Surnames: Collier, Higbee, Criswell, Byram Classification: Query I noticed a posting from RALLS3@peoplepc.com regarding the line of WILLIAM AND SUSAN HIGBEE COLLIER. My line follows that of their daughter, REBECCA FRANCES COLLIER (an older sister of Luther), b. l Mar1819 Nicholasville, KY; married DAVID B. LOWERN about 1835. Their daughter, LUCY ANN LOWERN b. ca 1836, married SAMUEL CRISWELL. Their two children were MARCUS (MARQUIS) CRISWELL and WILLIAM CRISWELL. MARCUS (Marquis) CRISWELL married ALICE CAROLINE BYRAM. These were my greatgrandparents who lived most of their lives in Grundy County, Trenton, MO. ALICE CAROLINE BYRAM CRISWELL'S father, LEWIS BYRAM, fought as a Confederate soldier in the Civil War. His enlistment records show him being born in KY ca. 1823. I have no ancestral records on him. I would so like to have more data/documentation on the family. The COLLIER information I have came to my grandmother through a letter sent by L.M. Crook, Trenton, MO on 16 Jan. 1961 addressed to Mary Bell Criswell 914 Hallibutron, Trenton, MO. The LEWIS BYRAM information came from MO State Archives. Can't wait to hear from you! Lela Aydelott in Oregon

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Collier,Higbee, Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oMB.2ACI/572.1 Message Board Post: My line is the same ,William and susans son Robert Collier is my grandmothers grandfather. I have just tracked down the family information from my great grandmother:Mary Ellen Collier/Pierson to John Collier ofVirginia; who also died in Madison co.,KY. His son James Collier,William's father also died in Madison co.,KY with the women living on and moving toGrundy co. in the early 1850's. I found cemetary info you might be interested in.As for Luther I have his family outline and My grandmother is still alive at 94! andknows everything about the Collier family as she was born in Trenton,Grundy,MO.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ralston Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oMB.2ACI/486.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Mr Woods, Do you have any information about Lanora Ralston Luke being married to Richard Monroe Ralston before marrying E.D. Luke. Thanks, Garneta

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ralston, Flowers, Stanley, Bailey Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oMB.2ACI/486.2.2.1 Message Board Post: Hey Garneta - Thanks for your response. Will be happy to share what I have; however, I haven't yet connected my Thomas Ralson to John Ralson. I know they are related somehow, be it brothers, father and son, or uncle and nephew. More on this later. But first I'd like to explore the relationship of your Richard Monroe Ralston and the possibility that he is the missing Richard Ralston, son of my Thomas Ralston. Do you have anymore info on Richard Monroe Ralston? Birth? Place of Birth? Children? You say you have a death certificate? My Thomas Ralston at 84 years of age is listed as living with his son Richard Ralston on the 1880 census Spickard, Franklin Twp, Grundy Co, MO. Ralston, Richard M 26 Patent Right Man Ind Ky N.Cal. ? Lanora F 23 Wife Housekeeper Ind Ind Ohio Frankie M 3 Son Mo Ind Ind J.or I. A. F 1 Daughter Kansas Ind Ind Thomas M 84 Father Blind Ky Va Penn (You can view the above census at familysearch.org.) Was your Richard Monroe Ralston born about 1854? I am hoping that he was. If so, then I think we definitely connect. My Thomas died about 1885. I think the wife Lanora died early on. The daughter may have died about 1898 and her brother Frankie may have been serving in the military at that time. From there on I have no info. On your Richard Monroe Ralston's death certificate did it list a mother? My Richard's mother probably was Rachel M. Stanley who first married a Bailey. I'm hoping against hope that we have a match here. Please respond to me directly in e-mail at cakemp@yahoo.com. Thanks, Cheryl Kemp

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/oMB.2ACI/634 Message Board Post: Is it possible to obtain a copy of "A History of Grundy County" by James Everett Ford Publisher: News Publishing Company, Trenton, MO in 1908

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/oMB.2ACI/632.1 Message Board Post: I believe the Baptist Home is in or just outside Chillicothe. Baptist Home 500 Baptist Home Lane Chillicothe, MO Phone: 660-646-6219

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/oMB.2ACI/486.2.2 Message Board Post: Dear Cheryl, If these two men are brothers, it is possible that they are both my gggrandfathers. My ggrandmother was Millie Elizabeth Ralston, daughter of John and Rebecca (flowers) Ralston. She married Richard Monroe Ralston. I was told by my grandmother that they were cousins. On Ricard Monroe Ralston's death certifacate, his father's name is Thomas. I havn't found anything that connects Thomas and John. I would be grateful for any help. Thanks, Garneta Johnston

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Nichols, Huston Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oMB.2ACI/629.1 Message Board Post: I have the following information on NICHOLS in Grundy County. Benjamin NICHOLS and his wife Annie HUSTON were amongst the pioneer settlers in Grundy County. Benjamin NICHOLS was born 22 FEB 1802 in Harrison Co., Ky., and died 29 JUN 1875. He was the son of 2. Ninian NICHOLS and 3.. Mary DAWSON. He married Annie Elizabeth HUSTON 18 MAR 1828 in Bellfountaine, Logan, OH.. She was born 18 NOV 1809 in Pennsylvania, and died 26 JAN 1879 in Grundy Co., Missouri. Benjamin and Annie NICHOLS had 11 children. Number 6 was a son William Harrison NICHOLS born 1839 in Logan, Ohio, and died 17 SEP 1869. Addtional information about the NICHOLS can be found in "The community of Spickard, Missouri : 125 years of history, 1871-1996 : our little corner of the world "/ [Spickard History Committee]. and “The History of Grundy County Missouri” . You can also try the USGENWEB site for Grundy to reach the local genealogical society which has additional information.

> >X-pstn-addresses: from <garystorie@attbi.com> > >I'm not a member of this list, but wanted to share an obituary I found >this morning in The Seattle Times. It concerns a MISS OLGA ALBER, who >was born in Trenton, MO. The obituary is as follows: > > > >MISS OLGA ALBER > > > >Miss Olga Alber was born at Trenton, Missouri, January 19, 1898, >daughter of Lena and Christian Alber. Preceded in death by sisters, >Mrs. Dorothea Gamlin, Mrs. Emma Minard, and Miss Ellen Alber, Seattle, >Washington and two brothers, Carl Alber and Albert Alber. > >She graduated from the Nebraska City High School in 1916. She attended >Peru State Teachers College of Peru, Nebraska, for two years and then >obtained her Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Chicago and >her Masters Degree from the Columbia University, New York City. She >attended summer session of the University of Vienna, Austria, the >University of Oslo, Norway, and the German Academy of Political Science >at Tutsing near Munich, Germany. > >She taught for eight years in Nebraska and for 36 years at Rosedale High >School in Kansas City, Kansas. She also taught for three summer >sessions at Peru State Teachers College. She was a member of the First >Presbyterian PV P.E.O. Sisterhood, Nebraska City, Nebraska; Delta Kappa >Gamma Teachers Honorary Organization, Kansas City, Kansas; AARP >Association. > >She traveled extensively, touring Europe, the Orient, South America, >Mexico, Cuba, Canada and Hawaii. She returned to Europe several times >to visit in her mother and father's home in and around Stuttgart. > >She moved to Wesley Terrace, a retirement home, at Des Moines, >Washington, in 1977, where was living at the time of her death. > > > >I hope this obit will be of some help to those researching the surname >ALBER. > > > >A fellow genealogist enthusiast, > > > >Carolyn Storie > >Seattle, WA > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/oMB.2ACI/592.1 Message Board Post: James, I have e-mailed you and Jim but they came back. I have lots of info on Clara Bell Sherrow family. She was married to my great uncle. Please get ahold of me I would like to exchange info. Mary lounkc@juno.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Brashier, Day Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oMB.2ACI/633 Message Board Post: Looking for parents and gravesite of Pinky Brashier born in Missouri about 1865. It may be Pinky was named Susannah/Catherine at birth. Pinky/Susannah/Catherine( her name was listed on marriage record as Pinky) Brashier married my father William Thomas Day, August 22 1883 in Trenton, MO. My father arrived in California about 1890. No record of death for Pinky in CA. Appears she died in MO, perhaps Grundy or nearby Sullivan County. Also possible she passed away on the way to California. Any input will be appreciated. Henry Day

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Re: BENSON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oMB.2ACI/630.1.1 Message Board Post: Larry, The 1930 Grundy Co. census (Trenton TWP--Ward 2) have John and Sarah Ann (Pennington) Benson as husband & wife. Terri Hill

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/oMB.2ACI/632 Message Board Post: Can anyone tell me about the Baptist Home that was located in Grundy County? I heard that a relative John Carter went there from Putnam Co. Missouri after he became blind. Thanks

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cartmill, Batson, Leeper, Brown Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oMB.2ACI/258.259.1.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: My source is the Grundy County Gazette, Apr. 9, 1902. Sorry for the 2 month delay in answering, my computer caught a cold(bug). RWB

Hi Couisns; Any of the ROOKS and connections out there now??? Joseph and Eliz, my 3rd grt graparents. Chrisman/ Ishmael/ McAlister/Smithson/ Scott/ GRIFFITH/ and many others. I just had to say this also; reply to the message below. maybe your computor needs a Phnemonia Shot/????// Maxine -----Original Message----- From: rwb33053@yahoo.com <rwb33053@yahoo.com> To: MOGRUNDY-L@rootsweb.com <MOGRUNDY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 1:55 PM Subject: [MOGRUNDY-L] Re: Grundy Co Cox's >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Surnames: Cartmill, Batson, Leeper, Brown >Classification: Query > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oMB.2ACI/258.259.1.1.2.1.1 > >Message Board Post: > >My source is the Grundy County Gazette, Apr. 9, 1902. Sorry for the 2 month delay in answering, my computer caught a cold(bug). > >RWB >

September 1892 Mr. J. F. Bayne (Bain) moved his family from Trenton, MO to Perkins, Oklahoma Territory. Does anyone have any information on this family? Were there Baynes (Bains) living in Trenton, MO in 1900? Perhaps his parents or siblings remained there. Thank you, Rochelle in the Sierra Foothills

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/oMB.2ACI/24.1 Message Board Post: I'm writting to fine out if there is any connections of my family to your's. My name is Betty Ann Hummingbird Ramsey from Tulsa, Okla. my name is Homer Hummingbird my grandfather is Randolph Hummingbird from Jay, Okla grandmother is Mary F. Cannon Hummingbird. I don't know much about my family since I was not raise around them. I just need to know more about my Hummingbird family. Just want to know if there is any connections if so please e-mail me back at this addresse. Sign, littlebeth48@hotmail.com

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/oMB.2ACI/571.3.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Unfortunately I won't be going back to the library branch with the Grundy book for a while. If you go to the USGENWEB Grundy Co Missouri web-site, they have someone who will do lookups in the "History of Grundy Co" book for you. Good luck.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Harris/Hobbs Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oMB.2ACI/571.3.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Is there anything in the book about Zachariah Hobbs or Greenberry Harris?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Davis Census Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oMB.2ACI/631.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you for the Info and your time and effort Do you have any Info on a Petrie Family in Galt James Petrie and a Mary W/ children,