My wife's family is all over southern IL, so I hope any of this helps and hope you might be able to add to it...

My wife's great-grandmother is Miranda BARGER b. 31 Oct 1863 Eddyville, Pope Co, IL, d. 6 Jul 1884. She married 18 Jan 1880 to Thomas Andrew ZIMMER.

Our first source was Pope County Cemeteries, Vol I. Zimmer Cemetery listing, Township 11, South Range 6, East Sect 9. She is listed as Mary Ann, wife of Thomas, b. 1864, d. 1884. First name partially obliterated on headstone when we viewed it in Dec 2001.

Her parents were listed as George S.BARGER and Mary A. MORSE. From an IGI File (unverified) we found George's parents to be Russell SHUFFLEBARGER of Virginia, and Elizabeth BOULDEN of Illinois.

Miranda's siblings were: Ephraim b. 1863, Sarah A. b. 1865, William b. 1867, Nancy b. 1868, Martha b. 1870, Lee T. b. 1871, Lewis b. 1873, and Orpha b. 1874.

Can anyone verify any of this information? If you'd like to share or compare notes, please let me know.

Tim
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