Don't panic!! I am sure that someone there at the library can give you great directions. Bev Bruce James wrote: > 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