This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Indianapolis Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Fl.2ADE/1763.3.1 Message Board Post: I now have a good idea of the history of Indianapolis and the railroad. Thanks for the references. Phyllis

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/Fl.2ADE/1606.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks so much for that information! I'll pursue it!

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/Fl.2ADE/107.2 Message Board Post: We have since found out that Lovica's maiden name was not Secress/Secrist but was Grigg(s). Sorry I can't help as I have dropped the Secress line of research.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Pyatt , Secress Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Fl.2ADE/107.1.1 Message Board Post: I don't know if this is your Naomi Pyatt Secress but I found her listed in Monroe County. Part of Eddyville is in Monroe County so it may be her. Here is a site to check out. It has a lot of information about Monroe and Mahaska County. http://www.iamonroe.org/

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Secress/Pyatt Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Fl.2ADE/107.1 Message Board Post: Also looking for info on Secress. My grandfather's, great- grandfather James's sister Naomi Pyatt married a Secress. Trying to fill in blanks on the 'ol family tree.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lee Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Fl.2ADE/1394.3.1 Message Board Post: Hi Jo - I will see what I can find. The photo of the school is somewhere in a box - I never scanned it. I do have a photo of a horse drawn school bus from 1925 that is scanned. I'm wondering if we may have some family connections, by the names you posted. Send me an email so we can investigate this. Thanks much, Sherry

Does anyone know if there are any records of those who belonged to any of the Methodist Churches 1880-1882 in Oskaloosa? Thank you

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Jackson, Beach, Hinkle, Tanner Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Fl.2ADE/1389.3 Message Board Post: My grandfather spent part of his childhood living in the Wright/Cedar, IA area (from 1925 to 1932). He remembers the neighbos, Carl and Nina Wright Tennis and his mother Ida. Carl and my grandfather's father were "real good neighbors". My grandfather has a story or two about Carl, Nina and Ida if you are interested in hearing about them.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Jackson, Beach, Hinkle, Tanner Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Fl.2ADE/822.1 Message Board Post: My grandfather spent part of his childhood living in the Wright/Cedar area. He lived there from 1925 to 1932 when his family was evicted. He remembers his neighbors, Lois and Donald Parlet lived with their Grandma across the field from him and his family.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Jackson, Beach, Hinkle, Tanner Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Fl.2ADE/1394.3 Message Board Post: I would like copies of the Cedar school if you still have them. My grandfather, Mack Jackson and his brothers, Don & Keith attend the school through eighth grade. He only attended Cedar school from 1927 to 1932, so it might be too early with what photos you have. His brothers attended the school in the 1920s. He remembers his second grade teacher was Miss Hannah. It was a big brick, three floor building. It had grades first through eighth including high school. There was a gym in the northwest corner. He remembers a barber in Wright drove the school bus in 1930. I don't know if the barber in Wright is your ancestor.

Check out Bedwell Cemetery, Oskaloosa; Mahaska County Iowa. http://www.findagrave.com Mary Volunteer Wapello, Jefferson & Monroe County Iowa.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hinkle, Tanner, Beach Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Fl.2ADE/1606.1 Message Board Post: You can try the Oskaloosa Public Library genealogy as they might have the newspaper on microfilm: here is their website: http://www.opl.oskaloosa.org/genealogy/index.php. There you can e-mail genealogy requests. Also, try the Keo-Mah genealogy website: http://www.opl.oskaloosa.org/genealogy/index.php Their mail address is P.O. Box 616 Oskaloosa, IA 52577 (641)673-9373 Hope this helps!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hinkle, Tanner, Beach Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Fl.2ADE/1739.1 Message Board Post: Did they donate land for Bedwell Cemetery in Monroe Township? I have relatives buried there, Hinkles. If so, Bedwell Cemetery dead gate sign is posted on iowagravestones.org

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hinkle, Tanner, Beach Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Fl.2ADE/1743.1 Message Board Post: Carl & his brother Irving were an successful abstractor and lawyer respectively in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Carl's daughter is still alive.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Tanner, Hinkle, Beach Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Fl.2ADE/1796.2 Message Board Post: I'm related to Abraham and Martha's daughter Mary A.'s 1st husband, Alva Cochran Tanner (he's my ggggreat uncle) AND Abraham and Martha's son John who married my gggreat aunt (and a sister to Alva) Hannah Sophronia Tanner. Here's the information I have on them: Alva Cochran Tanner (b. 1834- August 9, 1863 - Civil War death) m. May 12, 1859 Mary A. Bolton (b. 1842 in IL - d. in IA in 1920s). They had two children, Orin b. 1860 and Infant Tanner. Mary remarried after Alva's death. She married James Amos Wymore on May 10, 1866 in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Amos was a member of Co. C, 15th Iowa Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War and had served with Alva and his cousin, Walter Tanner, both whom were killed. Amos and Mary lived in White Oak Township near Rose Hill. They became the parents of seven children, of whom Julian and Hattie lived to adulthood; five died in infancy. Hannah Sophronia Tanner (B. Feb. 18, 1839 in Ohio and died in Iowa). She married 1st John Bolton b. abt. 1839. They had one son Frank Bolton b. 1863. John must have died by 1867 because Hannah remarried Martin V. Bump Dec. 1867 and in 1868 Fred Bump was born. I have more information about the Bumps, I just need to look it up! Let me know if I can be of anymore help.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hinkle, Tanner, Beach Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Fl.2ADE/1798.1 Message Board Post: I have relatives that are buried in Bedwell cemetery, Hinkle. Bedwell cemetery is located in Section 22 of Monroe Township, Mahaska Co., Iowa. Today there are a few graves left still standing. According to the sign there it has existed since 1844. It is considered a Pioneer Cemetery (one with six or fewer burials in the preceding fifty years). If you go to the Iowa Cemetery Page: iowagravestones.org I have posted a photo of the dead gate to Bedwell Cemetery. Let me know if I can help with more information.

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/Fl.2ADE/887.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks so much for answering. I would like to correspond with you and compare notes. My E-Mail address is lois@pld.com I have the Obituary of Frank Charles Rumford, son of Abner.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hunter Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Fl.2ADE/717.720.1.2.1 Message Board Post: I am related through Joel W.'s brother, William. If you would be interested in exchanging info, please e-mail me at llsimons@hotmail.com

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/Fl.2ADE/887.2.1 Message Board Post: I'm still around, but don't yet know whether I am looking for Albert or Abner Rumford. The only thing I am certain of is that my grandmother, Rena Alberta Rumford, born Oct. 21, 1878 was born to him and one Melvina Fuller, birth and death dates unknown.

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/Fl.2ADE/887.1.1 Message Board Post: My apology for so tardy a response; am still trying to determine if I am looking for Abner or Albert Rumford. The only thing I am reasonably certain of is that my grandmother, Rena Alberta Rumford, born Oct. 21, 1878 in Mahaska County, Iowa was the daughter of Albert or Abner and one Melvina Fuller, birth and death dates unknown.