http://www.leasburghistoricalsociety.org/ Just found this site. Maybe old news but new to me and perhaps others on the list. Janet

Hello List- I am tracing the family of George Washington Dobbs and his wife Sarar J Dobbs Nee Campbell. I would like to believe they were in Keysville, Crawford county In 1886 I know Arabel C was married by then also Sarah F. I am looking for these other children Teleitha C , Mary A Dobbs, Wiliam J Dobbs. I dont know if anyone has acccess to resource books, and if they can do a lookup.. I believe Sarah J Dobbs also died in Keysville. April19.1886. wonder if there would be a listing of who came to her funeral. Thankyou in advance. Melodee Slaney [email protected]

Regarding Eliza MATLOCK, whose death was reported in a recent Crawford Co., MO. List. As is the case with the submitter, Elias is not of my lines. I do, however have additional information on his descendants, taken from the Cemetery Records of Crawford Co., MO. Please contact me off the list. As always in genealogy, "so many questions, so few answers." Marketta in Madera.

Hi Everyone: The old genealogy scam is back. www.genseekers.com Behind the password protection are links to the free genealogy on-line. There is no content of their own. In order to get the "5-day free trial" you have to surrender a credit card or bank account number. You have to cancel within 5 days or you get dinged. Guess what? The cancellation e-mail bounces. Does this surprise you? One person who recently fell for the come-on had his/her account dinged not once, but twice. It is time to remind folks on your state and county mailing lists about these scoundrels. It has been a couple of years since we have mentioned this. Permission is granted to pass this on. Don Silvius Database Production Administrator The Library Corporation -- Joe L. Miller Research Coordinator - The Pinnell Family Network http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~pinnell/ Missouri Archive File Manager, USGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mo/mofiles.htm Missouri Tombstone Project Manager, USGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/missouri.html Coordinator of Crawford County, MOGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocrawfo/ United We Stand

The following newspaper clippings were pasted in an old scrap book. The collector is unknown. the county is thought to be Crawford and the newspaper is believed to be from Cuba, MO. The year seems to be about 1891. I am not related to these people and know nothing further about any of them. ANOTHER LANDMARK GONE Elias Matlock, one of the oldest and best citizens of our county, is no more. On Wednesday, Dec. 17th, he closed a long and useful life and has gone to "that bourn from whence no traveler returns." He was born in Washington county, KY., Dec 15, 1807 and came to this county with an uncle when but nine years old. He settled the place on the Meramec four miles east of Steelville in 1829, and has lived there for 62 years. He has been married three times. His first wife was Mrs. Mary Reed, who bore him ix children, of whom three are now living: Mrs. Constance Crow, of Boon Township, Mrs. Joanna Reeves, of Liberty Township and George W. Matlock, of this city. she died in 1852. His second wife was Miss Aley Francis, who bore him four children, of whom, but one, Mrs. Elizabeth Stough, is living. His third wife, who survives him, was Mrs. Cicely Halbert. The deceased has been in poor health and a great sufferer for a number of years, but his last fatal illness was of but about six w! eeks duration. He had the most eminent medical skill, the famed Dr. Mudd, of St. Louis, among the number, but skill was unavailing, and at the ripe age of 84 years and one day, he died. Mr. Matlock was a man of unusual intelligence, upright in all his dealings, a good neighbor, a useful citizen, a kind husband and father, and an honest man. He had a remarkable memory of events in the early settlement of our country, and was a very interesting conversationalist. in politics he was a staunch Democrat, consistent and unswerving to his party. He was successful in business affairs, and in addition to his one farm, was a large stock-holder in the Farmers Joint Stock Company of this place, besides other interests. The funeral services were held on Friday, at the family residence and many citizens from different parts of the county attended and testified their respect for the good old man who has gone from among us, and whose venerable form will greet us never again. So, one by one, the ancient land-marks go. And leave us wanderers o'er the desert bare, without their guidance, wandering to and fro we stumble blindly everywhere but they have left a pathway blazed behind clear as the beaten turnpike, often trod and following these, our wayward feet may find the path to honor, usefulness and God --------------------------------------------- Last Friday was the thirty-fifth anniversary of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Orchard, and their many friends had a pleasant surprise prepared for them. About 7 o'clock they began to assemble at the residence of Millard Browne and at 8 repaired to the Orchard residence. They found Mr. Orchard with his boots off, smoking. When the old couple had recovered from their surprise, Rev. LaTour, on behalf of the guests, presented them with an elegant set of table linen and a card containing the names of the donors. A delicious lunch of cake, coffee, sandwiches and pickles were served at 10:30, and at 11 the guests departed for their homes after a truly enjoyable evening. Salam Courant. Thursday, Dec. 10, 1891. ----------------------------------------------- Thursday, Jan 14, 1892 Hon. Ben Terrell, of Texas, President of the Confederation of Industrial Organization and his amiable lady were guests at Brook Farm, during a portion of the holidays and those who had the pleasure of exchanging compliments with them, acknowledge it to be the greatest treat of the season. On the 26th ult. the writer had the pleasure of introducing Prof. Terrell to a large audience at Oak Grove School house, who attentintively listened to him expound the gospel truths of the Ocala demands. The only regret anyone could have that was present, was in the absence of those who oppose these demands. For if they had heard the clear, strong and convincing arguments of Bro. Terrell, they could not help being enlightened on the subject, at least sufficiently to realize how diminutive they make themselves in their blind partisan opposition to those potent truths. Brook Farm, Jan 4, L. Mauled ----------------------------------------- As Intimated in last week's issue, the remains of E. M. Clark were brought to Steelville on Wednesday of last week and buried. On the arrival of the train, an escort of United Workmen were formed at the depot and the pall-bearers consisting of a detail of Grand Army men bore the remains to the hearse, through the open rank. The funeral procession proceeded to the Baptist church, where Rev. W. H. Mayfield, of Rolla, preached a touching and eloquent funeral discourse, and then the body was conveyed to the cemetery where the ritual services of the A. O. U. W. were performed. The floral decorations were very beautiful, consisting of two lovely wreaths, a pillar of roses and smilax with the work "brother" in immortelles, an anchor and shield contributed by his children and a most elegant cross and crown from his nieces, Mollie and Margurite Hickman. There were a number of handsome bouquets, and other tokens of love and affection. A large number of friends from Cuba and Steelville! attended the obsequies, thus showing their respect for the deceased and sympathy for his bereaved relatives.

The Crawford County Sheriff's Department contacted me and asked I put a link to their web site from the Crawford County, MOGenWeb site, which has been done. I really haven't looked very long, but did notice they liked my picture of the Crawford County Courthouse. Only thing I saw so far was the sex offenders area. None of them are related to my family. Spring is in the air, except here in Iowa. If anyone plans to visit some cemeteries, take down some transcriptions and send them along for our cemetery page. I like to use my camcorder and record them all, then I can transcribe them at any time. We have the 1860 census transcriptions online submitted by Edward Stewart. We also have a new lookup volunteer, Georgia Bristol <[email protected]> who has graciously volunteered to do lokups for the 1880 and 1900 Crawford County census. Don't forget to share/coordinate your research with others by submitting to the gedcom page and photo album page. We also have a Crawford County web page link. If you have your own family web site devoted to genealogy, we can link to it from the Personal Home Pages site. Take care this year and drive careful. If you visit Crawford County and have never been there, the roads have many curves and hills with blind spots and the locals drive them fast. I hit my first deer on December 21st., 2002, so watch out for them too. From your friendly (sometimes) list admin. -- Joe L. Miller Research Coordinator - The Pinnell Family Network http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~pinnell/ Missouri Archive File Manager, USGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mo/mofiles.htm Missouri Tombstone Project Manager, USGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/missouri.html Coordinator of Crawford County, MOGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocrawfo/ United We Stand

Missouri Marriages - Washington, St. Francois, Jefferson, Franklin, Crawford Jefferson County Commissions & Marriages 1826-1838 is now migrated into the searchable index. Just over 53% of the marriage entries have been moved from the static pages into the database. The site has 18,972 marriage entries in the searchable database with another 16,505 on static pages accessed from the indexes. The searchable database has entries for Washington, St. Francois and Jefferson, so far. The Washington and St. Francois County consolidated indexes are in place. All names extracted from Washington County marriage books from 1815 through 1937 are in one index. All names extracted from St. Francois County marriage books from 1818 through 1903 are in one index. Next up, Jefferson County Commissions and Marriages 1838-1849. Searchable database http://www.vienici.com/moabs/lookups.html Marriage Indexes http://www.vienici.com/abmomarr.html On the site Vien Ici (Cajun French for Come Here) you can find Crawford County marriages from 1828-1897 are abstracted Franklin County all marriages from 1819-1865 & 1914-1921 are abstracted plus African-American marriages 1865-1875 Jefferson County all marriages from 1826-1885 are abstracted plus African-American marriages 1866-1878 St. Francois Co. marriages 1818-1903 Washington Co. marriages 1815-1937 plus African-American marriages 1865-1875 Brian J. Oster Vien Ici webmaster mailto:[email protected] http://www.vienici.com

Missouri Marriages - Washington, St. Francois, Jefferson, Franklin, Crawford St. Francois Volume 8 Marriage Book is now migrated into the searchable index. Now, over 53% of the marriage entries have been moved from the static pages into the database. The site has 18,731 marriage entries in the searchable database with another 16,360 on static pages accessed from the indexes. The searchable database has entries for Washington and St. Francois, so far. The Washington County consolidated index is in place. All names extracted from Washington County marriage books from 1815 through 1937 are in one index. Having completed the last of the St. Francois books, I'll be setting up a consolidated St. Francois index in the next few days. Next up, Jefferson County Commissions and Marriages 1826-1838. Searchable database http://www.vienici.com/moabs/lookups.html Marriage Indexes http://www.vienici.com/abmomarr.html On the site Vien Ici (Cajun French for Come Here) you can find Crawford County marriages from 1828-1897 are abstracted Franklin County all marriages from 1819-1865 & 1914-1921 are abstracted plus African-American marriages 1865-1875 Jefferson County all marriages from 1826-1885 are abstracted plus African-American marriages 1866-1878 St. Francois Co. marriages 1818-1903 Washington Co. marriages 1815-1937 plus African-American marriages 1865-1875 Brian J. Oster Vien Ici webmaster mailto:[email protected] http://www.vienici.com

Please post this with your Obits if needed. Ellis County Capital, Arnett, Oklahoma March 21, 1919 A. P. Coleman was born at Steelville, Crawford County, Missouri, May 18, 1882, died in the hospital at Pittsburg, Kansas, March 6, 1919, age 36 years, 9 months, and 18 days. He was married November 3, 1909 to Ernestine Woodhouse, to this union were born 5 children, the oldest died when 8 months old. He is survived by a wife, two sons and two daughters, a father and mother of near Shattuck, also four brothers and three sisters, J. S. Coleman of De Moines, New Mexico, W. A. Coleman, of Shattuck, Oklahoma and Plm Coleman, of Blackwell, Oklahoma, Mrs. John Hollingshead, of Blackwell, Oklahoma, Mrs. Laun Davis of Steelville, Missouri, and Mrs. A. Halbert, of Arnett, Oklahoma. His remains were shipped back to his fathers where a short song and prayer service was held and frm there to the Baptist church at Gage where a funeral service was conducted by the writer, assisted by Evangelist D. N. Curb, after which the remains were placed in teh Gage Cemetery to await the resurrection. The Lord bless the aged parents , the wife and children with the entire family---T. Butler

I am researching my gggrandfather Ransom Copeland. I found him living in Crawford Co. on the 1850 Census with his wife Louisa Sims. Ransom was 28 at the time. This census gives his birthplace as GA but a later census lists NC. There is only one other Copeland family listed on the 1850 census living in the same township area (township Being 24ths Dist.). I am wondering if there is a connection between these Copelands: Ransom Copeland b. 1825 and Pleasant Copeland. If anyone has any information on these Copelands, please email me. Thank you. Kathy

Does anyone know about the Joseph COTTRELL family-listed as Cotrell 1880 Osage Township, Crawford County. Jesse T., the son of Joseph and [Sarah E .(?) ?] married Minnie Ann NELSON, the daughter of William Nelson, a brother to my great grandfather Joseph Nelson (1880 Carroll Township, Reynolds County 492A) and (E)stella JENKINS, a sister to my great grandmother Cornelia Jenkins. Jesse and Minnie are enumerated as empty nesters in 1930 Bunker Town, Carroll Township, Reynolds County Sheet 2A after their son "Loyd" Cottrell and his wife Elsie HOGAN Cottrell. It appears that Joseph Cottrell could have family nearby in 1880.

