added to O. H. and Belle Vivell photo section. The High School in Carrollton, Illinois where O. H. Vivell attended. Built in 1870 and destroyed by fire in 1888. Came from the O. H. Vivell offices and now in the Gerald Wolfley collection, Eldred, Illinois.

Clearer photograph of the 1900 photograph of the Frank Vivell home, Carrollton, Illinois on the Frank Vivell photo section. Lady on the front porch is Bertha Vivell Hayes, Franks daughter. From the Greene County, Illinois Historical Society.

Elias Clark civil war pension papers in his own hand writing added to the war papers section located on the home page. From research done by Alice L. Clark.

August 2017

Two additional Children of Elias and Ulissa Clark have been verified and added to the family page. Libertha Vivell’sVedder, O. H. Vivell, John Clark and Victor Clark photo album sections and new John Scott Revolutionary war records have been added to the war records section of the home page.

May 2017

Frank Vivell Update

According to surname distribution map, most German Vivell families were in Baden, some near the French border. Medical journal refers to Frank Vivell as German Baker. Passport application of son Edgar says Frank born in France. He still could be German, speak German, but born on French side of the Rhine River. Application includes pictures of Edgar and wife, date Frank immigrated and that he was naturalized by circuit court, Greene County. Those papers show he came from Baden when he applied for citizenship. Copies in the photo album section.

February 2017 – Update on Greene