We know very little about the Phillips Family,After Julia married Besson most of the children supposedly were born in Leasburg, according to family members the Besson's were "tie hackers" AT a place on Hinch Rd that they called" Besson Holler" we have a picture on Lynford &Juliawith a saw& axe they have a child with them so about 1900? Lynford's parents were farming in the Elmont,Franklin Co area at this time although we understand they all worked at this also. Thomas Phillips farmed in the Leasburg area as did the Walls family.When Lynford died the children all but 3 were put in a orphanage in Ok of course this all leads to some rather solid brick walls so if anyone has any little clue that we could use we sure would appreciate It Thank You! Merl Besson Henry Merrit WALLS was born in 1798 in Va.. He died in 1878 in Crawford Co. Mo.. Henry married Susannah HIGDON on 22 Jul 1823 in Rutherford, Tenn. Child Nancy Adaline WALLS was born on 15 Sep 1839 in Tennessee. She died on 20 Feb 1927 i Near Dillard, Crawford Co. Mo Nancy sometimes used the name Adaline Thomas Jefferson PHILLIPS was born in 1839 in TN. He died in 1880-1888 in Mo.. Was in 1880 Census Thomas married Nancy Adaline WALLS daughter of Henry Merrit WALLS andSusannahHIGDON on 24 Mar 1861 in Crawford Co.. Daughter Julia Alice PHILLIPS was born on 24 Jul 1871 in Missouri. She died on 11 Mar 1941 in Missouri. Julia sometimes went by the name Alice Julia married (1) Samuel CASSIDY on 26 Feb 1888 in Crawford Co. Mo. Any Children Julia married (2) Lynford V BESSON son of George Washington BESSON and Mary Catherine SECREIS ? in 1899 in Crawford Co. Mo. Lynford was born about 1878 in Mo.. He died on 25 Nov 1915 in Coweta, Wagoner Co. OK. children: Mary BESSON . James BESSON was born in 1905 in Leasburg,Mo. . Lewis BESSON was born estimated 1905 in Mo. William BESSON "Willie" was born estimated 1906. Hattie BESSON was born on 3 Aug 1908. Minnie BESSON was born on 2 May 1906 in Mo.. John BESSON was born on 1 Oct 1910 in Leasburg Mo.. He died on 7 May 1982 in Fayetteville Ark.... Dora Lee BESSON Bishop was born on 9 Aug 1914 in Muskogee Ok. She died on 27 Feb 1980 in Miami, Ok. Charles "Charlie" BESSON BISHOP . Julia married (3) KELLY in 1920/1927 in Not known. listed as Alice Kelly in her mothers obit Julia married (4) William B. HART on 1 Jul 1932 in Steelville Mo. In the 1930 Census Alice Besson is listed as a boarder in the home of Nancy Wright in Phelps Co. Mo

Well, In keeping it specific to Crawford County I have to limit myself to the Cook name. Specifically descendants/ancestors of Christopher Columbus Cook, Jr. aka "Capt. Cook". Chris settled in what is now known as Cook Station. Alas, there are no Cook relations left there. The last one being Christopher Dean Cook who moved to Illinois about 5-6 years ago. Now by virtue of marriage we are related to many people in and around Crawford County...Beckham's, Copeland's, McDaniel's, Maire's, Sewell's, Gentry's and (it seems like) most of the early Maries County settlers. About the only Crawaford County line I haven't tied into yet (and I'm sure the tie is there somewhere) is the Pinnell's!! Happy New Year to all! Laura Burress (nee Sewell) 6th Great granddaughter of C.C.Cook, Jr. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com

John W. Bridwell & wife Lourana(Yoakley) moved to Crawford about 1856. Lourana, sons George and Decalo died there before 1870. John remarried in Crawford co., he married Charity Emeline Dixon 31 Oct 1867 and they then moved to Howell Co, MO. When John died Charity Emeline married Samuel Burton in Washington Co.MO. Several of John's children had married and remained in Crawford. John Mitchell married first Hanna Bridwell and after she died married her sister Lourana Bridwell. Eliza married Charles H. Green in Crawford and William married Josephine Clemetine Catherine Missey in Washington Co. Mary Ann

My great-great-grandmother was William Ann McFarland. After being widowed in her marriage to Thomas M. Spencer, she married my great-great-grandfather, Rev John T. Davis, a circuit rider in Gasconade County. They settled in southern Gasconade County for a number of years after marriage, then moved to Stoddar County. I am seeking information on the McFarlands. In 1850 the census lists William Ann as 17, born in MO, and living with Reuben Bailey (76 y.o., born in VA), Fanny Bailey (69 y.o.), and I. M. Bailey (41 y.o., born in KY). Thomas M. Spencer and William Ann McFarland both of Crawford Co., Mo. married on 30 April 1851 by J. B. Birk, Minister of the M. E. Church South at Crawford Co., Mo. Rev. John T. Davis and William Ann Spencer both of Crawford Co., Mo. married on 3 July 1856 by J. R. Burk, Minister of the M. E. Church South at Crawford Co., Mo.

I am researching the SHOULTS family: Shoults, Joseph Edmund, b. 3-6-1873, Crawford Co., MO. d. 1-25-1935, son of Joseph A. Shoults and Missouri Hildebrand Shoults, John B. Shoults, b. 8-7-1875, Crawford Co., MO., son of Joseph A. Shoults and (probably) Missouri Hildebrand. There are two older sons: Shoults, William A., b 10-8-1869, Jefferson Co., MO., m. 8-20-1894 to Nellie Euge, d. 9-8-1929, son of Joseph A. Shoults and Laura Hildebrand. Shoults, George E.., b 2-5-1871, Jefferson Co., MO., m. to Myrtle ?, d. 7-24-1952, son of Joseph A. Shoults and Laura Hildebrand. We believe Laura and Missouri were related but we don't know if they were sisters or cousins.

I guess I forgot to mention, please send your ROLL CALL to the mailing list, not to me. That way we can all see whom is researching who so we can contact each other researching the same families. -- 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

My father Matthias Frederick AKA "Butch" and "Bud" Seifried (born February 29, 1904) lived in Cuba in Crawford County from about 1951 until a few years before his death in 1980. His parents were Frederick "Fritz" Seifried and Annie (nee Feen) Seifried. Fritz's parents were Jakob (sometimes spelled Jacob) Seifried and Margaretha (nee Busch) Seifried. We do have some documentation that Jakob received a land grant for property in the area of Cuba. I believe Jakob died March 3, 1907. My mother was Eileen Mary (nee Naughton) Seifried (March 9, 1911 to May 29, 1968). I also lived in Cuba from my birth in 1952 until 1973. SEIFRIED FEEN NAUGHTON WHITE

I think it is time to have a roll call. Sometimes in doing my research I get allot of new names. You may add as many names as you like, but I am hoping they would have a Missouri connection, especially the Crawford County area, but can be from a neighboring county. My MILLERS were from North Carolina, William Jackson Miller, born in 1830 and settled in Yankee Branch area of Crawford County with his parents when he was 10 years old. But who were his parents. Other names I have are BROWNS from Franklin County; George Marion WEST, also born in Franklin County, so was his father John W. West. Please put your surnames in the subject heading. Thanks and happy hunting. -- 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

I am forwarding on this message. Please respond to them directly, and not the list. I have already answered them in hope of having the photo's donated to the family photo album, but got no answer. Thanks. ----- Would like help in locating any one interested in family pictures and newspaper clippings in a family name of "Feen". One article is about the death of Mrs. Joseph Feen an early pioneer of crawford county at age 86. It states in the clipping she came from Ohio in 1870. I will list names of her children, and anyone who knows anybody interested in their family tree can contact me, I hate to see any of this information be lost forever. I know how hard its been for me to find information about my family, would love to see someone from this family have these pictures and hand written notes Albert Feen Cuba Bertha Scheibly San Diego Georgia Snyder Alton, Ill Orland Feen East St. Louis Anna Seifried Carrie Roche Herbert Feen LeRoy Feen all of St. Louis anyone can write me at: John Gately 718 3rd Street Polk City, FL. 33868 E-mail [email protected] -- 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

Found the following in a book called PIONEER TIMES, volume 12, 1988. I don't know these folks, am not related, and have typed everything there is in the book to type about them. Just thought YOU might be interested in the info here, and if it helps even 1 person, it was worth my time and trouble. Joanne Scobee Morgan CRAWFORD COUNTY, MISSOURI NEWSPAPERS The following newspaper clippings were pasted in an old scrap book. The unknown collector had clipped them from an 1891 Crawford County Missouri Newspaper... I don't know the name of it or the dates on some of these. ____LVILLE, MO, Nov 19, 1891 (Probably Steelville) Obituary Miss LOU COWDEN, who died at her sister's, Mrs. M. O. TAYLOR's at Bourbon, on the 9th inst., was the daughter of the REV. J. W. COWDEN, formerly of this county, and at the time of her death, was in the 35th year of her age. She has resided in the city for a number of years and was in the country this fall to try and recuperate her health, which has been very much impaired for some time, when she was attacked with the erysipelas and only lived a few days. Miss Lou became converted to the cause of Christ under her father's preaching when very young and from that time to her death lived a model Christian life. She showed her Christian virtues in all her wilks in life and never found anything too much or too exacting for her to do for the cause of religion. She was noble, generous, kind and lovely to and loved by all. Well can the brothers and sisters say with the poet: "Sister, thou was mild and lovely, Gentle as the summer breeze; Pleasant as the air of evening, As it floats a! mong the trees." Since her death one of the family has written: "She was the best of us all; loving, kind and industrious, better to others than to herself. To liertt (?) is rest, eternal rest." She was buried at Leasburg on the 11th where a large number of friends, neighbors and old schoolmates had gathered to pay her the last sad tribute of respect. MARRIAGE Married at the residence of J. C. Burkes, last Sunday evening at 4 o'clock, Mr. William Drennon and Miss Rena Marsh, both of Riverside. Rev. Phillips officiating. Wherever you dwell, May content be your lot; And friendship like ivy, Encircle your cot, Is the best wish of Samant____ OBITUARY The sad intelligence reached here on Tuesday, that Edw. M. Clark died at his home in Hermann, MO., on the 30th of Nov. 1891, from typhoid fever. The deceased was reared in this county, and from this place enlisted in the 7th Missouri Cavalry. In 1869 he was married to MARY A. GIBSON, daughter of DR. ALEXANDER GIBSON of this place who bore him a son and a daughter, who are both living. He resided for several years in Phelps county where he was elected clerk of the circuit court. He was there admitted to the bar, but finally removed to Gasconade County where he practiced his profession up to the time of his fatal illness. He was an intelligent and able man, a genial and kindhearted citizen, an indulgent father and a faithful husband. His remains were brought to Steelville, and buried from the Baptist church on Wednesday. MR. WM. JOLLEY & MISS ANNA A. FANNING, were married at the residence of MR. JOHN FANNING yesterday, 13 Jan, 1792. (that surely is a typo... probably should be 1892)

St. Francois County, Missouri Marriages Volume 8 1901-1903 is now completely abstracted with a full name index. It includes over 910 marriages. St. Francois Co. marriages 1818-1903 -- also -- also -- also -- also -- 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 1826-1890 are abstracted plus African-American marriages 1866-1878 Washington Co. marriages 1815-1937 plus African-American marriages 1865-1875 Just click on http://www.vienici.com/abmomarr.html to bring you to a single page of links for the abstract indexes. The indexes have links to the abstract pages of in some cases to the lookup pages. Or click on http://www.vienici.com/moabs/lookups.html to the site Lookup Page where all of the Washington County abstracts and most of the St. Francois County abstracts have been loaded into a searchable database. The searchable database now includes over 15,000 entries that cross county boundaries. You can also Search the site for surnames. Keep your eye on the site. New marriages are being abstracted continually. Brian J. Oster [email protected] webmaster http://www.vienici.com

Missouri Marriages - Washington, St. Francois, Jefferson, Franklin, Crawford St. Francois Volume 6 Marriage Book is now migrated into the searchable index. Now, over 48% of the marriage entries have been moved from the static pages into the database. The site has 16,913 marriage entries in the searchable database with another 17,821 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 St. Francois Volume 8 and have completed 300 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 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 1818-1900 Washington Co. marriages 1815-1937 plus African-American marriages 1865-1875 Brian J. Oster Vien Ici webmaster mailto:[email protected] http://www.vienici.com

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Missouri Marriages - Washington, St. Francois, Jefferson, Franklin, Crawford St. Francois Volume 5 Marriage Book is now migrated into the searchable index. Now, nearly 47% of the marriage entries have been moved from the static pages into the database. The site has 16,111 marriage entries in the searchable database with another 18,223 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 St. Francois Volume 8 and have completed 100 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 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 1818-1900 Washington Co. marriages 1815-1937 plus African-American marriages 1865-1875 Brian J. Oster Vien Ici webmaster mailto:[email protected] http://www.vienici.com

Does anyone have the Roll of Honor Civil War/Union Soldiers CD. If so, I would appreciate a look up of McDonald Jones. Thanks, Juanita Jones Johnson Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so:)

Jefferson County, Missouri Marriages Volume 2 1885-1890 is now completely abstracted with a full name index. It includes nearly 900 marriages. Jefferson County all marriages from 1826-1890 are abstracted plus African-American marriages 1866-1878 -- also -- also -- also -- also -- 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 St. Francois Co. marriages 1818-1900 Washington Co. marriages 1815-1937 plus African-American marriages 1865-1875 Just click on http://www.vienici.com/abmomarr.html to bring you to a single page of links for the abstract indexes. The indexes have links to the abstract pages of in some cases to the lookup pages. Or click on http://www.vienici.com/moabs/lookup.html to the site Lookup Page where all of the Washington County abstracts and most of the St. Francois County abstracts have been loaded into a searchable database. The searchable database now includes over 15,000 entries that cross county boundaries. You can also Search the site for surnames. Keep your eye on the site. New marriages are being abstracted continually. Brian J. Oster [email protected] webmaster http://www.vienici.com

Missouri Marriages - Washington, St. Francois, Jefferson, Franklin, Crawford St. Francois Volume 4 Marriage Book is now migrated into the searchable index. Now, over 45% of the marriage entries have been moved from the static pages into the database. The site has 15,246 marriage entries in the searchable database with another 18,626 on static pages accessed from the 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. The old individual book indexes for Washington County have been removed. Searchable database http://www.vienici.com/moabs/lookups.html Marriage Indexes http://www.vienici.com.abmomarr.html Brian J. Oster Vien Ici webmaster mailto:[email protected] http://www.vienici.com

I just wanted to mention while researching your family, check surrounding counties, especially the ones to the west, that were part of the county long ago. Phelps County has many bios of families that were once part of Crawford County. -- 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

I have installed a new page in the archives. Mind you it is just under construction, so there is very little information thus far. You can link to it directly from the archives page, under history. I will be putting text files about each town as I can get the information on it. If your ancestor founded a town, chances are they will be listed. You can click on the name to go to the history of it, or you can click on the nearest town to see the map (on the right). The map links do work, but the history has only been done for Leasburg and Hinch. I will be working on the others as time permits. I keep seeing so-and-so founded this or that town as I do lookups, and I get requests for such, so I decided to just put up the site. If anyone has such information they would like to contribute, send it along. Thanks. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mo/crawford/villages.htm -- 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

Does anyone know about New Rock Church. Probably it was located between Cuba and Sullivan. Was it Methodist? Was it Valentine Carter's church? Thanks.