Hi listers & DENNIS I'm hoping to reach DENNIS with some information on a question he posted way back in 2004. I just ran across it going through the archives of KSSCOTT mailing list. He asked about Thomas Kenyon from Scott Co, KS. I have the information he wanted, and will post it here for him--and for anyone else that wants it. This Thomas was my Uncle Tom by marriage. His full name was: John Thomas Kenyon b. 22 Feb 1880 (Place unknown, but try MO) d. 27 Jul 1964, in Scott City, Scott Co, KS I know nothing at all about his first wife, I was just a kid back then, and I only knew about Aunt Marie and Uncle Tom. He was much older than Aunt Marie, but they were happy, always laughing about something. The J Marie Dennis asked about was not a child of Uncle Tom's and his first wife. J. Marie was his second wife. Her full name was Julia Marie Wood. She was born 25 Sep 1905, in Bates Co, MO. She died 2000, in Scott City, Scott Co, KS, at the age of 95. They had only one child, a son, and I believe he was adopted. I can't give information on him, because he is still living, (but is a grandpa and great grandpa, as I am a grandma and great grandma.) We're talking about a long time ago, folks. I know nothing at all about his first wife. I was just a kid back then, and I only knew about Aunt Marie and Uncle Tom. He was much older than Aunt Marie, but they were a happy couple, always laughing, and drawing everyone into the chatter and laughter. He was great with kids, too, he could always make me laugh and feel welcome at their home. My brother and I spent a couple of weeks in Scott City every summer while we were growing up, having both paternal and maternal relatives there. Uncle Tom was a blacksmith, and he invented lots of pieces to improve the machinery for his farm customers. He knew business well. He patented his inventions, and made a very good living. He always brought us treats when he came home. And always had new stories to tell us. Not the scary kind, but interesting and funny ones. I'll always remember him as one of my favorite Uncles. But the best thing I remember about Uncle Tom was his dog. YEAH! He trained his dog to take messages to Aunt Marie from his blacksmith shop . The dog would wait for Aunt Marie to write a note, and take it back to Uncle Tom. Aunt Marie could also write a note to the grocer and give it and some money in an envelope to the dog. The dog would then go to the grocers, give the note to him, and wait for him to put the order into a paper bag. He would then pick the bag up in his mouth and carry it home to Aunt Marie. That was the darndest thing I think I've ever seen. I still don't know how that dog knew the difference between a note to Uncle Tom and a note to the grocer. It must have known a large vocabulary, because it fetched Uncle Tom's slippers and did a hundred things around the house for both of them. Sorry to carry on so, but the memories of them are so fun. I'm sending a story that Aunt Marie wrote about mostly her childhood, but includes their courtship too. Hope you all will be interested in the way things were back then--in the olden days. I just took a peek and the story is much too long (about 7 pages). I'll have to send a small bit of it, and will do that in another email......hopefully neither of these emails will get bounced because of the length. Regards, Jacque Wood --------------------------------- It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar.