My Dear Mr. Brasher; Yes, 'tis I, the old Mr. Kilby of yore. Odd, I was just responding to an Irish lass named Erin T. Crowe who is a proud member of the rootsweb list "International Society of Black Sheep Society of Genealogists". To join, you must prove ancestor/ancestress activity in illegal and immoral or otherwise unacceptable behaviour. I had just responded to her and recalled to her your very salacious tales of yore regarding your hoodlum blood-lines. Now, as to Ms. Laughlin....yes she was the first ELECTED Veiled Prophet Queen, something her father Judge Laughlin rigged on her behalf....and this was in the, say 1880s. Yes, she married an Italian naval attache and diplomat, later moved to Rome, and there apparently committed suicide. A very sordid story. The St. Louis papers were awash in the details. Nothing like a good society scandal. I regret to learn of late that my contact with this family has been de-linked due to a change in his email address. I will have to find him in Texas again. But I do recall one fabulous fall afternoon with him and his wife picnicking (against all rules) at the cemetery (oh, someone please help me out here, the name escapes me....the "big" one on Kingshighway where all the St. Louis hoo-hahs are buried)--the one next to Cavalry. Between Fee Fee Baptist Church Cemetery and that one above, we put all the peices back in order. It was a great day out with very fun people. I had been under the impression that Mr. Laughlin's wife (the one living in Texas, not the judge) was going to compile all of this, but I don't think she ever did. I still have all of the files and I do recall the nice woman from the City Library asking for such a report (with documentation of course). It would not be fair to give them an exclusive, as much of the data I found came from the MHS. Anyway, Mr. Brasher, so good to hear from you. On a personal note, I am now still living in Virginia but will always enjoy reading about St. Louis and my St. Louis roots. Craig Kilby Lancaster, VA > [Original Message] > From: JAMES O BRASHER <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 12/23/2005 3:35:42 PM > Subject: [MO-STLOUIS-METRO] Query > > Mr Kilby, Sir: > > Your name seems to jog a memory in my mind, but being a person of advanced years, I can't quite seem to remember where I have heard the name before. > > By any chance are you the past author of a very exciting and fine work on one of your ancestors of a few years ago, concerning a young beauty who was at one time elected as a princess or Queen of the Veiled Prophet Parade in St Louis? I seem to remember that this young beauty faced a tragedy in Europe sometime in the late 1890s or early 1900s. Something to do with an attempted assassination of an Arch Duke or a murder of some sort is lodged in my mind. > > I also seem to remember discussions with Mr Gary Stoltman, another very knowledgeable member of the St Louis Metro list, where both you and Gary revealed many very interesting and valuable facts and figures concerning the history of our fine City. > > If you are not this fine genealogist of past years, please excuse an old befuddled gentleman of advanced years and excuse my intrusion.----Jim Brasher > > Pat: > > Question: Why don't you call them or write to them yourself and find the > answers to all of your questions? If you went to the trouble to look them > on the net, surely you found a phone number for them. Or an email address. > Didn't you? > > Craig > > > [Original Message] > > From: Pat Hammons <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > > To: <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > > Date: 12/22/2005 11:58:28 AM > > Subject: [MO-STLOUIS-METRO] Vahalla Cemetery > > > > Can anyone tell me anything about Vahallia Cemetery. I did 'google' it > > and found some info about the cemetery itself. I just found an ancester > > buried there. Has anyone had expierience with them? will they give out > > info ( plot etc etc/) information? What type of fee? etc etc. What > > religion if any, is this associated with, I gathered it was any > > denomination. also is there only one Vahallia Cemetery in the St. Louis > > area? > > > > thanks > > > > Pat > > > ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett [email protected]