My first life recollections are of a cemetery. My father was caretaker of the Onarga Township Cemetery in Onarga, Iroquois County, IL, from the time I was 2 years old until I was 7. The job included a home and outbuildings on the edge of the cemetery, so the cemetery was my backyard. My parents are now both buried there.

I've been an avid family genealogist for the past 30 years. In July 2010 I finished and published a Hewitt family history covering the first 4 generations of Eli Martin Hewitt and his descendants. Contact me about obtaining one. Please see my web site for more info about the lines being researched.