Hi List: I'm looking for any information you might have on a Mr. A. O. Loring of Salem, Ark. He was evidently a roaming artist. I have located a wonderful pencil and chalk picture he drew of my great great grandfather's old home place which is located at Koshkonong, MO which is near Thayer, MO. (Howell or Oregon County, MO) That would be the home place of Milas P. "Pink" Pressley and the picture would have been drawn probably around 1900 - 1915. We just don't know for sure. I've had several copies made of the original drawing now so that other family members can have one too. The picture is signed "A. O. Loring, Salem, Ark." According to family story -- Mr. Loring came through the area, sat up on a hill across from the home place and drew the picture. Then my great great grandfather paid him an amount of money for the picture which is approx. 14 X 16" . It has retained the colors but has become very very brittle. I'm so happy we have a negative and copies of it to preserve for future generations. (By the way, the old home is still there.) If any of you have any info. on this artist, could you please let me know. I would be so appreciative. Thanks, Janice Sanders Callahan (near St. Louis)

Hi Janice, Any idea if this man did portraits? I have a picture of an unknown man, no name on it any where, found in a truck full of family pictures in Salem. -- Wilma King InterNet: wking@pokynet.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <JaniceCall@aol.com> To: <ARFULTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 12:11 AM Subject: [ARFULTON] A. O. Loring - Salem, Ark. > Hi List: > I'm looking for any information you might have on a > Mr. A. O. Loring of Salem, Ark. > > He was evidently a roaming artist. I have located a wonderful pencil and > chalk picture he drew of my great great grandfather's old home place which is > located at Koshkonong, MO which is near Thayer, MO. (Howell or Oregon County, > MO) > That would be the home place of Milas P. "Pink" Pressley and the picture > would have been drawn probably around 1900 - 1915. We just don't know for > sure. > I've had several copies made of the original drawing now so that other family > members can have one too. > The picture is signed "A. O. Loring, Salem, Ark." > According to family story -- Mr. Loring came through the area, sat up on a > hill across from the home place and drew the picture. Then my great great > grandfather paid him an amount of money for the picture which is approx. 14 X > 16" . It has retained the colors but has become very very brittle. I'm > so happy we have a negative and copies of it to preserve for future > generations. (By the way, the old home is still there.) > > If any of you have any info. on this artist, could you please let me know. I > would be so appreciative. > > Thanks, > > Janice Sanders Callahan > (near St. Louis) > > > ==== ARFULTON Mailing List ==== > 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 Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > ============================== > 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 > >