This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BATES & COOK Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Cm.2ADI/165 Message Board Post: I am researching Anna Bates Cook who died in 1900 in Mitchell County Kansas . She is my Third Great Grandmother. I am looking for any information at all. Relatives of Anna. Anything at all would be helpful. Sherry Long csherrylynn@myway.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: COOK & BLACKNEY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Cm.2ADI/4.1 Message Board Post: Marita, Hello Cuzzin, My name is Sherry Long. I am a desendant from Lewis Cook who married Minnie Blackney in Cloud, Kansas. Their Son, Arley Ray Cook was my Great Grandfather. I would love to share information with you. I do have a Weatherley/Cook/Bailey/Thorton Website. I would love to send a user name and password. Arley Cooks Daughter, Ethel was my Grandmother. She married a Weatherley. Please contact me so we can discuss this. I am looking forward to hearing from you soon. Sherry Long csherrylynn@myway.com 1-501-728-3440

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Acker Vanderburgh Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Cm.2ADI/164 Message Board Post: Please contact me if you are researching this family: 1. SMITH3 ACKER (JOHN2, ACKER1) was born June 24, 1814 in Bay of Quinte, Prince Edward Co., Ontario, Canada, and died November 22, 1890 in Oakdale, Stanislaus Co., CA. He married ELIZABETH VANDERBURGH February 25, 1837 in Norwich, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada, daughter of CLYAMON VANDERBURGH and ROXANNE MITCHELL. She was born June 10, 1814 in Norwich, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada, and died October 19, 1888 in Oakdale, Stanislaus Co., CA. More About SMITH ACKER: Burial: November 24, 1890, Citizens Cemetery, Oakdale, Stanislaus Co., CA More About ELIZABETH VANDERBURGH: Burial: October 20, 1888, Citizens Cemetery, Oakdale, Stanislaus Co., CA Children of SMITH ACKER and ELIZABETH VANDERBURGH are: i. HUDSON HENRY4 ACKER, b. July 31, 1840, Dubuque Co., IA; d. July 12, 1919, Stockton, San Joaquin Co., CA; m. LYDIA MARGARET OGDEN, April 05, 1866, Anamosa, Jones Co., IA; b. March 16, 1848, Harrison Co., OH; d. December 19, 1905, Oakdale, Stanislaus Co., CA. More About HUDSON HENRY ACKER: Burial: July 14, 1919, Citizens Cemetery, Oakdale, Stanislaus Co., CA More About LYDIA MARGARET OGDEN: Burial: December 21, 1905, Citizens Cemetery, Oakdale, Stanislaus Co., CA ii. HENRIETTA ACKER, b. March 10, 1842, Dubuque Co., IA; d. July 06, 1909, Sacramento, Sacramento Co., CA; m. (1) GEORGE W. BIRDSALL, October 24, 1861, Dubuque Co., IA; b. Abt. 1832, Canada; d. Bef. July 15, 1889, Cloud Co., KS; m. (2) JAMES B. WILLIAMS, November 24, 1891, Hume, Fresno Co., CA; b. December 1836, IN; d. Bef. July 06, 1909. More About HENRIETTA ACKER: Burial: July 11, 1909, Citizens Cemetery, Oakdale, Stanislaus Co., CA iii. CHARLES DEWITT ACKER, b. April 07, 1848, Dubuque Co., IA; d. April 14, 1917, San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA; m. AUGUSTA CHRISTINA BABBE, March 09, 1871, Monticello, Jones Co., IA; b. June 07, 1850, Paterson, Passaic Co., NJ; d. December 12, 1939, Merced Co., CA. More About CHARLES DEWITT ACKER: Burial: April 16, 1917, Los Banos Cemetery, Los Banos, Merced Co., CA More About AUGUSTA CHRISTINA BABBE: Burial: Los Banos Cemetery, Los Banos, Merced Co., CA

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/Cm.2ADI/163 Message Board Post: Trying to find out the name of a funeral home in Beloit, Mitchell County Kansas that the Undertakers were the Bracken Brothers in 1893. Have information on Lurena Adelia Allison that Died Feb. 10-1893 Undertakers were the Bracken Brothers.

