Hi All: Well, that is pretty much what I have at this point; I've read The Chariton Leader microfilm up through Nov. 14, 1907... So, had the earlier articles... Wish I had more at this time... Hope Frank will get more interesting articles and let us know all... I've thoroughly enjoyed all the information that He and Gary have shared.. I will resume microfilm reading in a couple of weeks; still have MANY articles to transcribe. Regards, Nancee

Nancee! Thanks so much for transcribing the First National Bank failure articles! That really adds punch to what's been posted here earlier about the Mallorys and Frank Crocker. Gary's been working really hard on this today, and courtesy of a kind volunteer in Orlando has located the Mallory graves there and, we hope, arranged to have photos taken of them. Keep in mind, Smith H. Mallory's tombstone originally was in the Chariton Cemetery, so with photos we'll be able to view one of nation's most widely-traveled tombstones. (My great-great-grandmother, Sarah Hunter Dunlap, was one of the nation's most widely traveled corpses, but that's another story entirely). Gary also has started putting together a Mallory album, which may become the basis for a feature on the Lucas County site David coordinates (and works so hard on). Anyway, we'd like to solicit from anyone who subscribes to this list any stories, photos or anything else related in any way to the Mallorys or to the bank failure. If it even sounds familiar to you, check with your relatives, too. Feel free to e-mail either Gary or myself. I'll not be able to post anything else until mid-week, but hope to continue the Mallory saga then. I was interested to read in one of the articles Nancy posted an account of Crocker's body being shipped off to Minneapolis for burial. I'm trying to recall the name of the cemetery there where he's buried, Lakeview, Lakeside, something like that. Whatever it is, it's the cemetery where Hubert H. Humphrey and other Twin Cities luminaries are buried. As you noted, there was a certain degree of hostility toward Mr. Crocker. Supposedly the famly decided to send him off to Minneapolis for burial because they weren't quite sure what would happen to the grave were he buried in Chariton. Crocker's father-in-law was Capt. Stephen Arnold, who with his wife moved into the Crocker house (now Fielding Funeral Home) with Mrs. Crocker. While working in the carriage house, which still is behind the funeral home, he fell off a ladder and broke a hip, dying shortly thereafter during January of 1908. So there was certainly no shortage of tragedy involved in this affair. Thanks again for the great articles! Frank ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 9:19 PM Subject: [IALUCAS] ARTICLES ABOUT FIRST NATIONAL BANK. > Hi All: Well, that is pretty much what I have at this point; I've read The Chariton Leader microfilm up through Nov. 14, 1907... So, had the earlier articles... Wish I had more at this time... Hope Frank will get more interesting articles and let us know all... > > I've thoroughly enjoyed all the information that He and Gary have shared.. > > I will resume microfilm reading in a couple of weeks; still have MANY articles to transcribe. Regards, Nancee > > > ==== IALUCAS Mailing List ==== > David, [email protected]: Lucas County List Administrator, > Website Coordinator, Lucas County IA Genweb - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ialucas/Main.htm > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >