This was posted in the temporary cemetery file by Phyllis Long. I noticed that we have a death certificate abstract on line for Eda.   Do any of you know what cemetery she is buied in?   Donna Cooper  ------------------------ Cemetery: Family Cemetery? Deceased: MADEWELL, Eda Elvira (TISENS) Birth: Abt. 1837 AR Death: June 12, 1917 Mineral Twp., Barry Co., MO Research Note: She was widowed and father was given as Tisens. Frank Kimball of Shell Knob, MO was the informant. Horine was the undertaker. Buried in the family cemetery. Resource: Death Certificate Phyllis Long

List Readers - here is a message from a frustrated Hankins reseracher who needs your help! Her address is given below and so if you can help her out - please drop her a note. Donna From: Linda McAninch <[email protected]>View Contact To: Donna Cooper <[email protected]>; Darla Marbut <[email protected]> ________________________________ Thank you, My great grandfather is James Weaver born 1816 from his probate and 1880 census.  Iv been looking for his first wife and some I'v met lately say its Nancy Hankins daughter of Amos & Mary Clevenger Hankins,dying abt 1860 possible in child birth.  In 1850 they found a James and Nancy with Francis Marion,William,Henry and John  boys ages match. My problem is there to young to be Francis Marion's parents, they counted back he's from James first marriage Nancy his second and Easter(Hester) Fare his third. It's really frustrating.There is 3 James Weavers abt same age 2 with Nancy as a wife. There county ranges were Barry,Dade,Lawrence and Greene.G.Granddad died in 1880 and is buried at Maple Park in Springfield.  I'm so frustrated I don't know where to turn Thanks tons for letting me vent. Linda  -------Original Message------- From: Darla Marbut Date: 8/20/2010 6:50:24 PM To: Donna Cooper;  Linda McAninch Subject: Re: Hankins Donna and Linda,   I have a Nancy Hankins but just from the census:   Liberty Twn 1880 173. 190. Houston Hankins, Self, Married, Male, White, 33, TN, Farmer, TN, TN Ann Hankins, Wife, Married, Female, White, 35, TN, Keeping House, TN, TN Samuel N. Hankins, Son, S, Male, White, 11, MO, At Home, TN, TN Louvenia D. Hankins, Dau, S, Female, White, 8, MO, TN, TN Golden A. Hankins, Son, S, Male, White, 6, MO, TN, TN Gilbert M. Hankins, Son, S, Male, White, 4, MO, TN, TN Sela M. Hankins, Dau, S, Female, White, 2, MO, TN, TN Nancy Hankins, Dau, S, Female, White, 3 Months, MO, TN, TN [Born March]  (All I have on her)   I'm not related to the Hankins but a distant relative married into the family.  I've heard of the Hankins family because of Dewey Hankins so decided to pick up information on them.  The Hankins were in the "The First 100 Years of Butterfield" or a title like that.    Descendants of Samuel Love Hankins1 Samuel Love Hankins 1828 - 1902 b: February 26, 1828 in Grainger, TN d: April 08, 1902 +Celia Vineyard 1830 - 1886 m: November 01, 1847 in Butterfield, Barry Co, Mo b: August 11, 1830 d: November 27, 1886 2 Houston Hankins 1849 - 1889 b: February 01, 1849 d: December 25, 1889 +Anne House 1849 - 1882 b: Abt. 1849 d: Abt. 1882 2 Tennie Hankins 1850 - b: Abt. 1850 2 Eliza Jane Hankins 1852 - 1935 b: December 22, 1852 d: May 31, 1935 +Elbert Freeze 1843 - 1910 m: January 1868 b: November 27, 1843 in Greene Co, TN d: June 09, 1910 2 Rosaner H. Hankins 1854 - 1856 b: November 03, 1854 d: September 11, 1856 2 Theodotia E. Hankins 1858 - 1873 b: July 28, 1858 d: November 08, 1873 2 John Love Hankins 1864 - 1940 b: November 1864 in TN d: 1940 +Martha Jennie Shaffer 1864 - 1937 m: March 04, 1886 in Barry Co., Mo b: November 18, 1864 in Logan Co, OH d: December 03, 1937 (My connection (interest) was because of the Shaffer lady.) 2 Deborah Diane Hankins 1867 - b: Abt. 1867 2 Samuel Thomas Hankins 1867 - 1935 b: March 27, 1867 in Barry Co, Mo d: January 29, 1935 +Lillie May Kring 1858 - 1947 m: February 04, 1886 b: May 01, 1858 in Moorefield, Nicholos, Ky d: March 31, 1947 2 William Elijah Hankins 1869 - 1947 b: November 02, 1869 in TN d: March 08, 1947 +Margerie Irwin 1873 - 1904 m: 1898 b: 1873 in Ill d: February 1904 *2nd Wife of William Elijah Hankins: +Paulina Hadley 1875 - 1966 m: March 27, 1905 b: 1875 d: February 09, 1966 2 Rosabelle Hankins 1873 - 1875 b: August 22, 1873 d: November 11, 1875 *2nd Wife of Samuel Love Hankins: +Deborah Elizabeth Vineyard 1851 - 1938 m: January 23, 1887 in Barry Co., Mo by Rev. Ed Chappell b: May 11, 1851 in Grainger, TN d: August 31, 1938 (there is a Vineyard Cemetery. 2 Flora Naomi Hankins 1887 - 1972 b: November 11, 1887 in Barry Co, Mo d: August 17, 1972 +William Horace Ferguson 1883 - 1970 m: October 22, 1913 in Barry Co., Mo b: October 22, 1883 in Grandview, AR d: November 11, 1970 2 Stella Sereptha Hankins 1890 - b: Abt. 1890 2 Bertha May Hankins 1893 - 1957 b: June 10, 1893 in Barry Co, Mo d: April 22, 1957 +Walter Francis Gray 1891 - 1965 m: April 29, 1917 in Barry Co., Mo b: September 22, 1891 in Barry Co, Mo d: March 13, 1965 2 Claude E. E. Hankins 1889 - 1891 b: January 05, 1889 d: July 06, 1891 2 Roy Hankins 1896 - b: August 02, 1896 Hope this helps.  Darla Marbut

List Readers, this message came in as a forward from Cheryl - for the marriages but has a notice about a reunion in the text. And so I thought you might be interested in knowing about it. Notice in the message that Jean is telling us also about the 12 Pioneer Families and when they meet and I thought you might like to know about the reunion. Here is a snip from her message - "I visit Barry, Newton, Lawrence County every 3d Sunday September for the 12 Pioneer Families Reunion held in Monett City Park (in Barry County!).   Of the early 1840's Barry County Marriages, there are a couple that apply to our Reunion group of Pioneers: Boucher, Cagle, Spilman, Wormington, Pruitt come to mind off the top of my head."   "12 Pioneer Families' Reunion - 3d Sunday September 2010, Monett City Park Casino - Bring a covered dish and come join us!" Jean and Cheryl, I will have to look at the original records to see if how these names are spelled before I make any changes. Listings in a book are not what we go by. I will pull the records on Ancestry and see how the name Withers is spelled there. I didn't see but the one name that was questioned but the message reads that there are two. I couldn't seem to pick out the other name from the text that was sent. Is the surname Moseley one that is questioned? I need to know so that I can pull the marriage record and look at the spelling. Donna Cooper Fw: 1841 Marriage A J Withers-Nancy Hewlett From: Cheryl <[email protected]> Add to Contacts To: [email protected]   ________________________________ --- On Thu, 8/19/10, Jean <[email protected]> wrote: >From: Jean <[email protected]> >Subject: 1841 Marriage A J Withers-Nancy Hewlett >To: [email protected] >Date: Thursday, August 19, 2010, 6:48 PM > > >Cheryl, >I am amazed at the extensive amount of information posted for Barry County's >Marriages, however I wanted to let you know of a mispelling of 2 surnames in >your 1841 index listing. >  >I visit Barry, Newton, Lawrence County every 3d Sunday September for the 12 >Pioneer Families Reunion held in Monett City Park (in Barry County!).   Of the >early 1840's Barry County Marriages, there are a couple that apply to our >Reunion group of Pioneers: Boucher, Cagle, Spilman, Wormington, Pruitt come to >mind off the top of my head. >  >Specifically, Andrew Jackson Weathers should be Andrew Jackson Withers who >married Nancy Jane Hewlett/Hulett, daughter of Samuel Moseley Hewlett and his 2d > >wife Eleanor McDaniel of Christian Co. KY.  Samuel Moseley came to Mount >Pleasant township in 1839 with his 3d wife Abigail Smith. and was one of the 3 >court appointed Judges that changed Barry to Lawrence County in May 1845.  >Abigail's sister was Mrs. Leonard Cagle and a Cagle son married Martha Hewlett, >another sister to Nancy Jane, while a brother to Henry Cagle married Barthenia >Schooling, dau/o Judge Joseph Schooling that founded the Schooling Cemetery at >the "T" end of CR1022. >  >A copy of these 1839-1845 Marriages was listed in a book I bought of Lawrence >County Marriages and I came upon this 1 marriage. >  >Of the Reunion family Progenitors, Boucher, Bright/Brite, Cagle, Hewlett, Mann, >Moody, Morris, Pruitt, Schooling, Spilman, Woods and Wormington, the youngest >brother of Nancy Jane Hewlett was John Motley Hewlett who is buried at Eagle >Rock Cemetery in Barry County, MO.   >  >There are some Wormingtons at the Purdy Cemetery, some Pruitts also are found at > >Purdy?  So these early Progenitor families came to what was Barry County that >changed to Lawrence County and the descendants today are found from Joplin to >Springfield Mo and as far north as Kansas City to southern end of Barry County. >  >Andrew Jackson Withers is his correct name and he is buried at Mount Olivet >Baptist Church with an tall obelisk marker and his wife's name on the opposing >side as N J Hewlett.  >  >I will be back in Monett for our 76th Reunion on the weekend of September >19th and hope to have time to go back to Cassvile Court House and the Library. >  >Thank you. >Jean Buckley >12 Pioneer Families' Reunion >3d Sunday September 2010, Monett City Park Casino >"Bring a covered dish and come join us!" > 

