I agree with Julia .. spent hours with it last night flollowing up new leads on family members. As I am also from Colorado the info was invaluable. Mary Ann http://www.rootsweb.com/~cofremon/index.html

Dorothy, I'm glad the you could finally access the marriage records. Hope that you find some new info that you can use. Judy ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Roeder <pdq@mddc.com> To: <IAMADISO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 4:35 AM Subject: Re: [IAMADISO] 1880 - 1899 Marriage Index > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Paul Roeder <pdq@mddc.com> > To: <IAMADISO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2000 3:17 PM > Subject: Re: [IAMADISO] 1880 - 1899 Marriage Index > > > > Thank you, Judy, for quick response. I think I have forgotten the > address > > for cemeteries and marriages for Madison County--what I likely need is an > > address. (other than the web sight) Dorothy > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Judy Wight Branson <jlwight@northlink.com> > > To: <IAMADISO-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2000 11:38 PM > > Subject: [IAMADISO] 1880 - 1899 Marriage Index > > > > > > > Hi Madison County Researchers, > > > > > > > > > Well, at long last the 1880 - 1899 marriage index is on line and waiting > > to be searched! There are still a few things to be ironed out in it, but > it > > is basically ready and waiting! > > > > > > It is an every name index, listing the brides as well as the grooms, > > including the bride's maiden and / or previous married name. There is an > > asterisk after any name that lists more than one marriage. With the > maiden, > > or previous married name, the women should be easy to trace if there is > > multiple marriages. > > > > > > I do have additional information on most of the marriages if it is > needed. > > It includes the parents of the bride and groom, their ages at the time of > > the marriage and their birthplace. > > > > > > I welcome any corrections or comments on this index. > > > > > > Also, I have started the 1900 - 1919 marriage index which should be > ready > > to be posted in 2 to 3 months. > > > > > > Thank You, > > > > > > Judy Wight Branson > > > jlwight@northlink.com > > > > > >

----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Roeder <pdq@mddc.com> To: <IAMADISO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2000 3:17 PM Subject: Re: [IAMADISO] 1880 - 1899 Marriage Index > Thank you, Judy, for quick response. I think I have forgotten the address > for cemeteries and marriages for Madison County--what I likely need is an > address. (other than the web sight) Dorothy > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Judy Wight Branson <jlwight@northlink.com> > To: <IAMADISO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2000 11:38 PM > Subject: [IAMADISO] 1880 - 1899 Marriage Index > > > > Hi Madison County Researchers, > > > > > > Well, at long last the 1880 - 1899 marriage index is on line and waiting > to be searched! There are still a few things to be ironed out in it, but it > is basically ready and waiting! > > > > It is an every name index, listing the brides as well as the grooms, > including the bride's maiden and / or previous married name. There is an > asterisk after any name that lists more than one marriage. With the maiden, > or previous married name, the women should be easy to trace if there is > multiple marriages. > > > > I do have additional information on most of the marriages if it is needed. > It includes the parents of the bride and groom, their ages at the time of > the marriage and their birthplace. > > > > I welcome any corrections or comments on this index. > > > > Also, I have started the 1900 - 1919 marriage index which should be ready > to be posted in 2 to 3 months. > > > > Thank You, > > > > Judy Wight Branson > > jlwight@northlink.com > > >

Thanks to your volunteer who has transcribed the 1880-1899 Marriage Index, I spent hours on this, this weekend as a direct result of new information gleaned through this transcription. This is a wonderful gift of time , knowledge and committment to researchers in Madison County. For those of us who cannot travel to Iowa to research as often as we would like to, this is a great researching tool. Judy, Cay, and Steven are to be commended!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Julia Magee Colorado

Dorothy, As far as I know you have to accesses the marriage information from the Madison County website, but the Madison County Cemeteries are on the following site: http://www.interment.net/us/ia/madison_county.htm If you have any further trouble or if Steve doesn't answer you, just let me know. Sincerely, Judy ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Roeder <pdq@mddc.com> To: <IAMADISO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2000 1:17 PM Subject: Re: [IAMADISO] 1880 - 1899 Marriage Index > Thank you, Judy, for quick response. I think I have forgotten the address > for cemeteries and marriages for Madison County--what I likely need is an > address. (other than the web sight) Dorothy > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Judy Wight Branson <jlwight@northlink.com> > To: <IAMADISO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2000 11:38 PM > Subject: [IAMADISO] 1880 - 1899 Marriage Index > > > > Hi Madison County Researchers, > > > > > > Well, at long last the 1880 - 1899 marriage index is on line and waiting > to be searched! There are still a few things to be ironed out in it, but it > is basically ready and waiting! > > > > It is an every name index, listing the brides as well as the grooms, > including the bride's maiden and / or previous married name. There is an > asterisk after any name that lists more than one marriage. With the maiden, > or previous married name, the women should be easy to trace if there is > multiple marriages. > > > > I do have additional information on most of the marriages if it is needed. > It includes the parents of the bride and groom, their ages at the time of > the marriage and their birthplace. > > > > I welcome any corrections or comments on this index. > > > > Also, I have started the 1900 - 1919 marriage index which should be ready > to be posted in 2 to 3 months. > > > > Thank You, > > > > Judy Wight Branson > > jlwight@northlink.com > > >

Thank you, Judy, for quick response. I think I have forgotten the address for cemeteries and marriages for Madison County--what I likely need is an address. (other than the web sight) Dorothy ----- Original Message ----- From: Judy Wight Branson <jlwight@northlink.com> To: <IAMADISO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2000 11:38 PM Subject: [IAMADISO] 1880 - 1899 Marriage Index > Hi Madison County Researchers, > > > Well, at long last the 1880 - 1899 marriage index is on line and waiting to be searched! There are still a few things to be ironed out in it, but it is basically ready and waiting! > > It is an every name index, listing the brides as well as the grooms, including the bride's maiden and / or previous married name. There is an asterisk after any name that lists more than one marriage. With the maiden, or previous married name, the women should be easy to trace if there is multiple marriages. > > I do have additional information on most of the marriages if it is needed. It includes the parents of the bride and groom, their ages at the time of the marriage and their birthplace. > > I welcome any corrections or comments on this index. > > Also, I have started the 1900 - 1919 marriage index which should be ready to be posted in 2 to 3 months. > > Thank You, > > Judy Wight Branson > jlwight@northlink.com >

Madison County Researchers, I would like to add my thanks to Steve Hiatt for the great job that he did in posting this index. It is a huge index and it was not an easy task to break it down and post. It looks great Steve! Thank you! Also, my thanks to Cay Merryman for her help and encouragement while compiling this index. Sincerely, Judy

Hi Madison County Researchers, Well, at long last the 1880 - 1899 marriage index is on line and waiting to be searched! There are still a few things to be ironed out in it, but it is basically ready and waiting! It is an every name index, listing the brides as well as the grooms, including the bride's maiden and / or previous married name. There is an asterisk after any name that lists more than one marriage. With the maiden, or previous married name, the women should be easy to trace if there is multiple marriages. I do have additional information on most of the marriages if it is needed. It includes the parents of the bride and groom, their ages at the time of the marriage and their birthplace. I welcome any corrections or comments on this index. Also, I have started the 1900 - 1919 marriage index which should be ready to be posted in 2 to 3 months. Thank You, Judy Wight Branson jlwight@northlink.com

--WebTV-Mail-8576-292 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Hi--sorry to be so slow in answering. Not sure if Erl Hays (my grandfather) owned a clothing store. I know he had an orchestra and tuned pianos at one time--before he became stone deaf. I do not know where that was. He then became a painter and wallpaper hanger. I am pretty sure that Erl and Maude Drake (my grandmother) were married in Winterset or Earlham perhaps and then somehow ended up in Bolivar, Mo. Maude was returned and buried in Earlham, however, in 1934. I do not know if the Drakes of Bolivar are related to "our" Drakes or not. Does your Mother (OR ANYONE ELSE OUT THERE) recall anything about or have infrmation about Maude Drake or her parents who are buried in Earlham cemetary, Martha Johnson or John Dickerson Drake. Her only sibling was a brother, Simon Mortie Drake who married Clara Trimmer. I would very much appreciate any information anyone may have on any of these people. Thanks for your time. Martha (Winn/Hays) Maxwell of California --WebTV-Mail-8576-292 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from mailsorter-101-3.iap.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.120) by storefull-266.iap.bryant.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Tue, 23 May 2000 21:22:30 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: <IAMADISO-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from lists6.rootsweb.com (lists6.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.125]) by mailsorter-101-3.iap.bryant.webtv.net (8.8.8-wtv-d/ms.dwm.v7+dul2) with ESMTP id VAA16257 for <roots2us@webtv.net>; Tue, 23 May 2000 21:22:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists6.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id e4O3PRA22515; Tue, 23 May 2000 20:25:27 -0700 Resent-Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 20:25:27 -0700 X-Original-Sender: Dianne.Bruns@med.va.gov Tue May 23 20:25:25 2000 Message-ID: <34B19860353FD311902A0000F8034DD76405E8@vhaphoexc1.med.va.gov> From: "Bruns, Dianne" <Dianne.Bruns@med.va.gov> Old-To: "'IAMADISO-L@rootsweb.com'" <IAMADISO-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: RE: [IAMADISO] MORE REMINISCING Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 19:41:59 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain Resent-Message-ID: <Gni5zC.A.GeF.mu0K5@lists6.rootsweb.com> To: IAMADISO-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: IAMADISO-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: IAMADISO-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <IAMADISO-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/811 X-Loop: IAMADISO-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: IAMADISO-L-request@rootsweb.com I am not sure if I should be addressing this Ethyl or Dianne---but whichever--in response to the lady whose mother and Grandmother were from Earlham and did the history on John Wayne. Could you ask your mother if she (or her mother) might have known Maude Drake or family of Earlham who married Erl Hays. (Their children-Bernice Hays--my mother-- and Fred Hays). Maude`s parents were Martha Johnson and John Dickerson Drake. Maude had a brother Simon Mortie Drake who married Clara Trimmer. Thanks for your time. Martha Maxwell talking with my mother and she said she thinks that Erl Hays was the one that had the "clothing" store. Is this the Erl? Where are you now? --WebTV-Mail-8576-292--

Welcome to the Madison County Mailing List. Wells was on the north border of Grand River Twp. very close to the Adair County line and almost in Webster Twp. No mention of the town in the 1875 Andreas Atlas but the "Hawkeye Heritage", Vol. 5, 1970 on page 10 lists Wells as an abandoned town which was a post office from 1871 to 1896 in section 6, Grand River Twp. Cay Merryman Flavia Hodges wrote: > > Can anyone tell me the origin of this town or anything about it? > > Flavia Hodges, San Pablo, CA

> > Wells was on the north border of Grand River Twp. very close to > the Adair County line and almost in Webster Twp. No mention of > the town in the 1875 Andreas Atlas but the "Hawkeye Heritage", > Vol. 5, 1970 on page 10 lists Wells as an abandoned town which > was a post office from 1871 to 1896 in section 6, Grand River > Twp. > Thank you, Cay, for the quick response. I was hoping to find if there was a Wells family connected with the name, but doubt that information exists since it has been "long gone". Flavia

Can anyone tell me the origin of this town or anything about it? Flavia Hodges, San Pablo, CA

Never knew the Jefferson Cem was Jefferson Goare. Reason for asking is that Harriet Dill m. Joseph Goare in Wintereset Madison County Ia 31 Aug 1871. He didnt last long and they had no children. Are there any vital records on Joseph Gore around.? She later married Jay Gant and they both died in Hollywood Ca. she in 1933, and he 5 Jan 1920. anything you may come up would be useful. Thanks. cdp

I am not sure if I should be addressing this Ethyl or Dianne---but whichever--in response to the lady whose mother and Grandmother were from Earlham and did the history on John Wayne. Could you ask your mother if she (or her mother) might have known Maude Drake or family of Earlham who married Erl Hays. (Their children-Bernice Hays--my mother-- and Fred Hays). Maude`s parents were Martha Johnson and John Dickerson Drake. Maude had a brother Simon Mortie Drake who married Clara Trimmer. Thanks for your time. Martha Maxwell talking with my mother and she said she thinks that Erl Hays was the one that had the "clothing" store. Is this the Erl? Where are you now?

Hi, In checking the marriage records, here is what I found: Groseclose, John married Cynthia A. Lee - October 29, 1868 in Madison County, Iowa. Cynthia is buried at the Jefferson-Goare Cemetery in Jefferson Township, Madison County. If you need any information from DeSoto, that is in Dallas County, not Madison County. Hope this info helps you a bit. If I can check anything else, just let me know. Sincerely, Judy ----- Original Message ----- From: junkmail <junkmail@quiknet.com> To: <IAMADISO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 4:34 PM Subject: [IAMADISO] John Groseclose in 1870 Census > > > > > I am looking for any record in Desoto, Madison County Iowa. A John B. > Groseclose and Cynthia Ann Lee were married there on Oct 29, 1868. > Cynthia Ann Lee died there on Dec 7, 1873. > Does anyone have access to a 1870 census of that county. Could you look > up John B. Groseclose and tell me what it says. > > Thank you very much, > CAT > junkmail@quiknet.com >

I am not sure if I should be addressing this Ethyl or Dianne---but whichever--in response to the lady whose mother and Grandmother were from Earlham and did the history on John Wayne. Could you ask your mother if she (or her mother) might have known Maude Drake or family of Earlham who married Erl Hays. (Their children-Bernice Hays--my mother-- and Fred Hays). Maude`s parents were Martha Johnson and John Dickerson Drake. Maude had a brother Simon Mortie Drake who married Clara Trimmer. Thanks for your time. Martha Maxwell

>From my brief notes: 1870 Mad.Co.IA Earlham, pg 17 Groseclose, John 29, IN Cynthia 20, IN Mariah 6/12 IA Hope it helps. June (tx) -----Original Message----- From: junkmail <junkmail@quiknet.com> To: IAMADISO-L@rootsweb.com <IAMADISO-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 6:22 PM Subject: [IAMADISO] John Groseclose in 1870 Census > > > > > I am looking for any record in Desoto, Madison County Iowa. A John B. >Groseclose and Cynthia Ann Lee were married there on Oct 29, 1868. >Cynthia Ann Lee died there on Dec 7, 1873. >Does anyone have access to a 1870 census of that county. Could you look >up John B. Groseclose and tell me what it says. > >Thank you very much, >CAT >junkmail@quiknet.com >

Hi! I do not have access to any records for a lookup. However, you might want to try Dallas County, Iowa as DeSota is just over the line into Dallas County. Nancy > > > > > I am looking for any record in Desoto, Madison County Iowa. A John B. >Groseclose and Cynthia Ann Lee were married there on Oct 29, 1868. >Cynthia Ann Lee died there on Dec 7, 1873. >Does anyone have access to a 1870 census of that county. Could you look >up John B. Groseclose and tell me what it says. > >Thank you very much, >CAT >junkmail@quiknet.com

I am looking for any record in Desoto, Madison County Iowa. A John B. Groseclose and Cynthia Ann Lee were married there on Oct 29, 1868. Cynthia Ann Lee died there on Dec 7, 1873. Does anyone have access to a 1870 census of that county. Could you look up John B. Groseclose and tell me what it says. Thank you very much, CAT junkmail@quiknet.com

My mom is from Earlham and my grandmother lived there until she died. She did the biography of John Wayne which she gave to the house in Winterset. She loved gathering history through cemetary walkthroughs etc. She used to love going to the Bridge Festival every year but boy has things changed since the movie! Btw for those long time people from Madison County, you might have known my granny (as I affectionately called her), her name was Ethel Scar who I am proud to say I am named after.