Strother C. O'ROARK born 1820 VA according to the 1860 Census. I have been looking for birth information on this GGGrandfather since the late 70's I first found him buried at Dayton, Cass Co., Mo. with his wife Rebecca ( nee Miller) then I found where they had married in, Clear Creek Twnsp., Cooper County in 1842 and purchased property in Pettis County before going to Cass County. But I need some help with leads re: 1) the parents of Strother and/or Rebecca (she was born 1820 KY) (her father according to oral tradition Geo Wash. Miller (?)) 2) on several of their children all born in Missouri 1 E. J. (female) b 1844 MO 2 Semion Calvin b 24 Aug 1846 (I have followed this child to the present generation) 3 John b 1848 4 William Taylor b 1853 d 1900 (My Great Grandfather) who went only by Taylor all his life. Even his children did not know he had the name William. His wife was Mary Ellen Arnett parents unkown (Wishfully Thomas (?)) 5 S. (Strother ?) b 1855 6 George W. b 1857 7 Rebecca Ann b Nov 1859 M Del Colton parents of the Jazz Singer Anita Colton O'Day I have notes of their church memberships and that Strother was a founding member or the Mason's in Cass Co, their Doctors name and probate records. We also know that the year before William Taylor birth Strother was appointed Guardian of 14 yr old James Taylor Jr. and may have been his cousin or even his uncle. All leads appriciated. Mary Glenn 504 West Miami Paola, Ks 66071 (913) 557 9494 (Local from KC Metro)

Hello Listers - while looking thru the 1880 Sullivan Co., MO census I found the following Cookman family: In Polk twp, page 36, visitation 423: Cookman, Lee, age 25, Farmer, b. VA, father b. VA, mother b. VA. Cookman, Margart J., age 21, Keeping House, b. MO, father b. VA, mother born MO Cookman, Sarah E., age 4, b. MO, father b. VA, mother b. MO Cookman, Sophia J., age 2, b. MO, father b. VA, mother b. MO Cookman, Belle, age 3mo, b. March, b. MO, father b. VA, mother b. MO In the Sullivan Co. Early Marriage listes a Walter L. Cookman to West, Margaret J. on Dec. 20, 1874. I am guessing that Walter L. and Lee are the same person. Can anyone tell me the parents of Walter L. or Lee Cookman. I seem to remember corresponding with someone concerning this person, but I have misplaced their E-mail address. Dot [email protected]

They are both muddy..... and debre, trees etc.....even houses after floods.... I hear from relatives that the lakes and rivers had their fishing ruined since the 1993 flood.....don't know when it will recover. Shirley Strosaker ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clyde Dodge" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2001 6:22 AM Subject: Re: [MO] Chain ofRocks Bridge > Now isn't that funny. I lived in Missouri and always thought "The Big > Muddy" refers to the Missouri River! > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > ==== Missouri Mailing List ==== > Please visit MOGenWeb at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mogenweb/mo.htm > > ============================== > The easiest way to stay in touch with your family and friends! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST1 >

Now isn't that funny. I lived in Missouri and always thought "The Big Muddy" refers to the Missouri River! _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

It is in St. Louis Co. on the Big Muddy. (Mississippi) Lee Burton ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2001 3:37 PM Subject: [MO] Chain ofRocks Bridge > My gggrandfather Joel Severs was suppose to have helped build the Chain of > Rocks Bridge in Missouri possibly around 1880. Can someone tell me what > county it is in and if there is any info on the bridge? Thank you. > > Kathy Pugh > > > ==== Missouri Mailing List ==== > No Roll Calls on the list: please subscribe to and use > MO-ROLLCALL-L instead. > > ============================== > The easiest way to stay in touch with your family and friends! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST1 >

