To the RAILSELLER; Just want to thank you for putting all of the bios on and especially for as much time as you have spent doing that. I for one, really appreciate your hard work. Again, Thank You! Joe Spence

By request. William H. McClain, p. 686-87 WILLIAM H. M'CLAIN Was born in Jefferson County, Iowa, July 10, 1848. His parents were Joseph and Melinda McClain, the former a native of Bath County, Kentucky, and born July 27, 1811, the latter was born in Morgan County, same State, Jane 14, 1814, and died in Grundy County, June 27, 1876. Mr. McClain was reared upon a farm, and has given his attention to that calling through life. He lives upon a tract of excellent land, the property of his father, containing three hundred and seventy-three acres, two hundred and seventy-three of which are prairie, one hundred and fifty fenced, and one hundred and thirty acres under cultivation. His average annual total yield of cereals, amounts to 2,150 bushels, and fifty tons of hay. He also engages largely in stock-raising. November 4, 1877, Mr. McClain was united in marriage to Miss Mary Jane Thompson, of Hydesville California. She is a native of Davis County, Iowa, born March 17, 1859. They have two children; namely, Bertie Elma, born September 17, 1878; and Edna M, born May 9, 1881

By Request. Source: 1881 History of Grundy County, Missouri Page 686 G. W. M'CLAIN George Washington McClain was born in Bath County, Kentucky, September 18, 1838. In 1845, his parents removed to Iowa and settled in Jefferson County, and after a residence of nine years, they came to Missouri and settled in Mercer County. Here they resided seven years, when the clarion note of war sounded throughout this broad land, and George W. McClain responded to his country's call, and was mustered into the service of the Union at Chillicothe, Missouri, on the 15th of August, 1861. He was enrolled as sixth sergeant of company D, Second Missouri volunteer cavalry, under Captain George C. Marshall and Colonel Lewis Merrill. He served until the fall of 1864, was promoted to fourth sergeant, participated in one desperate battle and several severe skirmishes, and received his honorable discharge from the service in September of the year last mentioned. September 5, 1872, Mr. McClain and Miss Melvina Cantrell were united in the marriage bonds. Rev. James Mack, of the Christian Church, performing the ceremony. She was born November 9, 1855. Mr. and Mrs. McClain have been blessed with two children; named, respectively, Zanie Agues, born October 18, 1873; and Stella May, born July 3, 1875. Mr. McClain owns a farm of one hundred and thirty-three acres, ninety-three of which are fenced and under cultivation, producing one hundred bushels of wheat, four hundred bushels of oats, seven hundred bushels of corn, and twenty tons of hay, per annum. He also deals in livestock, and has considerable invested in the business.

By request Source: Grundy County Missouri History Book 1881 John Moore, p. 513-14 JOHN MOORE Fourth son of Levi and Rachel Moore, nee Haines was born in Chariton County, Missouri, September 14th, 1822, and with his parents moved to Randolph County, from there to Daviess County, and when he was quite small settled about two miles north of where Gallatin now stands, Richmond, in Bay County, being the nearest town. They moved from there to where Trenton is now located in 1833 or 1834. His father was the first white man who raised a crop in Grundy County—on ground near the present site of the railroad machine-shops at Trenton, where the first corn planted was destroyed by pigeons, which were so numerous that the branches on the trees where they roosted broke off. Deer, wild turkeys and honey were very plentiful, which, with hominy, was their principal food. His pants were made of buckskin, his cap of coonskin, and lie never saw a pair of boots or shoes until he was about twelve years of age, wearing, in winter, moccasins made of cowhide. The county was surveyed by Mr. Applegate, in 1836, and he carried the surveyor's provisions. When Trenton was laid off he moved to where Mr. Val. Briegle now lives and while living at this farm the Indians often came to trade, and buy horses, giving their notes payable when the government paid them, with the old chief Tuckwash as their security. This chief frequently went to Des Moines in behalf the settlers to collect these notes which the Indians always paid promptly. Mr. Moore learned their language, while dealing with them. In August 1817 Mr. Moore joined the Indian battalion for the Mexican War; was mustered in at Leavenworth and marched to Santa Fe, under General Price was not inside of a house for thirteen months; took part in two engagements with the Indians in Mexico. When peace was declared he returned to Independence, Missouri, where the battalion was disbanded in November 1848. On May 18th, 1849, Mr. Moore married Miss Emmeline Wasson. In the spring of 1850 he started over the plains for California, and meeting a company from Illinois at Council Bluffs, the two parties united and elected him captain, and they journeyed on together, taking five months to reach Hangtown, California. Be went to the China diggings seventy-five miles east of Stockton, in October, and in the following April, at the request of his comrades, started back home to bring their families. He was seventy-seven days on the way from San Francisco to Panama, crossed the. Isthmus on foot and took a steamboat, via Havana, for New Orleans. Soon after his arrival in Grundy County he received a letter from his friends in California stating that they would be home in the fall, so he did not return. He joined the militia, in 1862, as second lieutenant of company A, and was stationed at Chillicothe. In May, 1863, he joined the provisional militia and .was elected first lieutenant, and participated in one skirmish with the bushwhackers under Anderson.. The militia disbanded in the fall, when captain G. A. Spickard and he made up a company, and went to St. Joseph, at their own expense. On arrival they found the regiment nearly full and he, with others returned home. Mrs. Moore died in March 1861, and Mr. Moore married Miss Mary Flowers in July, 1862. He has seven children living, and two dead. The names of those by his first wife are Nova Zembia Sublet, Bernettie, Selissabel, Cordelia Ellen, and Mary Emmeline; and by his second wife, Fortress Monroe and- John Mayland

By Request SOURCE: Grundy County, Missouri History Book 1881 Dr. J. McLaughlin, p. 515 John McLaughlin, third son of Thomas and Susan McLaughlin, nee Maple (his grandfather and grandmother came from Scotland), was born in Greene county, Pennsylvania, August 26th, 1822. In 1825 his parents moved to Knox County, Ohio, where he was educated at the district schools, and remained until 1845, engaged in farming. April 13th, 1844, he married Miss Melissa Young and in the following year moved to Bartholomew County, Indiana. In 1857 he moved to Mercer County, Missouri, and in 1858 commenced to practice medicine. In 1861 he joined the Missouri militia and was commissioned lieutenant. In the fall of 1877 he moved to Spickardsville, in this county, and in March 1878, purchased the farm on which he now lives, and continued the practice of medicine. His wife died May 25th, 1851, and left two children; namely, Lyman, born May 25th, 1846, married Miss Mattie Thogmartin, has five children; Sarah Jane, born May 25th, 1850, married James K. Vauderpool, has seven children. August 13th, 1852, he married Miss Nanoy A. Sullivan. They have five children living and three dead. Their names are: James S., born May 29th, 1853 married Mattie Vanderpool, has two children; Thomas Jefferson, born December 29th, 1854; William Allen, born October 29th, 1856, married Sarah E. Colman who died December 29th, 1879, leaving three children; John S., born August 10th, 1859; Melinda, born September 22d, 1861; Nancy Belle, born September 22d, 1872.

By request SOURCE: History of Grundy County, Missouri 1881 James O. Moore, p. 516 Seventh and youngest son of Levi Moore, and Rachel, his wife, nee Haines was born in Randolph county, Missouri, Jnne 16, 1828, and with his parents moved to Daviess county, Missouri, and from there to where Trenton now stands in the year 1833 or '34. He is a brother of John Moore whos biography is recorded elsewhere. James G. Moore married Martha Wood November 11 1848 and lived with his parents two years on the farm now owned by Judge Val. Briegle, in Lincoln township, then moved to Franklin township where he now lives. Mr. and Mrs. Moore have five children living and two dead. The eldest, James W., married Miss Mary Vanderford; Robert A., married Elva Shaw; Levi married Miss Fanny Robertson, John M married Miss Mary McCary, and died August 28, 1879 leaving his widow and three children; Oliver J. and Elizabeth Frances

By Request Source: History of Grundy County, Missouri 1881 16. F. J. Payne, p. 517 F. J. PAYNE. F. Josephus Payne, eldest son of William M. Payne, by his second wife, Julia A. Payne, nee Belshe, was born in Tazewell county, Virginia, July 7, 1835, and remained there, engaged in farming, until 1856, when he came to Grundy county. In the spring of 1859 he went to Denver and Pike's Peak, Colorado, and returned in tlie following fall. He married Miss Sarah A. Hobbs, daughter of Thomas Hobbs, September 9, 1860. On February 21, 1862, he joined the Third Missouri cavalry at Chillicothe, Colonel Walter A. King commanding, under Captain Garvin, in company I, and participated in the engagements at Springfield, Newtonia, and many other minor engagements, during the two years the regiment was in south Missouri, and in Arkansas. In the spring of 1864 the regiment had become so decimated by death, wounded and sickness, that it was consolidated with the Sixth and Seventh regiments of Missouri cavalry. In the fall of 1864, he took part in several fights with General Shelby's forces, and with General Price, during the six weeks the command was in Missouri, and was mustered out at St. Louis, April 11, 1865. He returned to Franklin township. and has since been engaged in farming. Mrs. Payne died October 23,1870, leaving four children; viz., Mary Jane,born November 4, 1861, married Charles Miller; William L., born April 28, 1866; Thomas F. and Rebecca A., twins, born November 13, 1868. Mr. Payne married Harriette Dean, daughter of Abel W. Dean, April 25,1871. By this union they have four children; viz., Marion F., born February 7, 1872; Jolm B., born September 3, 1874; Louis M., lorn September 27, 1877; Bertha Elmira, November 14, 1880. -

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gardner Gowty Maples ................ Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/oMB.2ACI/53.53 Message Board Post: My Great grandparents were William Thomas and Nancy Gowty Gardner! Their son Elsworth Price Gardner was my grandfather. I am also searching for my ancestors. If i have any info you might need i would be glad to share with you! Just let me know.

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/553 Message Board Post: I am seeking information about the Reverend James Alfred Garrett, who is listed in the Missouri Baptist Convention Annuals, 1928-1931, as a Baptist minister, whose mailing address is Trenton, Missouri. Mr. Garrett's name has not been found (by me)after that date in either Missouri Baptist records or Southern Baptist Convention Annuals. He is found earlier in Missouri, as follows: at LaGrange (Lewis County), 1918-1923; at New London (Ralls County), 1923-1924); and at Princeton (Mercer County), 1925-1927. Could someone do a look-up to see if there is a record of Garrett's death in Grundy County? Any assistance would be appreciated.

Looking for connections and information on the following names. Is there someone who can do obituary lookups, will pay for cost of copies and postage. Please no suggestions of microfilm rental, as that is out of the question where I live. I have no idea what sort of newspapers are available for Grundy County, but I am looking for obits on the following, and believe they are all buried in Proctor Cemetery. Charles and Catherine Blanchard appear on the 1900 cenus in Lincoln Township, as does the Tittsworth Family in 1920: BLANCHARD Charles 21 Aug 1834 22 - Jan 1902 h/o Catherine (NEFF) BLANCHARD Catherine (NEFF) 18 Feb - 1834 23 Apr 1909 TITTSWORTH Margaret 04 Sep 1865 12 - Sep 1949 wife of William; dau of Charles & Kathryn (NEFF) BLANCHARD THOMAS TITTSWORTH William 11 Jan 1866 - 27 Apr 1943 husband of Margaret (THOMAS) TITTSWORTH Harold E. 22 Dec 1893 08 Jul 1919 at foot of grave is government stone #258967; Private HAROLD E. THOMAS; 211 batt C.E.F. - 8th July 1919 - Reg. Band - Canada

Hello, I'm hoping that someone can provide information about my great-great grandmother's second marriage. Sarilda (Harless) Mantlo apparently remarried after the death of her husband, Dr. William W. Mantlo. He died in 1903. Sarilda Mantlo, widow, is found in the 1910 census in Medicine Township, Mercer Co., MO. By the 1920 census she is living in Marion Township, Grundy Co., MO and her name is Sarilda Mathews, marital status-widow. From this info I can tell that she married _________Mathews sometime between 1910 and 1920, probably in Grundy Co. I don't have a first name for Mr. Mathews, but know that he was dead before the 1920 census was taken. Sarilda died in 1921. Any info about this second marriage would be appreciated. My connection is through her marriage to Dr. Mantlo. Their child, James, was my great-grandfather. Thanks for any help. Julie (Golden) Mathews (No relation to the above-mentioned Mathews!!)

Dear List, I was interested in the biography of Jesse Bain of Lincoln Twp. which appeared Jan. 22. I wonder if Jesse Bain had a son named Jesse Bain also. My great aunt Laura Murphy, b. June 1856 daughter of Robert Murphy (my gr. grandfather) and Mary Ann Blecker Finfrock Murphy of Lincoln Twp. Grundy County married a man by the name of Jesse Bain. They came to Texas in the early part of the 20th century. I have a copy of Mary Finfrock Murphy's will in which Laura Bain is mentioned as well as Laura's children. I would be interested in contacting the person who requested the biography of Jesse Bain or anyone researching this family. Thanks. Harriet Murphy Awapaara e-mail: jawapara@ruf.rice.edu

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Taylor, Bell, Groomer, Smith, Jeffries Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oMB.2ACI/552 Message Board Post: I am looking for any info on my family from Grundy Co. John M Taylor originally from KY, Married Matilda Groomer. Son John Price Taylor married Emma Jane Burns, son Thomas Price Taylor married Gladys Forrear Bell (these are my great grandparents). Robert S. Bell father to Gladys, married Mary K Smith, other children Clara Bell-Jeffries, Claude Bell, Lucy J Bell, Charles Sterlin Bell, and Robert's siblings Charles and William Bell (from Harrison, Daviess and Grundy Counties)Robert's parents were James W Bell and Sara Smith. I am looking for ANY help or leads. I do have limited information to verify or share, too. Thanks for your time, Gretchen

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hutton, Miller Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oMB.2ACI/551 Message Board Post: I am looking for information on the Hutton family. Robert T. Hutton b. 7 Jan. 1835 in New York. Robert and Father , Thomas in Grundy Co. in 1850. Robert married Mary E. Miller at the Hutton farm 22 July, 1853. They had 9 children. Robert was a Mo. Vol. in the civil war.

By request Source: 1881 History of Grundy Co., Missouri Nathaniel Pettit, p. 700-01 NATHANIEL PETTIT Was born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, June 29, 1829. His parents, George and Hannah Pettit, were also natives of Pennsylvania. In his early youth his parents removed to Coshocton county, Ohio, and there our subject was educated and grew to manhood. He was married in Ohio, in October, 1851, to Miss Hannah, daughter of Abram and Nancy Miller. Mrs. Pettit is a native of Ohio. The fruits of this marriage have been twelve children, nine of whom, five boys and four girls, are now living. Mr. Pettit owns a fine prairie farm of three hundred and twenty acres very handsomely improved. He is a leading farmer and a respected citizen. 1880 Census Place: Myers, Grundy, Missouri Source: FHL Film 1254688 National Archives Film T9-0688 Page 314B Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Nathaniel PETTIT Self M M W 50 PA Occ: Farmer Fa: PA Mo: PA Hannah PETTIT Wife F M W 47 OH Occ: Keeping House Fa: VA Mo: VA Abraham PETTIT Son M S W 24 OH Occ: Farmer Fa: PA Mo: OH Nancy PETTIT Dau F S W 22 OH Fa: PA Mo: OH Stewart PETTIT Son M S W 21 OH Occ: Farmer Fa: PA Mo: OH Howard PETTIT Son M S W 18 OH Occ: Farmer Fa: PA Mo: OH George PETTIT Son M S W 15 IA Fa: PA Mo: OH Lavina PETTIT Dau F S W 15 IA Fa: PA Mo: OH May PETTIT Dau F S W 13 OH Fa: PA Mo: OH Jane PETTIT Dau F S W 10 MO Fa: PA Mo: OH Charles PETTIT Son M S W 5 MO Fa: PA Mo: OH NOTE: This is the only PETTIT family in Grundy County, Missouri in the 1880 census per my CD's.

In a message dated 1/23/02 10:01:49 AM Central Standard Time, MOGRUNDY-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > RAILSELLER@aol.com sent a Bio of William P Martin. I am wondering about > the Yates family that Wm's daughter Mary married into. I have in my family > info a Hardin Yates that married Corena T Reid on August 18, 1829 in Grundy > County, Missouri. Is Hardin related to Albert Yates? Kathy Kathleen HAYES LaRose Searching: Golden, Hayes, Martin, Mathews, Miller, Moore, Pickenpaugh, Reid, Thompson, and Woods and others in New Jersey, Virginia, Kentucky, Illinois, and Missouri

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/268.320.2.2.1 Message Board Post: Hello RE, Thank you for all your ideas about my Emmaline (Emily) ELKINS. I certainly do recognize the Dillard line, as there has been a lot of activity on that line on the board recently. I will pursue your ideas and suggestions. If I have any more questions, you'll hear form me. Of course, if I have any great discoveries, you'll hear from me too. Sincerely, BJ Heard of Pioneer, CA (currently in SLC :-) )

Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers, I believe. You should be able to get some information from the railroad as well. Sally --On Tuesday, January 22, 2002, 6:48 PM +0000 Shari H <shariannh@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hello List, > I have a question that perhaps one of you may know the answer...? > My g-grandfather was a fireman for the Rock Island Railroad. He died in > 1913. Does anyone know if employment records are still around somewhere > for that railroad, that long ago? My G-grandfather, Fredrick S. Cole is > my brick wall. I can't seem to find out where he is from. Thought > employment info might have something. > > Also,,does anyone know what B. of L.F.& E.(No.33) stand for? Fred Cole > was a member in good standing and had (life) insurance through them, > they also sent a rep (R.A. Ashby) to St. Joseph to return with his > remains to Trenton. Perhaps it's a railroad union??? > > Thanks List! > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com

I am trying to find information on Susanna Martha Rose. She was the daughter of Benjamin Rose and Sarah Ann Holman of Putnam Co, MO Susanna was married three times. The last marriage was to a Henry Sipes. I believe they were in Grundy Co, Mo when she died. There is a "family story" that she took her children to see a hanging in town, where she collapsed at the sight and died several days later. The hanging may have been someone connected to the Younger Brothers. I do not know if there is any truth to this. I do know that when my grandmother was getting married in 1889, Henry Sipes signed as her guardian. Any help would be appreciated. Judy Descendants of Susanna Martha Rose 1 Susanna Martha Rose b: 1840-1841 d: 1882-1889 . +Jacob Dilks, Deilks b: Abt 1840 in Indiana m: 2 November 1856 d: Unknown 2 Sarah Dilkes b: 20 August 1857 in Missouri ... +Jasper Terril m: Abt 4 May 1872 in Trenton, Grundy Co, Missouri 2 Clarissa A. Dilkes b: 25 June 1861 in Putnam Co, Missouri d: in Possibly Quincly Illinois ... +Benjamin F Snow 2 Joseph Dilkes b: 5 January 1864 in Putnam Co, Missouri d: in St. Joseph, Buchanan Co, Missouri ... +Margaret 2 Jacob Dilkes b: 6 July 1871 in Putnam Co, Missouri d: in Quincey, Illinois ? 2 Mary Dilkes b: June 1859 d: January 1860 in Putnam Co, Missouri *2nd Husband of Susanna Martha Rose: . +David William Johnson b: Abt 1811 in Ohio m: 27 February 1872 in Putnam Co, Missouri d: 1879-1880 in Missouri 2 Eliza Johanna "Anna" Johnson b: 9 October 1873 in Putnam Co, Missouri d: 18 April 1954 in Elwood, Doniphan Co, Kansas ... +Benjamin Franklin Broyles b: 17 October 1869 in Macon Co, Missouri m: 16 May 1889 in Trenton, Grundy Co, Missouri d: 21 March 1943 in Atchison, Atchison Co, Kansas 2 Laura Jane Johnson b: 2 August 1876 in Putnam Co, Missouri d: 24 February 1950 in Pueblo, CO ... +Ben Snow *2nd Husband of Laura Jane Johnson: ... +Poyner m: in Pueblo, CO *3rd Husband of Laura Jane Johnson: ... +George William Gash m: 1897 d: 29 July 1920 in buried in Kansas *3rd Husband of Susanna Martha Rose: . +Henry H Sipes m: 10 October 1881 in Trenton, Grundy Co, Missouri

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HENSON .... ELKINS ... METCALF ... FORBIS/FORBES ... McCAMMON ... CASTEEL ... CRONER ... BURTON ... HISLOP ... REED/REID ... LANE ... PIGG ... COX ... MOORE ... DREW Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oMB.2ACI/268.320.2.2 Message Board Post: Yes, Emily is a name used by this family line of Elkins who were in Grundy Co MO before 1840 ... came out of Laurel Co KY and returned to Laurel Co KY before 1850 and then went back to MO (Webster Co) before 1860, and finally settling in Maries Co MO. I would check all of these locations. The only 'Emily's I have, are a Mary Emma (Emily?) Elkins born abt 1859 in Maries Co MO to parents Jackson Elkins and Lucinda Henson. They also had another daughter actually named 'Emily' born about 1867 in Maries Co MO. Jackson Elkins had a brother named W.R.D. 'Dillard' Elkins who married Lucinda Henson's sister Sarah Henson. 'Dillard' and Sarah had a daughter 'Emily Lou Elkins' born January 08, 1857 in Laurel Co KY or Webster Co MO. I am showing Jackson and 'Dillard' Elkins's parents as James Elkins b abt 1782 and Leanor/Eleanor? Rogers, both of VA ... Jackson and Dillard may have had a sister named 'Emily' ??? Sorry, I don't have an quick and easy answer to your query. "R.E." ! Hinson, Jr. P.O. Box 33253 Los Gatos CA 95031 or EMAIL roaten@prodigy.net .... Good Luck to you!!!