Is anyone researching the Phillips family in Laclede County? If so, please contact me. Thanks.

Any connection to a Robert McManness who married Mindia Lorinda Griffith? She was born March 20, 1890. She was my grandfather's sister (William M. Griffith). Their parents were Jacob and Minerva Jane Dunlacey Davis Griffith who married in Pulaski Co. MO. Thanks, Jewell --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices.

Photo in the Leb. Daily Record: Liberty Free Will Baptist Church, built in l907. Photo ran in the 1/19 edition. As an encouragement...again...for all of you to go to the surname lists at the Historical Society , Rootsweb and other sources...I just had a cousin drop in from Internet space...she is a descendant of a line of my family that I have been looking for for years! Another recent contact (someone new to a surname list) has given us information confirming the birth of my McMenus great great grandfather, his siblings, and also his parents names and marriage date and location. We had been at a deadend for many years. The information did not come from public records but rather from a family bible. My 3rd great grandfather McMenus died of measles during the War of 1812 after enlisting in the TN militia, his wife remarried an Isaac Taylor, but she managed to write her previous marriage date and birth and names of her children in the Taylor Family bible--also confirmed that the family name was McManus. Another resource in this connection has confirmed the McManus' came from County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland! I've had a really good January thus far! We've made so much contact through the surname lists, we've gone back a full generation on four seprate lines and met all sorts of cousins! Turns out a lot of the McMannis people in MO are directly related also! My point in all this is not to bore you with my family tree but to let you know that there apparently is never a deadend! The internet is opening up contact with peole we might not otherwise ever come across. Keep searching!

There is a photo of the Farm Supply Company, Lebanon, about l9l0 in the 1/17 edition of the Lebanon Daily Record. In the photo (among other unidientifed people) are Henry Crow, Jim Butts, Grace Stebbins, Bill Butts, Elmer McComb.

The Jan. l6 edition of the Lebanon Daily Record had a photo of Mount Zio School (Possum Trot) near Phillipsburg in the early l900s. The teacher was Beulah Tribble Vernon. It was her first term teaching. In the photo are Mollie Massie, Everett Franklin, Frank Dean, Pete Atkinson, Lyle Johnson, Forrest Tribble, Radney Montgomery, Pap Isaac, Walter Auberry, Phea Atkinson, Esther Kumbier, Elda Montgomery, Doris Stokes, Gertrude Barnes, May and GOldie RIchardson, Grace Brown, Lletha Isaac, Ervin Kumbier, Ben Tribble, Paul Dean, Sherman Johnson, Willie COonce, Arnie Kumbier, Edgar Richardson, Iva Robertson, Bessie Coonce, Clarence and Lawrence Montgomery, Clyde Showalters, Virgil Stokes, Roscoe Montgomery, Henry Dean, Quintilla Turner, Viola Auberry, Ruther Heimaster, Erma Kumbier, Edna Hoskins, Hildred Stokes, Madena Barnes and Minnie Chastain.

Martha, I'd like to have a copy of that photo. Could you scan it and email it to me? I'd appreciate it very much. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: <Eireannmab@aol.com> To: <MOLACLED-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 5:59 PM Subject: Photo > The Jan. l6 edition of the Lebanon Daily Record had a photo of Mount Zio > School (Possum Trot) near Phillipsburg in the early l900s. The teacher was > Beulah Tribble Vernon. It was her first term teaching. In the photo are > Mollie Massie, Everett Franklin, Frank Dean, Pete Atkinson, Lyle Johnson, > Forrest Tribble, Radney Montgomery, Pap Isaac, Walter Auberry, Phea Atkinson, > Esther Kumbier, Elda Montgomery, Doris Stokes, Gertrude Barnes, May and > GOldie RIchardson, Grace Brown, Lletha Isaac, Ervin Kumbier, Ben Tribble, > Paul Dean, Sherman Johnson, Willie COonce, Arnie Kumbier, Edgar Richardson, > Iva Robertson, Bessie Coonce, Clarence and Lawrence Montgomery, Clyde > Showalters, Virgil Stokes, Roscoe Montgomery, Henry Dean, Quintilla Turner, > Viola Auberry, Ruther Heimaster, Erma Kumbier, Edna Hoskins, Hildred Stokes, > Madena Barnes and Minnie Chastain. > > > ============================== > 9 Health Tips for Computer Genealogists > http://www.thirdage.com/features/tech/ouch/ >

Martha, I visit the Lebanon Daily Record online news site regularly, but never see any of the old photos posted there. Do you suppose that Kirk would consider including them on their online version of the Record so that we could download them? Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: <Eireannmab@aol.com> To: <MOLACLED-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 7:46 PM Subject: Request from Kirk Pearce > Kirk Pearce asked me to ask the people on "the list" if they have any old > photos from Laclede County, especially ones of Conway. They run some sort of > old or vintage photo in the Lebanon Daily Record nearly every day...Kirk's > family was from around Conway, so he has an extra interest there. > > If you have photos scanned, you can attach them to an email and send them to > Kirk at: kirk@lebanondailyrecord.com. Or you can mail them to him, Kirk > Pearce, Lebanon Publishing Co., P.O. Box 192, Lebanon, MO 65536. Photos are > always returned after published. > > Second, a couple of people asked for Edna Shackley's address because they > thought she might have some knowledge of Conway ancestors. Her address is: > Edna Shackley, 110 S. Myrtle, Conway, MO 65632. I am going to send her a > note just to tell her how much I enjoyed the historical bits about Conway. > > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog >

Kirk Pearce asked me to ask the people on "the list" if they have any old photos from Laclede County, especially ones of Conway. They run some sort of old or vintage photo in the Lebanon Daily Record nearly every day...Kirk's family was from around Conway, so he has an extra interest there. If you have photos scanned, you can attach them to an email and send them to Kirk at: kirk@lebanondailyrecord.com. Or you can mail them to him, Kirk Pearce, Lebanon Publishing Co., P.O. Box 192, Lebanon, MO 65536. Photos are always returned after published. Second, a couple of people asked for Edna Shackley's address because they thought she might have some knowledge of Conway ancestors. Her address is: Edna Shackley, 110 S. Myrtle, Conway, MO 65632. I am going to send her a note just to tell her how much I enjoyed the historical bits about Conway.

The Lebanon Daily Record recently ran the following: White Oak Pond Church, 930's, in the photo are Aunt Carrie McFarland, charter member, Carol Haggard, choir director and Rev. JA Russell, pastor. This ran on 1/4/01. The 1/5/ edition ran a photo of the Bacon Schook, l920's era. Pupils are not identified by Jessie Stephens was the teacher. The Jan. l0 edition ran a photo of the Lebanon High School Baseball Team, l9l8. In the photo are Francis Martin and Luke Joslyn, other 8 are unknown.

Kirk Pearce at the Lebanon Daily Record very kindly gave me permission to post his recent article about Edna Shackley to the list. I thought it might be of interest ot those whose family lived in and around the Conway area. Here it is: Edna Shackley is a walking history book about the early days of Conway. At 90, she is the oldest native-born resident at Conway. She worked in many businesses in Conway through the years, with the longest as a bookkepper at the Conway MFA. All of her life has been spent in Conway, except for six years (NOTE: Not sure if it is six months or six year...see second note later on). Edna's grandfather, Chris Poulson, settled in Conway before the town was established when the railroad came through in l869. The first store at Conway was built by Chris Hanson in l871. Hanson was a native of Denmark, as was Edna's grandfather. Hanson and Poulson were stowaways on a ship and came to the United States in the l860's. They became separated and landed in the States several days apart from each other. Later reunited, they worked their way as far as Conway, where they found work. Edna's grandfather married America Adeline Ragsdale and they had a son, Dan Poulson, who married Rosa May Gann in l900. Dan and Rosa raised a family of four daughters, Gracie Reeves, Delpha (who died at the age of 3), Ruby Shumate, Edna Shackley and a son, Shelly Poulson. Now Edna is the only one of the family living. "I was born in the northeast part of town on Nov. 7, l910," she said. "I am the oldest person born in Conway. I don't believe there is any one else." Her father was a well-known figure at Conway where he worked at the JL Brooks Hardware Store some 24 years. Edna said he was one of the hardest working people she ever knew. Before his employement at JL Brooks Hardware, he also did carpentry work,papered and painted. "He was a jack of all trades," she added. "He was the most wonderful person that ever lived." Brooks Hardware was a busy place in Conway and in his spare time, Mr. Poulson also clerked in the store. He died in l947. Sher remembers that her father set up tractors and showed farmers how to work them. "They were good to him. He said that Mr. Brooks was the best friend he ever had." "I remember when the post office was on Front Street," she said. It was located in the block where city hall is now located. "Charley Montgomery and Louie Griswold had businesses there. I remember still how it looked. I remember the depot. They had a local that came through from Springfield to St. Louis. We used to ride to Phillipsburg to picnic. We would ride down of a morning and come back that night. The picnic area was located close to the Poor Farm at Phillipsburg." Edna attended all her school years at Conway and walked to school. "I never missed a day and we went home for dinner." She loved school and received a good education at Conway. She remembers all of her grade school and high school teachers. Her first teacher was Miss Lola Harris (NOTE TO THE FAMILY: This was the daughter of Andrew Harris and Laura McMenus Harris), who also was her high school teacher. Among others through her elementary and high school years were Miss Davis, Beulah Goss, Cecil Buzan, Pearl Shook, Letha Anderson, Raymond Willard, CW Parker, Harrier Jane Albright Gray, Dorothy Watkins and Zeta Mae Prophet. There were 27 students in her graduating class of l929 and she still keeps in contact with most of the surviving members.. Out of the 27 members, there are still seven left that she knows of, with four of her classmates, Edwina Shields, Dorotha Tribble, Helen Dennis and Viola Massey living in Lebanon. "When I got out of school I started working at a small cafe where the antique shop (in Conway) is now located." Employed l8 months at the cafe, she went to work at Griswold's Grocery in l931. When she began work at the cafe her wages were 50 cents a day and at Griswold's she started out at 75 cents a day, going up to $l. Hours were 7 am to 7 pm with an hour off for lunch. Those were the days before air-conditioning and she recalls the store was very hot during the summer with its flat roof. Those were the Depression years and jobs were scarce. "The Depression hit New York in l929 and didn't reach Conway until l931," she said. "I was in the grocery store then. Louie had a good trade. I worked there 6-l/2 years." Back then the clerks waited on the people at the store. The average income for Conway residents was $3.50 to $6 a week. She said most of the people bought coffee, meal, flour, and sugar, the main staples, and that everyone raised their own vegetables. "We had to sack up everything. We weighed up lard in lard trays." She remembers that it came in pails afterwards. "In my spare time I sacked up candy. We had to write everything down. I was always good in arithmetic." Mr. Griswold gave candy to customers for their children and a cigar for the fathers. The grocery store also had a soda fountain, which was a favorite. She later worked for Jim Harris' grocery. On Nov. l0, 1934, Edna married Joe Looney and they had one daughter, Peggy Jo. Peggy Jo and her husband, Billy Ray Massey, live in the Orla Community. They have one daughter, Joni Massey. Joe Looney died in l942, leaving Edna a widow shortly before her 34th birthday. Joe was sick five years before his death and Edna had to work, walking back and forth from her home to New Town. "I worked 36 years and I never missed a day's work for sickness. I loved every day I went to work." In l940 Edna found employment at the Conway MFA, and worked there until l958. During that time she married Dean Shackley, a native of Springfield, Mass., in l952. They moved to Houston, Texas in l958 and stayed six months (NOTE: earlier it said she was out of Conway for six years), moving back to Conway. After returning, she worked for Junior Turner a year and also was a cashier at Sayers Cafe on Old Highway 66. After working at the Marshfield MFA six months, she again became bookkepper at Conway MFA, until retiring in l964. Twenty-three of her working years were at the Conway MFA, where she made mahy friends. People still remember her from the MFA days. Dean Shackley worked in Wichita, Kan., and six years at Boeing Aircraft. He died in l972. Edna is the oldest member of the Conway First Baptist Church in number of years. She joined the church in l923 and has been active in all phases of church work. She still attends each Sunday morning and evening and also prayer meetings on Wednesdays. For the past l8 years she has been church treasurer. In l984 she moved to the Conway Senior Citizens Apartments. She keeps her mind busy and for the past 25 years has kept books for Jack's Service Station in Conway. Edna is the COnway OATS Bus contact and rides to Lebanon twice a month on the bus, which she really enjoys. Blessed with good health all of her life, she still does all of her cooking and housework. She spends leisure time crocheting, reading and working crossword puzzles. Edna has orders for many of her crochet pieces, including bedspreads. Her mind is a storehouse of much Conway history, which she is always glad to share with others.

I have a Chris Hansen in my tree. Of course, that's like having a John Smith. Anyway, my comment is that it is no wonder we can't find our ancestors on ships' lists. They were probably stowaways. I have some Poles and some Danes who don't show up on any ships, and I know that they didn't swim here, nor drive. LOL Carole ----- Original Message ----- From: <Eireannmab@aol.com> To: <MOLACLED-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, 16 January, 2001 9:09 PM Subject: Photos > The Lebanon Daily Record ran the following photos: > > 1/9/01 - Wilson Country Store at Dove, l972, when the store was still > operating. > > 1/8/01 - Brush Creek section house and crew, l890's. Taken in front of the > old railroad section house at Brush Creek. The foreman, WA Hopkins, lived > there. The house was also used for storage of railroad equipment for the > section hands. Shown in the photo are Lige Hefton, Matt Meeth, Charley Long, > Will Long, Jim Woodcock holding his grand daughter, Beulah Hopkins, Leo > Hopkins, Mrs. Will Hopkins, Joe Hopkins and Will Hopkins. (NOTE: I hope > someone on the list is researching the Hopkins family in Brush Creek area!). > > 1/7/01 - Half page bio on Edna Shackley, age 90, who is the oldest native > born resident of Conway. Her grandparents were Poulson's, who settled in > Conway before the railway came through. Her grandfather Poulson stowed away > on a ship with Chris Hanson leaving Denmark, and they ended up in Conway, > where they found work. The first store in Conway was built by Chris Hanson, > who helped found the town. Also in Edna's family were America Adeline > Ragsdale, Rosa May Gann. There is a photo in the article of Conway taken in > l871, which shows Chris Hanson's store, the post office and his home. This > is the oldest known photo of Conway. > > I am going to hang onto these photos for the next several days before I ship > them off my to aged aunt (where all the newspapers go after I read them, she > grew up in Phillipsburg and is now 88). If anyone wants a copy of any of > these photos, let me know and I'll scan then. > > Martha > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB >

The Lebanon Daily Record ran the following photos: 1/9/01 - Wilson Country Store at Dove, l972, when the store was still operating. 1/8/01 - Brush Creek section house and crew, l890's. Taken in front of the old railroad section house at Brush Creek. The foreman, WA Hopkins, lived there. The house was also used for storage of railroad equipment for the section hands. Shown in the photo are Lige Hefton, Matt Meeth, Charley Long, Will Long, Jim Woodcock holding his grand daughter, Beulah Hopkins, Leo Hopkins, Mrs. Will Hopkins, Joe Hopkins and Will Hopkins. (NOTE: I hope someone on the list is researching the Hopkins family in Brush Creek area!). 1/7/01 - Half page bio on Edna Shackley, age 90, who is the oldest native born resident of Conway. Her grandparents were Poulson's, who settled in Conway before the railway came through. Her grandfather Poulson stowed away on a ship with Chris Hanson leaving Denmark, and they ended up in Conway, where they found work. The first store in Conway was built by Chris Hanson, who helped found the town. Also in Edna's family were America Adeline Ragsdale, Rosa May Gann. There is a photo in the article of Conway taken in l871, which shows Chris Hanson's store, the post office and his home. This is the oldest known photo of Conway. I am going to hang onto these photos for the next several days before I ship them off my to aged aunt (where all the newspapers go after I read them, she grew up in Phillipsburg and is now 88). If anyone wants a copy of any of these photos, let me know and I'll scan then. Martha

Just a suggestion. If you know your ancestor's SS Number why not enter a bit of there Family History in the Add Post-em area. SS Death Index link: http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi I add parents names and my e-mail address just in case someone wants to contact me. Leona

Hello, I would greatly appreciate a lookup in the 1880 Laclede census for Philip ASKINS and in the 1910 census for Robert P. and Mary WILSON. I also would appreciate a marriage lookup for Mary J.C. WILSON, probably around 1867-72, Thanks in advance for any help. Phyllis in Colorado