In a message dated 12/27/2002 12:50:24 PM Central Standard Time, dvandover78@yahoo.com writes: > Hi Family ! > > Happy New Year! > Emma... I have been checking every link I can dig up > on the Ivesters in Stoddard county. I did manage to > find an Ivester Cemetary located in Hills Store in > Stoddard. I've been able to locate the cemetary in > between to small town in Stoddard. Where should I look > next? I can't find any where to click on to see who is > listed in the cemetary. Do you have any information on > the census records in stoddard? I think my next step > is to find the court house & start asking questions. > What do you think? > > Dawn > > Hi Dawn, Sorry but I was out of town for Christmas. Sorry to be so long in responding. Will try to answer some of your questions. First of all - census records. I have most of the census records for Jacob Ivester and Nancy Massey and their children. Here is what I have: Jacob Ivester and Nancy Massey 1850 - Walker Co., Georgia 1860 - Craighead Co., Arkansas 1870 - Stoddard Co., Missouri 1880 - Stoddard Co., Missouri Children of Jacob Ivester and Nancy Massey: John A. Ivester 1850 - Walker Co., Ga 1860 - Craighead Co., Arkansas 1870 - Stoddard Co., Mo 1880 - Stoddard Co., Mo 1900 - Stoddard Co., Mo 1910 - Stoddard Co., Mo 1920 - Stoddard Co., Mo Died - 1928 Asa Monroe Ivester 1850 - Walker Co., Ga 1860 - Craighead Co., Ark 1870 - Stoddard Co., Mo Died - 1876/1877 Reuben Ivester 1850 - Walker Co., Ga Only listing in census. Elizabeth Ivester - Walker Co., Ga 1850 - Walker Co., Ga Only listing in census. Joseph Ivester 1860 - Craighead Co., Ark 1870 - Stoddard Co., Mo 1880 - Stoddard Co., Mo Although the 1880 census is the last time I have found him in census records, I still do not know when or where he or his wife died. William R. Ivester 1860 - Craighead Co., Arkansas 1870 - Stoddard Co., Mo. He married in 1878 and I have not yet found him in the 1880 census nor any later census. I do not know when or where he and his wife died. Jacob Foster Ivester 1870 - Stoddard Co., Mo 1880 - Stoddard Co., Mo 1900 - Stoddard Co., Mo 1910 - Stodard Co., Mo 1930 - Stoddard Co., Mo Am missing him in the 1920 census. He died in 1946 George Ivester 1870 - Stoddard Co., Mo 1880 - Stoddard Co., Mo I do not know of George ever married or not. The 1880 census is the last I have on him. Benjamin Franklin Ivester 1880 - Stoddard Co., Mo 1900 - Stoddard Co., Mo. 1910 - Stoddard Co., Mo Died 1910. I also have census records for many of their children. Let me know if you would like me to send the information from any of these census records. Take care - Emma