896 567
Emma Anna
13 June
1895
1912 580
Emma Bigler, mother and
guardian 1896
Ferdinand Long, guardian
1912
Bigler, Joseph
F.
13 July 1886 Joseph Bigler,
Jr. 1896 574
Louis A. 13 Sep. 1887
Florence S. 26 Dec. 1890
Adolph Flamm, uncle and
guardian
Bishop,
Hess
20 Jan. 1887 Jacob W.
Keistler 1906 578
Owen
25 July 1889
(grandfather)
1907 736
(also as Oliver, also as 1890)
Olen 10 Aug. 1891
Ida 30 May
1893
Luther 21 Mar. 1895
Wilson Keistler, uncle
and guardian 1906
Martin V. Ussery, guardian
1907
(see also Aurelius Keistler)
Bishop, Jacob
L.
1911 752
Martin V. Ussery, guardian
Bittle, Nicholas
J. 4 May
1849 John
Bittle
1869 534
Laura
A.
8 Feb 1853
(father)
George W . Bittle
(brother)
Joshua Bittle, guardian
Bittle,
Clarinda
7 June 1852 George W.
Bittle 1869
534
(father)
John Bittle
(grandfather)
Joshua Bittle, guardian
Bittle,
Philip
16 Apr. 1858 Junetta
Wright
1861
534
Martha
18 Jan. 1861
Joshua Bittle, guardian
Bittle,
Wilson Mar. 1855
George W. Bittle 1867 593
(also as
Willis)
(father)
Alonzo
Oct. 1857
John Bittle
(moved to Ft. Worth, Texas)
(grandfather)
Clarinda (died 1864)
Willis (died 1868)
Jacob R. Rhoads, guardian (Bk. A pg.431)
Blackburn, Eliza
D. 1849
Abner Keller 1865 577
(father)
Elcano Keller, uncle and guardian (Bk. A pg. 186)
(see also Nathan Keller)
Blackford,
James
Benjamin Blackford 1838
573
Anna
Mariah
(also as Bayeman Blackford)
Martha
Alexander
Nancy
Rev. Eliel Freeman, guardian (Bk. B pg. 268)
Bolen, Mary
E.
4 July 1854 William
Himes
1871 531
(father)
Felix Bolen, husband and guardian
Boon,
Elizabeth
22 Feb. 1851 Jonathon
Boon
1869 596a
Serena Jane 18 Sep. 1854 (deceased
soldier)
Jesse A. 4 Jan. 1856
M.V. Ussery, guardian
Boren, James
D.
July 1875 Reuben
Boren
1889 578
Susan
15 Oct
1881
1891 S
Nancy Kelley, guardian 1889
Mahala Sanders, grandmother and guardian 1891
Addie Wade, sister
Boren, Thomas
W. 23 May 1848 Archibald
Boren 1869 S
Sarah
F.
14 Mar 1853
Jeremiah Boren
(grandfather)
Agnes Sumner, mother and guardian
Boren,
Vastine
1902
1915 596
Mrs. Maude Boren, mother,
unable to provide for her son
Isaac G, Thomas, grandfather
and guardian, lived in Anna, Ill.
Borin,
Druscilla
27 Nov. 1812 Hosea
Borin
1826 534
(married Nathan
Keller)
1832 534
Beverly Collins 30 Oct
1819
1835 581
Alla
Dennis
6 Mar
1818
1835 577
Lenora 10
Jan 1825
(married _____Beggs)
Sarah Borin alias Keller,
guardian 1826 (Cm. Ct. pg. 221, 222)
Bazel Boring guardian 1832
Tobias Meisenheimer, guardian
1835
Daniel Karracar, guardian
1835
Bostian,
Jennie
28 Apr. 1871 Ida R.
Crane
1881 534
George
5 Sep. 1874
(sister)
Charles 2 July 1875
John W. Bostian, father
and guardian
Bostian, Leora
"Oral'
1 Sep. 1890 Jacob T.
Bostian 1906
738
Elizabeth "Ola" 7 Mar.
1899
1906 752
Charles S. 17 Mar. 1902
Thomas L. 17 Nov. 1904
Rosella Bostian, mother
Martin V. Ussery, guardian
Boston, John
T.
6 July 1878 Susan E.
Boston
1894 WCM
William C. Moreland, guardian
Boston, Massachusetts
20 Aug. 1890 George
Boston
1900 572
(father)
Susan Boston
(grandmother)
Taylor Dodd, guardian
Eliza J. Carlton, sister
Boswell, Arthur
0.
20 Jan. 1870 George L.
Stokes 1877
534
William T. 6 Aug. 1871 Mayor
Stokes
William Stokes
William T. Boswell, father
and guardian
Boswell, Colombus
T.
10 Oct. 1854 Thomas F.
Boswell 1866 575
Jonathon M. 9 Jan. 1859 (father and
deceased 1870 S
Elizabeth C. 18 Dec. 1861 soldier)
(married _______Holmes)
John Hilliard,guardian
1866 (Bk.A pg. 370)
Morgan Stokes, guardian
1870
Boswell,
Isabella
16 Feb, 1846 James
Boswell
1862 534
Thomas Boswell, guardian
Boswell, Manerva
E.
10 Jan. 1848 James
Boswell
1862 581
(married______Woodward)
Stephen C.M. M Curdy, guardian
(Bk.6 Pg. 531)
Boswellg
Thomas
Thomas
Boswell
1832 534
Jonathon Boswell, guardian
Bourland, Andrew
H. 5 Oct.
1858 Andrew
Bourland
1867 534
Eva
0,
July 1861 (father
and deceased 1872 581
William L. May
1863 Mary L. Bourland
,
1875 591
William Bourland, uncle and guardian 1867 (Bk. A pg. 470)
Lewis Meisenheimer, guardian appointed 1872
Frank Neibaur, guardian 1875
Bower,
Mathias
Sep. 1846 Michael
Bower
1859
534
John
14 Apr. 1847
(father)
1867
575
(also as 22 and 25 Apr,)
Joseph
19 Mar. 1849
Martha
25 Nov. 1855
(also as Martin)
Anna Bower, guardian 1859 (Bk. 6 pg. 290)
Michael Hehenberger, guardian 1867 (Bk. A pg. 419)
Boyce, Harry
Edgar
1 Jan. 1887 Benjamin L.
Boyce 1902 594
Clarence
23 July 1893
Fannie Frances Boyce, mother
George L. Spire, guardian
Boyle, Edward
J. 3
Aug. 1868 Cornelius
Boyle
1887 567
Cornelius D. 1 Jan. 1870
Ellen Boyle, mother and guardian
Brady,
Catharine
4 Apr. 1854 Michael
Brady
1866
534
(father)
Sarah Brady, mother and guardian (Bk.A Pg.347)
Bragg, Phoebe
C. 12 Oct.
1859 Henry
Caraker
1874 534
Cornelius Bragg, husband and guardian
Brant,
Elizabeth
David
Brant
1854 600
Willis Willard, guardian
Brasil, Olivia
J. 12 May
1860 Elizabeth
Brasil
1866 534
Tobias
Wiggs
1875 581
(grandfather)
George W. Brasil, father and guardian 1866, died
Archibald Miles, cousin and guardian 1875
Braswell, John
A. 8 Feb,
1879 James
Braswell
1890 580
Cornelia E. Cozby, mother
Jesse Lentz, guardian
Breeden, Lucinda
Lyon 16 June 1849
Anderson Breeden
1864 581
George W. 22 Oct.
1851 (deceased soldier)
Elizabeth 25 Aug.
1853
Amanda L. 25 Aug.
1854
James A. 30
June 1857
Sarah L, 18
Sep. 1859
Nancy Madden, mother and guardian (Bk. A pg. 125, 154)
Surname also as Briden
Bridgeman,
Freddie
8 July 1872 Elvira
Bridgeman 1888 571
Alberta 16 Apr.
1875 (grandmother, estate in
(continued)
Cape Girardeau Co., Missour
Bridgeman, (cont.)
Levi C. Dillow, uncle and guardian
Broadway, Minerva
12 Apr. 1880 Lilly Broadway 1890 567
Amy &