Hi Friends, Margaret and I have taken a little vacation this month but are up and running again and hope to continue posting records which will help you in your research. Margaret and her husband flew from TN to UT to visit us for a few days this month. We made lots of plans for the future of the Mills County web site. New information on the Mills web site include the 1895 state census of Hillsdale, a small town in Center township at that time. Also we are excited to have received some records of the early branches of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Mills County. These came from the Archives of the church which was recently re-named Community of Christ. If you have early LDS or RLDS ancestors or relatives, or even if you don't, you will certainly enjoy browsing through the membership records and reading descriptions of those early branches. Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. Cay and Margaret -- Cay Merryman http://www.rootsweb.com/~iamills/

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Pierce Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/nk.2ADI/771.1 Message Board Post: I think I can tell you how to get an obit for her. Write to me privately and I will give you the directions to do so. I live too far away to do it for you. Cay http://www.rootsweb.com/~iamills/

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Pierce, Vandruff Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/nk.2ADI/771 Message Board Post: Mrs. Pierce died in January, 1987, a resident of Glenwood. Was she Anna Louise Vandruff Pierce? Was her husband A. L. Pierce (first name unknown to me)? If so, are there descendants remaining in Glenwood? Is her obituary available? Any help appreciated. Gerald D. Hobson gdhobgen@aol.com

Carol, I really don't think we are going to find any connections. I guess we should have both clarified what years we were talking about. Several of my HAINESes moved to Mills Co around 1870... almost 50 years before your HAINEYs lived there. From the list of children I gave you before, I descend from child #6, Elizabeth HAINES (1835-1928) m. Bailey M. PETTY (1832-1899) [my gg grandparents]. They lived in Mills Co from around 1889?-1895?, moved to Benton Co MO for a short time and then to Cass Co NE about 1897. (Took the looong way ~around~ the river! <G> ) Bailey died in Cass Co in 1899 and so did his wife in 1928. Since the other HAINESes were collateral lines, I've only traced some of them an additional generation or two. However most of them moved on to NE, KS, and MT. The only HAINES descendants who I believe are still in the vicinity (desc of child #11) moved to Pottawattamie Co before 1906. Linda _________________________________________________________________ A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.

Please remove my name from your mailing list, Thanks, Randy Stalding Centralia, WA ----- Original Message ----- From: <IAMILLS-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <IAMILLS-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 12:01 PM Subject: IAMILLS-D Digest V01 #139

Linda, sorry it has taken so long for me to answer you but you know tis the season. I have just been busy busy busy. I' m sorry that none of those names fit my family unless they are maybe some name I don't know off hand, I,me going to ask my aunt about them. But thank you for answering me with your information. Let's keep in touch. here are my names for your information in case you might know some of them. g.father: Donald G. Hainey g.mother: Lucy Viola Hainey Living in Pacific Junction around 1925 G.Father was a rail road man. Union Pacific Let me know if you want anymore info I will be glad to send you more. Thank again for your info. Carol Martin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Willuweit-Joy" <l.joy@juno.com> To: <IAMILLS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 5:35 AM Subject: [IAMILLS] HAINES in Mills Co IA & Henry Co IA > Hi Carol, > > > What are the name of your Haines? > > The children of Job S. HAINES & Mary BLACK were born in Champaign Co OH > and Henry Co IA. Eventually some of them moved to Mills Co IA. > > Job & Mary's children: > ...1) Charity HAINES (1825?-18??) m. Allen JAY > ...2) Mary Jane HAINES (1825-1914) m. Joseph JAY > ...3) Joseph HAINES (1828-1916) m. Jane L(L)OYD > ...4) Samuel R. HAINES (1831-1894) m. Elizabeth J. MESSER > ...5) James B. HAINES (1833-1911) m. Emily BARRETT > ...6) Elizabeth Ann HAINES (1835-1928) m. Bailey M. PETTY > ...7) Sarah E. HAINES (1838-1909) m. Obed WARD > ...8) Barbara Ellen HAINES (1840-1920) m. Arthur Bennett CLARKSON > ...9) Jonathan F. HAINES (1843-1922) m. Martha ZENTM(E)YERS > ..10) Delilah HAINES (1846-1846) > ..11) Jobe Allen HAINES (1847-1906) m. Mary A. FITCH > ..12) Jerusha Susan HAINES (1949-1926) m. Asbury FORD > > Child # 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, and maybe 11 lived in Mills Co at one time or > another. Child # 3, 5, and 7 died there. Child # 11 died in > Pottawattamie Co IA. > > Children of # 3, 4, 7 were married into the McPHERRON family and back in > Henry Co, some of the BLACKs (Mary's relatives) were married into the > McPHERRONs too. > > Although I've seen multiple ways to spell "HAINES," I've never seen any > of them referred to as HAINEY. > > Linda > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 >

Scott - thanks so much for your help. I am looking for a Catherine/Kathryn/Katie Mackey and son Walter. Walter died around 1854; Kathryn died around 1859. They lived somewhere around Anderson twp/Mud creek area, I think, although I am uncertain as they evidently rented their farm. Sasha Stanley Greene Co OH -----Original Message----- From: Slarsonroy@msn.com <Slarsonroy@msn.com> To: IAMILLS-L@rootsweb.com <IAMILLS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 2:31 PM Subject: [IAMILLS] Waubonsie Cemetery >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/nk.2ADI/770 > >Message Board Post: > >I live near the old Waubonsie country church and cemetery and will look for ancestors if requested. This is located south of Glenwood, Iowa, in Mills county, SW Iowa in the beautiful Loess hills. There are also other abandoned country cemeteries in this area, some with GAR veterans. > >Scott > > >============================== >Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 >Source for Family History Online. Go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 > >

Is this the Katherine Mackey, wife of John, listed in the 1856 census of Nishnabotna Township? Children listed are Albert, Joan, Wm. Not listed in the Mills County Cemetery book although several Mackeys are. Nishnabotna Twp. was later Mud Creek and then Anderson. Probably you have already found this on the Mills web site. Cay KAROL STANLEY wrote: > > Scott - thanks so much for your help. I am looking for a > Catherine/Kathryn/Katie Mackey and son Walter. Walter died around 1854; > Kathryn died around 1859. They lived somewhere around Anderson twp/Mud > creek area, I think, although I am uncertain as they evidently rented their > farm. > Sasha Stanley > Greene Co OH > -----Original Message----- > From: Slarsonroy@msn.com <Slarsonroy@msn.com> > To: IAMILLS-L@rootsweb.com <IAMILLS-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 2:31 PM > Subject: [IAMILLS] Waubonsie Cemetery > > >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/nk.2ADI/770 > > > >Message Board Post: > > > >I live near the old Waubonsie country church and cemetery and will look for > ancestors if requested. This is located south of Glenwood, Iowa, in Mills > county, SW Iowa in the beautiful Loess hills. There are also other abandoned > country cemeteries in this area, some with GAR veterans. > > > >Scott > > > > > >============================== > >Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > >Source for Family History Online. Go to: > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 -- Cay Merryman http://www.rootsweb.com/~iamills/

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/nk.2ADI/770.1.1 Message Board Post: Hello: I too have family buried there in Waubonsie Cemetery. the ones that I know about currently are Harmon and his wife Sarah Fitch. Most of my family lived in the township of Lyons. I have McDowell, Tague, Fitch, Shannon, Hutchinson, Wilson, to name a few. I have looked for Samuel Hipsher ( can be spelled many ways) and have not been able to find him. I know his wife Sarah (Duncan) Hipsher is buried in Glenwood. She passed away on January 1896 and had been a widow for quite some time. Found them in the 1870 federal census and they were living in Glenwood. Certainly would appreciate any help I can get on any of these surnames that have listed above. Thanks Inez

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/nk.2ADI/770.1 Message Board Post: Scott - Please send me your e-mail - I have McDowell-McDoles and Shannons's in that cemetery

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/nk.2ADI/770 Message Board Post: I live near the old Waubonsie country church and cemetery and will look for ancestors if requested. This is located south of Glenwood, Iowa, in Mills county, SW Iowa in the beautiful Loess hills. There are also other abandoned country cemeteries in this area, some with GAR veterans. Scott

Hi Carol, > What are the name of your Haines? The children of Job S. HAINES & Mary BLACK were born in Champaign Co OH and Henry Co IA. Eventually some of them moved to Mills Co IA. Job & Mary's children: ...1) Charity HAINES (1825?-18??) m. Allen JAY ...2) Mary Jane HAINES (1825-1914) m. Joseph JAY ...3) Joseph HAINES (1828-1916) m. Jane L(L)OYD ...4) Samuel R. HAINES (1831-1894) m. Elizabeth J. MESSER ...5) James B. HAINES (1833-1911) m. Emily BARRETT ...6) Elizabeth Ann HAINES (1835-1928) m. Bailey M. PETTY ...7) Sarah E. HAINES (1838-1909) m. Obed WARD ...8) Barbara Ellen HAINES (1840-1920) m. Arthur Bennett CLARKSON ...9) Jonathan F. HAINES (1843-1922) m. Martha ZENTM(E)YERS ..10) Delilah HAINES (1846-1846) ..11) Jobe Allen HAINES (1847-1906) m. Mary A. FITCH ..12) Jerusha Susan HAINES (1949-1926) m. Asbury FORD Child # 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, and maybe 11 lived in Mills Co at one time or another. Child # 3, 5, and 7 died there. Child # 11 died in Pottawattamie Co IA. Children of # 3, 4, 7 were married into the McPHERRON family and back in Henry Co, some of the BLACKs (Mary's relatives) were married into the McPHERRONs too. Although I've seen multiple ways to spell "HAINES," I've never seen any of them referred to as HAINEY. Linda

Linda, I am working on Haines, but from Glenwood, Ia. We spell ours Hainey, I have seen it in the Glenwood Opinion spelled both way pertaining to my family. What are the name of your Haines? Oh I have seen it spelled Honeys also. Would love to hear about your Haines. Carol Salt Lake City ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Willuweit-Joy" <l.joy@juno.com> To: <IAMILLS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 4:05 AM Subject: [IAMILLS] HAINES & McPHERRON > Hi, > > Is anyone else working on the HAINES or McPHERRON families who lived in > Rawles Twp, Mills Co IA in the 1870's or after? > > Linda > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 >

Sorry, my database does not contain any information on a Samuel Wood and his wife Florence.

In going over and organizing my Lee genealogy, I have 2 obits on gg grandmother Lee. She and Ellis Mark Lee had a large family. In one obit, it lists a son, Squire Lee of Lyons Tshp. This was in the Glenwood Opinion July 1902. Does anyone have any idea who Squire Lee is? I've not located this name in any of my Lee research. Viola

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/nk.2ADI/4.1 Message Board Post: hi, my husbands family is trying to find out about their tree. a samuel wood was my mother-n-laws grandfather we are trying to find out more info on florence and samuel wood could you possibly help. please let me know. thank you deb foote debralfoote@aol.com

Hi, Is anyone else working on the HAINES or McPHERRON families who lived in Rawles Twp, Mills Co IA in the 1870's or after? Linda

Pam, I haven't had time to go through this complicated situation but if you haven't already looked to to http://www.rootsweb.com/~iamills/marriage/m80-85/85mgsp56.htm and look at the last marriage on the page. Certainly has me confused. The 1985 Mills History shows in a short bio for Rev. Philip Surface that he was the son of Rev. Jacob Surface and second marriage, Melissa Carey Silcott Fletcher. So that seems to make it more clear. Cay WesBlair wrote: > > Now I really have a quandry! The 1885 Census- Center Twp Family #41 (as posted to Mills Co. site) shows the following: > Surface, Jacob, 47 / m / married / Minister U.B. / IN > Surface, Melissa, 40 / f / married / IN > Surface, George, 24 / m / Farmer / IA, Fremont > Surface, Taylor, 22 / m / Farmer / IA, Fremont > Silcott, Landon, 20 / m / Farmer / IA, Mills > Surface, Ellsworth, 19 / m / IN > (plus a family by the name of FLETCHER) > So -- my theory is that the Landon Silcott shown here is probably Landon, Jr. My guess is that Landon, Sr. must have died and Melissa Cary remarried the Rev. Jacob Surface....... > Is there any way to prove this? > Thanks, > Pam > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 -- Cay Merryman http://www.rootsweb.com/~iamills/

Now I really have a quandry! The 1885 Census- Center Twp Family #41 (as posted to Mills Co. site) shows the following: Surface, Jacob, 47 / m / married / Minister U.B. / IN Surface, Melissa, 40 / f / married / IN Surface, George, 24 / m / Farmer / IA, Fremont Surface, Taylor, 22 / m / Farmer / IA, Fremont Silcott, Landon, 20 / m / Farmer / IA, Mills Surface, Ellsworth, 19 / m / IN (plus a family by the name of FLETCHER) So -- my theory is that the Landon Silcott shown here is probably Landon, Jr. My guess is that Landon, Sr. must have died and Melissa Cary remarried the Rev. Jacob Surface....... Is there any way to prove this? Thanks, Pam

Pam: The Carey burying ground is the North Grove Cemetery in the NE l/4 of the NE l/4 of Section 29, Indian Creek Township in Mills County. It is one and one-half miles east of Hastings, Iowa. Mills County marriages show a Landin W. Silcott and Melissa Cary married Feb 22, 1860 by E.A. Morse, J.P. - no further information given. I think you'll find Silkett the most popular spelling. Abel Cary (1852-1923) is buried next to a Mary R. Cary (1856-1939) in the cemetery at Hasting. They are next to each other but have separate stones. Bev