This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CKB.2ACE/1544.1.1 Message Board Post: Bev, Would it PLEASE be possible for you to lookup John SAUER married to Viola Grace DAVENPORT in the 1900 - 1910 Dade County census? I know they had one son Richard born 1902 in MO. They moved to Riverside, CA by 1913 where two children were born. All together they had 6 children but I cannot find any birth record in CA for the other three children. I would really appreciate any help on this family. Thank you so much for your time. Fran

HI Mr.NOAH SMOTHERS,i'm Ray Moore.a cousin emailed me this morning he said he found a post you have of a JOHN MOORE born 1837 married NANCY ANN MAYES born 1845.if this is correct and the names you have are correct,this is my great grandparents! do you have more info? i have posted a lot everywhere.were they in DADE Co.? the HAMILTON MOORE throws me.did he live to adulthood?.do you have info on all of them? where they went? who they married?. the JOHN MOORE is my gramps! please eme fast! direct,for if this is really correct and we can get the same names after that and they are right,i've ended my search! my NANCY was born in RAY County,MO.her parents were STERLING & SARAH CARR MAYES.about 1849 they all moved back to CLAIBORNE County,TENN. where about 1860-61 NANCY married a MOORE. but we have 0 info on him.in the late 1870s they divorced.seems he left them.he later returned after they were grown.an argument started,he left never heard from again.Nancy remarried in 1882 to a BOLIN she died in 1883.in our family we are told she died giving birth to twins.ok nuff here.i'll go to rootsweb and look for your e address case you don't see this. go to my homepage lots info and photos. http://tippytnn.topcities.com/moore.htm thanks Ray Moore Lafayette,IN -- [email protected] -- http://fastmail.fm - Ever wonder why we aren't named snailmail.sm?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Merrick, Renfro Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CKB.2ACE/1567 Message Board Post: >From Lawrence Chieftain; Thursday, 10 Dec 1931; published Mt. Vernon, Lawrence Co, Mo; reprinted from Greenfield Vedette: Two Aged Sisters Pass Away Same Day Misses Sylvia and Bell Merrick, aged 90 and 86 respectively, died at their home near South Greenfield on Friday, Nov. 27, Bell passing away in the morning and Sylvia a few hours later. The sisters, neither of whom had ever married, came to Dade county from Tennessee with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Merrick, in 1851, and had resided continuously since that time on the farm homesteaded by their father, and where they died. For many years they conducted all the business of the farm, but some time ago this work was taken over by their grand-nephew, Perry Renfro, who had been brought up in their home. “Aunt Sibby and Aunt Belle” as they were lovingly known by a very large circle of friends, were very popular members of their home community, being good neighbors and always interested in the welfare of their friends; and they will be missed and mourned by many. Miss Writta Bell Merrick was born April 17, 1845 and passed away Nov 27, 1931 at 3:40 a.m. age 86 years, 7 months and 10 days old. Miss Sibby Wells Merrick was born Dec 24, 1840, and passed away Nov 27, 1931 at 2:20 p.m., aged 90 years, 11 months and 3 days old. Both were the daughters of James and Irene Merrick and came with their parents from Tennessee in 1851, settling on the farm northwest of Pennsboro where they spent the remainder of their lives, and passed on to their reward from the same home. Their bodies were placed in a double grave on the farm in the Merrick cemetery. “Aunt Sibby” was converted at 15 years of age through the influence of Bro. Joseph Davidson a M. E. minister. Later when her parents and “Aunt Bell” were converted she with them, united with the Christian church at Antioch, both lived good Christian lives and died with their faith in Christ. “Aunt Bell” fell eight years ago, breaking her hip, and was a cripple the remainder of her life. She was sick two weeks and Aunt Sibby eight weeks, both patient in all their suffering. Aunt Bell prayed not to be left here when her sister passed on. She died 10 hours before her sister. They took Perry C. Renfro, son of Clay Renfro, into their home at the age of three years, loved, cherished and cared for him as their own while he loved and cared for them as a son. These are the last of a large family. Funeral services were held at their home on Sunday at 2 p.m., attended by a large gathering of nephews, nieces, old neighbors and friends. -- Mrs. S. M. Crank in Greenfield Vedette.

Looking for marriage of Jessie B Cantrell......late 1800s Thanks

Hello Everyone, I posted the following message on the Whaley list last month. It includes an extensive quotation from the Lawrence County Historical Bulletin, which included a very interesting from Thomas R. Whaley in 1850 back to DeKalb Co TN, discussing the apparent obsession with going to California and also rying to lure TN cousins out to Lawrence County.. I didn't post it here at the time in part because I've become a little paranoid about copyright issues, and also I wanted to ask some additional questions. In the meantime, I've found a copy of the original letter I made (I guess) at the library in Mt. Vernon last year...so I'm not so worried about copyright issues, since I have the original of the bulk of it. First, in light of the "Rocky Mountain Boys" letter, I present it in contast as to literary excellence so to speak. Second, it makes it sound like Mt. Vernon was an important place in some way for those going to California. (Or at least some of the locals were getting business supplying those on the way) Was Mt. Vernon just a jumping off point for the local boys with gold rush fever? Looking at maps of the main westward migration trails, Mt. Vernon (Joplin) is between the two primary hubs at Independence and Fort Smith. Was there then a precursor to what is now I-44 that was a secondary route that met up with the Fort Smith branch of the Santa Fe Trail around what is now Oklahoma City? Or would the folks in SW Missouri going to California for gold go via the Northern route, travelling up to Independence? A reference map I found here: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/letters1/usa-west.htm Best Regards, Janet Hunter CNIDR Isearch-cgi 1.20.06 (File: 49) ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 18:12:50 EDT From: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Subject: [WSP] Thomas R. Whaley 1850 Letter to TN from MO Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" To my Whaley/DeKalb Co cousins: In going through some family papers I found a a very interesting published copy of a 1850 letter of Thomas R. Whaley, then a merchant in Mt. Vernon, Lawrence Co MO to his siblings in McMinneville (Liberty??) DeKalb Co. It was published on page 8, The Lawrence County Historical Society Bulletin - Jan/1978. Thomas R. Whaley was the son of Elijah Whaley, and nephew of my 3 g grandfather Seth Whaley, b. 1804, (wife Eliz. Richards Bowen), who with Elijah were sons of Thomas Whaley and Margaret Bratton, early settlers from Worcestor Co MD to Liberty area now in DeKalb Co TN. At the time the letter was written, Thomas R. is the only Whaley in Lawrence Co 1850 Census. Within the next 2/3 years his efforts to "sell" SW Missouri to his family met with success and he was joined at least by his uncle Seth Whaley and all of his children and their families, including daughter Mary Bowen Whaley and husband William Washington GAY, merchant/schoolteacher of Liberty TN (and my 2 g grandparents). Incidentally, William Gay about 1859 went into business (general store type operation) with a John ALLEN, who was possibly Gay's deputy court clerk in the preceding few years. Later business directories of Lawrence Co, indicate at least some of the Allens there were from DeKalb Co. (See pages 12, 13, patrons of the 1879 county Atlas/Plat book -- you can also locate on a map our Whaleys there, but using the index: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~judysstuff/lawatlas.htm) At the end of the letter he urges his brothers in DeKalb to join him in Missouri. By my reckoning from the info I have from Lynne Graham on Thomas R.'s descendants, at least his brothers Lemuel Bratton, Isaac, and Seth Madison did move there, possibly with uncle Seth and the Gays. Brothers William, John and sister Matilda Beckwith appear to have remained in DeKalb. Does anyone know with whom from DeKalb Co Thomas R. Whaley travelled to Lawrence Co Missouri in the first place before being joined by brothers and uncle and the Gays? Bible records for Elijah Whaley, father of Thomas R, and can be found at the DeKalb Co website: http://www.tngenweb.org/dekalb/biblwhaley.htm FYI, there is also a Bible record there for Thomas R. Whaley himself: http://www.tngenweb.org/dekalb/biblklwhaley.htm And, for James Beckwith's family: http://www.tngenweb.org/dekalb/biblbeckwith.htm Here is what is in the Lawrence Co I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. I am assuming that a yoak is composed of two oxen?? Anyone out there have possession of the gold he sent to Elijah? "Eighteen-Fifty Letter From Thomas R. Whaley of Mount Vernon Mount Vernon, Missouri, April 25, 1850 Dear Brothers and Sisters: I Read your lines last mail Stating that you were all well which is allways good news to me - these lines leaves us all well - I have Witnessed this morning as well as other days the Starting of the Calafornians and will Continue to Witness the start for Severell Days Hence it is Supposed that there will be Seven or Eight Thousand Emagrants this Spring from the State of Missouri I am a fraid that times will be more Reckoless than Ever - people ar neglecting the most important things and that is Agracutlure - it may be possible that thare will be a grate Emagration back next fall all of our boys will Return there Stells Sell for $45 $55 Dollas with us now a yoak & we Sold at independence 15 yoak for near Eight Hundred Dollas Some even $60 - pr yoak Horses Sell Vary well Bacon is worth from 4¢ per lb Corn $1 - $125 Barrell Flour $250 - $300 pr hundred Coffee 25¢ pr lb Sugar 10¢ lb. Iron 6 ¼ Castings the same Indigo 9d oz I am now dowing Bisness by my Self Calafornia has taken Mr. Worsham off I am under the Impression that goods will be Slow Sale un till fall I am selling for cash in reciept (?) You wash to no my Birth and marriage I was Borne 27th Sept 1817 married May 31st 1838 I will lay my letter by until I can think of Something else We have 4 Likely Children 2 Boys & two girls vary pretty - our Smallest one is not 6 months old yet She cn Set alone and Jump out of the Cradle When in it ways 21 ¼ lbs Without her Clothes on Mary is very large to his (9?) age James is going to school and Reading I would be Vary much pleased to pay you a vissett this fall with famley if I Could - I think it Would by Conciderable to your advantage to pay us a visett You would git to see a Fine Country Kill prairie Chicking and partridges Deer Turky Squirels tho I am so Bisy that I do not Kill but few. I will bring my letter to a Close by Subscribing my Self your Brother. N. B. I mailed Father a letter Last mail with some Calafornia gold in it Tell James Beckworth that I am vary much obligid to him for writing to me I think that he ought to Do So as he has got all the Sister I have got in this world. T. R. Whaley [Ed. Note: Mrs. Bowman (Alta Faye Johnson Bowman) states the above reference is to James Beckwith and Matilda Goggin Whaley, her great- grandparents [sic]. This letter was mailed to Whaley's brothers, Isac and John in Smithville, Tnnessee. Transcription by the Editor from xerox copy]" For all I know this letter may be old news for many of you, but if not I thought I'd share it. My best regards, Janet Hunter,Northern VA P.S...I'm still waiting for which ever one of you knows how my Seth Whaley's 1880 probate packet escaped from the Lawrence Co Courthouse to fess up. <big smile> The papers for the leather/saddle/bridle business he had with son Henry Seth were there, but the packet with his personal probatedirectly preceding them was missing (and I perched precariously 7 feet up and went through the drawers around it.) ______________________________ ------------------------------

