----- Original Message ----- From: <BLove3212@aol.com> To: <Rick-Gregg@hawaii.rr.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 8:48 PM Subject: Obituaries and Funeral Cards > Rick, > > Would you please check for obituaries or funeral cards for Abraham James > Baker, July 7, 1857, Dallas Co. and his wife, Mary Breshears/Bray, February > 26, 1891, Dallas Co. > > Thank you! > > Barbara Love ======================================== Hello Barbara - Only one BAKER listed: Sam F. BAKER, son of William and Mary Susan (Legan) Baker was born October 28th, 1882, in Cherokee County, Kansas. Only one BRESHEARS listed: Mollie Jane RAY born December 12, 1871, in Cherokee, Kansas; married Joseph Hallic BRESHEARS on November 4, 1894. There are no BRAY surnames listed. Rick Gregg

Hello Cousins - This obituary is of Safronia Ann "Fronie" Brundridge who married Columbus Madison "Lum" Hoover on October 17, 1889, in Dallas County, Missouri. Source: The Fresno Bee, Fresno, Cal., Wed. Dec. 10, 1952 Selma - Funeral services will be held at 2 PM tomorrow in the J. L. Robinson Chapel for Mrs. Frona Ann Hoover, 81, who died yesterday in a Reedley hospital. Burial will be in the Mendocino Cemetery. Mrs. Hoover, a native of Missouri, had lived in the Parlier district 35 years. Surviving are her husband, C. M. Hoover; three daughters, Mrs. Alice Stever of Exeter, Mrs. Ada Dooley of Reedley, Mrs. Verna Pike of Fresno; five sons, William Hoover of Lindsay, Jay Hoover of Atwood, Jesse, Verle and Tony Hoover of Woodlake; two sisters, Mrs. Cora Bills and Mrs. Susan Fultz, both of Missouri; 27 grandchildren and 28 great grandchildren. Rick Gregg

----- Original Message ----- From: Becky Quinn To: Frederick W. Gregg, Jr. Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 4:52 PM Subject: Re: Dallas Co. Look-ups - POTTER What I would like to find out is your William brother to my Thomas J. I have a rendition of Thomas J. that I will email to you If I can find the disk it is on. I know he came with at least one brother from Illinois. I have most of my potters in family treemaker and I have three cousins who are daughters and granddaughters of Albert Clay Potter and Grace Beckerdite Potter. Uncle Ab was an avid geneologist in 60's and left a number of family trees and stories told to him by his mother and father, B. B. and Mary Emily Bills Potter who raised their family on a portion of Thomas's homestead at Redtop, Dallas County MO. I also will send you a list of who is buried in the Potter Cemetery. Also, a good number of my potter line is buried in Glover, and Mt Olive cemetery in Dallas County and Rock Prairie in Polk CO. Also some Potters are buried in Cedar Bluff cemetery in North Greene County just east of Fair Grove. Mom and Dad have met two women at the senior center in Strafford MO who are Potters and they look after the Potter cemetery. The Potters will be holding their 76 annual Potter Reunion on the Sunday before Labor day. Attached Picture is of BB and Mary Bills Potter. Your Probable cousin Becky Quinn =============================================== Hello Becky - I am just the "look-up volunteer" and do not have any connection to the POTTERs. I do forward your e-mail to me on to the POTTER researchers. Rick Gregg

----- Original Message ----- From: pmwhitmore To: Frederick W. Gregg, Jr. Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2094 12:22 AM Subject: Re: Dallas Co. Look-ups - POTTER Dear Becky: Thanks so much for your prompt reply to the email that I sent Rick. He responded with some very helpful materials indeed. Inspired by what he sent, I spent a portion of my day at the local LDS center looking up Potters and this is what I found out. Thomas and Nancy Potter (my GR-GR-GR grandparents and parents of my GR-GR Grandfather William) are on the 1850 and 1860 Census for Dallas County. They were both born in Kentucky and so are their oldest daughters- Mary (who married Thomas Helderbran - a neighbor in Dallas Co.) and Martha. William came next (born 1842 in MO) then younger children with names like- George W., Thomas H., Carlelia (girl), and McDaniel. Then the family seems to vanish from Dallas Co. THEY ARE NOT ON THE 1870 Census at all. I know what became of Mary (Potter) Heldebran and my gr-gr Grandfather William - they both moved to Lawrence Co. AR in the early 1860's. Sadly, both Mary and her husband died, but one of their sons J. F. Hildebrandt went on to be a very prosperous Lawrence Co. Family. My own gr-gr grandfather fought for the Confederacy and was captured at the Battle of Little Rock in1863. He then spent a great deal of the war as a POW in St. Louis, then later Alton and Camp Douglas in Illinois. He died in mid 1870's in Lawrence Co. AR. However, what became of the rest of the family is a mystery. I have a couple possible leads that indicate that they may have gone to Kansas. I have found Thomas H. there and also Nancy - the mother. She appears to be on the AIS Mortality Schedule for the 1880 Census and died of cancer in 1879. Anyway, I would be very grateful for any information about the Potter clan in the Dallas Co. area that you can share with me. Has anyone done a family history that you know of? Clearly, they were a LARGE extended family that tended to recycle popular family names. Also, what was the impact of the Civil War on the local populace? Could my MO family have been burned out and forced to move? Also is there a complete listing of who is in the Potter cemetery? I believe that some of the younger Potter children (George W., McDaniel, and Carlelia) did not survive to adulthood - so could they be buried in the cemetery you mentioned? For the record, where precisely is that cemetery? I did notice on the 1850 Census - a William S. and Ruth Potter and he was 66 and she was 63. Is this the brother of the original Thomas? I appreciate your willingness to share information and I will be happy to do the same. I suspect that we are "cousins" many times removed. I just wish I lived closer so that I could drive to the cemetery and check for myself. Lucky you to live so close! Again, thanks for your email and I will be in touch again. Paula M. Whitmore in CA ----- Original Message ----- From: Frederick W. Gregg, Jr. To: pmwhitmore Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 2:31 PM Subject: Fw: Dallas Co. Look-ups - POTTER ----- Original Message ----- From: Becky Quinn To: Frederick W. Gregg, Jr. Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 5:38 PM Subject: Re: Dallas Co. Look-ups - POTTER To my knowledge there was only one Thomas Potter settled in Dallas County. He went to Dallas CO in 1829 married to Elizabeth Wilkerson. The Indians ran them off and they went back to Illinois. They returned to Greene County, Strafford MO in 1829. He died 1/24/1865. He had 7 kids and one was Rev William Watson born in Tenn in 9/24/1819 married to Frances Glover. They had a William born William Albert in 1868. Thomas J had a brother who came to Dallas County. I have not researched him. Thomas' father was a Thomas also. William could have been a brother. William is definitely a family name and there are several Mary's down the line. Thomasis my ggggreat grandfather. His son William Watson my ggg. His son is Benjamin Blackstone and my grandfather is Paul Clement Potter. I suspect somewhere we are cousins. Thomas is burried in the Potter cemetery about 10 miles south of our family farm. Becky Quinn in Springfield, MO bquinn3@mindspring.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Frederick W. Gregg, Jr. To: MODALLAS-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 8:19 PM Subject: Re: Dallas Co. Look-ups - POTTER ----- Original Message ----- From: "pmwhitmore" <pmwhitmore@netzero.net> To: <Rick-Gregg@hawaii.rr.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2094 8:36 PM Subject: Dallas Co. Look-ups > Dear Rick: My name is Paula Whitmore and I live in Salinas, CA. I am doing > research on the Potter side of my family tree and my search has lead me to > you. My great-great grandfather William Potter was born in Dallas Co. around > 1842, and I believe that I have found him on the 1850 Census Records for > Dallas Co. He is 9 years old and listed with him are his parents - Thomas > (age 37) and Nancy Potter (age 31) - as well as two older siblings - Mary > (17)and Martha (15) and a younger brother George W (1). > > Given this find, I am asking you to look up three things for me. > > First, in the 1954 Hemphill book - "Early Days in Dallas Cty. - will you > look on pages 35 and 89 for the references to Thomas Potter. > > Secondly, will you look for Nancy or Thomas in the Death Notices - 1869 to > 1885. > > Thirdly, will you look for Nancy or Thomas in the Death Register -1883-1893. > > I have carefully looked through the Dallas Genweb materials and I gather > that a William and Thomas Potter came to the county in 1839. I am not clear > whether William and Thomas were brothers or father and son. I also noted > that there are references to Thomas Sr. on some of the Census Records for > Greene Cty beginning 1833. I suspect that what I am dealing with is a large > extended family unit that straddled the counties of Polk, Greene and Dallas. > However, maybe I will be lucky and able to sort out who is who and even find > the father of Thomas (who is the father of William). Three generations in > one fell swoop would be pretty wonderful! > > So, any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated. You and your > colleagues have put together a super Webpage and I am most grateful for what > I have already learned. Looking forward to hearing from you at your > convenience. > > Paula Whitmore in CA > > ================================================ Hello Paula - There are no POTTERs listed in the "Death Notices" or "Death Register". Hemphill p. 35 - "Many of the early settlers that immigrated to Dallas County were deeply religious and all through the hardships and privations of frontier life, there in their cabin homes, would gather together and preach the scriptures and point out the way of salvation. The most active of these pioneer ministers were . . . Thomas Potter of the Christian Church . . ." Hemphill p. 89 - "First Land Entries": "Township 32, Range 20 - Entries were made in 1839 by . . . Thomas Potter . . ." 1850 census: POTTER Thomas 37 Ky Farmer Nancy 31 Tn Mary A. 17 Ky Martha J. 15 Ky William 9 Mo George W. 1 Mo (next door) POTTER Mary A. 31 Ky Mathew 14 Ky John 7 Mo (not far away) POTTER Benjamin 26 Ky Elizabeth 21 Ky Levi 3 Mo Newton 1 Mo 1860 census: POTTER Thomas 47 Ky Farmer Nancy 40 Ky Martha 22 Ky William 19 Mo Thomas H. 8 Mo Carlelia 7 Mo McDaniel 1 Mo I did not find this family in the 1870 census. Off the top of my head, I think, Greene Co. was created in 1833; Polk Co. was created out of Greene Co. in 1835; Niangua Co. was created in 1841 and renamed Dallas Co. in 1844. So, if your POTTER family was in the right location, they could have been in Greene Co. in 1833, then in Polk Co. for the 1840 census, then in Dallas Co. for the 1850 census even though they lived in the same house and never moved an inch! Rick Gregg

Thanks Jo! Hoover kin, this is new info as far as I know. Mrs. Alice Stever must be who I have as "Alcy" married to Steve Willis. Ada married Alexander "Alea or Elie" Dooley. I have Verna as "Fern", married to a Mr. Pike. I have William as Willie, Jessie as Jessie Ellis, Verle as Verle R., Tony as Tony H., Jay as Jay W, wives all unknown. Sister Minerva is Lettie Minerva, b. about 1880, married to James Will Smith, son of Robert Smith and Mary Stretch. Mary (Stetch) Smith was James Bryant Hoover's 3rd wife, m. 30 Mar 1893, making her Lettie Minerva Hoover's step-mother. (Maybe not formally.) This gives us Colorado as a place to look for Lettie Minerva (Hoover) and James Will Smith's family. Lettie Minerva was James Byant Hoover's last child by Martha Jane (Maddux) Prater. James Bryant Hoover only had 20 children, 10 each by Penelope Tibbs and Martha Jane Maddux, so I figure those of us with Dallas Co. Hoover genes must be related to at least 1/2 of the county! :-) It's really interesting how someone in one part of the country can provide a valuable clue for folks researching in another part. Thanks again, Jo! --gary ---- forwarded email follows ---- Subject: Re: HOOVER Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 21:38:27 EDT From: JoJoPM@aol.com To: gswift@ix.netcom.com Hi, List members, I saw the discussion of Columbus Hoover and thought I might post the obituary in case someone out there doesn't have it. Source: The Fresno Bee, Fresno, Cal., Wed., June 3, 1959 SANGER - Funeral services were conducted today in the Creager Chapel for Columbus Madison Hoover, 87, who died Monday in Fresno. Hoover was a native of Missouri and lived in Sanger for 40 years. His home was at 208 Fink Street and he was a retired blacksmith. Burial was in the Mendocino Cemetery. He is survived by five sons, William of Long Beach, Jesse, Verle and Tony, all of Woodlake, Jay Hoover of Atwood; three daughters, Mrs. Alice Stever of Exeter, Mrs. Ada Dooley of Sanger and Mrs. Verna Pike of Fresno; a sister, Mrs. Minerva Smith of Colorado, 27 grandchildren and 36 great grandchildren. Jo Mills Lemons, Phillips, Wilson, Hildebrand, Randleman, etc.

Gena, and LIST: SOMEONE ASKED ABOUT GATES...I CANNOT FIND WHO THEY ARE, BUT HERE IS THE GATES INFO: SO....I found the Gates person..but on the Dallas Co site... This obit is from Laclede County...but who knows?. May help! =================================================== this is the only one I find: 1940-46 LONG TIME COUNTY RESIDENT DIES AT AGE OF 87: Funeral services were held Monday morning at the Holman funeral home for George Gates, 87, who died at his home three miles west of Lebanon Saturday morning. The Rev. W. M. Kerr officiating at the services and burial was in the city cemetery. Mr. Gates, who was born in Germany and came to the United State when he was but eighteen years old, had lived in his Laclede county home for fifty six years. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Virgil Hughes of Laclede County, and Miss Maggie Gates of the home; and one granddaughter, Miss Alice Hughes. LEBANON CITY CEMETERY: (All in same row) GATES, ALICE ADELADE, age 72, -2 Nov 1863 - 14 Feb 1936 GATES, GEORGE, AGE 87, - 17 AUG 1855 - 26 DEC 1942 GATES, MAGGIE, -21 Mar 1889 - 23 July 1965 ,,(^-.-^),, NANCY in CA. nwalchli@earthlink.net ,,(^-.-^),, NANCY in CA. nwalchli@earthlink.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "jrlally" <jrlally@qwest.net> To: <MODALLAS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 12:16 AM Subject: Seeking Eliza Gates b. Nov 1879 > I am making a desperate attempt to locate information on a great aunt Louiza > (Liza) J. Gates. She was the daughter of Michael C. Gates and Piercy Prevett > Gates of Randolph Co AR (Formerly of Lawrence Co and other counties in > southern MO). Liza, also shown as Eliza in some records was born in Randolph > Co AR Nov 1879. She appeared in the 1880 and 1900 Randolph Federal census > records. By 1901 she seems to have disappeared from the area and her family. > No marriage record so far, no burial site so far. She is not > listed in the probate records for her father and grandfather who died in > 1911 and 1912, not even as deceased. I would be most grateful for ANY help > with her. It bothers me that she seems to have disappeared and no one > remembers her. In order to keep this short I will not list all the places I > have looked. But I am hoping against hope that she may turn up on a marrige > index that I overlooked in one of the counties. I apologize for duplicate > queries you may get...but my Gates lines were in all these counties at one > time or another. Thanking you in advace and praying for a clue. > > Gena Gates Lally > Sun City (yes it is hot!) AZ > > >

---- Forwarded email follows ---- Subject: Re: HOOVER Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 17:06:33 EDT From: Deedlebug6526@aol.com To: gswift@ix.netcom.com Hi! My name is Denise Lackey & I live in Fresno, so if you need help with something in Fresno County I would be more than glad to help! I am looking in Dallas County for My great aunt Lorrie Schoolcraft born in 1895-66-7 to Jefferson & Lucinda Schoolcraft and I can't get any results as this is not the correct first name but a nickname. I know she was born there because her brothers were both born there & she was the middle child. After she was born they wound up in Mooreland, Woodward Co., Oklahoma & after that Porterville & Modesto, California where they stayed. Lorrie died at 21 years of age of childbirth in Mooreland & the only thing we have on her husband is that they called him Vige, the baby died the following winter of influenza! If any one has any info on this lady I would appreciate it, could trade lookups out here in Ca if anyone is interested! Thank You, Denise

Rick, Here is what I have on Alexander Howe. 1. Alexander HOOVER was born Mar 1870 in Missouri. He died 20 Jan 1924 in Tulare, California. Alexander married Julia Melvina HOWE, daughter of John Henry HOWE and Paulina James A. TULLEY, on 26 Nov 1905 in Dallas, Missouri. Julia was born Feb 1880 in Washington, Dallas, Missouri. They had the following children: 2 F i Mable HOOVER was born 1911 in Butte, South Dakota. 3 F ii Nellie HOOVER was born 1913 in Butte, South Dakota. Colleen Oliver Researching: Chapman, Cheek, Stafford, Wingo and others. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frederick W. Gregg, Jr." <Rick-Gregg@hawaii.rr.com> To: <gswift@ix.netcom.com>; <MODALLAS-L@rootsweb.com> Cc: "kuklao" <kuklao@home.com> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 10:22 PM Subject: Re: ALEXANDER HOOVER > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gary Swift" <gswift@ix.netcom.com> > To: <MODALLAS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 11:37 PM > Subject: Re: HOOVER > > > > kuklao wrote: > > > > > I did find on the LDS records, that Alexander Hoover was supposed to > have > > > died Jan 20, 1924 in Tulare, California. But I don't know how to prove > it. > > > And of course I have not found anything on Julia Melvina Howe's death > date. > > > > Hi Colleen, > > > > I got Alexander's name and birth in Mar, 1870 from Rick. > =========================================== > Hello All - > > I got his birthdate from the 1870 census: > > "Alexander (Mar) 2/12 Mo" > > Rick Gregg >

Rick, Is your Martha Alice (Lemons) Glass or her husband related to Samuel Alexander Glass b. ca 1803 or his son William. I am related to Samuel through Nancy Glass b. ca 1829 in Franklin Co, TN. She married Absalom Chrisfield (Abner) Austin, Sr b. 1812. They married ca 1862. Jerry

kuklao wrote: > I did find on the LDS records, that Alexander Hoover was supposed to have > died Jan 20, 1924 in Tulare, California. But I don't know how to prove it. > And of course I have not found anything on Julia Melvina Howe's death date. Hi Colleen, I got Alexander's name and birth in Mar, 1870 from Rick. Then I got specific dob/dom/dod from Leni Howe. I don't have much more than this: Alexander HOOVER BIRTH: Mar 1870, Dallas Co., MO DEATH: 20 Jan 1924, Tulare Co., CA Father: James Willoughby HOOVER Mother: Nancy Caroline ROBINSON Family 1: Julia Melvina HOWE MARRIAGE: 24 Nov 1905, Dallas Co., MO I also originally got the info on Julia from Leni, who has her dob as 1880. "Dallas County, Missouri, History", page 314, has her name "Malvina". The Tulare Co., CAGenWeb page at: http://www.cagenweb.com/cpl/tulare/ has a lot of good raw data, but no search engine so it takes forever to schlep through it all. (Some of my distant Swift kin ended up there too so I've been to that site quite a bit.) It has over 97000 obits indexed and a bunch of Hoovers are listed here: http://www.cagenweb.com/cpl/tulare/tcobithohz.htm ... but alas, no Alexander, and no Hoover dieing in 1924.. There is a Julia whose age is about right but the wrong middle initial: HOOVER JULIA T. (MRS) (age) 66, 1943 AUG. 5 but the 1910 census at: http://www.cagenweb.com/cpl/tulare/tulcen1910e225.htm shows this Julia as the wife of a W. K. Hoover, born in KS with parents born in Ohio, so that's not our bunch. It might be worth seeing if Alexander shows up in the 1920 Tulare Co. census. Maybe he died there but his residence was in a nearby county. Coincidentally, some of Columbus Madison "Lum" and Safronia "Frona" Ann (Brundridge) Hoover's children were in Tulare Co. "Lum" was the son of James Bryant Hoover and his second wife, Martha Jane Maddux, making him Alexander's uncle (half-uncle?). Lum moved to Fresno and died there in 1959; Tulare Co. is close by. --gary

Hi Gary, I have been working with Polly Ehlen also. I got the clue for South Dakota, when Alexander Hoover stated on his marriage certificate that he was from Hoover, Butte, SD. So I decided to look in South Dakota for some of the Hoover's and that was how I found the book. The only thing is, the Library here does not have many books for each county. There were no Marriage Books or Burials. What information I found, was mostly from the census. I did find on the LDS records, that Alexander Hoover was supposed to have died Jan 20, 1924 in Tulare, California. But I don't know how to prove it. And of course I have not found anything on Julia Melvina Howe's death date. Rick - there is also an Ida Bell Gregg 1873-1948 that married Charles William Hoover 1874-1952. Do you have her in your data base? Let me know what you need. I do have my data ready to put together for you, if you want it. It took me longer than I thought it would. God Bless, Colleen Oliver Researching: Chapman, Cheek, Stafford, Wingo and others. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Swift" <gswift@ix.netcom.com> To: "Frederick W. Gregg, Jr." <Rick-Gregg@hawaii.rr.com>; <Pollyehlen@aol.com> Cc: "kuklao" <kuklao@home.com>; <gswift@ix.netcom.com> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 4:24 PM Subject: Re: HOOVER > "Frederick W. Gregg, Jr." wrote: > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "kuklao" <kuklao@home.com> > > To: "Frederick W. Gregg, Jr." <Rick-Gregg@hawaii.rr.com> > > Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 10:35 PM > > Subject: Re: HOWE > > > > > Hi Rick, > > > Funny thing! I have been working on the Hoover family. Alexander Hoover > > is > > > the son of James Willoughby Hoover and Nancy Caroline Robinson (She is the > > > daughter of James Robinson and Sarah Ann Stafford) > > > After Alex and Julia were married, they went to South Dakota, and lived in > > a > > > town called Hoover, Butte, South Dakota. Alex was a post master there, > > and > > > his brother, John Wiloughby Hoover is who the town was named after. I > > found > > > this information in a book called Early Cowboys of South Dakota or > > something > > > like that. I can't think of it for sure of the top of my head. > > > > > > I guess you are working on the Hoover's, because of Penelope TIBBS? :o) > > > I can send you what information that I have on the Hoover family. But it > > > only covers the line from James Bryant Hoover thru James Wiloughby Hoover > > > and Nancy Carolin Robinson. It is late now, so I will try to get it > > > together for you and send it on Monday. Or late Sunday night. > > > God Bless, > > > Colleen Oliver > > > Researching: Chapman, Cheek, Stafford, Wingo and others. > > =========================================== > > Hello Colleen - > > > > Actually Colleen, I am researching the HOOVER name because James Bryant > > Hoover and Penelope Tibbs had a daughter, Mary Catherine Hoover. Mary > > married Levi Newton Scott. Mary and Levi are my Dad's great-grandparents. > > > > Rick Gregg > > I am a descendant of James Bryant and Penelope (Tibbs) Hoover's youngest > son Murrell Greenberry "Mug" Hoover. I've copied Polly Ehlen who is a > descendant of James Willoughby and Nancy Caroline (Robinson) Hoover's > daughter Penelope Hoover who married William Henry Box. > > That's interesting about Hoover, SD, being named after John Willoughby. > > --gary >

----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Swift" <gswift@ix.netcom.com> To: <MODALLAS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 11:37 PM Subject: Re: HOOVER > kuklao wrote: > > > I did find on the LDS records, that Alexander Hoover was supposed to have > > died Jan 20, 1924 in Tulare, California. But I don't know how to prove it. > > And of course I have not found anything on Julia Melvina Howe's death date. > > Hi Colleen, > > I got Alexander's name and birth in Mar, 1870 from Rick. =========================================== Hello All - I got his birthdate from the 1870 census: "Alexander (Mar) 2/12 Mo" Rick Gregg

----- Original Message ----- From: <svega@postoffice.pacbell.net> To: "Rick Gregg, Jr." <Rick-Gregg@hawaii.rr.com> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 9:46 PM Subject: Hi Rick, I have a ? > Hi Rick, > > In reference to the message you posted on the Modallas list, I have > looked in my cemetery book under the New Hope Cemetery and find no Glass > family. Are there different cemetary book in print. I have A Reading > of Dallas County, Missouri Cemeteries. I was interested because I have > a Smith that had a Lemons living with him. > Thanks, > Sharon > > ============================================== Hello Sharon - Yes, there are more than one set of cemetery books for Dallas Co. I have the three volume 1979 set. In the index for volume I (1979), the only GLASS listed is for page 74. I could not find any GLASS, however, on page 74. The look-up request mentioned a specific cemetery, in this case New Hope Cemetery. Therefore, I looked for GLASS in the New Hope Cemetery and, sure enough, there they were on page 14! Moral to the story - we need to double check sometimes (even double check look-up volunteers). Rick Gregg

----- Original Message ----- From: "pmwhitmore" <pmwhitmore@netzero.net> To: <Rick-Gregg@hawaii.rr.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2094 8:36 PM Subject: Dallas Co. Look-ups > Dear Rick: My name is Paula Whitmore and I live in Salinas, CA. I am doing > research on the Potter side of my family tree and my search has lead me to > you. My great-great grandfather William Potter was born in Dallas Co. around > 1842, and I believe that I have found him on the 1850 Census Records for > Dallas Co. He is 9 years old and listed with him are his parents - Thomas > (age 37) and Nancy Potter (age 31) - as well as two older siblings - Mary > (17)and Martha (15) and a younger brother George W (1). > > Given this find, I am asking you to look up three things for me. > > First, in the 1954 Hemphill book - "Early Days in Dallas Cty. - will you > look on pages 35 and 89 for the references to Thomas Potter. > > Secondly, will you look for Nancy or Thomas in the Death Notices - 1869 to > 1885. > > Thirdly, will you look for Nancy or Thomas in the Death Register -1883-1893. > > I have carefully looked through the Dallas Genweb materials and I gather > that a William and Thomas Potter came to the county in 1839. I am not clear > whether William and Thomas were brothers or father and son. I also noted > that there are references to Thomas Sr. on some of the Census Records for > Greene Cty beginning 1833. I suspect that what I am dealing with is a large > extended family unit that straddled the counties of Polk, Greene and Dallas. > However, maybe I will be lucky and able to sort out who is who and even find > the father of Thomas (who is the father of William). Three generations in > one fell swoop would be pretty wonderful! > > So, any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated. You and your > colleagues have put together a super Webpage and I am most grateful for what > I have already learned. Looking forward to hearing from you at your > convenience. > > Paula Whitmore in CA > > ================================================ Hello Paula - There are no POTTERs listed in the "Death Notices" or "Death Register". Hemphill p. 35 - "Many of the early settlers that immigrated to Dallas County were deeply religious and all through the hardships and privations of frontier life, there in their cabin homes, would gather together and preach the scriptures and point out the way of salvation. The most active of these pioneer ministers were . . . Thomas Potter of the Christian Church . . ." Hemphill p. 89 - "First Land Entries": "Township 32, Range 20 - Entries were made in 1839 by . . . Thomas Potter . . ." 1850 census: POTTER Thomas 37 Ky Farmer Nancy 31 Tn Mary A. 17 Ky Martha J. 15 Ky William 9 Mo George W. 1 Mo (next door) POTTER Mary A. 31 Ky Mathew 14 Ky John 7 Mo (not far away) POTTER Benjamin 26 Ky Elizabeth 21 Ky Levi 3 Mo Newton 1 Mo 1860 census: POTTER Thomas 47 Ky Farmer Nancy 40 Ky Martha 22 Ky William 19 Mo Thomas H. 8 Mo Carlelia 7 Mo McDaniel 1 Mo I did not find this family in the 1870 census. Off the top of my head, I think, Greene Co. was created in 1833; Polk Co. was created out of Greene Co. in 1835; Niangua Co. was created in 1841 and renamed Dallas Co. in 1844. So, if your POTTER family was in the right location, they could have been in Greene Co. in 1833, then in Polk Co. for the 1840 census, then in Dallas Co. for the 1850 census even though they lived in the same house and never moved an inch! Rick Gregg

----- Original Message ----- From: Brenda Goldberg To: Frederick W. Gregg, Jr. Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 8:25 PM Subject: Martha Alice (Lemons) Glass Rick, What does New Hope Cemetery record book show as the birth date and year for Martha Alice Glass? Brenda ========================================== Hello Brenda - New Hope Cemetery GLASS Susan I 3 Mar 1881 - 23 Mar 1882 William T 15 Nov 1876 - 13 May 1952 Martha A 17 Nov 1878 - 23 Jul 1962 Rick Gregg

----- Original Message ----- From: toni_gen@juno.com To: Rick-Gregg@hawaii.rr.com Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 8:47 PM Subject: LIPE / Newman Hi Rick, Here is what I have before I put your info in. James Robert Newman and Sarah have other children ? May I have them ? Here is what I have so far. Thank you, Tonia Descendants of James Robert Newman Generation No. 1 1. JAMES ROBERT1 NEWMAN He married SARAH FRANCES ROUTH. Child of JAMES NEWMAN and SARAH ROUTH is: i. WILLIAM IRA2 NEWMAN, b. 27 Nov 1903, Missouri; d. 27 Jan 1990, poss. Springfield, Greene County, Missouri; m. MAGGIE AUSTIN, 2 Dec 1922, Missouri; b. 2 Dec 1905, Dallas County, Missouri; d. 22 Dec 1989, Springfield, Greene County, Missouri. =========================================================== Hello Tonia - Children for James Robert Newman and Sarah Frances Routh: 1. James Ollie - b. December 17, 1881. 2. Mary Pieneca "Mollie" - b. May 9, 1883. 3. Della Mae - b. March 2, 1886. 4. Rosa Ethyl - b. May 6, 1888. 5. Iva Myrtle "Ivy" - b. June 25, 1890. 6. Martha Elizabeth - b. June 9, 1892. 7. John Alvin - b. July 27, 1894. 8. Ada Alameda - b. March 2, 1897. 9. William Ira - b. November 27, 1903. 10. Icie Etola - b. May 31, 1906. 11. Flo Enola - b. July 31, 1909. Rick Gregg

