There will be a Kimple/Middlebrook family reunion held on 7 June 2003 at Allerton, Iowa. The reunion will begin at 8:30 AM at the Civic Center in Allerton. During the morning there will be a program on the history of the Kimple, Weagley, Hall, and Middlebrook families who were early pioneers in Wayne County. There will be visits to area cemeteries. In the afternoon there will be a tour of the Prairie Trails Museum at Corydon. In the evening there will be a buffet supper at the Swan Family Restaurant in Promise City. That will be followed by a program by the Wayne County Historical Society. This reunion is held on the 100th anniversary of a Kimple family reunion that was held in Allerton over Memorial Day 1903. Anyone else who might like to attend is welcome to join us at the Civic Center on Saturday morning. Anyone with questions can E-mail Steve Kimple at skimple@juno.com This sounds like a wonderful reunion with several great programs included. Hope you all have a very enjoyable day to celebrate your family. Verna May CC Wayne County -- GOD BLESS AMERICA & PROTECT ALL THE TROOPS Alone we can do little, together we can accomplish much. ....Helen Keller http://www.rootsweb.com/~iawayne/index.htm

Researchers: Does anyone know the email address and/or mailing address of the Wayne County Genealogy Society or the county library? I am looking for to connect my William Dillon with his proper parents and ancestors and thought his obituary might give me that information. William Dillon was born in Ohio in 1822 and he probably died between the years 1870 and 1880 as he does not appear in the 1880 census although his wife Elizabeth Dillon does appear along with their 2 children -- Abraham Dillon and Henry Dillon. William Dillon and his wife Elizabeth moved to Lineville, Wayne county Iowa in 1853 where they purchased a farm near the Galpin farm. Also close to the Decatur county line. William and Elizabeth Dillon donated land for a cometary near there. Thank you for your help. Perry Adams San Carlos, California

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GORMAN, DUNBAR, GATES, SEARS, ROBERTS, ELLIOTT, GORDON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Cl.2ADI/963 Message Board Post: Hello, I will be in Wayne County with my grandmother over Memorial Day weekend. I would love to meet any relatives who are still there. My family names are GORMAN, DUNBAR, GATES, ROBERTS, SEARS, ELLIOTT, GORDON. Please e-mail me at jross@hansonbridgett.com by Friday, May 23 if you would like to hook up. Sorry about the late notice! Jennifer

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/Cl.2ADI/187.279.281 Message Board Post: Hi Cousin Virginia, I'm experimenting with my daughter's software and saw your posting. We just got back from Iowa this past Saturday. We were up in Eldora closing the business that my wife inherited 8 or 10 years ago. It ( a print shop) had lost money for the last 5 and the bank balance was approaching a negative. I hope all is fine with the Milner clan. Brother Bob and Brother Bill have had some medical problems but sister Carol Ann is happily married (now Carol Ann Parker) and living in Northern California. Richard is 14 months from retirement and looking to move back to Wayne County. Let us hear from you. Cousin John Crowley - john_crowley@oxy.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Prugh, Crowley, Caramanica Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Cl.2ADI/187.281 Message Board Post: Sarah and Daniel were my great great grandparents. Hestor (wife of Von) Prugh was my great grandmother. Dorothy Crowley (wife of Neldon) was grandmother. John Crowley (Wife - Barbara) is my Father. I've one sister-Erin Crowley. We moved to Texas from Colorado in 1983.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ammons, Anderson, Rich, Brown, Harney more Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Cl.2ADI/199.236.241.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hey cousin! I sent you an email on these folks. When are you planning on going to IL this summer? There is an awesome 4th of July fireworks display and carnival in Henry on the 4th of July...I'll be there then and next month the week of the 15th of June...would love to hook up with you! We're going for some auctions...I am a junkie! I know where all the bodies are buried, so to speak and would love to show you around!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ammons Ryan Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Cl.2ADI/199.236.241.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Is there any chance you have the parents names of eli and isaac h ammons, also any siblings of theirs that are from reliable resources. Coming to Illinois this summer to do genealogy research on Ammons Family. Thanks. Candy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hanks, Little, Rogers, Louderbach Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Cl.2ADI/962 Message Board Post: Looking for information on my grandparents, Asaph Monroe and Rachel Roxie (Little) Hanks, Monroe was born in Wayne County Iowa, I think in Corydon, November 17, 1898 His parents names were James Riley and Emma Etta (Rogers) Hanks. Rachel was born in Missouri, August 19, 1901 Her parents names were Stephen and Estella (Louderbach) Little. Any information would be great. Thank You, Brenda Wynn

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Higgins Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Cl.2ADI/961 Message Board Post: Does anyone know what the Wallace Hotel was called before it was purchased by W S Wallace? It was located right on the Missouri/Iowa border. Thanks

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kellogg, Rockwell, Faris Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Cl.2ADI/42.1 Message Board Post: I am the great great great niece of the Kellogg brothers who served in 23rrd Infantry. Have their photos and army papers. What do you need to konw.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wharton, Yeager Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Cl.2ADI/693.1 Message Board Post: Have been searching for links with the Wharton family. My wife, Patricia Sweeney McCoy, is Anna E. Wharton's gg-granddaughter.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Barber Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Cl.2ADI/78.1 Message Board Post: I know more now--William Hiram Barber came from Steuben County, NY and moved to Lineville, Iowa after the Civil War. He had Hiram Adelbert Barber, re-married and had Richard Lincoln Barber, and Mary (Barber) Williams (Euel Williams). There was another daughter between H. Adelbert and Richard and Mary by the second wife--I don't have her name? Thanks, Fred

Good Evening, This is kinda off topic, but we have had a death in the family and they lived in Allerton. The funeral is Sat. Can anyone tell me if there is a floral shop in Allerton or close by so I could order flowers for the funeral? Thank you for your help. Marshall Reeves Lane (1940-2003)s/o Everett Lane and Pearl Reeves of Sullivan and Putnam Counties MO. Freida WellsKansas --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo.

Consulting the map in the front of the Wayne County Cemetery book. Going north on Iowa route 14 out of Corydon, go north until you see County road J22 on your left,repeat LEFT. Then count three(3) roads going off to the left. The third of these, you should turn left. Travel 1/2 mile, half right 1/2 mile more, then take the first left 1/2 mile. Go until you see the church on your right. None of these roads are numbered on this map, and I did the best I could. Good luck! Bill Tuttle, Montgomery, MN

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: PERKINS, ACKLEY Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Cl.2ADI/960 Message Board Post: THOMAS M. PERKINS, senior member of the firm of Perkins & Son, has been engaged in his present grocery business since March, 1877. He was born in Licking County, Ohio, in 1836, a son of William and Henrietta Perkins. He is numbered among the pioneers of Wayne County, Iowa, having come here in 1855 when but nineteen years of age. He made his home with John Dowell till his marriage, both having come to this county together, Mr. Dowell settling in South Fork Township. Mr. Perkins was married in the fall of 1857 to Miss Alice Ackley. They have two children living--Rose and William B. Their eldest son, Frank, died March 7, 1882, at the age of twenty-three years. He was a promising young man, and his death was a deep affliction to his parents. After coming to Wayne County Mr. Perkins followed farming in South Fork Township till he removed to Seymour, Walnut Township, in 1877. The father of our subject came to Wayne County, Iowa, in 1857, his mother having previously died in Ohio. There were five children in the family of William Perkins, of whom our subject is the only one living in Iowa. Biographical And Historical Record Of Wayne And Appanoose Counties Iowa 1886 Inter-State Publishing Company 113 Adams Street Chicago Page 440 - 443

Freida Wondered if your Lane relatives have any Wapello Co IA connections or ever spell the name Layne. I have Edgeman connections in both Wayne and Wapello counties and related Layne/Lane ones in Wapello. Families are from Tennessee, sometimes by way of Kentucky, Indiana and/or Missouri. A key name is Tarleton Layne. Roberta Wysong

Greetings, I will be traveling to IA in June to do some family research. My husband has LANE family buried in the Sharon Cemetery in Wayne Co. I need good directions to this cemetery and also a township map that I could print off. If anyone out there has one and can tell me the closest town to this cemetery and good directins to it I would be greatful. Thanks in advance for your help. Freida Wells-KS freida49@yahoo.com ===== __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo http://search.yahoo.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/Cl.2ADI/959 Message Board Post: Need information on parents of Sarah Carter b. about 1857 who married James W. Rush about 1878. Lived in Corydon.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Niday Nidy Kelly Dilley Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Cl.2ADI/677.1 Message Board Post: Emily Jane & Florence Niday were the daughters of Harvey & Mary (Kelly) Niday. Other children included Melissa, William, James & Eleanor. Harvey & Mary married 23 Mar 1854 in Lawrence Co., Ohio. (Marriage license states "Mathew H. Nidy") Mary was the daughter of John & Anna (Dilley) Kelly. Hope this helps you a little bit.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Evans Russell Fields Carmichael Williams Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Cl.2ADI/958 Message Board Post: The graveside service for William Florian Russell will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Eagle Point National Cemetery. The Rev. V. Lee Gregory of Medford Neighborhood Church will officiate. Mr. Russell, 74, of Medford, Oregon, died Friday, January 18, 2002 at Providence Medford Medical Center. He was born August 12, 1927, in Wayne County, Iowa, a son of William and Minnie Russell. On July 6, 1946, in Des Moines, Iowa, he married Betty Evans, who survives. They moved to the Rogue Valley in December 2001 from Palo Cedro, Calif. Mr. Russell was a general superintendent at Cal-Russ, a concrete construction company in La Habra, Calif., where he worked for 30 years. He retired in 1990. He served in the Merchant Marine during World War II. Mr. Russell was a member of the Carpenters Union and the American Legion. He was a member of the Southern California King Pigeon Club and Bay Area King Pigeon Club. He raised fancy pigeons and showed them at nationwide pigeon shows. Mr. Russell enjoyed spending time with his family, gardening and reading. Survivors, in addition to his wife, include three sons, Charles E., Medford, William G., Moreno Valley, Calif., and Mark R., Dana Point, Calif.; a daughter, Linda M. Fields, Medford; two brothers, Norman E., Red Bluff, Calif., and Richard L., Anaheim, Calif.; two sisters, Marie Carmichael, Perris, Calif., and Noma Williams, Red Bluff, Calif.; six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a granddaughter, a brother and four sisters. Arrangements: Rogue Valley Funeral Alternatives and Crematory.