http://home.stlnet.com/~jimpotts/cor.htm This is one site in St Louis MO but it seems too late (1929) in time .GOOD NEWS!! The Old Chain of Rocks Bridge will re-open on April 7, 2001 to all non-vehicular traffic. After being closed for the winter the third season is about to start!! What a thrill to walk accross this 5,348 foot, 3-5/8 inch long piece of history...(that's over a mile!!!) The bridge opened at 1:45 PM on Saturday, July 20, 1929 and is still the 12th longest continuous span bridge in the world. With the Grand Opening the first weekend in June, 1999, it became the longest "Pedestrian" bridge in the world as well. The original building cost was between 2 and 2-1/2 million, in 1929 dollars. The toll was 35 cents for both car and driver, plus 5 cents for each additional passenger. It's the only bridge on Route 66 with a 24 degree bend in the middle! What a Lady!!! Hours will again be 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Saturday and Sunday thru November. Come on...take a walk into history. And again this year the admission is free! It has been closed since 1968 after the opening of the I-270 free bridge nearby. The structure is in remarkably good shape after all these years. The span was opened in September 1996 for a one day "open house" to build support for the project. Over 500 came to preview great things to come. Several other successful similar events have drawn thousands since then. The first phase of the plan will concentrate on structural and safety concerns to enable opening to the public in 1999. Over two thirds of the funding is in place for this basic work. Future improvements would include parking, rest areas, lighting and improved connections to existing trails. There are no plans to paint the non-structural surface rust. Jim Gilbert, President, Friends of the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge Group. For Information On Obtaining Souvenir Bridge Decking Please Use The E-Mail Address Below: E-mail:[email protected] [email protected] wrote: > My gggrandfather Joel Severs was suppose to have helped build the Chain of > Rocks Bridge in Missouri possibly around 1880. Can someone tell me what > county it is in and if there is any info on the bridge? Thank you. > > Kathy Pugh > > ==== Missouri Mailing List ==== > No Roll Calls on the list: please subscribe to and use > MO-ROLLCALL-L instead. > > ============================== > The easiest way to stay in touch with your family and friends! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST1

I am having alot of problems with my email server. It's taking 3 days before I receive emails sent by others, and I'm not sure how long it's taking for others to receive my emails. Also, since the rootsweb being down so long last weekend, I haven't gotten anything from this list. Is the list quiet, or what am I missing on family research? Lanita

My gggrandfather Joel Severs was suppose to have helped build the Chain of Rocks Bridge in Missouri possibly around 1880. Can someone tell me what county it is in and if there is any info on the bridge? Thank you. Kathy Pugh

Lanita, You should check and see if you are still subscribed to your lists...I got bumped off most of my lists after the Rootsweb shut down...I had to resub to them all!!! Sandra

Checking the 1895 Maps for the US (http://www.livgenmi.com/1895.htm ) I find an East Hannibal, Illinois in Pike County, Illinois. The table at this site indicates that East Hannibal had no post office, but it did have a railroad and an express office. Elizabeth Richardson, Ketchikan, Alaska [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Ellen Elliott <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, March 01, 2001 6:13 AM Subject: [MO] Location of HANNIBAL - all in MO or any in IL? Surname: SEEMON > >I have an obit from 1935 which states an ancester was born in Hannibal >Illnois in 1856. > >My current atlas doesn't show any Hannibal spilling over into Illinois so it >seems even >less likely that it did in 1856. Anyone know of this? > > > Peter SEEMON born October 27, 1856, son of another Peter. > > Anyone with any connections, please respond. Thanks. > > >==== Missouri Mailing List ==== >To subscribe to MO-ROLLCALL-L: send a message containing >only the word "subscribe" to >[email protected] > >============================== >Search over 900 million names at Ancestry.com! >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >

In a message dated 3/2/2001 9:21:02 AM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > Job is the nickname for what name? > Hi Everyone, I did some searching and came up with this site that lists some common nicknames. Hope this helps - take care - Emma <A HREF="http://www.tngenweb.org/franklin/frannick.htm">Franklin Co., TN Sub7 - Nicknames</A>

In a message dated 3/2/2001 9:11:25 AM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > Job is the nickname for what name? > Hi Patti, I don't believe that Job is a nickname. I think it is a name in itself. Job is a name from the Bible and was used by folks. Take care - Emma

Job is the nickname for what name?

Well, I called my Aunt Rachel Techau,87 years old, that lived in Hannibal, Missouri and taught school there for many years.....she said that across the river and up the road a little ways, not right across the river.....there was, not sure if it still is....a little hotel, a little fruit stand, and a couple or three houses....and she thinks that was called East Hannibal, Mo......but she does not think it has been any bigger......now there was a small Denney's resturant that was built there.....I don't know if the 1993 floods wiped it out or not.......... I remember all of this but I had always heard it just called by the junction of the two roads.....I can't remember the name of the junction now.... I talked to my mom who is 85 years old, she said she had never heard of it being called East Hannibal....she had heard it called a junction.....the closest she remembers is Hull, Ill. The area on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River is all flat...and I have always been told it was the old river bottom and that the bluffs were the former banks.....then they built wing dams in the river to channel the water to the center to make it deeper so barge traffic could go through even in the low water months.......I used to have a map of the wing dams, as they are dangerous to pleasure boaters as in low water times they are just below the water surface and a boater can go over them fast and drag the motor on them and wreck....they have boys but you still need to know the river if you are out in it to be safe......it is a mighty river and you have to know how to handle it to be safe....many deaths in it.... In 1993 WGEM TV station in Quincy, Illinois made a tape and sold it of the major flood that year....I do not know if they are still selling it or not, they have a web site so you can email them and ask them.... The flooding of 1993 wiped out West Quincy, Mo. and many small towns, the government made some major decisions......they decided to not rebuild some of the lower level towns, I think not any below 500 or 700 feet above sea level.....and they decided to buy out the farm land and houses close to the Mississippi River and "let the river reclaim the land" rather than paying these people flood disaster money every year to rebuild and refurnish their homes.. Shirley Strosaker > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ellen Elliott" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 6:47 AM > Subject: [MO] Location of HANNIBAL - all in MO or any in IL? Surname: SEEMON > > > > > > I have an obit from 1935 which states an ancester was born in Hannibal > > Illnois in 1856. > > > > My current atlas doesn't show any Hannibal spilling over into Illinois so > it > > seems even > > less likely that it did in 1856. Anyone know of this? > > > > > > Peter SEEMON born October 27, 1856, son of another Peter. > > > > Anyone with any connections, please respond. Thanks. > > > > > > ==== Missouri Mailing List ==== > > To subscribe to MO-ROLLCALL-L: send a message containing > > only the word "subscribe" to > > [email protected] > > > > ============================== > > Search over 900 million names at Ancestry.com! > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > >

Hi List, I am looking for ancestors or descendants of the following BOYERS. They are all buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Sumner County, KS. Ruben Henry Boyer born 1871 in TN died 1946 in KS (he was an agent) I'm assuming that was a railroad agent. Nina Serena (Bell) Boyer born and died in KS 1894-1934 Ruben and Nina were married in Wellington, Sumner, Kansas August 8, 1914 N.A. Boyer, female born 1895-1896 in TN death unknown Lance Boyer Born in TN 12/23/1897 died in KS 7/12/1956 William E. Boyer Born TN 10/17/1877 died in KS 11/28/1951 Earl C. Boyer Born and died in KS 8/4/1913 - 7/29/1969 Harold L. Boyer Born and died in KS 3/5/1915 - 3/14/1983 Martha L. Boyer Born 5/11/1918 no death date Earl C., Harold L, and Martha L. were probably the children of Ruben Henry and Nina. Any help or advise you could give me on this would be gratefully appreciated.

Does anyone have information on Paris, MO? Nancy

When we crossed the Misissippi from Illinois to Hannibal, Missouri a few years back there was no town on the Illinois side that I remember. Hannibal, Illinois, may be like so many towns which dissappeared when a railroad was located through another nearby town. If it existed you might find it at http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html WDA end ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ellen Elliott" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 6:47 AM Subject: [MO] Location of HANNIBAL - all in MO or any in IL? Surname: SEEMON > > I have an obit from 1935 which states an ancester was born in Hannibal > Illnois in 1856. > > My current atlas doesn't show any Hannibal spilling over into Illinois so it > seems even > less likely that it did in 1856. Anyone know of this? > > > Peter SEEMON born October 27, 1856, son of another Peter. > > Anyone with any connections, please respond. Thanks. > > > ==== Missouri Mailing List ==== > To subscribe to MO-ROLLCALL-L: send a message containing > only the word "subscribe" to > [email protected] > > ============================== > Search over 900 million names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >

For those of you with Missouri folks, the following might help. I found a huge List of surnames. The url is at the bottom. Pauline FRONTIER FAMILIES OF MISSOURI FROM THE UPPER LOUISIANA TERRITORY 1790-1820 This database is based upon the PIONEER FAMILIES OF MISSOURI. It consists of early tax lists, Spanish land grants, census records, military records, and extractions from the HISTORY OF MISSOURI http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/topic/afro-amer/upperla/index2.htm -- ********************************* Pauline [Drury] Phelps, email [email protected] Researching; Drury, Drian, Roby & Frith "Drury Genealogy Services" Research & investigations ======================================

I have an obit from 1935 which states an ancester was born in Hannibal Illnois in 1856. My current atlas doesn't show any Hannibal spilling over into Illinois so it seems even less likely that it did in 1856. Anyone know of this? Peter SEEMON born October 27, 1856, son of another Peter. Anyone with any connections, please respond. Thanks.

Hi List, I'm sure most of us oldies know this, but some of the newbies may like it for their records. 1.) To find a county in a state and you only know the town; ROOTSWEB.COM Cover page; scroll down on left hand side to RESEARCH TEMPLATE , Click on United States Counties/States Enter name of town and state, click search. It will give you the name or names of the different counties this town or city is in. You can click on any of them and will take you to the home page for that county. 2.) If you just want to find a county, repeat the process as above, but instead of putting in name of town and state, continue to scroll down on the page and click on the state you need. On the left hand side, scroll down. It will give you a list of the counties in that state. You may click on them to find info needed in that county. It takes you to the home page for that county. Hope this helps someone. Jan, in Indiana