Family CMT History

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In a message dated 5/6/00 11:33:41 PM Central Daylight Time,

cmargo@... writes:

<< What part of Southern Illinois are you from? >>

Hi Cindy & all on the list:

My family is from the Saline, Pope & Gallatan Counties in S. Illinois. My CMT

came through a Green/Covey marriage, and evidently through the paternal Green

family. The Covey/Green family on my mother's side were from around

Nashville, TN, before coming to S. IL. I am pasting below some notes that I

have recorded in my genealogy. There are numerous cases of CMT in my family

and I am acquainted with most of them.

I have never been diagnosed as to which type of CMT is in our family, but one

of my cousins' granddaughters has been determined as CMTX, which means that

it is passed down in a certain pattern depending on the gender of the parent.

The pattern is: If the parent is a male, none of his sons will be afflicted

but ALL his daughters will be. If the parent is a female, then each of her

children will have a 50/50 chance of being afflicted.

Sorry this is so lenghty, but I got carried away. Cindy, I would be very

interested to hear some of your family history& if you can download pictures,

I'll send you a couple typical CMT people's pictures.

Bud in TX

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The McGill family lived in VA in 1794 when McGill was born. They removed

to AL and here McGill married Sara Green. The Green family were from GA.

and Sara Green McGill had their first two children in AL. Ca. 1828, they

removed to TN near Nashville, where the rest of the children were born.

Oral E. Montgomery, " Montgomery Heritage " p. 115

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The first tracing of our McGill family was that they lived in Virginia.

In 1794 a son, McGill, was born.

They moved to Alabama, where a young lady by the name of Green,

caught 's eye. As happens to all young men, McGill, started to make

plans. Green was born in Georgia in 1805. In 1824, and , were

marching up the aisle of their church. was then in his early thirties

and was in her early twenties.

In 1832, they, and two young children, moved to a delightful climate,

close to Nashville, Tennessee.

Around the year 1848, and Green McGill, and their children

migrated to Gallatin County, Illinois close to eetown. They settled on a

piece of land, and started to farm. They all worked hard to make their farm a

success. On October 19, 1851, their last child, h Frances McGill was

born.

All went well until the year 1853 when McGill began having sick

spells, and on January 10, 1854, died. The Probate Court records of

Gallatin County, show the final settlement was made in 1856. The

Administrator was his son, Adam McGill.

Max Spangler, " The McGill's Are Here " p.1

Q. McGill, born 1833, close to Nashville, Tennessee. Married on

December 15 1856, in Gallatin County, Illinois, to Martha A. Covy.

died between 1892 and 1900.

Max Spangler, " The McGills Are Here " p.2

Green McGill is buried in the Gossett cemetery, in the town of

Gossett, White Co., IL, near burg.

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On November 12, 1857, we find him ( McGill) in the Gallatin County

Courthouse, acting as a witness in the signing of an Indenture, between his

brother, Adam McGill, and and Margaret S. . Wm. McGill &

family removed to Pope Co.,IL prior to 1860.

At this tine, G. McGill was going with a beautiful young lady by the

name of Martha A. Covy, daughter of Covy, and on July 15, 1858, they

were married in Gallatin County, Illinois. For all to see, this information

was recorded on page 304, of book 2. A well run farm was established and

food, of all kinds, was plentiful. Information has been passed down that

G. McGill, walked with a cane and a " country doctor " , in an attempt

to help this condition, cut his heel strings. Needless to say, this made the

condition much worse, and when he harvested his crops, in the fall, he was

forced to do so, by partially walking on his knees.

was the first in the family line to have recorded symptoms of

Charco-Marie-Tooth disease.

from Max Spangler " The McGills are Here " p. 8

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At the time of the 1880 Pope Co., IL census, was suffering from a

gunshot wound.*

Judy Brown

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What is Chacot-Marie-Tooth

disease?

Charcot-Marie-Tooth* disease is a hereditary disorder marked by slowly

progressive muscle weakness in the feet, lower legs, hands and forearms, and

a mild loss of sensation in limbs, fingers, and toes. The weakness results

from the degeneration of nerves that stimulate muscle rather than from a

degenerative process in the muscle tissue itself. The disorder, named for

three physicians who first identified it in 1886, is also known as peroneal

muscular atrophy because it primarily affects the peroneal muscles, which are

located in the lower leg. There are now thought to be at least two types of

the disease - hypertrophic and neuronal - that differ to some degree in

severity.

The first symptoms of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease are usually foot

deformities (high arch and flexed toes) and difficulty in walking caused by

these structural changes. Typically, the knees have to be raised higher than

normal to lift feet off the ground. there is also a tendency to sprain ankles

and some difficulty in maintaining balance while standing.

As the disorder advances, muscles in the lower legs and sometimes lower

third of the thighs become weak and reduced in size (atrophic). Hands and

forearms are affected in later stages, and fine manipulatory acts may become

difficult. In addition, the sense of touch is somewhat diminished in the

limbs and extremities.

* taken from MDA, Australian branch