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/RFB.2ACE/1768.1 Message Board Post: I have a copy of the obit you seek. Please provide your mailing address to me directly. Charge is just $2.00 payable upon your receipt. George Livingston Local & Family History Librarian

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/RFB.2ACE/1152.1 Message Board Post: May not connect! I have a Vesta Green from Monroe NY, m Willard Gould Eaton. Willard Gould Eaton had grandfather Willard Gould b 1755 in Killingly CT. Willard Gould had wife Ann Arnold dau of Caleb Arnold and Tabitha Luther.6

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: THURSBY, WARREN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RFB.2ACE/1768 Message Board Post: I would really appreciate if someone could get a copy of an obit for me from the library. The obit is of Carrie Belle Warren. She died Oct. 16, 1950 in Battle Creek. Thanks, Mike Salmon

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/RFB.2ACE/1767 Message Board Post: Announcement 11-7-2004: The Historic Atlas Series: 19th Century County Maps now has its own domain: http://www.historic-atlas-series.com The former URL located on the HAR web site will remain for a limited time; so please change your bookmarks to continue visiting these web pages. Historical maps are an invaluable resource to genealogists, historians and researchers with an interest in 19th century landscape and cultural features. Individual county maps are useful for identifying 19th century transportation routes, railroads, canals, streams and rivers, cities, towns and villages, and early place names. One-room schools, churches, cemeteries and other cultural features are also included in the county maps. The city and village plat maps in each atlas are often more detailed with many early property owners identified; industrial sites including a variety of stores, factories and mills; State and local government sites: cemeteries, churches, schools, fair grounds, race tracks, asylum & hospitals; and much more. The current web site includes county maps and atlases from: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. Pennsylvania and Kentucky will be added shortly; Missouri and West Virginia are planned during first quarter of next year. As always, all available 19th century maps and atlases may also be purchased at eBay: http://stores.ebay.com/Historic-Atlas-Series-by-HAR?refid=store Thanks for reading, Rich http://www.historic-atlas-series.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: pierce betz van middlesworth vanmiddlesworth Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/RFB.2ACE/1766.2 Message Board Post: there is a guest book for this person at http://legacy.com/Kalamazoo/Guestbook.asp?Page=Guestbook&PersonID=2780214 legacy.com is a good source for contemporary obits... (one can usually look for up to one month of the death and find an entry if one was placed in one of the many newspapers that participage in their on line service... I note that the CHICAGO TRIBUNE participates in legacy.com..... and for one month after the entry of the obit, the guest book remains on-line which can be a good source of contact information for OTHER relatives.....

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: pierce betz van middlesworth vanmiddlesworth Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/RFB.2ACE/1766.1 Message Board Post: there is a guest book for this person at http://legacy.com/Kalamazoo/Guestbook.asp?Page=Guestbook&PersonID=2780214 legacy.com is a good source for contemporary obits... (one can usually look for up to one month of the death and find an entry if one was placed in one of the many newspapers that participage in their on line service... I note that the CHICAGO TRIBUNE participates in legacy.com..... and for one month after the entry of the obit, the guest book remains on-line which can be a good source of contact information for OTHER relatives.....

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: VANMIDDLESWORTH, PIERCE, BETZ Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/RFB.2ACE/1766 Message Board Post: VAN MIDDLESWORTH, Ann L. East Leroy, MI Died Monday evening, November 1, 2004. Ann was born on November 20, 1937 in Battle Creek, MI, the daughter of Aden Dale and Frances Lucille (Pierce) Betz. She was married to Clare Van Middlesworth, who survives her. Ann enjoyed cooking, gardening and knitting. She also liked music and especially enjoyed playing the saxophone, piano and organ. She was a wonderful mother and grandmother and devoted herself to raising her sons and providing a happy home. Ann was always ready to help others. She will be missed by all who knew her. She was preceded in death by her father and 2 sisters. Besides her husband, she is survived by her sons, Steven (Cheryl) Van Middlesworth of E. Leroy, Robert (Rhonda) Van Middlesworth of E. Leroy, and Michael (Maria) Van Middlesworth of Canton, MI; grandchildren, Eric, Evan, Tyler, Megan, Thomas and Victoria Van Middlesworth; mother, Frances Lucille Betz of Climax; brother, Charles (Carol Ann) Betz of Climax; nieces and nephews. Services will be at 11! :00 a.m. Saturday at the Climax United Methodist Church, 133 E. Maple St. with The Rev. Dave Knapp officiating. Friends may call on the family 5-8 p.m. Thursday at the Langeland Family Funeral Homes, Climax Chapel, 205 E. Maple. Those wishing to make lasting gifts in Ann's memory are asked to remember the American Diabetes Association. www.langelands.com Published in the Kalamazoo Gazette on 11/3/2004. (Posted by a volunteer-no family connection)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WOODARD Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RFB.2ACE/1765 Message Board Post: Roy B Woodard is the son of Elmer B Woodard and Mable Ruby (?) who lived in Sherwood Twsp, Branch, Michigan. He was born in Lincoln CO OK in 1919 and lived in Battle Creek when he passed away in May of 1981. I am looking for information on his family and would like to correspond with any living family members. Elmer was a half-brother to my great grandmother, Sylvania Chastain Palmer. I would be happy to share information I have on Elmer's family.

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/RFB.2ACE/1761.2.2 Message Board Post: I am so grateful for your time posting this information. I had almost given up. Thanx

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/RFB.2ACE/1764 Message Board Post: Looking for Cemetery Look up on Bedford Cemetery in Calhoun County for: Edward or William Cole who would of died after 1941, He was married to Cora (Humphrey) Cole and she died in 1941. Any help would be greatly appreciate. Thanks any help. Teresa Jackson P.O. Box 32 Como, TN 38223

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sine, Cleveland Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RFB.2ACE/1761.2.1 Message Board Post: Orpha Sine was born in Clarence Township, the daughter of John A. and Mary (Leonard) Sine. She died "Sunday" at the age of 80 at a hospital in Kalamazoo after an extended illness. Her obituary was published in the Albion Evening Recorder on May 26, 1969. She was also interred in Riverside Cemetery. If you want to know about the Sine family history, the Clarence Township History and Genealogy club can get you information. Let me know and I'll get you the contact information. Sine is a prominate historical name there in Clarence Township. Be sure and visit our www.albionmich.com website.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cleveland Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RFB.2ACE/1761.2 Message Board Post: Grover Cleveland in interred in Albion Memory Gardens in Albion. He was an ordained Baptist Minister who married many persons during his career. He was employed at our local U.S. Post Office as Assistant Postmaster and other duties through the years. He married Orpha A. Sine on June 20, 1906. He graduated from Albion High School in 1904. He was bon near Burlington on January 3, 1886, the son of William A. and Mary (Pullman) Cleveland. Grover began working at the U.S. Post office here on January1, 1906 until April 1, 1917 when he entered the Baptist ministry. He served as minister in churches in Springport, Napoleon, Parma, Cook's Prairie and Brooklyn. He also werved as manager of the Kroger grocery, and the National Tea grocery in Albion. In november 1933 Grover returned to the PO and retired January 31, 1956, where he was employed in many duties. He "died Thursday" at the Cedar Knoll Rest Home in Grass Lake (Jackson Co.) age of 81, where he had beena patient since June 27, ! 1966. The obituary was published on September 8, 1967 in the Albion Evening Recorder. His obit stated that he was survived by his wife Orpha, 4 daughters: Mrs. John (Ruth) Graham of Clark Lake, Mrs. Robert (Kathryn) Wilson, and Mrs. Howard (Ardith) Messick, of Albion, and Mrs. Roy (Helen) Steeby of Homer; 4 sons, Everett Cleveland of Lansing, Lt. Col. Robert Cleveland, retire do Venice FLA, John Cleveland of Arvada, CO, and Leonard Cleveland of CHicago, 37 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren. I know some of the Wilson descendants here in Albion; e-mail me privately if you would like to contact them and I'll get you their addresse. Also you might like to call Albion Memory Gardens to get his burial site, and info if you would like to visit his grave. It is (517) 629-8700. Be sure and visit our www.albionmich.com website for Albion history and there is a guestbook there, too you can leave a message for everyone to read.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: LONGMAN, WOLF, HILL, PENNY, DUNIGAN, ROE, TWIGG, LYNN Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/RFB.2ACE/1763 Message Board Post: LONGMAN, Richard A. "Dick" Battle Creek, MI Died unexpectedly at his home. Dick was born on June 21, 1935 in Battle Creek, MI, the son of Vernon and Irene (Wolf) Longman. On February 1, 1958 he married Louise J. Hill, who preceded him in death in 1998. Dick was proud to have served his country as a member of the U.S. Coast Guard. He was discharged from the Coast Guard so that he could serve the U.S. Marines in Korea. He had worked as an electrician and had worked for General Motors, Post Cereal. He retired from a similar position with Kellogg's. He also worked as a fire fighter for the City of Battle Creek. Besides his wife, he was preceded in death by his parents; and a brother, John Longman. He is survived by a son, Tom (Sissy) Longman of East Leroy; daughters, Kathryn (Troy) Penny of Grapevine, TX, and Karen (Bryan) Dunigan of Bedford, TX; 5 grandchildren; sisters, Audrey (John) Roe, MaryJo (Ed) Twigg, Elaine Lynn and Jack (Kathryn) Longman; several nieces and nephews. Services will be at 11:00 a.m. Thursday at the! Langeland Family Funeral Homes, Climax Chapel, 205 E. Maple St. Interment at Prairie Home Cemetery, Climax. Friends may call on the family from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Those wishing to make lasting gifts in Dick's name are asked to remember the American Heart Association. www.langelands.com Published in the Kalamazoo Gazette on 11/2/2004. (Posted by a volunteer-no family connection)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MCCRACKEN, SNYDER, LONG, KIM, WINGARD Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/RFB.2ACE/1762 Message Board Post: McCRACKEN, Keith Lynn Age 76 Of Battle Creek Died October 27, 2004 at Battle Creek Health System. He was born December 30, 1927 in Toledo, Ohio to Lenise and Bessie (Snyder) McCracken. Keith served in the Navy during World War II. He worked in electronics and television repair, and then worked for the Federal Government as a DLSC systems analyst, retiring from the Federal Center after 30 years. He married Norma Alacia Long on July 28, 1949 in Toledo. She survives. Also surviving are daughters, Linda (Richard) Kim of Miliani, Hawaii, Sharon (Richard) Wingard of Battle Creek; sons, Richard (Pat) McCracken of Kalamazoo, Ken McCracken and Randy (Annette) McCracken, both of Battle Creek; nine grandchildren, two great-grandchil-dren; brothers, Gerald McCracken and Wayne McCracken of Toledo. He was preceded in death by brothers, Donald and Robert McCracken. Keith was a member of AFGE, and the V.F.W. He enjoyed camping with his wife and was a member of several camping clubs. They especially enjoyed Sandy Pines campground in Do! rr. He also liked to do woodworking. Friends may call from 2 until 4:00 p.m. and 6 until 8:00 p.m. Sunday at Shaw Funeral Home 2838 Capital Ave., SW Battle Creek, MI www.shawfuneralhome.com Services 11:00 a.m. Monday at the funeral home, Pastor Don Wilkins, First Church of Nazarene, officiating. Interment Fort Custer National Cemetery. Memorials may go to First Church of Nazarene. Published in the Kalamazoo Gazette on 10/29/2004. (Posted by a volunteer-no family connection)

Does anyone know if Whitcomb, William H. Company H. Enlisted (Civil War 17th MI infantry) from Homer, July 3, 1862, was related to George C. WHITCOMB, father of Sophia C. Whitcomb, b. 1851? Thanks, Sheryl

Looking through the Civil War list again _http://www.rootsweb.com/~micalhou/civil_war.htm_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~micalhou/civil_war.htm) I see an Andrew J. Chatterdon who enlisted at Albion, Aug. 18, 1861. I have a George Chadderdon who married Kate Melissa Lazarus. Kate was born in 1872 and is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in BC. Was wondering if the surname is really the same or if they're entirely separate families? Thanks, Sheryl

Browsing the Civil War Regimental Histories & Rosters at _http://www.rootsweb.com/~micalhou/civil_war.htm_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~micalhou/civil_war.htm) I was surprised to see a Charles W. Robinson who enlisted from Marshall, MI but was mustered out at Houston, Texas May 26th, 1866. Why would someone be mustered out so far from where they enlisted? I didn't think there were any wars fought in Houston ! (?) Also, why was he mustered out so late? As far as I know, I'm not related to him but I do live in Houston (I'm from MI originally and ancestrey goes back in MI with lots from Calhoun) so this all struck me as very ironic! Does anyone know anything about this family? Sheryl Parker Houston, Texas

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cleveland Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RFB.2ACE/1761.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I'm going to send you some things I found in the Calhoun Co. website direct email. I have found cemetery records for Grover and Orpha and William and Mary and Grover's brother. I'm assuming this William is Grover's father because of them being in Albion. Watch your email for info from, [email protected] Jeff Phillips, Kalamazoo Mi..

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/RFB.2ACE/1761.1.1 Message Board Post: I can get the census, as I have a subscription to Ancestry's census records. I did not know Grover father was William. My husband died at a very young age, so I do not have the luxury of his memory. Any information you have on this family will be so appreciated.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cleveland Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RFB.2ACE/1761.1 Message Board Post: I can send you the 1900 census with William Cleveland, he has a son Grover born 1886 and 2 other children which I cannot read.He lives in Albion Mi. Calhoun Co.. The 1910 census just has William and his wife Mary and says she had 3 children with 2 living.