The Family of Wiley Greene Mercer / 1815 and Cynthia Huff Mercer --Marion Co., IL
s/o David Mercer and Elizabeth Searcy Mercer  --   NC,KY, Marion Co., IL
s/o Shadrack and Rhoda Price Mercer -- Dobbs--now Green --Co., NC

Research by
Carol Anneka Johnson Boulris



Wiley Greene Mercer and Cynthia Huff Mercer --Marion Co., IL
1. Lewis Clark Mercer and Margaret Ellen Cunningham Mercer --Centralia, IL
1. Anna Mary Mercer Johnson and Ora Ellis Johnson --Centralia, IL
b: 1 Mar 1884 , IL
d: 9/10/1969 IL
buried: Hillcrest Cem., Centralia
Married : 3/7/1906
Spouse : Ora Ellis Johnson
b. 9/29/1882  Marion Co., IL
d. 10/15/1948 Centralia, IL
buried Hillcrest Cem., Centralia
Farmer, oil discovered on farm c. 1938
Children of  Anna Mary Mercer Johnson and Ora Ellis Johnson


1. James Bums Johnson, Ed.D.
b. 2/9/1907 Marion Co., IL
m. 9/6/1930 Alton, IL d. 3/10/1985 Alton, IL
buried Valhalla Cem.
Spouse: Anneka Elizabeth Theen
b. 8/23/1910 Alton, IL
d. 4/13/1999 St. Louis, MO
buried Valhalla Cem., Alton
Father :Fred Theen
Mother: Emma Walburga (Mamie) Steinheimer Theen.
CHILDREN OF JAMES BURRIS AND ANNEKA THEEN JOHNSON

1. Carol Anneka Johnson
b. 6/8/1939  Alton, IL
m. 9/10/1960 Alton
Spouse : Chester Joseph Boulris, M.D.
b. 1/15/1937,Ophthalmologist,
Harvard College '60 and
Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine Lives Needham, MA
Graduate of Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges, Cambridge,
MA-A.B. in Economics '61
Retired Medical Practice Administrator
Children of Carol and Chet:
1. Mark Johnson Boulris
b. 10/4/1962
Harvard College '84,
Univ. of Miami,FL Law School '88
Real Estate Attorney
Married: 4/17/1993
Spouse : Amy Prince Brigham
Eminent Domain Attorney
Children of Mark and Amy
1. Jacqueline Anne Boufris b. 3/14/1996
2. Nicole Loriel Boulris  b. 1/30/1998
3. Caroline Kay Boulris  b. 5/2/2002
4. Sara Brigham Boulris  b. 4/21/2005

2. Craig Mercer Boulris, M.D.
b. 5/31/1964
Harvard College '87,
Columbia Univ. College of Physicians and Surgeons '91
Orthopaedic Surgeon, Walnut Creek,CA

3. Loriel Elizabeth Boulris
b. 7/16/1966
Harvard College '87,
Lesley College M.A.T. '88
Former Elementary School Teacher,Chapin School, NYC
m. 8/21/1988
Spouse: Robert Irving Townsend ffl
Harvard College '87,
Harvard Law School '90 Corporate Attorney, New York City
Children of Lori and Bob:
1. Benjamin Coffin Townsend b. 9/27/1991
2. Matthew Johnson Townsend b. 7/21/1993
3. Meaghan Elizabeth Townsend b. 10/30/1999
4. Nicholas Bracher Townsend b. 10/23/2004

2. Jane Loriel Johnson
b. 4/22/1942  Alton, IL
Washington Univ., St Louis, MO  B.A.
Former Librarian, St Louis Public Library
m. 9/6/1969
Spouse: Roger Paul Berahardt
Univ. of Chicago, Harvard Law School
Attorney, St Louis
Children of Jane and Roger:
1. Elizabeth Louise Bernhardt
b. 10/26/1970
University of Pennsylvania, B.A.;
Middlebury College, M A;
Ph.D. candidate University of Toronto, Canada
m. Paolo Martino Lives Bologna, Italy
Children of Elizabeth and Paolo:
1. Daphne Antonia Diamante Martino  b.8/19/04
2. Katherine Wallis Bernhardt 
b. 1/21/1975
Univ. of Chicago BA
The School of Art, New York City, MA.
Artist, New York City
3. Andrew Gaston Bemhardt  
b. 7/11/1980
Univ. of Indiana B.A.
Investments Manager





Shadrack Mercer/1740 & Rhoda Price1761

s/o Thomas Mercer/1695

s/o Christopher Mercer /1672

s/o Thomas Mercer/1647

s/o Christopher Mercer /1612