Because LaPlata is so close to Kirksville, Adair County, I am forwarding this message to these two lists. Leslie Kohler - List Owner ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 8:19 PM Subject: [MOMACON] LaPlata History Needed for book > Sesquicentennial History of LaPlata & Surrounding Area > > A HISTORY OF LAPLATA, MISSOURI > > 1855-2005, Vol. I > > Published as a Community Service By: > > Friends For LaPlata Preservation > > A new history of the LaPlata, MO area and it’s people is being > compiled and published. The purpose of this new book is to preserve your > heritage and the heritage of all families who live or have lived in LaPlata > and the surrounding area since it’s beginning in 1855. > > This beautiful book will contain the history of the LaPlata area, > as well as hundreds of photos, many never before published. Yes, the book > will be fully indexed. You will find it especially interesting because your > family story can be included, FREE! > > There has never been a book of this type and quality published in the LaPlata > area. A HISTORY OF LAPLATA AND SURROUNDING AREA, VOL. I, will be printed on > archival quality paper and will have a beautifully bound hard cover of > exceptional quality. > > Some of the Features the Book will include: (Your contribution to any section is welcome.) > > I. History of the LaPlata area, including Richland, > Johnston, Jackson, Lyda, LaPlata, and Independence Townships. > > II. Business Histories > > III. Churches > > IV. Cemeteries > > V. Schools > > VI. Towns > > VII. Family Histories > > VIII. Index > > We Will Publish Your Family History FREE! > > If your family has “roots” in one of the townships listed above, you are > eligible to submit your family history. One PHOTO and 500 WORDS will be > included FREE in the Family Histories section for each family that submits an > article. The same goes for an article in any of the other categories. We > will charge ten cents for each extra word, and $10 for each extra picture. > > Deadline for receiving Family Histories or Articles: > > January 1, 2004 > > For further information, please contact Cindy Moore at <A HREF="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A> > > Or Friends For LaPlata Preservation, 30006 Kodiak Place, LaPlata, MO 63549

looking for information on a benjamin titus who married a rena prather kirksville mo.they moved to des moines iowa about 1825-30.who were his parents? did he have other sisters or brother? When were they married? thank you [email protected]

Hello List- Am requesting some help, please-Would like to find any info on Levi Zollinger, b abt 1841 and of his wife, Mary Margaret Hayes, b. abt 1846, Clay County Twp, Adair Co., MO and the parents of both. There are several Zollingers buried in a Catholic cemetery nearby, but do not know how they are related to Levi and Margaret Zollinger. Their daughter Agnes b. 1872 married John Albert Colllins from neighboring Edina, Knox County. Anne in TX

The Partin family are relatives of my ancestors of that area: Howard, Putnam, and Adair Cos. 286 HISTORY OF ADAIR COUNTY. the ground over. John Cain bought the claims of the Myers’ family, about 1,000 acres, for $20, and one claim for a pair of shoe leathers. Col., Jones, John Cain and Clifton brought with them hand mills, and when Cain's first crop of wheat was har- vested and a few bundles threshed, the powerful daughters of Robert Miller and Col. Jones, four remarkable pioneer girls, assisted the female head of the Cain family to sift the flour through thin cotton stretched over a piece of Buckeye bark just pealed from the tree for that purpose. The flour obtained was not sufficient to make bread for this harvest company, so it was made into a flour pudding. Jack Floyd, a ranger of Adair County, early in the thirties, was killed at the raising of Tribue's mill in Clark County, He it was who killed the dreaded wolf of the St. Francisville trail. Together with Floyd, several hunters and trappers, working directly for P. Choutreau & Co. among the Sacs and Foxes, were known here at that day. Andrew Bozarth and his sons, with Isaac Parton, came here in 1830, leaving their families in Howard County. That year they made an attempt at a clearing, and planted some corn in Pettis Township, where the Brookfield bank robbers were captured some years ago. This son is now a resident of Liberty Town- ship, and he remembers distinctly that the Bozarth family arrived the following year, settling near the corn patch. In 1832 young Bozarth had charge of a pack horse and accom- panied the troops sent hither to protect the settlement. At this time he was only nine years of age, and had the experience of being lost for one night in the forest. Among the tragic events of pioneers times was the death of Avington Bozarth, by drown- ing in the Chariton River. In 1833 Hiram Bosarth came to this county, preceded by Thomas Parton and Isaac Hargis. In the summer of 1832 a blockhouse was constructed on the Cain farm where King Collet now resides, and a smaller one on the ridge at Long Point, just outside the city limits of Kirksville. The following story is related of the only veteran of the Rev- olution who has ever been known to reside here. This was about 1832. His name was John Lay, who was accompanied by his wife and son, the latter a gray-haired and tottering old man.. STATE OF MISSOURI 287 They halted at the William Horton cabin to ask some questions, when the latter related his surprise at such an old, old man being on the road to the west. " Yes," replied Lay, Jr.,, " I am pretty old, but I had to come a long way to keep father and mother company; they are in the wagon." "Well now, by thunder," said Horton, as he jumped off the fence, " stop your team, I want to see them." This was done, and there were the old soldier and his wife — each full of life and delighted with the frontier. This aged woman, it is said, could spin a dozen of flax a day, even after she became a centenarian. Nathaniel Floyd came to Adair County in 1832, and settled on the farm owned by G. Grebbs. At that time there was but the single settlement in Barton Township, and one at Moccasin- ville, now Macon. The cottonwood tree on the Grebbs' place, which was set out in the spring of Harrison's inauguration by Nathan Floyd's daughter, to support a campaign flag, was ten feet eight inches in circumference in 1882. Prairie fires as well as bush fires were then common, for the Indians were accustomed to encircle a large tract of country with fire so as to corral the game. In one of those instances Floyd and his wife had an adventure. They had been visiting neighbors, and on returning saw that they were cut off from home by a line of fire. The horses could not be driven across it, so Mrs. Floyd undertook to cross the line. Her clothing caught fire, and burned to the last shred, and long before her husband discovered her, for he took the horses a circuitous route, and on reaching home had to set out in search of his wife, who was not found until the next day.The marks of this terrible burning she carried with her to the grave. Another story is related by William Floyd, who, while riding through the heavy prairie grass — as high as his horse's back, saw an object which seemed to leap or to be tossed high above the grass about 200 yards ahead. As he approached he could see it was a man, and on hastening hither found Coleman Stew- art lying on the ground beside a large buck, which had one antler torn off, and forelegs tied with a suspender. Stewart, on seeing him, cried out, "for God's sake help me Will, for I'm near gone." Floyd cut, the deer's throat, and put an end to the struggle. It appears Stewart shot off the horn, and stunned the deer, which

Off Topic Post... If you pray, please pray with me for the families of the astronauts whose earthly lives ended today when the spaceshuttle exploded. God bless them all. And, God bless the United States! Leslie Kohler - List Mom

Another page for you with links to resources in Adair: http://www.rootsweb.com/~moadair/resources.htm Best wishes in your search for Lawyer Brower. Claudia Minor http://www.rootsweb.com/~moadair/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lilly" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 1:46 AM Subject: [Adair Co, MO] Lawyer Brower > Lawyer Brower was born 1805 NY of Jacob and Abagail Brower. > He and his bothers John Abraham Brower and Jeremiah Brower and Chancellor L. Brower all moved and settled in MO as of 1827 onward. > Some were in Marion Co., MO then Schuyler Co., MO. > > I have been told that Lawyer Brower was a school teacher and opened a "common" school in Adair Co., MO about 1838-39. > He is said to have died 1842. I have no other info for him, I don't know if he married? or had kids? He did die young. > > I did a google search for him and the school, and I found a "normal" school in Kirksville, Mo. , a roster of 1911 which lists some Brower pupils. > Could this be the school that I am looking for? Does anyone recognise this name, or the school? > If he is the school founder, then perhaps there is some documentation on him. > Thank you for helping. > P.S. He had a nephew named for him, and the Nephew married Polly Morton, so this is NOT the man I am looking for. > Lillian Kathleen Martin >

You might check with the state of MO. The State Archives site is now at http://www.sos.state.mo.us/archives/ The local records division offers a county record search at http://www.sos.state.mo.us/CountyInventory/ as well as the various online databases in the archives research room http://www.sos.state.mo.us/archives/resources/resources.asp http://www.rootsweb.com/~moadair/NormalSchool/1-Normal_School.htm Origin of This Normal School. In 1867, Joseph Baldwin, aided by W. P. Nason and J.M. Greenwood, opened in Kirksville a private Normal School which, through their vigorous agitation, became on January 1, 1871, the First District Normal School of Missouri. Its purpose, as shown in early Bulletins and the law creating it, was to furnish teachers for all the public schools of the state. In the early 70's (1870's) a small group of men undertook a campaign for public high schools, in order to articulate all the lower schools with the colleges and the universities. These leaders in the long continued agitation for a completely articulated school system, were Dr. William T. Harris, then Superintendent of Schools in St. Louis, and later United States Commissioner of Education; Joseph Baldwin, J.M. Greenwood, and W.P. Nason, of this Normal School; F. Louis Soldan, Principal of the St. Louis Normal and High School and later Superintendent of Schools in St. Louis, E.B. Neely, Superintendent of Schools at St. Joseph; Geo. L. Osborne, Superintendent of Schools at Louisiana, Missouri; J.B. Merwin, Editor of the American Journal of Education, St. Louis, Missouri; and a few others. Best wishes in your search for Lawyer Brower. Claudia Minor http://www.rootsweb.com/~moadair/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lilly" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 1:46 AM Subject: [Adair Co, MO] Lawyer Brower > Lawyer Brower was born 1805 NY of Jacob and Abagail Brower. > He and his bothers John Abraham Brower and Jeremiah Brower and Chancellor L. Brower all moved and settled in MO as of 1827 onward. > Some were in Marion Co., MO then Schuyler Co., MO. > > I have been told that Lawyer Brower was a school teacher and opened a "common" school in Adair Co., MO about 1838-39. > He is said to have died 1842. I have no other info for him, I don't know if he married? or had kids? He did die young. > > I did a google search for him and the school, and I found a "normal" school in Kirksville, Mo. , a roster of 1911 which lists some Brower pupils. > Could this be the school that I am looking for? Does anyone recognise this name, or the school? > If he is the school founder, then perhaps there is some documentation on him. > Thank you for helping. > P.S. He had a nephew named for him, and the Nephew married Polly Morton, so this is NOT the man I am looking for. > Lillian Kathleen Martin >

Lawyer Brower was born 1805 NY of Jacob and Abagail Brower. He and his bothers John Abraham Brower and Jeremiah Brower and Chancellor L. Brower all moved and settled in MO as of 1827 onward. Some were in Marion Co., MO then Schuyler Co., MO. I have been told that Lawyer Brower was a school teacher and opened a "common" school in Adair Co., MO about 1838-39. He is said to have died 1842. I have no other info for him, I don't know if he married? or had kids? He did die young. I did a google search for him and the school, and I found a "normal" school in Kirksville, Mo. , a roster of 1911 which lists some Brower pupils. Could this be the school that I am looking for? Does anyone recognise this name, or the school? If he is the school founder, then perhaps there is some documentation on him. Thank you for helping. P.S. He had a nephew named for him, and the Nephew married Polly Morton, so this is NOT the man I am looking for. Lillian Kathleen Martin

No problem, Russ. Wish I could give you more. I meant to email my dad to see if he had some tid bits of info about the Poor House. He has lived in Kirksville all his life and with the great memory he has at 80+, he's a great resource for Kirksville info. Dad was a professor at NEMO for 39 years and his dad Jay Minor and grandfather, W. T. Minor both owned businesses in K'ville. I'll try and find the time to do that and if he has any info, I'll email it here for all to read. Did you all know that The Princess Theatre is for sale on Ebay. $349,999.99. If I could win the lottery I would buy it and convert it back to a little theater. If you have the time go to www.ebay.com and look at the pictures that are there. Much of the original interior is still in tact. I sure hope someone doesn't buy and destroy it. *sigh* The Kennedy being torn down was enough to take. Kirksville doesn't have many historical buildings and I guess doesn't have the $ to retain the ones it has. *sigh* Best wishes, Claudia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russell Brown" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 11:50 AM Subject: [Adair Co, MO] CLAUDIA MINOR > My thanks to Claudia Minor for her wonderful response to my query about the Kirksville poor house cemetery. Again I thank you. > Russ. >>><:> >