Does anyone happen know if a city/county directory exists, or if any other type of publications were available during 1887-1892 such as a farm gazette or business index?  Would someone be able to check those types of records for the surname CLERC for me?  'Yeahs' and 'neahs' are both important to me. In addition, I'm looking for a CLERC marriage and divorce/or wife's death notice during this same time period. And his Declaration of Intention or Naturalization Application.  (Citizenship was filed/granted in Jefferson County Sept 1892) These type of fees were often published in the local newspaper under the Court column.  Pierre Louis Charles CLERC's 1925 Jefferson County, MO obituary reads that he was a well educated Frenchman; immigrated from France; was from an affluential family; and lived in Kansas prior to moving to Jefferson County, MO. Unfortunately it does not explain where he lived in Kansas and 1887-1892 is a poor time frame to try to find a needle in a haystack... He has not turned up in any indexed listing of the 1885 State Kansas Census records (tho I don't anticipate finding him earlier than 1887).  Numerous census records list his immigration year as 1887, and that time period is in agreement with the citizenship papers.  Per the History of Jefferson County, MO, by Litton, it states that Pierre CLERC made and sold an 'excellent stove polish' out of his home.  This 'means' of making a living was something he did in the 1890's (based on his residence at that time vs. his later residence listed in the land/tax records for Hillsboro Poultry Farms). **************************************************** I'm hoping local documentation might be found mentioning an earlier involvement in making/selling this stove polish prior to moving to Jefferson County, MO. ***************************************************** Other info: Per the 1900 - 1926 Jeffco county newspapers on microfilm, there were 6 CLERC products that he manufactured/sold at his 'factory' (called Hillsboro Poultry Farms): Clerc's Specific Clerc's Clerc's Chicken-Lice Killer Clerc's Egg Producer Clerc's Chicken Food Clerc's Condition Powders Clerc's Disinfectant Insect Powder ***************************************************** Citizenship/Naturalization/Declaration of Intent: ***************************************************** His citizenship record was applied for (exact date unknown, but at least 2 years prior to...) and granted Sept 18, 1892, in Jefferson County, MO.  Julius DuFOUR and Eugene HEYLIGERS (Heilgers?) were witnesses.  Julius Dufour, born 1844, is listed in various county census records: 1860 (STE GENEVIEVE, MO), 1870 (Randolph County, IL), (1880/1900 - ?) and 1910-20 (STE GENEVIEVE, MO); and a Eugene HEILGER is listed under property transfers in Jefferson County, MO (1910, I believe). I've been unable to find the naturalization record or declaration of intent for Pierre CLERC, which would help provide answers as to CLERC's birthtown or anyone he may have immigrated with. His 'German' brother-in-law, Albert Joseph UMHOEFER's, Declaration of Intention was recorded in St. Louis, MO, but CLERC's isn't there.  ****************************************************** Marriage/Wife's Death Notice or Divorce Notice : ****************************************************** It seems that Pierre CLERC was married prior to his Jefferson County marriage in 1892; whether that first marriage ended in death or divorce, I'm not sure.  There could be a death notice for his first wife during this time period or a divorce notice in the locally published court records (1887-1892).  (His second marriage (mid-1892) to Anna UMHOEFER ended in a divorce (denied in Jeffco, but later a change of venue was granted to St. Genevieve, MO).  A week after the divorce was granted (1920) in St. Genevieve, he remarried in Jefferson County.) I've been searching for these missing CLERC records for 7 years -and counting! Any help will be greatly appreciated.  I have several books for Jefferson County and will be happy to reciprocate the kindness with any lookups in that area. Since I'm not a regular subscriber to this board, please email me directly at: MehdiFakhar@aol.com Thank You for helping!  -Kay Clerc-Fakhar, FL

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/Cm.2ADI/162.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks Thomas, I have that she died in Downs and is buried in Galena. I was read another message that said she was born in IN. And I realized that Downs was in Osborne CO. and posted the message there. Thanks again Dan

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/Cm.2ADI/162.1 Message Board Post: I suggest you transfer your query to the Osborne county, Kansas board. Your grandmother was born in Downs, in Osborne coutny. However, her place of marriage, Scottsville, is indeed in Mitchell county, at the extreme northeast corner of the county. Scottsville now is almost a ghost town : perhaps 3 businesses and perhaps 15 residences. It is nearly equidistant between Beloit, in Mitchell county, and Concordia, in Cloud county. I have no information about Galena, not even to corroborate that is in Cherokee CO. Kansas. Best of luck in your search. Thomas Kohn

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/Cm.2ADI/162 Message Board Post: Evaline May Pierce was my great grandmother, born, 30 Jan 1863, died, 21 Jan 1894, Downs, Mitchell CO. Kansas. Married James Francis Cary in Scotsville Kansas, 1880. what I need is to find out where she is buried, I have been told that she was buried in Galena, Cherokee CO. Kansas. Can someone help me with this. Thanks

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Anderson, Bull Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Cm.2ADI/79.1.1 Message Board Post: I too, am interested in finding out more about Archibald Anderson & Martha Bull Anderson. These two are my great-great grandparents. I recently found them in the 1860, 1870, 1880 & 1900 census. Samuel H that is listed in the 1900 census is my Great-Grandfather & Floyd is my Grandfather. The dates I have for Martha are a few months off from what you have. Mine were taken from her tombstone in Fairview Cemetery, Jamestown, Cloud Co, KS. I have limited information, but willing to collabrate. Please feel free to email me directly at wushock96@aol.com. Pam Wichita, KS

With the Civil War behind him, James H. Summers left Iowa and moved his family to Mitchell Co. Kansas. An account of this is written in "Marrell's History of Mitchell Co., KS" page 41. The account says that when the family first attended church in the Pleasant Valley area, the speaker was Rev. Kirkpatrick. He had been a military chaplain when James had served in Kansas during the War. They greeted each other fondly. James left Iowa with the Ben Brummage family and the two familes helped each other, they had very little money between them. James built a one story house that was partly a dugout. The Township was called Bloomfield. The 1880 Census records the family here, including James' next son, Alford Summers. Alford was born in May of 1880. It was about this time that James started to apply for his military pensions. His right arm had been broken early in the Civil War and must have been quite a disability. On March 1, 1882 a doctor examined him and wrote that James should be qualified for an invalid's pension. What he needed was the medical records of the 5th Kansas Cavalry. When he wrote to Washington D. C. for them he was told that no hospital records of his regiment were on file! The last child of James H. Summers was born on March 14, 1884. The daughter's name was Lela G. Summers. She died the next day. In 1886 James agian tried to get his unit's medical records and again they couldn't be found. Instead James applied for the Mexican War Survivor's Pension, and he got this in 1889. For this he was paid $8 a month. The same year James traveled to West Virginia for a special medical examination. It was found that besides having a crippled arm, his lower back was partly paralysed and his kidneys and urinary organs were affected. To back up his Mexican War pension he gathered testimonies from soldiers he had served with, during this same year. In 1891 James joined the G.A.R., Beloit Post No. 147, Dep't. of Kansas. In 1890 James again sought his Civil War Pension. Unable to get one for service in the 5th Kansas Cavalry, he was able to get one for his service in the 48th Iowa Infantry. This gave him a Pension of $12 a month. An Act of June 27, 1890 dropped James' short lived Mexican War Pension! In a form letter of Jan. 15, 1898 James had to send information about his three marriages to the Pension office. James stated that both of his former wives, Matilda Randall and Melissa Calvin, had died in Decatur City, Iowa. On Feb. 16, 1900, Sarah Marian Hisey, third wife of James H. Summers died of stomach cancer. She was buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Bloomfield Twp. They had moved away from Bloomfield and were living in Beloit at the time. In the 1900 Census James was shown as a widower. In his house lived his daughter Emma Summers-Petro and her family, and James' father-in-law, the 88 year old Alexander Hisey. James was not one to be single for long. The 65 year old James married the 46 year old widow, Ellen J. Sorick on Aug. 14, 1901, in Cloud Co. KS. The Beloit Gazette wrote, "...which ought to be mad - Summers or Summersett?", On Oct. 10, 1901 The Beloit Daily Call wrote that James was putting on airs and fixing up his place. Suddenly on Jan. 8, 1902 the Beloit Daily Call wrote that James was suffering from a severe attack of stomach trouble. Three days later another article was written that worried about his recovery. James died on Jan. 12, 1902. In a puzzling document certified by Dr. Mary J. Lobdell of Mitchell Co., the doctor states that James H. Summers died of "Stomach Trouble"...what is that? Obituaries for James were written in many newspapers. The G.A.R. gave him a nice funeral and he was buried next to his wife Sarah and daughter Lela. The children of James H. Summers battled a bit with Ellen over the will. Apparently she had had his previous will thrown out and had a new one written on James' death bed. Ellen is the final mystery in the life of James H. Summers. She went on to marry one more time, and that husband didn't live very long either. Ellen would spend the rest of her life furiously defending James Civil War Pension that she continued to receive. She left a huge paper trail of documents and testimonies. Some of them are misleading and some have outright lies. The most stunning one is that she used James' first daughter, Emma, as a source of testimony. Some years later she wrote the Pensions Dept. that Emma was deceased....she was really alive and well! Ellen had a woman friend that acted as her bulldog and threatened to use a certain congressman whenever Ellen's Pension was threatened with cancellation. Oh, well perhaps I am being to hard on Ellen. It is all very strange though. No question about it though, James Harvey Summers is one of my most interesting ancestors. Thanks to Scott Summers, Barbara Thompson and Marla Evert-Nye of the Mitchell County Historical Society for helping me with my research! -Mark Vernon Seattle, WA

