In a message dated 1/28/07 11:06:03 PM Mountain Standard Time, mojeffer-request@rootsweb.com writes: > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 18:20:56 -0800 (PST) > From: Christine Merseal <cosmergen@yahoo.com> > Subject: [MOJEFFER] Found Elijah Maness' death date! > To: mailing list <mojeffer-l@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <674694.93408.qm@web36801.mail.mud.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Hello, > > I have been looking for the death date of Elijah Maness for many years. > This last week I stumbled across it by accident. I was actually looking at the > Jefferson Democrat microfilm in the year 1892 for someone else?s obituary. I > never found the obituary I was originally looking for, however, my eye caught > sight of another familiar name. > > My husband is a direct descendant of Elijah Maness. > > ?Elijah Maness, one of the oldest citizens of the County died at the > residence of George Merseal, near Frumet on the 29th, of May, 1892. He was born > Sept. 11th, 1811. He was married three times, and raised quite a large family. > Several years ago he had a stroke of paralyses, and since then he has been > almost helpless. He was for years a member of the Methodist church. His remains > was interred in the Methodist Cemetery at Richwoods Mo.? > > Source: Jefferson Democrat, Hillsboro, Missouri; June 9, 1892; page 3, > column 3. > > By the way Elijah was actually married four times. Richwoods is in > Washington County, Missouri. > > Just wanted to share!! > > Christine Merseal > > Chris, ya done good! Thanks ever so much. This Elijah was my g-g-grandfather, and I had long since given up ever finding anykind of death notice on the old man. Charlotte Maness