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Bartlett, Ted Lawrence, The Willits Family: Descendants of Richard Willets of Long Island, through the Willits Brothers Isaiah (and Wife Susanna Boone) and Isaac and Wife Elizabeth of Pennsylvania (Chicago: 1982) This book is out of print but the Mercer County Historical Society has a copy.

Bassett, Isaac Newton, "Past and Present of Mercer County Illinois, Vol I and II (Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1914)

Bateman, Newton and Paul Selby, eds., "History of Rock Island County," Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois (Chicago: Munsell Publishers, 1914)

Carr, Clark E., The Illini, a Story of the Prairies, 8th edition (Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co, 1912)

Cemetery Records of Mercer County Illinois, Vol 1-8 (DAR Illinois Society: 1962-1968)(indexed on IlGenWeb Site)

Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893)

Cutler, William G., History of the State of Kansas, (Chicago, Il: A. T. Andreas,1883)

Danford, Robert Melville, The Nobles and the Raders (New York City: privately published, 1967)

Denney, Robert E., Civil War Medicine, Care and Comfort of the Wounded (New York: Sterling Publishing Co, Inc., 1995)

Des Moines Iowa Genealogical Society, Muscatine (Iowa) 1850 Federal Census, (Des Moines, 1977). Microfiche 6100905 LDS Library

Eddy, T. M., The Patriotism of Illinois, 2 Vols (Chicago: Clarke & Co, 1865)

Eshelman, John E., Genealogy of Berks County Friends in Pennsylvania (Fleetwood, Pa: 1930)

Exeter Monthly Meeting, Berks, Pa, Minutes 1691-1871, Society of Friends (LDS Microfilm 385058)

Finch, Mrs. L. Boyd, (Bear Bible) Morgan County & Mercer County, Illinois (Mercer County, Ill: nd)

Garrett, Eulalia, Mercer County, Illinois 1860 Census (Davenport, Ia: Richardson-Sloane Genealogy Library) 1988 (transcribed from Federal Census Roll 211, Microcopy #650, Vol. 29)

Garrett, Eulalia, Mercer County, Illinois 1870 Census (New Windsor, Ill: privately published, 1998) (transcribed from U. S. Census roll 260)

Glazier, Ira A., and P. William Filby, eds., Germans to America: Lists of Passengers Arriving at U. S. Ports , Vol 1-9, Jan 1850-1855 (Wilmington, Del: Scholarly Resources, Inc., 1984 and succeeding years)

Goldsmith, Barbara, Other Powers (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998) (A good description of Spiritualism.)

Grave Records of Louisa County, Iowa (WPA Project) (Ancestry.com)

Heiss, Willard, Editor, Abstracts of the Records of the Society of Friends in Indiana (Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, Part 4, 1972, Part 5, 1974, Part 6, 1975)

Hinshaw, William Wade, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol 1-6 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969)

History of Hardin County, Iowa, 1883 (Springfield, Ill: Union Publishing Company, 1883)

History of Mercer Countyy (Illinois) (Chicago: H. H. Hill & Co, Publishers, 1882; Reprint Mercer County Historical Society, 1997)

Holder, Nadine Duguid and Jill Rebman Martin, Pioneers George Monroe Eikenbary and Amanda Evaline Welch Eikenbary (Az: privately published, 1996)

Holder, Nadine Duguid and Jill Rebman Martin, Harvey and Rachel Woodward Welch of Wayne County, Indiana, and Mercer County, Illinois (Az: privately published, 1996)

Honeyman, A. Van Doren, The Honeyman Family in Scotland and America 1548-1908 (Plainfield, N. J.: Honeyman's Publishing House, 1909)

Howard, R. L., History of the 124th Regiment Illinois Infantry Volunteers (Springfield, Ill: H. W. Rokker, 1880)

Ikenberry, Charles S., and W. Lewis Eikenberry, A History and Genealogy of Peter Eichenberg Family in the U.S.A. (Myerstown, Pa: Church Center Press, 1955) Reprinted by Higginson Book Company

Illinois in 1837; A Sketch Descriptive of the Situation, Boundaries, Face of the Country, Prominent Districts, Prairies, Rivers, Minerals, Animals, Agricultural Productions, Public Lands, Plans of Internal Improvement, Manufactures, &c. of the State of Illinois (Philadelphia: Augustus Mitchell & Grigg & Elliott, 1837)

Johnson, Daniel T., History of Mercer County Illinois 1882-1976 (Mercer County Bicentennial Commission, 1977)

Long, Eric and John Malone, The Origins and History of the New Boston Ferry Service (Mercer County, Illinois: nd)

Lorimer, William A., Editor "History of Mercer County," Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois (1903)

McDonald, Julie Jensen, Pathways to the Present in 50 Iowa and Illinois Communities (Davenport, Iowa: 1977, 1981)

Moir, William J., Editor, Past and Present of Hardin County, Iowa (Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen, 1911)

Musgrave, Marie Wilson, The Honeyman Family (Ks: privately published, 1995)

Parchert, Gloryl, Jimtown Mystery (Nashville, Tn: Winston-Derek Publishers, Inc., 1992) An historical novel about Drury Township in Rock Island County.

Past & Present of Mercer County, (S. J. Clark Publishing Co, 1914) See our Resources Page for a link to the biographical index and a person who does lookups.

Pooley, William Vipond, The Settlement of Illinois From 1830 to 1850 (Madison, Wisc: Thesis submitted for the degree of doctor of philosphy University of Wisconsin, 1905)

Public Domain Sales Land Tract Record Listing (State of Illinois, Archives Division: 2/5/98) Also see State of Illinois Archives Web Site under Resources.

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Rochefort, Beth, Editor, Prairie Pioneers of Illinois, Vol 2 (Springfield, Ill: Illinois State Genealogical Society, 1988)

Scott, Hervey, A Complete History of Fairfield Co, Ohio (Columbus, Ohio: Siebert & Lilley, 1877)

Smurr, Linda C. Editor, Harvey County History (Kansas), (Newton, Kansas: Harvey County Historical Society, 1990)

Stegner, Wallace, Beyond the Hundredth Meridian (Viking Penguin, Feb 1992)

Surnames Listed in the 1790 United States Census (Bountiful, Utah: American Genealogical Lending Library, 1993) Originally published 1909 by the Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C.

Tarrants, Cory Lee Franke, The Children of David and Sarah Fry Noble and Their Descendants (Tx: privately published, 1998)

Willett, Albert James, Jr., Willett House Collection, draft, March 2000.

Willits, Alfred C., Ancestors and Descendants of James and Ann Willits Little Egg Harbor New Jersey (1898)

Young, Andrew White, History of Wayne County (Indiana) (Cincinnati: Robert Clarke Co, 1872)

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Many other sources were used but when used in a single instance are referenced on individual family or history pages.