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    1. [INWARRIC] This is for Klaryse Ellis-Adams
    2. Klaryse... Stanley, Indiana was indeed a community in Warrick. If you would draw a line due east from Elberfeld and due north from Chandler, Stanely would be just about where the two lines cross. The church there is Barnett Chapel and it sits on the south side of the road about a quarter-mile west of where Stanley used to be situated. Directly across the road is the Barnett Cemetary. I've been there more times than I can count. The last time I was there (about 4 years ago), the church was still functioning and the cemetary was well-cared for. My family, the Cooks and tIrons, are buried there. The cemetary is much older than the church, I think. My great-grandfather, Frederick Cook, was buried there in 1883 (and his murdered first wife, Elizabeth Butcher was buried there in 1876), and I seem to remember the church celebrating its 50th anniversary in 1959. At the time my father said he remembered going to the dedication of the church when he was a small boy, about 8 yrs. old. The town of Stanley was shown on maps as late as the early 1950s. I can remember a general store, a gas station, and a couple of houses there. My father, who as a small boy lived on a farm located about a half mile north of Millersburg and which backed up to the old Wabash-Erie canal, said he could remember going up to Stanley to see a "lantern show," which was put on by his uncle, Joshua Cook. He said it was cold and his father heated up many bricks, put them in the wagon bed, covered them with straw, and that with blankets, so they could be warm while they rode up there. Quaint memories. Hope this helps you. Does your mother not remember her mother's maiden name? Are you any kin to the husband of Mrs. Skelton who was a teacher at Lynch School on Oak Hill Road, in Evansville? I believe her husband was a nephew of "Mac" McKinney who owned Mac's Barbecue in Evansville. Cookie, in Florida < [email protected] >

    09/10/1999 06:13:40