This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Orlena39 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.jasper/4966.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: This is most likely the correct Fairview Cemetery. Find A Grave can also be a good research source. www.findagrave.com Has only 2 Thickston interments in it's entire database at present. There are 31 Thixton. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=28673&CScn=Fairview&CScntry=4&CSst=26&CSsr=21& There is a cemetery listings of burials for the Fairview Cemetery at Joplin, but they can still be difficult to find. The listing doesn't always agree with the marker, or there may not be one. ~~~~~ I only have HeritageQuest for census research, it has only a head of household search, and I found very little for the Thickston surname. Even the obvious spelling errors didn't add many more. I just discovered via, www.familysearch.org that Thixton brings more results, which you probably know. Even with all the various spellings added together, they are not in large numbers. Search for 1930 is not yet available. Unless they are in the census under yet different spellings, there wasn't many of them, or they managed to miss more enumerators than even some of my families did. This, I believe may be the correct family, even though it doesn't totally agree with the death certificate. As with the census, the info is only as good as the informant's knowledge and recorder's transcription. Examples: Aug/Sept; Elijah/Elizah 1870 > ILLINOIS > WAYNE > LEECH TWP Series: M593 Roll: 288 HQ Page: 215 Page 1 Surname GivenName Age Sex Race Birthplace State County Location Year THICKSTON ELIJAH 45 M W IN IL WAYNE LEECH TWP 1870 Lines 10-19 family Lines 20-23 Boarders 3/3 8 June 10. THICKSTON, Elijah 45 Keeps boarding house IN 11. ---------, Zeriah 35 keeping house IN 12. ---------, Willis 19 works in saw mill IN 13. ---------, Thomas 18 works in saw mill IN 14. ---------, ?Maray A. 14 IN 15. ---------, Abraham L. 10 IN 16. ---------, Henry 8 IN 17. ---------, Catharine 6 IN 18. ---------, Allison W 5 IN 19. ---------, Jerrymiah ?. 10/12 Aug. IL ~~~~~ This appears to be them. It's at the bottom of the sheet almost blacked out. 1900 > KANSAS > CHEROKEE > 1-WD GALENA Series: T623 Roll: 473 Page: 237 Sheet: 12B Surname GivenName Age Sex Race Birthplace State County Location Year THIXTON JERRY 31 M W IL KS CHEROKEE 1-WD GALENA 1900 48. THIXTON, Jerry Head Sept 1869 30 M ?8 IL IN IN Mine oper. O F H 49. -------, Lona Wife Dec. 1874 25 KS M ?8 0/0 Mich. MO. 50. I'm guessing does not go with them. They could have married in KS, MO or OK. He could have been mining in the tri-state area. ~~~~~ Jasper County Records & Research Center 125 N. Lincoln Carthage, MO 64836 (417)359-1100 As I understand it, this is a good place to inquire about any information about Jasper County Missouri. If they don't have the information you are after, they may know where it is. I have used them to find out if the Jasper County Courthouse had the desired Marriage records. I have gotten the names as they appeared in the records with the book and page numbers for their location. I was then able to write the Courthouse and request these records and receive them without having to wait for them to look for them. I have also been helped when looking for cemetery and other Jasper County information. They do appreciate a written request for their records. Their fees, when they apply, have been reasonable. I have gotten some easy quick answers via telephone, anything requiring time and more research I'd be sure to first write and send them a detailed letter. ~~~~~ http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mojasper/genie.html I have had good luck with the Joplin Public Library as well. They will check their obituary index, and if available email you a copy of the item. Their rates were also reasonable. It's been awhile, and everything else has increased in price. Reference Librarian Patty Crane Reference Desk Telephone 417-624-5465 ~~~~~ http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/ also has a surname search. http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/MO/Jasper/ I hope something here is of interest and help. Orlena ~~~~~~ Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.