There is a census record in 1830 in Howard county, for a John Williams, between the ages of 20-30 with an assummed wife between the ages of 15-20 and no children. This would fit with this couple, if they were married before the 1831 marriage date. However, the ancestry.com image didn't give the date the census record was taken, and this John was listed right below a James Williams who might have been his father. The 1830 Howard county record for Colden includes 2 males in the age range to be John C. Williams. the 1830 record for Jacob Chism in Cooper county has a daughter in the 15-20 year range, who could be Sarah. So these two records would support the 1831 marriage date. I have no record of this child, Colden C. Williams, at all. Did he die young? Kathy Bowlin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth DuBois Russo" <elizabethrusso@attbi.com> To: <MOHOWARD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 11:03 AM Subject: Re: [MOHOWARD-L] Chism (and Williams) > Oh dear. A can of worms again. I see that I have a child of John C. and > Sarah Chism Williams being Colden C. Williams, born 21 April 1830. My > source for this is an archives posting to this list. This child would have > been born, then, 10 months before the marriage of this couple. Is he not a > child of theirs, then? Is one of the dates wrong? > > Hmmmm... > > Elizabeth > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carolyn Gibbons" <c.n.gibbons@worldnet.att.net> > To: "Elizabeth DuBois Russo" <elizabethrusso@attbi.com>; > <MOHOWARD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 11:46 AM > Subject: Re: [MOHOWARD-L] Chism > > > > I have a date of 20 Feb 1831 as given in the Chism Bible. > > >

Morgan wasn't created until 1833, but it might have been in Cooper county, which was the parent county for Morgan. I've got a descendancy chart that gives Sarah's younger sister, Elizabeth, as being born in Cooper county in 1828, so that makes it even more likely that it was there. Found this chart on the internet looking for the family of Obediah Howard. I don't know how accurate the chart is. This was far enough afield that I haven't checked it out. My husband's great-great grandparents were married in Cooper county on 30 Jan 1831, by Jacob Chism, Sarah's father. He was on the roles of the Concord church as one of the ministers or perhaps elders, according to early Baptist history. I'd bet he performed the ceremony for his daughter, too. Kathy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carolyn Gibbons" <c.n.gibbons@worldnet.att.net> To: <MOHOWARD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 10:46 AM Subject: Re: [MOHOWARD-L] Chism > I have a date of 20 Feb 1831 as given in the Chism Bible. I believe I sent > you a copy of that. Let me know if I did not, or if Anne Siler did not. > > I do not have a place. I am guessing Morgan Co MO where her family were > although it may have been in Howard Co. I am sure it was in Missouri. > > Carolyn > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Elizabeth DuBois Russo" <elizabethrusso@attbi.com> > To: <MOHOWARD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 10:37 AM > Subject: [MOHOWARD-L] Chism > > > > Can someone help me connect the dots here with the Chism family? Are the > > folks below related to the branch of Chisms who intermarried with the > > Williams? > > > > Is there a gedcom out there that is downloadable which is somewhat > accurate > > so that I can see how the Chisms relate with each other and with other > > families? I have very spotty information on even my own branch--Sarah G. > > Chism who married John C. Williams (by the way, do we have a marriage date > > and place for this couple?) > > > > Thank you, > > > > Elizabeth DuBois Russo > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mike & Kathy Bowlin" <mkbowlin@iland.net> > > To: <MOHOWARD-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 11:19 PM > > Subject: [MOHOWARD-L] Higbee News, 27 Nov 1925, through 11 Dec 1925 > > > > > > > Friday, 27 Nov. 1925, Vol 39 No. 31, pg. 8, col. 4--West Point > > Items--Misses Jewel > > > Chism and Felicia Lewis were guests of Mrs. Sid Swetnam Thursday night. > > > > > > Friday, 27 Nov. 1925, Vol 39 No. 31, pg. 8, col. 4--West Point > > Items--Leonard Chism, > > > who works near Moberly, spent the week-end with his parents, Mr. and > Mrs. > > John Chism. > > > > > >

Oh dear. A can of worms again. I see that I have a child of John C. and Sarah Chism Williams being Colden C. Williams, born 21 April 1830. My source for this is an archives posting to this list. This child would have been born, then, 10 months before the marriage of this couple. Is he not a child of theirs, then? Is one of the dates wrong? Hmmmm... Elizabeth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carolyn Gibbons" <c.n.gibbons@worldnet.att.net> To: "Elizabeth DuBois Russo" <elizabethrusso@attbi.com>; <MOHOWARD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 11:46 AM Subject: Re: [MOHOWARD-L] Chism > I have a date of 20 Feb 1831 as given in the Chism Bible.

Thank you Carolyn. You did send me copies of the Bible records and I guess I missed recording the marriage. Do you know who has the original Bible, or where these copies came from originally? Microfilm? Letter from a cousin? LDS archives? Thank you, Elizabeth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carolyn Gibbons" <c.n.gibbons@worldnet.att.net> To: "Elizabeth DuBois Russo" <elizabethrusso@attbi.com>; <MOHOWARD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 11:46 AM Subject: Re: [MOHOWARD-L] Chism > I have a date of 20 Feb 1831 as given in the Chism Bible. I believe I sent > you a copy of that.

I have a date of 20 Feb 1831 as given in the Chism Bible. I believe I sent you a copy of that. Let me know if I did not, or if Anne Siler did not. I do not have a place. I am guessing Morgan Co MO where her family were although it may have been in Howard Co. I am sure it was in Missouri. Carolyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth DuBois Russo" <elizabethrusso@attbi.com> To: <MOHOWARD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 10:37 AM Subject: [MOHOWARD-L] Chism > Can someone help me connect the dots here with the Chism family? Are the > folks below related to the branch of Chisms who intermarried with the > Williams? > > Is there a gedcom out there that is downloadable which is somewhat accurate > so that I can see how the Chisms relate with each other and with other > families? I have very spotty information on even my own branch--Sarah G. > Chism who married John C. Williams (by the way, do we have a marriage date > and place for this couple?) > > Thank you, > > Elizabeth DuBois Russo > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike & Kathy Bowlin" <mkbowlin@iland.net> > To: <MOHOWARD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 11:19 PM > Subject: [MOHOWARD-L] Higbee News, 27 Nov 1925, through 11 Dec 1925 > > > > Friday, 27 Nov. 1925, Vol 39 No. 31, pg. 8, col. 4--West Point > Items--Misses Jewel > > Chism and Felicia Lewis were guests of Mrs. Sid Swetnam Thursday night. > > > > Friday, 27 Nov. 1925, Vol 39 No. 31, pg. 8, col. 4--West Point > Items--Leonard Chism, > > who works near Moberly, spent the week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. > John Chism. > >

Can someone help me connect the dots here with the Chism family? Are the folks below related to the branch of Chisms who intermarried with the Williams? Is there a gedcom out there that is downloadable which is somewhat accurate so that I can see how the Chisms relate with each other and with other families? I have very spotty information on even my own branch--Sarah G. Chism who married John C. Williams (by the way, do we have a marriage date and place for this couple?) Thank you, Elizabeth DuBois Russo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike & Kathy Bowlin" <mkbowlin@iland.net> To: <MOHOWARD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 11:19 PM Subject: [MOHOWARD-L] Higbee News, 27 Nov 1925, through 11 Dec 1925 > Friday, 27 Nov. 1925, Vol 39 No. 31, pg. 8, col. 4--West Point Items--Misses Jewel > Chism and Felicia Lewis were guests of Mrs. Sid Swetnam Thursday night. > > Friday, 27 Nov. 1925, Vol 39 No. 31, pg. 8, col. 4--West Point Items--Leonard Chism, > who works near Moberly, spent the week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Chism.

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 and owners were a wonderful man by the name of 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. It is because of my tremendous admiration for this father and son, that I am transcribing this paper and putting it in a more readable format, so that this work may again be brought to light, to entertain, and teach a whole new generation of the descendants of the inhabitants and neighbors of a little town called "Higbee." 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. I wouldn't want my own possible errors in transcription, blamed on the editors of the 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. When the Higbee Historical Society disbanded, their material was donated to the Randolph County Historical Society and is still available there. Friday, 27 Nov. 1925, Vol 39 No. 31, pg. 1, col. 4--Don Boyd Suffering From Goiter--The many Higbee friends of Don Boyd, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Boyd, formerly of this place, who has been in a very serious condition at his home in Tilden, Ill., for the past two years or more, suffering, presumably, from leakage of the heart, and who was stricken with paralysis about a year ago, which affected his entire left side, will learn with regret that he is suffering from goiter, in addition to his other troubles, that fact having just been ascertained, the news reaching here in a letter from Mr. Boyd to J. T. Randolph. It is believed now that this has been Don's trouble all the time, and if such proves to be the case there may be some hope for him through an operation, and his legion of friends join the NEWS in the hope that, now that the nature of his malady has finally been determined, he will in time be his old self again. Friday, 27 Nov. 1925, Vol 39 No. 31, pg. 1, col. 4--George Wilson Seriously Ill--Geo. Wilson, who has been seriously ill for the past two months, but who had recovered as to be able to be out the latter part of last week, was taken suddenly ill Monday, since which time he has been in a very serious condition, although he was thought to be some better Wednesday. Friday, 27 Nov. 1925, Vol 39 No. 31, pg. 1, col. 4--J. S. Durnil Better--J. S. Durnil, who has been quite sick for the past week, is some better, we are pleased to state, and is now able to be up part of the time. Friday, 27 Nov. 1925, Vol 39 No. 31, pg. 1, col. 5--S. E. Marrs Sells Grocery--S. E. Marrs and son, Raymond, who have been operating a grocery store on Coates street in Moberly for several months, they having purchased the Burkebee & Miller stock, disposed of the store last week. Mr. Marrs moved to Moberly on purchasing the store, renting his residence here to Emmett Dulany for a year. Mr. and Mrs. Marrs, we learn will return to Higbee next week to remain. Friday, 27 Nov. 1925, Vol 39 No. 31, pg. 1, col. 5--Rev. John Lindsey Called as Pastor--The official board of the Christian church at a meeting Tuesday night, we understand, called the Rev. John Lindsey, a student of Culver-Stockton College, Canton, Mo., and a son of the Rev. A. N. Lindsey of Clinton, to the pastorate for the new year. Rev. Lindsey preached two very able sermons here some weeks ago and very favorably impressed all who heard him. Friday, 27 Nov. 1925, Vol 39 No. 31, pg. 1, col. 5--Tolbert-Hitt--Mr. Chas. M. Tolbert and Mrs. Annie Hitt were united in marriage in the south part of town Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock by the Rev. Notley Magruder, and will make their home, we understand, on the Tolbert farm, south of town. The NEWS joins others in congratulations and best wishes. Friday, 27 Nov. 1925, Vol 39 No. 31, pg. 1, col. 6--PARIS DOUGHERTY DEAD--Former Resident of This Community Dies at His Home in Oregon--The many friends and acquaintances of Paris Dougherty, formerly of the Myers vicinity, will be pained to learn of his death, which occurred at his home in Baker, Oregon, on the 17th, from paralysis. The NEWS is in receipt of the following letter from his son, C. T. Dougherty, telling of the sad event, and which will be read with general regret by all who knew the deceased, as he was loved and respected by all: "I am writing you to advise you of the death of my father, Paris Dougherty. He was born near Myers, Howard county, Mo., on March 5, 1848, and died in Baker, Oregon, November 17, 1925, at the age of 77 years, 8 months and 12 days. He is survived by his wife, Annie E. Dougherty, one daughter, Mrs. Maude M. Dobbins, of Melba, Idaho, and one son, C. T. Dougherty of Baker, Oregon, one sister, Mrs. J. H. Dougherty, of near Myers, and one brother, B. F. Dougherty, of Oklahoma City, Okla. Mr. Dougherty grew to manhood near the place of his birth and on March 16, 1871, was married to Annie E. Patton of Boone county. Six children were born to this union, but only two are now living. "Mr. Dougherty moved from Howard county to Cedar county about 1880, and from there to Douglas county in 1883. In 1889 he returned to Howard county to take care of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dougherty. After their death he returned to Southern Missouri, and in 1900 he went West, where he remained until his death. About 38 years ago he united with the Christian church and remained a faithful member to the end. He took an active part in all community affairs and was loved by all who knew him. "He has been reading the Higbee News for many years and was always pleased to receive it, as it was almost like a letter from home. "His health had been failing for the last 18 months and his death was caused from paralysis." Friday, 27 Nov. 1925, Vol 39 No. 31, pg. 1, col. 6--Mrs. Chas. Frisk Dead--Mrs. Chas. Frisk, who had been suffering from heart trouble for many weeks, died at the family home in this place at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. Deceased was 72 years old and was born in West Virginia, coming to this state and this vicinity when quite a girl. She was married to Chas. Frisk about fifty years ago, and is survived by him, their two children, daughters, dying in infancy. She also leaves one sister, Mrs. Mary E. Staunton of Centralia, and two brothers, W. H. and Thomas Wheeler, both of this place. Funeral services were held at the home Wednesday afternoon by the Rev. L. M. White, pastor of the Baptist church of which deceased had been a member for many years, and interment made in the Higbee cemetery. The NEWS joins the community in sympathy to the bereaved ones, and especially to the aged husband. Friday, 27 Nov. 1925, Vol 39 No. 31, pg. 5, col. 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Born, on the 22nd, to Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Berkley, a daughter. Friday, 27 Nov. 1925, Vol 39 No. 31, pg. 5, col. 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Born, on the 19th, to Mr. and Mrs. Weaver Stevenson, a daughter. Friday, 27 Nov. 1925, Vol 39 No. 31, pg. 5, col. 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mrs. Joel Robb and little grandson, Olan Robb, spent the week-end in Marshall visiting her daughter, Mrs. Milton Williams, and other relatives. Friday, 27 Nov. 1925, Vol 39 No. 31, pg. 5, col. 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mrs. D. S. Hare, Mrs. John Newton, Miss Mamie Truby, Jasper Roberts and Frank Hairl attended the funeral of "Uncle" Jimmy Roberts at Clark Monday. Deceased who was an uncle of Mrs. Hare and Mr. Roberts, was 77 years old, and is survived by his widow and eight children. Friday, 27 Nov. 1925, Vol 39 No. 31, pg. 8, col. 4--West Point Items--Misses Jewel Chism and Felicia Lewis were guests of Mrs. Sid Swetnam Thursday night. Friday, 27 Nov. 1925, Vol 39 No. 31, pg. 8, col. 4--West Point Items--Leonard Chism, who works near Moberly, spent the week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Chism. Friday, 4 Dec 1925, Vol 39, No. 32--ISSUE MISSING Friday, 11 Dec 1925, Vol 39 No. 33--ISSUE MISSING 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 and owners were a wonderful man by the name of 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. It is because of my tremendous admiration for this father and son, that I am transcribing this paper and putting it in a more readable format, so that this work may again be brought to light, to entertain, and teach a whole new generation of the descendants of the inhabitants and neighbors of a little town called "Higbee." 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. I wouldn't want my own possible errors in transcription, blamed on the editors of the 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. When the Higbee Historical Society disbanded, their material was donated to the Randolph County Historical Society and is still available there. Friday, 27 Nov. 1925, Vol 39 No. 31, pg. 1, col. 1,2,3&4--BENJ. ROBSON LAID TO REST--Funeral Services Held Saturday and Interment Made in Higbee Cemetery.--Benjamin Robson, brief mention of whose death was made in our last issue, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Edwin Rees, in Springfield, Ill., at 2:30 a.m., Wednesday, November 18, 1925, following an illness of a year or more, and which had confined him to his home most of the time, and to his bed for many weeks, the cause of death being general debility more than anything else. Deceased was born in Weardale, Durham county, England, on December 7, 1852. He was married to Sarah Jane Watson of the same place on January 23, 1877, and came to the United States on May, 1879, locating in Carbon, Iowa, where he lived until 1881, when he moved to Huntsville, and from the latter place to Higbee in 1895. They were the parents of three children, one of whom, a son, died in infancy. The surviving children are Mrs. Edwin Rees, and Mrs. Frank Goin, both of Springfield, Ill. Mrs. Robson dying suddenly on December 24, 1912, he remained here with his daughter, Mrs. Goin, until her removal to Springfield in 1917, when he accompanied her, and had since made his home with Mr. and Mrs. Rees. But he never forgot old Higbee or her people, and came back at every opportunity, his last visit being four years ago. While he was known to a few of his older acquaintances as "Ben," he was what he tried to be, and what he was, to all-- "Brother" Robson. Uniting with the Methodist church in England when quite a young man, he became a lay preacher, and the good he did as such, to say nothing of the good he did unconsciously by his quiet, unassuming and truly christian everyday life, is incalculable, and will live on and have its influence on generations yet unborn. On many occasions during his long residence among us, he had filled the pulpit of the "little old church on the hill," as he lovingly called the Methodist church, when the regular pastor was sick or absent or when there were no services at any of the other churches. He had also watched and prayed at the bedside of many who were about to pass out into the great unknown, and was made as happy as a person can be on earth by hearing them say that they had found peace and were not afraid to go. It was his lot, too, to preach many funerals, and with his implicit trust in God, and his wonderfully soft and gentle voice and manner, he always brought cheer and comfort to broken hearts. One such service in particular do we recall--the greatest we ever listened to, and couched in words that a little child could understand--that of Mrs. John Rankin, and which will never likely be forgotten by any who heard it. The death of his beloved wife, occurring as it did, and when he was at his beloved church, and where she was shortly expected, helping prepare the Christmas tree, was a blow from which he never recovered, and he was never again the same person, going into a gradual decline from that sad day. Never for an instant did he falter in his Christian endeavor, but clung all the closer, if possible, to the old Book, as firmly convinced that he would meet her in a brighter and better world as he was that he must die. Though never afraid of death, and ready to answer the Death Angel's summons at any moment, he never spoke of his approaching dissolution, although he knew it was close at hand, at any time during his illness, no doubt to spare the feelings of his loved ones, but hinted at it by the remark, "How I would love to see that little grave in Old Higbee! But I'll see it, I'll see it," and again, "I have enjoyed my home here with you." A few days preceding his death his throat was partially paralyzed, making speech difficult and this, with his enfeebled voice, which was but the shadow of a whisper, made it impossible for those watching the feeble flame of life flicker out to catch his last message to friends in old Higbee , other than for them to tell the folks not to "let the little church on the hill die," and to "tell the Welches____" but the message was never finished. We had known Bro. Robson intimately as friend and neighbor since the day he came to Higbee, and to have been remembered by him in such an hour calls up feelings we have no words to describe. The last words he spoke before passing into the Better Land--and which came, it seemed to the anxious watchers, minutes apart, were, "Take that that relieveth all men. For behold I am with you always," and which were the basis of the short funeral discourse of the Rev. Brower. The body, accompanied by the family and relatives, arrived Friday morning and was taken to the home of his old neighbor and friend, Lon Coleman, and funeral services were held the next day at 2:30 by the Rev. Brower. He based his sermon on the above last utterance of the deceased, and partly from a sermon which was found in Bro. Robson's diary, but which was not original, it is thought, as a name, presumably that of the author, was found at the top of the first page. The writing was not old and had been copied slowly and laboriously, as the failing and faltering hand testified, on each succeeding page, and that the awful Christmas eve of 1912 was his constant thought is proven by the subject of the sermon, "Death, the Ceaseless Tragedy of Life." The opening paragraphs of the sermon told of a man losing his companion by death despite all that love and care could do. "It never occurred that she would die. He had held on with love's unyielding hold till there was nothing left to hold to. She was gone! Only the breathless bit of precious form remained. They two had been as closely knit together as two ever were or could be. but she was gone, quite gone, beyond his recall. He was outwardly very quiet, attending to the things that needed doing. But within he gasped. He could not seem to get his breath. All life had changed. The world was a different place. She was gone!" Leaving his desolate home, the man takes his Bible and goes to a quiet wood, when the sermon continues: "Now he sat still. The question asking itself of him, "Where is she?" the precious bit of tentemental clay was there, tenderly cared for, but where was she? Not there! Somewhere--where? That little limp covered Book seemed to open itself at John's (dear old John!) story of Jesus, and it seemed to stay as readily at that unforgettable Bethany page, the eleventh chapter. A new soft light shined in upon and then out of the old words, and a quiet peace, sweeter, more real, came steadily in. Yes, a new peace in the overwhelming daze that well nigh swamped him. But a great lone feeling gripped at his heart, mingling with the peace even while yielding to it. He could not remember how long he sat. Then he climbed slowly down the hill back along the street they had so often walked together hand in hand. But he went to the old home and the old round, but a changed life. It would never be the same again. It couldn't be. He had entered into the sorest experience of his life and he never forgot it in this life." The part of the sermon quoted below was read from the diary by Rev. Brower and was frequently referred to in his discourse: "The lights are all out in the mansions of clay, The curtains are drawn, the dweller's away; She silently slipped o'er the threshold by night, To make her abode in the city of light." "Death, how commonplace. Yes, commonplace in its frequency--monotonously commonplace. No, no, quite wrong. Never commonplace. Sacred, hallowed, a thing quite by itself in its loneliness and grief, though it happens every hour of the day to some son and daughter of man. "For death is the commonest thing in life. Its shadow never leaves. The postman puts the black-bordered reminder into your hand. The caller's card has the same touch. The garb you passed just now in the street, the half-mast flag, the tolling of the church bell, the low requiem, breathing out of church windows, the slow-moving procession--these are daily things. Commercialism halts the telegraph system of a nation a scant five minutes to tell out honor to some one gone, and then picks up its mad rush again. The trolleys and trains at a brief standstill; the white monuments draped in black, the public buildings covered with clothes of grief--"These tell the same ceaseless story. "If you open the Old book, it's barely open before you hear Eve's sobs over her boy lying so still. Almost at once you are in the striking fifth of Genesis with its requiem of sorrow, chanting monotonously, "and he died." The dispairing cries of a race going down under the great wash of inundating waters and the wail of broken hearts in Egyptian homes over the first-born gone, catch your sensitive ear. If you hurry on through the pages to get away, it is but to hear the dear old singer of Israel sobbing his heart quite out over his handsome but self-willed boy, and the newer leaves open with the cries of the broken hearted mothers of little Bethlehem among the hills. The symphony of sorrow never seems to get to its end. "Death is always a tragedy to somebody. Life is tragic. Death seems but the dark double knotting on the end of the thread of life. Never a day passes without death breaking some heart. Never a corner safe from the dripping rain of death's tears sometime. "Homes are broken up, the hearthstone is left to the white ashes. The dear loved family circle is broken and scattered beyond reunion here. Habits of a life-time are snapped in their toughest threads. Plans and ambitions lie scattered to the mocking winds. And memory trails its minor chords along every street and hallway of the bruised heart and rudely disturbed life. The world's worst war has added a terrific emphasis to all this. It was bad enough before, it is running riot now--seemingly an unchecked, unrestrained, ghoulish riot--despite statesmen and lawmakers, armistices, treaties and all the rest. "But there is something yet more tragic than these things. There is the terrific uncertainty in most minds and hearts growing out of these things. Uncertainty, where the heart's involved, where love's on the tender-hooks--that becomes the worst pain that can come. The questions come trooping in insistently, incorrigibly, by day and by night, demanding, asking space, and giving no breathing room in between, "Is he still alive? Is there a spirit world? Is there really, something behind this life where he has gone? How are things with him now?" "All over the world, Orient and Occident, below the equator and above it, in savage kraal and cultured home, among so-called heathen peoples and in the shining of the floodlights of truth, the cry breaks out of human hearts, "Where has he gone?" "Sorrow makes all the race akin. Differences, hatreds, prejudices, are submerged in the hour of common sorrow. Yet there's clear light. There's an answer to these questions. There is certainly in the place of uncertainty. There is positive, dependable information at hand. It's enough to give the golden tint to every black cloud. "Fierce was the wild billow, Dark was the night, Care labored heavily From glimmer'd white, Trembled the mariners, Peril was nigh, Then said the God of Gods, "Peace it is nigh." Ridge of the mountain wave Lower thy crest, Wail of Euroclydon, Be thou at rest. Sorrow can never be, Darkness must fly, When saith the Light of Lights, "Peace, it is I." "Jesus, deliverer, Come thou to me, Sooth Thou my voyaging Over life's sea. Thou when the storms of death Roars sweeping by, Whisper, O Truth of Truth, "Peace, it is I." Immediately following the sermon in the diary was Tennyson's "Crossing the Bar,"--the writing all but illegible in places because of the feebleness of the hand, and which were the last it would ever write in this world, and which as a testimony of his unfaltering trust he would have written above any others in the language: "Sunset and evening star, And one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar, When I put out to sea, But such a tide as moving seems asleep, Too full of sound and foam, When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home. "Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell When I embark; For, though from out our bourn of time and place The flood may bear me for, I hope to see my pilot face to face When I have crossed the bar." In the death of Ben Robson his family and friends have suffered an irreparable loss, as has the community in which he lived, for the world has far too few such citizens. His life was a benediction to all with whom he came in contact, and even those who knew him only slightly are sure that in his death a just man has been made perfect. That he made dear friends in his new home is attested by the many beautiful floral offerings they sent, which, with those from Higbee friends, had to be conveyed in a truck, they were so numerous. Interment was made in the Higbee cemetery by the side of her he had "loved and lost awhile." Though a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellow lodges of this place, the burial service of neither was used, it being his request that only a simple church service be held. Our deepest sympathy goes out with that of other friends to his loved ones, whose grief is all the easier to bear because of their certain knowledge that he passed out possessed of that peace of God, which passeth all understanding. 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 and owners were a wonderful man by the name of 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. It is because of my tremendous admiration for this father and son, that I am transcribing this paper and putting it in a more readable format, so that this work may again be brought to light, to entertain, and teach a whole new generation of the descendants of the inhabitants and neighbors of a little town called "Higbee." 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. I wouldn't want my own possible errors in transcription, blamed on the editors of the 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. When the Higbee Historical Society disbanded, their material was donated to the Randolph County Historical Society and is still available there. Friday, 20 Nov. 1925, Vol 39 No. 30, pg. 1, col. 1--A GOOD MAN CALLED HOME--Ben Robson Passes Away at Home of His Daughter in Springfield, Ill.--Though they had been expecting the news for several weeks, and especially for the past few days, the message informing friends and acquaintances of the death of Ben Robson at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ed Rees, in Springfield, Ill. at an early hour yesterday morning, caused no surprise, but the deepest sorrow, for deceased had for years been one of our most beloved citizens and one for whom all, from the youngest to the oldest, had the highest esteem and most implicit confidence. From the sudden death of his beloved companion, who expired suddenly at their home in this place on Christmas Eve, some ten years or more ago, he had never been the same, going into a gradual decline and for most of the past year or two had been confined to his room, and to his bed a great deal of the time. We go to press too early to give any particulars as to the funeral arrangements, nor have we the data on which to base a proper obituary, but which will appear next week. The body arrived over the Alton on the early morning train, and will be taken to the home of Lon Coleman, an old friend and neighbor, and who arrived, with Mrs. Coleman, in advance of the funeral party, yesterday after noon. Funeral services will likely be held in the Methodist church, of which he had been a member since early manhood and with which congregation he cast his lot on first coming to Higbee thirty years or more ago. He was an honored member of the Higbee Masonic lodge and also of the Odd Fellows and likely will be laid to rest with the full honors of one of these fraternities. Realizing that his days were numbered, he asked that his old friend, John Race, with whom he had watched and prayed at the bedside of many who were about to pass on to the other side, and who were almost inseparable companions in the days of their vigor, be notified, and Mr. Race left on the first train for Springfield Sunday night, and was with his dear old friend to the very end. In the passing of this honest, kindly and God-fearing gentleman, it has been truly said that a just man has been called to his reward. The deepest sympathy of a legion of friends goes out to the surviving daughters, Mrs. Ed Rees and Mrs. Frank Goin. Friday, 20 Nov. 1925, Vol 39 No. 30, pg. 1, col. 1--Moberly Theater Destroyed by Fire.--The Grand, Moberly's best theater, was totally destroyed by fire Monday morning, the fire being discovered about 1:30 o'clock. Just what caused the fire is not known unless it was electric wiring. The interior was consumed, all that was left being some steel girders and the four walls. The front of the building was not injured in the least, and one passing along the street would not suspicion that a fire had occurred. The loss is placed at $150,000. The flames had not died down until George Sparks, the owner of the building, had a message on the wires calling to Moberly the best theater architect in St. Louis, and will begin rebuilding at once, or as soon as the ground can be cleared following an adjustment of the loss with the insurance companies. It is Mr. Sparks' intention, so we are advised, to erect a real theater building, the very best in all of North Missouri and much larger than the old one. The new building, we understand, will be fireproof. Friday, 20 Nov. 1925, Vol 39 No. 30, pg. 1, col. 2--D. W. DULANEY DEAD--D. W. Dulany, for many years a prominent farmer of Audrain county, and who later was engaged in business in Moberly, but who had made his home in Denver, Colo., for several years, died Friday of last week from paralysis, with which he was stricken for the third time several weeks ago. He was born in Audrain county and was 69 years old. He is survived by five sons and five daughters, viz: Emmett Dulany of this place; George, of Decatur, Ill.; and Omar, Virgil and Garl of Denver. Mrs. Mamie Latta, Mrs. Will Arnett, Mrs. Walter Niles, St. Louis, and Miss Lillian Dulany of Denver. He also leaves four brothers, Claude, Madison; Ben, St. Louis, James, Huntsville, and Edward of Clark. One sister, Mrs. Fannie Sharp, of Clark, also survives. Funeral services were held in Moberly Monday and interment made at Macedonia, Audrain county. Friday, 20 Nov. 1925, Vol 39 No. 30, pg. 1, col. 3--Bitten Through Hand By Dog--Joe Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jones, was badly bitten through the left hand Friday morning of last week while out with several other boys taking a stroll through the woods. While on the Hiram Land farm they heard a dog howling as if it were being eaten alive, and on investigating found a medium size yellow dog, presumably a shepherd, fastened in a fence. Joe released the dog, which immediately turned and bit him through the left hand, making a fearful looking wound and which began to pain him like several toothaches. He lost no time in getting to town and having the hand, which was much swollen, dressed, since which time he has been doing nicely. The dog was killed immediately, as it should have been for not having sense enough to know that Joe had done it a favor and perhaps saved his life. Friday, 20 Nov. 1925, Vol 39 No. 30, pg. 1, col. 3--J. B. Tymony Quite Sick--The many friends of J. B. Tymony, formerly of this place, will regret to learn that he is quite sick at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Chas. C. Hon, of Moberly. He had been employed in St. Louis for several months and taking sick last week was advised by his physician to go at once to the home of his daughter. We are not advised as to the nature of his illness, but understand that he is need of rest more than anything else. When last heard from he was better, we are pleased to state. Friday, 20 Nov. 1925, Vol 39 No. 30, pg. 1, col. 4--Double Birthday Dinner--Last Sunday, the 15th, was a pleasant and much enjoyed day in the home of Geo. W. Blansett in the south part of town, the occasion being a double birthday anniversary--that of Mrs. Martha Ann Robb and Mrs. Ruth True, the former thus celebrated her 77th birthday. The affair, however, was a complete surprise for Mrs. True. Mrs. Robb, her aunt, had signified her intention of coming that they might enjoy the day together, but she was not expecting the great inpouring of relatives and friends some time before the noon hour. There were some two dozen or more of these, several of them coming with baskets of fried chicken, pie, cake and other delicacies to tickle the palate. As is usual on such occasions, the day was thoroughly enjoyed by all present, each one regretting the parting hour, and hoping for the happy return of many such birthdays to both Mrs. Robb and Mrs. True. Those present outside of the home were: David Robb and wife, Reuben Reynolds and wife, Miller Robb and wife, Henry Blansett and wife, David Comstock and family, Wood Warford and family, Mrs. John Rule, Mrs. Sallie Winn, Misses Ruby Reynolds and Ruby Edwards, Messrs. Joe Reynolds, Fred Buckley and Wm. Knight. Friday, 20 Nov. 1925, Vol 39 No. 30, pg. 5, col. 1--Local and Personal--Born, on the 19th, to Mr. and Mrs. Edmond J. Carlsburg, a daughter. Friday, 20 Nov. 1925, Vol 39 No. 30, pg. 5, col. 1--Local and Personal--Robert Williams and Matthew Evans left Saturday for Chicago where they have secured employment. Friday, 20 Nov. 1925, Vol 39 No. 30, pg. 5, col. 1--Local and Personal--Mrs. W. D. Burke attended the funeral of Marcellus Lyle, an old friend of the family, at Clifton Hill Tuesday. Friday, 20 Nov. 1925, Vol 39 No. 30, pg. 5, col. 1--Local and Personal--Mrs. T. Norris and daughter, Bettie Jane, Mrs. W. B. Latta and Miss Lillian Dulany, Omar and Garl Dulaney, of Denver, Colo., were the guests of their brother, Emmett Dulany, and family, Sunday, they be called to Moberly by the death of their father. The ten children of the family were all together at the funeral Monday, for the first time in eighteen years. Friday, 20 Nov. 1925, Vol 39 No. 30, pg. 5, col. 1--Local and Personal--Willard Edwards was here yesterday from Brookfield, where he is engaged in the garage business, and moved his family to that city. They are most desirable people and are given up with genuine regret by a wide circle of friends, all of whom trust that they will return some day to remain. Mr. Edwards informs us that the car business is still at high tide, he being able to sell cars faster than he can deliver them. Friday, 20 Nov. 1925, Vol 39 No. 30, pg. 5, col. 3--In Memoriam--In loving remembrance of our dear son and brother, Russell Sumpter, who departed this life 7 years ago November 20, 1919. Just a line of sweet remembrance, Of a happy home we once enjoyed, Just a memory, fond and true, That our hearts still long for you. Sadly missed by the Family. (Kathy's notes: I included this notice, because there was no mention of this person's death, in the newspaper at the time of his death. It does at least, provide the date of death for researchers.) Friday, 20 Nov. 1925, Vol 39 No. 30, pg. 5, col. 4--Mrs. Chas. Sharp of Harrisonville, is the guest of her brother, Guy E. Morgan, and family. Friday, 20 Nov. 1925, Vol 39 No. 30, pg. 5, col. 4--Mrs. Ben Feland and daughter, Miss Bessie, visited Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Snell of near Rocheport, from Friday until Sunday. Friday, 20 Nov. 1925, Vol 39 No. 30, pg. 5, col. 4--J. S. Warford and daughter, Mrs. Carrie Perkins, who were called to Perry, Okla., last week by the serious illness of Mr. Warford's sister, Mrs. Emily Craig, returned home Wednesday, leaving her barely alive and with no hope of recovery. Friday, 20 Nov. 1925, Vol 39 No. 30, pg. 8, col. 4--Mt. Pleasant Items--Newman Swearengen of Fayette visited his mother and grandfather on the farm last week. Friday, 20 Nov. 1925, Vol 39 No. 30, pg. 8, col. 4--Mt. Pleasant Items--Aubrey Naylor and wife visited Mrs. Naylor's mother, Mrs. Nannie Wilhoit of near Woodlandville, Monday and Tuesday. Friday, 20 Nov. 1925, Vol 39 No. 30, pg. 8, col. 4--Mt. Pleasant Items--Archie Lyle and family, Warren Wilbanks and family and Everett and Eula Lyle, went to Columbia Saturday night, following a message stating that one of their cousins, a young man 18 years old, had accidentally burned to death. We did not learn the particulars. Friday, 20 Nov. 1925, Vol 39 No. 30, pg. 8, col. 4,5&6--As will be seen by bills, and an ad in this issue, Geo. E. Lessly, who has been living on the Oscar Fowler farm south of town, will hold a public sale on the 24th, and will move to town, he having been elected secretary and bookkeeper of the Moniteau Coal Co., a position he is eminently qualified in every respect to fill. Mr. Lessly, it will be remembered, was cashier of the Higbee Savings Bank many years ago, and despite all the work he has done on the farm since, he writes a hand that would put the average business man to shame, which means that his books, along with the perfect figures he makes, will be a delight to look upon. The NEWS welcomes Mr. Lessly and his family to town, and congratulates the coal company on being able to secure his services. 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.

It was Jeffries. Her parents can be found next door to William Short Thompson in 1850 in Clay county, Missouri. This is where you can find John Jeffries and his wife Nancy, who are Mary's parents. 1850 US Census, Gallatin Twp, Clay County, Missouri, pg 338, 13 Sep 1850, Fam 526. This is William Short Thompson and wife Mary Jeffries Thompson. 1850 US Census, Gallatin Twp, Clay County, Mo, pg 338 , 13 Sept 1850, Fam 527. Nelson Thompson was adamant when he told me about Mary Jeffries, that this was NOT the same family as Mary Jeffers, the wife of Colden Williams. William Short Thompson's father-in-law was born in Tennessee according to the 1850 census records, but some of the latter 1880 records, indicate that he might have been born in Kentucky. Kathy Bowlin ----- Original Message ----- From: <Bgarro837@cs.com> To: <MOHOWARD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 7:40 PM Subject: [MOHOWARD-L] Howard Thompson > Carolyn, > > I have Harris as Mary's last name, however, I have her middle initial as "O", > also have Polly as her nickname. My information came from Mildred Anderson > many years ago, not from my own research. > > I have Howard's middle name as Ellis, do you? > > Also, regarding William Short Thompson's wife - is she Mary Jeffers or > Jeffries? > > Betty > >

There are apparently a couple of publications on this family as well. The following was from another family tree on Ancestry.com. Harris Drinkwater Helmer Van Egmond Humbke Entries: 2061 Updated: Sun Aug 25 06:23:40 2002 Contact: Scott Harris Sources: Abbrev: The Story of Thomas Banks Harris Author: Mary Cole Abbrev: William Harris and Family Title: William Harris and Family Author: William Lee Harris Publication: New London, Missouri, November, 1950 Text: William Harris was born May 15, 1793. His ancestor were from Ireland. He died May 15, 1876 - 83 years old. For seventeen years he was badly affected with a cancer on the bottom of his foot. He was born in Kentucky. His parents moved to Virginia when he was sixteen then back to Kentucky where he married Margaret Downing Aug 10 1815. Some of his neighbours made him drunk the Christmas after he was married. He was so ashamed of it, he and his wife decided they would go to Missouri. In crossing a stream in Kentucky his best horse was drowned. He got a settler to take care of his wagon and things and his wife rode teh reamining horse and caried a spinning wheel. He carried his rifle to kill game to live on. They cam to Darksville in Randolph Co., Missouri and stayed one night. His wife ws homesick and seeing the little Indian ponies, he too, was unhappy for he came from Kentucky where men had good horses. So they started back to Kentucky picking up his wagon and goods, and tehy stayed in Kentucky two years. He got two good mares and a stallion and started back to Missouri., stopping in Lincolnc Co. where his wife's uncles and brothers had settled. Their names were Downings. Then they went on to Randolph Co close to where the had lived before. They lived there seven years, then moved close to Fayette. When the town was laid out, he carried the surveyors chain in 1833. In 1838, he moved to the old homestead near Burton, Missouri where he raised his family, and where the three old maids lived and died. He and his wife and the three old maids, Ezekiela dn this three infants are buried in teh family graveyard there. When he came from Kentucky, he carried coals of fire in his pocket wrapped in wood leather , adnt hat fire was never out until my day. The old maids got so feeble they could not get wood in so they got m e to level the fireplace hearth and close it up and put up a coal stove. This ws 1901. So the fire went out. He always had a good stallion and would lead him to water, sometimes five times a day. I remember him saying "You can lead a horse to water but you can't amek him drink." When Ezekiel Harris (my father died, we lived close to them. I was five years old when he died so I remeber quite a bit about them. I was with the three old maids a great deal and remember many of the things they talked about. One story I recall was when they lived in Randolph Co. Their close neighbour broke his leg. Tehy could not get any doctor so Grandpa rode his mare to Fayette after Dr. Crews. He would not go withouth $50 in cash so Grandpa tied his colt to the barn and went back with teh doctor. When he had doctored the man, his wife gave him the money so Grandpa had to ride all the way back to Fayette to get his colt. Another story they used to tell was about a neighbour Grandpa did not get along iwth. This neighbour went to California for gold in 1849 stayed several years. Before leaving, he told his wife if she needed any help with stock to get Grandpa to help her - which she did. When he got rich he went to thank Grandpa. Grandpa told him he had done that for his wife and for him not to speak to him. He and his boys used to get up at three o'clock and kill hogs and dress them - then do a day's work for other men. We (mother and two little boys) lived in the Msaon House close to Grandpa from the fall of 1873 til the spring of 1875. Then Mother and Uncle Claiborne bought a farm apiece about a mile and half from Grandpa, and they ran it together. Mother hired a hand and he and Uncle Clabe did all the work and joined in one half the profits. Mother adn two boys lived in one house and Uncle Clage and Aunt Sue in teh other. That spring Uncle Will Harris and wigfe and son cam from Tennnessee in amover's wagon. He lived in a house on Grandpa's palce and tended the land till he died with heart disease. That was in Paril 1879. Then his wife and her boy went back to her folks in Tennessee. The Willima was here visiting in the summer of 1933. He and his wife have a boy and girl. The Old Maids Aunt Rachel was very fleshy and when she was old, was almost helpless. She fell in yeard and broke the lower end of her backbone so was never able to walk much afterward. She was the oldest and teh boss. Aunt Margaret was very deaf and very slim and had one bad hand - some of the fingers were crooked. Aunt Zerelda was the most active one. When they were older, she did all the marketing. She and Charley the horse, would go to town every MOnday morning if the weeather permitted. They had a flock of sheep. They sheared them took the wool to the carding mill and had it made into rolls. Then they spun the rolss into yarn; then knit socks and sold them to Mr. J.H. Pearson's Dry Goods Store. All fall and winter every Monday morning she woul dbe there. They would start knitting socks in daylight, then go to bed and blow out the cnadle and lay flat of back and knit. If tehy would dropa stitch they would get up and light the candle, pick up stitch, blow out the candle and go on knitting. They had a loom and wove carpets. They had one Sunday dress every five years. They kept the Sabbath - did no work and read their Bible. In their younger days all three rode horseback to church but after Aunt Rachel fell, they stayed at home and had their Bible lesson. They could repeat chapters of teh Bible by heart. They were Presbyterians. uncle Will Harris was Presbyterian preacher; Uncle Jack Harris was a Baptist preacher. Ezekiel, my father was a Presbyterian. War History as I have it Ezekiel (Bright) and Claiborne (Broad) were nicknamed in war. I have heard Claiborned Harris, also Will Turner, Sid Cunningham and Charley Sims who was their drummer boy and Charley WEldon tell how they were all together in the Civil War. They all enlisted in Cunningham's Co. of state Guards and served till Oct 1862; then re-enlisted in Clark's Reg. and served till the close of the war. When at Shreveport, Louisiana, in June 1865 Ezekiel was shot through the wrist while loading his gun. The ball passed through his wrist, canteen, lunch box and into the skin ofhis stomach. Claiborn Harris was shot in the same battle through his knee. They stayed in a cabin in the woods till they were well enough to join the regiment. Ezekiel would carry Claborne to a bog and he would sit and chop it; then Ezekeil carried the wood and his brother back to the cabin. They got some corn from an old colored man to live on. They were in teh Battle of Lookout Mountain above the clouds and could see it raining below them. Thery were also in Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas and Battle of Glasgow, Missouri. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carolyn Gibbons" <c.n.gibbons@worldnet.att.net> To: <MOHOWARD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 10:19 PM Subject: Re: [MOHOWARD-L] THOMPSON > I know nothing about the parentage of Thomas Banks Harris. Yes, Margaret > Dunn Thompson was the daughter of Nero Thompson and Sarah Elizabeth > Williams. (The Sarah part came from Betty Darnell and her Thompson book - I > have not seen it anywhere else.) Yes, they married 14 Jan 1845 in Howard > Co. And thanks for the more information about Thomas Banks Harris. I had > seven of the children. Glad to have more. > > I know nothing about the parents of Mary O Harris, either. It is reasonable > to me that they would be the same as Thomas B's parents. That is because > brother and sister often married brother and sister. > > Thanks. > > Carolyn

There is a tree on Ancestry.com that has the history of this family. It's not proof, of course, but a good place to start. Robert Wilkinson Family Entries: 32137 Updated: Sat Aug 25 20:15:05 2001 Contact: Robert Wilkinson -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Index | Individual | Register | Download GEDCOM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Thomas HARRIS b: BEF. 1765 d: BEF. 1820 + Mary OWINGS 2 Benjamin HARRIS b: BET. 1780 - 1790 + Elizabeth MCMAHAN b: BET. 1780 - 1790 3 Female HARRIS b: BET. 1810 - 1815 3 Male HARRIS b: BET. 1810 - 1815 3 Female HARRIS b: BET. 1815 - 1820 3 Female HARRIS b: BET. 1820 - 1825 3 Female HARRIS b: BET. 1820 - 1825 2 John HARRIS b: BEF. 1790 + ? ? b: BET. 1780 - 1790 3 Male HARRIS b: BET. 1825 - 1830 3 Male HARRIS b: BET. 1825 - 1830 3 Male HARRIS b: BET. 1825 - 1830 2 Isaac HARRIS b: ABT. 1790 d: 1876 + Margaret DALE b: ABT. 1798 d: ABT. 1860 3 Mahaly HARRIS b: ABT. 1816 d: BEF. 1836 + Henry HARDISTER b: BEF. 1815 3 Miles HARRIS b: ABT. 1817 d: 1848 + Martha Ann WARREN b: BET. 1820 - 1825 4 William B HARRIS b: ABT. 1840 4 Margaret HARRIS b: ABT. 1841 4 Isaac HARRIS b: 23 JUL 1842 d: 4 APR 1888 3 William Jeremiah HARRIS b: ABT. 1817 d: ABT. 1862 + Ruth JOHNSTON b: MAR 1821 d: BEF. 20 MAY 1904 4 Eliza Jane HARRIS b: 8 DEC 1839 d: 15 JAN 1915 + Unknown WEST + William David HOLLOWAY d: 20 JUL 1862 5 George Washington HOLLOWAY b: 18 JAN 1861 + Ella UNKNOWN 6 Maude HOLLOWAY b: 6 NOV 1895 d: 12 FEB 1983 6 Living HOLLOWAY 6 Living HOLLOWAY + Living CLODFELTER 5 William David HOLLOWAY b: 26 MAR 1862 d: 31 OCT 1938 + Dianthia Lettitia SHELDON b: 12 APR 1868 d: 7 MAR 1950 6 Mary L HOLLOWAY b: 19 OCT 1887 d: 30 MAY 1896 6 Lillie Mae HOLLOWAY b: 7 NOV 1888 d: 6 APR 1963 + Isaac Americus MOORE b: 11 NOV 1876 d: 19 JUL 1955 6 William Henry HOLLOWAY b: ABT. 1890 d: 22 NOV 1961 + Ethel GREY 6 Grace Ellen HOLLOWAY b: 5 MAR 1894 d: BEF. 1990 + Unknown DOOLEY + Melvin LINDEMANN 6 Mamie E HOLLOWAY b: 23 APR 1896 d: 1 APR 1911 6 Elsie Lenore HOLLOWAY b: 26 JUN 1898 d: 30 MAY 1927 + Arlo Vern TUCKER b: 18 NOV 1897 d: 9 JUN 1937 6 Baby HOLLOWAY b: NOV 1900 d: NOV 1900 6 Estle Fay HOLLOWAY b: 22 JAN 1903 d: 21 NOV 1961 + Glen G. LINDENBERGER d: BEF. 1970 6 Living HOLLOWAY + Living MURDOCK 6 Living HOLLOWAY + Living HALL + Daniel HERRON d: 1887 5 Lucinda HERRON b: 12 AUG 1864 d: 4 AUG 1903 5 Daniel HERRON b: 4 JUL 1867 + Mary UNKNOWN 6 Grace HERRON 6 Arch HERRON 6 Lillie HERRON 5 Mary F HERRON b: 2 JUN 1870 d: 3 JUL 1903 + I F LOBLER b: 29 MAR 1852 d: 3 FEB 1913 4 William J HARRIS b: ABT. 1841 d: ABT. 1862 4 Sarah Francis HARRIS b: 10 JAN 1846 d: 3 JUN 1934 + Edwin R DOWNARD b: 28 FEB 1831 d: 22 FEB 1923 5 Jesse DOWNARD 5 Frank DOWNARD 4 Daniel HARRIS b: ABT. 1847 + Hannah MOORE 4 Sina HARRIS b: ABT. 1849 d: AFT. 1917 + Unknown BROWN 4 Hila HARRIS b: ABT. 1851 4 Polly Anna HARRIS b: ABT. 21 JAN 1853 d: 16 NOV 1917 + John Ratcliff WILKINSON b: 19 JUL 1845 d: 1919 5 Joseph W WILKINSON + Bertha UNKNOWN 6 Living WILKINSON 6 Living WILKINSON 6 Nathan WILKINSON d: BEF. 1978 6 Living WILKINSON + Living IRONS 6 Living WILKINSON 6 Living WILKINSON 5 George Preston WILKINSON b: 17 DEC 1877 + Iva FRY 6 Living WILKINSON + Living COLLINS 6 Living WILKINSON + Clayton COLLINS 6 Howard Logan WILKINSON b: 13 NOV 1915 d: ABT. 1980 + Nina Alene PULLER b: 20 OCT 1915 d: 1 AUG 1977 6 Living WILKINSON 5 Mary Elizabeth WILKINSON b: 19 DEC 1879 d: 16 DEC 1929 + Louis William METZGER b: 16 MAY 1879 d: 10 NOV 1950 6 John Tobias METZGER b: 3 NOV 1898 d: 2 APR 1965 + Sarah BRANDT d: AFT. 1977 + Gracie STEEL d: AFT. 1977 6 Susie Mae METZGER b: 6 SEP 1900 d: AFT. 1977 + Olie A MOOREN 6 Mary Olive METZGER b: 28 OCT 1904 d: AFT. 1977 + Living SELLARS 6 Cora Anetia METZGER b: 13 FEB 1907 d: AFT. 1977 + Living HARROUN 6 Louis Walter METZGER b: 8 APR 1911 d: AFT. 1977 + Living CRAFT + Living BULIN 6 Charles Albert METZGER b: 30 DEC 1913 d: 1 DEC 1978 + Living NORMAN 5 Gertrude P WILKINSON b: 23 SEP 1884 d: 16 APR 1885 5 Nancy Ella WILKINSON b: ABT. SEP 1902 d: 24 MAR 1922 + Jonah SIMMONS 6 Living SIMMONS + Living ADAMS 4 Nancy Ellen HARRIS b: ABT. 1855 d: 1886 + Joseph Lane WILKINSON b: MAY 1854 d: 1919 5 Riley WILKINSON b: BEF. 1876 d: 1876 5 Joseph Oscar WILKINSON b: 3 AUG 1876 d: 2 MAR 1924 + Eva Matilda YOUNG b: 17 OCT 1879 d: 30 MAR 1954 6 Elizabeth Almira WILKINSON b: 24 JAN 1902 d: 24 OCT 1942 + Joseph R. BLAISDELL 6 Eva Maxine WILKINSON b: 4 DEC 1903 d: 3 DEC 1976 + Hayward Robert GOFF b: 26 AUG 1899 d: 27 OCT 1976 5 Etta WILKINSON b: 12 FEB 1877 d: 4 MAY 1964 + Noah BURCH b: 11 NOV 1879 d: 2 MAY 1962 6 Charles F BURCH b: 1 NOV 1901 d: 1 DEC 1972 + Living GRUBBS 6 Lula BURCH b: 21 NOV 1903 d: BEF. 1990 6 Elmo BURCH b: 24 APR 1908 d: 24 NOV 1970 5 William Silas WILKINSON b: 20 SEP 1880 d: 21 DEC 1948 + Goldie May COOPER b: 2 AUG 1891 d: 10 MAY 1975 6 Albie Leroy WILKINSON b: 14 APR 1912 d: 27 NOV 1963 + Bertha Inez BEATY b: 23 JUN 1919 d: 1985 6 Clifford Laverne WILKINSON b: 9 MAY 1913 d: 3 MAR 1986 + Living SCHULTZ + Living HOPKINS + Living GREELEY + Ruby Jean DOWNING b: 25 APR 1932 d: AFT. 1986 6 Violet May WILKINSON b: 25 OCT 1918 d: 2 AUG 1920 6 Living WILKINSON + Belva L Francis RICHARDSON b: 4 SEP 1919 d: 8 FEB 1992 6 Rosie Lucile WILKINSON b: 31 MAR 1926 d: 29 DEC 1929 6 Goldie May WILKINSON b: 9 JAN 1929 d: 9 JAN 1929 6 Living WILKINSON + Living YOUNG 5 Charles Amos WILKINSON b: 27 MAR 1889 d: MAR 1968 + Cora KOONTZ d: ABT. 1977 4 Stephen Amos HARRIS b: ABT. 1857 d: BEF. 1900 4 Louisa Ella HARRIS b: AUG 1859 d: BEF. 1940 + Alfred WEST 5 Maime WEST + Ralph MOORE 6 Living MOORE 4 Steven Thomas HARRIS b: ABT. 1862 d: AFT. 1917 3 Mary Ann HARRIS b: ABT. 1822 d: AFT. 1860 + Henry HARDISTER b: BEF. 1815 4 Isaac HARDISTER b: ABT. 1839 + Biddy MAGGINNIS 4 Margaret HARDISTER b: ABT. 1841 4 Benjamin HARDISTER b: ABT. 1843 + Unknown REED 4 Juliann HARDISTER b: ABT. 1847 4 Susan HARDISTER b: ABT. APR 1850 3 Julia HARRIS b: ABT. 1825 d: AFT. 1860 + Isaac RILEY 4 Florence RILEY 3 Susan Jane HARRIS b: ABT. 1826 + Elias TURNER b: ABT. 1817 d: BEF. 1850 4 Miles TURNER b: ABT. 1845 4 Isaac TURNER b: ABT. 1849 3 Daughter HARRIS b: ABT. 1830 3 Daugher HARRIS b: ABT. 1835 2 William HARRIS b: 15 MAY 1793 d: 15 MAY 1876 + Margaret DOWNING b: 15 DEC 1792 d: 30 MAY 1867 3 Eliza HARRIS b: 21 JUN 1816 d: 15 JUL 1889 + Asbury ATTERBURY 4 William Edward ATTERBURY b: 28 MAR 1840 d: 24 DEC 1902 + Elizzie MYERS 4 Squire Wesley ATTERBURY b: 16 NOV 1841 d: 11 FEB 1911 + Belle HOOD 4 Margaret Jane ATTERBURY b: 18 DEC 1843 + Thomas CASEY + ? MEAD 4 Arminda ATTERBURY b: 15 NOV 1846 d: 18 NOV 1880 + Henry CLEETON 4 Ann Elizabeth ATTERBURY b: 26 JUN 1849 d: 30 JUN 1889 + George HOCKER 4 Zerelda Candessa ATTERBURY b: 20 AUG 1853 d: 9 JUL 1883 + Hiram SWEATMAN 4 Mary Brown ATTERBURY b: 22 NOV 1859 d: 28 MAY 1883 + ? CLEETON 3 Thomas Banks HARRIS b: 2 MAY 1818 d: 22 JAN 1904 + Margaret Dun THOMPSON b: 12 DEC 1828 d: 18 NOV 1888 4 Elizabeth T HARRIS b: 5 DEC 1845 + ? ? 4 William HARRIS b: 16 SEP 1847 4 Oleviae HARRIS b: 21 APR 1850 + ? CROSS 5 Lula Harris CROSS b: 6 MAR 1877 d: 6 MAR 1927 + Edwin Hanson MORRIS b: 23 DEC 1868 d: 27 SEP 1945 6 Living MORRIS 6 Ray Cross MORRIS b: 11 JAN 1903 d: 2 AUG 1906 6 Living MORRIS 6 Living MORRIS 5 Annie Helen CROSS b: 13 DEC 1878 d: AFT. 1949 + Charles Henry CASWELL b: 23 JUL 1876 d: 26 JUN 1949 6 Living CASWELL 6 Living CASWELL 6 Living CASWELL 6 Living CASWELL 5 Mary Thompson CROSS b: 22 OCT 1884 + Redmond Selecman COLE b: 21 AUG 1841 d: AFT. 1923 6 Living COLE + Samuel WILSON b: 14 JUL 1914 d: 25 SEP 1936 + Living COLE 6 Living COLE + Living COLLINS 5 William Thomas CROSS b: 1 MAY 1887 + Dorothy Hawkins EMBRY b: 1888 4 Willard D HARRIS b: 23 DEC 1851 4 Millard Perry HARRIS b: 6 JAN 1853 4 Jerome Winfield HARRIS b: 11 SEP 1854 4 Virgil Bates HARRIS b: 30 DEC 1856 4 Artemesia Sebastian HARRIS b: 17 OCT 1858 4 Son HARRIS b: 21 SEP 1863 d: 28 JAN 1864 4 Lenora Belle HARRIS b: 21 APR 1864 4 Margaret E HARRIS b: 21 NOV 1870 4 Child HARRIS 4 Child HARRIS 4 Child HARRIS + Lou BROWN b: ABT. 1858 d: 30 OCT 1892 3 Rachel HARRIS b: 28 MAR 1820 d: 22 JAN 1906 3 Male HARRIS b: ABT. 1821 d: ABT. 1821 3 Mary HARRIS b: 20 MAR 1822 d: 27 JUL 1884 + Howard E THOMPSON d: 28 DEC 1863 + Howad E THOMPSON d: 28 DEC 1863 4 William H THOMPSON b: 23 JUL 1849 4 Emily THOMPSON + James WEATHERFORD 4 Ann THOMPSON + Sam WHEELER 4 James M THOMPSON 4 Cordelia THOMPSON 4 Paradene THOMPSON + Charles CARLETON 4 Mary THOMPSON + Charley PATTISON 3 Hardin HARRIS b: 20 DEC 1823 d: 1 FEB 1863 + Martha RAMBO 4 Cornelius HARRIS 4 William HARRIS d: 1880 4 Margaret HARRIS 4 Rachel Alice HARRIS b: 15 DEC 1857 d: AFT. 5 FEB 1933 + Perry CLABOURN d: 1880 5 Henry CLABOURN b: ABT. 1870 5 Child CLABOURN 5 Jesse CLABOURN 5 Child CLABOURN 5 Child CLABOURN 5 Child CLABOURN 3 Jackson HARRIS b: 12 APR 1825 + Madellenner SMITH + Nancy CASPER 4 Milton HARRIS b: 19 MAR 1854 + Arminta THOMPSON + Betty CABLE 4 Thomas Perry HARRIS b: 22 JUL 1855 d: 17 DEC 1934 + Lydia Ella GRIGSBY d: 5 AUG 1931 4 Erie HARRIS b: 14 MAR 1857 + Cleveland HARGIS 4 Robert Davis HARRIS b: 1 FEB 1861 + Agnes BRADLEY 4 Susan H HARRIS b: 9 OCT 1861 d: BET. 1894 - 1895 + George LUNDERMAN 4 Margaret E HARRIS b: 4 JUL 1863 4 Amanda HARRIS b: 31 MAR 1869 d: AFT. 1952 + Ed MAUPIN d: AFT. 1952 3 Zerelda HARRIS b: 2 JAN 1828 d: 27 MAR 1908 3 Margaret HARRIS b: 24 DEC 1830 d: 24 NOV 1905 3 William Downing HARRIS b: 12 JUL 1833 d: 21 APR 1879 + Cynthia A DUNCAN b: 24 DEC 1837 3 Claiborne Brown HARRIS b: 17 MAR 1836 d: 10 SEP 1873 + Susan Elizabeth SHORES b: 19 OCT 1846 d: 27 JUN 1894 3 Ezekiel HARRIS b: 3 JUL 1838 d: 10 SEP 1873 + Ann SHORES 4 Son HARRIS d: 12 MAY 1862 4 Son HARRIS d: 25 AUG 1867 4 Ezekiel HARRIS d: 10 MAY 1867 4 William Lee HARRIS + Mary JOHNSON 4 Charles Clairborne HARRIS b: 3 NOV 1872 + Helen SICELOFF -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Index | Individual | Register | Download GEDCOM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Printer Friendly Version Search Ancestry Search AWT Join Ancestry.com Today! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carolyn Gibbons" <c.n.gibbons@worldnet.att.net> To: <MOHOWARD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 10:19 PM Subject: Re: [MOHOWARD-L] THOMPSON > I know nothing about the parentage of Thomas Banks Harris. Yes, Margaret > Dunn Thompson was the daughter of Nero Thompson and Sarah Elizabeth > Williams. (The Sarah part came from Betty Darnell and her Thompson book - I > have not seen it anywhere else.) Yes, they married 14 Jan 1845 in Howard > Co. And thanks for the more information about Thomas Banks Harris. I had > seven of the children. Glad to have more. > > I know nothing about the parents of Mary O Harris, either. It is reasonable > to me that they would be the same as Thomas B's parents. That is because > brother and sister often married brother and sister. > > Thanks. > > Carolyn > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <JUPEP@aol.com> > To: <c.n.gibbons@worldnet.att.net>; <MOHOWARD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 9:18 PM > Subject: Re: [MOHOWARD-L] THOMPSON > > > > > > In a message dated 10/3/02 5:47:32 PM, c.n.gibbons@worldnet.att.net > writes: > > > > << I have seen several places including the Ancestry CD that Howard E > > Thompson, the son of Nero Thompson and Sarah Elizabeth Williams, married a > > Mary A NORRIS. (His sister Margaret Dunn Thompson married Thomas Banks > > Harris.) > > > > > > THIS IS NOT CORRECT! > > > > > > I just looked at the microfilm of the original record - and I will admit > that > > I at first read it as Norris (or Morris or Worris). But the first initial > of > > the last name is written exactly like the first letter of Howard County. > > This is page 21 of Book 3. The record is Howard E Thomson married Mary 13 > > Feb 1845 by James M Butts, MG. This is the day before James M Butts > > officiated at the marriage of Thomas B Harris and Margaret D Thomson. All > > were of Howard County. > > > > > > This also agrees with the Cemetery book. Mary's death record there has > her > > maiden name as Harris. > > > > > > Maybe I am late, and everyone already knew this. > > > > > > Carolyn >> > > > > Are the parents of Thomas Banks Harris, William and Margaret Dunn Harris? > > Was Thomas Banks Harris married to Margaret M. Thompson, 16 Jan 1845? > > Is she the dau of Nero Morgan Thompson and Sarah Elizabeth Williams? > > > > All my info on Thomas Banks Harris is from the following: > > THOMAS B. HARRIS, > > a prominent citizen of Burton township, was born on May 2, 1818, and is a > > native of Kentucky. His parents were William and Margaret D. HARRIS, to > whom > > were born twelve children, and eleven grew to manhood and womanhood. > Thomas > > B., the second in the family, came to Missouri with his father in 1820, > > locating in Howard county. When twenty-one years old he went to Lincoln > > county, and two years later removed to what is now the Platte purchase, in > > 1840, remaining there until 1844. Returning to Howard county he purchased > > eighty acres of land, where his residence now stands. Mr. HARRIS was > married > > January 16, 1845, to Miss Margaret M. THOMPSON, of this county, and they > had > > fourteen children, of whom four died in infancy. Ten are now living; > > Elizabeth, William T., Olivia M., Millard P., Jerome W., Virgil Bates, > > Artiniesia, Martha T., Lenora B. and Margaret Price. Mr. HARRIS now owns > 520 > > acres of land, all in cultivation. He has given much property to his > > children. Politically he is a democrat. In his religious preferences he > is > > a Cumberland Presbyterian. Mr. HARRIS is a man who never drank a glass of > > liquor. > > SOURCE: History of Howard and Cooper Counties, St. Louis: National > Historical > > Company, 1883, (Burton township, pp. 586-601.) > > > > Thanks > > Linda > >

There is no significance usually. Once in a while I see widow first and children in order of birth. Beth Wilson ----- Original Message ----- From: <Annerupert@aol.com> To: <MOHOWARD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 5:48 AM Subject: [MOHOWARD-L] Question - general on reading legal documents > > Hello, > > In the matter of the form/order of a legal document such as in this case an > inventory appraisement, Is there a significance to the order in which heirs > are listed? > e.g. wife first? then oldest daughter? > > Excerpt from specific document... > 1 Negro woman named Hannah - Legacy of (or choice) of Elizabeth > 1 Negro named Benjamin Legacy of (or choice) of Frances > 1 Negro woman named Rebeckah Legacy of (or choice) of Sarah > > Since the wife and daughter had similar names, trying to sort out details. > Any one experienced in reading old documents (many of you) can perhaps offer > further. > Thanks > Anne > > >

Hello, In the matter of the form/order of a legal document such as in this case an inventory appraisement,  Is there a significance to the order in which heirs are listed? e.g. wife first? then oldest daughter? Excerpt from specific document... 1 Negro woman named Hannah - Legacy of (or choice) of Elizabeth  1 Negro named Benjamin Legacy of (or choice) of Frances  1 Negro woman named Rebeckah Legacy of (or choice) of Sarah   Since the wife and daughter had similar names, trying to sort out details.  Any one experienced in reading old documents (many of you) can perhaps offer further. Thanks Anne

I know nothing about the parentage of Thomas Banks Harris. Yes, Margaret Dunn Thompson was the daughter of Nero Thompson and Sarah Elizabeth Williams. (The Sarah part came from Betty Darnell and her Thompson book - I have not seen it anywhere else.) Yes, they married 14 Jan 1845 in Howard Co. And thanks for the more information about Thomas Banks Harris. I had seven of the children. Glad to have more. I know nothing about the parents of Mary O Harris, either. It is reasonable to me that they would be the same as Thomas B's parents. That is because brother and sister often married brother and sister. Thanks. Carolyn ----- Original Message ----- From: <JUPEP@aol.com> To: <c.n.gibbons@worldnet.att.net>; <MOHOWARD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 9:18 PM Subject: Re: [MOHOWARD-L] THOMPSON > > In a message dated 10/3/02 5:47:32 PM, c.n.gibbons@worldnet.att.net writes: > > << I have seen several places including the Ancestry CD that Howard E > Thompson, the son of Nero Thompson and Sarah Elizabeth Williams, married a > Mary A NORRIS. (His sister Margaret Dunn Thompson married Thomas Banks > Harris.) > > > THIS IS NOT CORRECT! > > > I just looked at the microfilm of the original record - and I will admit that > I at first read it as Norris (or Morris or Worris). But the first initial of > the last name is written exactly like the first letter of Howard County. > This is page 21 of Book 3. The record is Howard E Thomson married Mary 13 > Feb 1845 by James M Butts, MG. This is the day before James M Butts > officiated at the marriage of Thomas B Harris and Margaret D Thomson. All > were of Howard County. > > > This also agrees with the Cemetery book. Mary's death record there has her > maiden name as Harris. > > > Maybe I am late, and everyone already knew this. > > > Carolyn >> > > Are the parents of Thomas Banks Harris, William and Margaret Dunn Harris? > Was Thomas Banks Harris married to Margaret M. Thompson, 16 Jan 1845? > Is she the dau of Nero Morgan Thompson and Sarah Elizabeth Williams? > > All my info on Thomas Banks Harris is from the following: > THOMAS B. HARRIS, > a prominent citizen of Burton township, was born on May 2, 1818, and is a > native of Kentucky. His parents were William and Margaret D. HARRIS, to whom > were born twelve children, and eleven grew to manhood and womanhood. Thomas > B., the second in the family, came to Missouri with his father in 1820, > locating in Howard county. When twenty-one years old he went to Lincoln > county, and two years later removed to what is now the Platte purchase, in > 1840, remaining there until 1844. Returning to Howard county he purchased > eighty acres of land, where his residence now stands. Mr. HARRIS was married > January 16, 1845, to Miss Margaret M. THOMPSON, of this county, and they had > fourteen children, of whom four died in infancy. Ten are now living; > Elizabeth, William T., Olivia M., Millard P., Jerome W., Virgil Bates, > Artiniesia, Martha T., Lenora B. and Margaret Price. Mr. HARRIS now owns 520 > acres of land, all in cultivation. He has given much property to his > children. Politically he is a democrat. In his religious preferences he is > a Cumberland Presbyterian. Mr. HARRIS is a man who never drank a glass of > liquor. > SOURCE: History of Howard and Cooper Counties, St. Louis: National Historical > Company, 1883, (Burton township, pp. 586-601.) > > Thanks > Linda

In a message dated 10/3/02 5:47:32 PM, c.n.gibbons@worldnet.att.net writes: << I have seen several places including the Ancestry CD that Howard E Thompson, the son of Nero Thompson and Sarah Elizabeth Williams, married a Mary A NORRIS. (His sister Margaret Dunn Thompson married Thomas Banks Harris.) THIS IS NOT CORRECT! I just looked at the microfilm of the original record - and I will admit that I at first read it as Norris (or Morris or Worris). But the first initial of the last name is written exactly like the first letter of Howard County. This is page 21 of Book 3. The record is Howard E Thomson married Mary 13 Feb 1845 by James M Butts, MG. This is the day before James M Butts officiated at the marriage of Thomas B Harris and Margaret D Thomson. All were of Howard County. This also agrees with the Cemetery book. Mary's death record there has her maiden name as Harris. Maybe I am late, and everyone already knew this. Carolyn >> Are the parents of Thomas Banks Harris, William and Margaret Dunn Harris? Was Thomas Banks Harris married to Margaret M. Thompson, 16 Jan 1845? Is she the dau of Nero Morgan Thompson and Sarah Elizabeth Williams? All my info on Thomas Banks Harris is from the following: THOMAS B. HARRIS, a prominent citizen of Burton township, was born on May 2, 1818, and is a native of Kentucky. His parents were William and Margaret D. HARRIS, to whom were born twelve children, and eleven grew to manhood and womanhood. Thomas B., the second in the family, came to Missouri with his father in 1820, locating in Howard county. When twenty-one years old he went to Lincoln county, and two years later removed to what is now the Platte purchase, in 1840, remaining there until 1844. Returning to Howard county he purchased eighty acres of land, where his residence now stands. Mr. HARRIS was married January 16, 1845, to Miss Margaret M. THOMPSON, of this county, and they had fourteen children, of whom four died in infancy. Ten are now living; Elizabeth, William T., Olivia M., Millard P., Jerome W., Virgil Bates, Artiniesia, Martha T., Lenora B. and Margaret Price. Mr. HARRIS now owns 520 acres of land, all in cultivation. He has given much property to his children. Politically he is a democrat. In his religious preferences he is a Cumberland Presbyterian. Mr. HARRIS is a man who never drank a glass of liquor. SOURCE: History of Howard and Cooper Counties, St. Louis: National Historical Company, 1883, (Burton township, pp. 586-601.) Thanks Linda

Carolyn, I have Harris as Mary's last name, however, I have her middle initial as "O", also have Polly as her nickname. My information came from Mildred Anderson many years ago, not from my own research. I have Howard's middle name as Ellis, do you? Also, regarding William Short Thompson's wife - is she Mary Jeffers or Jeffries? Betty

I have seen several places including the Ancestry CD that Howard E Thompson, the son of Nero Thompson and Sarah Elizabeth Williams, married a Mary A NORRIS. (His sister Margaret Dunn Thompson married Thomas Banks Harris.) THIS IS NOT CORRECT! I just looked at the microfilm of the original record - and I will admit that I at first read it as Norris (or Morris or Worris). But the first initial of the last name is written exactly like the first letter of Howard County. This is page 21 of Book 3. The record is Howard E Thomson married Mary 13 Feb 1845 by James M Butts, MG. This is the day before James M Butts officiated at the marriage of Thomas B Harris and Margaret D Thomson. All were of Howard County. This also agrees with the Cemetery book. Mary's death record there has her maiden name as Harris. Maybe I am late, and everyone already knew this. Carolyn

I looked through the index for Probate books 5 (1850-1856) and 6 (1856 - 1863) and found no Pritchett nor Powell. I had previously extracted the marriages from 1860-1880 for Howard Co from the County Clerk's index; there were no Pritchetts there. However, in Volume 3, page 304 I found this today:This certifies that on the 21st of December 1857 I joined in marriage Mr Strother Pritchett to Miss Martha A Powell both of Howard County Missouri. Given under my hand on this 17th of Feb 1858. Noah Flood, Minister of the Gospel Filed for Record Feb 17th 1858, A Cooper Clk I looked on the web site for the Howard Co census; there is an index for 1850. There were no Pritchetts listed. They might be in Randolph Co. I will be looking for more. Carolyn

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 21:25:43 -0600 From: CWarbritton@cs.com To: MOPETTIS-L@rootsweb.com, MOSALINE-L@rootsweb.com, MOCOOPER-L@rootsweb.com, MOHOWARD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: {not a subscriber} Forty Niners and Old Settler, Part 7 In the Fall 1983 MoSGA Journal is a record of the proceedings of the Forty-Niners and Old Timers Assn copied from the files of the Joint Collection of the MU Western Historical Manuscripts & State Hist. Scty of Mo Manuscripts, copied by Betty Harvey Williams from the documents. From the minutes of the meetings, I will extract the list of those members: Wm. S. Willcoxon born in Bulet Co, Ky July 8th 1827. Moved to Mo in 1830. R. Boyd Williams born in Callaway Co, Mo. March 30th 1826 and moved to Pettis Co Mo in the year 1887 Thomas Cook born in Ky 1806, came to Mo in 1840. Address is Lebanon, Cooper Co MO B.E. Priest born in Logan Co Ky in 1830 and went to Pettis Co, Mo 1836. PO Longwood, Pettis Co Mo Robert Scott born 1834 in Cooper Co, Mo. PO now Boonville, Mo Thomas A. Haley born Dec 19th 1820 in Boon Co Mo, PO Boonville, Mo A.W. McFarlan born Sept 15th 1836 in Cooper Co, Mo. PO Boonville, Mo James R. Kemp born Oct 13th 1839 in Pettis Co, Mo. PO Longwood, Mo James Wesley Roe, born 1834 in Cooper Co, Mo. PO Pilot Grove, Mo J. Green Roberts, born Dec 26th, 1826, in Kingston, Tenn., came to Mo April 1840. PO Pleasant Grove, Cooper Co, Mo Napoleon B. Goodnight born Aug 21st 1831 in Mercer Co, Ky, came to Mo in 1834 Wm. Hunt born 1820 at Coles Fort in Cooper Co, Mo. PO Boonville Mo Leroy Hogan born 1831 in Knox Co, Ky, came to Mo in 1833. PO Otterville, Cooper Co Mo Chas. Younger born 1827 in Howard Co Mo. PO Blackwater, Cooper Co, Mo Thomas Hickman born Sept 9th 1832 in Cooper Co, Mo. PO Lone Elm, Cooper Co, Mo James Cordry born May 27th 1827 in Ky, came to Mo 1830. PO Pleasant Green, Mo Andrew E. Woods born 1823 in Cooper Co, Mo. PO Pilot Grove, Mo Lewis W. Jennings born Dec 27, 1829 Hendy Co Tn, came to Mo in 1832 Edwin K. Porter born Jan. 24th 1814 in Bedford Co, Va, came to Mo in 1833 Joseph B. Howard born in Mo 1828, aged 62 years. PO Tipton Mo John T. Bagwell born May 4, 1833 in Howard Co, Mo. PO Tipton Mo Richard Hudson born April 10, 1831 in Boone Co, Mo. PO Tipton Mo Thomas A. Oglesby born in Cooper Co Mo, Dec. 8th 1831. PO Lone Elm, Cooper Co Mo Samuel C. Thomas born in Bourbon Co, Ky Aug. 5, 1832, came to Mo in 1836. PO Bunceton Mo Charles W. Simons born in Coooper Co, Mo. August 6th 1831. PO Glenstead, Morgan Co Mo John A. Waller came to Mo in 1840. PO Bunceton Mo Pleasant G. Oglesby born in Johnson Co Mo in 1837. PO Tipton Mo Edward Chilton born Sept 1814 in Forqueir Co, Va., came to Mo May 1843. PO Vermont, Cooper Co, Mo William Redman born in Clark Co, Ky July 20, 1825, came to Mo in 1826. PO Tipton Mo Lewis J. Jennings born in Tenn Dec. 27, 1829, came to Mo in 1833. PO Beaman, Pettis Co Mo Thomas L. Callis born in Morgan Co, Mo, Feb 13th 1840. PO Versailles B.M. Inglish born April 8th 1821, Moniteau, Mo. PO Clarksburg F.W. Chilton, born Aug 4th, 1829 in Forqueir, Va., came to Mo in 1840. PO Vermont Mo Geo. W. Robinson in Moniteau Co, Mo in 1833, Dec 7. PO Clarksburg Mo Overton H. Pasley born Oct. 22, 1819 in Boone Co, Mo. PO Syracuse, Morgan Co, Mo (to be continued)