From the May 30, 1987, Northwest Herald (McHenry County, Illinois) "Resurrection took 31 years" by Jerry Kuyper.
Leo and Constance (Connie) Parenti of Union, Illinois, are the ones whose extensive research on the Wayne family are responsible for it still being here. (Until June of this year, I had never heard of him, even though Union is just 30 miles from where I live.)
The material covered in these last several posts all came from one newspaper page from back in 1987.
Much material that was lost has been found by the couple, who back in 1987, resided in the old Wayne mansion in Union.
According to the Parenti's, "We probably know more about the family than today's relatives do." Accumulating all this Wayne legacy has taken 31 years. And, as a coincidence, Harley Wayne was only 31 years old (and 11 months and 15 days) when he was killed at the Battle of Shiloh.
The interest in Wayne began in 1956, when the couple bought and moved into the handsome red brick house with the circular drive in Union.
The search for Wayne history began soon afterwards.
--Old Secesh
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