this message was posted to another rootsweb forum .................... Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 15:05:42 -0600 From: irish.lass@cox.net Source: BOX-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Ridens/Box family Hello! My gg-grandmother, Flora A. Ridens, was born in Hart, Wright County, MO to Jefferson K. Ridens and Susanah/Susie Wills in 1871. She also had a older sister, Dora, born in 1870. Sometime between the 1880 and 1900 censuses, she married a Mr. Box (first name unknown) and had Fannie in 1892, Guy in 1894, and Opal in 1897. Guy's WWI draft registration card lists his birthplace as Hartville, MO. By 1902, Mr. Box died and Flora married Jefferson Cloud from Springfield, MO. They moved to Tulsa, OK with his Cloud kids (Harriet, Elmer, Della), her Box kids, and had more Cloud kids - Jessie (my g-grandmother) in 1905, Donald in 1907, Doan in 1909, and Nick in 1913. This is all shown in the 1910 census. Her name is shown as Della and her name on her death certificate from 1929 is Della Flora Cloud with her parents, Jeff and Susan Ridens, listed below. I am trying to locate Flora in the 1900 census. I've tried looking in MO under Box, any form of Box (or Cox or Fox), and have also searched using first names only for Flora and her kids. Her parents moved to the Cherokee nation area in Indian Territory prior to the 1900 census, but I cannot locate Flora's family there either. I'm also trying to find a marriage date for Flora and Mr. Box. The marriage index on the Wright County RootsWeb site came up empty. Does any of this tie to anyone's tree? Please let me know. Thanks, Monica