In a message dated 03/17/2001 8:15:10 PM Mountain Standard Time, derelysp@getus.com writes: << Subj: [MOGASCON] Old Salem Cemetery location Date: 03/17/2001 8:15:10 PM Mountain Standard Time From: derelysp@getus.com (Derelys Presley) Reply-to: MOGASCON-L@rootsweb.com To: MOGASCON-L@rootsweb.com I am finally getting to make my trip from Houston, TX to Gasconade in 2 weeks and would like to go out to the Old Salem Cemetery that is off Hwy 19. I understand that it is on private property. Does anyone know who the current owner of that property is (last known owner was Jesse Pride) and how I can contact him/her? Is the Old Salem Cemetery near the New Salem Cemetery? The families that I am researching are Hibler and Mahanay. My 3rd great grandfather was John Steitz (Stites) Hibler, married to Nancy Fitzgarrel (Fitzgerald). His son, Milton, was married to Sarah Luvica Mahanay, the daughter of Benjamin Morgan Mahanay and Caroline Cason. On an old Gasconade County map from 1870's there is a "Hibler Prairie". Has anyone on this list heard of this and maybe know where it is? Derelys >> Dear Derelys: Hope you have good weather for the trip... I have heard of all the names and places you mention above.. It is near my childhood home. I know of a contact, a descendant of Benjamin Mahanay's and his 2nd wife, Martha Spalding, a triplet whom he married after the death of Carolyn Cason. The contact is a great grandson of Benjamin and Martha if you are interested. Martha was a sister to my great great grandmother, Mary Lara Ann Spalding Stites (also a triplet). I did have the snail mail address of a descendant of Benjamin & Carolyn's who lived south of Ft. Worth... but not sure I have it now. Benjamin & Martha went to Arlington, TX not long after they married. Back to the cemetery. Yes it is on private property. I am not sure who owns it now. perhaps someone on the list can help us. I did have the extraction of all cemetery tombstones from that cemetery long before it was recorded for the cemetery book. I do have the info here somewhere... with descriptions as to who some of the people were.. The info was recorded and notes made by the granddaughter of the Stephen Spaldings.. mentioned below. I have family buried in that cemetery including the parents of the triplets and a few of their siblings. The parents were Stephen Spalding (retired military from Ft. Snelling, MN) and his wife, Margaret Barclay Spalding. Stephen was b. 1774 in Massachusetts and Margaret in Pittsburgh, PA ca. 1803. One of their son's was a county politican. He has children buried near Canaan, MO... in an old church cemetery.. not sure of the name of the church. The Hibler's and Price's, (both in the cemetery) intermarried into my family.. and yes, there was a Hibler's Prairie.. My father used to talk about it, but I don't know where it is exactly.. someone else may know!!.. Good Luck! Ellie S. EllieSS@aol.com