My thanks to Claudia Minor for her wonderful response to my query about the Kirksville poor house cemetery. Again I thank you. Russ. >>><:>

Russ, The cemetery would be Highland Park or Mary Immaculate. (located to the east - road behind the HS) This cemetery is right next to what was the poor house. There may not be graves for them. You might want to check with the Adair County Court house? Here is a link to the cemeteries in Adair: http://www.rootsweb.com/~moadair/cemeteries3.htm Plat map of Highland Park - Mary Immaculate + pictures: (Read this page for info on who maintains this cemetery) http://www.rootsweb.com/~moadair/cemeteries/c-HighlandPark.PDF Tombstone pictures: http://www.rootsweb.com/~moadair/cemeterytombpics/HighlandPark-pics/Highland ParkCemetery.htm Here is a map of Adair cemeteries (some are missing): http://www.rootsweb.com/~moadair/maps/AdairCemtMap.htm Best wishes, Claudia Minor http://www.rootsweb.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russell Brown" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 5:17 PM Subject: [Adair Co, MO] Adair county poor house cemetery? > I recently found my ggrandmother's sister, Mary SHARRER -GUIST- ZIGLER b. April 18, 1854 spent her last days at the Adair co. poor house and was buried at the poor house cemetery in 1933. > Could someone direct me to that cemetery? Other info. abt. Mary eagerly welcomed. I am somewhat familiar with Kirksville as I live in Macon co. and attended school in Kirksville. > Russ. >

I recently found my ggrandmother's sister, Mary SHARRER -GUIST- ZIGLER b. April 18, 1854 spent her last days at the Adair co. poor house and was buried at the poor house cemetery in 1933. Could someone direct me to that cemetery? Other info. abt. Mary eagerly welcomed. I am somewhat familiar with Kirksville as I live in Macon co. and attended school in Kirksville. Russ.

This came directly to me. The photos are from Newark and Edina, MO. Leslie ----- Original Message ----- From: "minorgenealogy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 2:55 PM Subject: Family Photos on Ebay > I saw this on Ebay and thought I would pass this along in case someone is interested. > > 10 real photo postcards depicting members of the Sara Nelson family from Newark and Edina Missouri. All are vintage photo cards with very little wear or damage. Two out of the ten are postally used, with most of the remaining bunch either clean backs or simple writing in pencil identifying those in the photo. Bid at $4.99 > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=29484&item=2153707420

found some maps at http://www.segenealogy.com/sgo03.htm it could help some one out there having trouble placeing someone in certain areas at certain times good luck and merry christmas

Robin, I have people from MENDOTA, Mo. in Putnam County. Could the last two letters possible be a T and an A??????? Mendota is in Liberty township I believe. Just a suggestion. Taunji in Oregon

Yes I did,with no sucess.Thank you,Linda

Have you tried: http://www.rootsweb.com/~moadair/ WDA [email protected] end ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2002 7:54 PM Subject: [Adair Co, MO] Old Cemeteries in ADAIR COUNTY abt 1890 > I'm looking for old cemeteries,their names anyway and addresses or e mail > addy if possible.I have a ggggrandaddy buries there abt 1890 but can't find > him.Help please. > Linda >

I'm looking for old cemeteries,their names anyway and addresses or e mail addy if possible.I have a ggggrandaddy buries there abt 1890 but can't find him.Help please. Linda

What about Mendon, MO on Route 11 southwest of Marceline, Mo?

Robin, if you think that this place is/was in, or close to, Adair County, then this may not be of any help. But, I do find a place called Manito Lake outside of Fortuna, MO. It straddles the Morgan/Moniteau County line. Maybe there was a Manito community at one time? Is the writing, on the application, difficult enough to read that it might say Manito? Leslie ----- Original Message ----- > Would anyone know the location or approximate location in the state of a community/town/city??? by the name of Mindols? Mandols? My only clue to a branch of my family's whereabouts is a social security application from an aunt. Her writing is hard to read and I can't make out the name of the place, but I'm assuming it's an community that no longer exists because I can't find it on a map. Thanks. Robin