Ross, Let me get this transcribed so I can read it with some intelligence. There is Rachel W. Moore b.Jan 14, 1817 d March 12, 1893 on the list I have and there are seventy four headstones listed. How many are on the other lists? It says that there are a lot of graves marked with sand stones with no names. So this may be recent. I don't know where it came from or who typed it. I will put it out for anyone's use as soon as I get it figured out. If this is from a McNatt cousin that I know was in the area searching for graves in the 1980s then he might not have been able to read what was there in past inventories. Pat, Ross Cameron wrote: >Pat, > >I presume that what you have is a unpublished transcription. There are at least two published transcriptions. > >Lawrence County, Missouri, Tombstone Inscriptions, Vol. 5, Buck Prairie Township, Fairview Cemetery (also known as Grammer), pp. 113-114, published by the Lawrence County Historical Society, 1987. It was surveyed by Mrs. Loyd B. Ellis and Hazel Pannell and presented to the Rachel Donelson Chapter of the NSDAR, Springfield, Mo. > >Lawrence County, Missouri, Tombstone Inscriptions, Vol. 1, Grammer Cemetery, pp. 60-62, published by Mary M. Curry, 1970. > >There are some significant differences between these two transcriptions. Mrs. Curry's transcription has more stones, including: >a second stone for Nancy Cline without the name Witherspoon; >William and Mariah Cox; >Peterson, Martha, (Isabell?), Ervin? J.?, J. L., and infant Grammer; >Nancy C. (1870-1872) and John C. McNatt; and >George N. McNeill. > >LCHS lists the following stone not in Curry: >Judy R. McNatt (1810-1859) > >LCHS lists Martin V. McNatt and Curry lists Martin V. Wheat with the same date of death and LCHS lists age at death which Curry does not. > >LCHS lists: >Hubbard, Mary E., dau. of Wm. Hubbard, born 12 Nov 1852, no death dates >Curry lists: >Hubbard, no name-stone broken & part gone, 12 Nov 1852 - 12 Jan 1874 >By combining the two, the full name and dates of birth and death are known. > >There are other differences such as: >LCHS lists Sarah Lemaster and Curry lists Sarah I. Brashers, wife of W. W., but both have the same dates of birth and death. Is this Sarah I. McNatt who married William W. Brashears in Nov. 1865? It appears as if "I. Brashers" was read as "Lemaster". > >LCHS lists Charles R. and Nancy Galloway; Curry lists Calloway, though in a marriage note she lists Galoway. > >There are other differences in spellings of names, dates, and other information. > >Pat, if your transcription is not one of the above, then it would be valuable to see if there are additional differences or which of the above differences the transcription that you have matches. > >Mrs. Curry noted that at time the cemetery was overgrown and Peterson and Martha Grammer's stones were under some bushes, both down and partially covered with soil. It appears as if other stones were down, missing, etc., when Mrs. Loyd and Pannell surveyed it. It has since been cleaned, etc., but I don't know if a new reading has been done. > >My great, great, great aunt, Rachel W. (Patton) Moore, first wife of James Marion Moore, is buried here. > >I have four transcriptions of Lower South Bend Cemetery, also known as Patton, Hoshaw, Shelton, Mahan, Hopewell, etc. and there are differences between all four. > >Some stones may have been standing, down, buried, broken, or reset between transcriptions. Different people read the stones differently. And there are often typographical errors by the time it gets published. So it doesn't hurt to have more than one transcription. AND YOU SHOULD TRANSCRIBE IT YOURSELF whenever possible, as well as photograph and/or video it. > >Ross Cameron > > > >>>>[email protected] 05/12/03 04:43PM >>> >>>> >>>> >I was looking through my McNatt stuff today and realized that the >cemetery that I have always called the Old McNatt Cemetery (near >Marionville, Mo) is also called the Fairview Cemetery or sometimes >called Grammar Graveyard. It is 1 1/2 miles N.W. of Marionville, Mo. in >Lawrence CO. out in the middle of a field on Jim Carr's property. I >have the list of the tomb stones from there and had intended to >transcribe it. It is a very badly many times copied typed list that is >difficult to read. If anyone is interested it might get me more >interested in trying to type it up. :-) I am worried that the tornado >may have damaged it and will check when I visit in a couple of weeks. >Pat, > > > > > >==== MOLAWREN Mailing List ==== >Whoops! Deleted a message you needed? Search archived messages on this list by entering MOLAWREN-L in the search field at: >http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >

Pat, According to Daniel Biddlecome's biography in the 1974 History, he was born 22 March 1798, Vermont, the son of Richard and Ruth (Hendrix) Biddlecome. So it sounds like this is the same family. The name is also spelled Biddlecombe according to the article. And Biddlecomb is probably another spelling of the same name. Daniel's first wife was Mary Neff who died leaving a child, Mary, who was later Mrs. George Taylor of Kansas. Perhaps Elaine is descended from this Taylor family. Ross >>> [email protected] 05/13/03 11:23AM >>> I must call someone I met recently in California and tell her about this. She is Elaine Taylor Renas, who is a descendant of that Biddlecomb family, and is a member of the DAR chapter I belong to, Her ancestor was Richard Biddlecomb of Vermont. When I first met her, she told me she has ancestors in Lawrence County. Patricia ==== MOLAWREN Mailing List ==== Whoops! Deleted a message you needed? Search archived messages on this list by entering MOLAWREN-L in the search field at: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Pat, I presume that what you have is a unpublished transcription. There are at least two published transcriptions. Lawrence County, Missouri, Tombstone Inscriptions, Vol. 5, Buck Prairie Township, Fairview Cemetery (also known as Grammer), pp. 113-114, published by the Lawrence County Historical Society, 1987. It was surveyed by Mrs. Loyd B. Ellis and Hazel Pannell and presented to the Rachel Donelson Chapter of the NSDAR, Springfield, Mo. Lawrence County, Missouri, Tombstone Inscriptions, Vol. 1, Grammer Cemetery, pp. 60-62, published by Mary M. Curry, 1970. There are some significant differences between these two transcriptions. Mrs. Curry's transcription has more stones, including: a second stone for Nancy Cline without the name Witherspoon; William and Mariah Cox; Peterson, Martha, (Isabell?), Ervin? J.?, J. L., and infant Grammer; Nancy C. (1870-1872) and John C. McNatt; and George N. McNeill. LCHS lists the following stone not in Curry: Judy R. McNatt (1810-1859) LCHS lists Martin V. McNatt and Curry lists Martin V. Wheat with the same date of death and LCHS lists age at death which Curry does not. LCHS lists: Hubbard, Mary E., dau. of Wm. Hubbard, born 12 Nov 1852, no death dates Curry lists: Hubbard, no name-stone broken & part gone, 12 Nov 1852 - 12 Jan 1874 By combining the two, the full name and dates of birth and death are known. There are other differences such as: LCHS lists Sarah Lemaster and Curry lists Sarah I. Brashers, wife of W. W., but both have the same dates of birth and death. Is this Sarah I. McNatt who married William W. Brashears in Nov. 1865? It appears as if "I. Brashers" was read as "Lemaster". LCHS lists Charles R. and Nancy Galloway; Curry lists Calloway, though in a marriage note she lists Galoway. There are other differences in spellings of names, dates, and other information. Pat, if your transcription is not one of the above, then it would be valuable to see if there are additional differences or which of the above differences the transcription that you have matches. Mrs. Curry noted that at time the cemetery was overgrown and Peterson and Martha Grammer's stones were under some bushes, both down and partially covered with soil. It appears as if other stones were down, missing, etc., when Mrs. Loyd and Pannell surveyed it. It has since been cleaned, etc., but I don't know if a new reading has been done. My great, great, great aunt, Rachel W. (Patton) Moore, first wife of James Marion Moore, is buried here. I have four transcriptions of Lower South Bend Cemetery, also known as Patton, Hoshaw, Shelton, Mahan, Hopewell, etc. and there are differences between all four. Some stones may have been standing, down, buried, broken, or reset between transcriptions. Different people read the stones differently. And there are often typographical errors by the time it gets published. So it doesn't hurt to have more than one transcription. AND YOU SHOULD TRANSCRIBE IT YOURSELF whenever possible, as well as photograph and/or video it. Ross Cameron >>> [email protected] 05/12/03 04:43PM >>> I was looking through my McNatt stuff today and realized that the cemetery that I have always called the Old McNatt Cemetery (near Marionville, Mo) is also called the Fairview Cemetery or sometimes called Grammar Graveyard. It is 1 1/2 miles N.W. of Marionville, Mo. in Lawrence CO. out in the middle of a field on Jim Carr's property. I have the list of the tomb stones from there and had intended to transcribe it. It is a very badly many times copied typed list that is difficult to read. If anyone is interested it might get me more interested in trying to type it up. :-) I am worried that the tornado may have damaged it and will check when I visit in a couple of weeks. Pat,

I just noticed these Biddlecombs are all spelled ending with an e, while Elaine's ends with a b. Maybe is isn't the same family, or is this an error by one or the other? Unusual name. Patricia

I must call someone I met recently in California and tell her about this. She is Elaine Taylor Renas, who is a descendant of that Biddlecomb family, and is a member of the DAR chapter I belong to, Her ancestor was Richard Biddlecomb of Vermont. When I first met her, she told me she has ancestors in Lawrence County. Patricia

Pat, Martha Ann (Nicholson) McDorman was the wife of John P. McDorman who was the brother of your great grandmother Nancy (McDorman) Stewart. Lawrence County Missouri Tombstone Inscriptions, Ozark Township, Rock Prairie / Halltown Cemetery, p. 37: McDorman, John P., 5 Nov 1837 - 15 Jan 1920 Martha Ann, his wife, 22 Feb 1842 - 20 Nov 1928 1900 Census, Missouri, Lawrence Co., Ozark Township, family 402: John P. McDorman Nov 1837-62 Yr. M-40 Oh. Oh. Oh. Farmer Martha A. Feb 1842-58 Yr. 0-0 Ind. Ind. Ind. They were probably married in Greene County based on the information below. They were also listed in the 1870 and 1880 Lawrence County censuses, with no children. They were probably in Greene County in 1860. There is a biography of John P. McDorman on pages 333-335 of Vol. 3 of the Ozark Region history. I hadn't looked here when I found Nancy (McDorman) Stewart parents William and Elizabeth McDorman in Greene Co. in 1860. Here is some information from that biography. "John P. McDorman. The McDorman family of Lawrence county is of direct Scotch ancestry, the grandfather of the gentleman whose name appears above having been born in Scotland, and emigrated to the United States at an early day. He settled in Ohio, where he married and reared a family of three boys and one girl. One of the sons was William McDorman, born near Bloomsburg, Ohio, where he grew to manhood and married Elizabeth McMullin. To this union were born ten children: Hamilton J., deceased; Mary Jane, who married Eli Blanchard, also dead; Hannah, deceased, was the wife of James Bailey John P., our subject; Martha, deceased, was the wife of William Brower; Nancy, widow of Eziekel Stewart; Phoebe Ann, deceased, married Ruben Throgdon; James W., of Blackwell, Texas; and Lindsey H., of Robert Lee, Texas, both farmers. Other children died in infancy. In 1845 William McDorman moved with his family to Missouri and located upon a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres, in Ozark township, Lawrence County. Later he traded this for another claim near Ash Grove in Green county which he secured from the United States government. He died in 1868, at the age of sixty-five years. His wife had died four years previously. He was an active and respected citizen, member of the Methodist church, and a republican in politics. John P. McDorman was born in the old family home in Ohio, near Bloomsburg, in Fayette county, on February 22, 1838. When he was five years old he came with his father and family to Lawrence county. . . .. Mr. McDorman was married previous to the war on October 16, 1859, to Martha A. Nicholson, a native of Washington county, Indiana, and a daughter of P. J. and Mary (Ireland) Nicholson. . . .." There are some misspellings in the information above as well as some conflicting information which is not unusual in these biographies. According to the census and tombstones, John was born in Nov. 1837 and Martha was born 22 Feb. rather than John as stated in the biography. Also, if he was born in 1837 and his father came to Missouri in 1845, he would have been seven or eight not five years old. Either his age or the date is wrong. I found no record of a land patent for him in Lawrence County, but he did receive three in Greene County. In most cases, the actual purchase was a few years earlier than the date of the patent. Patentee: WILLIAM MCDORMAN State: MISSOURI Acres: 39.66 Issue Date: 12/16/1850 Land Office: Springfield Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566) Document Number: 10476 Accession/Serial Nr.: MO5350__.438 W½7NW, Sec. 3, Twp. 29-N, Range 24-W, Greene Co., MO He was issued a patent on 4/15/1853 for 36.76 acres, Doc. No. 12818 Acc./Ser. Nr.: MO5400__.349 for W½8NW of the same section and on 3/10/1856 for 75.86 acres Doc No. 15623 Acc./Ser. No. M)5460__.168 for E½7NW and E½8NW in the same section. This gives you a lot more information on the McDormans. The newspaper is the Ash Grove Commonwealth. Ross Cameron >>> [email protected] 05/12/03 04:43PM >>> Found in John Albert Stewart's (raised in Halltown) papers after he died December 7, 2001. This is an original news clipping that may have been a relative. I don't know who this family is; can anyone help me? Ash Grove Common???? In Memory of Mrs. McDorman Mrs. Martha A. (Nicholson) McDorman, whose death occured November 30, 1928, was the Wife of the later J.P. McDorman, prominent farmer, stockman And financier of Halltown, Mo. With her death marks the pass- ing of the McDorman family, well and favorably known in this community. Their long and useful life of more than four score years enabled them to be acquainted with three and four generations of the families of many people. They valued high- ly and honorable and respectable life, and taught in a forceful and effective way by setting the ex- ample of living one. The fun- eral of Aunt Martha Ann, as eh was familiarly known was held at the Halltown tabernacle church Sunday, December 2, with the pastor conducting the service. The high esteen in which she was held was attested by the large crowd that was present. Singing was furnished by a boys and girls quartette. Six of her grand nephews acted as pall-bearers. The bier was cov- ered with a blanket of glowers bearing the inscription. "Aunt Martha Ann". Burial was made in the Halltown cemetery along- side that of her husband. Thus has come to a close her earthly career having now joined the silent city of the dead, but she leaves behind a memory cherish- ed by all who knew her. -Contributed ?????

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Thanks. I don't check eBay but have been notified by other persons of Lawrence County items recently sold there. I encourage you to keep sending these to MOLAWREN for those of us who don't regularly check eBay. I would hope that a member of the family would be able to purchase this photograph. Mrs. William E. Biddlecome and Mrs. George C. (Mildred Shaull) Rudasill wrote a biography of Louise's grandfather, Daniel Biddlecome for the 1974 Lawrence County History book. The baby girl Louise Biddlecome in the 1891 photograph appears to be the daughter of William Elhannon [perhaps this should be Elkannon] Biddlecome and Martha [or Sarah?] Louise (Cooper) Biddlecome, born in Dec. 1890. Wm. E. Biddlecome and Sarah Louise Cooper were married in Lawrence County on 28 Mar 1872 [Book D, p. 37]. William's wife is listed as Sarah Louise in the marriage record, Martha in the 1880 census, Louise in 1900, Martha in 1910, as as M. L. on a child's tombstone. It appears to be the same woman based on age, place of birth, etc., and perhaps the marriage record is incorrect in giving the first name. As indicated in the 1910 census record below, Louise was William's 2nd wife. William was the son of Daniel Biddlecome and his second wife, Sarah Pawley, early settlers in Lawrence County. Daniel was surveyor of Lawrence Co., 1854-1864, and was an administrator for several estates before the office of Public Administrator was established. The mother Martha Louise (Cooper) Biddlecome appears to be the daughter of Amos and Sarah Cooper. So perhaps her mother's name was incorrectly recorded on the marriage record instead of her own. 1870 Census, Missouri, Lawrence County, Mount Pleasant Township, dwelling 10, family 10: Cooper, Amos, 64, farmer, Pa. Sarah, 61, keeping house, Ohio Louisa, 23, Ind Bergen C., 21, farmer, Ind. David H., 16, works on farm, Ind. Here is the 1900 census record of Wm. and Louise Biddecome. 1900 Census, Missouri, Lawrence County, Mount Pleasant Township, E. D. 78, page 9B, lines 63-67, dwelling 173, family 173: William Biddlecome Dec 1835-64 Yr. M-28 Ind. N.Y. Ky. Farmer Louise W. Dec 1845-54 Yr. 6-5 Ind. Pa. Oh. John S. (m) Aug 1864-35 Yr. Wd. Mo. Ind. Mo. Farmer Bridgan E. (m) Feb 1883-17 Yr. Mo. Ind. Mo. Louise (f) Dec 1890- 9 Yr. Mo. Ind. Mo. [The mother's middle initial appears to be W., though this does not match other records.] 1910 Census, Missouri, Lawrence County, Peirce Township, Peirce City, family 48: William Biddlecome Head 74-yr M-2-38 Ind. Vt. Ky. Martha wife 64-yr 6-5 Ind. Pa. Oh. Bargan son 27-yr s Mo. Ind. Ind. Louise daug 19-yr s Mo. Ind. Ind. Other Biddlecome families in the 1900 Lawrence County census were: 1900 Census, Missouri, Lawrence County, Mount Pleasant Township, family 171: David C. Biddlecome Jul 1861-38 Yr. M-16 Mo. Mo. Mo. Farmer Sarah A. Jan 1864-36 Yr. 7-4 Mo. Tn. Mo. Hattie L. (f) Feb-1886-14 Yr. Mo. Mo. Mo. Myrtle I. (f) Mar 1890-10 Yr. Mo. Mo. Mo. Gladys A. (f) Dec 1893- 6 Yr. Mo. Mo. Mo. William E. (m) Jan 1898- 2 Yr. Mo. Mo. Mo. Edward Brown (m) Mar 1877-23 Yr. Mo. Ukn. Ukn. Farm Lab 1900 Census, Missouri, Lawrence County, Vineyard Township, family 483: Daniel W. Biddlecome Jul 1861-38 Yr. M-12 Mo. Ind. Ill. Farmer Sarah B. May 1872-28 Yr. 5-4 Ia. GR. Ill. Agnes (f) Sep 1889-10 Yr. Mo. Mo. Ia. Maude L. (f) Sep 1891- 8 Yr. Mo. Mo. Ia. Maggie M. (f) Apr 1897- 3 Yr. Mo. Mo. Ia. Plassie (f) Nov 1899-6/12 Yr. Mo. Mo. Ia. 1900 Census, Missouri, Lawrence County, Mount Vernon Township, West Half, family 56: Arty Biddlecome Dec 1878-21 Yr. M-2 Mo. Mo. Tx. Farm Lab Laura May 1877-23 Yr. 1-1 Mo. Mo. Mo. Ralph (m) Aug 1899- 9/12 Yr. Mo. Mo. Mo. 1900 Census, Missouri, Lawrence County, Peirce Township, Peirce City, family 375: Roy Bray Mar 1876-24 Yr. M-4 Mo. Tn. Mo. Miner Lead Lilly Oct 1872-27 Yr. 4-4 Cn. Cn. Cn. 1879 Na Val Biddlecome (m) Jun 1891- 8 Yr. Mo. Mo. Cn. May Biddlecome (f) Dec 1893- 6 Yr. Mo. Mo. Cn. Freda Bray (f) Jul 1896- 3 Yr. Mo. Mo. Cn. Minona Bray (f) Apr 1900-1/12 Yr. Mo. Mo. Cn. I did not find a marriage record in Lawrence County for Louise Biddlecome from 1910-1924. William's probate record or obituary or a Civil War pension file might give Louise's married name, if she were married. In the 1890 Census, William E. Biddlecome of Peirce City is listed as having served in the 29th IA Inf., discharged for disability. There is also a William Biddlecome listed as a Sergeant in Capt. Spilman's Co. (C), Home Guard Reg't, Mo. H. G. Some of the Biddlecomes are buried at Schooling Cemetery in Mount Pleasant Township. Two of Daniel and Sarah's daughters married Schoolings. Others married Boucher and Downing, Chewning, and Dodson. Lawrence County Tombstone Inscriptions, Vol. VII, Vineyard and Mount Pleasant Townships, Schooling Cemetery, p. 53: Row 6, Biddlecome, died 4? Feb 1883, infant son of William E. & M. L. W. E., 10 Dec 1835 - 29 Feb 1916 William C., 12 Feb 1854 - 10 Dec 1875, son of Wm. E. & Mary E. Mary E., 20 Oct 1836 - 31 Oct 1871, wife of William E. Daniel, Sarah, Elizabeth A., Ruth A., John R., Martha H., and Florence Belle Biddlecome are buried in Row 7. Ross Cameron >>> [email protected] 05/12/03 04:16PM >>> There is a photo of Louise Biddlecome on Ebay Item # 3223037584, auction ends May 18, 2003. $5.50 now "This is a cabinet card photo of a baby girl in long white christening gown. She is identified as, "Louise Biddlecome." Photo was taken by Duncan in Peirce City, Missouri in 1891 (date printed on back of mount). I (seller) think the town is now spelled, Pierce City, but in early days some people spelled it Peirce City. That is how the city name is spelled on the mount, both on the back and front. There are dots of light foxing on image. These do not obscure the picture. Contrast is light over the white dress. No bends or tears; not cut down."

I have some info on this family....I've sent one e-amil and not to sure if it went to MOLAWREN-L. So trying again. Maybe if you e-mailed me. [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Deb Rowe" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 6:36 AM Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN-L] Richard ANDERSON family > Dear wonderful Lawrence Co. researchers, > > Thank you for your gracious and timely responses to my > post. You are so very kind! This post is lengthy but > hopefully helpful to someone! > > Where to begin? I need to ask questions and can't tell > which way to pull at this knot of information. So, > please forgive and excuse me if I tug in the wrong > direction a bit as I try to untangle information. I am > sure you understand the dilemma. (sigh) > > I'll start with a few of the definite things I > know...Please indulge the wishy-washy as I try to > share. I am a firm believe that if I choose to remain > silent in order to avoid embarrassing myself, I am > thwarting any progress. To some extent, I don't know > what I am volunteering other than what I know...and > maybe someone will see something and will tug in a > direction that will help more than just myself. > > My great grandmother was an American Indian and her > name supposely was Elizabeth Anderson and her family > and friends in Newton COunty knew her as "Claypipe." I > have heard of Elizabeth (ANDERSON) SHIPMAN aka > "Claypipe" all my life and telling my once blackhair > high cheekboned father (age 79) that his grandmother > was not Indian would be like telling him that she and > all 10 of his siblings are purple. While Claypipe and > Daniel lived in Newton County they resided in an area > frankly also relegated perhaps by social stigma at > that time as the area of town where other Amer.Indian > families lived. I believe I also have one early > newspaper account of her also working in a pharmacy of > the WOOD family. > > I have known my entire life of Claypipe working with > Newton Co. physician Herr Wood as an Indian herbalist > midwife (she lived across the road). I could take you > to the very spot. I have known my entire life that > supposedly Claypipe's English name was Elizabeth > (Anderson) Shipman. She and my great grandfather were > married in Lawrence County in July of 1856. I grew up > hearing of these 2 people as though they were still > alive and able to be a part of the Sunday gatherings > of Shipman clan...and have gathered the stories for > over 30 years. (I am 50...can't believe I am > volunteering that one!) :-) When the Shipman, McNutt, > Anderson and Landers families supposedly left the > Bedford, County, TN area they settled into the area of > Mt. Vernon, Berwick, Granby, etc,. The Shipmans owned > lots of land and I won't even go into all that right > now. I have census information for 1860, 1870, 1910 > that shows Daniel and Elizabeth/Claypipe in Granby and > with children and eventually as their family grew with > the addition of my grandfather John Wesley SHIPMAN, > born 1870. > > I started my online research in 1999 and dropped off > in 2001 as we relocated from Vancouver to the Kansas > City Metro area and have now rather determiinedly > decided to find their place of burial...Like many of > you...I won't give up! :-) > > Due to the fact that some distant SHIPMANs show up on > Choctaw Nation files...I pulled that thread thinking > maybe there was some chance some ANDERSON researcher > knew something that I didn't about a Choctaw link...I > figured it was going nowhere and think I have proven > that point! Oh well. :-) > > Now! Let me clarify something if I can. The McNUTT and > McNATT faimiles are two separate entities. As if doing > research is not difficult enough, lucky me, I get to > connect to both...making things even more of a > Twilight Zone experience! > > My gr gr grandfather (Daniel's father) was also a > Daniel SHIPMAN, born 1790, TN; died 1851. He was > married to Melia McNUTT before 1820 in TN. After her > death he married Dianna (Dicy) ANDERSON, 1843 in Barry > County, MO. From his first marriage to Melia McNUTT > his children included my gr grandfather Daniel SHIPMAN > who married Elizabeth "Claypipe" ANDERSON. It was from > this same marriage that he also had Wm. T. SHIPMAN, > another brother who supposedly married Sarah ANDERSON, > "Claypipe's" sister...who was supposedly also Amer. > Indian...and who I also have a photo of which depicts > a woman who quite definitely "looks" to be of Amer. > Indian lineage...not by any small chance. I don't know > any other way to say it... > > I understand there was another SHIPMAN brother who > also married yet another ANDERSON sister. > > Melia McNUTT's parents were supposedly a David and > Rachel Cate McNUTT/NUTT. I was told that Melia > McNUTT's father supposedly wished to shorten the name > to NUTT and did so and unfortunately (for research > sake) some of their children went by McNUTT and others > by the NUTT surname. > > Several years ago, another researcher gave me > information which reads that Sarah J. ANDERSON's > parents were Richard and Martha and that Richard > ANDERSON's parents were Phillip ANDERSON and Mary > "Polly" McNATT. Polly having been born in 1787. TN. > > Thus I presume I am connected then to both McNUTT and > McNATT lineage. > > I am sure you are weary from reading such a lengthy > post. I am a teacher and therefore need to spare a few > braincells for the reamining weeks of this schoolyear. > Thank you again for anything anyone can do to get this > knot untangled! > > Deb (SHIPMAN) ROWE > > > > > --- Robert Strong <[email protected]> wrote: > > Deb, > > > > Richard Anderson is my great great grandfather. I > > am descended from his > > youngest son, Zacharia Taylor Anderson. I have > > spent considerable time > > researching this family. While I don't have all the > > answers, what I do have > > can be viewed at my website: > > http://azstrong.tripod.com/jd_letha (there is > > an _ between jd and letha). > > > > Unfortunately, you will not find anything there > > regarding possible Indian > > ancestry in the Anderson family. No such evidence > > has come to my attention; > > indeed, you are the first Anderson descendant I've > > met to even have a family > > story about Indian ancestry. I suspect this belief > > probably originated in > > the fact that many in this family moved from > > Lawrence Co., MO to Indian > > Territory and became assimilated into the Choctaw > > Nation. You may want to > > contact the descendant of Sarah (Anderson) Shipman > > noted on my website, who > > I believe will confirm that regardless of the > > photograph you've seen, she > > was not of Indian descent. I have also seen > > photographs of Green Berry > > Anderson and he does not appear to be of Indian > > descent. > > > > As you will see at my website, Richard's parents > > were Philip Anderson and > > Polly McNatt. You are correct that the Anderson and > > McNatt families moved > > together from Bedford/Lincoln Co., TN to > > Barry/Lawrence Co., MO. I've long > > suspected the Shipmans moved about the same time. > > There is no evidence that > > I am aware of that shows they first went to the > > Choctaw Nation -- the > > Choctaws themselves were just beginning the Trail of > > Tears from Mississippi. > > While I've seen the name McNatt rendered McNutt in > > some transcriptions of > > records, I have never seen just the Nutt version. > > > > Hopefully we can be of help to each other in other > > ways. Did you know that > > there was yet another Anderson daughter who married > > a Shipman? Sophia > > married Isaac. I do not have much information about > > your Anderson ancestor > > and her family. I would appreciate a list of > > children with accompanying > > detail. I will be glad to add you as a contact > > person for this line to my > > website if you will provide me with the necessary > > contact information. > > > > I'm sorry not to be of any help in your quest to > > find Indian ancestry. My > > grandmother, Tilitha Anderson, married John DeWitt > > Bowers in Indian > > Territory. Our family story has always been that > > his mother, Polly Majors, > > was half Cherokee. I have been fortunate to have > > found some supporting > > evidence. Her mother was a member of the Leffew > > family of Grainger Co., TN > > and Rockland Co., NC before that. After the death > > of the partriarch of the > > family about 1800, the children started being > > enumerated as "free other" in > > the censuses. While there are other possible > > explanations for this > > classification, it is at least consistent with our > > family stories and the > > family stories of collateral Leffew lines. > > > > You are to be congratulated for attempting to prove > > a family story and I > > expect you will continue the quest. I ask only that > > you remain open to the > > possibility it is just a story. > > > > Robert Strong > > Scottsdale, AZ > > > > > > > > ==== MOLAWREN Mailing List ==== > > More Lawrence County information can be found at: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~molawre2/ > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > > online genealogy records, go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. > http://search.yahoo.com > > > ==== MOLAWREN Mailing List ==== > More Lawrence County information can be found at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~molawre2/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Found in John Albert Stewart's (raised in Halltown) papers after he died December 7, 2001. This is an original news clipping that may have been a relative. I don't know who this family is; can anyone help me? Ash Grove Common???? In Memory of Mrs. McDorman Mrs. Martha A. (Nicholson) McDorman, whose death occured November 30, 1928, was the Wife of the later J.P. McDorman, prominent farmer, stockman And financier of Halltown, Mo. With her death marks the pass- ing of the McDorman family, well and favorably known in this community. Their long and useful life of more than four score years enabled them to be acquainted with three and four generations of the families of many people. They valued high- ly and honorable and respectable life, and taught in a forceful and effective way by setting the ex- ample of living one. The fun- eral of Aunt Martha Ann, as eh was familiarly known was held at the Halltown tabernacle church Sunday, December 2, with the pastor conducting the service. The high esteen in which she was held was attested by the large crowd that was present. Singing was furnished by a boys and girls quartette. Six of her grand nephews acted as pall-bearers. The bier was cov- ered with a blanket of glowers bearing the inscription. "Aunt Martha Ann". Burial was made in the Halltown cemetery along- side that of her husband. Thus has come to a close her earthly career having now joined the silent city of the dead, but she leaves behind a memory cherish- ed by all who knew her. -Contributed ?????

