This article has several mistakes, but is intriguing to me because of the lost family story. This gives Jasper as the name of my great grandmother's father. Lebanon (MO) Daily Record, Wed. Aug. 15, 1979 -- Page 1-B CORDA VERNON FETED BY BIRTHDAY PARTY "Mrs. Corda J. Vernon celebrated her 95th birthday Aug. 10, at the Lebanon Care Center, where she had been a resident about a week. Those in attendance were her sons, Claude and Don and her grandson, Bob, also her great-grandchildren, Julie and Mark Vernon (ME!) and Greg Lohrman. Mark and Greg came from Seattle, Wash. for the occasion. Friends and other relatives attending were Helen and Marilyn Vernon, Lloyd and Cleo Wester, Alma Stickler and Geneva Uder. Corda came (NO! Corda was born in 1884!!!) to Missouri with her parents MARY and JASPER JONES in an ox-drawn carriage during the Civil War. Jasper could not ride with his family because he was fleeing the south, where he had grown up, in Kentucky, to join the Union army. They settled in Danceyard, near Bennett Spring, and cleared a little land for farming purposes. They built a small house on the cleared land, then Jasper joined the Union and fought until the end of the war. Later the couple bought a farm in the Blackfoot School District, where Corda grew up. When she was 20 years old, she was married to Newt Vernon and remained in the Blackfoot area until Oct. 10, 1955. At this time, they built a new home near their son, Claude. She lived in her home or a private one, until moving to the center." It was actually a sad occasion, at least for me. Now I wish I could ask her about her mysterious family! -Mark