Bonnie Thank you for all the research you have done. When I saw you email, I thought o boy you have found something. But alas. My William J. named is spelled Marriott by all of the family during the years. Only on census has it been murdered. I thank you again Beverly -----Original Message----- >From: BONASHDAV@aol.com >Sent: Oct 4, 2007 10:36 AM >To: mo-cemeteries@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [MO-CEMETERIES] MO-CEMETERIES Digest, Vol 2, Issue 167 > >Beverly, > >I did some research yesterday and noticed that there are no Wm. J. >Merriott's listed in the Ceme records for Morgan county. I did fin a Wm Merriott b:Nov >18, 1844 on a death certificate that should have been listed in Richie Cem. >but wasn't He probably never had a stone since he died May 18, 1929. He died >of Influenza. >He was born in KY also. >There is a William Merriott buried in Richie Cem but all that is listed for >him is that he was in Co. D 6 MO Cav. and is buried in G15. There is also a >Jennie Merriott b: 1874 died 1955. >And then there is a Emily Craig Marriott wife of William. She is buried in >G16. That's a problem because the spelling is different. > >If your Wm. J. lived in Moreau Twp. he lived very close to my Merritt >family. When I was about 11 years old there was a Merriott family that lived on >Route 2 across from our farm. My grandmother said they weren't related to us >because our family came from West Va. and they were from somewhere else. The >problem with so many spellings was not they people couldn't spell the names but >that there were so many variations that people assumed the spelling and so got > it wrong at times on certain documents. > >I continue to look but have found nothing further yet. >Bonnie Morris Conrad > > > >************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MO-CEMETERIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message