When we left off, James H. Summers had just married his third wife, Sarah Marian Hisey, on April 2, 1861, in Decatur Co. Iowa. The Civil War was starting and James was a veteran of the Mexican War. This time he entered as an officer. The 5th Regiment of the Kansas Volunteer Cavalry was organized in July of 1861. The Muster Roll Cards show that James enrolled as a 1st Lieutenant on Aug. 12, 1861 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He was promoted to Major on Sept. 10, 1861. The 5th Kansas operated in the Missouri theater of the early part of the War. At some point in the fall of 1861 James was severly injurred. His right arm was broken in several places, he claimed that he was struck on the arm by a confederate soldier using his rifle as a club. When the regiment settled into winter quarters at Fort Lincoln, the unit's morale crashed. Lt. Col. T. W. Scudder of the 5th recorded that, "...for a time it (the reg't) was commanded by Captain James Hunt, company E. He was relieved by MAJOR SOMERS. Lieutenant Colonel Powell Clayton assumed, in Febuary following, command. The regiment immediately began to improve under his able management. The notoriously incompetant field officers who have preceded him....had well nigh ruined the regiment...." I hope this incompetance didn't include James. However....James resigned his comission on March 16, 1862. I have a copy of the note where James' resignation was accepted. In July of 1862 James was still hanging around Fort Scott, Kansas. I have a copy of a letter from a major stating, "....J. H. Summers formerly Maj. KS 5th but now out of service, is imposing on you presenting himself as an officer now in service. If you are satisfied that he is acting ina manner unworthy of a gentleman or in any way annoying you or Com'd deal with him as you would deal with any imposter..." So James seemed to be in some kind of trouble, and the situation was more complicated than I shall ever know. Marrell's History of Mitchell Co. KS goes one further and says that James told a story that he was present at the Lawrence Massacre, but I don't see how that is possible. I think James went back to Iowa to recover. James' second daughter, Minnie B. Summers, was born on July 3, 1863. In 1864 James again joined the war, this time in service of Iowa. He enlisted as a Captain in the 48th Iowa Inf. Reg't. Co. C. on May 5, 1864. He is also recorded in the Adjutant General's Report, State of Iowa, also with a list of equipment he was responsible for. His regiment were refered to as "100 Day Men". It appears that they served at Rock Island, Illinois, a notorius Federal Camp for Confederate POWs. James was mustered out on Oct. 21, 1864 at Rock Island. I hope he was more than just a prison guard! His next daughter was Etta Imogene Summers, my great great grandmother, born on Oct. 19, 1865. A son named Orin L. Summers, variously called Orian, Orion, Orie and Ora, was born on Oct. 28, 1867. The family appears in the 1870 Census in Decatur Twp. Decatur Co. Iowa. An infant daughter named Hallie Summers is also shown, she died in infancy. My great grandmother, Hallie P. Kinney, was probably named after her. More children followed. Theresa Summers was born in 1872 and another son, James Harvey Summers Jr. was born on July 6, 1874. In 1878 James decided to leave Iowa and go west. So he set his sights on Mitchell Co. Kansas in 1878. To be continued.... -Mark Vernon Seattle, WA

JAMES HARVEY SUMMERS, (1826 - 1902): For many years I only knew my great great great grandfather as from a couple of photographs, labeled "Grandpa Summers". Learning about him has caused me to think of him as one of my favorite ancestors. He was born in Mount Sterling, Montgomery Co., Kentucky on Nov. 7, 1826. This date is recorded on his Mexican War Pension and his obituary. He was the son of Cornelius Summers and Elizabeth Hadden. Cornelius was a Presbyterian preacher and veteran of the War of 1812, apparently a survivor of the Battle of Dudley's Defeat. He had the nickname, "the sweet singer of Israel" because of his voice. In the 1830s Cornelius started buying land in Indiana and moved his growing family to Putnam Co. Indiana in 1835. Here Cornelius rode a preaching circuit. He died on May 24, 1843 after returning from one of these rides. It has been supposed that he had appendicitis. James' middle name Harvey may come from that of another preacher named Harvey Collings. When the Mexican War started up, a young James H. Summers enrolled in the 1st Indiana Infantry Co. A, on June 17, 1846 at Green Castle, IN. His pension records state that his unit was used to guard supply trains and fought frequent skirmishes. His unit went as far sounth as Monterey, but returned before the Battle of Buena Vista. He was mustered out in New Orleans on June 16, 1847. When he returned home he married Matilda Randall on Dec. 5, 1847 in Putnam Co. This started his somewhat complicated married life, leading to four marriages. Some misinformation exists about his marriages and I am still trying to sort some of it out. Their first child, Emma, appears not to have been born until 1856, thus starts a complicated mystery as I have been sent a legal document signed by Emma stating that her mother died in 1847 (?!?). This came from a document written for James' fourth wife in 1904, it is amazingly wrong or fabricated. But I am jumping ahead. In the 1850 Census, Matilda is alive and well and living with James in Floyd Twp. Putnam Co. Indiana, no children yet. James' obituary mentions the death of Matilda Randall and a second marriage to Melissa Calvin. Melissa Calvin died within two years and also lost an infant. There is a lot of confusion about when and where these events happened. I have not yet found James and his family on the 1860 Census. They may have been moving at the time. James' fourth wife struggled hard in later years to maintain his Civil War pension and left behind many documents as she had people leave testimony to support her claim. One such testimony in 1917 states that a man named W. D. Shelton knew the family in Decatur Co. Iowa, and that Matilda Randall died there in 1861 and he had been to her funeral. He then stated that James married Melissa Calvin the same year and that she died two years later. This is not accurate because James married his third wife, Sarah Marian Hisey on April 2, 1861. This marriage is well recorded, and I descend from his third wife.... To be continued... -Mark Vernon Seattle, WA

LAVALETTE KINNEY, (1826 - 1894): Lavalette Kinney was born on May 6, 1826, in Buffalo, New York. He was the son of Joseph Kinney and Priscilla Richmond. I am particularly interested in learning the origin of the fascinating name, "Lavalette", I suspect it was from someone's surname, now forgotten. In a letter that he wrote in 1892, Lavalette said that his father ran a tavern in Buffalo from 1829 to 1837. Sometime shortly after 1837, Joseph moved his family to Hancock Co., Illinois. Joseph died here in 1843. The marriage license of Lavalette states that he married Miss Jane Butler on Oct. 18, 1849, in Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois. The family appears on the 1850 Census in Hancock Co., Lavalette's first name was spelled "Livelot". They were living with the family of William Cook. The first of the couple's children was born on Aug. 17, 1850, a daughter named Cordelia. Crissey Ann was born on March 21, 1853, but died on Sept 2, 1855. William Marion was born on Sept. 5, 1855. Henrietta was born on May 11, 1858. The 1860 Census identifies the place as St. Albin's Twp., and this time the father's first name is spelled "Lavelett". My great great grandfather, Joseph Richmond, was born Nov. 9, 1860. A Kinney family Bible also calls this place in St. Albin's Twp by the name of West point. Lavalette's mother Priscilla died the next year. Lavalette appears not to have served during the Civil War. His next child, Elizabeth May, was born on Aug. 7, 1863. On Oct. 20, 1867 twins were born, Warren Didamus and Lucinda Bell. I am told that Didamus/Didymus means twin, and is a name that was handed down in the Kinney family. In Hancock Co. Lavalette was not just a farmer but also served as a Justice of the Peace, Township Collector and Township Assessor. He was also a Free Will Baptist. In the 1870 Census, Lavalette's name is still spelled "Lavalett". In about 1871, Lavalette and his family said goodbye to Illinois and headed west through Missouri. They stayed for a short time in Richardson Co., Nebraska. Here the last child of the couple was born, a son named John Alva/Alvia, on April 20, 1873. The family reached it's destination in 1874, Mitchell Co. Kansas. They settled in the Beloit area. In the 1880 Census they were living in Salt Creek Twp. the father's name was spelled "Lavalett". In 1884 Lavalette's name appeared in the Atlas of Mitchell County. I have a photo of Lavalette and his wife taken from this time period in Beloit. In 1894 tragedy occurred when Lavalette died of an illness. His obituary of 11/2/1894, "The Western Call", states that he died of malaria fever, but the Early Death Register of Mitchell County recorded that it was Typhoid Fever. His grandaughter, Blanche I. Kinney, got Typhoid about the same time. She lived but it was said that her hair fell out. His funeral was held in the Brown Chapel and given by B. F. McMillan, who also wrote the obit. It was stated that Lavalette had been a Free Will Baptist for 44 years. He was buried at the Pleasant View Cemetery. -Mark Vernon Seattle, WA

ETTA IMOGENE SUMMERS, (1865 - 1937): The family Bible of J. R. Kinney, records that Etta Imogene Summers was born on Oct. 19, 1865 in Decatur City, Decatur Co., Iowa. She was the daughter of James Harvey Summers and Sarah Marian Hisey. James had just returned from the Civil War where he had served both the States of Iowa and Kansas. In the 1870 Census the family appears in Decatur Twp., Decatur Co., Iowa. "Marrell's History of Mitchell Co. Kansas" says that the Summers family moved to Mitchell Co. in 1878. James bought land in Bloomfield Twp. where they appear in the 1880 Census. Etta was 19 when she married Joseph Richmond Kinney on Aug. 17, 1884, at her father's place. She moved around quite a bit with her husband, from Kansas to Nebraska and various places in Kansas, including Beloit. She had 7 children in the two states. One child, Clair Richmond Kinney, is recorded as dying in Scott's Bluff, Nebraska. Etta's mother died on Feb. 16, 1900 of stomach cancer. Her father then married his fourth wife, Ellen Sorick. Ellen was on her second husband and would have one more after. James did not survive this marriage long and died of..."stomach trouble"on Jan 12, 1902. There appeared to be some legal problems between Ellen and James' children including Etta. Ellen had James original will thrown out and received a more favorable outcome. To me it doesn't seem a coincidence that the family moved west to Washington State in 1903. I am not sure which member of the Kinney family went west first but they seemed to flock to Cashmere in Chelan Co. Washington. Mostly they took part in the Apple Orchard business. Etta lost her daughter, Myrtle, when her clothes caught fire while playing with matches. Etta wrapped Myrtle in a quilt to put out the flames but she died of her burns. This was in 1906, two years later she had her final child, a son named Roy. In May of 1907 a neice came to visit Etta, and stayed much of the summer with Etta and her family. Her name was Margarette Thompson, the daughter of Etta's sister, Minnie Thompson. In the middle of August Margarette prepared to return to Kansas by train. She stayed in a small hotel in Cashmere near the train station. She was found dead the next day in her room where she had poisoned herself. She left a note but didn't say why, only that she wanted her body to remain in Cashmere. Her wish was not granted and Etta accompanied the body back to Kansas. A researcher of the Summers family once asked me if my family knew anything about this mystery. I could only say that it had been completely forgotten by my family. Articles were written about this tragedy in the Cashmere and Beloit newspapers. As Etta grew older she cooked meals for various people including her future son-in-law, Frederick C. Scaman. Fred married Etta's daughter Hallie in 1911. She cooked for a rancher on the Sterling ranch. Etta's husband, J. R. Kinney, died of a stroke in 1931. Etta herself died on May 22, 1937. She was buried alongside her husband and daughter Myrtle, in the Cashmere Cemetery. My grandmother Marjorie was very fond of her grandma Etta. -Mark Vernon Seattle, Wa

