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/560.1 Message Board Post: I have William Patton Deskins b. July 31, 1843 in Tazewell Co, VA to George W. Deskins and Catherine Unknown. George and Catherine married March 2, 1840 in Tazewell Co. I have no siblings for William, but that doesn't mean there were none. For George, I have parents, one partial set of grandparents and 12 siblings. I'm looking for information on Bertha Place McCrary Deskins, who married Roy Cleveland Deskins b. August 20, 1886. Roy is buried in Edinburgh Cemetery, Grundy Co. I think her first husband was Duke McCrary but am not sure. If so, her middle initial is L, she was born in MO in 1891, died in 1973 and is buried in McCrary Cemetery outside Gallatin, Daviess Co. MO. Also have two children for her, if it's the same Bertha.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Stevens/Stephens, Harris, Embry, Warrens/Warans/Warnes Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oMB.2ACI/587 Message Board Post: Greenberry Harris was a brother to my great grandmother, Charlotte Harris. My records show 10 children in this family. Their parents were Jesse Harris and Mary (Polly) Embry, who arrived in that part of Missouri about 1834 from Garrard County, Kentucky. The original log cabin built by these pioneers was restored and moved to a park in the 1980s. Greenberry Harris married Clarissa (Clara) Weldon. Charlotte Harris married Robert Stephens. I would be happy to share information. E-mail me directly at j.r.lamb@attbi.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/586 Message Board Post: Looking for Alice Evelynn Harris who married John Hobbs of Trenton in 1886. Alice was born in Chillicothee, MO and her parents were Greenberry? Harris and Clara Weldon who later moved to Grundy County. Would like any info on this Harris family that originated in Kentucky

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McCammon, Hobbs Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oMB.2ACI/585 Message Board Post: Trying to find out any information on Mary McCammon the first wife of Zachariah Gibson Hobbs in Trenton, MO married Dec 16th, 1863. They had 3 sons John b. 1864, William and Norris. When did Mary die? Who were her parents? Was she native american? Was Norris McCammon her father?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wages, Bailey, Jones Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oMB.2ACI/584 Message Board Post: In the 1890's my grandparents, Floyd and Rachel Bailey Wages came from Ky. to Grundy County. Their stay in Mo. was short, maybe two or three years, before returning to Ky. While there a child was born to them. Who was this child? It is thought that Rachel's mother was a Jones from this area. Where is Galt, Mo? Any info appreciated.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DAVIS PETRIE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oMB.2ACI/583 Message Board Post: Is their anyone with Infoon the Petrie Family that lived in and around Galt Grundy Co, MO. William Petrie Married a Mary Davis

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/251.254.256.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Joyce, The Birdsall and Dean book has been microfilmed by the Family History Center and can be ordered through one of the Family History libraries. If you go to the Grundy Co. home page, you will find people willing to do look-ups. I think I already have copies from the book on the Devauls. I also have Philip Devaul's pension papers. Please e-mail your mailing address to me directly if you want copies. Do you happen to have any old photos?

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/251.254.256.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: There were some 22 years separating the brothers James and Philip, and that is what threw me off. I realize I must always consider the times in which these people were living. I have seen a few references to the book on the history of Grundy Co. by Birdsall and Dean. How might I read this book? Is it by chance available through a Grundy County organization?

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/251.254.257 Message Board Post: I am looking for any information regarding a Jack arthur Devaul born about 1895. My husbands and i have been looking for his grandfathers family jack jr. who died in ww2. Please help me if you can we know nothing about them or even what they looked like. Lily De Vaul

WILLARD, James H. married to WHALEY, Sarah Their 10 children were: Mattie, Jennie, Annie, Beuna, Hattie, Addie, George, Wess, Rome, and John Annie married to BOSLEY, Oscar Beuna, married to FOSTER, James my great-grandparents dau. Clara and dau. Bertha Beuna second marriage to ARBUCKLE, (?) E.M. Some of this information from book 150 years of SPICKARD, MO. I have pictures of Sarah Whaley-Willard picture of Jennie and her husband with other family members Wanting to share and exchange information and/or pictures. email: nposs@softfarm.com Nancy Frizol-Possley

Hello out there in Randolph Co Ind. I am looking for any one who has surnames above in their ancestry who lived there in 1800's and may still have descendts there by the name or any other name. 1.. Mary Jane ( or Ann) Smithson who mar a Thornburg in abt 1825/35 there. 2... Drumond or other first name Smithson's there in early 1800's from Clinton Co Ohio. 3... Isaac, or Smith( may been Smithson) and Allen, Rooks, all brothers and son's of Wm. (Billie) Rooks and Mahala Smithson who mar there in 1837 then later went to Grundy Co. Mo. Mahala died abt 1855 to 1859 there and these sons left . Isaac before 1860 and Smith, and Allen after 1860 where to ???? Mahala was a sister to Mary Jane Smithson above. and related to the Drumond and another, ( name escapes me just now) Smithson. 4.... Joseph b 1782 and Elizabeth Jackson b 1890 N C, Rooks moved to Randolph Co Ind after abt 1822? with most of their 15 ch except for those several who were born after in Delaware Co or Randolph Co Ind. Joe got a large land grant in Grundy Co Mo and left about 1837??. Any descendants of any of their Children or relatives of Mahala Smithson whose parents also lived there a while, William and Millie Mildred Murrell Smithson who left and went back to Clinton Co Oh. 5.... Anyone knowing of or being connected please contact me. Maxine Baldwin WILTON in Roy, Wa. mmwaw@sprynet.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/251.254.256.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: According to my files, Philip Covington Devaul is a brother, not son, of James R. Devaul. Their parents were Daniel Devaul and Sarah Rhodes. I believe that this information is in the 1880 book on the history of Grundy Co. by Birdsall and Dean. Bob

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Rooks Scott Ishmael Lynn Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/oMB.2ACI/248.250 Message Board Post: Rufus E Scott was born 17 Oct 1860 in Grundy co., MO son of Benjamin Franklin Scott and Rebecca Ann Rooks. He married Margaret Roseanna Meeker on 18 Nov 1883. The next record I can find of Rufus E Scott is in a homestead claim in Harrison Co., Arkansas on 25 Feb 1899. They then moved to Oklahoma. He died abt 1912 but I have no documentation for that. They had 8 Children.

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/251.254.256.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I have only begun my genealogy research and this site has shared an abundance of information, for which I thank each of you immensely. My lineage is as follows: Daniel DE VAUL my g-g-g-g-grandfather James R DE VAUL my g-g-g-grandfather 1 child 1st union Philip’s mother unknown Philip Covington DE VAUL my g-g-grandfather m. Eliza KINYON 5 children, including: Sarah Elizabeth DE VAUL m. John Joseph SCOTT 10 MAR 1875, Trenton, Grundy, MO – my g-grandparents Their only child that I am aware of : Alwilda [named for an aunt] a/k/a Alice SCOTT b. Atchison, KS m. James William ETHRIDGE – my grandparents Their 3 children: Bessie Florence Ethridge [deceased] m. Mr. Potts four children LIVING Helen Ethridge [deceased] m. Stanley Fields [living] of Kansas City, MO two children LIVING Charles Harold Ethridge m. Mary P. Sheehan – my parents [both deceased] 3 of 4 children LIVING Nowhere can I find the name of Philip Covington De Vaul's mother. He was born 7 months before his father's (James R.) marriage to Sarah K. HOWELL. I get the impression he was a black sheep of the family; 1850 census has him living with WOODS family in Missouri [no relation to me]. I found that he joined the Union Army in the Civil War, was captured and sent to Andersonville, and survived, having been released April 1865. Right now I am thinking along the line that Philip Covington De Vaul may have been named for his maternal grandfather, even possibly the name Philip Covington. If anyone has any information on this lineage that they are willing to share, I'd be grateful to receive it. I have but a few additional dates on the above that I'm not listing right now. I'll gladly answer your questions, should you think I may be of assistance. Joyce Woods joycewoodz@yahoo.com

><<PLEASE REPLY ONLY TO THE ORIGINATOR OF THIS FORWARDED MESSAGE >(EMAIL ADDRESS BELOW) AND NOT TO ME>> > >I have only begun my genealogy research and this site >has shared an abundance of information, for which I >thank each of you immensely. My lineage is as >follows: Daniel DE VAUL g-g-g-g-grandfather; James R >DE VAUL g-g-g-grandfather [Philipís mother unknown] >Philip Covington DE VAUL my g-g-grandfather m. Eliza >KINYON 5 children, including: Sarah Elizabeth DE VAUL >m. John Joseph SCOTT 10 MAR 1875, Trenton, Grundy, MO >ñg-grandparents. Their only child that I am aware of: > Alwilda [named for an aunt] a/k/a Alice SCOTT >b.Atchison, KS m. James William ETHRIDGE my >grandparents and their 3 children: Bessie Florence >Ethridge [deceased] m. Mr. Potts - four children >LIVING >Helen Ethridge [deceased] m. Stanley Fields [living] >of Kansas City, MO - two children LIVING; and Charles >Harold Ethridge m. Mary P. Sheehan ñ my parents [both >deceased]their 3 of 4 children LIVING. > >Nowhere can I find the name of Philip Covington De >Vaul's mother. He was born 7 months before his >father's (James R.) marriage to Sarah K. HOWELL. I >get the impression he was a black sheep of the family; >1850 census has him living with WOODS family in >Missouri [no relation to me]. I found that he joined >the Union Army in the Civil War, was captured and sent >to Andersonville, and survived, having been released >April 1865. > >Right now I am thinking along the line that Philip >Covington De Vaul may have been named for his maternal >grandfather, even possibly another Philip Covington. > >If anyone has any information on this lineage that >they are willing to share, I'd be grateful to receive >it. I have but a few additional dates on the above >that I'm not listing right now. I'll gladly answer >your questions, should you think I may be of >assistance. > >Joyce Woods [No relation to Bob Woods.] >joycewoodz@yahoo.com > > > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup >http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McCollum, Morris Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oMB.2ACI/573.1 Message Board Post: There are a lot of McCollums in Linn county, MO. There is also a Sarah McCollum, but am sure she was a Morris before marrying. Could this be the one you are looking for?

I was hoping to hear back from you! Did you already have that picture of Harvey Perry?? Was "Randy McDowell" Miranda Perry?? I have a picture of her. I'd like to know how many children Harvey and Rebecca had. I do have a William W Perry listed as one of their children is this right? I'm sorry if I'm being a pest you my first lead in a long time. Janet Sister in Christ Cousins in Genealogy "For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? Matthew 16:26 Researching surnames: Batson, McCullough, Stottlemyre, Long, Starling, Gilbert, Banyai, Rasmussen, Hansen, Repase(i), Baker, Minshall, Jackson, Fiveash, Morris, Perry, Kimball, Kincaid, Abney, Keaster, Hufford, Summers, Vestal, Canady, Treat and Charleton. I wanted further history on Margaret Ellen Perry's parents and if she had any siblings, pictures, too if possible. I do have a picture of Harvey Perry I'm willing to share and a few photos of Margaret. my line: Harvey Perry m: Rebecca Kincaid = 15 Aug 1844 in Harrison Co., Ohio Margaret Ellen Perry m: William Vestal McCullough = 5 Oct 1865 Joel Joseph McCullough m: Sarah Minshall = 25 Dec 1889 in IA Mabel Leona McCullough m: Edgar Franklin Batson = 2 Aug 1916 J. C. Batson m: Lillian Virginia Hufford = 1 Mar 1947 Janet Batson-Barney Sister in Christ Cousins in Genealogy, For GOD so loved the world He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. John 3:16-17 Researching surnames: Batson, McCullough, Stottlemyre, Long, Starling, Gilbert, Banyai, Rasmussen, Hansen, Repase(i), Baker, Minshall, Jackson, Fiveash, Morris, Perry, Kimball, Kincaid, Abney, Keaster, Hufford, Summers, Vestal, Canady, Treat and Charleton. ----- Original Message ----- From: <bbranch@veriomail.com> To: <MOGRUNDY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 12:29 AM Subject: [MOGRUNDY-L] Re: Kincaid's This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Branch, Perry, Niquette, Kincaid, Gunter, Johnson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oMB.2ACI/167.288.312.327.328.329.33 2.1 Message Board Post: Harvey Perry who married Rebecca Kincaid are my ggrandparents on my mother's side. What do you want to know ,Á

Roger Brick said: . . . . . >It is my understanding that this cemetery has been "read" and the >information on the stones is available, so as I see this problem it is a >matter of aesthetics based on who is viewing this cemetery. The cemetery records are at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mogrundy/cemetery/oldcity.html Larry Flesher Grundy County, MO Cemetery Records

Harriet, Nice to hear from you again, It looks like our discussion is focusing some attention on a national problem. Actually I have done quite a bit of research on the care of these "abandoned" cemeteries and where to find finances to maintain them in a "more presentable" state. In many states this obligation is falling on the Counties instead of the cities. Legislation is being presented in 8 or 10 states (to my knowledge) that may require the counties to maintain them. It is a major issue to the counties because they hardly have enough resources to maintain services as is, for the living. And as you know the residents of these cemeteries very seldom vote,. (except in Cook County, Illinois and perhaps Florida) In my opinion you cannot be a more permanent resident in the county than those that are buried in these cemeteries, and we OWE these cemetery residents respect and honor for establishing a place for us to be here and carving out of the wilderness a place for us to live and thrive. Until legislation is passed not only in Missouri but nationwide these "abandoned" cemeteries will have to survive the best that they can with our help. In my opinion, this is a good option for this burial ground and until you or I hit it big in the Powerball Lottery and leave a legacy of $40,000.00 or $50,000.00 per year to the county for the maintaince of these "abandoned" cemeteries it will have to do. To complain to city or county officials will not do "OUR" cause any good. "If you aren't part of the solution then you very well could be part of the problem." Positive actions you can take are: Support the local genealogical and historical societies, form and raise finances to support an "Abandoned Cemetery Association", create and support an interest in the younger generations for respect and honor for history, their ancestors, and care of their relatives final resting place. It will not "probably" happen in the Old City Cemetery in Trenton but it is happening all across our country and that is the destruction of burial grounds for housing development. Property adjacent to current development and a golf course would be a "prime" target. The designation by the Department of Conservation as a "endangered native prairie"could very well be a factor in saving it. (FYI Native Prairie Grasses are usually burnt off every two years, it destroys tree sprouts, and enhances the growth of native wildflowers and grasses. It is usually burnt in April just when it starts to "green" up. The timing is very important, it must be before the native grasses reach a stage where the fire would harm them, and before birds and animals are nesting) It is my understanding that this cemetery has been "read" and the information on the stones is available, so as I see this problem it is a matter of aesthetics based on who is viewing this cemetery. Just a few more thoughts, Roger O. Brick, D.C. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jorge Awapara" <jawapara@ruf.rice.edu> To: <MOGRUNDY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 2:20 PM Subject: [MOGRUNDY-L] Old City Cemetery | To: Roger Brick, | | Well, you put up a good case. HOWEVER, if they intend to leave the | cemetery in three foot high grasses (prairie or otherwise), wouldn't it be | nice to mow it or burn it off, as you do with your adopted cemetery, for | summer visitors? Couldn't the City at least do that much? The early | settlers who are buried there were all contributors to this city as well | as the county. Some day, the city MIGHT like to know who they were. I | still think there is a lot of excuse in that ..."letting it go to it's | natural state". Perhaps the City has no responsibility to maintain | commercial cemeteries, but then, why is this called The Old City Cemetery? | If it truly was a "City Cemetery", I think they do have some | responsibility. | | | To: Jack Wilford, | | Thanks for the addresses. I shall at least write a letter to the Mayor. | Maybe others will join me. | | Harriet Murphy Awapara | |