Hi Gina, I wish I had something to share with you regarding your family, but I don't. The only curious thing I can say is that my BLEDSOES also moved from Crooked Creek in Carroll/Boone County, AR, to Christian County MO, right around the last few years of the 1860's. Makes one wonder if they may have traveled together....OR, why they both were moving from and to the same places! :) Could not find your Mary Jane's marriage when I looked on my marriage cd, but did find these: Marriage Index: Missouri, 1851-1900 Stiffler, George Spouse : Napier, Mary A. Marriage date : Dec 15, 1889 County : Taney Gender : Male Source : County Court Records at Forsyth, MO Microfilm Number : Not available on microfilm Stiffler, M. E. Spouse : Glenn, Joseph Marriage date : Feb 7, 1886 County : Taney Gender : Female Source : County Court Records at Forsyth, MO Microfilm Number : Not available on microfilm Stiffler, Martha A. Spouse : Durbin, William R. Marriage date : Apr 15, 1899 County : Taney Gender : Female Source : County Court Records at Forsyth, MO Microfilm Number : Not available on microfilm I also checked Jenning/Jennings and Lanning, no hits. Jean Mayfield Cuevas At 02:01 PM 5/29/2003 -0700, you wrote: >I'm ready to pull my hair over these folks ~ I'm >hoping some of you listers in the Missouri counties >may have more info for me as the Stiffler family was >in Carroll/Boone Co. ARK, then to Christian/Taney Co. >MO: > >Mary Jane Stiffler was born 31 July 1846 in Crooked >Creek Twp., Carroll Co. ARK (now Boone Co.) to parents >John Bardell Stiffler & Martha Ann Brumbelow. She >married 01 January 1867 in Greene Co., Missouri to >John Lennings. > >I'm beginning to wonder if I need to order the >original marriage record to see if LENNING is the >correct spelling of this last name ~ I haven't gotten >anywhere with trying to find this couple after the >marriage. > >Any suggestions? The idea popped into my mind after >seeing a thread on the JENNINGS family if maybe John's >last name is Lanning or Jenning instead of Lenning. > >Any help is appreciated. > ~gina~ > >===== >~gina thomas patterson~ >Please visit my home page at www.burningskyenterprises.com, click on >"Family Album". Researching families Brumbelow, Carsten, Leitch, Manes, >Patterson, Stiffler, Thomas, Tye & more than I have fingers, toes, >earrings & nose holes for! > > >==== 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

Thanks Jean - What we've gathered from John Bardell Stiffler's pension records is that he was conscripted into Shaler's regiment, and rode with them 4 months at which time that particular group disbanded. He apparently headed back to the Crooked Creek area, gathered up his family that was left and took out for the Springfield area where the Union encampments were. I guess with all the border fighting that went on along the Missouri/Arkansas border, alot of folks bailed out. I read somewhere that after the war, only 4 houses were left standing in the Harrison Arkansas area where Crooked Creek Twp was, and with my family's luck, I very much doubt if one of their homes was still standing! Thanks for the look-up, I appreciate it. I'm not sure right off hand who the M.E. Stiffler who married Glenn Joseph was ~ I'm at work right now & all my "stuff" is at home! ~gina~ --- Jean Mayfield Cuevas <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Gina, > > I wish I had something to share with you regarding > your family, but I > don't. The only curious thing I can say is that my > BLEDSOES also moved > from Crooked Creek in Carroll/Boone County, AR, to > Christian County MO, > right around the last few years of the 1860's. > Makes one wonder if they > may have traveled together....OR, why they both were > moving from and to the > same places! :) > > Could not find your Mary Jane's marriage when I > looked on my marriage cd, > but did find these: > > Marriage Index: Missouri, 1851-1900 > > Stiffler, George Spouse : Napier, Mary A. > Marriage date : Dec 15, 1889 > County : Taney > Gender : Male > Source : County Court Records at Forsyth, > MO > Microfilm Number : Not available on > microfilm > Stiffler, M. E. Spouse : Glenn, Joseph > Marriage date : Feb 7, 1886 > County : Taney > Gender : Female > Source : County Court Records at Forsyth, > MO > Microfilm Number : Not available on > microfilm > Stiffler, Martha A. Spouse : Durbin, William R. > Marriage date : Apr 15, 1899 > County : Taney > Gender : Female > Source : County Court Records at Forsyth, > MO > Microfilm Number : Not available on > microfilm > > I also checked Jenning/Jennings and Lanning, no > hits. > > Jean Mayfield Cuevas > > > > At 02:01 PM 5/29/2003 -0700, you wrote: > >I'm ready to pull my hair over these folks ~ I'm > >hoping some of you listers in the Missouri counties > >may have more info for me as the Stiffler family > was > >in Carroll/Boone Co. ARK, then to Christian/Taney > Co. > >MO: > > > >Mary Jane Stiffler was born 31 July 1846 in Crooked > >Creek Twp., Carroll Co. ARK (now Boone Co.) to > parents > >John Bardell Stiffler & Martha Ann Brumbelow. She > >married 01 January 1867 in Greene Co., Missouri to > >John Lennings. > > > >I'm beginning to wonder if I need to order the > >original marriage record to see if LENNING is the > >correct spelling of this last name ~ I haven't > gotten > >anywhere with trying to find this couple after the > >marriage. > > > >Any suggestions? The idea popped into my mind > after > >seeing a thread on the JENNINGS family if maybe > John's > >last name is Lanning or Jenning instead of Lenning. > > > >Any help is appreciated. > > ~gina~ > > > >===== > >~gina thomas patterson~ > >Please visit my home page at > www.burningskyenterprises.com, click on > >"Family Album". Researching families Brumbelow, > Carsten, Leitch, Manes, > >Patterson, Stiffler, Thomas, Tye & more than I have > fingers, toes, > >earrings & nose holes for! > > > > > >==== 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 > > > > > ==== MOCHRIST Mailing List ==== > Don't forget the MOGenWeb Archives section.... > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mo/mofiles.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 > ===== ~gina thomas patterson~ Please visit my home page at www.burningskyenterprises.com, click on "Family Album". Researching families Brumbelow, Carsten, Leitch, Manes, Patterson, Stiffler, Thomas, Tye & more than I have fingers, toes, earrings & nose holes for!