I was looking through my McNatt stuff today and realized that the cemetery that I have always called the Old McNatt Cemetery (near Marionville, Mo) is also called the Fairview Cemetery or sometimes called Grammar Graveyard. It is 1 1/2 miles N.W. of Marionville, Mo. in Lawrence CO. out in the middle of a field on Jim Carr's property. I have the list of the tomb stones from there and had intended to transcribe it. It is a very badly many times copied typed list that is difficult to read. If anyone is interested it might get me more interested in trying to type it up. :-) I am worried that the tornado may have damaged it and will check when I visit in a couple of weeks. Pat,

Pat, I would be very interested in your list of tombstones at the Old McNatt/Grammer/Fairview Cemetery. My Richard Anderson's mother was Polly McNatt, who was Levin McNatt's sister. I have never found any graves for my family in Lawrence County. The Anderson farm was located between Mt. Vernon and Marionville, so maybe Richard and/or his mother is buried there. I also look forward to your report on tornado damage. Robert Strong http://azstrong.tripod.com/jd_letha

There is a photo of Louise Biddlecome on Ebay Item # 3223037584, auction ends May 18, 2003. $5.50 now "This is a cabinet card photo of a baby girl in long white christening gown. She is identified as, "Louise Biddlecome." Photo was taken by Duncan in Peirce City, Missouri in 1891 (date printed on back of mount). I (seller) think the town is now spelled, Pierce City, but in early days some people spelled it Peirce City. That is how the city name is spelled on the mount, both on the back and front. There are dots of light foxing on image. These do not obscure the picture. Contrast is light over the white dress. No bends or tears; not cut down."