I am making a desperate attempt to locate information on a great aunt Louiza (Liza) J. Gates. She was the daughter of Michael C. Gates and Piercy Prevett Gates of Randolph Co AR (Formerly of Lawrence Co and other counties in southern MO). Liza, also shown as Eliza in some records was born in Randolph Co AR Nov 1879. She appeared in the 1880 and 1900 Randolph Federal census records. By 1901 she seems to have disappeared from the area and her family. No marriage record so far, no burial site so far. She is not listed in the probate records for her father and grandfather who died in 1911 and 1912, not even as deceased. I would be most grateful for ANY help with her. It bothers me that she seems to have disappeared and no one remembers her. In order to keep this short I will not list all the places I have looked. But I am hoping against hope that she may turn up on a marrige index that I overlooked in one of the counties. I apologize for duplicate queries you may get...but my Gates lines were in all these counties at one time or another. Thanking you in advace and praying for a clue. Gena Gates Lally Sun City (yes it is hot!) AZ

----- Original Message ----- From: DFaeAnder@aol.com To: Rick-Gregg@hawaii.rr.com Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 6:46 AM Subject: (no subject) Dear Mr. Gregg Do you know if the book "The History of LaClede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties, MO, originally published by Goodspeed, 1889." is still available for purchase? Would you please see if the names GERMAN or KESNER appear? John N. GERMAN Benjamin KESNER Thank you so kindly, Dianna German Anderson =================================================== Hello Dianna - There are no GERMAN or KESNER surnames listed in the index. I bought mine from Higginson Book Company (they are on the internet). The book is HUGE! It contains more than 1,200 pages of "vanity" biographies. The index is almost 100 additional pages. The downside is the cost - it was about $125. Rick Gregg

----- Original Message ----- From: "April Alexandria Bass" <aabass@compassnet.com> To: <Rick-Gregg@hawaii.rr.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 10:50 PM Subject: Dallas County - William D. Bass > Dear Mr. Gregg - I have found elsewhere on this wonderful site that > there is mention of John T. Bass in "The History of LaClede, Camden, > Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties, MO, > originally published by Goodspeed, 1889." Can you please see if there is > any mention of his brother William Dolphin Bass? I am also interested in > his father Dolphin Bass. If there is a mention of them, please tell me > how I might acquire this information. > > Thanks so much for your time. > > -- > April A. Bass > > ============================================== Hello April - pp. 925-926: John T. Bass, farmer, was born in Wilson County, Tenn., May 2, 1844, his parents being Dolphin and Rutha (Bennett) Bass. The father was born in Tennessee, and in 1852 immigrated with his family to Dallas Co., Mo., locating near Louisburg, where he entered a tract of land, consisting of 280 acres, and soon had a large portion of it under good improvement. Here he died in 1857, but his widow is still living, and resides in Texas. Six of their eight children are now living: John T., Harriet, Lucy, Solomon (deceased), Henry, Nancy, Louis (deceased) and William. The father was twice married, and had by his first wife six children, but only two are now living: James and Elijah. J. T. Bass was reared on a farm, and educated in the common schools of Dallas County, and in 1862 enlisted in the Enrolled Militia, Company D, Fifteenth Missouri, and after two years' service enlisted in the United States service, serving in the same company. He was in several hard skirmishes, and after receiving his discharge, in 1865, came home, and has since been engaged in farming and stock raising, making a specialty of raising mules and cattle. He owns 440 acres of land, besides some town property, and gives considerable attention to raising fruit. In February, 1865, he was married to Emeline Gammon, a daughter of George P. Gammon, and by her is the father of four children: Wellington, who is in the mercantile business at Louisburg; Walter, Ottie and one deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Bass are members of the Baptist Church, and he is also a member of the Masonic fraternity. Rick Gregg

----- Original Message ----- From: Mindy To: Rick-Gregg@hawaii.rr.com Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 9:50 PM Subject: Look-up for Dallas County Mo Rick, Could you please look up Boadwaters on Pg. 4 of The Early Days in Dallas County Book. Thank You I appreciate it! Mindy ============================================ Hello Mindy - The book is entitled "Dallas County, Mo., History". Page 4 contains a surname list of families that were listed in the 1850 census. The list includes the surname "Broadwaters". Rick Gregg