Thank you! Thank you everyone for all the help and information. I just love this list! I saw were supposedly John Merritt served in the Civil War and I have sent for those records. Two out of three problems/questions answered now and I am so happy! I went to the Lawrence Co site and saw some other marriages that might possibly belong to my family. What a find!!!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Griesan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 9:55 AM Subject: [KyGreenup] John Merritt > Kathy, > There is a marriage for John Merritt to Mary E. Losey in > Lawrence County, Ohio on January 21, 1869. That's found on Lawrence > County's marriage records, book 9, page 475. You are in luck in this > case, because Lawrence County, Ohio has a fabulous website with loads of > information and lots of volunteers. I have several Lawrence County, > Ohio resources, and I will check in there for you. > - Jean Griesan > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kathy [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 7:02 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [KyGreenup] Huerfano > > > John Merritt born Feb 04, 1847 Sorel, Quebec Canada [confirmed > information] > > Married Mary Ellen Losey/Locey/Lacey Jan 21 1869 Lawrence Co Ky [ > date/place not confirmed] > > Died July 27 1892 Could have died just about anyplace as far as I know > right now, although the researcher says Walsenburg, Huerfano Co Ky. But > that is wrong, as we know. Family says Greenup Co. > > As of the 1880 census, he was living in Greenup Co. In 1930 census, his > wife was living with a daughter in Greenup Co. I cant remember anything > in between right now, and I have a little one about ready to get up for > the day! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 8:17 AM > Subject: Re: [KyGreenup] Huerfano > > > > Hey Kathy, > > > > Oh, I just love of good genealogy mystery! > > > > Have you subscribed to the Kentucky mailing list? Someone on that > > list might be able to help you with finding Cheep, KY. > > > > Have you looked at any census records for Huerfano, CO? > > > > What are the birth, marriage, and death dates of this grandfather? > > > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > Ronald Whitaker <[email protected]> > > Do you think this might have been an early witness protection program > > gone awry? Ron > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > Ron, that's funny! > > > > Helen > > > > On Fri, 5 Mar 2004 03:20:02 -0500 "Kathy" > > <[email protected]> > > writes: > > > Helen: > > > The only thing I have been able to verify about him was that he was > > > born in Sorel Canada. What I have seen in another's family tree > > > states that he > > > married in Lawrence Co Ky, which I am trying to verify that > > > information. I > > > know that he raised a family in Greenup Co because I have census > > > records. I > > > have a death date, from the researcher's family tree, but with no > > > firm area > > > that he died, I am at a loss as to how to get a death certificate > > > unless I > > > just take some "stabs in the dark" and try my luck. His wife is > > > listed as > > > dying in Cheep, Kentucky, which I don't see on a modern day map, nor > > > see it > > > listed on the 1895 Kentucky Atlas Index of towns. arg! > > > Kathy > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: <[email protected]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 12:02 AM > > > Subject: Re: [KyGreenup] Huerfano > > > > > > > > > > Hey Kathy, > > > > > > > > Hmmm. Interesting. The only Walsenburg I see in my atlas is in > > > Huerfano > > > > County, Colorado. Could he have died in Colorado and have been > > > buried in > > > > KY? Perhaps there has been a clerical error down the road > > > somewhere. > > > > > > > > Helen > > > > > > > > On Thu, 4 Mar 2004 18:54:51 -0500 "Kathy" > > > <[email protected]> > > > > writes: > > > > > Helen: > > > > > I ran across my GreatGreatGrandfather, John Merritt, in > > > someone's > > > > > family > > > > > tree. They state that he died in 27 Jul 1892 in Walsenburg, > > > Huerfano > > > > > Co Ky. > > > > > I contacted them inquireing about their sources, but have not > > > heard > > > > > back > > > > > from them. An older family member tells me that he died in > > > Greenup > > > > > Co > > > > > Kentucky. You got the same results I did when I googled > > > Huerfano. I > > > > > wanted > > > > > to make sure that I wasn't missing something along the line. > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > > > The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf > > > > > the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit > > > > www.juno.com to sign up today! > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== KYGREENU Mailing List ==== > > > > Visit the Rootsweb Resources page for Greenup Co. at: > > > > http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/KY/Greenup/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== KYGREENU Mailing List ==== > > > Visit the Rootsweb Resources page for Greenup Co. at: > > > http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/KY/Greenup/ > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the > > > Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! 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Hey, Kathy... I saw these posts and was thinking more about it... I checked to see if the town of Walsenburg was in Huerfano, Colorado... Just as a reality check on the info. It is. So I searched that location and found Mary Merritt there with 5 kids (ages 12-26) three of which were born after 1880 and that I had been previously unaware of. It says she's had 9 kids with 7 living. Being that she is there as a widow in 1900 tends to make me think that it IS quite likely that her husband, John, died there as you were told. Why else would she be there at that time? If you have access to the 1900 census, you can find her in CO, Huerfano, 6th precinct, Walsenburg, Page 3B. If you don't have access, contact me and I'll get you the info. She's there again in 1910, in Walsenburg, ED 84, Page 14B. I also find several of her sons in subsequent years (1910-1930) in that location. I couldn't find Mary in either KY or CO in 1920. I also couldn't find the 1930 Greenup entry you mentioned. (I also checked Upshur, WV.) Can you give me more details on that so I can record the reference? LuAnne -----Original Message----- From: Kathy [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 3:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [KyGreenup] John Merritt Thank you! Thank you everyone for all the help and information. I just love this list! I saw were supposedly John Merritt served in the Civil War and I have sent for those records. Two out of three problems/questions answered now and I am so happy! I went to the Lawrence Co site and saw some other marriages that might possibly belong to my family. What a find!!!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Griesan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 9:55 AM Subject: [KyGreenup] John Merritt > Kathy, > There is a marriage for John Merritt to Mary E. Losey in Lawrence > County, Ohio on January 21, 1869. That's found on Lawrence County's > marriage records, book 9, page 475. You are in luck in this case, > because Lawrence County, Ohio has a fabulous website with loads of > information and lots of volunteers. I have several Lawrence County, > Ohio resources, and I will check in there for you. > - Jean Griesan > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kathy [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 7:02 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [KyGreenup] Huerfano > > > John Merritt born Feb 04, 1847 Sorel, Quebec Canada [confirmed > information] > > Married Mary Ellen Losey/Locey/Lacey Jan 21 1869 Lawrence Co Ky [ > date/place not confirmed] > > Died July 27 1892 Could have died just about anyplace as far as I know > right now, although the researcher says Walsenburg, Huerfano Co Ky. > But that is wrong, as we know. Family says Greenup Co. > > As of the 1880 census, he was living in Greenup Co. In 1930 census, > his wife was living with a daughter in Greenup Co. I cant remember > anything in between right now, and I have a little one about ready to > get up for the day! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 8:17 AM > Subject: Re: [KyGreenup] Huerfano > > > > Hey Kathy, > > > > Oh, I just love of good genealogy mystery! > > > > Have you subscribed to the Kentucky mailing list? Someone on that > > list might be able to help you with finding Cheep, KY. > > > > Have you looked at any census records for Huerfano, CO? > > > > What are the birth, marriage, and death dates of this grandfather? > > > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > Ronald Whitaker <[email protected]> > > Do you think this might have been an early witness protection program > > gone awry? Ron > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > Ron, that's funny! > > > > Helen > > > > On Fri, 5 Mar 2004 03:20:02 -0500 "Kathy" > > <[email protected]> > > writes: > > > Helen: > > > The only thing I have been able to verify about him was that he > > > was born in Sorel Canada. What I have seen in another's family > > > tree states that he married in Lawrence Co Ky, which I am trying > > > to verify that information. I > > > know that he raised a family in Greenup Co because I have census > > > records. I > > > have a death date, from the researcher's family tree, but with no > > > firm area > > > that he died, I am at a loss as to how to get a death certificate > > > unless I > > > just take some "stabs in the dark" and try my luck. His wife is > > > listed as > > > dying in Cheep, Kentucky, which I don't see on a modern day map, nor > > > see it > > > listed on the 1895 Kentucky Atlas Index of towns. arg! > > > Kathy > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: <[email protected]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 12:02 AM > > > Subject: Re: [KyGreenup] Huerfano > > > > > > > > > > Hey Kathy, > > > > > > > > Hmmm. Interesting. The only Walsenburg I see in my atlas is in > > > Huerfano > > > > County, Colorado. Could he have died in Colorado and have been > > > buried in > > > > KY? Perhaps there has been a clerical error down the road > > > somewhere. > > > > > > > > Helen > > > > > > > > On Thu, 4 Mar 2004 18:54:51 -0500 "Kathy" > > > <[email protected]> > > > > writes: > > > > > Helen: > > > > > I ran across my GreatGreatGrandfather, John Merritt, in > > > someone's > > > > > family > > > > > tree. They state that he died in 27 Jul 1892 in Walsenburg, > > > Huerfano > > > > > Co Ky. > > > > > I contacted them inquireing about their sources, but have not > > > heard > > > > > back > > > > > from them. An older family member tells me that he died in > > > Greenup > > > > > Co > > > > > Kentucky. You got the same results I did when I googled > > > Huerfano. I > > > > > wanted > > > > > to make sure that I wasn't missing something along the line. > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > > > The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! > > > > Surf > > > > > the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit > > > > www.juno.com to sign up today! > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== KYGREENU Mailing List ==== > > > > Visit the Rootsweb Resources page for Greenup Co. at: > > > > http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/KY/Greenup/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== KYGREENU Mailing List ==== > > > Visit the Rootsweb Resources page for Greenup Co. at: > > > http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/KY/Greenup/ > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf > > the > > > Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com > > to sign up today! > > > > > > ==== KYGREENU Mailing List ==== > > See the KyGenWeb pages for Greenup County at > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygreen2 > > > > > > > > ==== KYGREENU Mailing List ==== > The archives of all posts to this KYGREENU list are available at: > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=KYGREENU > > > > ==== KYGREENU Mailing List ==== > Visit the Rootsweb Resources page for Greenup Co. at: > http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/KY/Greenup/ > > ==== KYGREENU Mailing List ==== The Greenup County KYGenWeb site can always use volunteers. Please contact [email protected] if you have resources, can do lookups or would like to add information to the pages at http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygreen2 All of us sharing adds just that much more information about families!