Dear wonderful Lawrence Co. researchers, Thank you for your gracious and timely responses to my post. You are so very kind! This post is lengthy but hopefully helpful to someone! Where to begin? I need to ask questions and can't tell which way to pull at this knot of information. So, please forgive and excuse me if I tug in the wrong direction a bit as I try to untangle information. I am sure you understand the dilemma. (sigh) I'll start with a few of the definite things I know...Please indulge the wishy-washy as I try to share. I am a firm believe that if I choose to remain silent in order to avoid embarrassing myself, I am thwarting any progress. To some extent, I don't know what I am volunteering other than what I know...and maybe someone will see something and will tug in a direction that will help more than just myself. My great grandmother was an American Indian and her name supposely was Elizabeth Anderson and her family and friends in Newton COunty knew her as "Claypipe." I have heard of Elizabeth (ANDERSON) SHIPMAN aka "Claypipe" all my life and telling my once blackhair high cheekboned father (age 79) that his grandmother was not Indian would be like telling him that she and all 10 of his siblings are purple. While Claypipe and Daniel lived in Newton County they resided in an area frankly also relegated perhaps by social stigma at that time as the area of town where other Amer.Indian families lived. I believe I also have one early newspaper account of her also working in a pharmacy of the WOOD family. I have known my entire life of Claypipe working with Newton Co. physician Herr Wood as an Indian herbalist midwife (she lived across the road). I could take you to the very spot. I have known my entire life that supposedly Claypipe's English name was Elizabeth (Anderson) Shipman. She and my great grandfather were married in Lawrence County in July of 1856. I grew up hearing of these 2 people as though they were still alive and able to be a part of the Sunday gatherings of Shipman clan...and have gathered the stories for over 30 years. (I am 50...can't believe I am volunteering that one!) :-) When the Shipman, McNutt, Anderson and Landers families supposedly left the Bedford, County, TN area they settled into the area of Mt. Vernon, Berwick, Granby, etc,. The Shipmans owned lots of land and I won't even go into all that right now. I have census information for 1860, 1870, 1910 that shows Daniel and Elizabeth/Claypipe in Granby and with children and eventually as their family grew with the addition of my grandfather John Wesley SHIPMAN, born 1870. I started my online research in 1999 and dropped off in 2001 as we relocated from Vancouver to the Kansas City Metro area and have now rather determiinedly decided to find their place of burial...Like many of you...I won't give up! :-) Due to the fact that some distant SHIPMANs show up on Choctaw Nation files...I pulled that thread thinking maybe there was some chance some ANDERSON researcher knew something that I didn't about a Choctaw link...I figured it was going nowhere and think I have proven that point! Oh well. :-) Now! Let me clarify something if I can. The McNUTT and McNATT faimiles are two separate entities. As if doing research is not difficult enough, lucky me, I get to connect to both...making things even more of a Twilight Zone experience! My gr gr grandfather (Daniel's father) was also a Daniel SHIPMAN, born 1790, TN; died 1851. He was married to Melia McNUTT before 1820 in TN. After her death he married Dianna (Dicy) ANDERSON, 1843 in Barry County, MO. From his first marriage to Melia McNUTT his children included my gr grandfather Daniel SHIPMAN who married Elizabeth "Claypipe" ANDERSON. It was from this same marriage that he also had Wm. T. SHIPMAN, another brother who supposedly married Sarah ANDERSON, "Claypipe's" sister...who was supposedly also Amer. Indian...and who I also have a photo of which depicts a woman who quite definitely "looks" to be of Amer. Indian lineage...not by any small chance. I don't know any other way to say it... I understand there was another SHIPMAN brother who also married yet another ANDERSON sister. Melia McNUTT's parents were supposedly a David and Rachel Cate McNUTT/NUTT. I was told that Melia McNUTT's father supposedly wished to shorten the name to NUTT and did so and unfortunately (for research sake) some of their children went by McNUTT and others by the NUTT surname. Several years ago, another researcher gave me information which reads that Sarah J. ANDERSON's parents were Richard and Martha and that Richard ANDERSON's parents were Phillip ANDERSON and Mary "Polly" McNATT. Polly having been born in 1787. TN. Thus I presume I am connected then to both McNUTT and McNATT lineage. I am sure you are weary from reading such a lengthy post. I am a teacher and therefore need to spare a few braincells for the reamining weeks of this schoolyear. Thank you again for anything anyone can do to get this knot untangled! Deb (SHIPMAN) ROWE --- Robert Strong <[email protected]> wrote: > Deb, > > Richard Anderson is my great great grandfather. I > am descended from his > youngest son, Zacharia Taylor Anderson. I have > spent considerable time > researching this family. While I don't have all the > answers, what I do have > can be viewed at my website: > http://azstrong.tripod.com/jd_letha (there is > an _ between jd and letha). > > Unfortunately, you will not find anything there > regarding possible Indian > ancestry in the Anderson family. No such evidence > has come to my attention; > indeed, you are the first Anderson descendant I've > met to even have a family > story about Indian ancestry. I suspect this belief > probably originated in > the fact that many in this family moved from > Lawrence Co., MO to Indian > Territory and became assimilated into the Choctaw > Nation. You may want to > contact the descendant of Sarah (Anderson) Shipman > noted on my website, who > I believe will confirm that regardless of the > photograph you've seen, she > was not of Indian descent. I have also seen > photographs of Green Berry > Anderson and he does not appear to be of Indian > descent. > > As you will see at my website, Richard's parents > were Philip Anderson and > Polly McNatt. You are correct that the Anderson and > McNatt families moved > together from Bedford/Lincoln Co., TN to > Barry/Lawrence Co., MO. I've long > suspected the Shipmans moved about the same time. > There is no evidence that > I am aware of that shows they first went to the > Choctaw Nation -- the > Choctaws themselves were just beginning the Trail of > Tears from Mississippi. > While I've seen the name McNatt rendered McNutt in > some transcriptions of > records, I have never seen just the Nutt version. > > Hopefully we can be of help to each other in other > ways. Did you know that > there was yet another Anderson daughter who married > a Shipman? Sophia > married Isaac. I do not have much information about > your Anderson ancestor > and her family. I would appreciate a list of > children with accompanying > detail. I will be glad to add you as a contact > person for this line to my > website if you will provide me with the necessary > contact information. > > I'm sorry not to be of any help in your quest to > find Indian ancestry. My > grandmother, Tilitha Anderson, married John DeWitt > Bowers in Indian > Territory. Our family story has always been that > his mother, Polly Majors, > was half Cherokee. I have been fortunate to have > found some supporting > evidence. Her mother was a member of the Leffew > family of Grainger Co., TN > and Rockland Co., NC before that. After the death > of the partriarch of the > family about 1800, the children started being > enumerated as "free other" in > the censuses. While there are other possible > explanations for this > classification, it is at least consistent with our > family stories and the > family stories of collateral Leffew lines. > > You are to be congratulated for attempting to prove > a family story and I > expect you will continue the quest. I ask only that > you remain open to the > possibility it is just a story. > > Robert Strong > Scottsdale, AZ > > > > ==== MOLAWREN Mailing List ==== > More Lawrence County information can be found at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~molawre2/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com