JOSEPH RICHMOND KINNEY, (1860 - 1931): My great great grandfather took his middle name from his grandmother, Priscilla Richmond. Joseph was born on Nov. 9, 1860, at West Point in St. Albins Twp. in Hancock Co., Illinois. This is recorded in the Kinney family Bible. He was the son of Lavalette and Jane Kinney. He was one of about 9 children. The family moved away from Illinois in about 1871, first to Richardson Co., Nebraska, then to Mitchell Co., Kansas in 1874. Lavalette Kinney bought land in Salt Creek Twp. Joseph married Etta Imogene Summers on Aug. 17, 1884 in Bloomfield Twp. at the house of Etta's father, the fascinating James H. Summers. This information comes from their marriage license. Their first child was Blanche Ionthe Kinney, born Sept. 20, 1885 in Beloit. Their second child was Opal Gladys Kinney, born May 31, 1888 in Beloit. By the birth of my great grandmother, Hallie Pearl Kinney, in 1890, the family was living at Inland, Clay Co., Nebraska. I have a photo of the family from this time taken at Hastings, Nebraska. A son was also born at Inland, Clair Richmond Kinney, on Jan. 31, 1892. Then the family was back in Beloit for the birth of their next son, Paul Vernon Kinney, on Oct. 22, 1894. As something of a mystery their son, Clair, died. Any records of this I can find say that he died on May 20, 1895....in Scott's Bluff, Nebraska. Was the family living there or was Clair ill and sent to a hospital there? I just don't know. There is a fmaily story that Joseph worked for a time as an Indian agent...this may be legend. In any case Joseph's family shows up for the 1895 Kansas Census in Bloomfield Twp., minus Clair. At some point Blanche caught Typhoid, her grandfather Lavalette had died of it in 1894. It is said that all of Blanche's hair fell out, but she survived. Another son, Alford "Loraine" Kinney was born on Feb. 23, 1897 in Montana, Labette Co., Kansas. The family really did a lot of moving!!! I have a really nice portrait taken of the family in about 1899 in Beloit. Their last child born in Kansas was Myrtle Day Kinney, recorded in Beloit city records, born April 15, 1901. However she is recorded here as a boy! This comes from my cousin Carol Kinney who was sent this information from Beloit city records. In the 1900 census the family was living in Beloit. After Etta's father died in 1902, the family decided to leave Kansas for good. They and other Kinneys made the move to Chelan Co., Washington. They went to a place called Mission, shortly after renamed Cashmere, along the Wenatchee River. This is a place famous for it's apples. The family moved by wagon in 1903. Blanche married James C. Paton the next year. A really nice photo was taken in 1906 of Blanche and her husband, with Paul and Loraine, Etta and Myrtle Kinney holding a bouquet of flowers. Not long after the photo was taken, Myrtle was badly burned while playing with matches, and she died later that day. The next another strange tragedy occurred, when a niece of Etta's, Magarette Thompson, spent the summer with the family then committed suicide just before she was going to return to Kansas. In 1908 Joseph and Etta had their last child, Joseph "Roy" Kinney, on April 20, 1908. In the 1910 Census the family is recorded in Cashmere Precinct. In 1911 Hallie married Frederick C. Scaman at Joseph's house. Joseph had three brothers, William Marion Kinney, Warren Didamus Kinney and John Alva Kinney. William and Warren had come to Chelan Co. but John stayed in Beloit. In 1915, from a Beloit newspaper clipping, John and his wife traveled by car to Cashmere to take part in the apple harvest. They had to face snow on the roads coming back. During WWI Paul served in the Army and Loraine in the Navy on a submarine. The Cashmere Valley Record has a small news item about a "Reynear" Kinney on leave to visit his parents Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Kinney. It says that he was serving on one of Uncle Sam's Battleships, it must be Loraine. In the 1920 Census the name of the Precinct that the family lived in was Valley Precinct. It was in the 1920s that my grandmother knew her grandpa Joe. They played checkers. He spent his later years in carpentry and was a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. Joseph died suddenly on Oct. 13, 1931 of a stroke. He was buried in the Cashmere Cemetery. -Mark Vernon Seattle, WA

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/Cm.2ADI/161 Message Board Post: Would like to contact current owner to see if any history attached to the land has been passed down. My great grandfather, James Jones, farmed it for J O and Anson Jones of Illinois between 1879 and 1885 and I cannot find J O and Anson descendants to find out any more. Thanks for your interest and support. Grace in Alaska

Mark, Thank you for sharing your family story. You may know that the name Vernon has quite a history in Mitchell County as well. Janece Carter Streig

HALLIE PEARL KINNEY, (1890 - 1973): My great grandmother, Hallie, was born on May 23, 1890, in Inland, Clay Co., Nebraska. Her parents, Joseph Richmond Kinney and Etta Imogene Summers, were from Mitchell Co. and had been married in Beloit. Hallies family seemed to move about Nebraska and Kansas quite a bit. In the 1895 Kansas State Census The family was again living in Mitchell Co., this time Bloomfield Twp. Mitchell Co. newspaper, "The Western Call", ran a short item in Sept. 1895 about Hallie's sister Blanche Kinney having her 10th birthday party in Bloomfield Twp. In 1903 Hallie's family said goodbye to Kansas once and for all. They traveled by wagon westward to Washington State, and settled in the Vale of Cashmere in Chelan Co. In those days the town was known as Mission, but in a few years it would be called by it's present name, Cashmere. It is famous for it's apple orchards and is the home of applets and cottlets. A young orchardist by the name of Frederick Charles Scaman used to eat meals, cooked by Hallie's mother, at the Kinney home on his way to work in his orchard. Hallie married him on Jan. 11, 1911, services were held in the Kinney home. Fred built a house for them to raise a family in, they had five children starting with twins named Jack and Joe. My grandmother Marjorie followed, then Ruth and finally Fred Jr. Fred Sr. was a successful orchardist and the family did very well. My grandmother said they measured their success by buying a player piano for $1000, a lot of money in the 1920s. Then things started to go wrong. Jack suffered a bone infection and had one of his legs amputated. Years later as a small child I remember tapping on his wooden leg. In 1927 their house burned down....though neighbors saved the player piano and the family photos. Luckily Fred had $5000 insurance coverage. But then in 1929 they lost their money in the Great Depression. The family had to move out to live in the ranch house in their orchard. At first the kids were fascinated at having to use an outhouse, after having been used to a nice bathroom. Still they were luckier than some families. Fred took all these events badly. My grandmother said that her father was avery proud man. He suffered from alchoholism. Fred was in bad shape by 1940. My grandmother married in March of that year, but Fred did not attend the wedding. Then in the following month, while on his way to the orchard Fred vanished and was never seen again. The irrigation ditches and the Wenatchee River were dragged. It was assumed that he was drunk and had drowned. His son Jack was in San Francisco at the time, and burned his car engine up racing home. He went to try to identify bodies found in the Wenatchee and Columbia River, none were his father's body. The mystery has never been solved. It is said that Hallie felt some resentment and left Cashmere. She went to live in Seattle where she worked for the Washington State Training Center for the Blind. she retired in 1955 and went to live with her son Jack, who had become a very successful business man in the apple industry in Yakima. I knew my great grandmother when I was a small child in the late 1960s and early 1970s. She was a member of Eastern Star and Amaranth and was honored as a matron in 1971. She suffered a stroke in 1972 and was placed in a nursing home in Cashmere. She died in 1973 and is buried in the Cashmere Cemetery. She once said that she was excited to have traveled to Washington in a wagon and had lived to see men land on the moon. -Mark Vernon Seattle, WA

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: FARBER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Cm.2ADI/160 Message Board Post: I'M TRY TO FIND OUT IF OSCAR SHERMAN FARBER WAS BORN THERE .. ALSO ANY OTHER FARBER WHO WAS BORN THERE THANKS ....

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Cm.2ADI/159 Message Board Post: The Sun, San Bernardino, CA - October 27, 2004 REX J. HAIGH, age 84, passed away October 25, 2004 in Redlands, CA. He was born April 7, 1920 in Beloit, Kansas. Rex graduated from Beloit High School in 1938. Rex served in the United States Navy from 1940 to 1946; he was the owner/operator of Haigh Brothers, Power Thrust, Inc., and Sav-U-More Gasoline Stations, and 7 til 9 Auto Parts Stores. HE was also a Charter member of Banning/Beaumont ELKS Club. Rex is survived by his loving wife, Betty Haigh; son Keith R. (Laura) Haigh; daughter JoAnn (Alan) Graham; his adoring grandchildren Megan and Shannon Steel, Andrew and Rachel Haigh. Memorial Services will be held on Saturday, October 30, 2004 at 11:00 am at Emmerson Bartlett Memorial Chapel, 703 Brookside Ave., Redlands, CA. Graveside will follow on Wednesday, November 3, 2004 at 11 am at Riverside National Cemetery, Staging Area #1, Riverside, CA. Memorial donations may be made to The Salvation Army and the Redlands Community Hospice at 335 Terracina Blvd., Redlands, CA 92373. Condolences may be sent to www.ourfuneralservice.com. NOTE: Submitter is not related in any way to deceased. Obituary is provided for genealogical interest only. ~RIP~