Hi Vicki, No I don't remember the lake, but remember being told that it was in the valley east of Tom Cone's store and post office. My Roberts grandparents lived right across the highway from Tom Cone. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vicki Rhodes" <vlrhodes@centurytel.net> To: <ARFULTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 1:10 PM Subject: Re: [ARFULTON] Book out and Langston > Sorry, I have no Winnie Rhodes or any Manning. But that's not to say that > they aren't on my tree! The Rhodes is my ex-husband's line and I have > been > trying to gather info on them because of my sons. I do have a Daniel > Rhodes > born 1840 and a Henry born 1849. Bennett Elisha Rhodes was b. abt 1770 in > North Carolina and migrated to Missouri. There he married a Delaware > Indian > , Blue Duck. His children were born in Delaware territory around Cape > Giradeau, Missouri. > > The Wheeling and Union areas were bustling in the 1880's. I know that > Wheeling had a store, post office, and cotton gin. There used to be a > lake > there and it was almost named Lake City or something along those lines. > The > gin and post office are long gone, and so is the lake. but I remember the > store still being there when I was a child. Tom Cone owned it at that > time > and he used to give my sister and I candy whenever we would be down > visiting > from Kansas City. I have asked some of the old timers around if they > remember a lake at Wheeling, but none do. > > > > . > > > ==== 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 > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > >