This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------4767ED5F50D6761B76418B84 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Just sdaw a posting regarding the "Obituary Abstracts for Louisa Co. News= papers, 1878-1898." Can anyone tell me more about this publication (where avail./cost/and how= comp[lete)? I'd sure be interested in checking on Joseph Teague Kelly and some of my = Buffington & Sleeth relatives. (anyone do lookups in this?) Thanks! Ed Gentzler Seattle (Palm Coast, FL, after 5/4/00) IALOUISA-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > IALOUISA-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 66 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Re: LDS SITE ["Janice Hoehle" <janleeh@net= ins.ne] > #2 re: UsGenWeb Census okay ["Norma F. Jennings" <njennin= gs@lis] > #3 Correction ["Norma F. Jennings" <njennin= gs@lis] > #4 re:URL for Iowa Census Records ["Norma F. Jennings" <njennin= gs@lis] > #5 Higgs ["Janice Hoehle" <janleeh@net= ins.ne] > #6 Henderson Family Connections ["Janice Hoehle" <janleeh@net= ins.ne] > #7 Eli Henderson marriage. ["Janice Hoehle" <janleeh@net= ins.ne] > #8 Fw: Cross ["J,A, & M Schulz" <arsmms@ko= rnet.n] > #9 GETTERT ["Keith/Connie Street" <ckcas= ey@net] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from IALOUISA-D, send a message to > > IALOUISA-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------= --- > > Subject: Re: LDS SITE > Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 08:37:48 -0500 > From: "Janice Hoehle" <janleeh@netins.net> > To: IALOUISA-L@rootsweb.com > > Thanks, Lois. I shouldn't do things when I am tired. I know the exte= nsion > should be .org. > Jan > > ______________________________ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------= --- > > Subject: re: UsGenWeb Census okay > Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 14:00:22 -0500 > From: "Norma F. Jennings" <njennings@lisco.net> > To: IALOUISA-L@rootsweb.com > > The official UsGenWeb Census is not affected by this latest action of > our National UsGenWeb Coordinator. I am not certain of all of the > details, but somewhere along the line, a second census site was put up > which did not follow the UsGenWeb Project guidelines or their > recommended format. Despite efforts to merge the two, they never came > to an agreement and the secondary site has been removed from any > connection to the UsGenWeb Project. > > Don't worry the census records we worked on or are working on are still= > intact and safe as they do conform to the UsGenWeb standards and were > connected to the official Census site. > > Norma Jennings > > ______________________________ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------= --- > > Subject: Correction > Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 14:31:01 -0500 > From: "Norma F. Jennings" <njennings@lisco.net> > To: IALOUISA-L@rootsweb.com > > Correction. UsGenWeb Census isn't exactly what I meant to say in my las= t > post. I get to thinking faster than my fingers at times. > > Anyone can stick UsGenWeb on their site. Actually, it is the "Archive= > files" that are still intact. The 1850 Henry County Census is installe= d > in the archives file of my Henry County directory so it is still there.= > Likewise, the census that Janice Hoehle is working on for Louisa Count= y > can still be "archived" by the IaGenWeb Coordinators and available for > your use when it is completed. I need to pay more attention to State &= > U.S. Coordinator activities but it gets to be such a power struggle at > times, it is easier to concentrate on my local cooperative group. > Again, this is what this is all about, another power struggle, a > constant problem in this age. You may see some negative campaigning in= > the near future, but don't sweat it. > > I will have to say that the IaGenWeb Coordinators are great to work wit= h > and not a major problem. > > Norma Jennings > > ______________________________ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------= --- > > Subject: re:URL for Iowa Census Records > Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 14:39:39 -0500 > From: "Norma F. Jennings" <njennings@lisco.net> > To: IALOUISA-L@rootsweb.com > > Per request this is the census link that was still available a few > minutes ago. For Iowa Census records go to: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/census/states/iowa/iowa.htm > > For Us Census Records go to: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/census/ > > Norma Jennings > Listowner IALOUISA-L Mailing List > > ______________________________ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------= --- > > Subject: Higgs > Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 20:32:00 -0500 > From: "Janice Hoehle" <janleeh@netins.net> > To: IALOUISA-L@rootsweb.com > > Hi Sue, > The following is from Obituary Abstracts for Louisa Co. Newspapers, 187= 8-1898: > "Higgs, George, b. ca. 1823, bp. Virginia. d. June 28, 1898, at Wapello= , IA. bu. Fairview Cem. m.(1) 1846 to Caroline Huling in Va. She died De= c. 5, 1894. (2) Feb. 14, 1896 to Mrs. Kira VanSickle. Had 4 sons, 3 da= u. by (1) only 2 survive. Fannie Porter of Acheson, Kas., & Mrs. Rev. Ra= ndolph of Mapleton, IA. Wapello Republican, June 30, 1898. > Higgs, Mrs. G. W. b. July 11, 1812, bp. Green Brier Co., W. Va. , d. = Sept 29, 1898, at Wapello, IA. Surv. 3 child. Mrs. Steel of Cedar Rapid= s, A. H. Gabbert of N.London, IA, and Mr. Gabbert of Okla. Wapello Repub= lican, Oct 6, 1898." > > I found the George Higgs family in 1860 census, Wapello Twp., Family No= =2E 935. It is hardly legible, but I could make out, "Geo W. Higgs, age = 34, farmer.b. VA; Caroline, age 43, b. VA;" then a male child, the name = unclear, could be Jerome, Tomson,etc., age 13, b. VA, and then " Ann, age= 10, b. VA. > > I then checked the birth records, Vol. 1, 1880-1888 to see if J. T. Ran= dolph's name was written out. I found: > #202, George M.Randolph, first child, b. Col City. Feb 3, 1881, Parents= : John T. Randolph, occ: boatman; Anna Higgs Randolph, Res. Wapello Twp. > #723, Olive Randolph, 2nd child, b. Oct 2, 1881, Father, John T. Randol= ph, age 39, Mother, Anna Higgs, b. VA, age 33. > #1112 Ralph Waldo Randolph, b. Dec. 24, 1883, Father John T. Randolp= h, age 44, mother Anna Higgs, age 34. > > Jan > > ______________________________ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------= --- > > Subject: Henderson Family Connections > Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 20:45:12 -0500 > From: "Janice Hoehle" <janleeh@netins.net> > To: IALOUISA-L@rootsweb.com > > John, > I took a quick look at the 1915 Louisa County census cards microfilm, = and found the following Hendersons: Cora, S. M., James, Mable, Mary J., = Susanna, Richard, Susan Olive, Tracy, Grace. If any of those names inter= est you, let me know and I will obtain copies of the microfilm for you, o= r type and send E-mail. (Copies cost 25 cents, each). > > Also, looked in the Portrait and Biographical Album of 1889, and found= information on Eli Henderson on page 364, in a column about Peter Reisch= =2E "in the year 1882, in Letts, Iowa, his (Reisch's) marriage with Mrs. = Mary Henderson was celebrated. She was the widow of Eli Henderson, a nat= ive of Ohio, and a son of Edward and margaret Henderson, also of that Sta= te, who emigrated to Indiana in 1848, settling upon a farm, where the dea= th of both parents occurred some years ago. In 1851, Mr. Henderson came = to Louisa County, Iowa, where he engaged in farming, and three years late= r was united in marriage. Four children were born of the union, three of= whom are now living: Ella died in 1879, at the age of twenty-one years; = Clara, now Mrs. Wilson, resides in Concord Township; Nora and Ollie are b= oth at home. Mr.Henderson died" (sorry, that next few words were on the = next page, and in my haste, forgot to write it down. Didn't need anythin= g else on the next page, as it reverts back to! > the Reisch's family.) > Jan > > ______________________________ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------= --- > > Subject: Eli Henderson marriage. > Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 20:48:38 -0500 > From: "Janice Hoehle" <janleeh@netins.net> > To: IALOUISA-L@rootsweb.com > > John, > I forgot to list the marriage of Eli Henderson and Mary Wagner, Nov. 22= , 1855, Book B, page 27. Louisa Co. IA > > Hope some of this is what you are looking for. > Jan > > ______________________________ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------= --- > > Subject: Fw: Cross > Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 06:12:22 +0900 > From: "J,A, & M Schulz" <arsmms@kornet.net> > To: IALOUISA-L@rootsweb.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: J,A, & M Schulz <arsmms@kornet.net> > To: carol ann berry <cedartree2@juno.com> > Date: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 9:16 AM > Subject: Re: Cross > > >Carol, > > > >Is anyone researching the BROWNING name? I have this name in my > >family. My great-great-grandmother was Emma Jane BROWNING BARROWS, b.= Oct. > >28, 1842 in Pike Co., IL. She came to Muscatine when she was 4, and l= ived > >the rest of her life there. She married my ggreat-grandfather, Charle= s F. > >BARROWS in July 1859. She lived on the Muscatine Island and died ther= e in > >1918. I've just started to look into this line of my family. Can any= one > help? > > > >Thanks, > >Angela Schulz > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: carol ann berry <cedartree2@juno.com> > >To: IALOUISA-L@rootsweb.com <> > >Date: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 9:55 PM > >Subject: Cross > > > > > >>I am trying to clear up a marriage connection of these people.Another= > >>searcher has Harvey M.Shellabarger also married to a Lue Barber.Any h= elp? > >> > >>Descendants of Louisa Cross > >> > >> 1 Louisa CROSS b: Abt 1868 > >>. +Harvey M. SHELLABARGER b: 1868 d: March 1960 Father: Thomas > >>Beard SHELLABARGER,Sr Mother: Maryann Matilda BROWNING > >> > >> > >> > >> Harvey-Louisa Cross-Lue Barber connection has Harvey deceased in > >>Colorado.. > >> > >>Carol > >> > >> > >>=3D=3D=3D=3D IALOUISA Mailing List =3D=3D=3D=3D > >>Mailing Lists: > >>mailto:IALOUISA-L@rootsweb.com > >>mailto:IAHENRY-L@rootsweb.com > >>mailto:IAHENRY-L@rootweb.com > >> > > > > ______________________________ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------= --- > > Subject: GETTERT > Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 02:53:19 -0500 > From: "Keith/Connie Street" <ckcasey@netins.net> > To: IALOUISA-L@rootsweb.com > > Dear LC list, > > Someone on the list recently was interested in the GETTERT surn= ame. > > In the Muscatine Journal for April 7, 2000, in an Our Yesterday= s > column that I author, there is an item in the 75 years ago category for= > Muscatine that lists the Muscatine survivors of the Civil War Battle of= > Shiloh, who were living in Muscatine in April of 1925. One of those lis= ted > is a Peter GETTERT. > > Keith Street > ckcasey@netins.net > 325 Franklin Ave, Wapello, IA 52653-1515 > 319-523-8164 --------------4767ED5F50D6761B76418B84 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="gentzler.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Ed Gentzler Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="gentzler.vcf" begin:vcard n:Gentzler;Ed x-mozilla-html:TRUE version:2.1 email;internet:gentzler@gte.net note:http://home1.gte.net/gentzler/index.html http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/g/e/n/Ed-C-Gentzler/ x-mozilla-cpt:;0 fn:Ed Gentzler end:vcard --------------4767ED5F50D6761B76418B84--