Most of the members of the Shult family who emigrated went directly from their ports,
in either New York or Philadelphia, to the vicinity of Swedona, Illinois. Peter (Johann Peter Skold)
seems to have been the first to arrive. Hons followed shortly in 1857.
This link shows the county
boundaries of Illinois counties in 1859. Henry County, where Hons farmed, is on the left
edge, just to the right and slightly below the word "Iowa."
The following is a map of Henry County, in 1895. This map is courtesy of Gold Bug Maps.