----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Faulkner" <denmother4@hotmail.com> To: <mobarry@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 9:16 AM Subject: [MOBARRY] Barry County Ancestor Query I don't know if this will help. There was a William P. Betterton enlisted in Company G, 15th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry Regiment on 11/6/1863 at Mount Vernon, MO. Ira >I am a member of the crowd of silent readers that are in awe of all the > remarkable work that has been done by this group on Barry County > researchers. Without you and your contributions my research would be > incredibly stymied. > > > > Donna, in your signature line you ask about information regarding Barry > County ancestors. My Barry County ancestors include the following > surnames: > Betterton, Pannell, Whittington, and Zinn. These families lived in Barry > County starting around 1850. A majority of them left around 1910. > > > > My great-great grandparents were George Edward Betterton and Nancy > Angelina > (Zinn) Betterton. From what I can determine, this couple died young and > left > two orphaned daughters; Viva and Myrtle. > > > > I can not document either of their deaths. I have a lead on information > that > George Edward Betterton died between 4 May 1898 and 7 Jun 1899 in a train > wreck. Is there any information about this train wreck available? I would > think something like this would have been written about in the newspapers. > The Haddock Family website has done a fabulous job of transcribing > personal > interests stories in newspapers during this time and nothing is found. > > > > I would love to hear from anyone connected to these families. I would also > be interested in information that could possibly help me document the > train > wreck that killed George Edward Betterton. > > > > Susan Faulkner > > denmother4@hotmail.com > > Please tell us about your Barry county ancestors. The list-admin is Donna > Cooper, address - (saarisr@sbcglobal.net) > > ------------------------------- > 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