I am looking for information on Alonzo Williams and his wife Rachel Glenn Williams. Alonzo died in Chariton on 23 Oct 1908. Rachel E. Glenn Wiiliams died in Lucas County 11 June 1870. She is buried in the Last Chance Cemetery.I am interested in information on both as well as Rachel's father, John Glenn, my great great grandfather, other Glenn's and the Newsome's. I have the obit of Alonzo from the Chariton paper. I would appreciate any information anyone can supply. Dean Glenn dglenn@hal-pc.org

BROWNLEE CEMETERY: A DEAD END? Frank D. Myers, 25 May 2005 Brownlee photos may be found at: http://lucascountyan.blogspot.com Now there's food for thought. I'm sure it seemed like a good and practical idea to post the little green and white Iowa Prison Industries "Brownlee Cemetery" sign just below the big yellow "Dead End" sign alongside that narrow lane headed west, but there's something dangerously close to editorial comment here, and if I were one of the Brownlee tenants, easily offended and such things were possible --- a little haunting might be in order. Not that Brownlee Cemetery isn't a lovely --- although somewhat obscure and dilapidated --- place to rest. It is the largest and oldest of English Township's three cemeteries (the others are Spring Hill to the northwest and Pine Hill, also known as Bingham, over east on the Melcher-Dallas road with its spectacular northward view). Many of English Township's first settlers are buried at Brownlee, and I'm certain it takes its name from the Brownlee family, who were among those early residents and perhaps owned the slope above a creek where it's located. To get there, drive about four miles north north out of Chariton on Highway 14, swooping northeasterly down through and up out of the Little White Breast Creek valley, then note the Williamson crossoroads (Williamson will be a mile to the east astraddle a paved turnoff). Drive just a little farther north on 14, not even a quarter mile, then take the gravel road that heads due north off the angled highway. Three-quarters of a mile north on gravel, that narrow "Dead End: Brownlee Cemetery" road leads off to the west. If you're going too fast, you'll miss it and have to back up. Last January, I promised John Shockley of Topeka, Kansas, that I'd get out to Brownlee to check up on his kin buried there. Monday was a great day to do this, late in the afternoon on the pre-Memorial Day pilgrimage from Oxford to Columbia. Brownlee has had is ups and downs maintenance-wise. There have been very few recent burials --- but just enough to deny it Pioneer Cemetery status. So it still depends on the English Townshp trustees. Because it is out of sight and descendants of pioneer occupants either bury elsewhere or have left the county, many grand old stones have been allowed to tumble and some years it's looked just plain awful --- grass shaggy, weeds high and branches everywhere. I remember the days when it was shaded by massive old white pines that the wind always whispered through. Time, however, has claimed those. It was looking good Monday, however, neatly mown, a little pesticide judiciously applied to keep weeds down, all the branches and fallen trees taken away. The fence rows have been allowed to grow up, so Brownlee is green-walled. Indifferent maintenance in other years has ensured survival of graveside plantings, so there were some lavish displays of iris and peony. And because of its remote location, not a sound other than the wind and birdsong. John Shockley tracked me down last winter after discovering a cousin of his, Laura Shockley, age 8, enumerated in the 1880 census as "adopted daughter" in the English Township household of my great-great-grandparents, Jeremiah and Elizabeth (McMulin) Miller. What was going on here, he wondered. I was able to tell him what I knew --- that Jeremiah and Elizabeth had taken Laura into their home not long after her mother died to fill, in part, the void left by the deaths of their own daughters. The Millers had 10 children total, all but one born while they were living one county east in Pleasant Township, Monroe County. The boys, William Owen, Joseph Cyrus, Richard, James Harvey, Gerial Trescott and Harry, all thrived. But the little girls, Mary Cynthia, Miriam Jane, Eliza Elizabeth and Harriet Clara, all died between 1855 and 1864 at ages ranging from a few days to 12 years and were buried in the Miller family cemetery in Monroe County, Pleasant Corners. The Millers moved west into English Township, where many other family members had settled earlier, during 1867, and I'm sure the loss of those little girls still was felt deeply. Laura was one of a set of twins. Her sister, Delpha, my granddad said, had been taken in by Mrs. J.F. Spiker after Mrs. Shockley's death. John was able to fill in more of the details. He told me that Laura and her sister, Delpha (also known as Della), were daughters of his great-uncle, John McGill Shockley, and his wife, Hannah Luman, who had married in Illinois. John said the Shockleys, who apparently came to English Township soon after 1860, had at least six children, Mary Katherine, Manuel, Louisa, Milton C., Delpha and Laura. The 1870 census of English Township suggests that there were more children. The Shockley family was enumerated that year one household removed from that of Jeremiah and Elizabeth Miller and included John M.G. Shockley, 38, born Ohio; Hannah, age 34, also born Ohio; Thomas E., age 16, born Illinois; Mary C., age 13, born Illinois; Manuel E., age 9, born Illinois; Lavon A., age 4, born Iowa; Milton H., age 2, born Iowa; and Elmer, age 9 months, also born Iowa. Another son was Jesse, whose tombstone is next to his mother's at Brownlee. According to John's records, Hannah died 4 August 1873 (a date confirmed by her Brownlee Cemetery tombstone), not long after Laura and Delpha were born. Three years after Hannah died, John Shockley married Sarah Jane (probably the widow of a Johnson) as his second wife, on 6 June 1876 at an unknown location, and they had a son, John A., John Shockley said. John M. and Sarah Jane also had a son named Harry who died young, I discovered during Monday's visit. By the time the 1880 Lucas County census was taken, John M. and Sarah Jane had moved into Chariton, where his profession was given as plasterer. Their household included children Manuel, age 19; Lavisa, age 14; Delpha, age 8; John A., age 3; and Minnie Johnson, 11, Sarah Jane's child by her previous marriage. This suggests that the Spikers kept Delpha only a few years, probably until after John M. remarried. Laura grew up with the Millers, using the Miller surname sometimes and her birth name, Shockley, at others. She certainly was considered a sister by the Miller boys and a daughter by Jeremiah and Elizabeth. According to John Shockley, John M. Shockley and other members of his family went west after 1880. He died 23 July 1914 in Smith Center, Kansas, and is buried there. John hadn't been able to determine what became of Sarah Jane. Twin sister Deplha (or Della) ended up in California and married William G. Polcene on 5 October 1895 in Los Angeles, according to John Shockley. Polcene's occupation was given as policeman in the 1900 census of Riverside County, California. They had a son and grandson, both named Elliott Polcene. So far, we've not tracked Laura down. During the late 1890s, Elizabeth (McMulin) Miller and Laura traveled west to visit Elizabeth's son, Harvey, and his family who had settled some years earlier on farm near Garden Grove, California. Laura apparently remained in California and was reunited with her sister. She was living with Delpha/Della and William Polcene in Riverside when the 1900 census was taken, her occupation listed as orange-picker. I know that she survived at least until 1927, when she was listed as a surviving "sister in California" upon the death of Harry Miller, but beyond that I have no further information. There are three Shockley tombstones still standing in good repair at Brownlee, and I suspect that other children died young and are buried there. The Shockley lot is just to the left (west) of the center drive, midway into the cemetery. The inscriptions on those stones read as follows: HANNAH WIFE OF JOHN SHOCKLEY DIED Aug. 4, 1873 AGED 37 Y, 8M, & 4Ds Note: The Lucas County Genealogical Society's 1981 "Lucas County, Iowa, Cemetery Records" misreports Hannah's age at death as 32 years, 5 months, 4 days. JESSE A. Son of JOHN M. & HANNAH SHOCKLEY DIED Feb. 14, 1870 AGED 9 Yrs, 7 Mo. & 4Ds. Note: The Lucas County Genealogical Society misreported Jesse's inscription as "Jesse A., son of John, died Feb. 14, 1921, age 9y, 2m, 1d." HARRY Son of J. & S.J. SHOCKLEY DIED (Remainder of inscription buried) Note. The Lucas County Genealogical Society overlooked this tombstone entirely. So that wraps up the Shockley report. A few members of my family also are buried at Brownlee, nearly all of them in unmarked graves. The only grave marked by a tombstone (which I found once leaning against a tree stump but couldn't located Monday) is that of Clarence B. McMulin, son of Joseph Ezra and Sophia Cabot (Severn) McMulin, who was born according to family records 20 February 1867 and died 23 April 1867. Buried in an unmarked grave is Elizabeth (Vickroy) Miller, first wife of Owen Miller (son of Jeremiah and Elizabeth), who died during the night of 26/27 June 1890, age about 42. Also buried in unmarked graves at Brownlee are Mary Miller, age 12, and Alonzo Miller, age 3 (who died of a rattlesnake bite), children of Jeremiah Miller's youngest brother and sister-in-law, Sylvanus and Adelia Permilia Lucinda Phylena (Nottage) Miller. Mary died about 1873. Alonzo's death year isn't known.

The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa Thursday, February 25, 1909 A fortune of over $50,000 in cash, in addition to valuable real estate holdings, was distributed among relatives, charitable organizations, churches and various societies by the provisions of the last will and testament of the late COL. EDWARD A. TEMPLE, filed yesterday with Probate Commissioner Ed Mahan in district court. MR. TEMPLE was the organizer and President of the Bankers' Life Insurance Company. He died in Orlando, Fla., Feb. 12. His nearest surviving relative is his sister, CECILIA A. TEMPLE, who has been his housekeeper in his home in Des Moines. He bequeaths her $5,000 and all the property, both real and personal, which may remain after the provisions of his will have been carried out. By one provision of the will a bronze tablet, costing $1,000 will be placed in the historical building to perpetuate the memory of William Salter, George Temple, Levi Hager, William B. Remey, Bernhart Henn, Anthony W. Carpenter and William F. Coolbaugh, pioneer residents of Burlington. He remembers every member of the families of his deceased wife and his brothers with $1,000 with the exception of several to whom he bequeaths larger amounts. His brothers are GEORGE D. TEMPLE, CYRUS F. TEMPLE and AUGUSTUS D. TEMPLE. To LOUISE F. TEMPLE, daughter of CYRUS F. TEMPLE, he gives $2,000; to KATE E. FREEMAN, a niece, he gives $3,000; to HARRIETT E. SWETT, a niece, he leaves $2,000, and to SARAH G. JOHNSON, a niece, he bequeaths $2,000. Church, libraries and societies which he has proved for in his codicil are as follows: The Aspen Grove Cemetery Association of Burlington - $300. Chariton Public Library of Chariton - $300 Iowa Children's Home Society - $1,000 Roadside Settlement Association - $1,000 Home of the Aged - $1,000 St. Luke's Episcopal Church of Des Moines - $1,000 Endowment fund of the Protestant Episcopal Church of Chariton - $1,000 St. Andrew's Episcopal Church of Chariton - $1,000 Iowa Humane Society - $1,000 He provides that all the life insurance he has in the Bankers' Life Association shall go to the benefit of the entire estate. In addition to these distributions he names in his will numerous real estate holdings which he died seized of, naming the Iowa Loan and Trust company as trustee to look after his property. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert May 24, 2005 iggy29@rnetinc.net

The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa Thursday, February 25, 1909 It is noticed that the late E.A. TEMPLE remembered the Episcopal (St. Andrew s) Church in Chariton, in his bequests to the extent of $2,000 -- a half of this going to the permanent endowment. The late S.H. MALLORY left it an endowment of $10,000 and when MRS. E.F. HAMMER, at Russell, passed away, the church was bequeathed her homestead farm of 240 acres and other substantial favors. This church has been most fortunately remembered. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert May 24, 2005 iggy29@rnetinc.net

The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa Thursday, March 11, 1909 WILLIAM FEIGHT was born July 25th, 1863, near Burkville, Ind., and died March, (?) 1909, at Garden Grove, Iowa. When he was two years of age, he moved to Iowa, with his parents, ADAM and BARBARA FEIGHT, who took up their residence near Newbern, Warren County, Iowa. He was married to CLARA WILSON of Newbern, in 1890; after one year of marriage she died and her remains were laid to rest in the Newbern Cemetery. He has been a resident of Decatur County, Iowa, for about seven years. During his stay here he has made many friends and has enjoyed the respect and esteem of all his neighbors and associates. When he was a boy he united with the German Lutheran Church. After his marriage he and his wife attended the Methodist Church. During his stay in Decatur County, he attended services at the Methodist Church at High Point. He had four sisters, 2 half sisters, 3 half brothers. Two of his sisters, one half sister and father and mother have passed on before him. During his last illness he was at the home of his nephew, WM. FEIGHT, who lives southeast of Garden Grove. During his sickness he gave evidence of his faith and trust in the Savior and said that it is well with my soul thus we tenderly lay his body to rest, hoping for a glad meeting in a better world than this. His remains were brought to the Union Church, west of Newbern, and funeral services were conducted by Rev. McCardy, of Lacona, after which the body was laid to rest in the Newbern Cemetery by the side of his wife. A large crowd attended the services which spoke of the high esteem in which he was held by his many friends of this community. Friends extend their heartfelt sympathies to the relatives in this their hour of great sorrow. Those from a distance who attended the funeral were, Mr. and Mrs. S.B. Fris, of Burlington; Mr. and Mrs. Will Feight, of Garden Grove; Rev. Adam Feight and wife, of Derby; Mr. and Mrs. John Feight, of Milo; Ed Feight, of near Russell; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Feight, of Dallas; and Dan Feight, of Caloma. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert May 24, 2005 iggy29@rnetinc.net

The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa Thursday, February 25, 1909 There seems to be a fate which controls the destinies of men. Sometime before the late E.A. TEMPLE died, in fact the last time he was in Chariton, he gave a little history concerning the First National Bank, which is of interest at this time. It was over thirty-five years ago. He was then cashier of the bank and S.H. MALLORY, President. They were casting about for a young man to train for a future cashier. JOSEPH BRADEN was then conducting the big general store, in which Messrs. MALLORY, BRADEN and TEMPLE were interested. F.R. CROCKER was a boy about town and R.A. HASSELQUIST was clerking in the J. BRADEN & CO. Store. MR. MALLORY and MR. TEMPLE decided to offer the place in the bank to the young clerk, providing it met the approval of MR. BRADEN. When presented he objected to it on the grounds that young HASSELQUIST was a faithful and painstaking merchant's clerk and was getting a good insight into the business and that his opportunities would be equally as good in the store keeping business as in the banking business. This settled it. Young CROCKER was taken into the bank and everyone knows with what success and the results. When this is known many no doubt will wish that MR. BRADEN had given his consent to have his clerk change his occupation. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert May 24, 2005 iggy29@rnetinc.net

The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa Thursday, February 25, 1909 JOSEPH BEST, son of our townsman, ED BEST, who had reached the age of serious consideration and mental decision and who has resided at Los Angeles California, for several years past, was married last Sunday to MISS FLORA B MARR, a young lady whose home was in New York City, but who will henceforth make the golden coast her country, basking in the marital bliss with the BEST man (according to her thinking) on earth, and the Leader hopes nothing will arrive to MARR this tranquility of sentiment. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert May 24, 2005 iggy29@rnetinc.net

The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa Thursday, February 25, 1909 ELMER MUNSON, the little six-year-old son of AUGUST MUNSON and wife, residing in the southwest part of the city, met with a sad accident, Friday evening. While attempting to climb on a coal wagon he fell to the ground, the wagon passing over his left leg and crushing the bones between the ankle and knee. He is in a serious condition but it is thought he will survive the shock, but it will be some time before he is able to be out. This should be a lesson to boys who are in the practice of jumping vehicles. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert May 23, 2005 iggy29@rnetinc.net

The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa Thursday, February 25, 1909 JOHN L. GRAVES and MISS BARBARA WEBB were united in marriage, yesterday, by Elder C.E. Wells. The groom is a resident of Centerville, Kansas, where they will likely reside, and the bride is a native of Lucas County. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert May 23, 2005 iggy29@rnetinc.net

The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa Thursday, February 25, 1909 GENE NAFUS, a former resident of Chariton, died suddenly Monday morning at his home in South Bend, Indiana. He had been in his usual health and his death came as a shock to the family and friends. MRS. NAFUS is a sister of MRS. GEORGE TAYLOR, of this city. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert May 23, 2005 iggy29@rnetinc.net

The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa Thursday, February 25, 1909 The announcement is made of the death of WALTER WHITLATCH, at his home in Columbia, on Monday morning. This will be hailed by genuine grief by his acquaintances and he was widely known -- few in either Marion or Lucas Counties were better known than he. He was a true nobleman in every sense of the word and met every obligation of life courageously and well, just in his contact with men, upright as a neighbor and citizen. He had been in declining health for months but was well advanced in age and had well accomplished his life-work. The funeral was held on Tuesday afternoon. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Columbia, Feb. 23 -- WALTER WHITLATCH, an old and highly respected citizen of Marion County, died at his home, two miles east of Columbia, Monday morning, Feb. 22, 1909. For several years the deceased has been in declining health. One year was spent in southern California in hopes of a benefit, but for the past six months there has been a rapid decline, and all that loving hands and medical aid could do was of no avail. Deceased was born in Indiana in 1834, resided in Marion County since 1843, and at the time of his death was aged 75 years, 1 month and 20 days. He was first married March 24, 1859. To this union were born six children. The mother and three children have preceded him to the Beyond. MRS. WILL MADDY died Oct. 15, 1887; GEO. WHITLATCH, Dec. 12, 1882, and MRS. W.O. CLOUD, June 11, 1901. Three remain to mourn the loss of a loving father: A.V. WHITLATCH of Belinda; MRS. J.N. MADDY, of Columbia, and MRS. ORA DAVIS, of Lafayette, Colo. Deceased was again married, Sept. 4, 1898, to MRS. GWENNIE LONG, who has been a faithful and devoted companion to him through all his declining years. Our community has lost a good man, an honest and upright neighbor, a friend to all mankind and one who will be greatly missed from our midst. Funeral services were held at the home at 11 o'clock, Tuesday, Feb. 23, conducted by Rev. Smith, after which the remains were laid to rest in the Columbia Cemetery by the Masonic Lodge, of which he was a member. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert May 23, 2005 iggy29@rnetinc.net

Thanks Linda for he 1920 Census page with Walker m. Welch on it. Here is an outline that reflects that info: Descendants of _____ Welch 23 _____ Welch [3 brothers living together] ..24 Walker C. Welch 1894 - ........+Nora Salyers 1888 - ...... 25 Maxine [Ila Maxine] Welch 1918 - ............ +Raymond Johnson ..24 Roscoe W. Welch 1901 - ..24 Merrill L. Welch 1903 - In this census, Ila M. was 1 8/12 mos old, or b. abt May 1918. I assume that Ila M is one in same as Maxine, or Ila Maxine since there are no other children and previous date for Maxine was 1919. The Welch family were farmers located in Oakley, Liberty Twp., Lucas Co., IA. Happy Hunting, Mary Beth in Wisconsin On 23.05.2005 at 10:04:50, Linda Fox <echslfox@pldi.net> wrote: > Walker Welch

The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa Thursday, February 25, 1909 JAMES, the little son of MR. and MRS. FRANK NISWENDER, who has been sick for some time with appendicitis, was operated upon this morning by local physicians, at their home in the west part of the city. He has been confined to his bed for about three weeks. It is hoped the operation will prove successful and he will soon be restored to health. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert May 23, 2005 iggy29@rnetinc.net

Took a closer look at the bible page .... Samue Baughman m. Ruth Hopkins are paternal grandparents. ... Sam Houston, b. 1826 and Marena Jane McKinley are the maternal Grandfather in the bible.id Parents are: David Franklin Baughman, b. 1852, Muskingum Co., OH, d. 1937, prob Chariton, IA. He m. in 1877 to Melissa Jane Houston who was b. 1853, Chariton, d. 1933, prob. Chariton. The children listed, all born Sherifan, WYomng, are all Wells , b. 1906, 1908, 1910, 1914. My info for this Sam Houston, so far, is in the outline below: Descendants of Samuel D. Houston 23 Samuel D. Houston 1826 - 1896 ... +Marena J. McKinley 1832 - 1928 .. 24 Melissa J. Houston 1853 - 1933 ........ +David Franklin Baughman 1852 - 1937 .. 24 Charles T. Houston 1853 - 1915 .. 24 Elizabeth Ellen? Houston 1856 - 1935 .. 24 Tillman H. Houston 1858 - 1869 .. 24 Inez B.? Houston 1860 - .. 24 Mary A. Houston 1860 - .. 24 Samuel Houston 1862 - .. 24 Annie F. Houston 1864 - 1904 ........ +_____ Thompson .. 24 Walker Houston 1867 - .. 24 Flora Houston 1869 - .. 24 Carrie L. Houston 1872 - 1895 Descendants of Samuel Baughman 23 Samuel Baughman ... +Ruth Hopkins .. 24 David Franklin Baughman 1852 - 1937* ........ +Melissa J. Houston 1853 - 1933 Don't know how the Wells name links. The Baughman surname got my interest as there was a Hannah Baughman, b. Mar 10, 1785 at Reading, Berks Co., PA, d. 1874 Muskingum Co. Ohio m. Daniel B. Gaumer, Sr., b. 1781, MD, d. 1859, Salem Twp.,Muskingum Co., Ohio. They were m. in 1800 in PA, Their dau. Rebecca m. John Wymer [b. 1808] and had Esther Wymer, [b. 1837] who m. John Jackson Werts. Like Samuel Baughman, Esther was b. in Muskingum Co., OH . Esther d. in Wyoming at son's home in Garland, park Co. WY. but was b. back t Russell, Iowa with her husband. *How was Daniel related to Esther ... cousin perhaps? Would appreciate more info for the Baughman family line. Hope this additonal information helps someone make a decision about the info in the family bible being sold online. [see info below in article by Gay Weston] Happy hunting, Mary Beth in Wisconsin based upon . . . On 23.05.2005 at 12:35:44, GAY WESTON <dgn4roots@msn.com> wrote: > Hello, > If anyone is researching the Baughman-Wells family of Chariton, IA and Sheridan, WY, there are 3 family bibles currently advertised in one lot on e-bay that have information on those families in them. You can see the offering at http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6534400865&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1<http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6534400865&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1>. > I have no connection with the seller. " . . .

