Randy, Don't you wish we could go back in a time machine to see what it was like around 1870? I sure would love to have seen it and my ancestors. I am making another trip this summer (Lord willing) to MO and AR, and want my daughter to see the Nixa area. Last time I was there, I literally fell in love with it! Hope to get by the Ozark library, Mabel. Jean Cuevas At 03:27 PM 11/6/2005 -0500, you wrote: >Perhaps I should have said that Indian Anne was the only native American in >Christian Co. in 1870, according to the federal census. > >I had a gg-grandmother, Emily Jane Dewitt, who had three illegitimate >children and came to Christian Co. in 1890 from the Appalachian woods of >Rowan Co., >KY, a notoriously lawless area. Several of her descendants believe she was >native American, her pictures tend to back that conclusion and some >descendants have tried to prove it -- to qualify their children for college >scholarships. However, all the census information shows she was white, and >no other >documentation exists. > >What I consider most intriguing is the belief of descendants that they had >American Indian ancestry -- even though those ancestors apparently tried to >hide their ethnicity as much as possible. Indian Anne, as best I can >tell, had >few problems living in the community despite the common knowledge about her >background -- but the Nixa community accommodated a surprisingly wide >range of >backgrounds and lifestyles in those days. > >Randy > > >==== MOCHRIST Mailing List ==== >Donations and volunteers being accepted now. See >http://www.rootsweb.com/~mochrist/ for more details > >============================== >View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx