---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 15:13:09 -0600 From: Helen Graves <hgraves@psln.com> To: Missouri-L@rootsweb.com Cc: MORAY-CGA-L@rootsweb.com, MO Andrew Co. <MOANDREW-L@rootsweb.com>, MOCHARIT-L-request@rootsweb.com, MOHOWARD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: {not a subscriber} Lawful marriage age, parental consents, and recording requirements I hope someone on the list has answers to the following questions regarding marriages in MO prior to 1850: 1. what was a "lawful age" ? ... i.e. how old did you have to be to be "lawful"? I have an ancestor who married at 14 1/2 yrs of age. No parental consent at the county recorder of deeds. 2. was parental consent required for the "under" age? If so, was it verbal consent or was written consent required? If written consent was required, where were those consents kept? Were they kept by the Justice of the Peace who married them? Or was he required to file them with the county clerk? Or, when he filed the marriage record, did he just have to say it was a "lawful marriage" in his wording? JUSTICES OF THE PEACE who performed marriages, what were they required to do? Since many early MO marriages were performed by a Justice of the Peace, does anyone know: 1. was there a time limit for him to formally record at the county courthouse the marriages he performed ? 2. was he required to obtain parental consent for an "under age" bride or groom? 3. if it was the J of P's responsibility to obtain parental consent, was he required to file the consents with the county clerk? Or did he keep written consents or just ask at the time of the marriage? 4. could the J of P perform marriages outside his township -- i.e. could the couple go to just any Justice of the Peace in the county to get married or did they have to get married by the J of P for their township? According to my edition of Ancestry's "Redbook", it says regarding early marriages in MO: " Marriage records are held by the county recorder of deeds. Prior to June 26, 1881, no marriage license was required; the marriage was recorded at any convenient courthouse." Gulp .. recorded at "any convenient courthouse? Even though many, if not most, early MO marriages were performed by Justices of the Peace, there's not a single mention in the Missouri chapter in the "Redbook" which mentions Justices of the Peace or the laws under which they were governed. Nor does it mention what "lawful age" was or if/when parental consent was required and in what manner, verbal or written. Was it up to the married couple to "file at any convenient courthouse" -- or, by law governing J of P duties, was the J of P required to file at HIS county courthouse since he was an appointed magistrate of the county? Any help with some answers to the above would be appreciated. -- Helen in Calif.

Kathy and Carolyn, I would like to get information on the marriage Book please. I also purchased the CD, which as you said has very little information on Howard County. Thanks very much. Faye Winn-Craig fcraig@attbi.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike & Kathy Bowlin" <mkbowlin@iland.net> To: <MOHOWARD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2003 6:54 PM Subject: [MOHOWARD-L] Re: Howard county Marriages > Hi Carolyn, > > I sent your check to your address in North Carolina, before I realized that you weren't there. Hope Charles can deposit it for you in the meantime. I got my copy of the book, and it's great!! I love the way you have the marriages listed under both the bride and groom. I hate the ones that list it only under the grooms name, and then lists an index for the brides. You have to keep going back through the book time and time again to search out the brides for each surname. This is so much easier. So what book are you starting on next? I'd love to see the ones covering 1840-1860. I've got the Susan Ormser(sp?) book up to 1840, but nothing after that. I've got a CD that supposedly covers Missouri up to 1850 and from 1850 to 1900, but it has precious little for Howard county. Thanks for this book. It will save me hours and hours of eye strain reading the original microfilm. > > Kathy Bowlin > >

The Missouri Marriages 1851-1900 found on Ancestry list marriages from only 29 counties. Some of these counties list marriages only to about 1860. Mina ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike & Kathy Bowlin" <mkbowlin@iland.net> To: <MOHOWARD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2003 6:54 PM Subject: [MOHOWARD-L] Re: Howard county Marriages > Hi Carolyn, > > I sent your check to your address in North Carolina, before I realized that you weren't there. Hope Charles can deposit it for you in the meantime. I got my copy of the book, and it's great!! I love the way you have the marriages listed under both the bride and groom. I hate the ones that list it only under the grooms name, and then lists an index for the brides. You have to keep going back through the book time and time again to search out the brides for each surname. This is so much easier. So what book are you starting on next? I'd love to see the ones covering 1840-1860. I've got the Susan Ormser(sp?) book up to 1840, but nothing after that. I've got a CD that supposedly covers Missouri up to 1850 and from 1850 to 1900, but it has precious little for Howard county. Thanks for this book. It will save me hours and hours of eye strain reading the original microfilm. > > Kathy Bowlin >

I am researching EDMONDS and JORDAN/JOURDAN families(also CLARKS) that resided in Southwest Howard County (Clarks Chapel area) from about 1830 forward. In running microfilm I ran across a couple of items that might be of interest to Fisher researchers. I don't think there are any EDMONDS researchers (Howard County varieties) out there yet, maybe some day. >From the “Howard County Leader” (Fayette MO) 12/5/1895 Page 1, Column 4 Jacob Fisher An Honored Citizen and Christian Gentleman Goes to His Reward Died, at his home in this city, Thursday morning, Nov. 28th, Jacob Fisher, aged 76 years, 1 month and 14 days. Deceased had been ill for about two weeks of a carbuncle on his neck and other ailments. The world is the loser by the death of such men as Jacob Fisher. He was the very soul of honor; a Christian gentleman in all the word implies; generous to a fault, a true and devoted husband and a loving father and kind friend. During his life he held many offices of trust and in such capacity exhibited the strictest integrity and uprightness. Born in Virginia Oct. 14, 1819, he came to Howard county MO, in 1838 and engaged in the tanning business near Boonsboro. In 1852 he was elected justice of the peace in Boonslick Township and served for 14 consecutive years. In 1869 he moved to Fayette to educate his children. He engaged in the mercantile business. He was elected to the responsible position of treasurer of Howard county and served several terms with honor and credit. He was also a member of the city council for several years. In 1840 Mr. Fisher was married to Miss Jane Allen, who with 1 son and 4 daughters survive him. The life of such a man is a rich legacy to his family. Funeral services were conducted at Centenary Chapel Saturday morning by Revs. T. E. Sharp and H. D. Groves, and the remains conveyed to Boonsboro, his old home for interment. Peace to his ashes. >From the “The Howard County Leader” (Fayette, MO) 5/14/1896 Page 1, Column 4 Edmonds-Fisher A wedding that was quite a surprise to the bride's many friends here, was that of Mr. Elias L. Edmonds and Miss Emma Fisher, which interesting event occurred Monday morning, May 11th at 9:30 o'clock at the residence of the bride's mother, Mrs. Jane Fisher. Rev. H. D. Groves officiated in his usual pleasant manner. Only a few very intimate friends and relatives were present. The groom is a well known farmer of Saline County, while the bride is a most estimable lady, having always been a zealous and enthusiastic worker in church and W. C. T. U. circles. She possesses many noble attributes of mind and character and will make a valuable help-meet. The Leader wishes the happy couple the fullest measure of wedded happiness. _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail

Hi Carolyn, I sent your check to your address in North Carolina, before I realized that you weren't there. Hope Charles can deposit it for you in the meantime. I got my copy of the book, and it's great!! I love the way you have the marriages listed under both the bride and groom. I hate the ones that list it only under the grooms name, and then lists an index for the brides. You have to keep going back through the book time and time again to search out the brides for each surname. This is so much easier. So what book are you starting on next? I'd love to see the ones covering 1840-1860. I've got the Susan Ormser(sp?) book up to 1840, but nothing after that. I've got a CD that supposedly covers Missouri up to 1850 and from 1850 to 1900, but it has precious little for Howard county. Thanks for this book. It will save me hours and hours of eye strain reading the original microfilm. Kathy Bowlin

Hi A large source of leads to family-history data is now on line. It is comprised of the Tables of Contents of the first 22 volumes of the Missouri State Genealogical Association Journal, 1981-2002+. Importantly, below the Tables of Contents, is an index. Reviewers find the whole page easily navigated despite the great amount of data included. A few of the key words with which to search the index are county names, directions (east, south, north, west), and family surnames (for Bible records). Use your browsers search function. When you find interesting leads on the web page, you will probably want to see actual copies of the Journal. Many libraries subscribe to the Journal. There is also information, below the index on the web page, on how to obtain copies of articles or issues. One can get an idea as to the length of an article in the Journal by noting the page numbers where it begins and where the following article begins. However, some articles are serialized over two to four issues. The URL is <http://www.rollanet.org/~bdoerr/contents.htm>http://www.rollanet.org/~bdoerr/contents.htm >

Hi Bobbie This is not my direct line but I have: Ebenezer Best ENYART married to Louise O. BALLEW Maybe Carolyn or Kathy have more info on this family. Good Luck Linda Husband: Ebenezer Best ENYART Birth: Mar 1842 Place: St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., MO Death: 18 Jan 1923 Place: Near Armstrong, Howard Co., MO Father: Ebenezer Best ENYART (1814-1877) Mother: Edna MILEHAM Wife: Louise O. BALLEW Birth: Oct 1852 Place: IN Husbands Notes... Notes: 1900 Chariton Co., MO census On the 1900 census in Chariton Twp p56 Household 330/Family 333 is this: Enyart, Eben B, head, Mar 1842, 58, married first at age 30, Farmer, MO MO MO, Rents Farm Louise B, wife, Oct 1852, 47, married first at age 30 , 0/0 (for children), IN MA OH Ballew, Richard, brother, Jan 1845, 55, Real Estate, MO NC KY10 1923 The Higbee News Friday, 26 Jan 1923, Vol 36, No 40--Eben Enyart, residing four miles west of Armstrong, was killed Friday of last week by the overturning of a Ford car. His wife, who was with him, escaped serious injury. Mr. Enyart was 80 years old and was born near Armstrong in 1842.292 Last Modified: 25 Nov 2001 Reference Note 10 Carolyn Gibbons (cng@gbis.com) Reference Note 292 mkbowlin@iland.net (Kathy Bowlin) Compiled by: Linda Manning Jupep@aol.com In a message dated 3/30/03 5:37:16 PM, rebelinpayson@webtv.net writes: << Looking for any information on my grgrgraunt & uncle: Ebenezer Enyart & Louise Richards. They lived around the Roanoke/Armstrong area. I would like to know when they died & if they had any children. Any information about the family was destroyed when my Mother went into a nursing home & my step-sister threw everything away without asking me if I wanted any of the pictures, etc. related to this family. Any help or information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Bobbie >>

Looking for any information on my grgrgraunt & uncle: Ebenezer Enyart & Louise Richards. They lived around the Roanoke/Armstrong area. I would like to know when they died & if they had any children. Any information about the family was destroyed when my Mother went into a nursing home & my step-sister threw everything away without asking me if I wanted any of the pictures, etc. related to this family. Any help or information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Bobbie

The following are selected articles from a Newspaper titled, "The Higbee News" which was issued out of the town of Higbee, in Randolph County, Missouri from the years 1888 through 1953. The editors were W. H. Welch and his son H. Scott Welch. This paper covered the Higbee area and also a great deal of the northeastern part of Howard county. The copyright notice at the end of this transcript is there for the sole purpose of keeping this work free to the public, and to ensure that it is not harvested by a fee-based corporate genealogy site, or published in any format for profit. If you decide to use the information from this transcription, PLEASE LIST ME AS THE SOURCE, rather than the paper. My transcription is another generation removed from the microfilm, and would thus be a third generation copy of the original paper. For proper documentation, a researcher should obtain a photocopy of the microfilm for their own permanent records, and use my transcript as a guide or index. The microfilm is available for interlibrary loan through the State Historical Society of Missouri, and a copy is also on file at the Moberly Public Library, generously donated by the Higbee Historical Society. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Thursday, 28 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 26, Pg. 5 Col. 1--Born, on the 24th, to Mr. and Mrs. Harrell Dinwiddie, a son. Thursday, 28 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 26, Pg. 5 Col. 1--O. D. Dougherty left last night for Chicago, where he has secured employment. Thursday, 28 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 26, Pg. 5 Col. 1--Mrs. Dora Sperry, who fell and broke her right hip six weeks ago, and who has since been in a Moberly hospital, was able to be brought home Tuesday. She is now able to sit up some, but it will be some time before she will be able to be about as usual. Thursday, 28 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 26, Pg. 5 Col. 1--Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Innes of south of town returned Tuesday from Sedalia where they were called by the death of their nephew, Raymond Heath, who died at the home of his grandparents in that city on the 24th, from a complication of diseases. Deceased was quite well known in the Myers vicinity, having frequently visited at the Innes home. Thursday, 28 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 26, Pg. 5 Col. 2--Mrs. Mary Burke returned Tuesday from a visit with her daughter, Mrs. Otho Robb, of Mexico. Thursday, 28 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 26, Pg. 5 Col. 2--Mrs. Mattie Griffin visited her daughter, Mrs. Roy Golden, at Moberly last Thursday and Friday.* Thursday, 28 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 26, Pg. 5 Col. 2--Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Dougherty left Thursday for Oklahoma city, Okla., where they will spend the winter with relatives. Thursday, 28 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 26, Pg. 5 Col. 2--John Dorman and family left last Friday for Roundup, Montana, where they will make their home. They have many warm friends here who regretted to see them leave and who wish for them success and happiness in their new home. Thursday, 28 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 26, Pg. 5 Col. 3--Willie Lessly, one of our most deserving colored girls, daughter of Chas. Lessly and wife, was taken to Boonville Monday where she was operated on yesterday for appendicitis, and when last heard from was doing nicely. Thursday, 28 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 26, Pg. 5 Col. 3--Mrs. Chas. Burgin was called to Moberly last week by the death of her mother, Mrs. Susan Fenill, who died at the home of a daughter northwest of Moberly on the 19th, aged 92 years. Interment was made in the Meals cemetery. Thursday, 28 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 26, Pg. 5 Col. 3--From the Gilman, Ill., Stark, handed us by Mrs. J. E. Carter, we take the following paragraph relatives to the death of her son-in-law, Ernest W. Meyer, a well known resident of this city, met with a tragic death about 6:30 o'clock Wednesday morning on the back porch of his home in the north part of the city while shooting rats. Death was due to a shotgun wound in the back of the head. When neighbors arrived in response to Mrs. Meyer's calls for help, they found the body lying sprawled out, face downward on the kitchen porch adjoining the kitchen, indicating that he had stumbled and fell on the slippery walk as he was approaching the house. It is believed that as Mr. Meyer stumbled and fell the gun struck the cement porch and was discharged." Thursday, 28 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 26, Pg. 5 Col. 3--SURPRISE BIRTHDAY DINNER--The relatives and friends of Mrs. Florence V. Dameron surprised her Sunday, Oct. 17, at her home four miles north of Yates by taking well filled baskets and spreading the dinner in the yard. Mrs. Dameron was seventy years old, and while her health was not as good as usual, she got around nicely. The following were present; Mrs. Florence V. Dameron, Mr. and Mrs. John Dameron and children, Edith, Marion, Gertrude and Junior, Mr. and Mrs. Givens Dysart and sons, N. G. and Ben, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Goone and sons John Thomas, Herbert, Edwin and Woodrow, Mr. and Mrs. Ol Goone, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Morris, Mrs. Amelia C. McCully and children, Katherine, Leonard and Josiah, Mr. and Mrs. Grover Sires and children, William, Fannie Sue, Frank Foster, Carrie Mae and Harry Frank, Mr. and Mrs. John Swetnam and son, Houx, Miss Ruby Florence Pearson, Miss Virginia Goone, Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Jarman and children, Hazel and Edwin, Mr. and Mrs. Logan Dameron and Mrs. Street of Fayette; Mrs. Mary Jarman of Clark; Elmer Sheaves and son, Benjamin, Mrs. Duck Sheaves and Mr. Gale Sheaves, all of Pleasant Woods. All departed, stating a good time had been given them and wishing Mrs. Dameron many more happy birthdays. Thursday, 28 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 26, Pg. 5 Col. 3--MT. PLEASANT ITEMS--Mrs. Sam Naylor has decided to break up housekeeping and will make her home with her children. Thursday, 28 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 26, Pg. 5 Col. 4--MT. PLEASANT ITEMS--Mrs. Oscar Porter had eighteen teeth extracted about two weeks ago and came near bleeding to death. She is now at the home of her parents, Boyd Avery and wife, where she is improving, and will soon be able to come home again. Thursday, 28 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No. 26, Pg. 5 Col. 4--MT. PLEASANT ITEMS--(received too late for last week.)--Otho Wainscott and family of Kansas City visited his mother, Mrs. Gilvin, last Sunday. They were accompanied home by Mrs. Gilvin, who will make a visit in the city with her children. Thursday, 28 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 26, Pg. 5 Col. 4--MT. PLEASANT ITEMS--(received too late for last week.)--Junior, the little son of Guy Long and wife, met with a painful accident Sunday. While some men were pitching horseshoes he was running and playing with some children and ran into a horseshoe just as it was coming down. It struck him in the top of his head, piercing his skull. He was immediately taken to a physician, who could not say for sure, for a few days, just what the outcome would be. He seems to be getting along fine now and everyone hopes he will continue to do so and soon be well again. Thursday, 28 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 26, Pg. 8 Col. 1--OUR HUNTSVILLE LETTER, By W. T. Dameron (Continued from page 2.)--The many friends here of G. I. (Tony) Smith, were shocked last Thursday afternoon, October 21, 1926, when a message was received by W. M. Evans of the Farmers and Merchants Bank from Frank Hooper, banker and real estate dealer of Atlanta, Ga., announcing that Mr. smith had accidentally killed himself. Mr. Smith, who had been in the real estate business here for several years, went to Altanta, Ga., about the first of last August to dispose of some property he had there--an apartment house. Mr. Smith and wife resided in Georgia some years ago and did some trading with Mr. Hooper in real estate. Several weeks ago, through the assistance of Mr. Hooper, he was able to sell the apartment for a farm located about 175 miles from Atlanta, near Venita, Ga., and on which farm Mr. Smith was killed. The body arrived here Saturday night, and up to this time (Monday) no particulars of the accident have been received. In the casket was a copy of the verdict of the coroner's jury, which merely stated that deceased came to his death by the accidental discharge of a shotgun in his own hands. He was hunting, and by some means the guns was accidentally discharged. The charge struck him a little to the left of the pit of the stomach and tore quite a hole in his body, and he must have died within a few seconds. His wife received a letter from him last Saturday postmarked in the morning of the day the accident occurred, telling her about the condition of the farm, what work he had done on the premises and what he wanted to do in the way of improvements before he would return home. The deceased was born near Mt. Airy, this county, Sept. 15, 1857 and was therefore a little past 69 years of age. He was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Smith, pioneers of the county. He was converted to Christ when a young man and became a member of the Baptist church. He was a good christian man and a loyal citizen. A short while before he left for Georgia he was discussing religious topics with the writer and said he had made preparations for death many years ago, and was ready to meet death at any time. He was married to Miss Louella Vaughan in 1882. One son, Forrest Smith, was born of this union. His wife was killed by lightning in 1886 while leaning against a window in their home near Rolling Home, this county. He was married to Mrs. Thena Oliver January 18, 1908. Besides his wife, and a son by his first wife, Forrest Smith, of Kansas, he leaves two brothers, Robert Smith, of Milan, Mo., and Dr. Paul Smith, of LaPlata, and two sisters, Mrs. Anna Price and Mrs. O. D. Gray, of Sturgeon, and a large number of relatives and friends. Funeral services were held at the First Baptist church Sunday afternoon, conducted by his pastor, Rev. F. P. Davidson, assisted by Rev. O. L. Hunt, of the Methodist church, and Rev. P. F. Sears of Clifton Hill, an old friend of the deceased. A very large crowd attended the funeral services, including many out-of-town friends and relatives. Interment in the city cemetery. Thus is the passing of an affectionate husband, good man and noble citizen. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathy Bowlin. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. It is however, quite permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use of their patrons. Kathy Bowlin Additions, corrections, comments welcome.

The following are selected articles from a Newspaper titled, "The Higbee News" which was issued out of the town of Higbee, in Randolph County, Missouri from the years 1888 through 1953. The editors were W. H. Welch and his son H. Scott Welch. This paper covered the Higbee area and also a great deal of the northeastern part of Howard county. The copyright notice at the end of this transcript is there for the sole purpose of keeping this work free to the public, and to ensure that it is not harvested by a fee-based corporate genealogy site, or published in any format for profit. If you decide to use the information from this transcription, PLEASE LIST ME AS THE SOURCE, rather than the paper. My transcription is another generation removed from the microfilm, and would thus be a third generation copy of the original paper. For proper documentation, a researcher should obtain a photocopy of the microfilm for their own permanent records, and use my transcript as a guide or index. The microfilm is available for interlibrary loan through the State Historical Society of Missouri, and a copy is also on file at the Moberly Public Library, generously donated by the Higbee Historical Society. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Thursday, 28 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 26, Pg. 1 Col. 4--FORMER HIGBEE RESIDENT DEAD--Frank Paulfrey Dies At Hospital In Denver, Colo.--Funeral Here Monday.--Higbee relatives and friends of Frank Paulfrey, a former resident, were grieved when word came Thursday of last week of his death, which occurred on the 20th at a hospital in Denver, Colo., and where he had lived for many years, the cause of his death being rheumatism and heart trouble. It was not known that he was ill, and news of his death, which came in a wire to his brother, James Paulfrey, was a distinct shock to the family. As yet, no particulars have been received, other than that he was in the hospital but four days. The body arrived Sunday night and was taken to the home of James Paulfrey, where funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon by the Rev. Notley Magruder, in the presence of a very large crowd of old friends and acquaintances. Interment was made in the Higbee cemetery. Deceased was the eldest child of Mrs. Mary Paulfrey and was born in Bakertown, Pa., on June 25, 1873. He came with the family to Higbee many years ago, and for several years was engineer at one of the mines, leaving here some fifteen years ago, following the death of his wife, and had since made his home in Denver. He is survived by his mother, two brothers, James and Joe Paulfrey, and two sisters, Mrs. John Jones and Mrs. John Walton, all of this place, and to whom the deepest sympathy of all goes out. Thursday, 28 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 26, Pg. 1 Col. 4--BURKE-WILLIAMS--Mr. James J. Burke of Hannibal and Mrs. Myrtie Williams, formerly of Burton, but who has been making her home in Palmyra for a year or two, were united in marriage Saturday, October 23, by the Rev. Schurman, pastor of the Christian church at Moberly. They left immediately after the ceremony for Cleveland, O., where they will make their future home. The NEWS joins other friends in congratulations and best wishes. Thursday, 28 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 26, Pg. 1 Col. 4--THOMAS JACKSON HALL DEAD--Thos. Jackson Hall, one of the best known residents of the Myers vicinity, died at his home on the 19th, after a long illness from stomach trouble. Deceased was the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Hall and was born in Howard county on October 31, 1869, and was generally looked upon as one of the finest men in the community. He is survived by his wife, son , Thos. Hall, two daughters, Mrs. Jennie Estill and Miss Nellie Hall. Funeral services were conducted Thursday at Mt. Gilead by the Rev. Wilcoxson of Fayette, in the presence of one of the largest crowds ever assembled at the church on a similar occasion, which spoke most eloquently of the esteem in which he was held. The NEWS joins other friends in condolence to the bereaved family. Thursday, 28 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 26, Pg. 1 Col. 5--MRS. RUTH TRUE OPERATED ON--Mrs. Ruth True, who has been ill at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Blansett, since last March, when she was taken sick with typhoid fever, and who has not been able to sit up a day since, was taken to a Boonville hospital Monday and underwent a serious surgical operation yesterday. She stood the shock much better than it was thought she would and was doing as well as could be expected when last heard from, but was said to be in a very serious condition. Her many friends join the NEWS in the hope that she may soon be able to return to her usual health. Thursday, 28 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 26, Pg. 1 Col. 5--DR. C. C. SMITH'S FATHER DEAD--The Higbee friends of Dr. C. C. Smith of Madison will regret to hear of the death of his father, which occurred at the home of the former yesterday, after an illness of many weeks. Mr. Smith, who was about 65 years old, and whose home was in Hardin, had been a patient in a Moberly hospital for several weeks, and was taken to the home of his son a few days ago. Interment will be made today at Richmond. Thursday, 28 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 26, Pg. 1 Col. 5--D. M. SUNDERLAND VERY ILL--D. M. Sunderland, who was seized with something similar to acute indigestion the later part of last week, and whose chances for recovery were thought to be very slim for a day or two, was thought to be some better yesterday. Mr. Sunderland only recently recovered from a most critical illness and his friends hope that he will be as fortunate this time. Thursday, 28 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 26, Pg. 2 Col. 3--OUR HUNTSVILLE LETTER, By W. T. Dameron--(edited)--Gunn Matlock, one of Randolph's old and good citizens, died very suddenly about 11 o'clock Thursday night, October 21, 1926, of heart failure, at his home about five miles northwest of Huntsville. Mr. Matlock was a native of the county, being born in the vicinity in which he died, in 1846, and was a little past 80 years of age. His parents were among the first settlers of the western part of the county, and he was largely connected. He was converted to Christ and joined the Methodist church at old Fort Henry, now New Hope church, more than a half century ago. When the Holiness movement started in that part of the county about forty years ago, he associated himself with the Holiness church, as many others did in the western part of the county at that time. But I am told he held his membership in the Methodist church at Trinity, some years before he died. Besides his wife he leaves two daughters, Mrs. James Kimbrew and Mrs. Will Vaughan, both of near Clifton Hill, one son, Paul, of College Mound, Mo.,; two brothers, Bascom, of near College Mound, and Rev. Geo. Matlock, of Huntsville; two sisters, Mrs. Mattie Sawyer, of this county, and Mrs. O. Wells, of Cooper county. His funeral was preached at Midway church by his grandson, Rev. Ray Kimbrew, of Ft. Scott, Kansas. Burial at the Johnson cemetery, northwest of Clifton Hill. The county has lost a good christian man and a loyal citizen by his death. Thursday, 28 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 26, Pg. 2 Col. 3,4,5,6 and Cont. page 8--OUR HUNTSVILLE LETTER, By W. T. Dameron--(edited)--Huntsville was visited last week by quite a distinguished personage, the Rev. A. A. Abbott, of Cleveland, Ohio, Canon of the Episcopal church. His purpose here was the collection of historical data for a family history he was in the course of writing. His great-grandfather, Asa Kirby, was a pioneer of Silver Creek Township and entered the land now owned by Dave Denny, one mile southeast of Mt. Airy. Rev. Abbott was born in Macon county, Mo. His great-grandmother was a Whiteside. His great-grandparents were Kentuckians before emigrating to this county in 1822, two years after Missouri had been admitted to the union. I had quite a lengthy conversation with him and found him quite an affable gentleman, and I was able to furnish him with a little information concerning his great-grandfather, Asa Kirby, and other pioneers of the county, that he was pleased to have. Asa Kirby and my father were warm personal friends, though Mr. Kirby was much older than my father, and I heard my father speak of Asa Kirby and some of his characteristics many times. One thing that tied the cord of friendship between my father and Asa was that Mr. Kirby planned the scheme that enabled my father to "steal" my mother to marry. My father was a young widower and 12 years older than my mother. My father's first wife was Miss Jane Lobban, a pioneer of Silver Creek Township. She died in 1845 and two years later, of in 1847, father was married to Miss Eliza J. Mayo, my mother. Relative to this "runaway" marriage, my father said to me before he died nearly 30 years ago: "I don't know whether I acted as foolish as some widowers or not, but I imagine I was crazy enough to be noticed. Lake all widowers, I wanted to marry, and wanted to marry bad. Courtship between Eliza and I was short. I was 32 years old and she was 20. Her father, Allen Mayo, consented to the marriage. A few days before our marriage was to occur I went to call on Miss Eliza. Her father met me at the yard gate, and after passing the compliments of the day he said: "George, Eliza has gotten out of the notion to marry you." I replied that I was awfully sorry to hear of that, and of course, wanted to know what the trouble was. He said, "well, personally, we can say naught against you, George, but there are things likely to come up after marriage that will make matters very unpleasant for Eliza, that I was not aware of when I promised her to you." That was a "stunner" to me and I pressed him to know what the trouble would be. He rather evaded a direct answer, but gave me to understand I had some connections he didn't like and they would be sure to cause trouble in the family, and he thought it best for all to let matters stop just where they were. I assured him no connection of mine would cause trouble between Eliza and I and that I would like to have a talk with her. To this he consented, with the understanding that he was to be present and hear what was said. After a few moments of reflection, I became indignant and remarked that I would not agree to any such thing, and if Eliza had changed her mind and did not want me now, she could go. Then I got on my horse and left. But oh, my, how bad I felt. I never said much about the matter only to one or two close friends. A few days after this occurred I met Asa Kirby, an old friend of mine, and I unbosomed all to him. He listened to me attentively until I got through, and then said: "George, I think I can arrange matters so that you can get that girl yet." This remark helped me wonderfully, and I felt like a new man again, as I knew Asa meant what he said. Sure enough it was not many days before Asa (God bless his memory) had made arrangements for me to steal her and marry. We knew of a certain day that Mr. Mayo would be away from home, so when that day came, May 24, 1847, I got on my horse, went to Mr. Mayo's and had a successful talk with Miss Eliza. She soon got ready, slipped out of the house, got on the horse behind me unnoticed by anyone and we rode to her uncle's, Wm. Finnel, about a half mile away. Rev. Sam C. Davis was sent for and in quick time he arrived and made us man and wife and we left for my home only a couple of miles away. In a short while Mr. Mayo became reconciled to our marriage and sent for us to come to his home, which we did, and none of my connection ever made any trouble between Eliza and me." Rev. Abbott said before leaving the county he expected to visit the place his great-grandfather lived and died on, near Mt. Airy, and also to visit a Mrs. Rains, of near Fayette, an aunt of Joe Kirby, of Moberly. Joe Kirby's grandfather, Elisha Kirby, who lived and died here many years ago, was a native of Kentucky and a relative of Asa Kirby, and a distant relative of Rev. Abbott. All of Rev. Abbott's parents and grandparents were "old hard shell" Baptists, but he said he stayed away from the old denominational fold. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathy Bowlin. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. It is however, quite permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use of their patrons. Kathy Bowlin Additions, corrections, comments welcome.

Following is info I have on this PARRISH family. Linda Husband: Ezekiel C. PARRISH Birth: 20 Feb 1841 Place: Marion Co., MO Death: 1945 Burial: Place: Oakland Cem., Moberly, Randolph Co., MO Father: Charles P. PARRISH (1818-) Mother: Elizabeth BAKER (1821-) Marriage: 23 Jan 1875 Place: Near Moberly, Randolph Co., MO Wife: Nancy Margaret OWEN Birth: 1847 Place: Randolph Co., MO Death: 1930 Burial: Place: Oakland Cem., Moberly, Randolph Co., MO Father: Eli OWEN (1819-1892) Mother: Amanda Melvina BAKER (1817-1851) Children... 1. M Child: Arthur C. PARRISH 2. F Child: Birdie PARRISH 3. M Child: Charles E. PARRISH 4. F Child: Dozie PARRISH 5. M Child: Enor P. PARRISH 6. F Child: Hattie C. E. PARRISH 7. F Child: Laura M. PARRISH Husbands Notes... Notes: Cemetery Records of Randolph County, Missouri Biographical Excerpts of Men buried in the Oakland Cemetery in Moberly, Missouri, taken from History of Macon and Randolph County, Missouri, 1881 Volume IV - Part VI Ezekiel C. Parrish Mr. P., a worthy farmer and good citizen of Union township, was born in Marion county, February 20, 1841, and was a son of Charles P. and Elizabeth (Baker) Parrish, the father born in St. Charles county November 12, 1818-and the mother in Howard county, September 9, 1821. They were married May 24, 1840. They reared a family of four sons and two daughters and lost one, a daughter. Ezekiel C. Parrish was reared to a farm life, his father having been an enterprising and successful farmer, and when 24 years of age he was married January 22, 1875, to Miss Nancy M. Owen, of Randolph county, and he soon afterwards settled permanently in this county. Mr. Parrish located on his present farm in 1871. Here he has 117 acres which he has improved himself, having made his farm from raw land and all since 1871. He has improved it in a substantial neat and convenient manner, and now has one of the choice small places in the township. Mr. and Mrs. P. are members of the Missionary Baptist Church, at Enoch. Mr. and Mrs. Parrish had eight children: Charles E., who died in tender years; Hattie C. E., Laura M., who also died in tender years; Octavia, who died in infancy; Birdie and Dozie, both of whom died in infancy; Arthur C. and Enor P. Mr. Parrish is a man of great industry, more than ordinarily intelligent and a kind neighbor. He is much esteemed by all who know him. 1920 Moberly Twsp., Randolph Co., MO, Moorehead Street 155 164 Ezekiel C. Parrish, head, m, w, 78, married MO MO MO Nancy A., wife, f, w, 73, married, MO KY KY 1926 The Higbee News Thursday, 21 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 25, Pg. 1 Col. 3--MARRIED FOR 62 YEARS--Sixty-two years of wedded life is the record held by Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Parrish of Moberly. They were married January 23, 1865 near Moberly and have lived on the same farm for 44 years. Mr. Parrish is 86 years old and Mrs. Parrish is 81. They claim to be the oldest married couple in the state. 292 Parrish, Ezekiel -- b. 20 Feb 1841 Marion Co., MO; [s\o Charles P. (b. 12 Nov 1818 St. Charles, MO) & (m. 24 May 1840) Elizabeth (Baker) (b. 9 Sep 1821 Howard Co.)]; m. 22 Jan 1875 Nancy (Owen), of Rand.; children: (1) Charles (d. young), (2) Hattie C. E., (3) Laura M. (d. young), (4) Octavia (d. infancy), (5) Birdie (d. infancy), (6) Dozid (d. infancy), (7) Arthur C., (8) Emor P.; HRM84 p. 612314 Last Modified: 28 Mar 2003 Reference Note 292 mkbowlin@iland.net (Kathy Bowlin) Reference Note 314 Larry Sumpter's Death Index of Randolph Co., MO http://www.yggdrasill.net/mgen/sumpter.html Compiled by: Linda Manning Billings, Montana 59102 In a message dated 3/25/03 7:13:40 PM, mbranham@mcmsys.com writes: << Thursday, 21 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 25, Pg. 1 Col. 3--MARRIED FOR 62 YEARS--Sixty-two years of wedded life is the record held by Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Parrish of Moberly. They were married January 23, 1865 near Moberly and have lived on the same farm for 44 years. Mr. Parrish is 86 years old and Mrs. Parrish is 81. They claim to be the oldest married couple in the state. Does anyone know anything about this family of Parrish??? Thanks, Mary Branham Paris, MO >>

Thursday, 21 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 25, Pg. 1 Col. 3--MARRIED FOR 62 YEARS--Sixty-two years of wedded life is the record held by Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Parrish of Moberly. They were married January 23, 1865 near Moberly and have lived on the same farm for 44 years. Mr. Parrish is 86 years old and Mrs. Parrish is 81. They claim to be the oldest married couple in the state. Does anyone know anything about this family of Parrish??? Thanks, Mary Branham Paris, MO ----------------------------------------------------- Click here for Free Video!! http://www.gohip.com/freevideo/

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Dear Missouri researchers: Here's an example of records related to slave ownership and suits to obtain their freedom. Don't forget that if you run across slave related data I would be happy to put it on my website at African Americans in Missouri: http://www.missouri-slave-data.org -- I have been hampered the last several months because my computer crashed. I've got a new system but lo-and behold my scanner doesn't work with my new setup. If you've got records, its easier to handle if you scan them for me in .jpg files. I've got Benton Co., slave schedules to uphold.. .which I hope to upload soon. tthanks. traci wilson-kleekamp ********************************************************* Los Angeles Times (Front Page) Cries for Freedom Still Ring; In long-ago lawsuits uncovered in St. Louis, slaves tell of their suffering. Dozens won release from bondage before all-white juries. The Los Angeles Times; Los Angeles, Calif.; Mar 18, 2003; Stephanie Simon; (Copyright The Times Mirror Company; Los Angeles Times 2003. Allrights reserved.) The creamy linen pages are creased and torn, smudged with grease or sweat. The ink has faded to sepia. A squashed fly is smeared on the edge of one sheet. Through these tattered documents, the unheard voices of America's slaves call out for justice. Tempe complains in 1818 that her master has failed "to supply her with clothing necessary for comfort and decency." Ralph, in 1830, expresses "fear that James and Coleman Duncan will take me by force from this place and sell me." Daniel, in 1835, states simply that he is "entitled to his freedom." Winny speaks, and Celeste, and Milly, Arch and Anson and Matilda, Charlotte and Julia, Jerry, Rachel. These were men and women who had no last names, who could not read or write, who were bought and sold like livestock. Yet, in a remarkable display of courage and desperation, they and hundreds of others sued for their freedom in the white man's court. Their stories, their voices, are emerging now as Missouri state archivists sort through 4 million court documents that had been stashed away in metal cabinets, untouched since the Civil War. Among heaps of musty affidavits about contract disputes and unpaid debts, the archivists have uncovered 283 "freedom suits" filed in St. Louis from 1806 to 1865. [Go to the website here: http://www.stlcourtrecords.wustl.edu/index.cfm and read through the lawsuits and search the database. There is also a website where slaves are mentioned in VA court documents via a website at: http:www.historiccourtrecords.org. Many slave owners came and/or sold slaves from VA to MO] Decades before Dred Scott became the most famous slave to sue for freedom, the imposing, domed courthouse here echoed with the defiant voices of Tempe, of Ralph, of so many others who refused to accept their bondage. They dictated their petitions to lawyers or clerks and signed them with faltering Xs in black ink. "He has frequently abused and beaten her, particularly yesterday." "Unlawfully an assault he did make in and upon her." Before this cache of documents was discovered, historians had no idea how many slaves had put their faith, and their fates, in the courts. They thought Dred Scott was an anomaly. Now, they are uncovering evidence of an underground grapevine that passed word about the freedom suits from slave to slave, emboldening men and women and even teenage children to sue. Dozens won their cases, persuading juries of 12 white men to set them free. A few even won damages against their masters. "This is a stunning find. It's just phenomenal," said Lea VanderVelde, a law professor at the University of Iowa who is writing a book on the freedom suits. She describes 19th century St. Louis as a frenetic boomtown in which many slaves roamed the streets largely unsupervised. In the Deep South, slaves were isolated on their plantations. Here, they were often ordered to run errands, to unload parcels on the docks, to help a tradesman in town or to do the laundry at a local hotel. Some were even sent to the free territory of Illinois to labor in the salt mines, though their masters kept their wages. The relative freedom of movement allowed slaves to mingle with one another and with the free blacks who worked on the river steamboats or owned barbershops in town. They got together as well at regular Friday night parties, dubbed "Negro balls," and at church on Sunday. Every meeting gave them an opportunity to swap news of friends who had successfully sued for freedom, to exchange tips about the best lawyers or most sympathetic judges. The grapevine worked so well that whites raged, filling newspapers of the 1830s and '40s with rants about how freedom suits were subverting discipline among their slaves. "You get a sense of how difficult it was for the state to maintain the institution of slavery. People want freedom," said David Konig, a history professor at Washington University. "Their language in these lawsuits is not supplicating. They're not coming into court on their hands and knees. They're demanding." The ink-blotched pages, some full of cross-outs and scribbled insertions, speak to the well-documented atrocities of slavery: A child sold downriver. A master quick with whippings. But they give voice as well to the more private horrors: the tension that free blacks felt in a slave state, knowing that at any moment they might be seized; the anguish of a slave who toiled for years to buy her freedom, only to have the master renege on the deal. "I see a screenplay every time I read one of them," said Mike Everman, the archivist in charge of the project. In one of many wrenching documents, a black man named Thornton Kinney tells a judge in 1853 that he has always been a free man -- but that he discarded the papers that proved his status because "they were so worn and mutilated that no one could decipher them." Kinney was dictating from the jail of a slave trader, who had snatched him when he returned to the United States from a five-year stay in the free African colony of Liberia. "He is about to be ... sold into bondage," his attorney reported. He pleaded for time to find witnesses, promising that "the most respectable people ... in Charlottesville, where he was born and raised," would be able to affirm that Kinney "was born free and has ever been so." The verdict was not recorded. For a century and a half, Kinney's case sat untouched with all the others in metal "till drawers," which resemble a giant library card catalog. The court clerk in St. Louis maintained custody of the documents but rebuffed most scholars' requests to explore them, saying they were not well organized. When a newly elected court clerk took office several years ago, state archivist Kenneth Winn asked again to see the files. To his delight, the clerk invited him to restore and organize the collection. With a $175,000 federal grant and a list of local college students willing to work for credit, Winn opened up a preservation lab a few blocks from the courthouse. There, in a spare, warehouse-like office, archivists, interns and volunteers spend their days unfolding yellowed documents, brushing off coal dust and re-humidifying the paper to make it less brittle. With a metal spatula, they scrape away the sticky red wax used to seal the pages together. Once they have restored the files, they read them, hunching close to decipher the slapdash scrawls and looping calligraphy. Some of the documents appear to be direct transcriptions of slaves' testimony. Others have been translated into the stilted legal language of the time. The most famous of the names they have come across is Dred Scott, who sued for freedom in 1846 on the grounds that he had lived for years in free Northern states with his master, an Army surgeon. Scott won in circuit court. The case was appealed again and again until, in 1857, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against him. Blacks were "so far inferior, they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect," Chief Justice Roger B. Taney wrote, ruling that Scott had no right even to sue for his freedom. That decision helped propel the country to Civil War. Recognizing the importance of the case, the federal government recovered and preserved all Dred Scott documents in the 1920s. But no one thought to scour the St. Louis courthouse for similar cases. The recent discovery in those battered till drawers has put the Scott case in context as one of the last of the freedom suits to be filed. The documents also make clear just how shocking Taney's ruling must have been to blacks in St. Louis, because even though Missouri was a slave state, blacks enjoyed solid access to the courts here. For decades, the state set aside taxpayer money to hire lawyers for slaves who sued for their freedom. (Virginia, another slave state, offered a similar program.) The best attorneys would travel hundreds of miles, at state expense, to get sworn statements from witnesses. Some case files include hundreds of pages of testimony and legal briefs. The effort was all the more astounding because, as one case from the 1830s noted: "The true doctrine in Missouri is that black persons of this state are presumed to be slaves until the contrary appears ... and are subject to all the disabilities of a slave." An inventory of an estate in 1841 shows the extent to which slaves were considered property: The list of the deceased's possessions includes one pair of cotton socks, one spyglass, one small Mary Jane, two blankets, one Caroline, one Clarisa, one Beverly. Yet Missouri wrote into law several safeguards to protect slaves from retaliation when they sued. Slave owners named as defendants were required to put up a substantial bond, as much as $2,000. They would forfeit the money if they failed to show at trial, or if they sold their slaves downriver before they had their day in court. As further protection, judges sometimes took custody of slaves while their cases were pending, housing them in the drafty city jail and hiring them out to do odd jobs, with the understanding that they would keep their wages if they won their cases. The lockup might have saved them from retaliation by angry masters, but it was a trial all its own. "I was shut away from the sunlight," one litigant, Lucy Delaney, wrote of her 17 "long and dreary" months behind bars. Slaves had three legal grounds for suing. Some claimed they were free men or women who had been kidnapped into slavery. Others insisted they had bought their freedom or been emancipated by a kind master. By far the most common argument was the one Dred Scott set forth: That when a master brought a slave into free territory, the bonds of slavery crumbled automatically -- and could not be reasserted when the master moved back into a slave state. Missouri courts accepted that argument throughout most of the 1820s and '30s. Under a doctrine known as "once free, always free," a slave who could prove he had lived at least a few weeks in free territory had a good shot at winning. A bold script swirling with curlicue flourishes announces one such verdict, in favor of Winny, a "free woman held in slavery" who sued in the early 1820s. "We the jurors find for the plaintiff and [award] damages to the amount of $167.50." It is signed: "John Simmons, Foreman." As the political climate in Missouri tilted ever more supportive of slavery in the decades just before the Civil War, it became tougher for slaves to win. The state quit providing free lawyers in 1856. After the Dred Scott ruling, the freedom suits all but stopped. Historians from Washington University last month put all 283 cases online at www.stlcourtrecords.wustl.edu. The site contains the original documents for every trial, down to the scraps of paper that clerks scribbled on to certify they had served a subpoena (usually by reading it aloud, because most witnesses, both black and white, were illiterate). Now that the documents are accessible, historians have a long list of topics for study. They want to learn more about the jurors, the judges and the lawyers. They want to understand how the underground grapevine worked. And they would love to know more about the men and women whose voices ring so clearly across the years -- women like Tempe, who complained in 1818 about her lack of decent clothes. Tempe's spirit leaps through the 41 neatly handwritten pages in her court file. While most slaves accused their masters of generic "false imprisonment," Tempe got her lawyer to write down every injustice. She told the court in her initial pleading that her master, Risdon Price, "wounded and ill-treated" her on Aug. 31, 1817, assaulting her "with force of arms" to the point "where she was in great danger of losing her life." She then filed another affidavit complaining that Price "has for a considerable time past subjected her to very harsh and cruel treatment ... that her duties are rendered much more hard than that of the other servants in the family, and that she is seldom spoken to by Mr. Price except in ill humor and abusive language." For good measure, she had her husband, Labon, back her up. Labon, described in court papers as "a free man of color," told the court he had "great reason to believe" that Price was about to sell his wife downriver. "She is almost constantly chid[ed] and accused," Labon testified, "notwithstanding her best endeavor to give satisfaction." Tempe argued that she should be free because she had worked for years in the North for another master before Price took her to St. Louis. She demanded $500 in damages. Her case took three years to make it through the court. In 1821, Tempe finally won her freedom. The jury awarded her damages of 1 cent. [Illustration] Caption: PHOTO: COURT PAPERS: This document, tied with ribbon, is one of 4 million found in St. Louis, stashed away in metal cabinets and untouched since the Civil War. Mixed in with the affidavits detailing other court proceedings are 283 "freedom suits" filed by slaves.; PHOTOGRAPHER: Photographs by David Kennedy For The Times; PHOTO: VIEW TO HISTORY: Mike Everman, a state of Missouri archivist, displays one of the badly damaged court documents.; PHOTO: FROM THE FILES: The cases were kept in "till drawers," which resemble a giant library card catalog.

The following are selected articles from a Newspaper titled, "The Higbee News" which was issued out of the town of Higbee, in Randolph County, Missouri from the years 1888 through 1953. The editors were W. H. Welch and his son H. Scott Welch. This paper covered the Higbee area and also a great deal of the northeastern part of Howard county. The copyright notice at the end of this transcript is there for the sole purpose of keeping this work free to the public, and to ensure that it is not harvested by a fee-based corporate genealogy site, or published in any format for profit. If you decide to use the information from this transcription, PLEASE LIST ME AS THE SOURCE, rather than the paper. My transcription is another generation removed from the microfilm, and would thus be a third generation copy of the original paper. For proper documentation, a researcher should obtain a photocopy of the microfilm for their own permanent records, and use my transcript as a guide or index. The microfilm is available for interlibrary loan through the State Historical Society of Missouri, and a copy is also on file at the Moberly Public Library, generously donated by the Higbee Historical Society. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Thursday, 21 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 25, Pg. 2 Col. 4&5--OUR HUNTSVILLE LETTER, By W. T. Dameron--Mrs. Noel Crutchfield of this city died late Saturday evening at the Woodland hospital, Moberly, aged about 33 years. About six weeks ago she underwent an operation there for appendicitis and never fully recovered from the operation, though she was allowed to come home for a few days, but became worse and was taken back to the hospital and soon died. It is said that she fully realized the end was near and talked freely and cheerfully about her death and her willingness to meet the consequences of it, and she breathed her last with a smile and a firm faith of a blissful beyond. A short while before dying she gave directions as to her funeral, place of burial, names of pallbearers and titles of hymns to be sung at her funeral. Her funeral was held at the Methodist church at 2:00 o'clock p.m., Monday, conducted by Rev. O. L. Hunt, pastor of the church, in the presence of a large crowd of relatives and friends. She was a daughter of Dave Cooper, one of Huntsville's best and most highly respected citizens. She was married to Noel Crutchfield in 1919, and who survives her. Besides husband and father she leaves one sister and two brothers, and a large number of relatives. Interment in the city cemetery. Thursday, 21 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 25, Pg. 2 Col. 6, cont. pg. 8--OUR HUNTSVILLE LETTER, By W. T. Dameron--About fourteen years ago there was born to Prof. J. Forest Bentley and wife twin sons--fine little fellows. They were named "Woodrow" and "Marshall." About two years later the family moved to New Mexico. There the mother died. In the course of time Prof. Bentley married again, and later, the family moved back to this county and located on a farm north of Huntsville, near where Mr. Bentley was raised. His twin sons, Woodrow and Marshall attended the Huntsville public school where Prof. Bentley himself, taught several terms before going to New Mexico. Wednesday, two weeks ago, little Marshall was playing basketball, and , by accident, fell down, and another boy fell on him and hurt his back, or spine. But he paid little attention to it, continuing in school an did his chores at home until Sunday following the accident. Dr. Barnhartt was sent for a after examination saw the seriousness of the injury and advised the boy be taken to a hospital at once. He was taken to Moberly hospital where his case was pronounced hopeless and little Marshall died early Sunday morning last with spinal meningitis. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church Monday at 11 o'clock, conducted by the pastor, Rev. O. L. Hunt. A very large crowd of relatives and friends attended the funeral. Burial in the family grave yard north of town. Thursday, 21 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 25, Pg. 3 Col. 2&3--YATES SCHOOL NOTES--Richard Boyles had the misfortune of breaking his leg and injuring his ankle last Friday morning when he was thrown from his horse on the his way to school. Thursday, 21 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 25, Pg. 5 Col. 1--Jack Holtzclaw of Moberly is the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Holtzclaw. Thursday, 21 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 25, Pg. 5 Col. 2--Mr. and Mrs. Ben Grapes moved to Mexico the first of the week where Mr. Grapes has employment. Thursday, 21 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 25, Pg. 5 Col. 2--Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Frohock, spent the week-end with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Feland. Thursday, 21 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 25, Pg. 5 Col. 2-- Mrs. Sam Thompson of Moberly was the week-end guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Shiflett. Thursday, 21 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 25, Pg. 5 Col. 2--Mrs. Paul Thompson returned to her home in Coffeyville, Kas., Monday after a few days' visit with Mrs. Jenkins Williams. Thursday, 21 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 25, Pg. 5 Col. 2-- Mrs. Addie Young and daughter, Miss Velma, and son, Everett, left Saturday for Streater, Ill, where they will spend the winter. Thursday, 21 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 25, Pg. 5 Col. 2--Friday, 21 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 25, Pg. 5 Col. 2--Mrs. J. B. Dougherty returned to her home in Woodriver, Ill., Saturday, after a visit of several days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Egly. Thursday, 21 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 25, Pg. 5 Col. 2--O. D. Raines and sisters, Misses Dorothy and Henrietta, and Miss Dove Smiley of Sedalia were the week-end guests of W. G. Key and family. Thursday, 21 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 25, Pg. 5 Col. 2--Mrs. Geo. Egly left Saturday night for Chicago where she will join Mr. Egly and where they will make their future home. The best wishes of a host of friends go with them. Thursday, 21 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 25, Pg. 5 Col. 3--Mrs. Chas. Binney and granddaughter, Miss Mamie Goe, returned to their home in Texas, Wednesday, after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Pitney and other relatives and friends. Thursday, 21 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 25, Pg. 5 Col. 3--T. H. Hopper on his way to his home in Fargo, North Dakota, was the guest of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Lizzie Bottoms, Saturday and Sunday, having been called to Illinois by the death of his father. Thursday, 21 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 25, Pg. 5 Col. 3--Garnett Page, who has been located at Carpentersville, Ill., for two or three years, where he has had charge of the yard of the Alexander Lumber Co., orders his address changed to Middletown, Ill., having been transferred to that place. Thursday, 21 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 25, Pg. 5 Col. 3--Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hurshman, who spent the summer in Colorado, arrived home Wednesday for a ten days' visit, after which they will return to the west. They report the Higbee folks in those parts as doing fine. Thursday, 21 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 25, Pg. 8 Col 5&6--OUR HUNTSVILLE LETTER, By W. T. Dameron--Perhaps the most unique heirloom in the county is a day clock, owned by H. S. Newby at Mt. Aairy. This old relic is a wonder as compared to family clocks or time pieces of today. It has been in the Newby family for generations and as a piece of antique furniture is valuable. It was manufactured in Plymouth, England, but there are no dates on it to indicate its age, but it is thought to be more than 200 years old. Just when it became property of the Newby family is not known, but it was handed down to its present owner, H. S. (Bud) Newby, from his grandfather, Bryan Newby, who was born in Virginia along in Revolutionary days, and who emigrated to Kentucky with his parents and died there prior to the Civil War at the age of nearly ninety years. He was the father of Woodson Newby, who emigrated to this county with his family about the beginning of the Civil War, and who died at his home near Mt. Airy about 20 years ago at the age of 79 years. He was the father of H. S. Newby, the youngest of a large family of children, and who himself was born in Madison county, Ky., 76 years ago, and is the only one of the immediate family now living. This old clock is made of Walnut and is nine feet high, and is run by two iron weights which are pulled up by two cords by hand, and when it strikes it can be heard for quite a distance from the house. One of the singular features of the clock is its running gear, every piece being made of hard wood, from the smallest to the largest wheel and none of its parts seem to be worn in the least. It is finely finished and keeps good time. Dorsey C. Sandison, Huntsville's long time jewelryman, watch and clock repairer, says the wooden running gear of the old clock is the finest piece of work he ever saw, and believes it will run and keep good time for a thousand years yet, if properly cared for. About 25 or 30 years ago this clock was shipped from Kentucky by some of the Newby family to the late Geo. M. Newby, Bud's elder brother, to Higbee, Mo., and was set up in the late M. Murphy's jewelry shop where it remained a while and attracted no little attention. After the passing of Mr. Newby it is not known which descendant will fall heir to this old relic of the Newby family. It is thought the clock was brought from England to Virginia by Mr. Newby's great-grandfather before the Revolutionary War. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathy Bowlin. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. It is however, quite permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use of their patrons. 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The following are selected articles from a Newspaper titled, "The Higbee News" which was issued out of the town of Higbee, in Randolph County, Missouri from the years 1888 through 1953. The editors were W. H. Welch and his son H. Scott Welch. This paper covered the Higbee area and also a great deal of the northeastern part of Howard county. The copyright notice at the end of this transcript is there for the sole purpose of keeping this work free to the public, and to ensure that it is not harvested by a fee-based corporate genealogy site, or published in any format for profit. If you decide to use the information from this transcription, PLEASE LIST ME AS THE SOURCE, rather than the paper. My transcription is another generation removed from the microfilm, and would thus be a third generation copy of the original paper. For proper documentation, a researcher should obtain a photocopy of the microfilm for their own permanent records, and use my transcript as a guide or index. The microfilm is available for interlibrary loan through the State Historical Society of Missouri, and a copy is also on file at the Moberly Public Library, generously donated by the Higbee Historical Society. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Thursday, 21 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 25, Pg. 1 Col. 1--WINS HONOR IN SALINE COUNTY--At the Fall Festival held in Marshall in October 6, 7, and 8, Miss Victoria Pyle, formerly of Clark, but now of Slater, was chosen queen of Saline county, judged on points of beauty, grace, bearing, neatness, etc. Miss Pyle is the daughter of Miller Pyle, a former citizen of Higbee and the niece of Mrs. A. T. Burton and Mrs. H. C. Eubanks. The relatives and many Higbee friends of the young lady are proud of the honor, as it is quite a distinction. Thursday, 21 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 25, Pg. 1 Col. 2--EDWARD WHITE'S BODY TAKEN OUT OF RIVER--The body of a man, later identified as that of Edward White, of near Glasgow, was taken out of the Missouri River from under the highway bridge Wednesday morning at 6:45 o'clock by P. L. Gentry and Dick Mills. The body was first seen floating under the M. K. & T. railroad bridge by Charles Dunnivant. The body was dressed in a blue shirt and overalls, and wore heavy socks but no shoes. It was in a bad state of decomposition. It was taken to the Goodman & Boller Undertaking Parlors to await identification. Following the arrival of L. E. Overstreet, deputy marshal of Saline county, and Tony Heller, undertaker at Glasgow the body was identified as that of Edward White, a farmer of near Glasgow, who with his son and daughter was drowned five weeks ago while attempting to ford a creek, while taking the children home from school. No inquest was held. The creek was swollen by a heavy rain, and friends advised White not to try to cross the stream on horseback, as he had planned. White insisted on doing so with the result that both he and his two little children were drowned. The body of the boy was taken out of the river near Rocheport several weeks ago, while the body of the girl was found near St. Louis--Boonville Advertiser. Thursday, 21 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 25, Pg. 1 Col. 2--SCHOOL NOTES--Velma Young left school last week to go to Streator, Ill. We are very sorry that she has left us. Earl Roberts dropped out of school this week. We always hate to hear of these students who feel it necessary to quit. Thursday, 21 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 25, Pg. 1 Col. 2--T. J. HALL DEAD--Thos. Jackson Hall died at his home near Fayette on October 19, 1926, from stomach trouble. Mr. Hall was a fine man and his death is regretted by all. We will try to give a more extended notice next week. Thursday, 21 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 25, Pg. 1 Col. 3--MRS. SALLIE ANNO DEAD--Mrs. Sallie Anno, wife of Nate Anno, died at her home in Slater Thursday from cancer of the stomach, aged 43 years and 9 months. The funeral was held Saturday afternoon at the Baptist church at 2 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. James Wilcoxen of Fayette. Interment was made in the Slater City cemetery. Besides the husband, six children survive, three of whom are married.--Slater Rustler. Thursday, 21 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 25, Pg. 1 Col. 3--MARRIED FOR 62 YEARS--Sixty-two years of wedded life is the record held by Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Parrish of Moberly. They were married January 23, 1865 near Moberly and have lived on the same farm for 44 years. Mr. Parrish is 86 years old and Mrs. Parrish is 81. They claim to be the oldest married couple in the state. Thursday, 21 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 25, Pg. 1 Col. 3--CHARLES FRISK TO FULTON--Charles Frisk, who suddenly lost his mind several days ago, was declared of unsound mind in court last week and was ordered placed in the Infirmary at Fulton. J. H. Bagby took Mr. Frisk to Fulton Monday. The court appointed E. E. Newman of this place guardian of Mr. Frisk. Thursday, 21 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 25, Pg. 1 Col. 4--MISS GRACE FRAZIER DEAD--Miss Grace Frazier, living near Fayette, died October 14, from the effects of appendicitis, for which she underwent an operation on October 8, at Fayette. She was 24 years old and was born and reared near Fayette. She had a host of warm personal friends in the Myers vicinity who will hear of her death with genuine sorrow. Thursday, 21 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 25, Pg. 1 Col. 5-- "I HAVE KILLED YOUR SON," SLAYER TELEGRAPHS FATHER--Jack Conley, Foreman, Shot Esmond Hickey of Boonville at Railroad Construction Camp in McCullough, Ala.--Boonville, Mo., Oct. 17--"I have shot and killed your son, Esmond." This telegram, received here yesterday morning by J. F. Hickey, division superintendent of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Co., was the first information Hickey received of the death of his son in a railroad construction camp at McCullough, Ala., late Friday. The message was signed by Jack Conley, a foreman at the camp, where young Hickey was employed as a paymaster. According to additional information received here, Conley, while under the influence of liquor, accused Hickey of "padding" the payroll. Hickey denied the accusation and an argument ensued. Conley is said to have purchased a revolver, after which he returned to the camp and shot Hickey four times, killing him almost instantly. Conley surrendered after the shooting. Mr. and Mrs. Hickey left here for McCullough immediately after receiving the telegram. No word has been received here from them since. Young Hickey was 23 years old. He attended the University of Missouri and the University of Oklahoma for brief periods before enrolling as a cadet at West Point Military Academy two years ago. He was forced to leave West Point after one year because of failing eyesight. He left here to accept employment with the Alabama railroad construction crew about six months ago. Before leaving for Alabama, J. F. Hickey said he planned to ask permission for the burial of his son in the National Cemetery at Arlington, Va., with military honors. The elder Hickey was a major of engineers in the World War. Besides his parents, young Hickey is survived by a brother, Meredith Hickey, of Memphis, Tenn. Thursday, 21 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 25, Pg. 1 Col. 5--Mr. and Mrs. Alex Warford and daughter, J. S. Warford, Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Holtzclaw went to Glasgow Thursday to attend the funeral of Edward White, who, with his two children, was drowned in the vicinity of Glasgow on Sept. 8, the body of Mr. White having been found floating in the river at Boonville Wednesday morning of last week. The body of the boy was found in the river near Rocheport several weeks ago ,and that of the girl was recovered from the river at St. Charles a few days later. Thursday, 21 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 25, Pg. 1 Col. 6--The following from here attended the funeral of Mrs. Nate Anno which was held at Slater last Saturday: Thos. Robb and daughter, Miss Frances, Mr. and Mrs. Cooper Dennis and daughter, Miss Eunice, Misses Alberta Phillips, Marie Blansett, and Mr. Virgil Blansett. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathy Bowlin. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. It is however, quite permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use of their patrons. Kathy Bowlin Additions, corrections, comments welcome.

The following are selected articles from a Newspaper titled, "The Higbee News" which was issued out of the town of Higbee, in Randolph County, Missouri from the years 1888 through 1953. The editors were W. H. Welch and his son H. Scott Welch. This paper covered the Higbee area and also a great deal of the northeastern part of Howard county. The copyright notice at the end of this transcript is there for the sole purpose of keeping this work free to the public, and to ensure that it is not harvested by a fee-based corporate genealogy site, or published in any format for profit. If you decide to use the information from this transcription, PLEASE LIST ME AS THE SOURCE, rather than the paper. My transcription is another generation removed from the microfilm, and would thus be a third generation copy of the original paper. For proper documentation, a researcher should obtain a photocopy of the microfilm for their own permanent records, and use my transcript as a guide or index. The microfilm is available for interlibrary loan through the State Historical Society of Missouri, and a copy is also on file at the Moberly Public Library, generously donated by the Higbee Historical Society. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Thursday, 14 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 24, Pg. 5 Col. 5&6--MT. PLEASANT ITEMS--Walker Bradshear, who has made his home at Rucker for the past year, has moved his household goods to the home of his sister, Mrs. Jas. Reed. Mr. Bradsher plans to spend the winter in Oklahoma. Thursday, 14 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 24, Pg. 5 Col. 5&6--MT. PLEASANT ITEMS--Minter Bailey and wife left here Friday for a visit to the southern part of the state where they went to pick out a location, as they are planning to have a sale the 28th of this month and leave here. We regret very much to lose these good people. Thursday, 14 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 24, Pg. 5 Col. 5&6--MT. PLEASANT ITEMS--Wm. Hitt and wife of Denver, Colo., who have been visiting here for several weeks, returned home last week. They were detained here for two or three weeks longer than they intended to stay on account of the rains. Thursday, 14 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 24, Pg. 8 Col. 2--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Claib and Charles Hargis guards at the penitentiary, motored home Friday night and were the week-end guests of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Hargis, returning Sunday evening, although the roads were again deep with mud. Thursday, 14 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 24, Pg. 8 Col. 2--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Mrs. Dave Comstock and children, Hilda and Junior, visited at Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Dougherty's Sunday night. Thursday, 14 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 24, Pg. 8 Col. 2--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Mrs. Bertha Wheeler and son, Denver, visited her mother, Mrs. Cynthia Lay, and children, Dallas and Miss Dorothy, at Higbee Friday. Thursday, 14 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 24, Pg. 8 Col. 2--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Mrs. Elen Williams is visiting her daughter, Mrs. W. K. Dougherty. Thursday, 14 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 24, Pg. 8 Col. 2--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Roy Quick had the misfortune to run a nail through his boot into his foot Sunday, which gave him considerable pain, besides keeping him out of school all week. He is better now, but will not be able to resume his school work for several more days. Thursday, 14 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 24, Pg. 8 Col. 2--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Blaise had as visitors Sunday five of their daughters and families: Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Evans, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Harris and daughter, Belva, Mr. and Mrs. Owen Asbury and son, Rodney, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Ridgeway and sons, Hugh and Kenneth, and Mrs. Ruth Lynch and sons, Francis and Elden of Armstrong. Thursday, 14 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 24, Pg. 8 Col. 2--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Mr. and Mrs. Sam Foley had as dinner guests Saturday, Mrs. Ellen Williams, Misses Irene and Francis Dougherty, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond O'Brian and E. B. Foley. Thursday, 14 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 24, Pg. 8 Col. 2--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Hargis celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary Sunday, October 10, by a reunion of all their children, except the eldest, Henry, of Dodge City, Kas. The long spacious table fairly groaned with the choices viands to tempt the appetite, roast beef, friend chicken, salads, vegetables, cakes and pies. Needless to say, all paid ample justice to the fare. Those present were: Claibe and Charles of Jefferson City; Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Hargis and sons, Lowell and Ralph, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hargis and daughter, Valeta, Miss Irene and Howard Hargis, and Moss Shaw. Thursday, 14 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 24, Pg. 8 Col. 3--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--We have just received the sad news of the death of Rev. M. A. Hughes of Wellsville, Kas. We will aim to give a more extended notice at a later date. Thursday, 14 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 24, Pg. 8 Col. 3--YATES SCHOOL NOTES--(edited)--The basketball lineup this year is as follows: Girls--Juanita Strain and Eileen Robertson, forwards; Ruby Goone and Marietta Barron, centers; Dorothy Banning and Elma Barron, guards. Boys--Lester Banning, captain; Herbert Goone, Jeff Green, Roscoe Ware, Glenn Banning, Jethro Sires and J. T. Goone. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathy Bowlin. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. It is however, quite permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use of their patrons. Kathy Bowlin Additions, corrections, comments welcome.

The following are selected articles from a Newspaper titled, "The Higbee News" which was issued out of the town of Higbee, in Randolph County, Missouri from the years 1888 through 1953. The editors were W. H. Welch and his son H. Scott Welch. This paper covered the Higbee area and also a great deal of the northeastern part of Howard county. The copyright notice at the end of this transcript is there for the sole purpose of keeping this work free to the public, and to ensure that it is not harvested by a fee-based corporate genealogy site, or published in any format for profit. If you decide to use the information from this transcription, PLEASE LIST ME AS THE SOURCE, rather than the paper. My transcription is another generation removed from the microfilm, and would thus be a third generation copy of the original paper. For proper documentation, a researcher should obtain a photocopy of the microfilm for their own permanent records, and use my transcript as a guide or index. The microfilm is available for interlibrary loan through the State Historical Society of Missouri, and a copy is also on file at the Moberly Public Library, generously donated by the Higbee Historical Society. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Thursday, 14 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 24, Pg. 1 Col 3--CHAS. FRISK GOES VIOLENTLY INSANE--Taken From His Room At West Side Hotel Only After A Hard Struggle--Will Be Taken To Fulton Hospital--Chas. Frisk, one of our oldest and best known citizens, who only recently recovered from a severe spell of sickness, and who had been a little "off" mentally for the past week, became violently insane in his room in the West Side Hotel about 11:30 Sunday night, and by his cries, which were between a yell and a scream, awakened almost everyone in the adjoining blocks, but few of whom, however, could locate the cries, most folks retiring to bed thinking it the call of boys in some kind of game. Following the death of his wife a few months ago, Mr. Frisk went to the farm of his brother, Nelson, to make his home with the latter and his wife, but as they were all beyond the three score and ten, they decided to return to town and live in the Frisk home and take their ease, as they could well afford to do. About a week or ten days ago it was noticed that Mr. Frisk, generally being in a fine humor and hailing and talking to everyone who passed, was not his usual self, being ill tempered and not having much to say. In a day or two he was seized with the hallucination that his brother and his wife were trying to poison him and refused to take any more meals at home, eating down town, and a few days later, becoming more alarmed, took a room at the West Side Hotel. he seemed his usual self most of the time, only referring occasionally to enemies trying to kill him, becoming rational again when his mind was diverted to other things. He went to his room at the hotel at the usual hour Sunday night, and about 11 o'clock caused the blood of other guests to run cold by suddenly breaking out with blood-curdling yells, he thinking that his enemies were trying to break into his room. Marshal Cain was called, as was Deputy O. L. Farris, and only after the hardest kind of work for about ten minutes did they succeed in breaking the door, which Mr. Frisk, who weighs about 250, was bracing with his body, off its hinges. They rushed him, but he was able to get in a blow or two with the cane he always carries, knocking about all of the skin off of the back of Mr. Cain's left hand with one blow. They found him almost a match for both of them despite his 83 years, as he seemed endowed with the strength of a half dozen men. Realizing his condition and his age and that he was partially crippled from rheumatism, they handled him as gently as they could and finally secured him without injury, except to themselves. A physician was called who administered an opiate and when it became effective Mr. Frisk was taken to the city hall and placed in one of the steel cells. He seemed better the next day, being almost rational at times. He was kept partially under the influence of opiates and was taken to Huntsville Tuesday by Constable Bagby and Mr. Farris and placed in a padded cell in the county jail. That he might be given the proper treatment as soon as possible, his physician and others went before the county court Monday, but that body had no jurisdiction in the case, Mr. Frisk having a considerable estate, and the matter will come up in the Probate court today, it being the earliest day that could be set and give the required legal notice to any interested parties. Mr. Frisk, or "Charlie," as he was called by young and old, with a smile and a word of greeting for his acquaintances, and with never a word of harm for anyone, was liked by all, and who join the NEWS in the hope that he can soon return fully restored and end his days in peace and happiness. Thursday, 14 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 24, Pg. 1 Col 5--MRS. N. F. HAWORTH DEAD--Mrs. Susan Haworth, wife of N. F. Haworth, presiding judge of the county court, died at her home in Moberly on the 11th, following a long illness, aged 72 years. Besides her husband, she is survived by one son and two daughters. Thursday, 14 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 24, Pg. 1 Col 6--(Kathy's notes: This was an article on basketball that I have condensed only to include the names of the boys on the team.)--The Higbee team was composed on Emerson Hare, Earl Durnil, Franklin Atkins, Carl Lloyd, Joe Jones, but two of whom--Durnill and Atkins--played on the team last year, and the latter most of the time as a sub. Thursday, 14 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 24, Pg. 1 Col 6--THE REV. MAGRUDER TO ODESSA--The following from the Eldon Advertiser will be of interest to our readers, the Rev. Magruder being the son of the Rev. and Mrs. Notley Magruder of this place: "Rev. G. N. Magruder, pastor of the First Baptist church of Eldon, has received a unanimous call and accepted the call to the Baptist church at Odessa, Mo., and expects to go to his new charge the first Sunday in November. He presented his resignation before the business meeting of the church here Wednesday evening. The church at Odessa has a new, modern building and the new charge means an increase in salary. "Rev, Magruder has been one of the very best liked ministers of Eldon. He has probably more good friends than any other man in Eldon just now. His going away will be felt by the community as he was always considered in every move for community welfare and stood for the upbuilding not only of his own church, but of the religious atmosphere of the community generally. Mrs. Magruder, too, was a good worker in the church and missionary field and will be missed in the church and lodges. Thursday, 14 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 24, Pg. 2 Col 4--OUR HUNTSVILLE LETTER, By W. T. Dameron--(edited by compiler)--Miss Nannie Goodman died at her home in Clifton Hill Sunday morning, October 10, 1926, of a complication of diseases. She was a daughter of the late Jas. F. Goodman, a pioneer of Silver Creek township. She was born near Mt. Airy and was past 80 years of age. She united with the Silver Creek Baptist church when young. Her remains were buried in the old Goodman graveyard, near the scene of her birth. She leaves two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Finnell, who is nearly 89 years old, and Mrs. Mary Kimbrough, who is quite aged, also, both of Clifton Hill, and a number of relatives. Thursday, 14 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 24, Pg. 5 Col. 1--Mr. and Mrs. Martin Robb moved to town from Russell yesterday. Thursday, 14 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 24, Pg. 5 Col. 1--Mrs. Jas. Richards of Springfield, Ill., is the guest of her son, Roy. Thursday, 14 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 24, Pg. 5 Col. 1--Mrs. Thos. Osburn of Monroe City is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Pitney. Thursday, 14 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 24, Pg. 5 Col. 1--Mr. and Mrs. Norton Reynolds left Monday for Los Angeles, Calif., where they will make their home. Thursday, 14 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 24, Pg. 5 Col. 1--Mrs. Mary Burke returned Saturday from a visit with her daughter, Mrs. Otho Robb, of Mexico. Thursday, 14 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 24, Pg. 5 Col. 1--Mrs. Maurice Robb returned Saturday from a visit with her sister, Mrs. R. H. Williams, of Vandalia. Thursday, 14 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 24, Pg. 5 Col. 1--Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hackward and daughters, Misses Vera and Jennie, spent Sunday with relatives in Moberly. Thursday, 14 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 24, Pg. 5 Col. 1--Mr. and Mrs. Fred Noel and children will leave today for Kansas City, where they will make their home, for a time, at least. Thursday, 14 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 24, Pg. 5 Col. 2--Mrs. Ernest Dinwiddie returned Monday from Boonville where she has been for several weeks with her little son, Ernest, who was recently operated on for appendicitis, and who reached the hospital just in the nick of time. Thursday, 14 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 24, Pg. 5 Col. 2--Chas. Turner was here from Edgerton, Mo., Saturday to see Mrs. Emma Smith and to take her home with him to make her home, Mrs. Turner being her niece, but she was too sick to make the trip. She was thought to be some better yesterday. Thursday, 14 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 24, Pg. 5 Col. 2--A pleasant day was spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Bradley, it being Mr. Bradley's birthday. Those present were, Mr. and Mrs. Minor Moore, Mrs. W. M. Bradley, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bradley and children, Mrs. Frank Sturgeon and children, Mrs. W. M. Wheeler, Mrs. Andy Bradley and children. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathy Bowlin. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. It is however, quite permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use of their patrons. Kathy Bowlin Additions, corrections, comments welcome.

The following are selected articles from a Newspaper titled, "The Higbee News" which was issued out of the town of Higbee, in Randolph County, Missouri from the years 1888 through 1953. The editors were W. H. Welch and his son H. Scott Welch. This paper covered the Higbee area and also a great deal of the northeastern part of Howard county. The copyright notice at the end of this transcript is there for the sole purpose of keeping this work free to the public, and to ensure that it is not harvested by a fee-based corporate genealogy site, or published in any format for profit. If you decide to use the information from this transcription, PLEASE LIST ME AS THE SOURCE, rather than the paper. My transcription is another generation removed from the microfilm, and would thus be a third generation copy of the original paper. For proper documentation, a researcher should obtain a photocopy of the microfilm for their own permanent records, and use my transcript as a guide or index. The microfilm is available for interlibrary loan through the State Historical Society of Missouri, and a copy is also on file at the Moberly Public Library, generously donated by the Higbee Historical Society. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Thursday, 14 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 24, Pg. 1 Col 1,2&3--HIGBEE'S GRAND OLD MAN CALLED HOME--M. Murphy, Beloved By All, Passes On After Long And Useful Life--Funeral Held Tuesday.--"Mr. Murphy's dead!" Such were the startling words that most folks heard on answering their telephone Sunday morning, or which were spoken to them in subdued tones by acquaintances they met on the streets, and for a time those who knew him best, and loved him for the good, grand old man that he was, could hardly realize that Higbee, which had known M. Murphy for almost half a century, and who had been a familiar figure in and around the store on the corner for almost thirty-six years of that time, would know him no more forever. But it proved only too true. As stated in our last issue, Mr. Murphy was seized with an attack of acute indigestion a week ago last Sunday, but, as stated, he had apparently recovered to a great extent by the middle of the week, and neither family nor friends dreamed that his end was so near. He seemed about as usual when the family retired Saturday night and no uneasiness whatever about his condition was felt. They were shocked beyond measure on going to his bedside about 7:30 the next morning to find that he was near death, being unconscious and with only the flutter of a pulse, passing away a few moments after a physician arrived, as peacefully as a child falling to sleep on its mother's breast, death occurring from a weakened heart. While family and friends had confidently looked for his recovery, he evidently realized that his departure was near, for on Mrs. John Goin taking him some flowers a day or two before, after thanking her in his kindly, gentlemanly way, and in that softly modulated tone which was peculiarly his own, which all knew so well, he replied to her expressed hope that he would soon be up again by stating that he was an old, old man and had been living on the time of others for a long time, and that he doubted very much whether he would ever get up again. Mark Murphy was born in Ireland on February 29, 1840, and died October 10, 1926, aged 86 years, 7 months and 10 days. When quite a child he came to this country with his widowed mother and eight brothers and sisters, all of whom have long since gone to their reward. The family located in New York, where deceased remained for several years, one of his jobs, as he had often remarked to us in telling of his boyhood being that of newsboy. He later came west, and was located in Chicago for several years, finally locating in Nilwood, Ill., where he was married on December 25, 1862, to Miss Martha A. Renfro, who preceded him to the great beyond many, many years ago. While quite a young man he learned telegraphy, and was sent here by the Chicago & Alton in 1880 to take charge of the station as agent. The road was built through here in 1878, and as the construction gangs were composed, generally, of a pretty rough class, and as the tie business was then in its heyday and we had plenty of saloons, fights and broils were of frequent occurrence, and Higbee was "wild and woolly," and the job was no sinecure, proven by the fact that the two agents who had preceded him had asked to be relieved. Whether the company officials thought that because his name was Murphy he would be the right man for the place, we do not know, but we do know that he filled the bill. The company furnished him a place to live over the station, but to him it was a home and he made it his castle. After having put his mark on numerous bums, drunks and roughnecks in general, but only after asking them in his gentlemanly way to leave, all such gave the station a wide berth, while those who went to the station to meet the trains, having no other business, watched their step. During his ten years as agent there was no carving of initials on the depot nor the making of a bunkhouse out of the waiting room, while the entire building was always as neat as a new pin, and the little park west of the depot was a joy to look at. While on this job he acquired the reputation of being "hard-boiled," but not among those who knew him, for a more kindly or gentle man, when treated as the gentleman that he was, we never knew. We recall a rebuke, and one we shall never forget, in those days. With a kid of about our own age we went to the depot one Sunday afternoon to see the passenger train come in, and while waiting each was busy whittling on a pine stick. Presently Mr. Murphy appeared with a broom and began sweeping up the litter, his only words being, "Boys, you will find a carpentershop down the street," the words being spoken as softly as if he were talking to a child of six, but carrying, just the same, perhaps from the way in which they were spoken the roar of a lion. The knives were put up, and so abashed were their owners that they forgot to apologize either in words or by relieving him of the broom, and for which we have always been most heartily ashamed. And such he was at all times, so far as we ever knew. But woe to the man who became "smart" or obstreperous. These, likewise, he never had to deal with the second time. A mechanic by natural bent, and more or less of a genius, Mr. Murphy acquired the trade of watchmaker along with many other accomplishments, for years repaired watches for the railroad boys and others up and down the line while he was agent, and on resigning his position with the railroad in 1900 he opened a jewelry store in the room now occupied by Winn's drug store, and living in the upper rooms. A few years later he purchased the old Lessly building (the present store) many predicting that he was making a mistake, as it was considered nothing but a shell, but he soon made of it one of the best in town, and as comfortable and convenient a home of the second story as one could find anywhere. Moving to the new location he embarked in the hardware business, in which he was very successful, and later engaged in the wholesale oil business as a side line, and which proved equally as successful. After a few years he gave up the jewelry business, but his love for repair work was so great that he gave up bench work only when failing sight and the weight of years forced him to do so. Several years ago, feeling that he had earned a rest, or at least a release from the responsibilities of the business--and he "rested" about like his friends thought he would, by waiting on the trade as usual--he turned the business over to his grandson, Mark C. Murphy, and had since spent his time doing as he pleased--"clerking," when he felt like it, conversing with friends or enjoying his pipe and a good book. He was a constant reader up to the time of his last illness, keeping up with the times through the daily press, and had read libraries of good books, and seemed to have remembered them all. Thrown on his own resources in his tender years, he was a self-made and a self-educated man, and a better job of it we never saw. He had had a varied business experience before coming to Higbee, seemed to know something about everything that came up and could converse most intelligently on any subject you could mention. He was our oldest citizen in point of years and perhaps in residence, as we can recall none who has lived in the town proper longer than he. And all of his years among us were useful and honorable, and we are sure that no one had more friends, or deserved more, at least. He always took an active interest in Higbee and the welfare of her citizens and stood for everything that was for the moral uplift of the town and community and had served the town as mayor. When it came to moral courage he did not know what fear was, and many a fight he had waged against the liquor business, sometimes single handed and alone, and at his own expense, and he lived to see, we are glad to say, what he had long contended for--national prohibition. While his mother and all the family were devout Catholics, he was Protestant in belief, but never connected himself with any church. So far, however, as believing in Christ, being upright and honorable in all of his dealings, standing firm for his convictions and rendering to every man his just due, he lived the christian life, and we are sure in our own mind that in his going a just man has been made perfect. He was also the oldest member of the Higbee Masonic lodge, both in years and membership, and had been a member of the order for 66 years, having joined in Illinois immediately on reaching his majority. In his younger days he was very active in lodge work and was letter-perfect in it from beginning to end, and had served as Master of his home lodge. On coming to Higbee he affiliated with the lodge on its institution in 1885, and was one of its charter members, the last, so far as we know, and had been its Master several times. Funeral services were held at the Christian church Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock by the Rev. E. M. Richmond, the church, despite the damp, raw day and the mud, being filled, many being in from the country. Every business house in the town was closed as a tribute of respect to his memory. Having known Mr. Murphy for many years, Rev. Richmond paid a glowing tribute to his honesty and integrity and above all to his moral courage, and urged his grandchildren and great-grandchildren to follow in his footsteps--something we could al do in our vast improvement. It was our good fortune to have known Mr. Murphy from the day we landed in Higbee, and our better fortune to have numbered him among our staunchest friends--one ever ready to overlook a fault or forget a mistake. Always affable and agreeable--and kindness itself, always, to us,--we could enjoy his company for hours, and could either have spared the time, we would have asked no more companionable a crony. Having seen him almost daily for almost forty years, and having learned to love him as a father, we shall miss him, we believe, the balance of our days, as we know will all of his loved ones. Kindly, a gentleman always, tender hearted and sympathetic, just and upright and living the Golden Rule, so far as we were ever able to observe, standing firm for what he considered the right, he was a grand old man and a truly christian character, in whose passing his family, the town and community have suffered an irreparable loss. He is survived by one son, Mark, and one daughter, Miss Lulu, two grandsons, Mark C. Murphy of this place, and Paul Murphy, of Clark, and four great-grandchildren, to whom the deepest sympathy of all goes out. Interment was made in the Higbee cemetery with full honors of the Masonic fraternity of which he had been a member for so many, many years. 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It would be really nice if you could get a death certificate for james Wright, b 1872, Howard Co. Thus running a good chance (if he had a good "informant" of not only his parents' names being shown on this certificate but also their place of BIRTH! These first death certificates, 1910 -1950 are often very good. You would need to know his approximate date of death ( in Missouri.) to give to them in the vital stats office in Jeff City. -----Original Message----- From: JUPEP@aol.com <JUPEP@aol.com> To: MOHOWARD-L@rootsweb.com <MOHOWARD-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, March 08, 2003 1:42 PM Subject: [MOHOWARD-L] James Wright b. 1872, Howard Co., MO >Hello all. Trying to find parents of James Wright, b abt 1872, Howard Co., MO >He is great grandson of James L. and Malinda PAGE. > >1880 Moniteau Twsp., Howard Co., MO (file 90.14) >James L. Page, w, m, 75, married, farmer, VA VA VA >Malinda, w f 80, keeping house, VA VA VA >Virginia, w, f, 49, single, at home, MO VA VA >James Wright, w, m, 8, great-grandson > >In the will of his ggrandmother, Malinda Page, dated 1887, James Wright is >given horses, etc. > >Other info in census for James and Malinda Page lists Perlina Adams in their >household. I have a Cynthia Page married to William P. Adams and I believe >Cynthia is a daughter of James and Malinda Page. I believe Perlina Adams is >dau of Cynthia and William Adams and my hunch is James Wright is their >grandson. > >I have been unable to find him in the later census. Can anyone help? >Thank you >Linda >