BOWLES, BRIDGES, KERNS, KIRKLAND, SCHERER, SILVERNAIL, THREADCRAFT Death of: Mrs. Kate C. KIRKLAND Date: Thursday, July 26, 1934 Place: at home Age: 78 years Residence: 622 Benton Blvd., Kansas City, MO Survivors: Niece: Mrs. Rose T. SCHERER, 1804 Grandview Blvd, Kansas City, KS Niece: Mrs. Grace BOWLES, Long Beach CA Niece: Mrs. Pearl KERNS, Detroit, MI Niece: Mrs. George THREADCRAFT, Lincoln, NE Niece: Mrs. Charles B. BRIDGES, Overland Park, KS Niece: Mrs. Lula T. SILVERNAIL, 307 North Sixteenth St., Kansas City, KS Services: graveside, 4 p.m., July 27, Mt. Muncie Cemetery, Leavenworth- Reference: "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Friday, July 27, 1934 ====================================================== (I have no connection with this family but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) johnobrien@kc.rr.com ======================================================

Death of: Charles E. LYNCH Date: Wednesday, November 21, 1956 Place: St. Mary's Hospital Age: 59 years Born: Kansas City, MO Residence: 5127 Tracy, Kansas City, MO Occupation: clerk with Kansas City Southern Railroad, 43 years Affiliations: member, St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church & Holy Name Society Survivors: Wife: Margaret A. LYNCH of the home Son: Rev. Robert Matthew LYNCH, St. Mary's, KS Daughter: Ensign Dolores Jeanne LYNCH, San Diego, CA Daughter: Mrs. Mary Carol CORD of the home Sister: Sister Mary Henrietta, St. Louis, MO Sister: Miss Henrietta LYNCH of the home Brother: Joseph V. LYNCH, 5305 Harrison, Kansas City, MO Grandchildren: 3 Services: Rosary - 8 p.m., November 22 & 23 at funeral home Funeral - 10 a.m., November 24, Linwood Blvd. at Woodland Church - 10:30 a.m., November 24, St. Francis Xavier Church, 52nd & Troost Burial - Calvary Cemetery Funeral director - Mellody-McGilley-Eylar References: "The Kansas City Star" (Missouri) Wednesday, November 21, 1956 "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Thursday, November 22, 1956 ====================================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sam Matthews" <> To: "John O'Brien" <JohnOBrien@kc.rr.com> Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 6:28 AM > Hello John, > I have found another member of my Lynch family in Kansas City and would like > to see if I can find an obituary for him. He was... > > Charles E. Lynch > Born 21 April 1897 in Kansas City > Died 21 November 1956 in Kansas City > I have also seen the date of 1958, but I'm pretty sure that the 1956 is the > correct year for his death. > > Many thanks. Sam >

Happy Birthday to Martin Luther King! For all Central Missouri researchers; African American researchers could use your help The best assistance African American researchers could use from other Missouri researchers; is if you look on the slave schedules and see your ancestor owned slaves; and/or if you see an African American family living with or near your white ancestors in 1870. If you have estate papers or family records; noting slaves; please post the information here: Wills go here: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/topic/afro-amer/webbbs/wills/index.cgi Probate records here: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/topic/afro-amer/webbbs/probate/index.cgi Land Deeds: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/topic/afro-amer/webbbs/land/index.cgi If you have documentation or stories to share that may fit into the other categories I have listed on the African Americans in MO website -- please post and share: African American Genealogy ALHN Queries Discussion Board http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/topic/afro-amer/webbbs/queries/index.cgi?index Post New Message | Search | Set Preferences Message Index Welcome! Messages Posted Within the Last 64 Month(s) 107 of 107 Messages Displayed (Mixed Threaded Listing)

You probably noticed the funeral director ---- Mrs. C. L. Forster ---- in many of the obits I post. Here is an ad for her services: =================================== "The Kansas City Star" Friday, March 22, 1918 PRAISE The best thing that can be said about the man- ner in which an undertaking establishment con- ducts its business is that it has won the public praise. Upon every funeral occasion I am com- plimented about the satisfactory manner in which I perform my duty. My services are of a high character and are properly priced. For $30 I sell an excellent black broadcloth casket. No charge for use of chapel. MRS. C. L. FORSTER, Funeral Director Phones East 336. 918-920 Brooklyn Ave. .

Thanks John, You did it again. You have no idea how much I have appreciated your help over the years. Now I will have to wait for the next census to find out if these are the right girls or not. Wish I could find out when Elizabeth and her husband Frank F. died because perhaps they would have an obituary and it would name the daughter's married names. Keep a sharp eye out for them and you might run across them by accident. Thanks again John, Fern P.S. I got Mura/Myra's name from the census so who knows if it is Mura or Myra. This is a family with so many 'nicknames' I am surprised I have found them at all. Elizabeth Cockrill, the mother, is my gGrand Aunt. She is also known as 'Mamie' and 'Minnie'. Just go figure!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "John O'Brien" <JohnOBrien@kc.rr.com> To: <MOJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com> Cc: "fern" <rumycuzn@bresnan.net> Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 7:14 PM Subject: Re: [MOJACKSO] Marriage index (Jackson County) > Fern: I checked the Jackson County marriage index (brides). The index > covers the period of 1827 through 1937. There was a total of six COCKRILL > brides. I'll give them all to you below. There is a "Myra"....could this > be your "Mura"? > > 1901 - Mary June COCKRILL - Henry Lee DILLINGHAM > 1919 - Edna May COCKRILL - George W. MOREY > 1921 - Elizabeth B. COCKRILL - Frederick W. PALIS, Jr. > 1924 - Myra COCKRILL - Richard B. L. SCHARFF > 1925 - Mary Mildred COCKRILL - Fred T. HAUETTER > 1930 - Mildred COCKRILL - Erwin O. KUNAU > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "IVY" <oyicroe@earthlink.net> > To: <MOJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 1:00 PM > Subject: Re: [MOJACKSO] Marriage index (Jackson County) > > > > Fern, They are in Kansas City in 1920. Indexed F M Cockrill. Elizabeth > 40, > > Mura 21, Elizabeth 17, Frances 8. Living on Montgall. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "fern" <rumycuzn@bresnan.net> > > To: <MOJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 11:20 AM > > Subject: Re: [MOJACKSO] Marriage index (Jackson County) > > > > > > > John, I don't know their exact birth dates, I'm just going by various US > > > Census'. > > > > > > Mura Cockrill was born in 1898 - Elizabeth Cockrill was born in 1903 and > > > Frances was probably an OOPs because she came in 1912. In the 1930 > Census > > > she is 18 years old and the only daughter left at home. Her Mom and Dad > > > are > > > 59 and 56. So using 20 as the normal marriage age Mura would marry > about > > > 1918 and Elizabeth would marry about 1923 and Frances about 1932. > > > > > > The family of 4 were in the 1910 census but are missing in the 1920 > > > census. > > > I have been searching off and on for these girls for over a year and > have > > > always come up empty handed. Although I have not found any death dates > > > for > > > the father Frank M. and the mother Elizabeth I am pretty sure they > stayed > > > in > > > Missouri until their deaths. > > > > > > Any help at all would really be appreciated. Fern > > > > > > >

ARNOLD, BADGLEY, BANNING, BYARS, COLTON, FLAHERTY, HATFIELD, HENRITZE, HUME, KAMPEL, LAKE, McLARNAN, MOORE, MORGAN, OHLESOE, OLSEN, ROBERTS, SHAWVER, SMITH, SNOWDEN, WINER "The Kansas City Star" (Missouri) Friday, March 22, 1918 TWO DRAFT BOARDS CALL MEN. Twelve men have been notified by local board No. 10 to report for service. Eight will be selects and four alternates. The men: Selects: Paul F. FLAHERTY, 3252 Lockridge Morris WINER, 2125 East Twenty-sixth Cornelius A. SMITH, Los Angeles, Cal. Morris MORGAN, 2827 Olive Earl SNOWDEN, 2003 Brooklyn Leonard H. BANNING, 1912 East Twenty-third George C. ARNOLD, 917 Prospect Alex P. HENRITZE, 4014 Troost Alternates: William W. LAKE, 2956 East Twenty-eighth William R. COLTON, 4311 East Tenth Lloyd A. HATFIELD, Valley Falls, Kas. Earl W. SHAWVER, 2214 Brooklyn Local Draft Board No. 16 is calling the following eight men to entrain for Camp Funston during the five days beginning May 29: Harry K. BADGLEY, 721 North Monroe Avenue Andrew OHLESOE, 421 South Colorado Avenue Coleman B. HUME, Hotel Oakley James C. MOORE, 145 North Hardesty Avenue Gustav OLSEN, 137 South Bellaire Avenue Harland J. McLARNAN, 729 Fuller Avenue Charles C. BYARS, 12 North Fifteenth Street, Kansas side Willie L. ROBERTS, 3233 East Tenth Street In addition to the quota of eight men the board is sending Jacob KAMPEL, 134 North White Avenue, who has requested that he be inducted into service without waiting until his order number has been reached. ====================================================== (I have no connection with any of these families but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) johnobrien@kc.rr.com ======================================================

COURTENEY, EDWARDS, LAMPEL, MANN, MAYSWINKLE, McGILL, PRUIT, SLATER, SNYDER, STINSON, WHITE "The Kansas City Star" (Missouri) Friday, March 22, 1918 DRAFT BOARD CALLS MEN. CALL EIGHT IN WYANDOTTE COUNTY. The rural draft board, which includes Rosedale and all of Wyandotte County outside of the municipal limits of the Kansas side city, will furnish eight men to the draft Monday. The men: Guy H. McGILL, 644 Southwest Boulevard, Rosedale Arthur L. SLATER, 4628 Lloyd Avenue, Rosedale William L. COURTENEY, Bethel, Kas. Dalhousie LAMPEL, Rosedaleview Archibald G. STINSON, Thirty-fourth Street and Farrow Avenue C. Fletcher MANN, 4461 Eaton Avenue, Rosedale Samuel Elwood EDWARDS, Bethel, Kas. Leon WHITE, Rosedaleview These are the first men outside the Kansas side to be drafted in Wyandotte County, as the enlistments from Rosedale, chiefly in the Rainbow Division, filled the required quota of the first call. Lloyd MAYSWINKLE, 24 years old, 2202 North Seventh Street, Kansas side, was married to Ruth PRUIT March 2. Miss PRUIT was the niece of U. G. SNYDER, captain of the Kansas side police force, and lived with her uncle at 1049 Cleveland Avenue. Today MAYSWINKLE received notice that he would be sent to Camp Funston as part of the first contingent of the third draft. MAYSWINKLE owned and operated a drug store at 920 North Eighteenth Street. ====================================================== (I have no connection with any of these families but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) johnobrien@kc.rr.com ======================================================

Death of: James J. LILLIS Date: Thursday, July 26, 1934 Place: at home Cause: heat prostration Born: 13 December 1869, Lexington, MO Residence: Pickwick Hotel, Kansas City, MO Occupation: retired real estate dealer. Parents: Col. and Mrs. James LILLIS - deceased Family home: 11th St. & Forest Ave. (donated to Sisters of Mercy as a Catholic home for working girls) Survivors: Brother: The Rev. Thomas F. LILLIS - bishop of the Catholic diocese of Kansas City Sister: Miss Frances LILLIS, 400 East Forty-fifth Street, Kansas City, MO Sister: Miss Bessie LILLIS, 400 East Forty-fifth Street, Kansas City, MO Sister: Mrs. John F. FORAN, Bellerive Hotel, Kansas City, MO Sister: Mrs. Harvey A. CLAYTON, 3936 Warwick Blvd., Kansas City, MO Nephew: James F. LILLIS, 634 West Seventieth St. Terrace, Kansas City, MO Services: Funeral - 8:30 a.m., July 28, 400 East Forty-fifth Street Church - 9 a.m., Our lady of Good Council Church, Washington St & W. 39th St. Terr. Burial - Mt. St. Mary's Cemetery References: "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Friday, July 27, 1934 ====================================================== (I have no connection with this family but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) johnobrien@kc.rr.com ======================================================

Death of: Benjamin F. LILLIS Date: Tuesday, June 19, 1934 Place: at home Age: 56 years Born: 1878, Lexington, MO Residence: Portland, OR Occupation: Civil engineer and road builder. Parents: Col. and Mrs. James LILLIS - deceased Family home: 11th St. & Forest Ave. (donated to Sisters of Mercy as a Catholic home for working girls) Survivors: Wife: Mamie SCHNEIDER LILLIS of the home Daughter: Miss Frances LILLIS, Portland, OR Daughter: Mrs. Katherine LILLIS McGINN, Portland, OR Brother: The Rev. Thomas F. LILLIS - bishop of the Catholic diocese of Kansas City Brother: James LILLIS, 400 East Forty-fifth Street, Kansas City, MO Sister: Miss Frances LILLIS, 400 East Forty-fifth Street, Kansas City, MO Sister: Miss Bessie LILLIS, 400 East Forty-fifth Street, Kansas City, MO Sister: Mrs. John F. FORAN, Bellerive Hotel, Kansas City, MO Sister: Mrs. Harvey A. CLAYTON, 4340 Warwick Blvd., Kansas City, MO Services: June 21, in Portland, OR, conducted by Bishop LILLIS Reference: "The Kansas City Star" (Missouri) Wednesday, June 20, 1934 ====================================================== (I have no connection with this family but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) johnobrien@kc.rr.com ======================================================

Death of: John R. LILLIS Date: 5:15 a.m., Monday, November 15, 1926 Place: at home Cause: Pneumonia Age: 59 years Residence: 711 West Thirty-eighth Street, Kansas City, MO Occupations: Associated with father's business. Engaged in manufacture of paving brick at Deepwater, MO Member of the Fire and Water Commissioners. Parents: Col. and Mrs. James LILLIS - deceased Brother: Jere S. LILLIS - died 10 November 1926 Survivors: Wife: Ella LILLIS of the home Son: James LILLIS of the home Son: John LILLIS of the home Daughter: Miss Margaret LILLIS of the home Daughter: Miss Frances LILLIS of the home Brother: The Rev. Thomas F. LILLIS - bishop of the Catholic diocese of Kansas City Brother: James LILLIS, 400 East Forty-fifth Street, Kansas City, MO Brother: Benjamin F. LILLIS, Portland. OR Sister: Miss Frances LILLIS, 400 East Forty-fifth Street, Kansas City, MO Sister: Miss Bessie LILLIS, 400 East Forty-fifth Street, Kansas City, MO Sister: Mrs. John F. FORAN, Sombart apartments, Kansas City, MO Sister: Mrs. Harvey CLAYTON, 4340 Warwick Blvd., Kansas City, MO Services: Home services - 9 a.m., Bishop Thomas F. LILLIS will officiate Funeral - 9:30 a.m., November 17, Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church Burial - family vault in Mt. St. Mary's Cemetery Pallbearers: E. J. CORRIGAN Daniel DONOVAN F. C. DOWNEY W. A. DURHAM John F. HOULEHAN Emmet F. McELROY James METHENY Frank C. PECK John J. SHINE Fred W. TURNER References: "The Kansas City Star" (Missouri) Monday, November 15, 1926 "The Kansas City Star" (Missouri) Tuesday, November 16, 1926 ====================================================== (I have no connection with this family but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) johnobrien@kc.rr.com ======================================================

Death of: Jere S. LILLIS Date: Wednesday, November 10, 1926 Place: St. Joseph's Hospital Cause: Pneumonia Age: 63 years Born: Lexington, MO Residence: 400 East Forty-fifth Street, Kansas City, MO Education: St. Benedict's College, Atchison, KS Occupation: retired 1910, president, Western Exchange Bank Parents: Col. and Mrs. James LILLIS - deceased Survivors: Brother: John R. LILLIS, 711 West Thirty-eighth Street, Kansas City, MO Brother: The Rev. Thomas F. LILLIS - bishop of the Catholic diocese of Kansas City Brother: James LILLIS, 400 East Forty-fifth Street, Kansas City, MO Brother: Benjamin F. LILLIS, Portland. OR Sister: Miss Frances LILLIS, 400 East Forty-fifth Street, Kansas City, MO Sister: Miss Bessie LILLIS, 400 East Forty-fifth Street, Kansas City, MO Sister: Mrs. John F. FORAN, Sombart apartments, Kansas City, MO Sister: Mrs. H. A. CLAYTON, 4340 Warwick Blvd., Kansas City, MO Services: Funeral - 2 p.m., November 12, Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church Burial - family vault in Mt. St. Mary's Cemetery Pallbearers: William T. JOHNSON E. F. SWINNEY K. F. HOULEHAN C. F. ADAMS E. O. BRAGG Edward H. HOLDEN Col. P. J. KEALY W. F. FIBLE Dr. T. E. PURCELL Joseph T. HEYDON References: "The Kansas City Star" (Missouri) Wednesday, November 10, 1926 "The Kansas City Star" (Missouri) Thursday, November 11, 1926 ====================================================== (I have no connection with this family but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) johnobrien@kc.rr.com ======================================================

Fern: I checked the Jackson County marriage index (brides). The index covers the period of 1827 through 1937. There was a total of six COCKRILL brides. I'll give them all to you below. There is a "Myra"....could this be your "Mura"? 1901 - Mary June COCKRILL - Henry Lee DILLINGHAM 1919 - Edna May COCKRILL - George W. MOREY 1921 - Elizabeth B. COCKRILL - Frederick W. PALIS, Jr. 1924 - Myra COCKRILL - Richard B. L. SCHARFF 1925 - Mary Mildred COCKRILL - Fred T. HAUETTER 1930 - Mildred COCKRILL - Erwin O. KUNAU ----- Original Message ----- From: "IVY" <oyicroe@earthlink.net> To: <MOJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 1:00 PM Subject: Re: [MOJACKSO] Marriage index (Jackson County) > Fern, They are in Kansas City in 1920. Indexed F M Cockrill. Elizabeth 40, > Mura 21, Elizabeth 17, Frances 8. Living on Montgall. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "fern" <rumycuzn@bresnan.net> > To: <MOJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 11:20 AM > Subject: Re: [MOJACKSO] Marriage index (Jackson County) > > > > John, I don't know their exact birth dates, I'm just going by various US > > Census'. > > > > Mura Cockrill was born in 1898 - Elizabeth Cockrill was born in 1903 and > > Frances was probably an OOPs because she came in 1912. In the 1930 Census > > she is 18 years old and the only daughter left at home. Her Mom and Dad > > are > > 59 and 56. So using 20 as the normal marriage age Mura would marry about > > 1918 and Elizabeth would marry about 1923 and Frances about 1932. > > > > The family of 4 were in the 1910 census but are missing in the 1920 > > census. > > I have been searching off and on for these girls for over a year and have > > always come up empty handed. Although I have not found any death dates > > for > > the father Frank M. and the mother Elizabeth I am pretty sure they stayed > > in > > Missouri until their deaths. > > > > Any help at all would really be appreciated. Fern > >

BESHEARS, ELLIOTT, GREEN, HORTON, MANSER, WATKIN Death of: Noble Lavell GREEN Date: Tuesday, December 13, 1988 Place: Independence Regional Health Center Age: 62 years Born: Yell County, AR Residence: rural Liberty, MO Occupation: retired, Ford Claycomo assembly plant (1959 - 1981) Military service: Army veteran of World War II Affiliations: Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars Survivors: Son: Michael GREEN, Little Rock, AR Daughter: Jean MANSER, Independence, MO Daughter: Pamela ELLIOTT, Kearney, MO Daughter: Lisa GREEN, Kansas City, MO Brother: Eudell GREEN, Crossville, TN Sister: Myrna WATKIN, Texas City, TX Sister: Martha HORTON, Shreveport, LA Sister: Melba BESHEARS, Oklahoma City, OK Grandchildren: 6 Visitation: 7 to 8:30 p.m., December 15, Speaks Midtown Chapel Graveside services at 2 p.m., December 16, Glenridge Cemetery, Liberty Reference: "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Thursday, December 15, 1988 ====================================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: <gilio73@hotmail.com> To: <MOCLAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 8:21 PM Subject: [MOCLAY] NOBLE GREEN FAMILY- KEARNEY CLAY CO. MO. > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hMB.2ACI/965 > > Message Board Post: > > I am looking for any information on noble green born in 1926 in arkansas and died dec. 13, 1988 in kearney clay co. missouri. trying to find and decendents or ancestors. Obit? Anything? >

"The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Friday, March 22, 1918 J. J. KINNEY, formerly of 4214 Prospect Avenue, died yesterday morning. Mr. KINNEY was 66 years old. Before his retirement several years ago he was superintendent of detectives for the Santa Fe Railroad. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and had lived in Kansas City fourteen years. His widow, Mrs. Elizabeth KINNEY; three daughters, Mrs. R. E. TAYLOR, Frontenac, Kas.; Mrs. John LONTKOWSKY, Pittsburg, Kas., and Mrs. Arthur M. STENGER, 4100 Michigan Avenue, and four sons, George KINNEY, and R. H. KINNEY, Philadelphia; J. KINNEY, Chicago, and R. J. KINNEY, Kansas City. The body is at the home of his daughter, Mrs. STENGER. "The Kansas City Star" (Missouri) Friday, March 22, 1918 John J. KINNEY died Thursday morning, March 21. Funeral from the home of his daughter, Mrs. Arthur M. STENGER, 4100 Michigan ave., Sunday, March 24, at 2:30. Services at St. James's Church, 39th and Harrison sts., at 3 o'clock. Rev. Father J. W. KEYS officiating. Interment, family lot, Mount St. Mary's Cemetery. ====================================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: <Ames1931@cs.com> To: <MOJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 8:35 AM Subject: [MOJACKSO] Kinney, Jeffers, Lonkowki, Stenger, Hines,Taylor > John Kinney (born in Glasgow of Irish parents) married Elizabeth Jeffers in > St. Louis. > 1st child Mary Kinney (marriedTaylor) born around 1877. > also John J., Loretta Dorothy, (Lontkowski) Ann Lorraine (Stenger), Rolland, > Raymond, and George. > The children were born in Various surrounding states as John J. worked as a > Detective for the KATY etc. > John J. Kinney Sr. died March 21st. 1918. > I am interested in Obituary for John J. Kinney Sr > Geraldine > Brooklyn NY

ELLIOTT, MEEK, OVERSTREET, YOUNG Death of: Mrs. Pearl L. MEEK Date: Thursday, August 24, 1950 Place: at home Age: 59 years Born: Pittsburg, KS Residence: 8662 East Thirty-first, Jackson County, MO Affiliation: Nativity Catholic Church Survivors: Brother: Ralph ELLIOTT, Grain Valley, MO Brother: Harry ELLIOTT, Longmont, CO Brother: Clarence W. ELLIOTT, Spruce, MO Brother: Frank W. ELLIOTT, Davenport, IA Brother: Wayne W. ELLIOTT, Davenport, IA Brother: Floyd E. ELLIOTT, Lee's Summit, MO Sister: Mrs. Ethel YOUNG, Milwaukee, WI Sister: Mrs. Bessie OVERSTREET, Davenport, IA Reference: "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Saturday, August 26, 1950 ====================================================== (I have no connection with this family but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) johnobrien@kc.rr.com ======================================================

Death of: Mrs. Laura Belle BIVINS Date: Wednesday, January 20, 1926 Place: at home Age: 64 years Residence: 2842 Woodland Ave., Kansas City, MO Survivors: Husband: James P. BIVINS of the home Daughter: Miss Ethel BIVINS of the home Son: Leighton BIVINS of the home Funeral: January 23 at Novinger, MO Reference: "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Thursday, January 21, 1926 ====================================================== (I have no connection with this family but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) johnobrien@kc.rr.com ======================================================

Death of: James H. CYPHERS Date: Tuesday, January 19, 1926 Place: at Independence sanitarium Age: 88 years Born: Germany in 1837 Migration: to USA at age 3 years Residence: three miles east of Independence on the Lexington Road Military service: Union veteran of the Civil War Funeral: yesterday, January 20, Stahl chapel, Independence Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery Reference: "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Thursday, January 21, 1926 ====================================================== (I have no connection with this family but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) johnobrien@kc.rr.com ======================================================

John Can you do an obit look up for Jennie Fletcher Price? She ended up in Kansas City from Bunceton, MO and died June 28, 1954 Also -- I am a little confused about Jackson and St. Louis County boundaries and when they were created. In 1920 I find my great grandparents: Charley and Ella (nee Thompson)Clark on the census in Jackson County, MO. But I can't not find them with their parents or alone prior on any other census. The census notes Charley's father was born in Kansas -- and I've been told via family interviews that possibly Charley was part Cherokee Indian. In 1920 Charley and Ella are living with someone whose last name I can't really make out VAIRCE? Looks like Charley (35) is a janitor for an apartment building and Ella (39) is a cook. I was reviewing the Greenwood Cemetery Records on film via the Western Historical Manuscript Collection which has the burials on film. I found an Ella Clark buried in January 1945. This cemetery I've been told is the oldest and largest African American Cemetery in St. Louis. Some of the burials from 1874 to 1908 are now online at: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/greenwood/ The death records I have been reviewing have been from the 1940-1966 period on film and are not available (as far as I know) as a publication. If anyone knows otherwise about the availability of Greenwood Cemetery records as a published document from 1874 to 1966 I would be very interested. But I can not find Charley and Ella with their son Clarence (or other siblings?) on the census. Clarence ends up in Quincy, IL in 1930 married to Bethaline Smith and has 3 children: Mary, Albert, Hazel and stepdaughter Dorothy Tebbs. Bethaline was born in Kirksville, MO in about 1865 to William Smith and Mary Johnson. These are my grandmother's (Mary Ella Clark) parents. Clarence and Bethaline are buried in the Greenmount Cemetery in Quincy IL.. they died in 1971 and 1978 respectively. There is a Charles Clark buried in Block F -- Lot 5 who died in 1933 -- but I can't tell if this is my Charles Clark or not. I don't know where Hazel Clark is buried either. I've been told that he was married to an Ellen Clay -- also from Bunceton, MO. Clarence served in the army in WWI -- and was born April 17, 1895. The military service index on the Missouri State Achives website notes that he lived on 4230 COTE BRILLIANTE SAINT LOUIS, MO. (Does anyone know if this street still exists?) http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/soldiers/details.asp?id=A22242&conflict=World%20War%20I&txtName=Clark,%20Clarence&selConflict=All&txtUnit=&rbBranch=Army/Marine (I still haven't figured out completely how to request military records). My grandmother -- Mary Ella Clark married William Wilson Sr in Palmyra MO -- I believe this is Marion Co., MO? William's father was Nathaniel P. Wilson -- also from Bunceton, MO -- he was a preacher at Second Baptist Church in Columbia, MO for some time; but was also a traveling minister it seems conducting marriage ceremonies for African Americans. Nathaniel founded a church in Quincy which I think was called Friendship Baptist. Nathaniel's wife Ruth (nee Smith) Wilson is also buried in the Greenwood Cemetery in Quincy Il. Ruth died in 1943 and Nathaniel is buried in the Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery. It appears that after 1920 -- many of my family members from Bunceton MO migrated to Kansas City & St. Louis MO and the Quincy, IL area. Thanks Traci Wilson-Kleekamp www.missouri-slave-data.org

FAGALA, KITCHEN, MEYERS Death of: Leona Grace FAGALA Date: Friday, August 25, 1950 Place: University of Kansas Medical Center Age: 10 years Residence: 2911 West Forty-fourth, Kansas City, KS Survivors: Father: Leon FAGALA, 4311 Fairmount, Kansas City, MO Step-father & mother: Mr. & Mrs. Gaither E. MYERS, of the home Brother: Larry FAGALA of the home Half-brother: Earl KITCHEN of the home Services: Funeral - 2 p.m., August 28, Lutheran Church of Our Saviour Burial - at Shawnee Reference: "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Saturday, August 26, 1950 ====================================================== (I have no connection with this family but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) johnobrien@kc.rr.com ======================================================

Death of: George W. MAYBERRY Date: Wednesday, January 20, 1926 Place: at home Age: 51 years Residence: 7109 Independence Road, Kansas City, MO Survivors: Wife: Maggie MAYBERRY of the home Daughter: Miss Opal MAYBERRY of the home Daughter: Miss Ethel MAYBERRY of the home Son: Obie MAYBERRY, Colo, IA Son: Everett MAYBERRY of the home Father: Thomas J. MAYBERRY, Elmira, MO Brother: Everett MAYBERRY, Mountain Grove, MO Brother: Jord MAYBERRY, Competition, MO Funeral: 2 p.m., January 21, at the home Burial: Mountain Grove, MO Reference: "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Thursday, January 21, 1926 ====================================================== (I have no connection with this family but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) johnobrien@kc.rr.com ======================================================