Tell me about your Boone Co., McElroy kin, please. My dad, Lester Lafayette McElroy was born in Boone Co., AR, Feb. 20, 1888. Dortha McElroy Greenlee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dolores Sutton" <drainessutton@juno.com> To: <ARBOONE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 5:01 AM Subject: [ARBOONE] My Boone Co Kin > Wilson-Mc Elroy-Hughey-De shields-Parton-Bly-Brittain-Call-Holmes- > Raines-Haskins-Loggains-Rowan-Roy-De > Jarnette-Green-Richardson-Marler-Manley-Van Horn-Perry > Dolores Raines Sutton > > > ==== ARBOONE Mailing List ==== > Please don't let your limited mailboxes get full - it causes list mail to bounce. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

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mysty and lynn-marie, thanks for your assistance and suggestions. one thing i'm going to pursue is trying to find a descendent of hannah caroline BELLER KEY, since i am positive she, at least, was living after 1860. if something terrible happened to her family (whether illness or mishap) i think it is not unlikely that the story would still be out there. also, it was suggested to me that i try to track the "children" of the first allen t. BELLER and find death certificates. it appears that both of the "sons" named allen t. were still living in 1920 (and one was a physician) so i think the chances of finding them are good. the down side is that their might not be any new information...the physician remained a batchelor and lived alone his entire life, and the other allen (a deputy sheriff) was listing his parents places of birth "unknown" as early as 1900. cross your fingers, and i'll keep the list updated. thanks again. mitzi roberts norman, oklahoma

Hello to all, I am sorry to send this to the list but since it deals with finding family there is no better place to send i The children of my husbands cousin have been kidnapped by their father, who is also wanted by the police for murdering his girlfriend in Holland, Michigan. The children are Asshley Gleeson 5 and Joshua Gleeson 3. We are hoping to find the children alive and well even though things are'nt sounding to hopeful. All we can do is pray for their safe return. Instead of sending pictures to the list I am sending the website that has pictures of the children and father and all the info you need to help. Please pass this around to everyone you know. Your help is greatly appreciated. http://codeamber.org/gleeson/ Thank you Sandy noordhof@swbell.net

Ah, I think I see where some of this confusion problem comes from. Carroll Co (before Boone Co was created from it in 1869) had a Sugar Loaf Township right across the county boundary from the Sugar Loaf Township in Marion Co. Back then the Sugar Loaf Creek and West Sugar Loaf Creek areas were within Marion Co. boundaries. And, there are genealogical errors galore in "History of Marion Co" by Earl Berry. Earl recognized this and, before his death, asked the Historic Genealogical Society of Marion Co to correct those errors and expand the genealogical data. Thus: "Genealogies of Marion Co Families 1811-1900" pub 1997 and "Genealogies of Marion Co Families 1811-1900, A Supplement" which is "under construction." Marion Co 1850 census - Sugar Loaf Township. # 160-161 George Wood 45 TN. Jane 40 TN Dice 22 AR. Winney 20 AR. William 19 AR. Hannah 18 AR. Elizabeth 16 AR. Jane 15 AR. Solomon R 13 AR. Malinda 11 AR. George W 9 AR. John Hardin 7 AR. Nancy C 6 AR. Sally Ann 4 AR. Martha 3 AR. Bellinda/Belbrada 1 AR. Marion Co 1860 census - Sugar Loaf Township. # 931 George W Wood 54 TN. Nancy 49 TN. Elizabeth 24 AR. G W 18 AR. John H 17 AR. Sarah A 13 AR. Martha 12 AR. Edward 9 AR. Charity 7 AR. John W E 4 AR. The surname Sneed is not found in the Marion Co census for 1850 nor 1860. The following data are from "Genealogies of Marion Co Families 1811-1900, A Supplement" [not published]. Mary Jane Coker (daughter of William "Buck" & Mollie [Lee] Coker) b Knox Co TN 1806 d Carroll Co AR 1878 bu Sneed Cemetery at Osage m July 1824 Charles Sneed (son of William & Kezziah [Graham] Sneed) b KY 1807 d Carroll Co AR 1865. William Edward Wood (son of George Washington & Nancy Jane [Coker] Wood) b AR Terr 1831 d UT 1857 m MCAR ca 1850 Manerva Jane Hudson (daughter of Jesse & Matilda [Everett] Hudson) b Georges Creek AR Terr 1832 d Calf Creek, McCulloch Co TX 1918. Manerva m/2 MCAR Joel Baker Northcott. Solomon R Wood (son of George Washington & Nancy Jane [Coker] Wood) b MCAR 1837 d UT 1857. Never married. Solomon M Wood (son of William "Dancin' Bill" & Hannah [Austin] Wood) b TN 1818 d MCAR 1851 bu Patton Cemetery MCAR m Martha "Patsy" Magness (daughter of James W & Narcissa [Barnett] Magness) b SC 1817 d Boone Co AR aft 1880. Patsy is a widow in Blythe Township 1860. She is living with her son, James B Wood, in Harrison Township, Boone Co AR 1880. The only child of Solomon M & Martha "Patsy" (Magness) Wood is James B Wood b MCAR 1839 m Nannie ___ b AR 1846. In Harrison Township, Boone Co. AR 1870, 1880. William Sylvester "Southfoot Bill" Wood (son of Thomas D & Elizabeth [Talbert] Coker) b AR Terr 1823 d TX 1891 m Melinda Coker (daughter of William & Sara [Greene] Coker) b AR Terr 1825 d TX 1901. Three of their children were: Thomas Benton Wood b MCAR 1847 m/1 Louisa C Dobbs (daughter of Jonathan & Elizabeth [Snelson] Dobbs); m/2 Indian Terr 1895 Roxie ___. In Blythe Township MCAR 1889. To Indian Terr 1893. Sylvester V Wood b MCAR 1848 m prob TX Sarah McCullough. To Indian Terr 1893. Settled Mason Co TX where he was elected Judge in the early 1900s. James Irwin Wood b MCAR 1850 d Scipio, Pittsburgh Co OK 1918 m MCAR Cynthia A Dobbs (daughter of Jonathan & Elizabeth [Snelson] Dobbs). To Indian Terr 1893. Treasurer of Pittsburgh Co OK for 5 years. Elected Mayor of McAllister OK 1915. This should help some in sorting out who was and was not with the Fancher Train; thus, who was and was not slaughtered at Mountain Meadow. Oh, yes. Winney Wood's husband, Charlie Stallcup, was slaughtered, but she and the children weren't with him. Let me know if I can supply any further MCAR info for you. Be glad to do what I can. Mysty shakerag@mtnhome.com ************************************************* ----- Original Message ----- From: "LM Fancher" <dixon@europa.com> To: "Mysty McPherson" <shakerag@mtnhome.com> Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 1:51 PM Subject: RE: [ARBOONE] ELI CAMPBELL BELLER/Mountain Meadows Massacre? > Mysty, > > Please review the 1860 Census for Sugar Loaf Tnshp again. I do not find the > Wood family listed. I do find Nancy Jane Coker, niece of Nancy Coker Wood > and my ggg grandmother, Jane Coker Sneed. You might want to double check > you birth date for Nancy Coker Wood. She is often confused with Jane. > There is a picture of Jane Coker Sneed in the Carroll Co. Museum. > > The Woods I have being killed at the MMM were listed in Earl Berry's History > of Marion County. They include Nancy Coker Wood and her sons William (34) > and Solomon (38). Solomon's wife's name was Martha and their sons James > (18) and John H. (ll) Williams' wife was Malinda (34) and their children > Thomas Benton (10) Sylvester (9) and James Irvine Wood (8). This > information is also accounted for in William Wise's book on the Massacre at > Mountain Meadows. There were suppose to be two other Wood families along > the trip, but I haven't come across documentation or reports for that yet. > Two of her sons married Dixon girls and I have been trying to track them but > can't find them. > > Milum Rush on the Train had a brother named Alanson who married Alexander > Fancher and Jane Johnson's daughter Mary giving a further connection to the > train. I have been researching the Millers associated with the train. > There is strong circumstancial evidence that Hugh Miller, the progenitor of > the Millers who died on the train, was the brother of John Emberson Miller, > husband of Patsy Fancher, aunt to Captain Alexander Fancher. I believe > sorting out these clues will give us better insight into who some of the > missing victims might be. Anyway, I keep trying.. > > Lynn-Marie Fancher

Lynn-Marie, could you send - or tell me where to find - the names of the Wood folks you say were killed at Mountain Meadow 1857? This information would be a boon to the Historical Genealogical Society of Marion Co AR for inclusion in its second volume of "Genealogies of Marion Co Families 1811-1900" which is currently "under construction." Our records document only two Wood MMM victims. Nancy Jane Coker (daughter of William "Buck" Coker) b TN 1810 m George Washington Wood (son of William "Dancin' Bill Wood) b TN 1805. They are found in Sugar Loaf Township, Marion Co AR in the 1860 census. Two of their sons - William Edward Wood and Solomon R Wood - died at MMM. We'd also be appreciative of information regarding the close connections the Wood and Coker families had with the Bellers. Our records don't indicate any relationships. We're obviously missing an important connection which should be included in our publications. Thanks for whatever information you care to share with us. Mysty shakerag@mtnhome.com ******************************************** ----- Original Message ----- From: "LM Fancher" <dixon@europa.com> To: "Mysty McPherson" <shakerag@mtnhome.com> Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 12:04 PM Subject: RE: [ARBOONE] ELI CAMPBELL BELLER/Mountain Meadows Massacre? > Mitzi, > > You ask very good questions. You are right in noting that the inscriptions > on the MMM monument are incomplete, and in some cases, inaccurate. The age > of Eliza Ingrum for example is wrong. There are only two Wood boys > mentioned when we know that there were at least seven Woods killed there. > Grandma Woods would have been Nancy Coker Woods. The Cokers, Woods, and > Bellers were closely connected. It is not likely that more children other > than the seventeen spared we know of survived. They certainly would not > have been returned to Arkansas as that was very well documented. Have you > checked any Census reports in California for your Bellers? We know that > when Melinda Cameron Scott's wagon broke off from the group near Salt Lake > City after arguing which way to go, there were about three other wagons with > her and I can't find the records that identify who all were in those wagons. > It's worth checking in to. > Lynn-Marie Fancher > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mysty McPherson [mailto:shakerag@mtnhome.com] > Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2002 8:55 PM > To: ARBOONE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ARBOONE] ELI CAMPBELL BELLER/Mountain Meadows Massacre? > > This URL might clarify some of your thoughts. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~arboone/mtnmead.html > > You might also search thru http://www.rootsweb.com/~arboone for further data > on the Beller family as well as its connections with the Baker family. > You'll find research volunteers at that site who can be most helpful. And > there's a great deal of information about the Beller family in "History of > Boone Co." I think you can still get a copy, but I'm not sure. > > Mysty shakerag@mtnhome.com > ************************************************ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <OKMitzi@aol.com> > To: <ARBOONE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2002 9:37 PM > Subject: [ARBOONE] ELI CAMPBELL BELLER/Mountain Meadows Massacre? > > > > this posting regards eli campbell BELLER, b. abt. 1809 in AL and his wife > > anna mary BAKER, b. abt. 1816 in AL. this family was living in carroll > co., > > AR by 1835. > > > > i am not a direct BELLER descendent but am allied in many ways. in my > > research i have noticed that, to the best of my knowledge, this family > > disappeared from the planet bet. 1850-1860. they are last found (by me) > in > > the 1850 census in carroll co., AR. i can find no one from this nuclear > > family (except perhaps hannah caroline) ANYWHERE after 1860. this family > had > > at least 9 children...where are they? i noticed this when i was trying to > > reconcile allen t. beller (eli's younger brother) and his children. it > > seems/seemed very strange to me that allen t. would have not one but two > sons > > named allen t. BELLER, both living, one b. 1848, the other b. 1855. also > in > > the 1860 census we find allen t. BELLER living in hempstead co., AR. > there > > are six children with him, but they are not arranged in birth order as we > > would expect...they are grouped into two "families". weird. it > immediately > > struck me that allen t. beller was caring for someone else's children. > who > > was he closest to? his brother eli. the next step (in my > not-always-logical > > thinking)...what could have happened to the eli beller family bet. > 1850-1860? > > the thing that came to my mind immediately was the mountain meadows > > massacre. we know there were other BELLERS and BAKERS involved, and that > not > > all the victims were identified. we also know the youngest children were > > mostly spared and returned to their families in arkansas, which could > account > > for some of the children in allen t.'s 1860 household. does anyone have > any > > thoughts on this, or evidence to the contrary? is there any record of eli > c. > > and anna BAKER BELLER and their children, william h., b. 1832, mary a., b. > > 1834, frances e., b. 1837, alabama, b. 1839, peter m., b. 1841, john m., > b. > > 1843, eliza e., b. 1846, and virginia c., b. 1848, after 1857? it appears > > that daughter hannah caroline, b. 1835 married job caswell KEY abt. 1852 > and > > remained in arkansas until her death in 1909. please send me your > feedback! > > > > mitzi roberts > > okmitzi@hotmail.com > > > > > > ==== ARBOONE Mailing List ==== > > PLEASE BE SURE YOUR RETURN ADDRESS IS CORRECT!!! I KNOW YOU THINK IT IS - > BUT HUMOR ME AND RE-CHECK IT, PLEASE. BOUNCES DRIVE A LISTMOM CRAZY !! > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > ==== ARBOONE Mailing List ==== > PLEASE EMPTY YOUR MAILBOXES !!!! > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

If any of you can further help Mitzi, please do so either directly or thru the email list. Mysty shakerag@mtnhome.com ********************************************** ----- Original Message ----- From: "LM Fancher" <dixon@europa.com> To: "Mysty McPherson" <shakerag@mtnhome.com> Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 12:04 PM Subject: RE: [ARBOONE] ELI CAMPBELL BELLER/Mountain Meadows Massacre? > Mitzi, > > You ask very good questions. You are right in noting that the inscriptions > on the MMM monument are incomplete, and in some cases, inaccurate. The age > of Eliza Ingrum for example is wrong. There are only two Wood boys > mentioned when we know that there were at least seven Woods killed there. > Grandma Woods would have been Nancy Coker Woods. The Cokers, Woods, and > Bellers were closely connected. It is not likely that more children other > than the seventeen spared we know of survived. They certainly would not > have been returned to Arkansas as that was very well documented. Have you > checked any Census reports in California for your Bellers? We know that > when Melinda Cameron Scott's wagon broke off from the group near Salt Lake > City after arguing which way to go, there were about three other wagons with > her and I can't find the records that identify who all were in those wagons. > It's worth checking in to. > Lynn-Marie Fancher > ***************************************** > -----Original Message----- > From: Mysty McPherson [mailto:shakerag@mtnhome.com] > Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2002 8:55 PM > To: ARBOONE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ARBOONE] ELI CAMPBELL BELLER/Mountain Meadows Massacre? > > This URL might clarify some of your thoughts. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~arboone/mtnmead.html > > You might also search thru http://www.rootsweb.com/~arboone for further data > on the Beller family as well as its connections with the Baker family. > You'll find research volunteers at that site who can be most helpful. And > there's a great deal of information about the Beller family in "History of > Boone Co." I think you can still get a copy, but I'm not sure. > > Mysty shakerag@mtnhome.com > ************************************************ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <OKMitzi@aol.com> > To: <ARBOONE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2002 9:37 PM > Subject: [ARBOONE] ELI CAMPBELL BELLER/Mountain Meadows Massacre? > > > this posting regards eli campbell BELLER, b. abt. 1809 in AL and his wife > > anna mary BAKER, b. abt. 1816 in AL. this family was living in carroll > co., > > AR by 1835. > > > > i am not a direct BELLER descendent but am allied in many ways. in my > > research i have noticed that, to the best of my knowledge, this family > > disappeared from the planet bet. 1850-1860. they are last found (by me) > in > > the 1850 census in carroll co., AR. i can find no one from this nuclear > > family (except perhaps hannah caroline) ANYWHERE after 1860. this family > had > > at least 9 children...where are they? i noticed this when i was trying to > > reconcile allen t. beller (eli's younger brother) and his children. it > > seems/seemed very strange to me that allen t. would have not one but two > sons > > named allen t. BELLER, both living, one b. 1848, the other b. 1855. also > in > > the 1860 census we find allen t. BELLER living in hempstead co., AR. > there > > are six children with him, but they are not arranged in birth order as we > > would expect...they are grouped into two "families". weird. it > immediately > > struck me that allen t. beller was caring for someone else's children. > who > > was he closest to? his brother eli. the next step (in my > not-always-logical > > thinking)...what could have happened to the eli beller family bet. > 1850-1860? > > the thing that came to my mind immediately was the mountain meadows > > massacre. we know there were other BELLERS and BAKERS involved, and that > not > > all the victims were identified. we also know the youngest children were > > mostly spared and returned to their families in arkansas, which could > account > > for some of the children in allen t.'s 1860 household. does anyone have > any > > thoughts on this, or evidence to the contrary? is there any record of eli > c. > > and anna BAKER BELLER and their children, william h., b. 1832, mary a., b. > > 1834, frances e., b. 1837, alabama, b. 1839, peter m., b. 1841, john m., > b. > > 1843, eliza e., b. 1846, and virginia c., b. 1848, after 1857? it appears > > that daughter hannah caroline, b. 1835 married job caswell KEY abt. 1852 > and > > remained in arkansas until her death in 1909. please send me your > feedback! > > > > mitzi roberts > > okmitzi@hotmail.com

This URL might clarify some of your thoughts. http://www.rootsweb.com/~arboone/mtnmead.html You might also search thru http://www.rootsweb.com/~arboone for further data on the Beller family as well as its connections with the Baker family. You'll find research volunteers at that site who can be most helpful. And there's a great deal of information about the Beller family in "History of Boone Co." I think you can still get a copy, but I'm not sure. Mysty shakerag@mtnhome.com ************************************************ ----- Original Message ----- From: <OKMitzi@aol.com> To: <ARBOONE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2002 9:37 PM Subject: [ARBOONE] ELI CAMPBELL BELLER/Mountain Meadows Massacre? > this posting regards eli campbell BELLER, b. abt. 1809 in AL and his wife > anna mary BAKER, b. abt. 1816 in AL. this family was living in carroll co., > AR by 1835. > > i am not a direct BELLER descendent but am allied in many ways. in my > research i have noticed that, to the best of my knowledge, this family > disappeared from the planet bet. 1850-1860. they are last found (by me) in > the 1850 census in carroll co., AR. i can find no one from this nuclear > family (except perhaps hannah caroline) ANYWHERE after 1860. this family had > at least 9 children...where are they? i noticed this when i was trying to > reconcile allen t. beller (eli's younger brother) and his children. it > seems/seemed very strange to me that allen t. would have not one but two sons > named allen t. BELLER, both living, one b. 1848, the other b. 1855. also in > the 1860 census we find allen t. BELLER living in hempstead co., AR. there > are six children with him, but they are not arranged in birth order as we > would expect...they are grouped into two "families". weird. it immediately > struck me that allen t. beller was caring for someone else's children. who > was he closest to? his brother eli. the next step (in my not-always-logical > thinking)...what could have happened to the eli beller family bet. 1850-1860? > the thing that came to my mind immediately was the mountain meadows > massacre. we know there were other BELLERS and BAKERS involved, and that not > all the victims were identified. we also know the youngest children were > mostly spared and returned to their families in arkansas, which could account > for some of the children in allen t.'s 1860 household. does anyone have any > thoughts on this, or evidence to the contrary? is there any record of eli c. > and anna BAKER BELLER and their children, william h., b. 1832, mary a., b. > 1834, frances e., b. 1837, alabama, b. 1839, peter m., b. 1841, john m., b. > 1843, eliza e., b. 1846, and virginia c., b. 1848, after 1857? it appears > that daughter hannah caroline, b. 1835 married job caswell KEY abt. 1852 and > remained in arkansas until her death in 1909. please send me your feedback! > > mitzi roberts > okmitzi@hotmail.com > > > ==== ARBOONE Mailing List ==== > PLEASE BE SURE YOUR RETURN ADDRESS IS CORRECT!!! I KNOW YOU THINK IT IS - BUT HUMOR ME AND RE-CHECK IT, PLEASE. BOUNCES DRIVE A LISTMOM CRAZY !! > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

this posting regards eli campbell BELLER, b. abt. 1809 in AL and his wife anna mary BAKER, b. abt. 1816 in AL. this family was living in carroll co., AR by 1835. i am not a direct BELLER descendent but am allied in many ways. in my research i have noticed that, to the best of my knowledge, this family disappeared from the planet bet. 1850-1860. they are last found (by me) in the 1850 census in carroll co., AR. i can find no one from this nuclear family (except perhaps hannah caroline) ANYWHERE after 1860. this family had at least 9 children...where are they? i noticed this when i was trying to reconcile allen t. beller (eli's younger brother) and his children. it seems/seemed very strange to me that allen t. would have not one but two sons named allen t. BELLER, both living, one b. 1848, the other b. 1855. also in the 1860 census we find allen t. BELLER living in hempstead co., AR. there are six children with him, but they are not arranged in birth order as we would expect...they are grouped into two "families". weird. it immediately struck me that allen t. beller was caring for someone else's children. who was he closest to? his brother eli. the next step (in my not-always-logical thinking)...what could have happened to the eli beller family bet. 1850-1860? the thing that came to my mind immediately was the mountain meadows massacre. we know there were other BELLERS and BAKERS involved, and that not all the victims were identified. we also know the youngest children were mostly spared and returned to their families in arkansas, which could account for some of the children in allen t.'s 1860 household. does anyone have any thoughts on this, or evidence to the contrary? is there any record of eli c. and anna BAKER BELLER and their children, william h., b. 1832, mary a., b. 1834, frances e., b. 1837, alabama, b. 1839, peter m., b. 1841, john m., b. 1843, eliza e., b. 1846, and virginia c., b. 1848, after 1857? it appears that daughter hannah caroline, b. 1835 married job caswell KEY abt. 1852 and remained in arkansas until her death in 1909. please send me your feedback! mitzi roberts okmitzi@hotmail.com

would like to contact anyone researching the Hughey families who came to ark in 1833 from Tenn. Dolores Raines/Sutton drainessutton@juno.com http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/a/i/Dolores-Rainessutton/ind ex.html

Hi folks, I haven't done this for some months now, so will renew the offer. I am in Sacramento CA. We have some statewide archives here that might have helpful information if someone is looking for the family black sheep who left AR and migrated to CA (if you can imagine that!) I am generally more successful with things that can be placed in a time and area framework, like death dates and places and obits and such. There is also a state wide property owner list for about 1970 on. Feel free to ask about other possibilities. I can't get to birth or probate records. This is a no charge thing, unless you want to cover stamps and copy machine charges. ron in CA

Does anyone know if these lists are available on line for a search? I want to look for someone who probably was skipped by the census taker in 1880. ron in CA

10 lashes with a wet noodle to me ... take that! Sorry, forgot to mention that she was born 1873, that might just help. ron in CA On Mon, 25 Nov 2002 10:53:31 -0800 blueoak@ix.netcom.com wrote: > Recently found that the gr grandparents had > an additional daughter. Since two of her > sisters > were married in Boone Co, I am wondering if any > lister would have time and access to see if she > did too? > (I haven't found any marriage records on line > for > this county) > ron in CA > > > ==== ARBOONE Mailing List ==== > PLEASE EMPTY YOUR MAILBOXES !!! > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Recently found that the gr grandparents had an additional daughter. Since two of her sisters were married in Boone Co, I am wondering if any lister would have time and access to see if she did too? (I haven't found any marriage records on line for this county) ron in CA

Anybody know whether the Samantha Eoff Turney ["Samantha's Move to Texas"] is the daughter of John Jackson Eoff and Cynthia Caroline Nichols? She would be sister then to Garrett Bradford Eoff, David Alexander, and Ida Belle. Diane Eoff narniana@aol.com

Here is a good website to read about how DNA testing can solve genealogy problems: http://www.familytreedna.com/facts_genes.asp

I did a USGS Query for Valley Springs Arkansas in order to get a topographical and also an aerial picture of where my husband was born. To the NW of Valley Springs, is there a quarry? I see a large area which looks to be a quarry. Could someone please contact me with more information as to what this might be. Marji Chrest-Cochran

I write Ozarks Genealogy column for the on line News-Leader a Springfield, MO newspaper http://www.springfieldnews-leader.com/genealogy/index.html Please send your Misssouri queries to the column. Thanks Gloria Bogart Carter, Genealogist, 733 South Farm Road 89, Springfield, MO 65802, gbcarter@juno.com 417-869-7060; My BOOK LIST available by e-mail; My Ozarks Genealogy Query Column appears each Sunday on line http://www.springfieldnews-leader.com/genealogy/index.html ; Visit Wright Co MO web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~mowright/wright.htm

Hi, I'm researching the family of a great-uncle named Levi Hall. Several years ago, one of his daughters, who was living in Texas, told me that Levi Hall was living near Harrison, Arkansas, in an insane asylum, when he died about 1963. She said that there wasn't anything wrong with Levi-it was just a place to live, and to be cared for. I'm wondering what/where this "asylum" might have been. Does anyone on the list have an idea about where the "asylum" might have been? Thanks for your help, Mike Landwehr

Mike, you may need to look in some other counties besides just Boone. Seems Caleb Kirk enlisted 7 Dec 1863 at Clarksville, Johnson Co AR in Co K 2nd AR Infantry (USA) and listed his birth place as Pulaski Co KY and his age as 44. John W Kirk enlisted 10 March 1864 at Clarksville, Johnson Co AR and listed his birth place as Madison Co AR and his age as 18. I got this information from Ed Gerdes' Original Civil War Page at http://www.couchgenweb.com/arkansas. Land records at http://www.glorecords.blm.gov indicate Caleb and Ellender Kirk jointly homesteaded 160 acres 20 Dec 1878 in Sections 17 and 18 in Township 20 North Range 18 West. Martha E Kirk homesteaded 80 acres 20 Oct 1884 in Sections 17 and 18 in Township 20 North Range 18 West. No grants of any sort appear to have been involved. Boone Co AR Cemeteries On-line http://www.rootsweb.com/~arboone have Caleb Kirk (no dates), Samuel Kirk (no dates), and Louisa M Kirk 26 Feb 1856 - 4 October 1938 in Enon Cemetery. Hope this helps. Mysty shakerag@mtnhome.com ************************************ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Wood" <mrwood@frontiernet.net> To: <ARBOONE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 12:55 PM Subject: [ARBOONE] Caleb Kirk - John W. Kirk > > I am looking for information on Caleb Kirk, married to Ellender Kirk, > Martha Kirk and John W. Kirk. John W. is the son of Caleb and Ellender. They > both served in the Civil War, in the Union Army. If information I have is > correct, Samuel died in the war. I believe him to be the older brother of > John W. Martha, if my information is correct is the sister of Samuel and > John and is the daughter of Caleb and Ellender. > > Caleb and Ellender were granted land in Boone County, I believe in section > 18, township 20N, range 18W. Martha was also granted land but I am not sure > the reason. > > I have no information on John W. who is my great grandfather. I know he was > around 17 at the time of the Civil War and have heard rumors about him but > have no information other than that. I do know both survived the war and > Caleb was granted the land as part of his compensation for his time served > in the Army. Caleb was also accused of murder, incarcerated in Van Buren, > Crawford County and the trial was moved to Sebastian County. I have not been > able to get to the records in Sebastian County to find the outcome of that > trial but am assuming he was acquitted. John W. was supposedly wanted by the > law, for what reason I don't know but I have heard he was found, laying > beside two hunting dogs, in a cabin, dead, in the mountains somewhere and > was buried, by the law, at the cabin site. This is the rumors I have heard. > > I have information that Caleb is buried in the Enon (old) cemetery but I > have not verified that. > > If anyone has any information about the Kirk's of Boone County, I would > appreciate you sharing that information. > > Thank you very much, > > > Michael R. (Kirk) Wood > > > ==== ARBOONE Mailing List ==== > PLEASE BE SURE YOUR RETURN ADDRESS IS CORRECT!!! I KNOW YOU THINK IT IS - BUT HUMOR ME AND RE-CHECK IT, PLEASE. BOUNCES DRIVE A LISTMOM CRAZY !! > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >