I am only forwarding...if interested be sure to e-mail the writer of this information... lindamorganclark@juno.com Marie LC ----- Original Message ----- From: <lindamorganclark@juno.com> To: <ks-kin-l@raven.cc.ukans.edu> Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 6:20 AM Subject: calling for stories > Friends > > I'm researching "First Methodists" in Kansas -- the missionaries to the > Native Americans in Kansas, beginning with Thomas and William Johnson in > 1830. I'm creating bio sketches to include on my Kansas Methodism site > > http://history.cc.ukans.edu/heritage/um/um.html > > My particular interest is in portraying both the man who was the > "official" missionary AND his wife who worked beside him while also > bearing his children. I don't think that there is any argument that both > of them together are deemed worthy of the designation "missionary." > > But, of course, the stories of the particular role the women played in > the work (including the women who taught in the mission schools) are > seldom recorded. I believe those stories, however, are preserved in the > family lore of their descendants. > > So here's my question: Are any of you all descendents of any of these > early Methodist missionaries? Do you have any stories? I'd love to > publish them on the Kansas Methodism site. > > Right now I'm working on > > Thomas Johnson and Sarah T. Davis > http://history.cc.ukans.edu/heritage/um/Missionaries.htm > Jerome C. Berryman and Sarah Culbertson Cessna > http://history.cc.ukans.edu/heritage/um/Othermission.htm > William Johnson and Mary Lou Chick (no page created yet) > > If any of you are on other genealogy lists that you'd like to share this > with, feel free (this will be cross posted to the Kansas-L list) > > If you have family stories that pertain to people I'm currently working > on or others you believe qualify, please write me. I'm particularly > interested in the era of 1830 through the late 1860's -- Methodist > circuit riders, missionaries, Indian converts, mission staff, African > Americans (yes, these early missionaries were slave holders), notable > persons (Col. Morgan Boone, for example) -- anyone who was a Methodist > missionary, worked with them, who came in contact with them, or were > influenced by them). > > Let's make these folks real! > > Thanks > > Linda > ________________________________________________________________ > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.