This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bridges, Mundy, Yoder, Morris, Rhodes, Stevens, Williams, Gillespie, Ross, Dimond, Turnbo Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/lMB.2ACI/2457 Message Board Post: Walter Bridges b. Feb 1869 Missouri 1900-1920 listed in Dunklin County Missouri Census. 1900-Cardwell 1910-Senath 1920-Cardwell 1930 listed as widowed in Greene County Ark Census. *It's my understanding that Greene County Arkansas is just across the Missouri line neighboring Dunklin County. I know that Walter died between 1930 and 1937 because the majority of his children left the area, leaving behind I believe(I could be wrong) only one daughter; Maybelle who married a Vance. The rest of the family made their way west to California arriving in late 1936 or early 1937. I've been told they had a few rough patches along the way and were laid up for some time in states along the way. I'm not sure where he died but I suspect he died in Greene County Arkansas or Dunklin County Missouri. However, I've sent off to the States of Missouri and Arkansas for his death record and both states say they have no death record for him. There is a death record for a Walter Bridges in Missouri, but not only is the county wrong, but the dates are wrong. Not to mention his funeral record states he never married and died of a gun shot wound. Not that the gun shot wound e! xcludes him from my line, in fact it was the gun shot wound that brought him to my attention considering many of my ancestors and their misguided ways(ha,ha). Melvina Amanda Braddum Bridges b. 5-1870 Missouri. 1900-1920 listed as wife to Walter Bridges Dunklin County Missouri. I know that she died between 1920-1930 because Walter is listed as widowed in the 1930 Greene County Arkansas Census. I also sent off to the state of Missouri for her death record but again they say no such record exists. I'm beginning to think they died at home or something and no one reported their deaths to the state. I don't know what else to think. I haven't given up finding their death records, burial locations, etc. but I was hoping someone in the area may have some cemetery record books, plot records or something that may give me a clue. Any info would be appreciated. Thank you, K Wimmer