List Readers, Phyllis Long updated the Washburn Prairie pages with some new items with photos. HENDRIX, Rowena Louise (WALDEN) HENDRIX, James R. "Jimmie" CARR, Jerome Oliver "Jerry" BUTLER, Curtis E. MATHES, Michael Shane JUEL, Andrew Douglas JUEL, Phyllis Raye (RELETHFORD) SMITH, Daniel "Danny", Jr. VARNER, Gertrude F. (THOMAS) VARNER, William Moulton LECOMPTE, James William "Bill" LECOMPTE, Barbara Zane (BOYD) GURNEY, George Veryl GURNEY, Lois M. (NELSON) (GROVES) PHILLIPS, Chrisandra "Sandy" (SCHELL) PHILLIPS, Ronald "Ron" L. PAUL, Ralph Nelson Jr. PAUL, Wanda M. Thanks, thanks, thanks, Phyllis. Nice work! Donna Cooper

Oops here is the link -  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/cemetery/washburnprairie/wp.htm >________________________________ >From: Donna Cooper <thedonnacooper@gmail.com> >To: mobarry@rootsweb.com >Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 11:03 AM >Subject: [MOBARRY] New > >List Readers, Phyllis Long updated the Washburn Prairie pages with >some new items with photos. > >HENDRIX, Rowena Louise (WALDEN) > >HENDRIX, James R. "Jimmie" > >CARR, Jerome Oliver "Jerry" > >BUTLER, Curtis E. > >MATHES, Michael Shane > >JUEL, Andrew Douglas > >JUEL, Phyllis Raye (RELETHFORD) > >SMITH, Daniel "Danny", Jr. > >VARNER, Gertrude F. (THOMAS) > >VARNER, William Moulton > >LECOMPTE, James William "Bill" > >LECOMPTE, Barbara Zane (BOYD) > >GURNEY, George Veryl > >GURNEY, Lois M. (NELSON) (GROVES) > >PHILLIPS, Chrisandra >"Sandy" (SCHELL) > >PHILLIPS, Ronald "Ron" L. > >PAUL, Ralph Nelson Jr. > >PAUL, Wanda M. > > >Thanks, thanks, thanks, Phyllis. Nice work! > >Donna Cooper >The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - (thedonnacooper@gmail.com) > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

List readers, your treat for today is an article that Gayle Foster submitted about Henry Schell. His bushwhacker death is one that most of us have read about but I still think you will enjoy reading the article. It was published in 1995 in the Pea Ridge Graphic and so I added to the newspaper clips that we have on line. Thanks so much Gayle - very interesting! http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/data/news/1995PeaRidgeGraphic.htm Donna Cooper

List Readers, the other part of the Garris letter didn't get posted. In short - I messed up and only posted part of the letter. It is a neat letter - tells about the death of one of their Ellis relatives. Thanks to Tony we have it to refer to as a source. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/photos/photo-4/unknown1920.htm Donna Cooper

List Readers, Tony Martin added an old letter to go with the Mable and Rosie Garris photo he posted some weeks ago. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/photos/photo-4/unknown1920.htm And - he added also a photo of Chester Garris and a pet black bear. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/photos/photo-4/garrisChesterBear.htm Thanks, Tony! Donna Cooper

Here are a few of the new additions - will have more at some time later. I have several more to post. Frank and Harriett Jane (Letty) Bowling home and family - two of these. Posted by Tony Martin. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/photos/photo-4/bowlingFrankFam.htm Dyer Daniel Burton and Mary Ann posted by Linda Skelton Corbin. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/photos/photo-4/burtonDyerDaniel.htm William Green Simpson, son of William Hamilton and Louisa (Bristow) Simpson. Photo from Marie Windham. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/photos/photo-4/simpsonWilliamGreen.htm Photos of Clinton C., William Kenley and Peter Richardson, posted by Tony Martin. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/photos/photo-4/richardsonFam.htm More later - Donna Cooper

List Readers, 47 years ago I leaned that great grandfather's mother had left him at the Mooney home when he was about three years old. Through the years there has been a driving force for me to find out who America Simpson was and why she gave away some of her children. My new found relatives seem to think that John Wilkerson died, but they have no idea what happened to George Simpson. I still don't have all the answers but with each passing year I add more to the bulk of data I have gathered. Every time I passed on information and posted about this family, I thought that some day some one will read my stuff and know what I am looking for. A woman named Elyssa Spurgin did just that when she googled America Simpson and found me. She put me in contact with her mother who had some old photos. Marie and her daughter descend through Dovey, a child of Elijah Poe and America (Simpson) Bailey. I remember seeing Dovey one time. She came to my great grandfather, James Harvey Simpson Mooney's funeral. I was 9 years old. I remember she had on a pill box hat. There are still a thousand unanswered questions about this family, but we now have a photo of America, her daughter, one of her husbands, her brother James T. Simpson, her sister Mary Margaret Simpson, and her brother Green Simpson. We also know that George Simpson was her first husband or anyway she had two children by him. I have never been able to find a marriage license for them. John Simpson is buried near James Harvey Simpson Mooney in Washburn Prairie Cemetery. The moral to this find is never give up - keep on looking and seeking and someday your brick walls will look like small, maybe even like paper walls. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/photos/photo-4/baileyElijahAmericaDovey.htm More Photos later. Donna Cooper

List Readers, we have a very neat old photo from Deena Mault as our featured photo for the week. Here is what Deena has to say about it. Unice Harris and Flora Elizabeth (Baldwin) Harris Unice Aaron Harris was born in Verona MO on Sept 22 1887 and was in Ozark Township, Barry County, MO in the 1920 census. He died Feb 26, 1968 in Reedley, Fresno County, California. Flora Elizabeth Baldwin Harris was born in St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO on Oct 21, 1890 and was also on the 1920 Barry County census. Flora died Aug 29, 1963 in Dinuba, Tulare County, California. Married April 8, 1909 Their children were born in Barry County and the youngest child I have listed was born in 1936. I wonder what the model of car is? Deena Mault - Soldotna, Alaska Thanks goes to Deena for sharing this unique photo with us. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/oddsnends/bryfams.htm There have been a lot of new photos posted on the Barry County Face Book site along with several new submissions for the Barry County Roots pages. I will be posting photos off and on today, in between work and visiting with a cousin who is driving in from Nebraska. So look for those. One thing that I want to share with you is that a new found family member sent me a photo of my great great grandmother, America Melinda Simpson Simpson Wilkerson Bailey. It was taken in 1900 and she had diphtheria. The story is that they got her up out of death bed and took the photo and so she is very thin. She didn't die until about 1910 or 1911. I will tell you more about all this when I get it on the web. Donna Cooper

List Readers, I am so pleased to tell you that David Weston sent us a photo of the new stone that his family placed at Roller at Garfield. The old one was off its base and broken in two pieces. It was beyond repair. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/cemetery/roller-ar/roller4.htm Phyllis Long is working on Mt. Pleasant - adding new burials and cleaning out the temporary pages for that cemetery. She is finished through G. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/cemetery/mtpleasant/mp.htm Thanks so much to helpers David Weston and Phyllis Long for today's new items. I have some new photos - will try and get on the site soon. Donna Cooper

Elizabeth, I am sending this to the list mail and see if we have any more Moore researchers that can help you. I received this email from Elizabeth Moore Davis looking for information on Israel Coleman Moore buried at Washburn Prairie. I am a descendent of Israel Coleman Moore, that is buried in the Washburn Prairie Cem. I was wondering where you got your information about Israel's brother and father. I have looked for YEARS for his folks. This is so interesting! This Israel had land in Carroll Co. TN. He married Nancy Burkhart in Gibson Co. His land was on the line between these 2 counties. It says in the 1870 census of Barry Co. that Israel's father was born in S.C. I had the DNA done by my brother William Wilder Moore and I found a man in Carroll Co. Tn. that is kin to me. His name is Terry McCaleb, his cousin David Moore did the DNA. There is 1 Israel Coleman Moore buried in Carroll Co Tn. and One other Israel Moore buried there. Nancy Burkhart Moore is buried in Jasper Co. Mo. in the Hackney Cemetery. They moved to MO around 1852, my grandfather James Wilder Moore was born in Tn. around 1850ish. I would like to hear from you sometime, when you have time. Thanks you!! Elizabeth Moore Davis (my father was Lynn Riley Moore)

List Readers, here are a couple of photos I put on the site for Bob Akins this evening. I have some more that I will try and get loaded in the morning. Can you believe this old house - super photos, Bob. Thanks for sharing. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/photos/photo-4/akinsWilliamOscarFam.htm ____________________ Here is what Bob has to say - William Oscar Akin was b.5 Apr 1844 in Paris, Henry County, TN. By 1860 he had moved to Cumberland Co., KY where I believe he married Susan A. Walker in approx. 1867. Susan A. Walker was b.15 Aug 1844 in Rhea Co., TN. Sometime between 1873 & 1876 they arrived in the Mountain Township of Barry Co, MO. By 1900 they were recorded as living in the Jenkins Township of Barry County. They both lived to be approximately 94-95 years old. William Oscar d.29 July 1938 and Susan A. Akin d.22 Oct 1939. They are both buried in the lovely Leann Cemetery. They had 8 children: 1. Richard Leslie Akin b.17 Oct 1868 in Burkesville, Cumberland Co., KY and d.7 Oct 1932 in Joplin, Jasper Co., MO Married: Caldonia Pendleton on 18 Aug 1889 in Aurora, Lawrence Co., MO Married: Elizabeth Francis Turner on 28 Mar 1895 in Lawrence Co., MO 2. James Russell Akin b. 26 Nov 1870 in Burkesville, Cumberland Co., KY and d.7 Mar 1954 in Joplin, Jasper Co., MO Married: Ada Pearl Jones on 17 Aug 1893 in Cassville, Barry Co., MO 3. Hiram Preston Akin b.20 Dec 1873 in Burkesville, Cumberland Co., KY and d. 8 Jan 1956 in Aurora, Lawrence Co., MO Married: Nancy Florence Eubanks on 19 Oct 1893 in Barry Co., MO - Married: Nancy Josephine Dearinger abt 1906 in Lawrence Co., MO - Married: Eunice Katherine Thomas on 21 Dec 1919 - Married: Pearl Josephine Sherrick on 23 Oct 1942 in Lawrence Co., MO 4. Mary Susan Akin b.9 Sep 1876 in Barry Co., MO and d.27 Jun 1946 in Ozark, Barry Co., MO Married: Ransom Ashbury Ellis on 11 May 1894 in Aurora, Lawrence Co., MO 5. Ruth Ann Akin b.Sep 1878 in Barry Co., MO and d.unknown Married: H. B. Price on 9 Oct 1901 in Leann, Barry Co, MO Married: Davis (no other info) 6. Oscar Herschel Akin b.30 Mar 1882 in Jenkins, Barry Co., MO and d.8 Nov 1952 in Stella, Newton Co., MO Married: Effie J. Lemaster on 29 Sep 1904 in Aurora, Lawrence Co., MO Married: Nora Belle Bassett abt 1912 7. William Fred Akin b.13 May 1885 in Barry Co., MO and d.Feb 1969 in Purdy, MO Married: Ina Cordelia Hancock on 4 May 1907 in Galena, Stone Co., MO 8. Emmet Lee Akin b.6 May 1888 in Leann, Barry Co., MO and d.5 Feb 1968 in McAllen, Hidalgo Co., TX - Married: Cleva Ellen Griffin on 7 Feb 1909 in Barry Co., MO Richard Leslie Akin was my great grandfather, his first child Carl Lee Akin/Akins was my grandfather and Robert Lee Akins was my father. Through my research into the Akin family I have had some help. It has been difficult finding information and pictures on them, but those who have helped me are: Donna Cooper, Bonnie Merck, Joan Viney, and Amy Lewarne. Bonnie Merck sent me the wonderful professional picture of William Oscar Akin and Susan A. (Walker) Akin, Joan Viney had lots of pictures on the family of Emmet Lee Akin, and Amy Lewarne sent me pictures of the William Fred Akin family. Thanks to everyone. If others are familiar with the Akin Family, I am very interested in pictures, plus I would love to have directions to their old house place which I visited many years ago and don't believe I could find again today. The house is no longer their, but the rock foundation was there last I visited and perhaps the people who own the property may remember back around 1984 when we spoke to them, asking permission to come onto their property to look at the old house site.

Marilyn, I don't have anything but am going to send you message to the mailing list because I think we have someone researching those names. List Readers, do we have someone who can help Marilyn with her puzzle? If so write to her directly, because I don't think she is on the mailing list. Donna Cooper >________________________________ >From: "cleanitup123@comcast.net" <cleanitup123@comcast.net> >To: donnac58@yahoo.com >Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 4:18 PM >Subject: Information on Sanford D. Cooper > > >Good afternoon Ms. Cooper: > >My name is Marilyn Greganti.  My mother was adopted on December 13, 1930.  She was born on November 26, 1930.  She died on January 2, 2002.  Shortly after her death we found a copy of her birth certificate.  Her biological father was listed as Sanford D. Cooper, as far as we can decipher, on the Oklahoma City Health Department certificate of birth.  It listed his birthplace as Cassville, Missouri.  It said his age on last birthday was 35.  We believe that may not be correct.  We have found two other documents on Ancestry.com.  On his military registration which was dated September 12, 1918 his birth was listed as September 10, 1897 and his address then as 1110 E. Bond, Monett, Barry County, Missouri.  > >There was also a marriage certificate to Ora Lee Shultz dated July 1, 1920 in Carthage, Jasper, Missouri.  Except for these documents we cannot find any other information under the name Sanford Cooper. > >In the 1930 Census of Pawhuska, Osage, Oklahoma my mother's biological mother, Sanford's wife, was listed as Ora Lee Cooper, widowed.  Now Ora Lee Cooper was married once before at age seventeen and she was the Ora Lee Shultz.  We believe she was widowed sometime after her first marriage but do not know about Sanford.  We have no documentation of death.  We know they were married but we are curious about him being listed on the birth certificate.  Sanford and Ora were married in 1920, my mother was born in 1930.  So since she was listed as a widow in the 1930 Census for my mother to have been born on November 26, 1930 she would have been conceived around the end of February or early March of 1930.  That would mean Sanford had to be alive or she became pregnant by someone else and just named Sanford as the father.  My sister and I are finding much information on our biological grandmother Ora Lee but nothing else on Sanford.  If you would be able to point us in some direction that would produce some results that would be wonderful.  I welcome any help you can offer.  We are just trying to find family and history so we can get some questions answered. > >Thank you, > >Mrs. Marilyn Greganti >5952 Brice Cove North >Olive Branch, MS 38654 > > >

Valerie thank you so much for those suggestions for help with Facebook. I will try to use those to help myself. I have two grandsons who always help with my computer problems when I ask, but I feel that they are a lot busier than I and I'd like to save them some time if I can. Young people seem to be born with technical knowledge! Patricia In a message dated 10/18/2011 12:13:58 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, mobarry-request@rootsweb.com writes: assistance with Facebook

List Readers, this morning there was a WONDERFUL bushwhacker story on Face Book that Linda Skelton Corbin posted. I asked her to add it to our Bushwhacker pages on the web site. Since it is such a unique story I am going to post it also on the mailing list for you to read. The obit is not part of it, but is the wife of the man killed. _____________________ Cassville Republican, Thursday, Weekly Paper, January 30, 1913 Mrs. Elizabeth Skelton, familiarly known as Aunty Betsy Skelton, passed away at the home of her son, George Skelton, of near Eagle Rock, Thursday morning, Jan 23, aged 80 years, 8 months and 21 days. Her health had been failing for some time and for several days it was realized that her conditions were serious. Elizabeth Skeleton, widow of the late John Skelton, was born in Tennessee, May 2, 1832. With her parents she moved to Missouri in 1838. She as married in 1850 to John Skelton, who died some years ago. Prior to their settlement on Roaring River they lived in Arkansas and near Seligman for a number of years. They were the parents of eight children, four of whom are living: Mrs. U. Shrum, Mary, George, and Sam, all living in and near that vicinity. Mrs. Skelton was well known throughout the community where she had lived for nearly a half of a century in the highest esteem of all. As a citizen, as a neighbor and a mother, she endeavored to embody the best and noblest principles of living. The kindly words spoken of her by those who knew her is the best evidence of her worth and Christian character. Since 1870 she had been a member of the Baptist church and had lived a faithful member until death. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Chappell and Smallwood Friday afternoon in the presence of a large number of relatives, neighbors and friends and interment made at the Munsey Cemetery. ____________________________ Linda writes - Elizabeth Skelton Skelton was my great-great-grandmother. I have tried and tried to find a PICTURE of her with no luck. This is the story of her husband's death: from my cousin Jerry Stephenson: On August 26, 1866, soldiers (bushwhackers* ) came to their farm. A barrel of molasses was in the smokehouse; the bushwackers dumped it in the yard. Cornbread was cooling on the table; they fed it to their horses. The family had one good mare and the bushwhackers stole it. John M. Skelton was murdered. * In this part of Arkansas/Missouri a bushwhacker could be a Confederate soldier or a Union soldier. I don't know which kind of outlaw these bushwhackers were. Two of Elizabeth's brothers fought CSA in the Civil War; one fought Union; two were too young. Two of her sisters married sons of the staunch Union man and famous bear hunter John Gaskins. Her youngest brother Henry Clay Skelton married the daughter of Dr. Christopher Greenup Kelly, Mary Ladona Kelly. Their children founded the Idaho branch of our family.

