Gosh! I guess this means we are all special since you sent it to all of us. Did you write that? Sounds like something you might write. Hope we get to see you again sometime. TomR --- Nancy <lacywinston@earthlink.net> wrote: > Subject: Things we keep. > > > I grew up in the forties and fifties with > practical parents - a > Mother, > God love her, who washed aluminum foil after > she cooked in it, > then > reused it - a Father who was happier getting > old shoes fixed than > buying new ones. > > Their marriage was good, their dreams > focused. Their best friends > lived barely a wave away. > > I can see them now, Dad in trousers, > undershirt shirt and a hat > and Mom in > a house dress, lawn mower in one hand, dish > towel in the > other...... It > was the time for fixing things - a curtain > rod, the kitchen > radio, > screen door, the oven door, the hem in a > dress. Things we keep. > > It was a way of life, and sometimes it made > me crazy. All that > re-fixing, re-heating, renewing, I wanted > just once to be > wasteful. > > Waste meant affluence. Throwing things away > meant there'd always > be more. > > But then my Mother died, and on that clear > fall night, in the > warmth of the hospital room, I was struck > with the pain of > learning > that sometimes there isn't any 'more'. > > Sometimes, what we care about most gets all > used up and goes > away.....never to return. > > So ........ while we have it > ........................it's best we > love it........................and care for > it ......and fix it > when it's > broken .......and heal it when it's sick. > > This is true ................. for > marriage................and > old cars > ............and children with bad report > cards > ..................and > dogs with bad hips .......................... > aging > parents..........................and > grandparents. > > We keep them because they are worth it, > because we are worth it. > > Some things we keep. Like a best friend that > moved away - or - a > classmate we grew up with. There are just > some things that make > life > important.................people we know who > are > special................ and so, we keep them > close! > > I just sent this to someone who is special to > me! >

This list of wonderful individuals seems like an extended family. I haven't met many of you, yet I've read your messages and responded to many. You've often expressed thoughts or questions that were in my mind. Wendell and I were married in the First Baptist Church parsonage on June 5, 1953. We bought the home where we live in November, 1955, when our first son, Thomas Wendell was 13 months old. We added two more sons to our family, Joseph Alan, in 1957, and Robert Martin in 1967. Wendell's grandfather was Joseph Brown Johnson, the young boy who accompanied the men that hid the Oregon County records in a cave at the beginning of the Civil War. Joseph B. Johnson later held the position of County Court Clerk for several years. Wendell's father, Charlie, was the youngest son of Joseph and Melviney Mooney Johnson. His mother, Ellen Boze, was the daughter of Kinnie Alexander Boze and Laura Norman. Two names that have a long connection with Oregon County. Ellen's paternal grandfather was Levi Boze, the son of James Boze and Lucinda Parrott. We believe James was the owner of Boze Mill. Family stories say he was a Confederate soldier visiting home and was taken from home, either by bushwhackers or Union soldiers, and shot. Her maternal grandparents were John Wesley Norman and Nancy Ellen Gaulding. Some of you can recognize the "irony" of these family names being intertwined. The Bozes evidently were Confederate, while the Normans were Union, yet there were these intermarriages: Boze, Gaulding, Norman. My husband, Wendell, had been diagnosed with nephritis in 1974. His health continued to deteriorate until late 1978 doctors brought to light that word we hadn't wanted to acknowledge, HEMODIALYSIS. We were trained to do this at the Kansas City VA Medical Center, 335 miles from home. We did dialysis at home for five and one-half years. Wendell was very calm and in control in all situations. I was his assistant, and later when I was in college, our teen-age son, Robert took over. He was called for his first transplant, December 3, 1979. This transplant saved his life, but it began to reject and it was back to dialysis after 8 weeks in Kansas City. We also had been away from our 12 year-old son over Christmas. Another transplant in November, 1981. Then on June 29, 1984 he again received a call about a kidney being available and the new anti-rejection drug, cyclosporine, was available. This transplant was done at KU Medical Center on June 30, 1984, and everything went beautifully. This kidney lasted 18 1//2 years, until his death on December 27th, 2002. Wendell had a heart attack in 1987, and heart by-pass surgery, with mitral valve replacement in October, 2000. We both believed God blessed us with eighteen years we would not have had without the transplant. At the same time, the drugs he took to keep the kidney suppressed the immune system, and that allowed other medical problems to develop. Because life was a gift, Wendell always reached out to others who were ill. He shared his baked "goodies" with many others in town, and became known as the cook in our family. Even though I had to remind him I had been in the kitchen for 35 years before he began! I have lost my best friend, and my encourager, but what a legacy he left! Doris Griffith Johnson

Below is orbit for my wife, Peggy (Sperry) House. My ancestors were from Oregon County and her Sperry Ancestors were from Barry Co. MO and Carroll Co., AR Earl D. House Sand Springs, OK Obituaries      Peggy Irene House May 04, 1950 - January 05, 2003 Birthplace:   Yale, Oklahoma Resided In:   Sand Springs Oklahoma Funeral Home:   Chapman-Black Funeral Home, Inc.    Visitation:   January 07, 2003    Service:   January 08, 2003    Cemetery:   Osage Cemetery    Peggy Irene House was born May 4, 1950 in Yale, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Jessie Eugene and Dorothy Mae Sperry.  She passed away on Sunday, January 5, 2003 at the Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of fifty-two years, eight months and one day. Peggy was raised and attended her early education in Blackburn.  She transferred to Cleveland Schools her Freshman year and attended Cleveland High School. She was married to Earl Dewayne House on November 3, 1967 in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. At the time of their marriage, Earl was stationed in the United States Army at Fort Sill so they made their home in Walters, Oklahoma. Upon Earl's discharge, the couple moved to Osage where they resided until 1971. Earl and Peggy moved to Sand Springs in 1971 where they raised their two daughters, Cindy and Dorothy.  Peggy was employed as a housekeeper for the University of Tulsa for nearly twenty-three years, retiring as head housekeeper in August 2000.      Peggy was an avid Elvis Presley Fan and had an extensive collection of his music.  Additionally, she enjoyed word puzzles but her favorite pastime was spending time with her children and grandchildren.  She was a member of the Baptist faith. Peggy is survived by her husband, Earl House, of the home; two daughters  and their husbands, Cindy and John Davis, Sand Springs, Oklahoma, Dorothy and  Ritchie Claybourn, Tulsa, Oklahoma;  sister, Maxine Motes, Blackburn, Oklahoma and Pauline Moore, Skiatook, Oklahoma; four brothers, Tobe Sperry, Spavinaw, Oklahoma, Zeb Sperry, Blackburn, Oklahoma, Bub Sperry, Blackburn, Oklahoma and Jim Sperry, Keystone, Oklahoma; six grandchildren, Joshua, Autumn, and Jacob Davis, Jeremy, Jeffrey, and Jordan Claybourn,  adopted family, Evelyn Arnold, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Rebecca and Leslie, Tulsa, Oklahoma;  brother-in-law, Butch and Peggy J. House, Sapulpa, Oklahoma;  numerous other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Gladys and a sister-in-law, Sharon Smith. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, January 8, 2003 at the First United Methodist Church in Blackburn. Burial will be at the Osage Cemetery under the direction of the Chapman-Black Funeral Home. ''Visit an online obituary and guestbook for Peggy House at www.chapman-black.com.''

I have a Rosa Nolan -Noland-Nowlin-Nowlan and others she is on the 1900 Pulaski Co. Mo. censes with her parents John and Elizabeth Noland can anyone find a obit for me she died before 1910 census. Thanks, Barbara eor@saber.net

I have been looking for my William Leach he is on the 1850 Wayne CO. MO. census at 8 years old. Him and his sister Rachel are orphans. I have spent so many years looking for there parents and chased every lead. Dose anyone out there have any ideas for me WELCOME ANY AND ALL HELP. Thanks, Barbara eor@saber.net

In 1839 there wasn't any death cert. or very few it seems so what do you get insted? Barbara eor@saber.net

Subject: Things we keep. I grew up in the forties and fifties with practical parents - a Mother, God love her, who washed aluminum foil after she cooked in it, then reused it - a Father who was happier getting old shoes fixed than buying new ones. Their marriage was good, their dreams focused. Their best friends lived barely a wave away. I can see them now, Dad in trousers, undershirt shirt and a hat and Mom in a house dress, lawn mower in one hand, dish towel in the other...... It was the time for fixing things - a curtain rod, the kitchen radio, screen door, the oven door, the hem in a dress. Things we keep. It was a way of life, and sometimes it made me crazy. All that re-fixing, re-heating, renewing, I wanted just once to be wasteful. Waste meant affluence. Throwing things away meant there'd always be more. But then my Mother died, and on that clear fall night, in the warmth of the hospital room, I was struck with the pain of learning that sometimes there isn't any 'more'. Sometimes, what we care about most gets all used up and goes away.....never to return. So ........ while we have it ........................it's best we love it........................and care for it ......and fix it when it's broken .......and heal it when it's sick. This is true ................. for marriage................and old cars ............and children with bad report cards ..................and dogs with bad hips .......................... aging parents..........................and grandparents. We keep them because they are worth it, because we are worth it. Some things we keep. Like a best friend that moved away - or - a classmate we grew up with. There are just some things that make life important.................people we know who are special................ and so, we keep them close! I just sent this to someone who is special to me!

If anyone would like Doris' email address, etc., please email me privately. Nancy Lanita Sconce Miller wrote: > > Well, we have really had it on our List with members losing their > spouses.. > > I once again, need to report that our own Doris Johnson, has lost her > husband, Wilson, just recently.. > > I don't have her email address, but Doris, if you are on online, please > accept our deepest sympathies on your loss.. > > Our thoughts and prayers are with you! > Lanita

It takes 2-4 weeks, depending on the records you order. The copies are excellent and the transcriptions is professional. Lanita Sconce Miller wrote: > > Nancy, > > I am home today as I told you in a previous email, because of stomach > crud for the last 48 hours.... > > That Strictly By Name url is really great... have you used it > personally.. or else??? Just wondering how long it took to get the > documents, and if they were all they are cracked up to being? > > Does anybody know? > Lanita

Oh, I forgot the son's name was DOCKN "DOCK" MARION HIGGINBOTHAM. rONDA ----- Original Message ----- From: Lanita Sconce Miller Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 11:35 AM To: MO-OREGON-HISTORY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] BUSTER, WRENFROW, PRINCE, HIGGINBOTHAM From: "Ronda Collier" <salem-king1@msn.com> To: "Lanita" <ozarkn@southwind.net> The D.M. Higginbotham that is listed is one my ggg Francis Marion Higginbotham's son when he was married to MARIAH L. DAVIS, BUSTER, WRENFROW, PRINCE, HIGGINBOTHAM. RC

From: "Ronda Collier" <salem-king1@msn.com> To: "Lanita" <ozarkn@southwind.net> The D.M. Higginbotham that is listed is one my ggg Francis Marion Higginbotham's  son when he was married to MARIAH L. DAVIS, BUSTER, WRENFROW, PRINCE, HIGGINBOTHAM.  RC  

Dana, Thanks for the correction.. Someone had sent me WILSON.. Sad time, none the less. Lanita

You guessed it!! It's me again, and I am seeing that I do not have the 1910 census for a James I. PRINCE... ALSO, is Daisy PRINCE listed in 1920, anywhere.. Not wanting much, huh??!! Thanks guys! Please post your answers to the List. There are others who will be interested in your findings! Lanita

I found this: 1900 Butler Co. Mo. James I. Prince age 38 brn AR Daisy (wife)      age 29      AR D. M. Higginbotham  19       AR NOW, does anybody show any OTHER 1900 census for MO or AR for a James I. PRINCE? AND, anybody got a marriage listing for either of these people?? They married after 1897.. Thanks for any help! Lanita

Okay, at the risk of being SHOT, I am looking for James I. PRINCE in the 1890 Randolph Co., AR Tax List, as well as the 1900 Census... assuming Randolph Co. for 1900, but not positive.. too long a story to explain... It could be other counties in AR, or could have moved to MO.. HELP! Lanita

Her husband's name is Wendell---not Wilson. Dana ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lanita Sconce Miller" <ozarkn@southwind.net> To: <MO-OREGON-HISTORY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 10:25 AM Subject: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] another sad report > Well, we have really had it on our List with members losing their > spouses.. > > I once again, need to report that our own Doris Johnson, has lost her > husband, Wilson, just recently.. > > I don't have her email address, but Doris, if you are on online, please > accept our deepest sympathies on your loss.. > > Our thoughts and prayers are with you! > Lanita > >

Well, we have really had it on our List with members losing their spouses.. I once again, need to report that our own Doris Johnson, has lost her husband, Wilson, just recently.. I don't have her email address, but Doris, if you are on online, please accept our deepest sympathies on your loss.. Our thoughts and prayers are with you! Lanita

Nancy, I am home today as I told you in a previous email, because of stomach crud for the last 48 hours.... That Strictly By Name url is really great... have you used it personally.. or else??? Just wondering how long it took to get the documents, and if they were all they are cracked up to being? Does anybody know? Lanita

There is also a listing on our web of people from Oregon and surrounding counties who were passengers on the Refugee Trains: http://www.oregoncountyhistory.net/civilwar/refugess.php Judy McGinnis wrote: > > As I was looking for my surnames, I found these in the archive's records > from other counties. I'm sure there are other Oregon county area names of > interest, too. These are just samples. Be sure to check by county (including > "Unknown" and by all possible spellings, or just put in the first letter or > two of the surname, since many are misspelled. If anyone has access to the > Iron county microfilm, I would like to know who the Oregon County citizen > who died at Pilot Knob was.. > > Reed, William > Iron > Pilot Knob > On report of prisoners who died at Pilot Knob. Oregon County citizen > 01-31-1864 > F 1205 > > Reed, Joseph > Iron > Pilot Knob > Oath of Allegiance, Reed a residence of Randolph Co. Arkansas 11-03-1863 > F 1205 > > Brewer, Green > Shannon > Oath of Allegiance and description 10-22-1863 > F 1282 > > Brewer, James > Unknown $2000 bond > F 1282 > Brewer, James > Unknown > Oath of Allegiance and description 10-27-1863 > F 1282 > Brewer, John > Unknown > Oath of Allegiance 01-22-1862 > F 1282 > > Judy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nancy" <lacywinston@earthlink.net> > To: <MO-OREGON-HISTORY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 10:32 AM > Subject: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] Missouri's Union Provost Marshal Papers: > 1861-1866 > > Good Morning, > > The Missouri State Archives has a searchable database of Missouri's > Union Provost Marshal Papers: 1861-1866 online. I've ordered the > microfilm reels for Oregon County and will transcribe and upload the > information to the website when the films arrive. The database can be > searched by surname or county: > > http://www.sos.state.mo.us/archives/provost/ > > N > > ______________________________

As I was looking for my surnames, I found these in the archive's records from other counties. I'm sure there are other Oregon county area names of interest, too. These are just samples. Be sure to check by county (including "Unknown" and by all possible spellings, or just put in the first letter or two of the surname, since many are misspelled. If anyone has access to the Iron county microfilm, I would like to know who the Oregon County citizen who died at Pilot Knob was.. Reed, William Iron Pilot Knob On report of prisoners who died at Pilot Knob. Oregon County citizen 01-31-1864 F 1205 Reed, Joseph Iron Pilot Knob Oath of Allegiance, Reed a residence of Randolph Co. Arkansas 11-03-1863 F 1205 Brewer, Green Shannon Oath of Allegiance and description 10-22-1863 F 1282 Brewer, James Unknown $2000 bond F 1282 Brewer, James Unknown Oath of Allegiance and description 10-27-1863 F 1282 Brewer, John Unknown Oath of Allegiance 01-22-1862 F 1282 Judy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy" <lacywinston@earthlink.net> To: <MO-OREGON-HISTORY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 10:32 AM Subject: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] Missouri's Union Provost Marshal Papers: 1861-1866 Good Morning, The Missouri State Archives has a searchable database of Missouri's Union Provost Marshal Papers: 1861-1866 online. I've ordered the microfilm reels for Oregon County and will transcribe and upload the information to the website when the films arrive. The database can be searched by surname or county: http://www.sos.state.mo.us/archives/provost/ N ______________________________