This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ok.2ADE/3571.1.1 Message Board Post: Do you have confirmed info that his parents separated? Couldn't they have died? Why would the kids have been living with relatives if they only separated, wouldn't one of the parents have been with them?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4113.1 Message Board Post: 1900 Fremont, Iowa census (T623 Roll 433 Pg 195) shows - Anna Parkhurst Head Widow b. Dec 1864 born Nebr and parents b. Iowa TN with two children- Austin (son) b Sept 1885 and daughter Vera.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Fletcher, Holmes Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ok.2ADE/4115 Message Board Post: Looking for information on Ruth Fletcher Holmes. Ruth was the librarian in Hamburg for sometime and retired to live with her daughter in Calif prior to her death in 1951. She was born in Iowa but don't know where. Would love to learn more information about her husband, marriage date, family, etc. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Shelley

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Walsh, Tate, Maran, Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4114 Message Board Post: I am looking for birth infomation for Franklin Pierce Walsh. Born about 1868 in Sidney, Iowa.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Parkhurst. Taylor Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4113 Message Board Post: Do not know if there is a connection or not, but my grgrandfather Daniel S. Taylor, had a daughter Anna or Annie md. an Austin Parkhurst, in the Sidney, Ia.(Fremont Co.) area. Do not know exactly when she was born, but circa 1860. If you are interested, I will dig deeper. Lois

Thanks for the 1-10-06 post....Re FREMONT COUNTY SUN, JANUARY 2, 1902 "BOARD READING PROOFS"........T.M. Roberts was my grandfather. Love reading little snippets of peoples' daily lives........makes them seem more "alive" to me. Robert Kroon in Sunny Phoenix Ariz.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4111.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks Terry, I didn't know about this link.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lane Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/3586.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Sarah, Please do keep me informed. I know that the Lane's from my connection to Dr John R Scott were originally from KY, and as I mentioned had tie to the Dougherty family both in KY and MO.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Scott, Lane, Bebout Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/3586.2.1 Message Board Post: Chris, I don't have the individuals you listed in my database, but that's not to say there isn't a connection somewhere. Susan Scott Bebout's father was Arthur Scott from Orange County, Indiana. Your Lanes may be related to Susan's step-father Granville Lane as I do not know where he came from or anything about his family. I'll do more searching and post any additional information on this message board. Sarah

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4111.1 Message Board Post: Index of census can be found at http://iagenweb.org/fremont/censuscentre.htm

Thank You....... T.M. Roberts was my grandfather. Robert Kroon ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 2:49 PM Subject: [IAFREMONT] Greenwood, Roberts proof read transcription of Yowell's recopying of County records > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Greenwood, Yowell, Roberts > Classification: Deed > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4112 > > Message Board Post: > > THE FREMONT COUNTY SUN. January 2, 1902. "BOARD READING PROOFS".--W. S. Greenwood and T. M. Roberts, members of the Board of Supervisors, are in Sidney this week reading proof on the first record of deeds book used in Fremont county. Several years ago this book was recopied by M. R. Yowell, but the board had neglected having them proof read and approved, and the matter is now being attended to. The board also read the proof on the court's ruling on the swamp land cases, that has just recently been transcribed in the records of the county. > > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Greenwood, Yowell, Roberts Classification: Deed Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4112 Message Board Post: THE FREMONT COUNTY SUN. January 2, 1902. "BOARD READING PROOFS".--W. S. Greenwood and T. M. Roberts, members of the Board of Supervisors, are in Sidney this week reading proof on the first record of deeds book used in Fremont county. Several years ago this book was recopied by M. R. Yowell, but the board had neglected having them proof read and approved, and the matter is now being attended to. The board also read the proof on the court's ruling on the swamp land cases, that has just recently been transcribed in the records of the county.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Jackson, Spurlock Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4098.12.1 Message Board Post: THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD. December 26, 1901. (1).--Mr. and Mrs. Alex Jackson entertained a company of friends and neighbors Christmas night. There was a company of twenty five or thirty persons present who enjoyed the entertainment of the evening and participated in the various amusements and refreshments that enlivened the occasion. The company included some guests from this city. (2).--MARRIED, at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Jackson, Dec. 18, 1901, Mr. Elmer Spurlock and Miss Jessie Jackson, Rev. C. R. Murphy officiating. The ceremony took place in the presence of a few of the immediate friends of the contracting parties. Supper was served to the guests present, and a very pleasant time was enjoyed by all. Both these young people have many friends who will follow them with best wishes as they begin together the struggle of life. The Herald joins in their kind wishes.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Culley, Vanatta Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4098.6.1 Message Board Post: THE FREMONT COUNTY SUN. January 9, 1902.--"Doc" Culley will build the bridges for the county in the territory assigned for Supervisor Vanatta to look after. We believe this is a good selection on the part of Mr. Vanatta.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kimsey, Darby, Henderson, McCluskey, Ballinger, Cunningham, Hills, Jackson, Gottsche, Greenlee, Acord, Lake Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4098.14 Message Board Post: 1. KIMSEY was not directly named by Darby, who said only that Giles Henderson had been visiting relatives in Lacy Grove during the week Jan. 31 through Feb. 6, 1896. Henderson's wife was a daughter of Patrick K. and Margaret (McCluskey) Kimsey, and, the 1885 Iowa State Census shows P.K. Kimsey living in the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 21 range 42 township 69. This location puts Kimsey one mile south of the Lacy Grove School as of 1885, where he would be very much a resident of the Lacy Grove neighborhood. 2. THE SIDNEY ARGUS - HERALD. April 25, 1935. "A PIONEER AT REST".--Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Ballinger were held from the Sidney Baptist church on Friday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. Clark, pastor of the Hamburg Baptist chruch. The following story of her life is a excerpt from Rev. Clark's sermon: "We are met today in this historic spot to honor the memory and decease of one who has resided in our community for a period longer than 80 years. The Kimseys were pioneers in southwestern Iowa, and Elizabeth was one of a family of ten children. Her father and mother, Patrick and Margaret Kimsey, entered this territory in 1851, nine years before the civil war broke out. They were a part of that vast company who leveled the roads and broke the virgin soil where white man had never before set foot. Two years after their arrival to this country, and on the 29th day of November, the daughter Elizabeth was born. "On the 10th of September, just a short while before she attained her 18th birthday, she united in matrimony with a local Baptist minister, the Rev. William E. Cunningham. There was one offfspring from this union, a son, Clement. Just two years later the father passed on. "On December 20, 1876, Mrs. Cunningham united in marrige with Henry J. Ballinger. This home was blessed with four children: Ezra, Willis, Raymond and Fern. Raymond died in infancy; Ezra passed away in January 1928. Clement, her son by the first marriage, expired March 13, 1834 (sic). "She leaves to mourn her passing her son, Willis, of Watson; the daughter, Fern (Mrs. Roy Jackson) of Sidney; a sister, Mrs. Lewis Hills, also of Sidney; fourteen grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren, together with a great number of relatives and friends. "Mrs. Ballinger was a staunch supporter of the Baptist faith for 65 years, a record to be proud of. In 1870 it was, she heard and heeded the preaching of a pioneer Baptist preacher within the walls of a pioneer Baptist church known as the Pleasant Grove, located four miles southeast of Sidney. All those years she has proved true not only to her covenant but also to her God and her faith. Later she removed her membership to the congregation in Sidney where she was a member at the time of her death. "In her declining years she was happy and smiling; the visits of her friends were a joy to her. In the last few months of her illness, wearied and frail of body, she expressed the desire to be at rest with Jesus. She was an indulgent mother, a loving sister, and a faithful friend. It can truly be said that she fought a good fight." Out of town relatives and friends who attended the funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Ballinger Friday afternoon included Willis Ballinger and family, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ballinger of Watson; Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Pierson, Mrs. C. O. Cupp, Thurman; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Jackson, Hamburg; Mr. and Mrs. Jess Kimsey, Mrs. Myrtle Smith, Shenandoah; Mrs. Verda Acord, Bert Kimsey, Farragut; Mr. and Mrs. John Oatis, Imogene; Mrs. Kate Moore, Mrs. Pat Reeves, Hamburg. N.B.: The 1885 Iowa State Census shows H. J. Ballinger and wife living in the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 8 township 69 range 42. This location is about 1/2 miles northwest of the Lacy Grove school...........About 1940, Fern (Ballinger) Jackson lived straight east across the highway from the Sidney High School. Mrs. Gladys Gottsche of Hamburg gave voice and piano lessons in the Jackson home at that time. Several years later, Fern Jackson lived on the corner, south of the Presbyterian church in Sidney, and again Mrs. Gottsche gave music lessons in her home. --W.F. 3. THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD. October 17, 1918. "MRS. W. J. GREENLEE".-- Martha J., daughter of P. K. and Margaret Kimsey, was born March 11, 1850 in Crittenden county, Kentucky. In the fall of 1852 she came with her parents to Fremont county and resided here continuously until her death. She was married November 12, 1871 to William Jasper Greenlee, who lives to mourn her loss. To them were born three children: Orpheus, who died two years ago; Ewell, now in the service of his country at Norfolk, Virginia; and Mrs. William Acord, who resides in Prairie township, this county. Mrs. Greenlee was converted and became a member of the Pleasant Grove Baptist church in 1870 and has lived a consistent christian life. During her final illness she expressed faith in her Savior and asked her husband to meet her in the better land. She suffered much in this life, and for more than a year before her death was unable to walk. She entered into rest Sunday morning, October 13, 1918. She was a faithful wife and loving mother. In addition to the relatives mentioned above, Mrs. Greenlee is survived by three sisters: Mrs. Elizabeth Ballinger and Mrs. Lewis Hills, who reside in Sidney, and Mrs. J. B. Lake of Battle Creek, Iowa. Funeral services were held from the home of Mrs. L. C. Langston in east Sidney, on Monday, conducted by Rev. Griffin of Hamburg. Interment in the Sidney cemetery. N.B.: The 1885 Iowa State Census shows W. J. Greenlee as living in the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 21 township 69 range 42. This is the same location given by the Patrick Kimsey family. The Greenlees could have been some of the relatives whom Giles Henderson was visiting early in February 1896.--W.F.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bottsford, Dea, Horton, Hunter, Irish, Lane, Mason Sheldon, Shepardson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4111 Message Board Post: I have been doing some research on the role Fremont County played in the Underground Railroad movement. I live near Lewis IA and volunteer at the George B. Hitchcock home near Lewis which was also a station on the Underground Railroad. The Menare Foundation, Inc Wilbur Siebert's Directory of Underground Railroad Operators list names of people from Fremont County who participated. I have tried to find the people on the 1860 Fremont County census to get an idea of where their homes would have been in relationship to each other. I am not able to locate the following 9 names from the 34 names that are listed in Wilbur Siebert's Directory for Fremont County. Bottsford, Rev; Dea, S.D.; Horton, H. B.; Hunter, George; Irish, Henry; Lane, William; Mason; Sheldon, Hon. E.T.; Shepardson, Mrs. S. R. Are you aware whether there is an 1856 IA State census on line? Can you tell me where Gaston was located? Many still used that for their post office on the 1860 census, Benton Twp Thanks for any help.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/947.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Farmer, Section 11, P. O. Shenandoah; was born at Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois, March 25th, 1844, and remained there until 1870, when he removed to Fremont County. His boyhood days were spent in farming and securing an education, which was commenced in the common schools and finished at the Abingdon high school, Knox County, Illinois. He enlisted March 18th in the 37th Illinois Cavalry (grave stone shows 7th Ill. Cav.,) and was discharged at Nashville after eight month's service. Was married in 1866 to Miss Clara A. Day, a native of Illinois They have six children: Della L., Mamie I., Edward E., Cora M., Clara G., and Laura E. Owns 80 acres of good land well improved, with a fine orchard.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Liggett, Whipple, Polk, Thornell, Redd, Gould, Reeves, Reed, Miner Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4109.1 Message Board Post: THE FREMONT COUNTY SUN. July 7, 1904. "NEW RURAL ROUTE".-- August 1st a new rural route is to start from Sidney. It is to be a forenoon and afternoon route. The morning route goes out in the Jack Whipple country and up by Charles Polk's farm, and back into Sidney on the Sidney and Tabor road. The afternoon route goes out by Frank Liggett's, the Thornell farm, Mrs. Redd's and south to the township line and west to the Sidney and Hamburg road and back into Sidney. This route is about thirty miles long and has over one hundred families on it. It will give the farmers in Sidney township pretty good mail service. No selection has yet been made of a carrier. There are a number of applicants-- George Gould, Herman Reeves, M. J. Reed and Frank Miner. An examination is held to select the carrier. N.B.: The morning route as described would have taken in the southern part of the Lacy Grove neighborhood, northwest of Sidney and southeast of Thurman.....The afternoon route would have taken in the northeastern part of the Pleasant Grove neighborhood, southeast of Sidney and north of the road west from Riverton.--W.F.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Keyser, Orr Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4110 Message Board Post: THE FREMONT COUNTY SUN. July 21, 1904.-- Uncle Henry Keyser, one of the oldest men in Fremont county will start Thursday for Huntington, Va., his old home to spend the remainder of his days. Mr. Keyser is past 90 years of age. He was in town Monday arranging for his journey. Rev. S. S. Orr of Brightside will go with Mr. Keyser. Huntington is Mr.Orr's native place and he wil lvisit among his friends until about Sept. 1. Mr. Orr has promised to write us concerning his journey.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Stevens, Hendrickson, Reeves Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4109 Message Board Post: THE SIDNEY ARGUS - HERALD. January 9, 1930. "A LONG TIME AT IT".-- After a period of twenty-four years carrying the mail to patrons on the various rural routes out of Sidney, C. W. Stevens has retired in favor of younger hands. Charley began in 1905 on route two, following Herman Reeves, the first carrier on that route after it was established, but who served only a short time. Mr. Stevens was six years on this route, then put on route three, a little later again given route two, and finally assigned to route one, on which he has served something like ten years. So there is not a mail route out of Sidney that has not at some time been served by him. Routes have been changed since his beginning, lengthened in some instances, shortened in others, so it is not possible to compute his daily average. However, it would be safe to say thirty miles. And he has taken few layoffs. Three hundred days a year would be a fair average coverage by him, or 9,900 miles every year. Twenty four years at 9,000 miles per year would be--how many times around the earth? You figure it; we are not so good at mathematics. When he first began he drove a team altogether. There was only one other carrier at the time--"Uncle Billy" Henderson (sic), pioneer carrier on route one. Daily these two plodded over the more than thirty miles of country roads, from an early morning start to late in the evening. Mr. Henderson quit before the automobile came into use, but Mr. Stevens bought an old Ford, which he says was worn out when he got it, and made it give him 50,000 more miles. In all that time he has had but one mishap worth mentioning. A few years ago he slipped off into a ditch. For two or three days he felt a distress in one side. Finally he went to a doctor and asked if he could find the cause. "Nothing but two or three broken ribs," said the physician. "That so?" replied Charley, "that's not much, but I guess I'll lay off today." It now seems doubtful whether a successor will be appointed. All things point to consolidation of the three routes into two routes, with increased mileage on each. A postal inspector here some time ago intimated that things would be permitted to go on, up to the time of Mr. Stevens' retirement on the age provision after which the above change would be considered. N.B.: The first rural route carrier out of Sidney was named Hendrickson, not Henderson. R. F. D. out of Sidney began on July 1, 1901, about the same time as that service began in Range forty in Fremont county. The difference was, that the entire Range 40 was established at that time, while in Sidney, only the Sidney No. l R. F. D. was inaugurated in Range 42.--W.F.