Dear Ruby: I don't have any information for you but I do have some connections in the area. My great grandparents (Richard Simpson Oldham and Margaret Ellen Kavanaugh) and my grandparents (Charles Richard Oldham and Inez Soletus Gilliland) all homesteaded in Pagosa Springs in 1914, later returning to Oklahoma. The Oldhams were from Chariton County, Missouri, which is mainly what I wanted to tell you. The Oldhams now in Pagosa Springs are from the same family but from two different brothers back in the late 1700s.If I come across your family names in our records I'll let you know. Hope to meet you someday. I plan to eventually make a trip to that area. Best regards, Larry L. Harmon [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ruby Rempe" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 11:27 PM Subject: [COLAPLAT] Durango marriage >I am searching for a marriage record, and or a divorce record for James > ARTHUR Bennett, my grandfather, who was married to an unknown lady before > he > married my widowed grandmother Alice Hudgins in October of 1910 at > Telluride, Colorado. On the application for their marriage license he > stated he had previously been married and had obtained a divorce in > Durango > a year ago July 1909, for grounds of desertion. he affirmed this was true > and signed the application Arthur Bennett. I obtained permission from > the > judge at the La Plata combined court, and paid a fee of $20 to have the > divorce records searched, the clerk reported that no Divorce was granted > to > a Bennett.between the years of 1895 to 1910. Are there any volunteers > that > could help me find any records relating to Arthur Bennett. Do yo think it > is > possible the reseacher overlooked the record on microfilm? The 1900 census > does list a James Bennett , with wife Mary and a young son 2 yrs. old. > Born in 1863 and 37 years old. Born in Missouri as my grandfather was. > However he is 20 years older than our Arthur Bennett would have been., who > was still living with his parents in Montrose and was enumerated as 18 > years old . He was married 20 years to Alice. and fathered 7 children. > Any helpful suggestion would be very appreciated. Thank you . RC Re,e[ > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Thanks Larry, This Bennett family came Shannon County Missouri ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry L. Harmon" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 10:04 AM Subject: Re: [COLAPLAT] Durango marriage > Dear Ruby: I don't have any information for you but I do have some > connections in the area. My great grandparents (Richard Simpson Oldham and > Margaret Ellen Kavanaugh) and my grandparents (Charles Richard Oldham and > Inez Soletus Gilliland) all homesteaded in Pagosa Springs in 1914, later > returning to Oklahoma. The Oldhams were from Chariton County, Missouri, > which is mainly what I wanted to tell you. The Oldhams now in Pagosa Springs > are from the same family but from two different brothers back in the late > 1700s.If I come across your family names in our records I'll let you know. > Hope to meet you someday. I plan to eventually make a trip to that area. > Best regards, > > Larry L. Harmon > [email protected] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ruby Rempe" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 11:27 PM > Subject: [COLAPLAT] Durango marriage > > > >I am searching for a marriage record, and or a divorce record for James > > ARTHUR Bennett, my grandfather, who was married to an unknown lady before > > he > > married my widowed grandmother Alice Hudgins in October of 1910 at > > Telluride, Colorado. On the application for their marriage license he > > stated he had previously been married and had obtained a divorce in > > Durango > > a year ago July 1909, for grounds of desertion. he affirmed this was true > > and signed the application Arthur Bennett. I obtained permission from > > the > > judge at the La Plata combined court, and paid a fee of $20 to have the > > divorce records searched, the clerk reported that no Divorce was granted > > to > > a Bennett.between the years of 1895 to 1910. Are there any volunteers > > that > > could help me find any records relating to Arthur Bennett. Do yo think it > > is > > possible the reseacher overlooked the record on microfilm? The 1900 census > > does list a James Bennett , with wife Mary and a young son 2 yrs. old. > > Born in 1863 and 37 years old. Born in Missouri as my grandfather was. > > However he is 20 years older than our Arthur Bennett would have been., who > > was still living with his parents in Montrose and was enumerated as 18 > > years old . He was married 20 years to Alice. and fathered 7 children. > > Any helpful suggestion would be very appreciated. Thank you . RC Re,e[ > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >