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/0k.2ADE/2083.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I would like to contact Gregory Myron Hunt. He sent me an Ahnentafl chart and somehow I have lost his e-mail. I would like to respond as we are connected to the same line. If anyone has his e-mail address I would appreciate your letting me know.

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/0k.2ADE/2083.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: One of my aunts, Loraine Michael of Woodbine married Frank Henderson- circa late1930's. I haven't researched them yet and wondered if he might be in your Henderson family. They lived in California.

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/0k.2ADE/2083.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hello, I am from old Harrison County pioneer families and was born in 1940 when my parents lived in Hardscratch. I have always liked to see the look on someone's face when they ask where I was born and I tell them Hardscratch, Iowa. I thought you may be interested in where the old Hardscratch sign is now located. It ended up in the recording studio of my cousin Max D Barnes, in Hendersonville, Tennesee, just outside of Nashville. Max, who also claimed Hardscratch as his home, was a gifted songwriter and is in the Country Music Hall of Fame. His publishing company is Hardscratch Music, Inc. My great-great-grandmother and other relatives are buried in Bethel Cemetery.

Daily Nonpareil Council Bluffs IA Jan 3, 2005 Doris (Marley) Michael, 76, of Logan died Jan. 2 at her home. She was a longtime teacher in the Logan and Magnolia area. She is survived by husband, Robert W. Michael, of Logan; son, Robert J. Michael and his wife, Becky, of Logan; daughters, Pam Stoffel and her husband, Bob, of Omaha, Patty Otey and her husband, Wally, of Bellevue, Neb., Peggy Corpman and her husband, Dean, of Maxwell AFB, Ala.; 12 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; sister Shirley Cole and her husband, Dave, of Eugene, Ore., and twin sister Dorothy Krapes also of Eugene; sister-in-law, Florence Marley of Logan. Memorial services will be Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Logan. There will be no visitation. Her body was donated to science. Fouts Funeral Home in Woodbine is in charge of arrangements. View full obit at www.foutsfuneralhome.com Memorials may be made to the Logan Fire & Rescue, Immanuel Lutheran Church or Myrtue Memorial Hospice.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lyons, Davis, Brickley, Myers, Franz Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0k.2ADE/2283 Message Board Post: Pauline Elsie Lyons, 81, Missouri Valley, died Dec. 17 at Rose Vista Care Center, Woodbine. Survivors include her husband, Charles, Missouri Valley; children, Deborah Davis, Omaha; David Randall Brickley and wife, Nancy, Omaha; Claudia Myers and husband, Don, of Omaha, Treesa Franz of Council Bluffs; nine grandchildren; and three sisters. A Memorial service was held Dec. 21 at First Baptist Church, Missouri Valley. Hennessey-Aman Funeral Home in Missouri Valley was in charge of arrangements. The obituary will appear next week. Respectfully sumbitted for other researchers ©MISSOURI VALLEY TIMES - NEWS 2005

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Brown Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0k.2ADE/2282 Message Board Post: Lester Brown, 80, Missouri Valley, died Dec. 19 at Methodist Hospital, Omaha. A Memorial Service will be held Thursday, Dec. 23 at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Missouri Valley, at 11 a.m. The family would like to invite everyone to a time of lunch and fellowship at the church immediately following the service. Memorials may be given to the church, as well. Hennessey-Aman Funeral Home, Missouri Valley, is in charge of arrangements. Respectfully submitted for other researchers ©MISSOURI VALLEY TIMES - NEWS 2005

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HENDERSON, REEDER, ETC. ETC. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0k.2ADE/2083.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I noticed the exchange of comments about "Hardscratch" which was located in Harrison Co. IA and thought it sounded familiar. I have been researching my HENDERSON family for years and in doing so I have acquired quite a bit of info on the Henderson families that lived in the area. I have copies of two photo's which refer to Hardscratch or Reeder's Mills as it was also called. One photo shows a Frank Dickinson standing beside a road sign for Hardscatch. It accompanies an article by Scott Monserud apparently a Summer News Intern. The article tells a pretty good story of Hardscratch or Reeder's Mills. The other picture shows a cluster of houses along a road and is entitled "Here's Hard Scratch... Or thereit was" it apparently came from the Iowa News, Omaha, Thur April 23, 1953. It also is accompantied by an article by James Denney a World-Hearld Staff Member entitled "It's Still Listed on Map as Hard Scratch, But town Near Logan Was Never Platted". it also gives a general history of the area. Several sons of James Henderson moved from Greene Co, IL and lived in the area. The name Reeder's Mills apparently came from a brother-in-law, Levi Reeder who's two sons Thomas and William Reeder ran a mill business there. Be happy to exchange any information!

Daily Nonpareil Council Bluffs IA December 31st, 2004 Charles H. Armstrong Sr., 77, of Council Bluffs died Dec. 29 at his residence. (http://bannerads.zwire.com/bannerads/redirect.cfm?ADLOCATION=4000&PAG=461&BRD=2554) He was born April 21, 1927, in Little Sioux to Hubbard and Elizabeth Petersen Armstrong. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He worked for Ready Mixed Concrete Company for 32 years, retiring in 1989. He was a life member VFW 737. Mr. Armstrong was preceded in death by son, Donald; parents; brother, Leonard; and sister, Lorna Newberry. Survivors include his wife, Arlene, of Council Bluffs; daughters, Debra Nims and husband, John, of Council Bluffs, Cheryl Kermoade and husband, Ed, of Council Bluffs and Denise Caraveo and husband, Leonardo, of Omaha; son, Charles Jr., of Council Bluffs; 20 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; stepdaughters, Colleen Smith and Keith Pruett of Council Bluffs, Angela Yordt and husband, Scott, of Princeton, Minn., and Terri Smith of Princeton, Minn.; stepson, Steven Smith, and wife, Evelyn, of Council Bluffs; sisters, Alice Terril of Omaha, Twila Bell of Omaha, Delia Ottesen of Council Bluffs, Dixie Emmons of Council Bluffs; brothers, Bill and wife, Linda, of Pacific Junction, Don of Omaha and Jerry and wife, Margie, of Omaha. Visitation will be Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m. at Cutler-O'Neill-Meyer-Woodring Funeral Home. The funeral will be Monday at 1 p.m. at the funeral home with the Rev. Lowell Burkum officiating, followed by military rites by VFW Post No. 737. A luncheon will follow services at VFW. Cremation will follow the services. Memorials will be directed as family wishes

Hello, If anyone is connected to this person there is a photo of him at this site. or check out your other family surnames at: http://fourkings.freeyellow.com/Page3.html I have no connection to this website, just like to see pictures reunited with families. Deborah Happy New Year

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/0k.2ADE/2083.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: My mother's family is from Hardscratch. My Grandmother Pearl, was a Fountain and her mother's parents were Rockwells. Her sisters were Grace Maguire & Ina Foutch. Her brothers were Lyle, Lee, Earl & Lester Fountain. All of them were born northeast of Hardscratch, east of Maguire's farm. She married Charles Maguire and after his death married Albert Holman. Perhaps you remember Albert & Grandma as they lived south of you around the bend where Emswiller now lives - the place with the old red barn that leans to the south. He bought the place from Grandma when Albert died in 1968. Grandma was known for her white cats. I spent many summers up there in the 50's & 60's. I have very fond memories of the area. I have not found any pictures of Hardscratch either but know a lot of stories about the place. Did you know that there is another cemetery up on the hill that was on the Jim Foutch place. The graves arent't marked but they were up in a field there. Albert & my uncle Donald both told me about them. Albert said no one knew who was buried there but that there were sunken graves with no markers up there. They might be gone now that the land is terraced.

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/0k.2ADE/2083.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I have run across that name. My family moved here in the 1950's and I have always been interested in the history of Hardscratch. The two cemetaries that are close (Bethel and Harris Grove) are full of Hardscratch pioneers. Also we have a couple things in common. My wifes great grandfather(Swanger) was also a blacksmith in Hardscratch and my family on dads side came from Bohemia which of course is now Czechoslovokia.

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/0k.2ADE/2083.1.1 Message Board Post: Do you remember the Dungan's that lived in Hardscratch?

Daily Nonpareil Council Bluffs IA December 28th, 2004 Joyce "Charlene" Purcell, 77, of Essex died Dec. 26 at Jennie Edmundson Hospital. (http://bannerads.zwire.com/bannerads/redirect.cfm?ADLOCATION=4000&PAG=461&BRD=2554) She was born Sept. 10, 1927, in Little Sioux. She graduated from Missouri Valley High School. She lived in Council Bluffs from 1946-1994, moving to Essex 10 years ago. Charlene and husband, Dick, owned and operated the A&W Restaurant on West Broadway for 20 years. She also taught art classes for many years in Council Bluffs. Charlene was past president of the Council Bluffs Artist Association. She was a charter member of the Business & Professional Women of Council Bluffs and instrumental in starting Fantasmagoric in Bayliss Park. Mrs. Purcell and her husband, Orris "Dick," were married 58 years. She was preceded in death by her sister, Helen Holsapple, and brother, Don Jensen. Survivors in addition to her husband include son, Randy, and wife, Charolette, of Council Bluffs; grandson, Jason Purcell, of Omaha; granddaughter, Karen Hamilton, and husband, Eric, of Council Bluffs; great-grandsons, Cody Hamilton and Jacob Hamilton. Memorial service will be Friday at 11 a.m. at Cutler-O'Neill-Meyer-Woodring Funeral Home with Bishop Gary Smith of Latter Day Saints Kanesville Ward officiating. Burial will be in Cedar Lawn Cemetery.

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/0k.2ADE/2083.1 Message Board Post: Pictures of hardscratch seem to be non existant. I was born and raised in hardscratch and in fact I own what was hardscratch and live there now.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Fish, Pinkerton, Thomas Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0k.2ADE/2281 Message Board Post: Grace H. Fish, 83, Omaha, died Dec. 14 at Alegent Health Bergan Mercy Medical Center, Omaha. She was a retired longtime school teacher in Council Bluffs and Missouri Valley. She is survived by her husband, Rev. Edward Fish; son and daughter-in-law, Thomas and Kathy Fish, Williamsburg, Ky.; daughter and son-in-law, Nancy and David Pinkerton, Pleasant Hill; grandchildren: Dana and Sally Fish, Melissa Pinkerton; brothers and sisters-in-law, Frank and Rachael Thomas, Henderson, Neb.; Paul and Verda Mae Thomas, Ringwood, Okla.; and Leo and Elfrieda Thomas, Lincoln, Neb. The Rev. Mr. Fish is a former pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Missouri Valley. A Memorial Service will be held today (Friday, Dec. 17) at 11 a.m., at the West Hills Presbyterian Church, 82nd and Hascall Streets, Omaha. Memorials are suggested to West Hills Presbyterian Church or to a charity of your choice. Arrangements are by Heafey Heafey Hoffmann Dworak Cutler, Omaha. Respectfully submitted for other researchers ©MISSOURI VALLEY TIMES - NEWS 2004

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Pettit Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0k.2ADE/2280 Message Board Post: Don W. Pettit, 75, Maryville, Mo., formerly of Logan, died Dec. 9 in St. Joseph, Mo. A Memorial Service will be held at 7 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 16 at the Logan Memorial Chapel. Visitation will be held from 6 p.m. until the time of the service, Thursday. Inurnment will be at 10 a.m., Friday, Dec. 17, at Harris Grove Cemetery near Logan. Respectfully submitted for other researchers ©MISSOURI VALLEY TIMES - NEWS 2004

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Crewdson, Ek, Mueller Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0k.2ADE/2279 Message Board Post: Eugene W. Crewdson, 96, Prior Lake, Minn., died Dec. 12 at Walker Methodist Health Care Center, Minneapolis, where he had been a resident. He grew up in Mondamin. Eugene was preceded in death by his wife of 75 years, Violet; and his parents, John and Rena. He is survived by a daughter, Peggy (Lowell) Ek; son, Bud (Norma) Crewdson; granddaughter, Allison (Wade) Ek Mueller; and great-grandsons, Louis and Harris Mueller. A Private family service will be held. Interment will be at Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis. Memorials may be given to The Walker Foundation, the Walker Grand Piano Fund, 3737 Bryant Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN 55409, or to donor's choice. Werness Brothers Funeral Chapel, Minneapolis, is in charge of arrangements. Respectfully submitted for other researchers ©MISSOURI VALLEY TIMES - NEWS 2004

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Anderson, Carlock, Hand, Sass, Gardner Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0k.2ADE/2278 Message Board Post: Edna E. Anderson, 91, Council Bluffs, died Dec. 13 at Midland Living Center, Council Bluffs. Edna was born Aug. 5, 1913 in Missouri Valley to Frank F. and Stella (Carlock) Hand. A housewife, Edna was a member of the First Christian Church. She and her husband, Alfred P. Anderson, were married Oct. 31, 1931 and together for 73 years. They had resided in Council Bluffs since 1966. She was preceded in death by her parents; by sons, Alfred P., Jr., at birth; and Kenneth Anderson in 1988; and by four brothers, Gail, Harry, Clarence and Charlie Hand. Survivors include: her husband, Alfred, Council Bluffs; son, Robert and his wife, Sarah, Anderson, Rancho Mirage, Calif.; and daughters, Beulah and her husband, Marvin, Sass, Council Bluffs; and Betty Gardner, Euless, Tex.; nine grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandson; brother, Paul Hand, Missouri Valley; nieces and nephews. Visitation with the family will be held today (Wednesday, Dec. 15) at the Cutle! r-O'Neill-Meyer-Woodring Chapel, Council; Bluffs, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Funeral Services will be held at the chapel, Thursday, Dec. 16 at 11 a.m., Pastor David Erickson, officiant. A Luncheon at the First Christian Church will follow the chapel service. The cortege will leave the church at 1:30 p.m. for Rose Hill Cemetery, Missouri Valley, where interment will take place. Memorials may be given to the First Christian Church, Council Bluffs. Respectfully submitted for other researchers ©MISSOURI VALLEY TIMES - NEWS 2004

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Powell, Collins, Clevenger, Feierfeil, Godsill, Owen, Stanford, Wade, Bayless Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0k.2ADE/2277 Message Board Post: John Henry Powell, 83, Council Bluffs, died Dec. 10 at Bethany Lutheran Home, Council Bluffs. John was born in Gregory, S.D., to John and Zina (Collins) Powell. He was a lifelong Honey Creek resident. He was a welder for American Hydraulics for 10 years, retiring in 1990. He was also a farmer in Honey Creek and truck driver, and a 31-year member of the Benevolent and Protective Organization of Elks (B. P.O.E.). John and his wife, Lois, were married 24 years. Survivors, in addition to his wife, include a daughter, Crystal Clevenger, and her husband, Tom, Honey Creek; three stepdaughters, Sherry Feierfeil, Nampa, Idaho; Tammy Godsill, Middleton, Idaho; and Linda Owen, Council Bluffs; two stepsons, Darrell Stanford and Roy Wade, Council Bluffs; four grandchildren; numerous step-grandchildren; and a sister, June Bayless, Council Bluffs. Funeral Services were held Dec. 13 at Cutler-O'Neill-Meyer-Woodring Funeral Home, Council Bluffs, the Rev. David Kuhnle, officiant. Interment was in Grange Cemetery, Honey Creek, following the service. Memorials may be given to the donor's choice. Respectfully submitted for other researchers ©MISSOURI VALLEY TIMES - NEWS 2004

Daily Nonpareil Council Bluffs IA December 21st, 2004 MISSOURI VALLEY - Memorial Service for Lester F. Brown, 80, of Missouri Valley will be Thursday, Dec. 23, at 11 a.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Missouri Valley. (http://bannerads.zwire.com/bannerads/redirect.cfm?ADLOCATION=4000&PAG=461&BRD=2554) Mr. Brown died Dec. 19 at the Methodist Hospital in Omaha. Mr. Brown was born Feb. 26, 1924, in Omaha to Frank and Helen (Nickles) Brown. He was married to LaVaine Meyer of Missouri Valley, Oct. 4, 1957. Mr. Brown spent almost four years in the Navy during World War II in the European Theater on a mine sweeper. He retired from U.S. West in 1984 after 37 years. Survivors include his wife, LaVaine, of Missouri Valley; a son, Dan Brown, and wife, Julie, of Missouri Valley; a daughter, Kellie Barry, and husband, Roger of Woodbine; and four grandchildren, Chad and Ryan Brown, August Barry and Melissa Barry Mullock. Hennessey-Aman Funeral Home in Missouri Valley is in charge of arrangements. Memorials may be given to the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Missouri Valley.