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

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. 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