On Jun 1, 2010, at 11:09 AM, Ken and Mary Booth wrote: > The problem with the National Archives is If you don't know the regiment and > company of your enlisted person, you will get the first folder in the file > with that name. If there are 20 folders with the same name, you will keep > getting the wrong one until you finally get to the right person. With only a > name for the person pulling the file, they don't have anymore information to > go on. With the military regiment and company infor, they will look in each > folder till they find the right person.(hopefully) The more information you > can give the archives, the better the chance of getting the right file the > first time. There is a website by the National Park Service > http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm where you could possibly find the > information you need to get the correct folder the first time. Mary Booth All soldiers serving in Iowa regiments during the Civil War are listed in "Iowa Soldiers in the War of the Rebellion," which was published in several volumes in 1910, and all Civil War vets living in Iowa post-war also were published in book form and without regard to the state they served from. I believe these rosters with regimental and company numbers are also now online for those without access to the original books. Rick, Merced, CA

Anyone know who to contact in Mercer Co, Mo about land ownership and how to clean up an abandoned cemetery?  Yesterday my dad and I were going to the Eastin Cemetery about 2 miles south of Pleasanton.  The road back to the cemtery has fallen from a "B Maintained" Road to a farmer's field road.  It was not this bad just a few years ago.  :(    I'm sure Mercer County has written this off as an abandoned cemetery since the last buried would have been in the 30's or 40's, but we would like to try to clean it up as my great, great grandparents & ggg grandparents plus 5 of my great aunts/uncles are buried there.    We also looked for any remainders of the town of Saline, MO.  Nothing is there anymore along the paved road to Cainsville, MO.     Thanks in advance!   ~Tracie   TRACIE McBROOM Newton, IA    --- On Mon, 5/31/10, Stacy Smith <slsmith@grm.net> wrote: From: Stacy Smith <slsmith@grm.net> Subject: Re: [IADECATU] Off Topic? To: iadecatu@rootsweb.com Date: Monday, May 31, 2010, 6:54 AM I wanna also say that alot of my family lived on the land surrounding Payne cemetery. And if you look at census informatino, if you didn't know any better, you'd think they moved back and forth and back and forth from Iowa to Missouri...but the Iowa/Missouri line changed all the time back then and they really just stayed put. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Becker" <srbecker@iowatelecom.net> To: <IADECATU-L@rootsweb.com>; <iaringgo@rootsweb.com>; <iowa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2010 12:45 PM Subject: [IADECATU] Off Topic? > While driving around yesterday, we slipped over the line > into Harrison County, Missouri, taking backroads and looking > things over. We came across a country church - Lone Rock > Church which is beside Payne Cemetery. I took some photos > and then went to the door to see if the church was locked. It was. > > I started to walk back to the car when this lady and her husband > pulled in. The lady asked if I wanted to see inside the church. I did > and she had a key!! > > It was beautiful inside and I took some photographs. > > What amazed me was that inside with this cast iron wood stove - > probably the oldest I've ever seen in real life. I've seen illustrations > of those kind of old stoves. It was incredible. > > Anyway, if anyone knows anything about this church, please e-mail > me off-list. I'd like to put up a road trip page about it but don't know > much beyond what the lady told me. > > (A lot of Decatur & Ringgold County folks came from Harrison County > & vise versa, so there might be a cross-over interest here.) > > On another note - the countryside is absolutely beautiful!! The trees > are the fullest I've ever seen them in a long, long time. I enjoyed > looking > at the herds of cattle and horses as we drove by. > > Thanks!! > > Sharon R. Becker > Ringgold County IAGenWeb Coordinator > srbecker@iowatelecom.net > > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message www.iagenweb.org/decatur ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks Rick, I was going to re-submit for Samuel H. HINDS. Last time they sent me a file for the same name for a soldier in KY with the same name. I posted on GenForum, hoping to find that family so I could give them the file but I had no inquiries. I am hoping Samuel's file was mis-filed. Jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Albright" <kd6dkc@sbcglobal.net> To: <iadecatu@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 9:09 AM Subject: Re: [IADECATU] pensions > > On Jun 1, 2010, at 8:05 AM, Mom Wade wrote: > >>> >>> Donna, >>> >>> I hope it works for you. Let me know if you find something cheaper, >>> please. >>> I still need two Union soldiers. By the way, have you ever ordered >>> Confederate Application files? Someone told me you had to file with each >>> state to get complete files but I am not sure of that? >>> >>> Thank you, >>> Jerry >> > > Jerry, Donna, etc., > Unless someone already has a copy of the federal pension file for your > Union soldier that they are willing to share, you may have no alternative > to paying the National Archives for the file. However, for Iowa Civil War > soldiers the National Guard headquarters in Des Moines used to have files > available to the public, and there is a nationwide online index of Union > forces pensioners which shows if an application was filed and it provides > the file number(s) which greatly simplifies a search at the Archives. You > can access that roster via ancestry.com or a Google search. Typical Civil > War pension files for Union troops are loaded with good info (marriage > date/place, children's names, residence data and supportive comments from > neighbors and wartime comrades). I have not requested a file from the > Archives for many years but I've always found it worth the effort. Good > luck! Rick, Merced, CA > > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 5163 (20100601) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5163 (20100601) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com

On Jun 1, 2010, at 8:05 AM, Mom Wade wrote: >> >> Donna, >> >> I hope it works for you. Let me know if you find something cheaper, >> please. >> I still need two Union soldiers. By the way, have you ever ordered >> Confederate Application files? Someone told me you had to file with each >> state to get complete files but I am not sure of that? >> >> Thank you, >> Jerry > Jerry, Donna, etc., Unless someone already has a copy of the federal pension file for your Union soldier that they are willing to share, you may have no alternative to paying the National Archives for the file. However, for Iowa Civil War soldiers the National Guard headquarters in Des Moines used to have files available to the public, and there is a nationwide online index of Union forces pensioners which shows if an application was filed and it provides the file number(s) which greatly simplifies a search at the Archives. You can access that roster via ancestry.com or a Google search. Typical Civil War pension files for Union troops are loaded with good info (marriage date/place, children's names, residence data and supportive comments from neighbors and wartime comrades). I have not requested a file from the Archives for many years but I've always found it worth the effort. Good luck! Rick, Merced, CA

I'll definitely let you know. I have not gone this route before--a researcher suggested that I might find some information on these pension applications concerning my gggrandfather, Zebidee Palmer/Parmer. One of the soldiers is his son and the other is his son-in-law. Zebidee is my brick wall!! I'll keep you posted on anything I find. Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Vernon" <jvcv@sbcglobal.net> To: <iadecatu@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 7:17 AM Subject: Re: [IADECATU] pensions > Donna, > > I hope it works for you. Let me know if you find something cheaper, > please. > I still need two Union soldiers. By the way, have you ever ordered > Confederate Application files? Someone told me you had to file with each > state to get complete files but I am not sure of that? > > Thank you, > Jerry > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mom Wade" <mnpwade@verizon.net> > To: <iadecatu@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, May 31, 2010 7:23 PM > Subject: Re: [IADECATU] pensions > > >> Jerry Thanks for all your great information. I am going to try for >> another >> way because I just don't want to pay the $75 they want for the paper >> work. >> Eventually I might have to but will try some other things for now. >> Thanks >> again Donna >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jerry Vernon" <jvcv@sbcglobal.net> >> To: <iadecatu@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2010 10:57 AM >> Subject: Re: [IADECATU] pensions >> >> >>> Donna, >>> There can be allot of information or it can be sparse. I've ordered 5 >>> times >>> almost two years ago. The price has gone up, better do it soon before >>> they >>> raise prices again. >>> >>> Good luck, >>> Jerry Vernon >>> >>> >>> Hope this