I'm researching: RUFF, HUN(T)SINGER, PITMAN, MATHIS, COSTIGAN, GOIN, BRIGHTWELL, SCATES, BELL, LEWIS. Larry Ruff ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 2:04 AM Subject: ARCLAY Digest, Vol 1, Issue 11 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: RESEARCHERS>>I'm Looking for Clay County researcher's > (RICHARD HURST) > 2. Re: cooprider (RICHARD HURST) > 3. Roll Call - Burroughs/Boroughs and others (Shirley S.) > 4. Re: cooprider (KATHLEEN LIPE) > 5. Roll Call: Ward, Harris, Brandon, Underwood, Hughes, > ([email protected]) > 6. Roll Call ([email protected]) > 7. Roll Call: McCracken - Frazier - western Clay County (MFrazier) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 08:09:54 -0700 > From: "RICHARD HURST" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: ARCLAY RESEARCHERS>>I'm Looking for Clay County > researcher's > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi Jackie > > I received your message this A.M. and I will look to see if I have info. > on him I will let u know, > I have somethings I need to do this a.m. so it will be later today hope > that is ok. > thanks for the reply. > > Robin > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tanimara<mailto:[email protected]> > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 5:04 PM > Subject: Re: ARCLAY RESEARCHERS>>I'm Looking for Clay County researcher's > > > Robin, > > I have a Jefferson D. Polk married Dora Towles. I have no info on him. > Dora was born cir 1878 in Ripley Co. MO, died 5 Aug 1892 Bridgeport > Sharp Co AR. If my memory serves and most generally it doesn't..lol, > this is the couple that married when she was quite young then she died > like a month later of typhoid. I'll have to look. > > Would you have any info on him? > > Jackie > > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> wrote: > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > > > Surnames: Grayson, Polk, Stafford, Wilkerson, Slayden, Johnston, > > Classification: Query > > > > Message Board URL: > > > > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GV.2ADE/1889.1.1<http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GV.2ADE/1889.1.1> > > > > Message Board Post: > > > > Hi i'm am doing research in clay co. Arkansas, the names that i am > searching on as follows: > > > > Any info. would help > > > > Thanks so much > > Robin > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the > word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the > word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 08:21:29 -0700 > From: "RICHARD HURST" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: ARCLAY cooprider > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi Marcus, > I was wondering where your LIPE Family came from. I have lipe family on my > Mother's side > and haven't done to much on them. > > Robin > ----- Original Message ----- > From: KATHLEEN LIPE<mailto:[email protected]> > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 5:45 PM > Subject: ARCLAY cooprider > > > I AM TRYING TO GET INFORMATION ON MY GRANDFATHER WILLIAM/BILL > COOPRIDER/COOPRITER. HE MARRIED MY GRANDMOTHER SARAH BOWMAN IN ABOUT 1909 > IN > PEACH ORCHARD ARKANSAS. THEY HAD ONE CHILD, RUTH MAE,MY MOTHER IN JULY > 1910. > HE WAS SUPPOSE TO HAVE GOTTEN KILL SHORTLY AFTER THE BIRTH BUT THERE IS > NO > PROOF OF THAT. HE WAS FROM WALNUT RIDGE ARKANSAS. ANY INFORMATION WILL BE > APPRECIATED. > > THANKS > MARCUS LIPE > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the > word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 10:07:11 -0700 > From: "Shirley S." <[email protected]> > Subject: ARCLAY Roll Call - Burroughs/Boroughs and others > To: "ARCLAY" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I've researched my husband's Burroughs/Boroughs family through census, a > few existing obits, online Missouri and Arkansas death records, and other > information, but am still missing some pieces of the puzzle. I also hope > to find descendants of this family. The name was spelled Boroughs but > gradually changed to Burroughs after 1900, but I find it spelled every > which way, of course! > > > > William Alexander Burroughs (1861-1941) was born in Montgomery Co., NC and > died in Clay Co., AR. His wife Emily Phillips (1861-1943) was born in > Georgia and also died in Clay Co. They married 1881 in Marshall Co., KY, > moved to Missouri for a while, but settled in Clay Co. > > > > Their first three children were born in Kentucky, the remainder in > Missouri. They are: > > > > Silas Burroughs (1881-1963), married Effie Houchin (1887-1926), then Rosa > Alma Story (1892-1980). May have had a third wife. Lived in Clay Co., > then Pemiscot Co. Silas and Effie were my husband's grandparents, but we > don't know much about her brothers Gerald (1907-1964) who lived in Dunklin > and/or Pemiscot Cos., Loyd born about 1915 in Clay Co. but died between > 1930-1963, and Cleveland born about 1917 in Clay Co. and who lived in > Flint, MI at some point, and was listed as Clifford once, but I think that > was in error. > > > > William Noah Burroughs (1884-9/1975), married Lottie Jane LNU. Settled in > Dunklin Co. Does anyone have a cemetery book that might tell me his exact > date of death and where he's buried? > > > > Leona Burroughs (1885-1967), married Henry Deppe (1886-1970). Moved to > Florida. I've been in contact with a descendant of this family. > > > > Harvey Burroughs (1886-after 1947). This one is a complete mystery to me. > I can find no trace of him after the 1900 census or in WWI draft > registration cards under any spelling; yet, he is listed as one of his > brother Oliver's survivors in his April 1947 obituary, living in > Portageville, MO. > > > > Linnie Burroughs (1889-after 1947). Another mystery. According to her > mother's obit in 1943, she was Mrs. E. J. Keeton of Shawnee, OK. However, > I don't know where she was married and I don't find her by a similar name > after the 1900 census, so the obit may be in error or she may have been > married to someone else first. I've found so many deaths and remarriages > in these families. She wasn't mentioned as a survivor of her brother > Silas in 1963. > > > > Oliver Lee Boroughs (1892-1947). Unmarried, lived with his parents, then > relatives. > > > > Daniel Joseph Burroughs (1895-1972). I believe he married an Ida Coffer > in 1922 and lived in Greene Co., AR. I tried e-mailing the Greene Co. > Genealogical Society for an obit, but didn't get a response. Any > suggestions? > > > > Dora E. Burroughs (1897-before 1943). Another mystery. Mentioned in her > mother's obit as being "one daughter Mrs. Jim Boone having died". Don't > know when or where she married or died, so the possibilities I've located > aren't conclusive. > > > > Glen/Glenn Burroughs (1899-after 1943). A volunteer lookup gave me the > information he married Virgie McFadden in Clay Co. in 1920. Can't locate > him in the 1930 census, or a WWI draft registration card. His mother's > 1943 obit mentions him as living in Decatur, IL, and his brother's 1947 > obit mentions him living in Marion, IL. He wasn't listed as a brother's > survivor in 1963. > > > > I've found much of this research difficult because families move around > between Missouri and Arkansas, there are many deaths and remarriages as > well as errors in obituaries, and they might go by an unknown middle name! > > > > Thank you, > > Shirley Siltala > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 17:54:14 +0000 > From: "KATHLEEN LIPE" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: ARCLAY cooprider > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed > > HI > > MY GRANDFATHER CHARLES B LIPE WAS SUPPOSE TO HAVE COME FROM WISC. HIS > PARENTS CAME FROM GERMANY. HIS WIFE, MY GRANDMOTHER IDA FRANKS WAS FROM > PINE > BLUFF ARKANSAS. THEY PROBABLY GOT MARRIED IN PEACH ORCHARD ARKANSAS AROUND > 1900. > > MARCUS > > > > > > > > > > >>From: "RICHARD HURST" <[email protected]> >>Reply-To: [email protected] >>To: <[email protected]> >>Subject: Re: ARCLAY cooprider >>Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 08:21:29 -0700 >> >>Hi Marcus, >>I was wondering where your LIPE Family came from. I have lipe family on my >>Mother's side >>and haven't done to much on them. >> >>Robin >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: KATHLEEN LIPE<mailto:[email protected]> >> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 5:45 PM >> Subject: ARCLAY cooprider >> >> >> I AM TRYING TO GET INFORMATION ON MY GRANDFATHER WILLIAM/BILL >> COOPRIDER/COOPRITER. HE MARRIED MY GRANDMOTHER SARAH BOWMAN IN ABOUT >>1909 IN >> PEACH ORCHARD ARKANSAS. THEY HAD ONE CHILD, RUTH MAE,MY MOTHER IN JULY >>1910. >> HE WAS SUPPOSE TO HAVE GOTTEN KILL SHORTLY AFTER THE BIRTH BUT THERE IS >>NO >> PROOF OF THAT. HE WAS FROM WALNUT RIDGE ARKANSAS. ANY INFORMATION WILL >>BE >> APPRECIATED. >> >> THANKS >> MARCUS LIPE >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the >>word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >>message >> >>------------------------------- >>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 > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 15:00:42 EDT > From: [email protected] > Subject: ARCLAY Roll Call: Ward, Harris, Brandon, Underwood, Hughes, > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > I am researching these lines of families in Clay Co, AR. I have most of > what I need in the Ward and Underwood lines. Still researching Brandon > and > Harris. William E Harris is the first of my Clay Co Harris's. John C > Brandon > and brothers Thomas Van Buren Brandon and Joseph N Brandon are the first > of my > Brandons in Clay Co. Any help on their lines and descendants > appreciated. > > David H Ward > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: 29 Aug 2006 13:47:15 -0600 > From: [email protected] > Subject: ARCLAY Roll Call > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > 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/1892 > > Message Board Post: > > Researching: > Johnson-Reeder-Rapert-Hannaford-Gibbs-Gyngard-Robbins-McClintock- > -Canady-Wyatt,and others in and around Clay and Randolph Counties. > > Would really appreciate any help offered. > > Mary A. Johnson > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 22:00:50 -0500 > From: "MFrazier" <[email protected]> > Subject: ARCLAY Roll Call: McCracken - Frazier - western Clay County > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I'm researching Capt. Joe McCracken (1841-1909) and Aaron Alexander > Frazier > (1852-aft. 1905) and their descendants around Corning, Success and > Palatka, > and in Brown, Carpenter and Kilgore Townships. > > > > Capt. Joe set up a sawmill in Success 1890 or so and eventually brought > three of his sons with him (Colin George, Willis Ransom (WR) and Joseph > Wilbert (JW)). His spouse and daughters remained in Leamington, Mersea, > Ontario Canada. Capt. Joe made frequent trips back to Canada and died in > 1909 in St. Louis while returning from Canada. He is buried in Hitt > Cemetery. He also rafted logs to New Orleans and sometimes traveled to > Liverpool England with his cargo to complete the sale. He remarried about > 1895 to a Carla Lamb in Arkansas and had one son Eugene Ray. WR and JW > had > a number of varied business enterprises in and around Success and were > very > involved in civic affairs (Mayor, alderman, school board, good roads > commission, election judges, property reassessment committees, etc.). > Both > WR and JW ended up using the title of Colonel - which may be a follow on > to > Capt. Joe's assumed title from his days shipping wood out of Ontario > Canada. > > > > Aaron Alexander Frazier was born in AR in 1852, and married at least three > times (Harriet A. Grayum (or Farrington), Sarah T. Mathews (1890), Pearlee > Ponds (widow not maiden name 1905)). He had 5 sons and one daughter > (America E., John William, Andrew, James Washington, Ernest Andrew and > Arthur A.) He was a farmer. > > > > Here are my burning questions. Any help in extinguishing these would be > very much appreciated: > > > > 1. I have very little information on the Frazier line (where they came > from, > who they married and where they went). Some spouse surnames are Kenley, > Hyde and Choisser or Chronister. Any information would be appreciated. > > > > 2. I have nothing on Carla Lamb and would like to find an obit for Joseph > Wilbert McCracken (1880-1933 and buried in Corning Cemetery). > > > > 3. A big part of the Frazier's and McCracken's moved out of Success AR > and > into Mississippi County MO sometime between 1928 and 1935. I would like > to > discover why they relocated and exactly when. > > > > 4. Does anyone have a reference to learn more about the logging, sawmill > and log rafting industries in Clay County in the late 1800s till the woods > played out? > > > > 5. Does anyone know about the Clay County Cotton Company, when it went > out > of business, and when cotton growing faded out of business in western Clay > County? > > > > 6. Does anyone have information about the Great Flood of 1927 and Clay > County? I have a Mississippi River Commission map/report that shows that > Piggott, Rector, Knobel and Paragould should have escaped, but that > Corning > and Success were flooded. > > > > I recently made a trip to western Clay County to get a proper landscape > perspective for what these pioneers may have faced as they made their way. > I have about 200 photographs posted on line from Success, Corning (Hitt, > Corning, Richwoods, Hite and Brown Cemeteries) and the surrounding lands. > If you would like to see if these would help you understand where your > folks > are from, send me your email and I will send the links. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Mark Frazier > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the ARCLAY list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the ARCLAY mailing list, send an email to > [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 > email with no additional text. > > > End of ARCLAY Digest, Vol 1, Issue 11 > *************************************

Hello, Larry Ruff, My husband had an Aunt Eugenia Johnson, that married Ruff Swan. He was KIA in WWII. Is this your family line of Ruffs? Sincerely, Mary a. Johnson