Deb, I reread your post this morning and remembered that there is a big old book called the "History of Lawrence County" that would probably tell you some information about the Andersons. If I can make myself remember to see if my mother's sister still has her copy, I'll look for you. We're going to Aurora for memorial day . Pat Deb Rowe wrote: >Researching my great grandmother's family of American >Indian ANDERSONs...once residing along Shipman's >Creek in Bedford County, TN. I have bits and pieces >and will try to post the most relevant at this time in >order to give any info >that might assist anyone knowledgeable of this family. >My great grandmother was Elizabeth (ANDERSON) SHIPMAN. >She was most definitely of American Indian ancestry. >To friends and family (my own father included) she >wasknown as "Claypipe." >Although I do not have her picture I do have that of >her sister Sarah ANDERSON and quite obviously she is >American Indian. Both sisters married SHIPMAN brothers >as well as another sister (Mary Ann ANDERSON).I know >that in the early 1800s her family (the Richard >ANDERSON) family left Bedford County and seemingly >migrated with at least portions of the SHIPMAN,McNUTT >(later changed to NUTT) and Landers families to the >Barry/Lawrence/Newton counties of southwest MO. > >I am not at this time needing any assistance listing >Elizabeth's family members/siblings,etc. I pretty well >have that I think. My purpose in posting is an effort >to try to focus upon the American Indian link. > >I would like to know if anyone who researches the >ANDERSON family knows anything fairly firm regarding >their path of migration into southwest MO. The SHIPMAN >family was mistakenly listed (by a censustaker who >perhaps had partaken of too much whiskey?) in the 1830 >Bedford Co. census as Chisum. My great grandfather >(Daniel SHIPMAN) who married ELizabeth "Claypipe" >ANDERSON would have been a child at the time of the >census. The two were married about 1846 in Lawrence >Co. Missouri. > >Does anyone's research indicate through dates or >anything else (oral history acceptable at this stage) >that the Richard ANDERSON family FIRST went to the >Heavner, OK Choctaw Nation area BEFORE they went into >Missouri? > >Just trying to piece things together as are allllll of >you! > >Thanks for reading this lengthy post! >Deb (SHIPMAN) ROWE > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. >http://search.yahoo.com > > >==== MOLAWREN Mailing List ==== >Visit the Lawrence County Query, Biography, Obituary, Will, Deed, Bible, Pension, etc., Boards at: >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.lawrence > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >

Deb, Richard Anderson is my great great grandfather. I am descended from his youngest son, Zacharia Taylor Anderson. I have spent considerable time researching this family. While I don't have all the answers, what I do have can be viewed at my website: http://azstrong.tripod.com/jd_letha (there is an _ between jd and letha). Unfortunately, you will not find anything there regarding possible Indian ancestry in the Anderson family. No such evidence has come to my attention; indeed, you are the first Anderson descendant I've met to even have a family story about Indian ancestry. I suspect this belief probably originated in the fact that many in this family moved from Lawrence Co., MO to Indian Territory and became assimilated into the Choctaw Nation. You may want to contact the descendant of Sarah (Anderson) Shipman noted on my website, who I believe will confirm that regardless of the photograph you've seen, she was not of Indian descent. I have also seen photographs of Green Berry Anderson and he does not appear to be of Indian descent. As you will see at my website, Richard's parents were Philip Anderson and Polly McNatt. You are correct that the Anderson and McNatt families moved together from Bedford/Lincoln Co., TN to Barry/Lawrence Co., MO. I've long suspected the Shipmans moved about the same time. There is no evidence that I am aware of that shows they first went to the Choctaw Nation -- the Choctaws themselves were just beginning the Trail of Tears from Mississippi. While I've seen the name McNatt rendered McNutt in some transcriptions of records, I have never seen just the Nutt version. Hopefully we can be of help to each other in other ways. Did you know that there was yet another Anderson daughter who married a Shipman? Sophia married Isaac. I do not have much information about your Anderson ancestor and her family. I would appreciate a list of children with accompanying detail. I will be glad to add you as a contact person for this line to my website if you will provide me with the necessary contact information. I'm sorry not to be of any help in your quest to find Indian ancestry. My grandmother, Tilitha Anderson, married John DeWitt Bowers in Indian Territory. Our family story has always been that his mother, Polly Majors, was half Cherokee. I have been fortunate to have found some supporting evidence. Her mother was a member of the Leffew family of Grainger Co., TN and Rockland Co., NC before that. After the death of the partriarch of the family about 1800, the children started being enumerated as "free other" in the censuses. While there are other possible explanations for this classification, it is at least consistent with our family stories and the family stories of collateral Leffew lines. You are to be congratulated for attempting to prove a family story and I expect you will continue the quest. I ask only that you remain open to the possibility it is just a story. Robert Strong Scottsdale, AZ

Anytime people of like interests (genealogy\history) begin to talk, thier discussions turn to those interests. As we begin to discuss the tornadic activity in Lawrence county, someone might mention a historical event, a tornado of years gone by - and someone else might say "where did it happen" and then they begin to discuss something that brings them to a genealogical\historical discovery. Or what if someone were to mention a particular person's farm from the old days and how the tornado touched down there. Another person who might be researching that family had found a link to help them, a real solid link on the ground in Lawrence co. As for me - tragedies like this are a part of what we do here. We are researching FAMILIES - not information. Serious issues such as this, bring families closer together, and thats what genealogy is suppose to be all about - Family. On that note = Im still trying to figure out how I can find my gr gr grandfather John McGehee. He was indicted for murder in the late 1850s in Mt Vernon. Just about any McGehee found in Lawrence county is related to me probably somehow. Anyone who can help me with McGehee genealogy is most welcome to try. Thanks so much. Your Lawrence county Family member, Jack McGehee ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 10:34 AM Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN-L] Re: Tornado damage research IS genealogy... > AMEN, PATRICIA LINDSEY CLEMONS.!!!!!! This is living genealogy, and it is > regrettable to deny listers the right to discuss it. Thanks for writing. I > know most of us feel this way. I have family members and memories and > history in the area too, and have found all my relatives safe, thank > goodness. > > Patricia Hunt Rouleau > > > ==== MOLAWREN Mailing List ==== > Visit the Lawrence County Query, Biography, Obituary, Will, Deed, Bible, Pension, etc., Boards at: > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.st ates.missouri.counties.lawrence > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