is understandable: >>> >>> National Archives, 'order CW records online' >>> >>> 1st two links info. >>> http://search.archives.gov/query.html?qt=order+CW+records+online&col=1arch&col=naration&rq=0&qs=&qc=1arch&qc=naration&pw=100%25&ws=0&la=&qm=0&st=1&nh=10&lk=1&rf=0&oq=&rq=0&qp= >>> >>> >>> http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2005/nr05-16.html >>> >>> ----------------------------------------------------- >>> Start page that takes you to the link below: >>> http://www.archives.gov/research/order/orderonline.html >>> >>> https://eservices.archives.gov/orderonline/start.swe?SWECmd=Start&SWEHo=eservices.archives.gov >>> Create a log in: User I. D. and PW., >>> when in, click FIND & REQUEST, >>> then go down to MILITARY SERVICE RECORDS, click. >>> GO TO: left corner for Frequently Requested Records: >>> Choose Federal Military Pension Application-Civil War and Later Complete >>> File. >>> >>> >>> Federal Military Pension Application - Civil War and Later Complete File >>> (NATF 85D) >>> -Select Delivery Format (Paper or DVD) Paper was the only choice in the >>> past >>> >>> CLICK: ADD TO CART and the order box opens up where you input your info, >>> but make sure you have the info on your soldier ready and at hand so the >>> page soesn't time out on you. >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Mom Wade" <mnpwade@verizon.net> >>> To: "list" <IADECATU@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2010 9:17 AM >>> Subject: [IADECATU] pensions >>> >>> >>>> How much information is on a Civil War Veteran's application for a >>>> pension?? How do you go about getting this information?? Can I find >>>> this >>>> info on line?? 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Donna, I hope it works for you. Let me know if you find something cheaper, please. I still need two Union soldiers. By the way, have you ever ordered Confederate Application files? Someone told me you had to file with each state to get complete files but I am not sure of that? Thank you, Jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mom Wade" <mnpwade@verizon.net> To: <iadecatu@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 31, 2010 7:23 PM Subject: Re: [IADECATU] pensions > Jerry Thanks for all your great information. I am going to try for > another > way because I just don't want to pay the $75 they want for the paper work. > Eventually I might have to but will try some other things for now. > Thanks > again Donna > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jerry Vernon" <jvcv@sbcglobal.net> > To: <iadecatu@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2010 10:57 AM > Subject: Re: [IADECATU] pensions > > >> Donna, >> There can be allot of information or it can be sparse. I've ordered 5 >> times >> almost two years ago. The price has gone up, better do it soon before >> they >> raise prices again. >> >> Good luck, >> Jerry Vernon >> >> >> Hope this is understandable: >> >> National Archives, 'order CW records online' >> >> 1st two links info. >> http://search.archives.gov/query.html?qt=order+CW+records+online&col=1arch&col=naration&rq=0&qs=&qc=1arch&qc=naration&pw=100%25&ws=0&la=&qm=0&st=1&nh=10&lk=1&rf=0&oq=&rq=0&qp= >> >> >> http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2005/nr05-16.html >> >> ----------------------------------------------------- >> Start page that takes you to the link below: >> http://www.archives.gov/research/order/orderonline.html >> >> https://eservices.archives.gov/orderonline/start.swe?SWECmd=Start&SWEHo=eservices.archives.gov >> Create a log in: User I. D. and PW., >> when in, click FIND & REQUEST, >> then go down to MILITARY SERVICE RECORDS, click. >> GO TO: left corner for Frequently Requested Records: >> Choose Federal Military Pension Application-Civil War and Later Complete >> File. >> >> >> Federal Military Pension Application - Civil War and Later Complete File >> (NATF 85D) >> -Select Delivery Format (Paper or DVD) Paper was the only choice in the >> past >> >> CLICK: ADD TO CART and the order box opens up where you input your info, >> but make sure you have the info on your soldier ready and at hand so the >> page soesn't time out on you. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Mom Wade" <mnpwade@verizon.net> >> To: "list" <IADECATU@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2010 9:17 AM >> Subject: [IADECATU] pensions >> >> >>> How much information is on a Civil War Veteran's application for a >>> pension?? How do you go about getting this information?? Can I find >>> this >>> info on line?? Donna in OR >>> www.iagenweb.org/decatur >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >>> signature database 5154 (20100528) __________ >>> >>> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >>> >>> http://www.eset.com >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >> signature database 5154 (20100528) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> >> >> www.iagenweb.org/decatur >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 5160 (20100531) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5163 (20100601) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com

