I think so, too, but was hoping we could get a confirmation on it before I posted it to the cemetery files. However, the data that you added does give more reason to believe that is where she is buried.    Donna ----- Original Message ---- > From: Wilma Fields <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Fri, July 30, 2010 12:17:35 PM > Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] Puzzle! > > Donna, Unfortunately, the obit for her that appeared in the Rogers Democrat > April 10, 1907, does not state where she was buried, and I do not find her > listed in Roller Cemetery at Gateway, althought that seemed the most likely. > Here is the obit as it appears: > > (from R.F.D.No.5) Miss W. J. Morgan was born in Clay Co., Mo. December 30th, > 1852; married to Henry Roller September 1876. To them were born nine > children, four of which preceded the mother to the better world. Four of the > remainig ones were present at the time of her death, one daughter arriving > soon after she died at her home on Prairie creek, March 22, 1907. She was a > christian from childhood, a member of the M. E. church, a loving wife and > mother. Together with neighbors and friends we extend our sympathy to the > bereaved ones. - Rogers Democrat, 4/10/07 > > Henry's obituary on the Barry Co site, has him buried at Roller Cemetery, > Gateway. He had re-married to Ida B. Morris in 1921. Ida is buried there, as > is Henry's parents, Joshua & Nancy Pendergraft Roller. As you know there > were a lot of illegible, broken and unmarked graves at Roller. Based on all > of the above, as well as the obit you listed, my bet is that she is buried > at Roller also. > > Wilma > > > > -------Original Message------- > > From: Donna Cooper > Date: 7/30/2010 11:21:30 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MOBARRY] Puzzle! > > List Readers, It is busy here with canning and freezing things from my > garden - > plus company. Summertime blessings are filling my days, but there is always > time > > for Barry County! > ----------------------------- > I have a question about this obit. What cemetery are they talking about > here? > Anyone know? > > I wonder how this Morgan is related to the Morgan families that were already > in > Barry Co., MO; because Thompson Morgan was in Clay Co., MO, in 1850 and 1860 > > His birth place is given as VA, which might mean West Virginia. He moved > right > in among the other Morgan families so there must be a relationship there > somewhere. But, of course, an assumption is not the way to solve this. > > I believe Ura Jane in the obit was the same daughter listed on the 1870 > census > as Wrigane. > > Ura Jane (Morgan) Roller > On last Saturday, 23 inst, Mrs. Ura Jane Roller, of near Rogers, Ark., died > after years of suffering from cancer. Her maiden name was Morgan and she was > > born in Clay County, MO, Jan 1, 1852, hence she was 55 years, 2 months, and > 23 > days old. She had many relatives and friends in this county, among them the > Fawvers, Morgans et al. She was brought to a cemetery a few miles south of > Seligman, where the writer officiated at her funeral at 2 p.m. on the > Sabbath. > The services were held under a large cedar tree and was listened to very > attentively by the relatives and scores of friends. Owing to the fact that a > > daughter and her family who live at Coffeyville, Kan., had not arrived, Mr. > Roller, the bereaved husband decided to stay in the cemetery with the corpse > on > Sunday night with the fond hope that the daughter might arrive on Monday > morning's train. The writer presuming that the interment took place on > Monday > morning. The case was one that was calculated to excite pity even in the > hard > hearts. Mrs. Roller was a devoted Christian and had longed for death to > relive > her from the great suffering she had endured for many months before the > final > hour came. Exeter, MO, Mar 26, 1907, P. St. Clair. > > > 1870 Sugar Creek Twp., Barry Co., M, household # 102. > Thompson Morgan, farmer, age 61, VA, white, male > Fannie, age 40, TN, white, female > Willis, age 19, MO, white, male > Wrigane, age 18, MO, white, female > John, age 15, MO, white, male > Ephraim, age 13, MO, white, male > Katherine, age 11, MO, white, female > David, age 7, MO, white, male > > Newspaper: Cassville Republican > Date: April 6, 1907, Saturday > Resource: State Historical Society of MO Microfilm > > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/data/obits/r/rollerUraJane.htm > > 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 >