All, You can do a google search for assistance with Facebook. You could google HOW TO USE FACEBOOK and will get some websites that you can go on to find out more. I have copied a link into this email that you can click on. This will take you to a website where you can get some basic information that might help you get started using Facebook. If clicking on the link doesn't take you anywhere then copy the link to your internet browser and it can access the site that way sas well. There are many other sites and I also found a DVD that you can buy called Facebook for Seniors. Goodluck http://susan-ng.hubpages.com/hub/facebookforbeginners -----Original Message----- From: mobarry-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mobarry-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Roulx@aol.com Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 8:08 AM To: mobarry@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] MOBARRY Digest, Vol 6, Issue 258 Donna probably those older people on the Barry Co. site are like me.....don't quite know how to get on Face Book or how to navigate it after they are on. To the young people it's just the normal thing to do. Maybe you could give us a detailed explanation? I find myself on Face Book and don't know how my name got there, along with a lot of other people I know. Patricia In a message dated 10/17/2011 12:14:18 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, mobarry-request@rootsweb.com writes: and want to be on the Barry County MOGenWeb group on Face Book - just let me know. Confusing? Yes. The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - (thedonnacooper@gmail.com) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

List Readers, I am still doing sheet rock mud and dreaming about doing genealogy. Bob Atkins, a cousin on the Reed side through Ulysses Grant Reed went to Watson Cemetery and dug out the stone from the brush for Louisa Allred and her son-in-law, Benton Strode. This has been very complicated research so I am sharing it, hoping to save someone a lot of time and pain. lol Donna Cooper ----------------------------------------------------- Descendants of Louisa Bristow 1 Louisa Bristow b: Mar 12, 1831 in Warrick Co., IN d: May 12, 1911 in Pettigrew, Madison Co., AR Burial: Wilson Cemetery, Madison Co., AR +William Hamilton Simpson b: 1829 in Warrick Co., IN m: May 22, 1848 in Warrick Co., IN d: Bet. 1862 - 1863 in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau Co., MO 2 John H. B. Simpson b: Apr 16, 1849 in Warrick Co., IN d: 1912 in Warrick Co., IN Burial: Folsomville Cemetery, Warrick Co., IN +Lucretia E. Skelton b: May 31, 1850 in Warrick Co., IN m: Dec 23, 1867 in Warrick Co., IN d: Sep 10, 1933 in Warrick Co., IN Burial: Folsomville Cemetery, Warrick Co., IN 2 Rachel Lucinda Simpson b: Dec 1850 in Warrick Co., IN d: in Portland, OR +Winfield Scott Niday b: Nov 1851 in Wayne Co., IA m: Feb 21, 1871 in Barry Co., MO d: in Olympia, WA 2 America Melinda Simpson b: Bet. 1852 - 1853 in Warrick Co., IN d: Bet. 1910 - 1911 in LeFlore Co., OK +George Simpson b: Bet. 1850 - 1860 m: Abt. 1875 *1st Husband of America Melinda Simpson: +John Wilkerson b: Abt. 1853 in Missouri m: Apr 18, 1880 in Barry Co., MO d: in Maybe Barry Co., MO? *2nd Husband of America Melinda Simpson: +Elijah Poe Bailey aka: Lige b: Apr 06, 1862 in Clinton, Van Buren Co., AR m: Feb 12, 1886 in Barry Co., MO d: Sep 20, 1937 in Bentonville, Benton Co., AR 2 Mary Margaret Simpson b: Dec 1856 in Warrick Co., IN d: Aft. 1917 in Madison Co., AR +Richard Thomas Cole b: Jun 06, 1852 in Limestone Co., AL m: Feb 08, 1872 in Barry Co., MO d: Feb 25, 1875 in Barry Co., MO *2nd Husband of Mary Margaret Simpson: +James F. Ford aka: Jack b: Abt. 1854 m: Jun 29, 1875 in Carroll Co., AR *3rd Husband of Mary Margaret Simpson: +George N. Morris b: 1839 in Alabama m: Abt. 1876 *4th Husband of Mary Margaret Simpson: +Benton Barrett Shrode b: Feb 23, 1840 in Warrick Co., IN m: Dec 24, 1887 in Warrick Co., IN d: Mar 01, 1915 in Madison Co., AR Burial: Watson Cemetery, Madison Co., AR 2 James T. Simpson b: Abt. 1857 in Warrick Co., IN d: Aft. 1880 in Barry Co., MO? 2 William Green Simpson b: Feb 15, 1860 in AR d: Feb 14, 1936 in Houston Twp., LeFlore Co., OK Burial: Hontubby Cemetery, LeFlore Co., OK + b: in Arkansas m: Bet. 1881 - 1891 *2nd Wife of William Green Simpson: +Lillie A. Perry b: Nov 13, 1863 in Cedar Creek, Pushmataha Co., OK m: Aug 21, 1909 in LeFlore Co., OK d: 1940 in Houston Twp., LeFlore Co., OK Burial: Perry Cemetery, LeFlore Co., OK *2nd Husband of Louisa Bristow: +Alfred Reed b: 1814 in Perry Co., KY m: May 26, 1863 in Boonville, Warrick Co., IN d: Apr 25, 1880 in Barry Co., MO Burial: Near Curry Bridge, Barry Co., MO 2 Sherman W. Reed b: Aug 11, 1866 in Warrick Co., IN d: Apr 12, 1942 in Talihina Twp., LeFlore Co., OK Burial: Old Cemetery, Talihina, LeFlore Co., OK +Frances Brashear b: Abt. 1873 m: Jan 29, 1893 in Van Buren Co., AR *2nd Wife of Sherman W. Reed: +Glendora D. Joiner b: Mar 04, 1861 in Mississippi m: Abt. 1894 in Yell Co., AR d: Jan 12, 1937 in Talihina Twp., LeFlore Co., OK Burial: Old Cemetery, Talihina, LeFlore Co., OK 2 Ulysses Grant Reed b: Feb 19, 1869 in Eagle Rock, Barry Co., MO d: Jun 10, 1944 in Oakland, Alameda Co., CA +Moylissa Elizabeth Wiley Morris b: Apr 14, 1867 in Searcy Co., AR m: Sep 11, 1890 in Marion Co., AR d: Nov 27, 1948 2 Jesse C. Reed b: Abt. 1872 in Eagle Rock, Barry Co., MO d: Abt. 1907 in Le Flore Co., OK Burial: Hontubby Cemetery *3rd Husband of Louisa Bristow: +Solomon A. Allred b: Abt. 1823 in Overton Co., TN m: May 18, 1883 in Hart Suggs, Van Buren Co., AR d: Sep 15, 1887 in Van Buren Co., AR

Donna probably those older people on the Barry Co. site are like me.....don't quite know how to get on Face Book or how to navigate it after they are on. To the young people it's just the normal thing to do. Maybe you could give us a detailed explanation? I find myself on Face Book and don't know how my name got there, along with a lot of other people I know. Patricia In a message dated 10/17/2011 12:14:18 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, mobarry-request@rootsweb.com writes: and want to be on the Barry County MOGenWeb group on Face Book - just let me know. Confusing? Yes.

I am sorry, but I am not the one to talk to about it - and doing it on the mailing list is not the way to do it either. Maybe someone will write to you personally and help you get on. It will take some explaining, so if you have a family member who can hook you up there at your personal computer that would work the best. Donna >________________________________ >From: "Roulx@aol.com" <Roulx@aol.com> >To: mobarry@rootsweb.com >Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 10:07 AM >Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] MOBARRY Digest, Vol 6, Issue 258 > >Donna probably those older people on the Barry Co. site are like  >me.....don't quite know how to get on Face Book or how to navigate it after they  are >on. To the young people it's just the normal thing to do. Maybe you could  >give us a detailed explanation?    I find myself on Face Book and  don't >know how my name got there, along with a lot of other people I know. > >Patricia > > >In a message dated 10/17/2011 12:14:18 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  >mobarry-request@rootsweb.com writes: > >and want  to be on the >Barry County MOGenWeb group on Face Book - just let me  know. >Confusing? Yes. > >The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - (thedonnacooper@gmail.com) > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >Pacific Daylight Time,  >mobarry-request@rootsweb.com writes: > >and want  to be on the >Barry County MOGenWeb group on Face Book - just let me  know. >Confusing? Yes. > >The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - (thedonnacooper@gmail.com) > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

List Readers, do we have someone who can help this lady that maybe knows the answers to her questions.   Sandy, I haven't done professorial research since I took over as the coordinator of Barry County almost six years ago. I will send a cc to the list mail group to see if any of them can help you. It might be that someone is researching the Hays or Montgomery line and has some notes that can help you.   Donna Cooper >________________________________ >From: Bill & Sandy Evans <evans.wj@starstream.net> >To: donnac58@yahoo.com >Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2011 5:43 PM >Subject: CC - Barry Co., MO > > > >Dear Ms Cooper >  >My name is Sandy Evans and my grandfather (Robert Lee Hays) and grandmother (Amanda Melvina Montgomery) are from Barry county.  For the last several years I have been working on my genealogy, mainly via computer.  I have come against a brick wall in tracing my great grandfather William Harrison Hayes and his wife Mary F ?.  I know they lived in Barry county (1880 census) for over twenty years and Mary F ? is buried in the Concord cemetery.  Would you be interested in helping me with this problem?  What are you fees?  If you are interested, I can e-mail the info I have. >  >Thank You >Sandy Evans >Lincoln, California > >

List readers, our featured photo for the week is one that Tony Martin submitted of his grandfather, Otis F. Nelson. Thanks, Tony for the nice photo and for sharing with us. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/oddsnends/bryfams.htm We have about 200 users on Face Book on the Barry County GenWeb group. These users are a much younger crowd than what we have on the list mail, and a lot of them I have not seen their names on genealogy pages before. I don't know if they are just getting into genealogy or if they are curiosity seekers. Yesterday, discussions of the Ellis family and how the Washburn group is related to the group in the north part of county was what the talk was about, along with several other groups of families and photos posted. We are new on the web but 135 photos have been posted to the group. If you are part of the Roots Web list mail group - or on Face Book on the Barry County list for the GenWeb site - and want to be on the Barry County MOGenWeb group on Face Book - just let me know. Confusing? Yes. My good luck is holding - so far - on the Simpson family research and I have made contact with another descendant of America Melinda Simpson. She has a photo of her that I am waiting anxiously to see. I have waited 47 years for this moment so I can wait another day or two, I think. Another relative made the trip to Watson Cemetery in Pettygrew, Madison Co., AR, to take a photo of her mother's stone, that of Louisa Bristow Simpson Reed Allred. That one I have in my hot little hand and am trilled too that not only he but the other party has a photo of Louisa. America Melinda Simpson married or was connected to George Simpson in or about 1875, then in 1880 to John Wilkerson and then in 1886 to Elijah Poe Bailey. She died in 1910, I think. I do not have birth or death dates for her or know for sure where she is buried. I am guessing Hontubby Cemetery in Le Flore Co., OK, but am not sure. I don't have all the names of her children yet but am still hoping that someday we can figure that out, too. The moral to this story is if you wait long enough and don't give up that usually you will find the answers to the questions that you have. The problem is that I don't have another 50 years to wait so I am getting impatient. I have sheet rock mud to do today on a room that we refurbished from the old part of the house project. We almost have in the new part the electrical done and are working on the plumbing. We are trying to beat the clock so we can move back in before cold weather. Phyllis Long is working on cemeteries, helping out as a volunteer. She added a lot of new information to Mt. Pleasant and is presently working on those pages. She has carpal tunnel and can't do but a little at a time, however, she's getting there and her help is much appreciated! Have a good Sunday. Donna Cooper