My Grandfather is eluding me. He can't keep his date of birth, place of birth, or even marriages straight. I have, all documented: name: John Benson/Benjamin/B ?? ARMSTRONG DOB: 1 Aug 1881/1879 Place Moweaqua, Shelby/Christian, Illinois of birth: Flat Branch, IL or Kentucky? Marr: 9 Nov 1908 - Edith Pearl Robertson - Decatur, Macon, Il - "1st marr" - 28 yrs 12 Jun 1913 - Cordelia Moore - Burlington, Iowa- another "1st marr." Migration: 1901 Louisville, KY - enlisted in Army 1904 Roots, Ark - discharged from Army 1909: Westpoint, Clay, Mississippi -birth of 1st child 1911-1913: Decatur, Macon, Ill birht of 2nd & 3rd children 1916-1941: Johnson City/ Olathe Kansas with 2nd "1st wife" & family until his death 1941 Military: 1 Feb 1901 - Co. B, 28th Reg. US Inf. 21 May 1901 - Co. F, 30th US Inf. discharged 31 Jan 1905 Mindanao Exp. Jul 1901, Phillipines 15 Apr 1901 - 14 Nov 1903.Father: Father: Richard M. Armstrong born: Kentucky Mother: Sarah Harriet Sellers (Sellars) born: Illinois Anyone run across any proof on my grandfather or ggrandfather/mother? Happy Hunting, and let me know if you find grampa! Thanks. Toni Perry reply to: [email protected] ----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- Received: from mrin75.mail.aol.com (mrin75.mail.aol.com [152.163.116.113]) by air15.mail.aol.com (V32) with SMTP; Mon, 15 Sep 1997 05:36:54 -0400 Received: from listserv.indiana.edu (piano.ucs.indiana.edu [129.79.5.189]) by mrin75.mail.aol.com (8.8.5/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id FAA07446 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 15 Sep 1997 05:36:53 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <[email protected]> Received: from piano (129.79.5.189) by listserv.indiana.edu (LSMTP for Windows NT v1.1a) with SMTP id <[email protected]>; Mon, 15 Sep 1997 4:36:41 -0 >> ----------------- Forwarded Message: Subj: Rejected posting to [email protected] Date: 97-09-15 05:36:54 EDT From: [email protected] (L-Soft list server at Indiana University (1.8c)) To: [email protected] (Toni Perry) You are not authorized to send mail to the ILLINOIS-ROOTS-L list from your [email protected] account. You might be authorized to send to the list from another of your accounts, or perhaps when using another mail program which generates slightly different addresses, but LISTSERV has no way to associate this other account or address with yours. If you need assistance or if you have any question regarding the policy of the ILLINOIS-ROOTS-L list, please contact the list owners: [email protected] ------------------------ Rejected message (42 lines) -------------------------- Received: from emout19.mail.aol.com (198.81.11.45) by listserv.indiana.edu (LSMTP for Windows NT v1.1a) with SMTP id <[email protected]>; Mon, 15 Sep 1997 4:36:41 -0500 Received: (from [email protected]) by emout19.mail.aol.com (8.7.6/8.7.3/AOL-2.0.0) id FAA27248; Mon, 15 Sep 1997 05:36:18 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 05:36:18 -0400 (EDT) From: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Subject: Armstrong, John IL> KY>Il >MS> IL>KS 1879-1941 My Grandfather is eluding me. He can't keep his date of birth, place of birth, or even marriages straight. I have, all documented: name: John Benson/Benjamin/B ?? ARMSTRONG DOB: 1 Aug 1881/1879 Place Moweaqua, Shelby/Christian, Illinois of birth: Flat Branch, IL or Kentucky? Marr: 9 Nov 1908 - Edith Pearl Robertson - Decatur, Macon, Il - "1st marr" - 28 yrs 12 Jun 1913 - Cordelia Moore - Burlington, Iowa- another "1st marr." Migration: 1901 Louisville, KY - enlisted in Army 1904 Roots, Ark - discharged from Army 1909: Westpoint, Clay, Mississippi -birth of 1st child 1911-1913: Decatur, Macon, Ill birht of 2nd & 3rd children 1916-1941: Johnson City/ Olathe Kansas with 2nd "1st wife" & family until his death 1941 Military: 1 Feb 1901 - Co. B, 28th Reg. US Inf. 21 May 1901 - Co. F, 30th US Inf. discharged 31 Jan 1905 Mindanao Exp. Jul 1901, Phillipines 15 Apr 1901 - 14 Nov 1903.Father: Father: Richard M. Armstrong born: Kentucky Mother: Sarah Harriet Sellers (Sellars) born: Illinois Anyone run across any proof on my grandfather or ggrandfather/mother? Happy Hunting, and let me know if you find grampa! Thanks. Toni Perry reply to: [email protected]