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Billie,
Please do not be discouraged by the reply you received - certainly there was a Kincheloe District/community in Benton County. Located, as you say, in the southern part of the county near present day Hwy 412.
Here is a piece I posted on this community:
"I did some research on Pedro. I went down and visited
the location of the place - there is indeed Martin /
Pedro Rd. (County Road 105) just off of 412. This was
not "Martin Pedro Rd." as I had thought - so there was
no person called Martin Pedro, ha ha. From what I've
gathered, Martin was an old family around these parts
(see below). According to my maps there is also a
small community called Martin west and north of this
area.
At the library I found the book "History of Robinson
and Kincheloe Community" which was done by the
Robinson Historical Community in 1995. Pedro was the
name given to the *post office* for this place. The
community was better known as Kincheloe, the valley
there called Martin Hollow.
Here is an excerpt from pgs. 177-118 of that book:
KINCHELOE COMMUNITY AND PEDRO POST OFFICE
Pedro was the name given to the post office
established by Ernest Watts Butler, in his small store
building in Kincheloe community. The application was
dated February 6, 1906, reads: location NE 17-17-32,
4 1/2 miles south of Logan. About 800 people in the
area were supplied by this special office from
Wedington, Washington County. A star route carrier
came from Robinson two times a week and Mr. Butler was
the Postmaster.
This building burned and was never replaced.
Apparently, the post office operated from the Roberts
home for a short time before the rural route was
started. In the beginning, mail was delivered every
other day and later each day on the rural route. The
store was simply called Butler's Store. There is
only rock foundation left now located on the George
Clark farm.
Families in the valley where the post office was
located were: Gallatin "Gap" and Majorie Etta Martin,
Mary E. and Abner "Uncle Ab" Martin, Elizabeth Emma
Walker, and Dudley B. "Dud" Martin - Abner Martin's
son. The Widow Osburn and family resided here along
with the Jim Strain family and John and Susan Roberts.
This valley was called "Martin Hollow." It has a
road running north and south now named Martin - Pedro
Ln. through the 911 program. This road ends at the
north end where it intersects with the Kincheloe Road,
(911 name) that runs east and west at this point.
West from this point was Thomas J. Walker and Mary
Jane Carlisle Walker, the Carters, Shooks, Masons, the
Corn family and the Kincheloe School building. Other
families: Eads, James, Farmer, Malone, Lubera,
Barnes, Gardisser, and Duffield.
Other families in the valley: Pearl McGarrah, her son
Harlow and wife, two of Pearl's grandchildren with
their families, Tommy and Judy Martin, Lena and Larry
Dawdy, Pete and Ethelyn Meyers, George Clark, and the
Harris family.
Several spellings for the word Kincheloe were found
during this search: Kinchelo, Kenchelow and Kincheloe
(apparently the correct one). The school district was
#83 and called Pleasant. The first school was a
sycamore log building on the south side of Kincheloe
Road. The second school was also a log building on
the north side of the road. It is now incorporated in
the Richard Lubera home. The school building was a
fram one and much larger. It was built on the south
side close to where the sycamore log building was
located. There is a small cemetery nearby on the
north. This is where John G. Kincheloe, his parents
and John's first three children are buried; also one
child with a stone reading "Mary, Daughter of J.H. &
E. Taylor, died 1-23-1882. These school properties
were donated by the Kincheloe family. Some teachers
from the school were: Dorice Chastain Aldrige - 1908;
Elaine Butler Chastain - 1922-23; Charlie (?)
Kincheloe, Eunis Meyers, Mayme Mekker, ? Meyers,
Evelyn Beaver Wilson and Eileen Leonard Snodgrass.
For a short time, Roy Harper from Robinson had a small
store, but there wasn't a loarge stock of supplies.
There are apparently four crossings of the Illinois
River to get to the Kincheloe community. The first
just west of North Round Top (Hammer) Mountain was a
swinging bridge for walking, Second one could cross at
Carter Ford. The third was about 1/2 mile further
west called Micklen Ford, where there were steel gates
to open and shut when crossing. This is the present
location of a one-lane steel bridge built in 1917.
Mr. Leslie Martin remembers the swinging bridge being
built, but is not sure of the date. (He was
approximately 10 to 15 yesrs old at the time). The
fourth crossing, close to Carter's Bluff, is called
Wilson Ford and just west of here a cement bridge was
built in 1922, on what is now called Chambers Springs
Road. This about 1/2 mile west of the Kincheloe
School site.
~End of the excerpt~
I hope this is helpful to those interested in the
area. I will get it copied to Benton County ALHN
soon."
Billie, I don't see your Tatom's in the online Benton County cemetery index, but could check the books also. Bear in mind that they may not have grave markers. Or is it possible they moved?
Please feel free to post for more help / information.
Stacey Davis
County Coordinator, Benton County ALHN
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