| Sep 1872 | Ben Inman marries Lucy Ann Jennings; they settle in neighboring Logan county. |
| ~1863 | My 3g-grandfather, John Cook arrives from Lawrence county, IN, along with several of his children and grandchildren. |
| Sep 1864 | John Cook dies in Paris. |
| ~1830 | The "Illinois Clarks" arrive from Ohio's Miami valley, with brother Isaac and his family settling in Fulton county. |
| 1839 | Logan county is formed out of Sangamon county. John Clark and some of the "Illinois Clarks" end up on the Logan county side of the line, in Hurricane Point (now Chestnut), while others remain in Sangamon. |
| ~1868 | Jeanette's great-grandfather, Ben Inman, arrives in East Lincoln township from DeKalb county, IN, along with his parents John and Julie Inman. |
| Sep 1872 | Ben marries Lucy Ann Jennings in neighboring DeWitt county; they live in Logan county until... |
| May 1883 | Ben and Lucy and their children and Ben's mom move to Hubbard county, MN. |
| 1865 | Jeanette's g-g-grandfather, Joseph Langton and great-grandparents, James and Elizabeth Langton, and their children, arrive from Mifflin county, PA, and settle in Marrowbone township. |
| ~1870 | James and Elizabeth and their children move to Seward county, NE, but return in late 1878. |
| before 1886 | James and family move to Denver, CO. James' brother Con goes with them, but another brother, John, remains in Marrowbone township. |
| ~1830 | The rest of the "Illinois Clarks" arrive from Ohio, brothers David and John, and some of James' children, settling in what are now Sangamon and Logan counties. |