... What a beautiful message expressing delightful memories... Thank you!!! Edgar Hunt -- Great Grandson of: JOHN C. HUNT born February 26, 1849 in Lawrence Co. MO, and died March 05, 1923 in Olatha, Delta County, CO. He married MARY JANE BLACKBURN June 10, 1870 in Lawrence County, MO (Recorded Mt. Vernon, MO), daughter of WILLIAM BLACKBURN and SABRA WATSON. She was born December 10, 1853 in Springdale, AR, and died December 30, 1943 in Olathe, CO. Notes for JOHN C. HUNT: Was living with his father during the 1870 Lawrence County Census. Twenty years after his marriage he became the first of this Hunt line to migrate to Colorado (Olathe in 1890). He then went to Montrose, CO. where he homesteaded for 12 years. Homesteads on Ash Mesa and East Mesa, In Western Colorado. His third homestead was on Henry Ramage's place, a mile and a half north of Montrose, CO. In 1893 he leased a 320 acre ranch (for $250 a year) owned by Clark Eldridge on Ash Mesa and was there until 1902. He then located near Olathe, eventually accumulating a big enough herd of cattle to run on the range near the Little Cone and Specis Mesa in the San Juan Mountains. He moved back to Missouri in 1912 and returned to CO about 1920. An article in the newspaper "Lawrence Co. Chieftain," year 1899 includes a column titled the "Round Grove News" that stated that 'B. H. Sater has purchased the John Hunt farm.' The date was March 2, 1899. Also in that column was: 'Uncle Daniel Hunt is confined with a serious attack of grip."

I like the idea of giving what histories we on this board have concerning our families in Lawrence Co. Mine is rather sparse, but here is what little I know of my Grand parents: My Grandfather, John Anderson Pearson, born Sept. 21, 1848 in Warren Co, KY, was living in Pierce City, MO at the time of his marriage to Martha Elizabeth (Mattie) Cordell. However, she was living in Citra, I.T., and they were married at McAlester, I. T. on Oct. 26, 1896. They returned to his home in Pierce City where their first 2 children were born: (1) Paul Edward Pearson, born Sept. 12, 1897, and (2) Thomas Obadiah, born April, 1899, and died July 25, 1900 and his buried in an un-marked grave in the Pierce City Cemetery. In Nov. 1900, my grandparents left Pierce City, moving to the "new country". It was somewhere in I. T., that my father J. Frank Pearson was born, June 05, 1901, and Mattie died a few days later. Unknown as to when, Grandfather and the 2 boys, Paul & Frank, returned to Pierce City so that Grandfather's sister, Sarah J. (Pearson) Clark could help him with the children. Sarah's daughter, Laura Ella Clark died Oct 04, 1900, and is buried in a marked grave in the same plot as Thomas Obadiah Pearson. Also, in the 1890's, my Grandfather's brother, Alfred Frank Pearson was a pastor of the First Baptist Church in Pierce City, exact dates not at hand at the moment. He is listed as MG in quite a few marriages in Lawrence Co. When little Thomas Pearson died, Prof. Dow officiated at the funeral. I believe Prof. Dow was President of the Pierce City Baptist College. Stella Campbell Pearson, born Nov. 14, 1845, Warren Co. KY, died May 10, 1931 Mt. Vernon. Lawrence Co. MO; married William Hardy Coleman. Both are buried at the I. O. O. F. Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, MO. She was the daughter of Binns Pearson, a brother to my Grandfather's father, William (Billy) Pearson. Would love to hear from anyone with any information on these families. Wilma Fields [email protected]

Deb, I will look at the records of who came to Lawrence County with the McNatt family from Bedford County Kentucky. I really hadn't thought about McNatt's being called McNutt, but that would be my ancestors. I'll check what I have. Pat, Deb Rowe wrote: >Researching my great grandmother's family of American >Indian ANDERSONs...once residing along Shipman's >Creek in Bedford County, TN. I have bits and pieces >and will try to post the most relevant at this time in >order to give any info >that might assist anyone knowledgeable of this family. >My great grandmother was Elizabeth (ANDERSON) SHIPMAN. >She was most definitely of American Indian ancestry. >To friends and family (my own father included) she >wasknown as "Claypipe." >Although I do not have her picture I do have that of >her sister Sarah ANDERSON and quite obviously she is >American Indian. Both sisters married SHIPMAN brothers >as well as another sister (Mary Ann ANDERSON).I know >that in the early 1800s her family (the Richard >ANDERSON) family left Bedford County and seemingly >migrated with at least portions of the SHIPMAN,McNUTT >(later changed to NUTT) and Landers families to the >Barry/Lawrence/Newton counties of southwest MO. > >I am not at this time needing any assistance listing >Elizabeth's family members/siblings,etc. I pretty well >have that I think. My purpose in posting is an effort >to try to focus upon the American Indian link. > >I would like to know if anyone who researches the >ANDERSON family knows anything fairly firm regarding >their path of migration into southwest MO. The SHIPMAN >family was mistakenly listed (by a censustaker who >perhaps had partaken of too much whiskey?) in the 1830 >Bedford Co. census as Chisum. My great grandfather >(Daniel SHIPMAN) who married ELizabeth "Claypipe" >ANDERSON would have been a child at the time of the >census. The two were married about 1846 in Lawrence >Co. Missouri. > >Does anyone's research indicate through dates or >anything else (oral history acceptable at this stage) >that the Richard ANDERSON family FIRST went to the >Heavner, OK Choctaw Nation area BEFORE they went into >Missouri? > >Just trying to piece things together as are allllll of >you! > >Thanks for reading this lengthy post! >Deb (SHIPMAN) ROWE > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. >http://search.yahoo.com > > >==== MOLAWREN Mailing List ==== >Visit the Lawrence County Query, Biography, Obituary, Will, Deed, Bible, Pension, etc., Boards at: >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.lawrence > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >