Recent obits taken from the Clay County Courier, Corning, Clay County, Arkansas. WILLIE HAMLIN Willie HAMLIN was born in Ravenden Springs, February 12, 1912 to D. M. and Ona HIGGINS HIGGINBOTHAM. She died August 8, 2006 in Pocahontas Health and Rehab Center at the age of 94 years. Nomvember 10, 1930 she married Carl HAMLIN, Sr., who preceded her in death, March 2000. Survivors are one son, Carl HAMLIN, Jr., Brookings; one daughter, Joyce GATES, Paririeville, LA; one twin brother, Henry HIGGINBOTHAM, Pocahontas; 4 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by two brothers and one sister. Graveside services were conducted in Pirtle Cemetery, Peach Orchard, saturday, august 12, 2006. Burial under the direction of Ermert Funeral Home, Corning. IVA MASON Iva MASON was born in Peach Orchard to John William and Margaret Myrtle WHITSON GATES, April 5, 1913. She died in her Knobel home, August 9, 2006. She was 93. Retired from Knobel School cafeteria and farming, she was a member of Knobel Assembly of God. Survivors include one brother, Leroy GATES, Phoenix, AZ; one sister, Virginia Jenny LOWERY, Mt. View; one shared daughter, Judy (Jack) McDONALD, Knobel; several nieces and nephews and a host of friends and relatives. She was preceded in death by five brothers, Ira GATES, Elvis GATES, Paul GATES, Melvin Dago GATES and Edward GATES and husbands, W.A. HERRING, John BARKSDALE and Clarence MASON. Services Saturday, August 12, 2006 in the chapel of Ermert Funeral Home with Reverend Johnnie NISWONGER officiating. Burial in Bond Cemetery, Knobel, under the direction of Ermert Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Hospice or other charities. HAROLD RIGGAN Harold RIGGAN, Sr., 90, Corning, died August 21, 2006 in Arkansas Methodist Medical Center, Paragould. He was owner of Corning Implemant Company and had been a John Deere dealer since 1948. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and received a Bronze Star. He was a member of Corning Masonic Lodge # 719 and a member of first United Methodist Church, Corning. Harold RIGGAN was united in marriage to Clydruth CARLLEY RIGGAN, December 14, 1941. She preceded him in death, June 10, 2005. Survivors include one son, Harlod "Blue" RIGGAN, Jr., and his wife, Kathryn, Corning; two grandsons, Kody RIGGAN and wife Carla, Paragould, Russell RIGGAN and wife, Missy, Kirkwood, MO; four great-grandchildren, Carson, Cade, Will and Carlley RIGGAN. He was preceded in death by his wife, Clydruth, his parents, Leonard L and Gerturde RIGGAN; brother, Herbert RIGGAN and an infant brother. Services Wednesday, August 23, 2006 in Ermert Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Larry HUGHES officiating. Burial in Corning Cemetery under the direction of Ermert Funeral Home. Pallbearers: Steve FOX, Terry FITZGERALD, Fred BROWN, Cliff GIFFORD, Tom WILLIAMS, Richard HOSKINS and David PRATT. Honorary pallbearers, Quinn BROWN, Jerry WILLIAMS, Tommy WOFFORD, John AUSTIN, Alan CLIFTON and Jake DUFF. Memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church, Corning. STEVE BOOTH Steve BOOTH, Corning, was born in Peach Orchard, November 22, 1956 to Virgil Raymond BOOTH and Virginia Earlene FOREHAND SWEANEY, and died August 19, 2006 in his home. A factory worker and machine operator, he was affiliated with Union Assembly Church of Knobel. February 14, 1004 he married Donna Jean MILLER BOOTH. Survivors include his wife, Donna BOOTH; two daughters, Lisa Diane BOOTH, Paragould, Shenna Michelle ALLS, Larado; one son, Steven Wayne BOOTH, Paragould; three stepchildren, Patrick MILLER, CA, Angela ROARK, Corning, and Brandy WHEELER, Mt. Home; two brothers, Edward Michael BOOTH and Gary Hubert BOOTH, both of Knobel; three step brothers, Darrell Dean SWEANEY, Billy Gene SWEANEY and Jessie Lee SWEANEY, all of Knobel; two half brothers, Timmy SWEANEY, Knobel and Jimmy SWEANEY, Greenway; half sister, Tina KNEPPER, Arnold, MO; six grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his father and mother, brother, Raymond Dale BOOTH and step brother, Donnie SEANEY. Graveside services Monday, August 21, at Hosea Cemetery, Knobel, under direction of Ermert Funeral Home. MARGIE STORMES Margie STORMES, Corning, was born April 2, 1948 in Sikeston, MO to James Mitchell and Mary PARKS STULL and died in her residence August 17, 2006. She was 58. Member of Corning First Baptist Church, she married Darrell Eugene STORMES January 1, 1968. She worked in the BRAD Head Start kitchen. Survivors are her husband, Darrell STORMES of the home in Corning; one son, Toby (Melanie) STORMES, Corning; one grandson, Ryan STORMES; mother, Mary STULL, Neelyville, MO; one sister, Joyce COLTER, Corning; four brothers, Benny MITCHELL and family, Michigan, Laverne MITCHELL and family, Michigan, Don MITCHELL and family, Neelyville, MO and Dennis MITCHELL and family, Michigan. She was preceded in death by one daughter Tammie STORMES; grandson Austin STORMES, brother Roy MITCHELL and father James MITCHELL. Funeral services Saturday, August 19, 2006 in Ermert Funeral Home Chapel with Minister Denny STORMES. Burial in Hosea Cemetery, Knobel under direction of Ermert Funeral Home. J. L. WILLIAMS J. L. WILLIAMS, owner of Corning Yamaha and Polaris, died in St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center, Jonesboro, August 17, 2006. He was 66. Born in Corning to Barney and Tina Marie THOMPSON WILLIAMS, March 31, 1940, he was a member of Grace Missionary Baptist Church. On June 23, 1973, he married Aylene KARNES WILLIAMS and she survives. Other survivors are two sons, Mark (Pam) WILLIAMS, Corning and Kent WILLIAMS, Cape Girardeau, MO; one daughter, Carmen (Scott) GEORGE, Corning; one brother, Jimmie WILLIAMS, Corning; one sister, Nelly YORK, Corning; four grandchildren, Cory WILLIAMS, Jesse WILLIAMS, Riley GEORGE and Sydney GEORGE. He was preceded in death by his parents. Funeral services Saturday, August 19, 2006 in Ermert Funeral Home Chapel with Doug BURCH and David RICHEY officiating. Burial in Corning Cemetery. Memorials may be made to American Cancer Society or Grace Missionary Baptist Church. Services under the direction of Ermert Funeral Home. to be continued...........................

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GV.2ADE/1918.1 Message Board Post: yes, the fee is $5.00. the correct address for the piggott court house is clay county clerk 151 south second st. piggott, ar. 72454. the clerk said the address that is posted is incorrect. linda

yes they do but I don't know the cost..... one of my great uncles Vernie Carpenter married Annie Allyn/Allen....would this be in your family?....... they lived in the Tipperary....had a store right on Hwy 90.......MJ [email protected] wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Allyn > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GV.2ADE/1918 > > Message Board Post: > > Do the courthouses in Corning and Piggott provide copies of marriage records to distant relatives? Is the fee still $5 for a certified copy? > > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact > "Don E. Wright" [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Allyn Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GV.2ADE/1918 Message Board Post: Do the courthouses in Corning and Piggott provide copies of marriage records to distant relatives? Is the fee still $5 for a certified copy?

Hey Guys, You "hit the nail on the head." I am an Underwood and was born and reared in Clay and Randolph Counties, AR. Please send me a personal e-mail @ [email protected] Would love to learn more about this situation. Jenny ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim and Charlotte" <[email protected]> To: "ROOTSWEB--CLAU CO. AR" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 1:49 PM Subject: ARCLAY Roll Call--Lewis, Underwood, Brown, Snider > Names I am researching in Clay Co., are: > Lewis, Snider, Underwood, Brown > > My gr, grandfather was John Richard Lewis. He was born in MO in 1863 and died in Dunklin CO., MO in 1933. He married Sarah Frances Snider in 1900 in Dunklin Co., MO. She was born born in 1869 in Dunklin Co., MO, and died in either Randolph or Clay County AR in 1906. Their youngest daughter, Bessie Lennie Lewis, was my grandmother. She was born in either Randolph or Clay Co.,AR. Sarah Frances died having her. Sarah Frances Snider Lewis's brother, John William Snider and his wife Fredonia "Doni" Snider also lived in Clay Co. > My gr, grandfather, John Richard Lewis > remarried to a Cricket or Trixie Underwood sometime after 1906 and before 1911. Her family was from around Pollard in Clay Co. I am not sure if that was her actual name or a nickname. She died sometime after 1915. They had two children, a son, Wilburn Lewis and a daughter, Opal Irene Lewis. > My grandmother, Bessie Lennie Lewis, married William McKinley Brown. He was born in 1895 in Randolph Co., AR. They were married in MacDougal in Clay Co., in 1922. They moved to Pemiscot Co., MO around 1939 and lived there until their deaths. William Brown's father was Bill Brown born about 1858 in AR and his mother was Elizabeth "Lizzie" Biswell, born in 1860 in Monroe Co., IL.. > If anyone recognizes any of these names, I would like to hear from you. Thanks > Charlotte Christensen > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact > "Don E. Wright" [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Names I am researching in Clay Co., are: Lewis, Snider, Underwood, Brown My gr, grandfather was John Richard Lewis. He was born in MO in 1863 and died in Dunklin CO., MO in 1933. He married Sarah Frances Snider in 1900 in Dunklin Co., MO. She was born born in 1869 in Dunklin Co., MO, and died in either Randolph or Clay County AR in 1906. Their youngest daughter, Bessie Lennie Lewis, was my grandmother. She was born in either Randolph or Clay Co.,AR. Sarah Frances died having her. Sarah Frances Snider Lewis's brother, John William Snider and his wife Fredonia "Doni" Snider also lived in Clay Co. My gr, grandfather, John Richard Lewis remarried to a Cricket or Trixie Underwood sometime after 1906 and before 1911. Her family was from around Pollard in Clay Co. I am not sure if that was her actual name or a nickname. She died sometime after 1915. They had two children, a son, Wilburn Lewis and a daughter, Opal Irene Lewis. My grandmother, Bessie Lennie Lewis, married William McKinley Brown. He was born in 1895 in Randolph Co., AR. They were married in MacDougal in Clay Co., in 1922. They moved to Pemiscot Co., MO around 1939 and lived there until their deaths. William Brown's father was Bill Brown born about 1858 in AR and his mother was Elizabeth "Lizzie" Biswell, born in 1860 in Monroe Co., IL.. If anyone recognizes any of these names, I would like to hear from you. Thanks Charlotte Christensen

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: brinker Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GV.2ADE/1901.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: hello, i have your copies ready. i'm sorry it took so long. i couldn't get back to the library until today. did you find the marriage list for the western district? e-mail me and i'll get your address. [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GV.2ADE/1917 Message Board Post: By any chance does any one the surnames above? And if you do would you please see if the name below is connected to yours. I'm trying to find info on this line and all I have to go by is them on the 1930 census in Dunklin Co,MO. which is right next door to Clay Co,Ark. The woman Allie below was married in Clay Co, Ark. on her 1st marriage to a Elvis PUGH. Below is the 1930 census I think the surname is spelled wrong and I don't have a clue what the man's first name is to even try to find him before 1930. All help is welcome. Thank You, Theresa [email protected] * 1930 Census, Holcomb, Dunklin County, Missouri April 18th # 318 - 312 HOUSTIN, Nen. N. head m w 20 m 20 Laborer, General Farm MO TN MO , Allie M. wife f w 20 m 15 MO MO MO PEW, Elvis J.? step-son m w 3 s MO MO MO

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GV.2ADE/801.807.3.2.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: email has changed......

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GV.2ADE/801.807.3.2.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Its an old post, but here it goes. Who was Johns parents? I'm assuming his middle name is Samuel, since one of the census has them as Sam and Sadie.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GV.2ADE/1916 Message Board Post: Had her name as Aley Mae PRESLEY. Was told that the marriage info shows Allie PREASLAR married Elvis W. PUGH on February 27, 1925 in Clay County, Arkansas. ( Book 13, Page 322 ) I can't seen to find her on the 1920 or 1930 census. I know that Elvis was also in Dunklin Co, MO. I couldn't find her there either. I'm trying to find out who her parents are. Thanks for reading, Theresa [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GV.2ADE/1882.1 Message Board Post: Robert, Below is info that I found on the draft card records for George Delbert BURKMAN. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 ( also shows father might have been from Wis. ) Dated June 5,1918 Name: George Delbert Burkman City: Not Stated ( Living in Piggett ) County: Clay State: Arkansas BirthPlace: Lincoln, Illinois;United States of America Birth Date: 27 Mar 1897 Roll: 1522733 DraftBoard: 0 Age: No age shown Occupation: Farming for self Nearest Relative: F. C. Burkman ( Father ) Height/Build: Med, Med Color of Eyes/Hair: Lt. Blue eyes, Dark hair Signature: X for his mark...looks like wit: Civ. Pollard

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bone family Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GV.2ADE/1898.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Shirley, I just looked at my records and I have Hazel down as a step child to Marion Bone. On the 1930 census she is listed in the family as Marion's step daughter and her name is Hazel Eddings. This might make a difference when researching the records. Thanks Dixie

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bone family Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GV.2ADE/1898.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: The information that you got all fits. I have Marion married to a woman by the name of Geraldine [maiden name unknown] and they would have had relatives in Missouri. Marion's father was a only child but he had did have four half brothers and sisters in Missouri. One of his half sisters [ Matilda Hendrix Grady] and her husband traveled to Arkansas in 1902 and she died there. Her husband and their five children returned to Missouri after her death. They were only there for a short time. I now believe that they were probably in Arkansas because of her half brother [Thomas William Bone] living there. Thank, I am going to put all this information in my family tree.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: hamlett Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GV.2ADE/1813.1 Message Board Post: do you have any clues about what part of clay county they might have lived in or the general time period ? linda

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: bone Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GV.2ADE/1898.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: dixie, i was led to an elderly woman who lives in peach orchard. she remembers marion and his family. he married a woman named geraldine. he worked on farms and she was a housewife. she said to be sure to tell you, they were fine people. they had two children. the oldest was hazel. she married jack shirley. she thinks they moved to rockford, il. if she is still alive she would be in her 80's. she doesn't know if she had children. she had moved away at the time also. they also had a son, tommy. she said she and tommy used to ride to their college classes together. he married bernice tollman. they moved to missouri. they were both school teachers. they had no children. they are both dead. i didn't have any luck with funeral homes. martha may have given me a clue though, she said try greene county to check for their marriages. that is where most of the people in the area go to get married. the family may have also used a greene county funeral home to bury marion and his wife. m! artha said she did not know any one else of marion's family. linda

I replied to this message 2 days ago, with what I thought was your family. Did you see the reply? I offered to send you the census records. The father was William, the mother was Sarah and the brother was William L. which could have been Lee. Cindy ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 12:16 PM Subject: Re: ARCLAY Bakers of Clay/Greene Co AR > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Baker/Eden > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GV.2ADE/1851.1.1.1.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Thanks so much for your help... I probably could have filled in more info > but didnt want to overburden my first reply. I was in Kennet last month > back for an Eden reunion and went through the records. The marriage book > states she was 15 and no one else was listed, we are thinking that maybe > her parents were gone in 1874, not sure. I havent had much luck with the > 1870 for Baker or Eden, prior to that my Eden's were in Butler Co MO. 1870 > is the mystery. Stoddard Co borders Malden MO which is where James and > Rachel settled and raised 12 kids and where they are buried. Rachel's > death cert was filled out by the youngest son who didnt seem to know much > about her family, neither did my ggrandfather. No mothers name listed, > William Baker as father. Brother Lee killed by lightning is a family > story... may or may not be true I dont know. Death cert showed her middle > name as Melvina, my ggrandfather said it was Melvina. One of their > daughters was Lilly Mae no Melvina that I know of. Al! > l of the children (12) had 4 names as well as their father. She may have > had as well. Her obit referenced her as Sarah. Which is strange we have > never heard her ref'd as that before. And no mistake it was her obit, > ref'd my ggrandfather and others. I did find on 1860 census a W. R. Baker, > SAE Baker, M? Baker and K M Baker. I wonder if the KM is supposed to be an > RM who was 1 at the time in Greene Co. Would fit. The SAE may have been a > Sarah, maybe her mothers name. Was William killed in CW so not on 1870? I > also found a William Baker living in cotton Hill twp dunklin co mo near > Rachel who came from Greene Co, who had a son named Lee and a daughter > with Mae in her name. So I've wondered if he was a brother of Rachel's. > She always stated she was born in AR as well as her parents, but that may > have been an assumption on her part. I've been researching this line oh > for 15 years, and still keep coming up empty handed. Very frustrating > line. I've also checked on their kids names ! > to see if their were siblings with same names and nothing has come up > that way either. Their first child was Wiley named after paternal > grandfather, died as infant next was Walter L. ? (L. may have been Lee), > Louis J., John M. W., Homer Cleveland, Selulia, Caldonia Sophonia > Josephine, Joseph Stevenson, Lilly Mae, Mary S. Charlotte, James Jacob > Rollo (my ggrandfather), Reuben Lloyd Earl Eden. > > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for > removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact > "Don E. Wright" [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.11/460 - Release Date: 10/1/2006 > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Baker/Eden Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GV.2ADE/1851.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks so much for your help... I probably could have filled in more info but didnt want to overburden my first reply. I was in Kennet last month back for an Eden reunion and went through the records. The marriage book states she was 15 and no one else was listed, we are thinking that maybe her parents were gone in 1874, not sure. I havent had much luck with the 1870 for Baker or Eden, prior to that my Eden's were in Butler Co MO. 1870 is the mystery. Stoddard Co borders Malden MO which is where James and Rachel settled and raised 12 kids and where they are buried. Rachel's death cert was filled out by the youngest son who didnt seem to know much about her family, neither did my ggrandfather. No mothers name listed, William Baker as father. Brother Lee killed by lightning is a family story... may or may not be true I dont know. Death cert showed her middle name as Melvina, my ggrandfather said it was Melvina. One of their daughters was Lilly Mae no Melvina that I know of. Al! l of the children (12) had 4 names as well as their father. She may have had as well. Her obit referenced her as Sarah. Which is strange we have never heard her ref'd as that before. And no mistake it was her obit, ref'd my ggrandfather and others. I did find on 1860 census a W. R. Baker, SAE Baker, M? Baker and K M Baker. I wonder if the KM is supposed to be an RM who was 1 at the time in Greene Co. Would fit. The SAE may have been a Sarah, maybe her mothers name. Was William killed in CW so not on 1870? I also found a William Baker living in cotton Hill twp dunklin co mo near Rachel who came from Greene Co, who had a son named Lee and a daughter with Mae in her name. So I've wondered if he was a brother of Rachel's. She always stated she was born in AR as well as her parents, but that may have been an assumption on her part. I've been researching this line oh for 15 years, and still keep coming up empty handed. Very frustrating line. I've also checked on their kids names ! to see if their were siblings with same names and nothing has come up that way either. Their first child was Wiley named after paternal grandfather, died as infant next was Walter L. ? (L. may have been Lee), Louis J., John M. W., Homer Cleveland, Selulia, Caldonia Sophonia Josephine, Joseph Stevenson, Lilly Mae, Mary S. Charlotte, James Jacob Rollo (my ggrandfather), Reuben Lloyd Earl Eden.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GV.2ADE/1851.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Well, I didn't have much luck with your Rachel Baker. I checked the 1860 and 1870 Census and didn't find anyone that seemed to fit. Based on the 1880 Census, Rachel may have been born in 1860, rather than 1859. If so, then she may not even be on the 1860 Census, depending on what time of year she was born. Also, I looked for her brother Lee Baker in 1860 and 1870 and didn't come up with any obvious matches. Looking at the 1880 Census in Clay County, there doesn't appear to be any other Edens in the area that James and Rachel are living in. The only other Eden household in the county is in Kilgore. There are numerous Bakers in Bradshaw Township, all of whom were related to me. They're not living in the immediate vicinity of these Bakers, though they are living rather close to the Forrests (the Forrests and Bakers were closely related). Of course, in a small township like that, no one lived too far from each other, so I wouldn't make any real assumptions based soley on proximity in this case. Not without any further evidence to suggest a connection between your Rachel and these Bakers. In my database, I don't have anyone to match Rachel or Lee Baker. None of my William Bakers are of an age to be their father, either. However, this my Baker line that was in Bradshaw Township is a bit difficult to sort out, so I'm sure there are people I'm missing and some of them I still don't have their exact relationships completely figured out. You mentioned that your Rachel was married in Dunklin County. Do you have a copy of her marriage certificate? If so, are there any other names on it, such as someone posting bond? Are there any other names or locations on her death certificate that might provide some clues? Incidentally, looking at the 1870 and 1880 Census for Dunklin County, MO, I don't see any Edens. Are you sure either of them actually lived in Dunklin County during that time frame? Actually, Eaton seems to be a much more common name in that region. Have you found your family in records with that spelling? Neighboring Stoddard County, MO seems to have a lot of Eatons, several of which are in Castor Township. Castor is where my other Baker line lived, as well as in Clay Co., Ark. Castor is the only town in Stoddard County that has both Eatons and Bakers living there. Maybe none of that means anything, but since you don't have a lot to go on, it could be something to consider. Is there any evidence that Rachel may have had another name, or that she went by another name (such as a nickname)? Do you have any idea what her initial "M" stood for? Maybe she is listed by that name in the earlier Census. Let me know if there's anything else I can do to assist. I'm very interested in finding any Bakers in S.E. Missouri and N.E. Arkansas that are connected to either of my Baker lines, so I don't mind helping out if I can.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BRINKER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GV.2ADE/1901.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: no i haven't, thanks linda, will check it out. ~ R