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GRANT, SIMS, SMITH, FALLWELL, BAILEY, LITTLE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CKB.2ACE/791.1060.1063.1066.1065.3.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Betty, I have written to Pam Smith and asked her to send you the photo of William Studdard. I don't have that photo but I do have photos of Walter Smith which I sent to her.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CKB.2ACE/1361.2.1.1 Message Board Post: It is late tonight, but I will get back to you later. 3 luther McLemore is my grand father. My fathers father. Yes, I will list some of the siblins for you. I have their names.

I show Winfred R. Cantrell is the son of Hiram L. or Nathan Cantrell and Mary Elizabeth Richmond. Hiral is born 5/22/1830 McMinn Co., TN and died 6/28/1905 Florence, Los Angeles Co., CA. Hiram was also married to Cynthia Lucinda Ruckman, born between 1835-1836 AR or MO and died 4/28/1878 Greene Co., MO. He had 9 children with Cynthia. Sibs of Winfred are Jesse Baily (m), Zella Trellis (f), Laura Della born abt. 1885, Homer Thomas born abt. 1887, Eli Harmon born abt. 1889 and Ona Ethel (f). I have quite a bit on Cantrells if you'd like to contact me privately. I don't know where any of the above are buried, but I don't find them in Dade Co. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 11:41 AM Subject: [MODADE] Winfred Cantrell > Looking for information on Winfred R Cantrell, born 1881 in Dade > County...Thanks > > > > ==== MODADE Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe send a msg. to > MODADE-L(or -D)[email protected] > unsubscribe in the msg. area, turn off your signature, > if possible. > > ============================== > 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 >

Looking for information on Winfred R Cantrell, born 1881 in Dade County...Thanks

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McLEMORE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CKB.2ACE/1361.2.1 Message Board Post: You said in your post that you are descended from Archibald McLemore and Sarah Plumley through their son William, and thusly his son, Luther. Could you fill in Luthers siblings and any other information about his parents that you wouldn't mind sharing? Listed below is what I have for Archibald and Sarahs children. If you have anything on their other children I would also be interested. Thanks. Descendants of Archibald Mclemore 1 Archibald Mclemore b: 11 March 1787 in Granville County, North Carolina d: 1825 in Monroe County, Tennessee +Sarah Plumley b: 1789 in North Carolina m: Abt 1808 in Knox County, Tennessee d: 1824 in Monroe County, Tennessee .... 2 Anson McLemore b: 1 February 1809 .... 2 John McLemore b: 3 December 1810 in Knox County, North Carolina d: March 1880 in Dade County, Missouri ....... +Delilah Bredon b: 1814 in Tennessee d: 30 June 1868 in Dade County, Missouri ........... 3 Christopher Columbus McLemore b: 1837 in Monroe County, Ohio ............... +Sarah Ragsdale m: 1868 in Dade County, Missouri .... 2 Abraham McLemore b: 10 July 1813 .... 2 Joseph McLemore b: 4 April 1815 .... 2 Archibald McLemore b: 24 June 1817 in Knox County, Tennessee d: 29 January 1905 in Dade County, Missouri ....... +Mary Jane "Mollie" Brown b: 26 April 1817 in Knox County, Tennessee or South Carolina m: 19 September 1842 in Madisonville, Monroe County, Tennessee d: 14 October 1891 in Dade County, Missouri ........... 3 Jasper Marion McLemore ........... 3 Paulina Frances McLemore ........... 3 Mary Jane McLemore b: 10 September 1843 d: 22 February 1886 ........... 3 Robert Frazier McLemore b: 22 August 1846 in Knox or Monroe County, Tennessee or Dade County, Missouri (?) d: 6 April 1929 in Dade County, Missouri ............... +Eliza Neill b: 24 March 1864 in Lawrence County, Missouri m: 12 November 1889 in Dade County, Missouri d: 14 December 1944 in Dade County, Missouri ........... 3 Sarah Ann McLemore b: Abt 1849 ........... 3 William Young McLemore b: 1852 in Dade County, Missouri ............... +Serepta C. Wheeler m: 1881 .... 2 Young Leander McLemore b: 19 March 1820 .... 2 William McLemore b: 10 April 1821 in Monroe County, Tennessee d: 10 February 1906 in Monroe County, Tennessee ....... +Rebecca Gentry b: 5 April 1837 ........... 3 Luther McLemore .... 2 Mary Minerva McLemore b: 26 June 1823 in Monroe County, Tennessee d: 7 March 1907 in Dade County, Missouri ....... +Isham Alex Young b: 27 March 1822 in Monroe County, Tennessee m: 1843 in Dade County, Missouri d: 10 April 1885 in Dade County, Missouri ........... 3 William Marshall Young b: 5 July 1845 in Dade County, Missouri d: 21 May 1891 in Dade County, Missouri ............... +Dialthea Elvira McClure b: 19 April 1848 in Dade County, Missouri m: 1 March 1870 in Dade County, Missouri d: 20 August 1932 in Dade County, Missouri ........... 3 Mary E. Young b: Abt 1847 in Missouri d: Bef 1889 ............... +Albert G. Willis m: 20 October 1868 ........... 3 Harriet H. Young b: 17 July 1849 in Missouri d: 6 September 1872 ............... +Holbert J. McClure b: 1 October 1842 m: 5 October 1871 d: 10 March 1879 ........... 3 Martha J. Young b: 6 August 1851 d: Bef 1889 ........... 3 James Monroe Young b: 23 September 1853 in Dade County, Missouri d: 14 July 1938 in Dade County, Missouri ............... +Mary Darrall b: 21 June 1858 in Fayette, Pennsylvania m: 28 March 1876 in Dade County, Missouri d: 1 April 1879 in Dade County, Missouri ........... 3 Virginia Olive Young b: 1855 in Missouri d: 29 December 1920 ............... +Harry Henry Finley b: 19 July 1854 in Dade County, Missouri m: 1 February 1877 in Dade County, Missouri d: 27 November 1941 in Greene County, Missouri ........... 3 Alice Medora Young b: November 1861 in Missouri ............... +John Oscar Mitchell b: October 1858 in Missouri m: 25 February 1886 in Dade County, Missouri .... 2 Wesley McLemore b: 7 June 1827 in Monroe County, Tennessee d: 17 July 1916 in Dalhart, Dallam County, Texas ....... +America Lyons b: 24 January 1834 in Franklin County, Ohio m: 8 July 1855 in Webster County, Missouri d: 6 April 1906 in Dade County, Missouri ........... 3 Andrew J. McLemore b: 8 June 1855 d: 5 January 1898 ........... 3 Mary McLemore b: Abt 1858 ........... 3 Joseph W. McLemore b: Abt 1861 ........... 3 Albert McLemore b: Abt 1864 ........... 3 Minervy McLemore b: Abt 1869 ........... 3 Ida McLemore b: Abt 1871 ........... 3 Charley McLemore b: Abt 1874 ........... 3 John McLemore b: Abt 1879 .... 2 Andrew Jackson McLemore b: 10 September 1829

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CKB.2ACE/791.1060.1063.1066.1065.3.1 Message Board Post: Hi Mary, I am a descendant of William and Sarah F. Grant-Studdard. You mentioned a picture of William Studdard with his brother-in-law Walter Smith. I would love to have a copy of that photo. Could you email me a copy of it? FYI: The J. Studdard was actually Thomas Studdard. The "J" was a mistake in reading a census record. Thanks, Betty

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Elliott, Vertrees Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CKB.2ACE/1548.1 Message Board Post: Information from his daughter, Opal Buenta Elliott's DAR appplication indicates that Royal Foster Elliott was born in Kansas and died at Carthage, MO on 8/4/1917. Her mother Emma Vertrees was born in Wabash, Ind. and died in Dade Co. MO on 10/13/1898.

Is your Mary Stockton connected to Clayton Stockton 8-28-1768 NJ and Nancy Patton 5-22-1770 NJ? Thanks, Kaye

Donna, Yes, there is a Downing Cemetery in Dade Co., Missouri. I have family buried there. Kathy On Sat, 3 Aug 2002 21:37:26 -0600 "John and Connie Little" <[email protected]> writes: > Can anyone help Donna? > > Thanks, > John > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Donna J. Turner > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 8:06 PM > Subject: Dade Co. Query Board > > > All I need to know is there a Downing Cemetery in Dade Co? > Thanks. > > > ==== MODADE Mailing List ==== > Dade County GenWeb Page > http://www.rootsweb.com/~modade/modade.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 > Kathy [email protected] - Kathy Harms, 6618 W. 77th St., Overland Park, Ks. 66204-3142, 913-381-0192 -- Researching: Feezell, Downing, Bennett, Crittenden, Kimbler, Wright, Cunningham, Humbert, Lowe, Cartwright, Wooliver "Geneologists never grow old, they just loose their census." ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: STOCKTON, GRANT, SMITH, SIMS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CKB.2ACE/791.1060.1063.1066.1065.3 Message Board Post: Hi Pam-This is the information I have on WILLIAM STUDDARD who was pictured with your Grandfather (My Great Uncle) WALTER SMITH: SARAH FRANCES GRANT (daughter of JORDAN GRANT and MARY STOCKTON) married WILLIAM A. STUDDARD ON 12 March 1869. His parents were J. STUDDARD and SARAH HARRELSON. I have several photos of your WALTER SMITH who is a brother to my Grandmother MARY OLIVE SMITH SIMS. I will be glad to email them to you.

Can anyone help Donna? Thanks, John ----- Original Message ----- From: Donna J. Turner To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 8:06 PM Subject: Dade Co. Query Board All I need to know is there a Downing Cemetery in Dade Co? Thanks.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SEXTON, SWINGLE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CKB.2ACE/1503.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks, Janet. I wonder if a niece or nephew wrote this obit -- it reads to me as if it's written from Visalia by someone who came originally from Dade County and was familiar with the names and places back home. Two of Sarah Swingle Sexton's siblings had also settled in Visalia by this time. I took a look at the Tulare County genweb site and found the address of the county library, which offers to copy obits for a small fee. Maybe we'll get lucky! I'll keep you posted. Linda

Good Morning Everyone, One of my Fortner cousins recently sent the following newspaper clipping describing the participants and activities of a Fortner family reunion we figure we in the 1940s. I submit this for your interest and am curious if anyone might be able to guess at the date it was published. I can identify most of the Fortner connections below, but for most I have no death dates. I do know that this took place before Wesley Fortner died in 1946, as I have a copy of the family history referred to below (which I believe I have posted here, but it may have been quite a while ago so I repeat it at the end). Any thoughts on the date? Tidbits on the participants? Best Regards, Janet Hunter "FORTNER REUNION" (unsure of the paper, as well as the date) The annual Fortner family reunion was held the first Sunday in August at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Skeet SULLIVAN in Mt. Vernon, MO. At the noon hour a long table on the shady lawn was spread with good things to eat. Everyone gathered around the table and after thanks was offered by Mrs. Vera Schmidtke all enjoyed the delicious dinner. The afternoon was spent visiting and listening to the following program: Song by Melvin and Lois Jane HILL Song by Josephine FORTNER Recitation by Joanne LACY Song by Ladies Quarteet Reading by Clarence WHITE A short talk and reading of the history of the family which he had written by Wesley Fortner. The family wishes to thank everyone who contributed in anyway to make the day a pleasant one. Those who attended were Mr. and Mrs. Rolla FORTNER, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond MYERS of South Greenfield, MO; Mrs. Mary LEONARD of Eldorado, MO; Mrs. Keith Fortner of Omaha, NE; Mr. and Mrs. W. H. AUSTIN Mr. and Mrs. A. SCHMIDTKE, Mr. and Mrs. Robert WHITE, Mt. Vernon, MO; Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Fortner and girls of Stockton, MO; Mr. and Mrs. S. D. EMERY of Humansville, MO; Mr. and Mrs. Willis Fortner and daughter, Will Moore Fortner, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. LACY and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. KAHL and son, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. White of Kansas City, MO; Mr. and Mrs. Cecil HILL and family of Everton, MO; Mr. and Mrs Edgar WEST and boys of Springfield, MO; Mr. and Mrs. Alfred OLDHAM, Veldren Fortner, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fortner, Georgia RAINES and boys of Caplinger Mills, MO; Mrs. Mary MARSHALL of Halltown, MO; Mr. and Mrs. Sam MILLER, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Marshall and daughter of Lawrenceburg, MO.; Mr. and Mrs. J. W. MCDONALD of Hoberg, MO; Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Fortner, Mr. and Mrs. John Fortner, Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Fortner, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. ANDERSON, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. GREER and daughter, Mrs. Ella Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Lawson Hill and boys, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. PRATER, Lucy POINDEXTER, Elva FREEMAN, Paul Meyers of Miller, MO" Family History written by Wesley Fortner who spoke at the above Reunion (surely do wish I had been there!). He was the son of Jacob Lee Fortner and Sarah Vaughan -- "Biography And History of the Fortner Family and is authentic as far back as the writer has any knowledge Our Grait Grand Parrents emigrated from South Carolina [sic] to East Tennessee in a early day and your writer has no Knowledge or any way to secure and knowledge about them. Grait-Grand Father was of some unknown nationality and the only names we ever heard was Shugar and Honey. We do not no whether there was but one borned to this union or not. Gran Father married a Chambers And to this union was Borned Eight children. Five boys and three girls. The Boys was William, Jacob Lee, Plesant, James and John. girls Betsyan, Aley, Martha. All Eight of theas ar Dead. Williams first marriage was Peggy Hope. To this union was bornd two children George and William his Second woman Sarah Williams had one child Hatty. Brown of Greenville Tenn. And at this date is Still living but the other two have past away. BetsyAnn being the next oldest child married Thomas Marchell to this union was bornd Four children. Ruth, Martha, Mary, and Alex. All four of those ar past away. James married Lidy Cotter and to this union was bornd nine children Jacob, John, Monroe, William, James, Samuel, Elizabeth, Hannah, Mary. All Nine of those has past away. Jacob Lee married a Sarah Vaughn to this union was bornd four children three boysand one girl. David, Robert, Wesley and Rachel. Wesley being the only one living at this date. Pless married Jane Thompson and to this union was borned seven children. Molly, Bill, Loney, John, Lizie, Maggie, Sebran. John married Mary Gaught and to this union was borned six children Charley, Minnie, Martha, Debby, William, Lizzie Aley and Martha never married. <end document>