Yes, Lucas County DOES have a Lucas County Genealogical Society. It is marvelous in that it is well organized, has amazing and thorough records of all Lucas County records and Newspapers (old). All names mentioned in the newspapers of old and all the records they have on hand are cross referenced to a surname in their files. I went there with the name of my great grandmother Alice Canfield - knowing absolutely nothing about her except her name - and came away with names of her siblings, children and parents! More information than I can take time to tell you. It was a wealth of information. I now have their names listed in the county Historical Book and available for future generations to see and build their family trees from. I would try to find their Website (don't know it off hand) and then email them with your request. They are terrific about answering your queries and helping you. The person I went through was Betty Cross who was an officer there a couple of years ago. Good hunting. Sandy Childs in California. (A transplanted Iowan) ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jlktrees@aol.com> To: <IALUCAS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 10:42 AM Subject: [IALUCAS] Genealogical Society > Does Lucas Co. have a historical or genealogical society or could someone > help me find an obit or death certificate for the following people? > > Lydia Ellen Bellor died July 9, 1928 and is buried in Chariton Cemetery > Margaret Hawkins died 1909 and buried in Chariton Cemetery > > I am also hunting what happened to a James E. Hawkins who might have and > might not have moved to Lucas Co., IA. He was born in Ohio abt 1856 > > The other person is Francis M. Hawkins born in Ohio abt 1857. I know he was > there at least in 1880. > > Thanks. Jerilyn > > > ==== IALUCAS Mailing List ==== > David, railrider503@aol.com: Lucas County List Administrator, > Website Coordinator, Lucas County IA Genweb - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ialucas/Main.htm > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

Does Lucas Co. have a historical or genealogical society or could someone help me find an obit or death certificate for the following people? Lydia Ellen Bellor died July 9, 1928 and is buried in Chariton Cemetery Margaret Hawkins died 1909 and buried in Chariton Cemetery I am also hunting what happened to a James E. Hawkins who might have and might not have moved to Lucas Co., IA. He was born in Ohio abt 1856 The other person is Francis M. Hawkins born in Ohio abt 1857. I know he was there at least in 1880. Thanks. Jerilyn

Hi Jerilyn, Have you tried the Lucas County, Iowa U.S. GenWeb site? It is http://www.rootsweb.com/~ialucas/Main.htm<http://www.rootsweb.com/~ialucas/Main.htm> You can enter in a surname in the search field, near the bottom of the web page. I entered in Hawkins and got a marriage for James Hawkins and Bertha Tuttle. I don'tknow if this is your James Hawkins or not, but you might want to take a look at it. http://search.freefind.com/find.html?id=10501158&pid=r&mode=ALL&query=Hawkins&t=s<http://search.freefind.com/find.html?id=10501158&pid=r&mode=ALL&query=Hawkins&t=s> There is a TON of information on that site, plus contact information for the site coordinator, so you should be able to find some help there. Good luck! GSW Researching SIVERS, SMITH, MEADOWS, PENDERGAST ----- Original Message ----- From: Jlktrees@aol.com<mailto:Jlktrees@aol.com> To: IALUCAS-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:IALUCAS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 10:42 AM Subject: [IALUCAS] Genealogical Society Does Lucas Co. have a historical or genealogical society or could someone help me find an obit or death certificate for the following people? Lydia Ellen Bellor died July 9, 1928 and is buried in Chariton Cemetery Margaret Hawkins died 1909 and buried in Chariton Cemetery I am also hunting what happened to a James E. Hawkins who might have and might not have moved to Lucas Co., IA. He was born in Ohio abt 1856 The other person is Francis M. Hawkins born in Ohio abt 1857. I know he was there at least in 1880. Thanks. Jerilyn ==== IALUCAS Mailing List ==== David, railrider503@aol.com<mailto:railrider503@aol.com>: Lucas County List Administrator, Website Coordinator, Lucas County IA Genweb - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ialucas/Main.htm<http://www.rootsweb.com/~ialucas/Main.htm> ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx<http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx>

Hello, If anyone is researching the Baughman-Wells family of Chariton, IA and Sheridan, WY, there are 3 family bibles currently advertised in one lot on e-bay that have information on those families in them. You can see the offering at http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6534400865&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1<http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6534400865&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1>. I have no connection with the seller. I just watch for family bibles for my own research, and like to alert others of gems being offered. GSW Researching SIVERS, SMITH, PENDERGAST, MEADOWS

Greetings Susan, [via Linda Fox] At which, if any, descendant do I connect your Salyors family with the below outline from the Wm. Maple line: Descendants of John A. Salyor/Saylor 23 John A. Salyor/Saylor 1828 - 1862 ... +Mary Maple 1831 - 1912 .. 24 William Cowgill Saylor 1849 - 1881 .. 24 Sarah Elizabeth Saylor 1852 - ........ +Joseph H. Meskimen .. 24 George Maple Saylor 1854 - .. 24 Josephine Saylor 1857 - .. 24 Margaret Saylor 1859 - .. 24 Martha Jane Saylor 1862 - Mary Maple is my 1st Cousin 4 times removed. :) Was wondering if one of the descendants of a Saylor's above was one that married your Maxine Welch Salyers ?? From your description, Nora Saylers Welch is grandmother of your father, ____ Saylers, unless she was married two times? How do I plug in your Dad in the below outline?:. Descendants of _____ Welch 23 _____ Welch ... +Nora Saylers .. 24 Maxine Welch 1919 - ........ +Raymond Johnson Thanks for your help. Looking forward to communicating with you. Pecking away at the family tree, Mary Beth in Wisconsin, Descendant. of Margaret Catherine Maple [Aunt to Mary Maple, as above], 1808, and George Peter Werts/Wurtz/Virts, Jr., b. 1801. Some of their Desc. in Lucas Co., IA On 22.05.2005 at 13:53:01, Linda Fox <echslfox@pldi.net> wrote: . . . . 'names RAYMOND AND MAXINE JOHNSON.... > > Maxine's maiden name is Welch. She would be my great aunt. I am > tracing information on my dad's side. His last name is Salyers. His grandmother was nora salyers welch. Maxine is her daughter and she was born in 1919 in chariton. > Maxine married a Raymond Johnson. I think they may still be living in the Chariton Iowa area..Can you help? Thanks so much.... > > Susan Salyers-McCuen Altoona Iowa " . . . .