Missouri Marriages - Washington, St. Francois, Jefferson, Franklin, Crawford St. Francois Volume 7 Marriage Book is now migrated into the searchable index. Now, nearly 51% of the marriage entries have been moved from the static pages into the database. The site has 17,819 marriage entries in the searchable database with another 17,337 on static pages accessed from the indexes. The searchable database has entries for Washington and St. Francois, so far. The Washington County consolidated index is in place. All names extracted from Washington County marriage books from 1815 through 1937 are in one index. I am currently working on Franklin County Volume C and have completed only 15 pages. Searchable database http://www.vienici.com/moabs/lookups.html Marriage Indexes http://www.vienici.com/abmomarr.html On the site Vien Ici (Cajun French for Come Here) you can find abstracts for Crawford County marriages from 1828-1897 Franklin County all marriages from 1819-1865 & 1914-1921 plus African-American marriages 1865-1875 Jefferson County all marriages from 1826-1885 plus African-American marriages 1866-1878 St. Francois Co. marriages 1818-1903 Washington Co. marriages 1815-1937 plus African-American marriages 1865-1875 Brian J. Oster Vien Ici webmaster mailto:[email protected] http://www.vienici.com

Hello List, Researching, Courtney,Everson and Farrow in North Crawford, near Cuba , Steelville and Kreamalmeyer,Bedorf(Beadorf) ,near Davisville,South Crawford. William B. Courtney Charles Everson Susan Farrow Eural Kreamalmeyer Ginnie Bedorf I would appreciate any correspondence and info. Thank you, Connie

Looking for WENZEL, ELLISTON, MCKEE and PICKENS in Crawford, Dent and Jefferson Counties. Pam [email protected]

Boy, am I living in the world of OZ. But then I am new to the genealogy world. I when to http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mo/mofiles.htm where I read Add your records, please read! You can help further Missouri Genealogy by offering your census information, wills and other public domain documents to the MOGenWeb Archives! Nothing copyrighted, unless you have written permission from the author. Please contact me, Joe L. Miller, MO's Archive file manager, if you would like to add your public domain documents to the archives. But when I offer the 1860 Crawford County Census which I spent five week transcribing to Mr Miller, he emailed that he was not interested. Since this is all my own work, if any one else would like to have or use this file just let me know. It is the most accurate translation available for free. It is in MS Excel format which is easy to convert into any other format. Of course, I expect anyone who uses my work not to and claim it as their own or sell the data. Cheers, Ed Stewart [email protected]

My Grandmother Martha Lucy "Lulu" Paul was born in Crawford county in 1880 to "Molly" Blunt and John Andrew Paul. Molly was the daughter of James P. Blunt and John the son of James Madison Paul. John Andrew Paul's mother was Angeline Greenlee. I'd love to learn any/all information about any of these lines, I cannot take the Blunt back further than this or the Pauls further back than William B, who was John Andrew Paul's grandfather and may have come from Ohio. Adrien Paul Taylor, Jr. Boise, Idaho.

Good idea! I have recently subbed to this list. My line is Mial Elias Spicer and his wife Mary M Rouse Spicer. Mial and Mary were married bef 26 Sep 1850, probably in Jefferson Co, NY. They came to Crawford Co sometime between 1858 and 1860. CHILDREN: 1. Frank Wyman, b 1853, Jefferson Co NY. Frank went to Canada and was one of the original 50 Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Following his retirement he returned to USA to Ill and was a Methodist minister. He d in 1916 in Marion Co, Ill. Wife was Maude, nothing further on her. 2. Minnie, b 1858, NY m a Lamb 3. Lillian D b Mar 1860, Mo m Zachariah Smith and a Mr Taylor. Buried in Crawford Co, Bourbon. 4. Addie, b 1862, Mo. m a Lamb, brother of her sister Minnie's husband. 5. Bem Daniel, b 1865. This is my line. He m Edna Amelia Gruenewald, d/o Dr. Julius Gruenewald of Worden, Madison Co, Ill. Bem [note it is Bem with an "m", not Ben] d in San Jose, Ca in 1938. He and Edna were ma in 1903 in St Clair Co Ill. His dau told me he was born in Jefferson Co NY but I think it was MO. 6. Grant, b 1867 in Mo. No further info on him. My grandfather was named after him. 7. Daniel Collins, b 1869 in Tipton, Moniteau Co Mo. Marr, possibly in Schebogby? Wis, Wilhelminia Kathleen Schutte. He d 1932 in Bourbon. Although this is not my direct line I have visited descendents of Daniel and Wilhelminia who still live in Bourbon today and have collected a lot of info on them. Anyone researching this family? nt -----Original Message----- From: Joe L. Miller [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 4:51 PM To: [email protected] Subject: ROLL CALL - WEST - MILLER - BROWN I think it is time to have a roll call. Sometimes in doing my research I

My third great grandfather Henry HANSEL/HANSELL (HANSEL, MCGINNIS) b. about 1805 in Lincoln County, NC married Susan A. PRATT b August 1821 in Greene County, Tennessee (PRATT, CARTER). apparently about 1839 in Tennessee. Henry HANSEL arrived just after 1840 in Crawford County working land as far as I can ascertain was between Cuba and Sullivan that he finalized the 1820 Cash Act patent at the St. Louis Land Office mid 1850's. Susan's mother Nancy CARTER (CARTER, HARMON) married Absalom BLANTON about 1852 for she assigned her inheritance to her brother John in Greene County, Tennessee about 1852 as Nancy BLANTON. Most of the HANSEL children eventually settled in Franklin or Washington County except John who married Mary CARTER (CARTER, EPPERSON) and migrated to Texas and then Oklahoma and Mary Eliza who married William J. THORNHILL and stayed in Crawford County. Born in Maries County, Rosa Ann HANSELL, the daughter of my second great grandfather Henry H HANSELL, married Andrew Peter FREDERICKSON and resettled in Crawford County. Otherwise the HANSEL children married BRADSHAW (BRADSHAW, BROWN)- MERCILLE, KANSEL-FITZWATER (FITZWATER,ISGRIGG)-?, JONES-FUDGE, VAN NORT. Susan A. PRATT's siblings married KIMBERLIN-CAMPBELL-BLANTON-KIMBERLIN-BLANTON-BLANTON-BLANTON-BLANTON Other names: BARTON, BLACK, CROCKER, FORTNER, JAMES, JENKINS, LEWIS, NELSON, REESE, SMITH, STRICKLIN, SUMPTER, TROLINGER/TROLLINGER, VOLNER (counties of Dent, Iron, Reynolds and Washington)

I am interested in any info on PRATT, BLANTON, KIMBERLIN, HARMON, BIGLEY and any others related to them. Absalom BLANTON--b. about 1802 Knox Co., KY, d. 4 Mar 1872 Washington Co., MO, md. (1) 16 Apr 1825, Greene Co., TN Cynthia Ann PRATT b. 1810, d. 1851 Washington Co., MO, md. (2) 21 Mar 1852 Crawford Co., MO Nancy CARTER, widow of Henry PRATT, b. 1800 Greene Co., TN, d. 17 Nov 1875 Washington Co., MO. Absalom's son, Alexander Absalom BLANTON, md. (1) Nancy Mariah PRATT, daughter of the above Nancy Carter and Henry PRATT, md. (2)Catherine KIMBERLIN, widow of James PRATT. Alexander's daughter, Susan BLANTON b. 1866 d. 3 Jan 1941 md. Andrew Jackson (Jack) BIGLEY Hope I can connect with someone. Ann

Hi, I think most of my names are from the Washington County & Jefferson County. I am not sure where my CHAMP are from originally. My mom name is Virgie (Politte) who married Francis Champ. Mom's parents were: Francis Politte who married Mary Portell-------- *****Francis Politte: parents were Naril Politte who married Clancey Boyer. ( I paid to have her family line looked up in October but have not heard from that person yet. Also to find out how I can get some old pictures copy, the cost & all.). Dad's parents were: Joseph Francis Champ who married Maggie Courtaway. As an interesting side note on my dad's death certificate it has his mother last name as Courtois, but on her tombstone it is listed as Courtaway. Thank [email protected] Janet RESEARCHING: PORTELL, POLITTE, CHAMP, OLIVIER, COLEMAN, BOYER, ROUSSIN, COURTAWAY/COURTOIS/COURTOUIS, CHABOT, BOISMENU, BIENBENUE, LACHANCE, PEPIN, LALUMONDIERE, ARCHAMBEAU, ROBINET, GOURNEAU/GOVERO, OLIVE, RULO.