Lori, this is in addition to the directions given to you previously. The iron sign that you used to be able to see from the road is not as visible as before. There has been a new house built basically in front of the sign. Since there is not road sign, if you feel that you've gone too far, you probably have. We stopped at a party store and asked for directions and we had gone about 5 miles too far. I've only been there once to check out the gravestones. Betsy Rochester, Michigan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce James" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 5:24 PM Subject: Re: [MODADE] Vaughn Cemetary > Hi all, > > I'm off on my trip back to Dade Co. tomorrow. HELP!!!! I've misplaced my directions on how to get to Vaughn Cemetary where many of the NEWKIRS and COURTNEY's are buried from Greenfield and Dade Co. Can someone please resend those or give me the directions again. > > Thank you soooo much! > > Lori > [email protected] > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 11:14 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MODADE] Quakers in the Ozarks? Newkirk/Riddick > > Hello Everyone, > > Lori ([email protected]) has passed to me a memoriam for Elizabeth Ruddick > Newkirk, wife of Abraham Taylor Newkirk. She died in 1931. In the memoriam > it says "She united with the Quaker or Friends church in early childhood and > remained in the faith until her death." > > I had not heard of any Quaker MMs in the Ozarks or Dade and Lawrence Co > specifically, but I could have missed something. I know that some of the > Indiana/Ohio transplants to Kansas and Nebraska began large Quaker > communities. > > Were there any Quaker meetings in the area? I am assuming she probably > practiced quietly at home and participated in local community and church > activities to the extent it was in keeping with her faith. > > Many of the sizeable Greene Co TN (non German) folks had strong Quaker > heritages, but I know for one, that my mother had no idea about hers. > > Thanks, > Janet Hunter > > > > ==== MODADE Mailing List ==== > Dade County GenWeb Page > http://www.rootsweb.com/~modade/modade.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 >

Bruse--hope this helps. In front of the Vaughn Cememtery book are these directions: From Greenfield take Highway 160 east to the edge of town and turn north on "H" Highway. Follow it north approximately 5 miles. The cemetery will be on the east side of the road up on a knoll. Can be seen from the road and is well maintained. Dorothy