This is the address for the Taney County Cemeteries On-Line listing for Meadows Cemetery. It does list in that cemetery the individuals believed to have been buried in Christian County. Apparently, the same cemetery is being discussed. It just appears that the location of the county line was unclear. > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/%7Emoarwrv/taney/meadows.html

Hi Brenda, The cemetary may be listed in Taney County. Joleen

Miles, I am interested in the Meadows cemetery. I do not have them listed in my cemetery list for Christian County. Do you have readings of the cemetery? How many people are buried there? Is it accessable? Where is it located? I would love to have the reading online with the other cemeteries of Christian county. Thank you, Brenda [email protected] wrote: Hi, Actually there is a Meadows cemetary up on Chestnut Ridge on Bull Creek in Christian County. My Great-Grandparents, Bone and Mint Terry along with their daughter, Pearly, are buried there. I also have photos of the Meadows school. It's somewhere in that big black trunk. I am also seeking info on the Terry branch of my family. Miles Terry -m- Racheal Bryant Hatton Children Ansel Miles (aka MM) -m- Ione Wright John Richard Joel -m- Alice Plumlee Emeline (no info) America (no info) Franky (no info) Nancy (aka Nan) -m- Wilhite Melvina (no info) Napoleon Bonapart Terry (aka Bone) -m- Arminta Moulder Terry (aka Mint) Children Pearly -m- William Box Effie -m- William Clevenger -m- Thomas Sims Ada -m- Jesse Clevenger -m- Razden Nora -m- Anderson -m- Loftis -m- Horworth Isaac -m- Gladys Veal Dessie -m- William Tadlock Joe -m- Freeda Lewis (my grandparents) Joleen in Sacto ==== MOCHRIST Mailing List ==== Don't forget the USGenWeb Archives section.... http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 Brenda Gardner Christian County GenWeb Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~mochrist/ --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month!

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Sorry Jerry, I am noat related to Opal. My family was from MO.

Sorry about that, Dollie (Adamson) Nance was from Sparta.

Jerry, your e-mail gave me visions of where my Dad grew up in Christian County. They lived around Chadwick. I never really new what the country looked like but your description was perfect. My fathers name was Clyde Nance, who's parents were William and Dollie (Adamson) Nance. Grandma Dollie was from. Thank you so very much for sharing your experience.

Are you any kin to Opal Nance who was a friend of my grandmother, living in Gate, Beaver Co., OK in the 1930s? Jerry J. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 7:57 PM Subject: Re: [MOCHRIST] It's Another Beautiful Day in the Ozarks!!! > Sorry about that, Dollie (Adamson) Nance was from Sparta. > > > ==== MOCHRIST Mailing List ==== > Donations and volunteers being accepted now. See http://www.rootsweb.com/~mochrist/ for more details > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

To quote Vonda's friend, it is indeed another beautiful day here! Last night we finished off our day with meeting Vonda and Greg at Shoney's, in Branson. It was great to be with them both. Today was a bit of a pilgrimage for me. We drove from Branson to Forsythe, where we met a Reece cousin, a descendent of the oldest child of my great-great-grandparents, of Taneyville. This was our 3rd cousin, Shirley Austin M.; great-granddaughter of James Percy L. Reece, of Dickens, Taney Co. Cousin Shirley lives right next to the Dickens Cemetery, at Taneyville. She was able to show me where my great-great-grandmother, Sarah Bills Reece Austin, and her second husband, Robert Payne Austin, are buried. Beside them are their two daughters; both who died in-childbirth, whose husbands are buried elsewhere. These were Lillie V. Austin Schwegler and Callie Austin Lewis. Shirley does not look like the Reeces I knew/know, but her mother and uncles, along with her grandmother and great-uncle bear a strong resemblance to other family members. I told Shirley we have looked for her for 25 years, and thanks to a joint relative, Linda Perriguey, of the Taney Co. list, we finally met up!!! Vonda, Greg and Shirley also all made possible another wonderful experience. My mom and brother are with me. My mom never knew her grandfather, but, she was able to stand on the floor, in the schoolhouse where he and his siblings went to school. The old Dickens schoolhouse is now a private home and we were able to go in and not only visit with the owner, but also see the schoolhouse firsthand. The kitchen floor is the same floor that the Reece/Austin kids would have walked on. You can still see initials carved in the floor, and the places where the desks were bolted down. Boy did that give me goosebumps, over a hundred years after those kids tread the same planks!!! >From Taneyville we drove through Swan and up into Christian Co. on the old gravel road, which is in excellent condition. We drove all the way to just south of Chadwick, where we turned south towards Garrison. This is the area where my mom's grandmother's family lived, The Mitchell and Roberts folks, among the many connected families, Bilyeu, Shipman, Garrison ( which she ties to on both sides of her family ), Mapes, Box, Workman, and others!!! The winding roads are truly beautiful. The trees form green arches over the roads, with views of prairies and farms, valleys, hills, and mountains, limestone cliffs, and wildflowers all over. The Queen Anne's Lace is all in bloom (the wild carrot plant). The green hills appear to be covered with blankets of delicate white lace. We saw eagles, hawks, buzzards, cattle of all breeds, hound dogs, and kids at play. Most of the farms are in good condition & we only saw one junked car by the side of the road. This route is AA from Taneyville to Swan, where it turns into Blue Creek Road. This was a magical day. We did not see the Mitchell homeplace, but will try to get closer to it tomorrow. Tomorrow we are heading for Ozark, Sparta, and Chadwick & Garrison again; the loop that my mom's grandmother's folks lived within. Stay tuned for another installment tomorrow! Jerry Johnston

Dear Jerry, I agree with you about the Ozarks and I never even lived there. We often stop in Springfield and spend the night while driving from Dallas to Indiana to visit our daughter. One October we decided to stay a few days so I could do a little research because my father's Russells came from there. Besides visiting the court house and library we drove the back roads and found Dodson Cemetery and the land where the Russell farm was in Washington Township. I too felt a real kinship and will take your advice and try to see the production sometime. Thanks! Elaine Russell Coffman

OhmyGOD!!! I cannot believe how beautiful, green, pastoral, and wonderful the Ozarks are! Each time I see them, they are better. We won't talk about how scary the development in Branson is, now ......... but everything else is just fantastic! Last night we went to see the drama, Shepherd of the Hills. It continues to inspire, leave a lump in my throat, and give those warm feelings in my heart, etc. It is told in the time of my Mom's grandparents. She, my brother, and I all came away from it feeling much closer to our roots. The staff and actors at the park are all wonderful. One cannot help but feel at home, or 'Back Home' when there. Even Scrooge and the Grinch would'a succumbed. Rick Swan is a great guy; you get to meet him as 'Stinky,' his stage name, & he and the rest of the folks there make sure you have a good time! Then there is Vonda .............. What can I say??? For those of you who have not had the chance to meet her in person, you need to! She is as beautiful, funny, and all that you think of her from just knowing her on the list. She'd make a great Sammy Lane, in 'Shepherd,' without even having to act much. Maybe she'll tell us, in her own words, what the three things are about being a woman of the Ozarks is, like Sammy does in the story. We drove from Joplin, through Granby, Monett, and Galena to get to Reeds Spring, where we are staying. Tomorrow we plan to head for Forsyth, Dickens and Taneyville; where my Reece, Austin, and some of our Roberts folks were from. Thursday we will head for Ozark, Sparta, Chadwick and Garrison. The beauty of this area is so much more to we desert dwellers. I miss the trees and other greenery so much that it sure is going to be hard to leave at the end of the week. Well; to all of you Ozark natives and Rooters out there, come here as soon as you can! It is indeed 'Food for the Soul.' Jerry Johnston

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Hi Meg - Louisa Stillings, Stallings, etc was my gggrandfather first wife. His name was William Jeptha Johnson -called "Jep" Had a home on Beaver Creed close to Bradleyville, Mo. Her father was John Stillings & his wife last was Paynter . They had several children & they were living close to Ozark, Mo at the time - had a two story house off of old highway 65 about 5 miles north of Oazrk. If this sounds like your Stillings I do have a list of their children. Thelma [email protected] [email protected] wrote: > Please, I would welcome any notes or info on the Stallings that you have, > sent it to me a my aol address. I have been working on that side of the family > so infrequently because until I got Internet access, I was not finding anything > in the Historical Society Library in Oklahoma City and I don't get to visit > the Ozarks that often. The Internet has been a blessing with all of the > different sources being placed on it. > > If I can share any info, please let me know. > > Meg > > ==== MOCHRIST Mailing List ==== > Search other MOGenWeb counties here: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mogenweb/momap.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Hi, Actually there is a Meadows cemetary up on Chestnut Ridge on Bull Creek in Christian County. My Great-Grandparents, Bone and Mint Terry along with their daughter, Pearly, are buried there. I also have photos of the Meadows school. It's somewhere in that big black trunk. I am also seeking info on the Terry branch of my family. Miles Terry -m- Racheal Bryant Hatton Children Ansel Miles (aka MM) -m- Ione Wright John Richard Joel -m- Alice Plumlee Emeline (no info) America (no info) Franky (no info) Nancy (aka Nan) -m- Wilhite Melvina (no info) Napoleon Bonapart Terry (aka Bone) -m- Arminta Moulder Terry (aka Mint) Children Pearly -m- William Box Effie -m- William Clevenger -m- Thomas Sims Ada -m- Jesse Clevenger -m- Razden Nora -m- Anderson -m- Loftis -m- Horworth Isaac -m- Gladys Veal Dessie -m- William Tadlock Joe -m- Freeda Lewis (my grandparents) Joleen in Sacto

Please, I would welcome any notes or info on the Stallings that you have, sent it to me a my aol address. I have been working on that side of the family so infrequently because until I got Internet access, I was not finding anything in the Historical Society Library in Oklahoma City and I don't get to visit the Ozarks that often. The Internet has been a blessing with all of the different sources being placed on it. If I can share any info, please let me know. Meg

Reviewed my notes and found some material that I got off of Family Tree Maker which suggests that Elisha Stallings had moved from North Carolina to Tennessee and then to Kentucky between ca. 1800 and 1815. He apparently married twice, his first wife was Hannah Copeland. His two eldest sons by Hannah Copeland were Moses Stallings b. 1789 and John Stallings b. 1790. I think that Moses Stallings, who moved to Indiana, is the father of Alfred Stallings/Stillions who eventually moved to Greene Co. Mo. John Stallings, his brother, eventually ends up in northwestern Arkansas working on the Upper White River valley per Meg's email. source for the information is Stallons, Mark http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/t/a/Mark--Judy--Stallons/index.html updated 2001 Kerry McGrath

I have several word files will Stillions, Stillings, Stallings notes--gleaned from the web, most from Rootsweb and Ancestry. Also have transcriptions of primary documents that I copies from the Greene County Archive. If you want the raw data, I will send it to you individually. Have tried at times to this type of info on the listserv and it never makes it so let me know your pleasure. Meg, you are wonderful, I could not believe your email when I read it--never thought I would learn who John Stallings was. "Meg's Mess" is really "Meg's Treasure Trove and very nicely documented, thank you. Thomas Casebolt, John Stalling's business partner, moved to the Greene-Christian County area ca. 1833. He was a circuit rider, am not sure of his affiliation, covering what is now Taney, Greene and Christian Counties in the late 1830's. He performed George Yoakum's marriage. George was son of Solomon Yoakum and brother in law of John Stallings daughter who married George's brother. In other words, it appears that John Stallings and Thomas Casebolt were moving in the same circle. The folks who settled in the James River valley seem to have moved downstream into Stone County and upstream and east into the Finley valley. There seems to have been a social network. In the 1830's gear was hauled to Springfield via a number of routes. Several went various forks of the Upper White River. I suspect but cannot prove that Thomas Casebolt was making his living as a trader/peddler which would have footed with his preaching. He never patented or purchased land in southwestern Missouri. Rather it appears that Thomas and Christina lived on of his son's John Casebolt, who had land in the upper Finley and was a neighbor and friend of Alfred and Sally Stillions. Given John Stallings occupation, it would have made perfect sense for Thomas to link up with him in the "green grocer" business. I tracked down the location of the folks who served as witnesses (e.g., Benjamin Chapman, William Giddeon, Diannah Garrison) in the case against Casebolt and Stallings for selling without a liscense. All who were trackable--via census and patent records, lived around presentday Ozark and Linden. John Danforth posted John E. Stallings bond in the case. Danforth was part of the Danforth family--major landholders in Greene County and ancestors to the Ralston Purina Danforths as well as the former Senator from Missouri and former President of Washington University. The Danforth's were powerful in the 1830's as well, so John Stallings had connections. Thomas Casebolt was ca. 66 when he went into business with John Stallings. He died in late 1839, after being indicated, and is buried next to his wife in the Casebolt Cemetery on what was John L. Ca! sebolt's farm. During the civil war, John Casebolt's son John H. Casebolt enlisted in the same Union cavalry company with Alfred and Sally Stillions younger sons Elisha and John, so did other boys from neighbor, e.g. John Chrisman, James Bruton etc. There was another connection vis a vis a subscription school that was operated on the Casebolt's farm. There are attendance lists for the school and these include a group of young men (in late teens and early 20's). However they are not listed with the young students and I know that John H. Casebolt was literate since some of his practice writings survive. Think the young men may have been "Trustees or doing Team teaching". The school was in operation January-March 1861. After the battle of Wilson's Creek and when the Union Government of Missouri issued an order that essentially said you had to enlist in the Union army or else--all of the young Trustees enlisted--not at the same time but in the same company, and may have been together whe! n Marmaduke attacked Springfield. Rena and Phyllis, I am not kin. just really interested in rural history, Missouri history, social networks and am using the Casebolt-Patterson families and the communities in which they lived as a case study for examining various historic issues. Just a pointy headed academic type, I guess. ah, for more information on the Casebolt Family go to http://www.rakgen.com/ Dick Kraus's genealogy business page, he does trade information and actually is extremely generous and a good scholar. Kerry McGrath ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 11:24 AM Subject: Re: [MOCHRIST] Stillions, Stillings, Stallings This is some information my Aunt Patsy Stallings Chappelear found in J H Stallings book that she did an index of:: was glancing thru to see if any location in IL was given, and spotted on page 374 John Edward Stallings, b Wilkes co GA c 1786, d Ark 1863, vet war 1812, moved to Ark in 1820, m (2) minerva Tabor near Holly Spring, Miss, d Stone co MO bur Galena. Lived Little Rock, Ark, then to MO, and back to Carroll (now Boone) co Ark. Issue: 4 daus: Mary Jane, Sarah M, viola, and Evaline He has a brother listed next: BUT maybe it is a son... look at the dates. Thomas Benton Stallings b Little Rock Ark Nov 29 1845, d new Port Ark Nov 181911 Rena Colorado ==== MOCHRIST Mailing List ==== Remember, you can search the Christian Co list back to 1998 at: http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl Enter MOCHRIST in the search field. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Pearce, Peek Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZMB.2ACI/1672 Message Board Post: I am needing help finding information about my grandmother Minnie Almira Peek, she married John LIncoln Pearce 1898 in Christian county, Missouri, in 1900 they were living in Greene county, Missouri. Have been unable to find any information about MInnie prior to that marriage, the census states she was born in Micnigan, her death certificate gives her birthdate as October 25, 1880, she died in 1918 in Longmont, Colorado., in 1910 she was living in Greeenwood County, Kansas. Family story is she was full cherokee, that John took off a reservation or another story is she was living in an orphanage and ran away. Both stories say she was full Cherokee and also she was only 15 when they married, but if her birth date is correct she would have been 18. Have been unable to find out how long John was living in Christian County, when they married, in the 1880 census he was in the Leavenworth Jail in Kansas, his parents were Jesse B. Pearce and Isabel Johnson Marshall, they were living in Franklin County Kansas in the 1880 census. Looking for any kind of help or clues to find out more about Minnie or at least how long John and Minnie lived in Christian County before they married.

Hi list people, Rena, Meg, and Phyllis I have several word files will Stillions, Stillings, Stallings notes--gleaned from the web, most from Rootsweb and Ancestry. Also have transcriptions of primary documents that I copies from the Greene County Archive. If you want the raw data, I will send it to you individually. Have tried at times to this type of info on the listserv and it never makes it so let me know your pleasure. Meg, you are wonderful, I could not believe your email when I read it--never thought I would learn who John Stallings was. "Meg's Mess" is really "Meg's Treasure Trove and very nicely documented, thank you. Thomas Casebolt, John Stalling's business partner, moved to the Greene-Christian County area ca. 1833. He was a circuit rider, am not sure of his affiliation, covering what is now Taney, Greene and Christian Counties in the late 1830's. He performed George Yoakum's marriage. George was son of Solomon Yoakum and brother in law of John Stallings daughter who married George's brother. In other words, it appears that John Stallings and Thomas Casebolt were moving in the same circle. The folks who settled in the James River valley seem to have moved downstream into Stone County and upstream and east into the Finley valley. There seems to have been a social network. In the 1830's gear was hauled to Springfield via a number of routes. Several went various forks of the Upper White River. I suspect but cannot prove that Thomas Casebolt was making his living as a trader/peddler which would have footed with his preaching. He never patented or purchased land in southwestern Missouri. Rather it appears that Thomas and Christina lived on of his son's John Casebolt, who had land in the upper Finley and was a neighbor and friend of Alfred and Sally Stillions. Given John Stallings occupation, it would have made perfect sense for Thomas to link up with him in the "green grocer" business. I tracked down the location of the folks who served as witnesses (e.g., Benjamin Chapman, William Giddeon, Diannah Garrison) in the case against Casebolt and Stallings for selling without a liscense. All who were trackable--via census and patent records, lived around presentday Ozark and Linden. John Danforth posted John E. Stallings bond in the case. Danforth was part of the Danforth family--major landholders in Greene County and ancestors to the Ralston Purina Danforths as well as the former Senator from Missouri and former President of Washington University. The Danforth's were powerful in the 1830's as well, so John Stallings had connections. Thomas Casebolt was ca. 66 when he went into business with John Stallings. He died in late 1839, after being indicated, and is buried next to his wife in the Casebolt Cemetery on what was John L. Ca! sebolt's farm. During the civil war, John Casebolt's son John H. Casebolt enlisted in the same Union cavalry company with Alfred and Sally Stillions younger sons Elisha and John, so did other boys from neighbor, e.g. John Chrisman, James Bruton etc. There was another connection vis a vis a subscription school that was operated on the Casebolt's farm. There are attendance lists for the school and these include a group of young men (in late teens and early 20's). However they are not listed with the young students and I know that John H. Casebolt was literate since some of his practice writings survive. Think the young men may have been "Trustees or doing Team teaching". The school was in operation January-March 1861. After the battle of Wilson's Creek and when the Union Government of Missouri issued an order that essentially said you had to enlist in the Union army or else--all of the young Trustees enlisted--not at the same time but in the same company, and may have been together whe! n Marmaduke attacked Springfield. Rena and Phyllis, I am not kin. just really interested in rural history, Missouri history, social networks and am using the Casebolt-Patterson families and the communities in which they lived as a case study for examining various historic issues. Just a pointy headed academic type, I guess. ah, for more information on the Casebolt Family go to http://www.rakgen.com/ Dick Kraus's genealogy business page, he does trade information and actually is extremely generous and a good scholar. Kerry McGrath ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 11:24 AM Subject: Re: [MOCHRIST] Stillions, Stillings, Stallings This is some information my Aunt Patsy Stallings Chappelear found in J H Stallings book that she did an index of:: was glancing thru to see if any location in IL was given, and spotted on page 374 John Edward Stallings, b Wilkes co GA c 1786, d Ark 1863, vet war 1812, moved to Ark in 1820, m (2) minerva Tabor near Holly Spring, Miss, d Stone co MO bur Galena. Lived Little Rock, Ark, then to MO, and back to Carroll (now Boone) co Ark. Issue: 4 daus: Mary Jane, Sarah M, viola, and Evaline He has a brother listed next: BUT maybe it is a son... look at the dates. Thomas Benton Stallings b Little Rock Ark Nov 29 1845, d new Port Ark Nov 181911 Rena Colorado ==== MOCHRIST Mailing List ==== Remember, you can search the Christian Co list back to 1998 at: http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl Enter MOCHRIST in the search field. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237