Jan - My husband is part native Hawaiian. His mother was born in Hawaii on Oahu. Her father was in the Army Reserves at the time. They lived over Pearl Harbor and on Dec. 7, 1941 her father put her and her family under a mattress to keep them safe from the strafe going through their home and ran to help. Her mother saw a bomb go down the smokestack of the Arizona from their home that day. It's an amazing story. My mother-in-law was only 2 years old at the time. Eventually her father shipped them all by submarine to San Francisco and eventually they came here to Missouri. My husband's grandfather, Col Samuel Kamu Toomey, Jr., would have been in Honolulu on VJ Day. This is terrific and I've forwarded it to his family. They will really enjoy this. Stacey Dietiker In a message dated 5/31/2010 4:01:11 P.M. Central Daylight Time, jan4gen@verizon.net writes: VJ Day in Honolulu - August 14, 1945 www.iagenweb.org/decatur ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Jerry Thanks for all your great information. I am going to try for another way because I just don't want to pay the $75 they want for the paper work. Eventually I might have to but will try some other things for now. Thanks again Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Vernon" <jvcv@sbcglobal.net> To: <iadecatu@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2010 10:57 AM Subject: Re: [IADECATU] pensions > Donna, > There can be allot of information or it can be sparse. I've ordered 5 > times > almost two years ago. The price has gone up, better do it soon before they > raise prices again. > > Good luck, > Jerry Vernon > > > Hope this is understandable: > > National Archives, 'order CW records online' > > 1st two links info. > http://search.archives.gov/query.html?qt=order+CW+records+online&col=1arch&col=naration&rq=0&qs=&qc=1arch&qc=naration&pw=100%25&ws=0&la=&qm=0&st=1&nh=10&lk=1&rf=0&oq=&rq=0&qp= > > > http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2005/nr05-16.html > > ----------------------------------------------------- > Start page that takes you to the link below: > http://www.archives.gov/research/order/orderonline.html > > https://eservices.archives.gov/orderonline/start.swe?SWECmd=Start&SWEHo=eservices.archives.gov > Create a log in: User I. D. and PW., > when in, click FIND & REQUEST, > then go down to MILITARY SERVICE RECORDS, click. > GO TO: left corner for Frequently Requested Records: > Choose Federal Military Pension Application-Civil War and Later Complete > File. > > > Federal Military Pension Application - Civil War and Later Complete File > (NATF 85D) > -Select Delivery Format (Paper or DVD) Paper was the only choice in the > past > > CLICK: ADD TO CART and the order box opens up where you input your info, > but make sure you have the info on your soldier ready and at hand so the > page soesn't time out on you. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mom Wade" <mnpwade@verizon.net> > To: "list" <IADECATU@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2010 9:17 AM > Subject: [IADECATU] pensions > > >> How much information is on a Civil War Veteran's application for a >> pension?? How do you go about getting this information?? Can I find >> this >> info on line?? Donna in OR >> www.iagenweb.org/decatur >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >> signature database 5154 (20100528) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> >> > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 5154 (20100528) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

impossible to watch dry-eyed! thanks Laura Muselman, wife of Vietnam Air Force Veteran! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janice Lund" <jan4gen@verizon.net> To: <iadecatu@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 31, 2010 5:03 PM Subject: Re: [IADECATU] Here's the link = >I don't know why the link isn't "pasting in" correctly but if you go to: > > http://vimeo.com/5645171 > > you can view this video. > > Sorry about the "repeats"!!! > > > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.819 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2908 - Release Date: 05/31/10 01:25:00

I don't know why the link isn't "pasting in" correctly but if you go to: http://vimeo.com/5645171 you can view this video. Sorry about the "repeats"!!!

VJ Day in Honolulu - August 14, 1945

We have all seen the Sailor kiss on Broadway in New York , but how many have seen this? And check out the color fidelity - nothing will ever compare with Kodachrome film. VJ Day in Honolulu - August 14, 1945

http://mdc.mo.gov/conmag/1997/01/50.htm This a link to a humorous version of events concerning the Honey War. It's from the Missouri Conservationist magazine. Lori Sharon Becker wrote: > The little dispute between the Territory of Iowa and the State of Missouri > turned into what is called the Honey War. > > Bill e-mailed me: > > I can't seem to paste an address pertaining to the border dispute on the IADECATU site. > > There was a lot of moving back and forth across that poorly defined line from before Iowa Statehood until after the states were admitted. > > My great grandfather Peter Cartwright Stewart homesteaded in Center Township, Decatur County in 1851. > > There many reasons for choosing Iowa over Missouri in the early days; among them the Missouri Compromise allowing Maine as a "free state" and Missouri as a slave state. > > I won't mention it on line and start another spat with Mr. McClure. However my great grandmother would have felt that her Quaker background would have had her ready to start something. > > So I will attach it here for your reading. > William Stewart > Ames, Iowa > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_War > > Quite a few early Ringgold& Decatur County residents thought they were settling in Missouri, > were slave holders, then after realizing they were in Iowa, a non-slave territory, moved back > to Missouri or sold their slaves. > > I wrote a piece about the Honey War for Ringgold County's site: > http://iagenweb.org/ringgold/history/hist-beforestatehood-honeywar.html > > In all of my research, I've never found a single soul who served for either Iowa or Missouri > in that dispute. Except for Luke Shay of Ringgold County. He's the only one I've found. > Or the only one who admitted he served in that dispute. > > Sharon R. Becker > Ringgold County IAGenWeb Coordinator > srbecer@iowatelecom.net > > > > -- > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. > We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. > SPAMfighter has removed 1501 of my spam emails to date. > Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len > > The Professional version does not have this message > _____________________________________________ > > For additional information concerning how the list > works, how to sub and unsub and list rules, visit > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist/ > _____________________________________________ > ---------------------------------------- > Your support makes IAGenWeb possible. > ~Visit The Friends of IAGenWeb Store today~ > http://www.cafepress.com/iagenweb/ > _____________________________________________ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IOWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

I am pretty sure this is "the Honey War" that Mac's talking about.. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ronald M McClure" <rmcclure@hot.rr.com> To: <iadecatu@rootsweb.com>; <IADECATU-L@rootsweb.com>; <iaringgo@rootsweb.com>; <iowa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2010 1:38 PM Subject: Re: [IADECATU] Off Topic? > that's very true, sharon, about mercer and harrison and decatur and > ringgold counties comin' from one of the other counties. that's prob'ly > because at one time iowa claimed part of mercer and harrison counties and > missouri claimed part of decatur and ringgold > counties..........so......there's a strip there.....'bout 13 miles > wide......where folks were constantly in a state of flux as to which state > and county they belonged to and owed taxes to. hell, the folks in > missouri > and iowa were ready to start shootin' their neighbors, kith and kin over > this!.....mac > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sharon Becker" <srbecker@iowatelecom.net> > To: <IADECATU-L@rootsweb.com>; <iaringgo@rootsweb.com>; > <iowa@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2010 12:45 PM > Subject: [IADECATU] Off Topic? > > >> While driving around yesterday, we slipped over the line >> into Harrison County, Missouri, taking backroads and looking >> things over. We came across a country church - Lone Rock >> Church which is beside Payne Cemetery. I took some photos >> and then went to the door to see if the church was locked. It was. >> >> I started to walk back to the car when this lady and her husband >> pulled in. The lady asked if I wanted to see inside the church. I did >> and she had a key!! >> >> It was beautiful inside and I took some photographs. >> >> What amazed me was that inside with this cast iron wood stove - >> probably the oldest I've ever seen in real life. I've seen illustrations >> of those kind of old stoves. It was incredible. >> >> Anyway, if anyone knows anything about this church, please e-mail >> me off-list. I'd like to put up a road trip page about it but don't know >> much beyond what the lady told me. >> >> (A lot of Decatur & Ringgold County folks came from Harrison County >> & vise versa, so there might be a cross-over interest here.) >> >> On another note - the countryside is absolutely beautiful!! The trees >> are the fullest I've ever seen them in a long, long time. I enjoyed >> looking >> at the herds of cattle and horses as we drove by. >> >> Thanks!! >> >> Sharon R. Becker >> Ringgold County IAGenWeb Coordinator >> srbecker@iowatelecom.net >> >> www.iagenweb.org/decatur >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I wanna also say that alot of my family lived on the land surrounding Payne cemetery. And if you look at census informatino, if you didn't know any better, you'd think they moved back and forth and back and forth from Iowa to Missouri...but the Iowa/Missouri line changed all the time back then and they really just stayed put. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Becker" <srbecker@iowatelecom.net> To: <IADECATU-L@rootsweb.com>; <iaringgo@rootsweb.com>; <iowa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2010 12:45 PM Subject: [IADECATU] Off Topic? > While driving around yesterday, we slipped over the line > into Harrison County, Missouri, taking backroads and looking > things over. We came across a country church - Lone Rock > Church which is beside Payne Cemetery. I took some photos > and then went to the door to see if the church was locked. It was. > > I started to walk back to the car when this lady and her husband > pulled in. The lady asked if I wanted to see inside the church. I did > and she had a key!! > > It was beautiful inside and I took some photographs. > > What amazed me was that inside with this cast iron wood stove - > probably the oldest I've ever seen in real life. I've seen illustrations > of those kind of old stoves. It was incredible. > > Anyway, if anyone knows anything about this church, please e-mail > me off-list. I'd like to put up a road trip page about it but don't know > much beyond what the lady told me. > > (A lot of Decatur & Ringgold County folks came from Harrison County > & vise versa, so there might be a cross-over interest here.) > > On another note - the countryside is absolutely beautiful!! The trees > are the fullest I've ever seen them in a long, long time. I enjoyed > looking > at the herds of cattle and horses as we drove by. > > Thanks!! > > Sharon R. Becker > Ringgold County IAGenWeb Coordinator > srbecker@iowatelecom.net > > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I would love to have a picture of the inside of the church. I have an article about why it's named Lone Rock..I will find it and scan it or type it for you Sharon. Has to do with the one lone rock that stood near where the cemetery is. (Wagons were coming through, and the tire hit the only rock in the area, knocking off the little ?girl? that was sitting in the back of the wagon. She is the first person buried there at the cemetery.) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Becker" <srbecker@iowatelecom.net> To: <IADECATU-L@rootsweb.com>; <iaringgo@rootsweb.com>; <iowa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2010 12:45 PM Subject: [IADECATU] Off Topic? > While driving around yesterday, we slipped over the line > into Harrison County, Missouri, taking backroads and looking > things over. We came across a country church - Lone Rock > Church which is beside Payne Cemetery. I took some photos > and then went to the door to see if the church was locked. It was. > > I started to walk back to the car when this lady and her husband > pulled in. The lady asked if I wanted to see inside the church. I did > and she had a key!! > > It was beautiful inside and I took some photographs. > > What amazed me was that inside with this cast iron wood stove - > probably the oldest I've ever seen in real life. I've seen illustrations > of those kind of old stoves. It was incredible. > > Anyway, if anyone knows anything about this church, please e-mail > me off-list. I'd like to put up a road trip page about it but don't know > much beyond what the lady told me. > > (A lot of Decatur & Ringgold County folks came from Harrison County > & vise versa, so there might be a cross-over interest here.) > > On another note - the countryside is absolutely beautiful!! The trees > are the fullest I've ever seen them in a long, long time. I enjoyed > looking > at the herds of cattle and horses as we drove by. > > Thanks!! > > Sharon R. Becker > Ringgold County IAGenWeb Coordinator > srbecker@iowatelecom.net > > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The little dispute between the Territory of Iowa and the State of Missouri turned into what is called the Honey War. Bill e-mailed me: I can't seem to paste an address pertaining to the border dispute on the IADECATU site. There was a lot of moving back and forth across that poorly defined line from before Iowa Statehood until after the states were admitted. My great grandfather Peter Cartwright Stewart homesteaded in Center Township, Decatur County in 1851. There many reasons for choosing Iowa over Missouri in the early days; among them the Missouri Compromise allowing Maine as a "free state" and Missouri as a slave state. I won't mention it on line and start another spat with Mr. McClure. However my great grandmother would have felt that her Quaker background would have had her ready to start something. So I will attach it here for your reading. William Stewart Ames, Iowa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_War Quite a few early Ringgold & Decatur County residents thought they were settling in Missouri, were slave holders, then after realizing they were in Iowa, a non-slave territory, moved back to Missouri or sold their slaves. I wrote a piece about the Honey War for Ringgold County's site: http://iagenweb.org/ringgold/history/hist-beforestatehood-honeywar.html In all of my research, I've never found a single soul who served for either Iowa or Missouri in that dispute. Except for Luke Shay of Ringgold County. He's the only one I've found. Or the only one who admitted he served in that dispute. Sharon R. Becker Ringgold County IAGenWeb Coordinator srbecer@iowatelecom.net -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 1501 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message

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You might look at this web page about the Lone Rock Cemetery: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~moharris/paynehc.html juanita > While driving around yesterday, we slipped over the line > into Harrison County, Missouri, taking backroads and looking > things over. We came across a country church - Lone Rock > Church which is beside Payne Cemetery. I took some photos > and then went to the door to see if the church was locked. It was. > > I started to walk back to the car when this lady and her husband > pulled in. The lady asked if I wanted to see inside the church. I did > and she had a key!! > > It was beautiful inside and I took some photographs. > > What amazed me was that inside with this cast iron wood stove - > probably the oldest I've ever seen in real life. I've seen > illustrations of those kind of old stoves. It was incredible. > > Anyway, if anyone knows anything about this church, please e-mail me > off-list. I'd like to put up a road trip page about it but don't know > much beyond what the lady told me. > > (A lot of Decatur & Ringgold County folks came from Harrison County & > vise versa, so there might be a cross-over interest here.) > > On another note - the countryside is absolutely beautiful!! The trees > are the fullest I've ever seen them in a long, long time. I enjoyed > looking at the herds of cattle and horses as we drove by. > > Thanks!! > > Sharon R. Becker > Ringgold County IAGenWeb Coordinator > srbecker@iowatelecom.net > > _____________________________________________ > > For additional information concerning how the list > works, how to sub and unsub and list rules, visit > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist/ > _____________________________________________ > ---------------------------------------- > Your support makes IAGenWeb possible. > ~Visit The Friends of IAGenWeb Store today~ > http://www.cafepress.com/iagenweb/ > _____________________________________________ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IOWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

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