MANY thanks, Elizabeth; you've solved the mystery of my grand aunt-by-marriage. I'm handicapped in the research department: (a) by sloth and mental deficiency; (b) by not being an Ancestry.com member; and (c) by laziness about boarding Metro for the short ride to Archives in DC! HeritageQuest (which I use online via my local library) has significant shortcomings, i.e., asking for all Nancy C. Thompson census entries, the Dade entry you highlighted didn't come up; and yet Moses' entry does (I didn't have her father's name beforehand). I had a similar experience at Archives last week where they now start you out on your research there with one of the online genealogy programs (can't remember which one, but I don't think it is Ancestry.com). It would not show an entry I already had found at Archives some years ago. Not trusting my own fallible records, I went back to the microfilm library and sure enough, I found the entry. I pointed out to the staff there how misleading these programs can be, my unspoken message being that Archives, of all entities, should not be promoting a less-than-accurate program--they agreed that the microfilms are the most reliable source. Such events discourage less than professional researchers who put their trust in much-touted programs (by their operators.) Again, I'm grateful to you for filling in the blank in my pedigree! Best luck to you. Quentin In a message dated 6/22/2008 9:09:08 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: As a follow-up, this family is found in Kirksville on the 1880 census. Nannie, as she is called, is the only child still in the household. Elizabeth researching the descendants of William and Sarah (Patterson) Thompson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth Richardson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2008 4:40 PM Subject: Re: [MOADAIR] SNELL, Belle McClelland and son, SNELL Charles > Ok. In that case, I think your Nancy is the daughter of Moses L.Thompson. > See the 1860 census in Dade County, Missouri. Moses Thompson, born in > Tennessee, wife Susan, born Missouri, are the parents of Maryann L., age > 3, > and Nancy C. age 3/12, which would make her born in March of 1860 as your > Pueblo, Colorado census indicates. > > Elizabeth > researching the descendants of William and Sarah (Patterson) Thompson > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2008 4:22 PM > Subject: Re: [MOADAIR] SNELL, Belle McClelland and son, SNELL Charles > > >> Elizabeth: Thanks for continuing this pipe dream; my Nancy was 3 yrs >> older >> than Simeon Patterson's daughter, I having gotten that from one census, >> Pueblo, Co, 1900.Good luck in your searches. Quentin >> >> >> In a message dated 6/22/2008 1:01:12 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, >> [email protected] writes: >> >> Quentin, I think it is just a coincidence. My Thompson/Patterson >> marriage >> was in Pennsylvania in 1779. Their eldest son, Andrew, is my Sullivan >> County >> >> link. I do have a Nancy Thompson in Sullivan County, but I don't see that >> she links to you. There were other Thompson families in Sullivan County - >> a >> thorough look at census records will help to sort them out. I see that >> there >> is a Nancy, daughter of Simeon and Mary, who was born in Missouri in >> 1863, >> living in Buchanan Twp in 1870. She may be a likely candidate for the >> marriage to William Oscar Patterson. >> >> Thanks for responding, >> >> Elizabeth >> researching the descendants of William and Sarah (Patterson) Thompson >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2008 5:15 AM >> Subject: Re: [MOADAIR] SNELL, Belle McClelland and son, SNELL Charles >> >> >>> Sorry that I don't have any McClelland or Snell information, or recall >>> of >>> an >>> epidemic in Adair Co in the early 1880's. As to William & Sarah >>> (Patterson) >>> Thompson, my grand uncle, William Oscar Patterson, married Nancy >>> Thompson >>> ca >>> 1880 in Kirksville. This may just be a coincidence of names; I don't >>> know >>> of >>> Sarah Patterson or Nancy's parents or siblings. Quentin Cabell Smith >>> >>> >>> In a message dated 6/21/2008 10:43:32 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, >>> [email protected] writes: >>> >>> A marriage record exists for the marriage of Belle McClelland to >>> Isaiah >>> W. >>> Snell in 1873. On the 1880 census Isabel McClelland is living in the >>> household of her parents John & Elizabeth McClelland. Also in this >>> household >>> is 6-year old Charles Snell. I have been unable to locate a census >>> record >>> for Isaiah. However, in Grundy County in January 1882, there is a >>> marriage >>> record of Isaiah to Hattie J. Merryman. It would appear that >>> Belle/Isabel >>> died prior to that date, but what happened to Charles? I am unable to >>> identify Charles on the 1900 census, so perhaps he died also. Is there >>> a >>> record of typhoid, cholera, or some such widespread disease in Adair >>> County >>> in the period 1880/1881? >>> >>> Thank you, >>> >>> Elizabeth Richardson >>> researching the descendants of William and Sarah (Patterson) Thompson >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the >>> body of the message >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> **************Gas prices getting you down? 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