Great, and thanks. This explains a lot of things! Donna -------Original Message------- From: mobarry@rootsweb.com Date: Monday, September 03, 2007 23:28:35 To: mobarry@rootsweb.com Subject: [MOBARRY] Fairview and Sparks Fairview Baptist Church was located about 1/2 mile from Sparks Cemetery. Perhaps someone just mixed up the names. ----- Original Message ----- From: Alice Allen To: mobarry@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 5:47 PM Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] Featured Photo & Newspapers It was the same person even tho part of the date in different. I will check that part out later on. I was just curious about the cemetery. Thanks for your answer. I will have to check with the person I got the info from. Alice ----- Original Message ----- From: Donna Cooper To: mobarry@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 5:28 PM Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] Featured Photo & Newspapers Alice: I don't know what the Fairview Cemetery is named other than Fairview Cemetery - but I can tell you that Sparks is a cemetery in Barry County. Perhaps you have two different ladies named Katherine Patton. Did the criteria in the obituary match with your data on your Katherine Patton? Donna Cooper --- Alice Allen <39allen8@groupsurf.net> wrote: > I read a couple of the newspapers and found a family > name. > Katherine Patton. I have her buried in Fairview > Cemetery. Is that the same as Sparks Cemetery > (which the newspaper has listed). > Thanks Alice > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Donna Cooper > To: mobarry@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2007 9:34 AM > Subject: [MOBARRY] Featured Photo & Newspapers > > > Good Morning: Our featured photo for this week is > one that Don Cummons > shared with us some time ago. He sent me three > disc of old photos that were > from his mother's photo album and this photo was > on the disc. He said that > his mother used to take out the photo book and > tell a story about each of > the old family photos. It sounded like she used > the photo book like a story > book. I thought that was such a wonderful idea and > it was a neat way to > teach the little ones about the family that they > had once lived. He said he > wanted to share her photos with others so they > could enjoy them, too. > > The photo that I have featured is one that > features the Haddock and Tucker > families and it was taken in the Eagle Rock area > of Barry County, and was > taken about 1905. It has pictured descendents of > Charles Haddock, Jr. and > his second wife Susan (Meyers) (Rumbaugh) Haddock. > Susan was a Delaware > Indian and was first married to Solomon Rumbaugh. > > Charles is also my ancestor, and is my 2nd great > grandfather, but with his > first wife, Sarah Collins. > > The Haddock family in the featured photo are > descendants of Charles and > Susan's son Richard Ransom "Rance" and Sarah > (Browning) Haddock of the Eagle > Rock area. > > Charles Kennion Tucker, husband of Nora Haddock, > is also in the photo and he > was a descendant of Francis Marion and Emma > (Thornton) Tucker. Also in the > photo from the Tucker family was Rose Tucker, a > daughter of Frank and Emma > Tucker's. She married George R. Haddock, a > minister, and a son of Rance and > Sarah (Browning) Haddock. > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mobarry/oddsnends/bryfams.htm > > Charles Haddock, Jr., lived in the Hudson Bottoms, > near New Site, or Walnut > Grove, and was murdered by bushwhackers in 1862. > > ------------------------------------ > Be sure and check out the newspapers. I burned > some midnight oil last night > and have all of April of 1917 on the web. > > Reading old Barry papers is a good way to learn > about the county and the > times. Girl babies born were often called dish > washers and sons were called > plow boys. School was kept about 5 or 6 months out > of the year and only > Cassville and Monett had high schools. Church was > the focus and center of > life and cars were just coming into being. They > were owned mostly by those > who had some money for such luxuries. Children > died often and typhoid fever, > diphtheria and small pox was still something that > was yet to be conquered. > Late coming to Barry, but in 1917 - 1918 era, the > Spanish flu swept the > county and took several. > > People were called splendid and good citizens > unless they were in jail or > bootlegging. > > In April of 1917 it was announced that World War I > had been declared. Some > of the papers to come will have a lot about > soldiers, and also, some will > include letters home and notices of deaths. > > I know you enjoy reading them as much as I do. > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mobarry/news/index-7.htm > > Donna Cooper > > > 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 > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.12.9/975 - > Release Date: 8/26/2007 9:34 PM > > 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 > _____________________________________________________________________________ ______ Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite asp?a=7 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 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.13.2/985 - Release Date: 9/2/2007 4:32 PM 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 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 .