Person:Helen Bone (1)

Information from George Sweeney, 6633 Shenandoah Court, Lincoln, Nebraska - remarried Roberts from Canada. George Sweeney as of 1/2003 has Moses Pool's wife as Helen Lydia (Bone) Cross, born 10 Mar 1846 in Erie, Erie, PA. Died 5 Apr 1928 in Abingdon, Knox, Ill Info source: Rev. Alan Bone, ..stated that the Helen Mae Cross that was born in 1868 and was listed with the Pool family in the 1870 Fed Census was the daughter of Fred's wife, Helen, from her first marriage with George Bolivar Cross. Evidently Fred Pool adopted her as she was listed as a daughter in this census. On George Sweeney's record is this note: Info received today, June 30, 2000, from George Stegall, 890 N. Forest Av., Batavia, IL 60510. Got the birth date and death date for Helen Lydia Bone. . The info on Helen Lydia Bone (Cross)(Pool)(Roberts) death is from the Huggins Funeral Home records, 202 No. Main St., Abingdon, IL 1925-1939 records, also held by the Knox Co. Gen. Soc. on p.17. At her death she was listed as 82 years and 26 days.The obit for Helen L. (Bone), (Cross), Pool is from Huggins Funeral Home Records, 202 North Main St., Abingdon, Ill 1925-1939 records. This publication is from the Knox Co. Gen. Society. This info came from Georgie E. Stegall = From the LDS IGI...one researcher says Helen Lydia Bone was born in Galesburg, IL on 10 March 1846, Batch #7735003, Sheet 22, Source 1126183....this shows the unreliability of the LDS records that are submitted by uninformed researchers.

1. ↑ United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publications M593 and T132)
   Helen Pool, age 24, born Pennsylvania.
2. ↑ United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T9)
   Hellen L Pool, age 34, wife born Pennsylvania, father b. Scotland, mother b. Mass.
3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 OI