List Readers, I thought some of you might use the information that Lou Dyer sent me on the Thompson family. I am pretty sure, from reading the old newspapers that we have on line, that there were several families from Barry county that went to these areas in OK and NM.  CC: Lou, thanks, I am going to send this to the list mail folks and see if any of them are researching this family. If you hear from someone that you don't know - could be from that resource. Again, thanks. Donna ----- Original Message ---- From: Don & Lou Dyer <[email protected]> To: Donna Cooper <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, August 20, 2010 7:16:12 PM Subject: Barry County,  Missouri - Thompson Donna, I was thinking you were the web master for Barry County, Missouri.  If I am wrong just disregard this. Thought somebody might be interested in what every happend to this family. Maybe this will tell where they ended up at. Census:*1880 Barry County, Missouri-* Flat Creek Twp- page 27 SD4 ED5- Line 30 #203/211 J.M. Thompson age 31 works on farm MO TN TN; Virginia wife age 23 MO ?? AR; Stephen son age 3 MO MO MO: Census:* 1900 Barry County, Missouri-* Flat Creek Township- SD13 ED5 sheet 9A- Line 41 168/173 Stephen Thompson age 23 born Jan 1878 married 2 years MO MO MO; Millie wife age 22 born Sep 1877 married 2 years  children 2/2 living MO Tn MO: no children listed Census: *1910 Roosevelt County, New Mexico*- Township Inez 16- SD?? ED175 sheet 4B- Line ?  #9/9 Stephen H. Thompson age 33 married 1 time 12 years MO TN MO; Mittie wife age 33 married 1 time 12 years children 7/5 living MO AR MO; Alma daughter age 8 MO MO MO; Zelma daughter age 6 MO MO MO; Bryan son age 4 MO MO MO; Olon son age 2 OK MO MO; Morris son age 3/12 NM MO MO: Census*: 1920 Bryan County, Oklahoma- Township *11 Bokchito- Sd3 ED33 sheet 9A- Line 6 #149/154 Stephen H Thompson age 43 (farmer) MO MO MO; Mittie wife age 43 MO MO MO; Alma daughter age 17 MO MO MO; Bryan son age 13 MO MO MO; Olan son age 12 OK MO MO; Morris son age 10 NM MO MO;Hugh son age 7 OK MO MO;Farris son age 5 OK MO MO; Robert son age 1 8/12 TX MO MO:

WESTON REUNION SEPTEMBER 12, 2010 The 75th WESTON family reunion is to be held 12 September 2010 At Twin Bridges State Park east of Fairland, Oklahoma at Shelter #3. We have the Shelter all day. We welcome WESTON allied families to attend, to name a few BABB, ARNOLD, SKELTON, HERD and others. The WESTON's and other families migrated to Barry County Missouri from Hawkins County Tennessee in 1851. The first WESTON reunion was held in 1935 on Roaring River south of Cassville with the descendants of Simon WESTON. About 1984 the reunion was expanded to include descendants of Harvey (Sullivan County Missouri), Thomas A., James and Isaac WESTON. A covered dish dinner will be at noon with a meeting held afterwards. For a good time please attend. David Weston

Wish I could go, but clear out here in California now and can't travel right now. Hope someone will be there and collect info on different Allen lines that attend. I'm a descendant of Elizabeth Allen and John Hunt. She was born about 1797 in Virginia, and died in 1865 in Round Grove Mo., where she is buried. John died in Marion, Crittenden Co. Ky. and is buried in Paris Cemetery there. I have been looking for her parents for some time. Patricia In a message dated 8/18/2010 9:01:44 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: It's a good time to update, collect address and just plain have a good time. Bring your picture's, get folks named

List Readers - Missy Wing found a treasure you might be interested in. It is a photo of Clara Packwood - friend of Alma Farley. Missy's address is included here - so you can write directly to her about the details. Donna Cooper  > >From: Missy Wing <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Thu, August 19, 2010 12:01:33 AM >Subject: Clara Packwood photo on ebay > >I don't know if anyone would be interested, but someone has a very nice photo a >Clara Packwood on ebay: 360179950874 is the item number. >It says Clara Packwood, friend of Alma Farley on the back.  I noticed several >references to both of these families on the website and assume it's the same >person.  If she was my grandma, I would be thrilled to have it. > >

ALLEN REUNION The annual Allen Reunion will be held in Cassville at the Community Center after church services on Sunday, Sept 5th, appx. noon. Bring a dish, table ware and drinks. PLUS it's Air conditioned! Donations are appreciated. All are encourage to come set up, before the meal is served just after noon. It's a good time to update, collect address and just plain have a good time. Bring your picture's, get folks named on them and help others. Got a great heirloom, we'd love to see it and share with you. ALLEN REUNION - CASSVILLE, MO - SEPT 5TH

List Readers, the magic word for today is cemetery. As the weather cools - so does the cemetery fever rise. We don't have very many left to do. Let's see if we can knock off a few of them this fall. Be sure and let me know when you are working on one so that we don't double up on our efforts. If you see a cemetery page that looks a little strange - could be because I am working on it. Just in case there is a problem - you might send me a link to it and let me check it out. We do want our pages to be accurate - as accurate as humanly possible - that is what having a good resource is all about.  As you know this project has taken a lot of hands on the keyboard and many eyes on the pages to get it where it is today. Here are some new additions that were posted - Seligman - from obits and death certificates - William Harrison Jones, John Weston, Glenda (Hall) Shockley, William King, Martha (Lawler?) Snyder, Thelma Babb, Charles Hacket, Lisa Lynne Roller, Andrew Ash, I added the newspaper item to the data Phyllis posted. Jim McClann - killed by a train in 1912. I added the newspaper item to the data Phyllis posted. Seems this fellow was unknown in the area. A later notice in the paper reads that he was probably from Harrison, AR. There apparently is no stone for him there. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/cemetery/seligman/seligman.htm Quaker Cemetery - from obits and death certificates - Luella Edith Walters, Helen Irene Marbut, William Harvey Cooper. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/cemetery/quaker/quaker.htm Concord Cemetery - from obits and death certificates - from Stan McKay Sarah (Stapp) Antle from Phyllis Long - Daniel Richardson. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/cemetery/concord/concord.htm Jolly Bethel from Phyllis Long - Mary Jane (Barker) Turner. We still need the photos for this one. If we have someone who'd like to do it, please let me know.      http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/cemetery/jolly/jollybethel.htm McCary Cemetery - Phyllis Long newspapers and death certificates - Nancy Ann McCary, John Thompson McCary, Mary Tennessee McCary. I had to read Henry McCary's speech again while there on the opening page of the cemetery - LOVE THAT SPEECH. He told us so much in that one page speech. The first time I read it - many years ago - I couldn't visualize where all those places where that he talked about - and had no idea what a tub mill was, but now days it makes more sense to me. I don't know about you but every time I read it I find something more that makes sense to me.  If you haven't read it in awhile you might read it while on the index page of McCary Cemetery. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/cemetery/mccary/mccary.htm Bethel Baptist - Phyllis Long posted - Brian Nichols, Herschel G. Roden, Sharlene Jeanette (Campell) Nichols. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/cemetery/bethelbaptist/bethel.htm Cremated - posted from newspaper items by Phyllis Long - Lester Don Buenning, Joan (Eisenhour) Richardson. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/cemetery/rschcemtery.htm Dent - posted by Phyllis Long - from newspapers Don Archie McAllister, Jr. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/cemetery/dent/dent.htm Oak Hill - posted by Phyllis Long, Hollis Baker http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/cemetery/oakhill/oakhill.htm McGuire Cemetery - George Leon Allen. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/cemetery/mcguire/mcguire.htm Thanks to helpers Stan McKay and Phyllis Long for these new additions that we have today. MORE TOMORROW. Donna Cooper

List Readers - it is a beautiful day in the Ozarks. As you know these last few days have been "catch up" days. Since I still have a lot of things stacked up I will take another couple of days for catch up work and then go back to Roller at Garfield. Bullington Cemetery - Phyllis Long added a note for - Roland Henley, a Civil War Soldier. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/cemetery/bullington/bullington.htm Mt Pisgah Cemetery - Nancy Wickam added a note for - N. E. (Smith) Reno http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/cemetery/mtpisgah/mtpisgah.htm Mt. Pizgah Cemetety - Phyllis Long added notes for - Benjamin Reno, Mollie Reno. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/cemetery/mtpisgah/mtpisgah.htm Horner Cemetery - Phyllis Long added a note for - Edward Clanton. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/cemetery/horner/horner-index.htm Perkins Cemetery - Phyllis Long added a note for - Hiram Dale Perkins. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/cemetery/perkins/perkins.htm Oak Hill Cemetery - Stan McKay added a note for - Mary (Grubbs) Jimerson, she is buried in St. Joseph, MO, in the King Hill Cemetery according to her death certificate and not in Oak Hill. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/cemetery/oakhill/oakhill.htm St. Peter and St. Paul Cemetery - Frank Hatton added a note and information for - Michael Cendroski, Mary (Jablonski) Cendroski. He added a photo for Adam and Anna Rakoski a few days ago. That one is posted in the photo book. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/cemetery/stpeter/stpeterpaul.htm Cremated - Phyllis Long added - Erma Edith Wood, Frieda May (Thruman) Hemphill, Nancy Ann (Miller) Kinney, Virginia "Jenny" (Burton) Orndorff, David Thomas Miles, Joel Keith Gossard, Christopher Driskall, Wayne Delyel Jones, Bruce William Sapp, Wilbur L. Taft, Elden Ray Schmidt. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/cemetery/rschcemtery.htm McKinney Cemetery - Phyllis Long added a note for - Edward McKinney. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/cemetery/mckinney/mck.htm Purdy Cemetery - Phyllis Long added a note for - Nancy (Plumlee) Johnson. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/cemetery/purdy/purdy.htm New Salem Cemetery - Phyllis Long added a note for - Leslie Lee Trimble. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/cemetery/newsalem/newsalem.htm Bethel Baptist Cemetery - Phyllis Long added a note for - Vivian B. Erickson, Elizabeth June (Vance) Hand, Hattie Josephene Drake, Julia A. McKinney, Martin Vanburen Sooter, William S. Smith, Lenora Drake, dc has a different birth date from the stone. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/cemetery/bethelbaptist/bethel.htm WW I files - Darla Marbut posted the history for - Dr. Benjamin Baker Kelly, Frank Hatton added the history and a photo for - Adam Rakoski. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/WWI/index.htm Thanks goes to helpers Phyllis Long, Stan McKay, Darla Marbut, Frank Hatton and Nancy Wickam for today's new items. Donna Cooper

List Readers - Here are some new notes for our featured photo for the coming week that Phyllis Long sent. I didn't put these on the featured page but on the photo page itself. See the link below - This information should help a lot of Lowery and Edwards reseachers. THANKS PHYLLIS. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/photos/photoalbum2/lowerygil.htm Donna Cooper

List Readers: You will remember that I told you sometime back that the Barry County web site is under total reconstruction and that the old "obsolete" font pages are being updated to XHTML in CSS. This means that these new pages will meet newer browser and other web standards. As you scoot around in cyberspace looking at the Barry County pages you will probably notice a little yellow box at the bottom of some of these new pages that reads "W3C css". That is really just a marker for me so that I will know that those pages validate to the standards of the World Wide Web Consortium and that I don't need to work on them again. Beyond the technical talk - by doing this project we can be assured that our pages will be readable for a long, long time. Yes, as you probably figured out by now - this type of web work is taking a lot of time but certainly will be worth it in the long run. So - I want to show some of the new pages and see how you like them. This one is of a photo that Ralph Lamberson submitted -  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/photos/photo-3/balmas.john.p.htm Here is one that Georgia Ball Farwell Hart submitted - and updated her new address with this newer version. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/photos/photo-3/ball.john.fam.htm This one is of the Blankenship family that Larry Edwards submitted - it is little different style than the other two - and has added some new notes that Phyllis Long submitted. As we go, in some cases, we are also adding some research notes and changing "unworkable" e-mail addresses. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/photos/edwards/blankenshiplor.htm In the newspaper clips is a news item that Jack Fly submitted. Phyllis is helping with the news items -  here is a sample of the new format for this section and one she did. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/data/news/corsicanafly.htm World War I is totally in a new format - here is what it looks like now.  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/WWI/index.htm World War Ii is in a totally new format, too  - here are the new pages - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/WWII/WWII.htm The obits and death certificates are in a new format, too. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/data/obits.htm Some of the cemetery pages are in new format - but not all - not yet. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/cemetery/rschcemtery.htm Hope you enjoy these new changes and hang in there with us as we work through this project. Donna Cooper

List Readers, we have a photo of Gilbert Howard Lowery and family as our featured photo for the week. I think maybe that Gilbert was born in or about 1866 and his wife in or about 1867 from what I have read. I would like to know what Susie's maiden name was and more about them so that I can add that information to the web page - so if you can add information to this file it will be greatly appreciated. Pictured are: 1. Gilbert Howard Lowery, the third born son of Amanda (Edwards) Lowery; 2. William Vernon Lowery, son of Gilbert and Sarah "Susan" Lowery; and 3. Sarah "Susan" Lowery, Gilbert's Wife. Do any of you know if William Vernon Lowery married into the Henbest family? http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/oddsnends/bryfams.htm Thanks goes to Larry Edwards who submitted this nice old photo to the web site many moons ago. Have a good Sunday. Donna Cooper

List Readers, here are some new notes for New Salem Cemetery that I posted today. Darla Marbut added a note for - William David Carroll. Phyllis Long added notes for these from obits and death certificates. And William Chaney was a new entry that we didn't have. He died in Oklahoma and evidently doesn't have a stone. William Chaney, Garland Coker, Ethel (Coker) Shultz, Bill Wardlaw, Charlene Chaney, Richard Newton Chaney, James Chaney, John Chaney, Cecil Brewer, Reuben Skelton, Lena Skelton, Rosanna (Roller) Sons, James Adam Skelton, and for Richard David Tillman I added a separate page for the notes. He killed his wife and himself and so the newspaper item was added to the page. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/cemetery/newsalem/newsalem.htm Don't you just love to read the notes we have on our cemetery pages. One time I remember getting a message from a lady who told me she'd sometimes read our cemetery notes 4 or 5 hours at a time and how she wished other web sites who follow suite to us - so from that I take it that she found help in what we do.     Thanks goes to Darla Marbut and Phyllis Long for helping out with today's new items. Donna Cooper 

List Readers, here are some new photos that came in from Frank Hatton and Vicky Jenkins. Frank sent us a photo of these: Rakoski Sisters, 1944; Adam and Anna (Cendroski) Rakoski; and Julia (Rakoski) Howe, 1979.   http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/photos/phs-6.htm Vicky sent 3 farm photos,   One is making molasses, One is a sawmill photo. I think that you'll love seeing these old machines - hers are for the Beeson and allied families. There is an old threshing machine in one of these that should date the photo pretty close. But I don't know how to do that. Maybe some of you will have an idea when those were used. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/photos/phs-1.htm Thanks goes to Frank Hatton and Vicky Jenkins for sharing these great old photos with us. Donna Cooper

Thanks, Jack. I added this new information to the Ennis front page. I do know for a fact that using dowsing rods works and so I want to thank you for going out there and checking this information out for us. It is good that Vicky passed that information on to us, too. Ted Roller gave me some rods when we did Oak Hill. And so when in Minnesota a few weeks ago, we used them to locate the graves that we were putting up new stones for. It was fun - because everyone who came out to the cemetery had to try them out. Some people grasp the theory quickly and others just couldn't get it. We took orange spray paint and marked the grassy spots where the bodies laid so that we knew where the stones were to be placed.  As you know babies and children are much shorter and the rods prove that for you, too. I even found one grave that was about 10 feet long. A man there told me that his mother and her child, at her feet, were both in one grave - and so that was why that grave was so long.  I must add here that I do believe now that I can distinguish the difference between a male from a female by using them. This is a great tool and want to thank you or whoever it was that introduced this technique to our grave studies.  Donna   ----- Original Message ---- > From: Jack Fly <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: VickyDon Jenkins <[email protected]> > Sent: Fri, August 13, 2010 3:21:31 PM > Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] Grave Mystery > > Good Afternoon Donna, Vicky and MOBARRY, > > I read your posting this morning and it got my curiosity up so I loaded ol' > Dixie "the Cemetery Dog" in the truck and we started off for the Ennis > Cemetery. > > The following may shed some light on this mystery.  Using dowsing rods I > worked the area of the Beeson graves.  The rods indicate that there is no > one buried in the grave marked by the headstone "Infant daughter of A.C. & > L.F. Beeson."  My guess is that your mystery child is actually the" Infant > Daughter".  In any event the headstone for "Infant Daughter of A.C. & L.F." > is marking an empty grave. > > Jack Fly > > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 8:35 AM, Donna Cooper <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Good morning, I was wondering if we have any list readers out there who > > might > > know about a baby buried in Ennis Cemetery before 1870 and who could help > > us > > indentify a mystery grave. > > > > Vicky Jenkins said that Dutch Beeson, her father, said when they were > > digging a > > grave for her granddad, Estel Beeson, that a body, that of a baby, was > > found > > where he was supposed to be buried. {he was suppose to buried on the other > > side > > of her Uncle Everett and before Eunice}. She said that was in Aug 1976. > > > > They stopped digging when they realized there was already a body there. She > > said > > that all of Albert and Laura's babies are marked, Olan, John, Eunice and an > > Infant girl. At the time there were no missing Ennis/Ennes babies so the > > belief > > is this child was buried before the family started the cemetery {that would > > be > > before 1870} but no one knows for sure. > > > > Donna Cooper > > > > > > > > The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - ([email protected]) > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - ([email protected]) > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

List Readers, I wonder if this new item below is about the Bowers - Marbut Mill. Anyone know? Newspaper - Cassville Democrat Date - February 27, 1909, Saturday Headline -Travers News Text - Geo. Teel bought the Huck Carver farm of Mr. Montgomery. Mr. Montgomery bought Mr. Teel's farm and mill property. They exchanged places last week. We regret losing Mr. Teel from our neighborhood, but at the same time most heartily welcome Mr. Montgomery and wish them both unbounded success.  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/data/news/1909millproperty.htm I have several photos to do - but it will be tomorrow before I can get to them. Don Warner sent ua an obit for Faye F. (Decocq) Herrel. It published in the Monett Times with her name spelled incorrectly as Harrel. Barbara Erwin, our obit lady, posted several nice old obits. Sarah Jane (Edwards) Roller, Arthur Henbest, Martha Catherene (Long) Lewis, Maple Dora (Godard) Scott - and we corrected the death place on the Washburn Prairie Cemetery files with it.  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/data/obits.htm Betty Cooper posted some death certificate abstracts - Norman Stockron, Matilda (Stockton) Eden, Mabell (Shackelford) Stockton, Marion Troy Stockton, Mary E. (Clemens) Stockton, Mirah Jane (Meek) Stockton. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/data/obits.htm Thanks goes to our helpers  - Betty Cooper, Barbara Erwin and Don Warner for our new items today. MORE TOMORROW    Donna Cooper

Good Afternoon Donna, Vicky and MOBARRY, I read your posting this morning and it got my curiosity up so I loaded ol' Dixie "the Cemetery Dog" in the truck and we started off for the Ennis Cemetery. The following may shed some light on this mystery. Using dowsing rods I worked the area of the Beeson graves. The rods indicate that there is no one buried in the grave marked by the headstone "Infant daughter of A.C. & L.F. Beeson." My guess is that your mystery child is actually the" Infant Daughter". In any event the headstone for "Infant Daughter of A.C. & L.F." is marking an empty grave. Jack Fly On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 8:35 AM, Donna Cooper <[email protected]> wrote: > Good morning, I was wondering if we have any list readers out there who > might > know about a baby buried in Ennis Cemetery before 1870 and who could help > us > indentify a mystery grave. > > Vicky Jenkins said that Dutch Beeson, her father, said when they were > digging a > grave for her granddad, Estel Beeson, that a body, that of a baby, was > found > where he was supposed to be buried. {he was suppose to buried on the other > side > of her Uncle Everett and before Eunice}. She said that was in Aug 1976. > > They stopped digging when they realized there was already a body there. She > said > that all of Albert and Laura's babies are marked, Olan, John, Eunice and an > Infant girl. At the time there were no missing Ennis/Ennes babies so the > belief > is this child was buried before the family started the cemetery {that would > be > before 1870} but no one knows for sure. > > Donna Cooper > > > > The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - ([email protected]) > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

List Readers, I have some more new photos that I will try and post later on today. Also I have a stack of other new things to post and so I will work on those later today, too.  I  do have this photo to tell you about - just posted a photo of the Beeson family. I wonder if they are making sorghum or cooking maple syrup. I don't think it looks like either one but was wondering what they are doing and thought some of you might know.   http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/photos/photo-3/beesonFamily09.htm   For Purdy Cemetery - Phyllis Long posted these notes from death certificates and obits.   Sheridan Martin, McMinn Infant, Jewell (Nickle) Davis, William Dempsey Gurley, Ray Moore, Sarah Lowery, Albert Horine, Loren Harrison Mahurin, Edna Marzell Bayless.   http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/cemetery/purdy/purdy.htm   Leann Cemetery - Phyllis Long posted - Rilla Ann Suttles - her note reads that Thomas C. Suttles donated the land for Leann Cemetery and that his father Strother was the first person buried there. She said that information was from Kathy Suttles' database on Roots. Do any of you have anything to add to that?   http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/cemetery/leann/leann.htm   Thanks goes to Vicky Jenkins and Phyllis Long for all of these new items.   More Later - Donna Cooper

Good morning, I was wondering if we have any list readers out there who might know about a baby buried in Ennis Cemetery before 1870 and who could help us indentify a mystery grave. Vicky Jenkins said that Dutch Beeson, her father, said when they were digging a grave for her granddad, Estel Beeson, that a body, that of a baby, was found where he was supposed to be buried. {he was suppose to buried on the other side of her Uncle Everett and before Eunice}. She said that was in Aug 1976. They stopped digging when they realized there was already a body there. She said that all of Albert and Laura's babies are marked, Olan, John, Eunice and an Infant girl. At the time there were no missing Ennis/Ennes babies so the belief is this child was buried before the family started the cemetery {that would be before 1870} but no one knows for sure. Donna Cooper