What a wonderful story! Thank you for sharing. Willi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Myers" <fmyers@netconx.net> To: <IALUCAS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 9:57 AM Subject: [IALUCAS] So many graves, so little time > Back when my folks were growing up, let's say 1915-1933 or so, it was > Decoration Day, not Memorial Day, and although set aside to honor the > nation's war dead it had become a day to visit and place fresh flowers at > the graves of any loved ones within convenient reach. > > A good many cemeteries weren't maintained back in those days, so it also > was > a day to clean up the family lots before decoration commenced. My mother > used to talk of her parents arising at dawn and after chores, sweeping > through the flower beds to cut all blooms (peony, iris and more) that > looked > fresh, gathering up the gardening tools, rounding up the kids, then > hitching > up the old spring wagon, loading flowers, tools and children therein and > heading for Columbia Cemetery, where the Browns and Clairs reposed. > > Granddad Miller didn't always approve of change (and never spent what > little > money he had during those early years without careful thought: the > internal > combustion engine might be a passing fancy), so he still was traveling by > horse and buggy during the mid-1920s, much to the embarrassment of my Aunt > Mary I've been told. > > I still have my grandparents' wonderful account books from the date of > their > marriage during 1904 forward: Every penny and every purchase, no matter > how > small, accounted for. > > By the time I was growing up, we'd lurched into the 20th century and were > driving cars. Cemeteries generally were maintained, but the prodedure > remained roughly the same. Up at dawn, fill gravel-weighted Hi-C orange > juice cans hoarded during the year with water and fresh flowers from the > garden, pack the bouquets in boxes, load same into every available free > space in the car and head for Salem, Oxford, Columbia and beyond sloshing > water all the way. The trek to Columbia involved stopping at Granddad > Miller's (now driving cars himself and a hazard to everyone else on the > road > because he still followed horse-and-buggy rules) to form a Columbia-bound > caravan. > > And it goes on still, although now that nearly everyone has > disconcertingly > died I generally carry on by myself with anyone else interested tagging > along, in competition with cousin Esther Belle (Miller) Steinbach to see > who > can get to the most graves first. > > Silk has replaced garden-fresh, I'm afraid, but my mother was a gardener > on > a grand scale and I'm not. I'd like to be, but time is lacking. > > Over to Salem first (where my parents, alas, have joined the ancestors): > Grandma and Grandpa, Irwin and Ethel (Dent) Myers and Aunt Flora Myers, > bless her heart; Great-grandparents Daniel and Mary Belle (Redlingshafer) > Myers; Great-great-grandparents, Jacob and Harriet (Dick) Myers; > Great-great-great-grandmother, Doratha Redlingshafer; and an infinite > variety of great-aunts, uncles and cousins. Flowers for everyone there, > unless I run out. > > A sidetrip to Waynick, where Great-great-grandmother Eliza Jane > (Brown/Dent) > Chynoweth reposes along with a few other kin. Into Chariton to visit John > G. > and Isabelle (Greer) Redlingshafer, more of my great-great-grandparents, > and > others from a dizzying number of family lines. This year there will be > side > trips to the graves of Demming J. Thayer and little Louise, reflecting a > current Mallory obsession. > > Then out to Oxford northeast of Chariton: Great-grandparents Joseph Cyrus > and Mary Elizabeth (Clair) Miller, Great-great-grandparents Jeremiah and > Elizabeth (McMulin) Miller, and more. > > Now the longer drive down to Columbia: Grandparents William Ambrose and > Jessie (Brown) Miller, Uncle Richard Miller, the much-loved Verna Brown, > Great-uncle Joe Brown, Great-grandparents Joseph and Chloe > (Boswell/Prentiss) Brown, Aunt Emma Prentiss, Aunt Laura (Prentiss) and > Uncle Alpheus E. "Al" Love and their daughter, Alma; > Great-great-great-grandmother Mary (Saunders) Clair and two lost Clair > boys, > Jasper Sylvester and William Richard. A Confederate flag for Nathan Love, > Uncle Alepheus' father. And finally, down a twisting gravel road southeast > to Great-great-great-grandfather William Clair, who died during 1852 > before > there was a Columbia Cemetery and thereby ended up all by himself in a > hayfield alongside the road (I'm badly behind if Esther Belle has gotten > here first). > > Generally, I get to Corydon: Great-great-grandparents Peachy Gilmer and > Caroline (McDaniel) Boswell and assorted Boswell kin. That usually means > side trips out to Hogue (pretty place down a long lane above a big pond): > Thomas and Jane (Boswell) Ratcliffe and George and America "Aunt Mec" > (Boswell) Cox; a swing through Clio (cousin Dorothy Rosa Elson and her > family plus a few Calbreath kin) and down across the state line to > Cleopatra, Missouri, where all the rest of the Calbreaths and a couple of > Browns rest at Wilder. > > On a really good year, I'll get to Monroe County: > Great-great-great-grandparents William and Miriam (Trescott) Miller and > Joseph and Mary (Young) McMulin and many more; then down to Cincinnati in > Appanoose County for more Browns and Boswells, although reaching the > Boswell > Cemetery there requires a long trek on foot across pasture land and > through > a creek, so that doesn't get done very often --- especially if the water's > high. > > Of It's a really good year, I'll cross the line into Missouri to the ghost > town of Mendota, find the almost-hidden entrace to the cemetery lane, > twist > up the hill and visit the DeMacks, going through eternity holding on for > dear life on that precipitous hillside to avoid sliding into the creek. > > Whew! Why? > > Well, I know all of these people. It's a mixed blessing for genealogists: > Sometimes you know the dead better than you know the living; occasionally > you like them better. I like to think of each and every one as a living, > breathing soul as I poke a sprig of silk alongside his or her tombstone. > We > are, you know, the sum total of all who came before us, in more ways than > one. It never hurts to pay homage to those from whom we've sprung. > > Besides, I like to think I'm single-handedly supporting for a brief > shining > moment as Memorial Day nears the silk flower sweatshops spread across the > Orient. "You know, there are children starving in China," Grandma used to > say when I was pushing food around the plate rather than eating it --- and > I > believed. > > Frank D. 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