True, but the conversation so far really hasn't been genealogical in content: i.e., nothing specific about buildings, persons, records damaged. --pig On 5/5/2003 15:48, [email protected] shared this thought: > Piglet, > No problem, but today's happening is tomorrow's history and in 50 years > there will be searches for the people who died today in the May 5 > tornado. Especially in Pierce City. Wonder how the newspaper and the > Library in Pierce City fared today? > > Piglet wrote: > >> ...between folks seeking information, and tornadoes not being >> genealogy.....<g> >> >> Tornado topic is *TODAY ONLY*. Tomorrow it needs to be gone. >> >> OK? >> >> --pig, temp admin >> >> >> ==== 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.sta >> tes.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 >> >> >> > > > > > ==== 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 >

Wilma, I don't know how close this is to the church you had a question about but thought it couldn't hurt to post it. I found this on foxnews.com . *Richard and Darlene Young had been talking about having a tree removed from their front yard in Pierce City when the storm struck. "Me and the wife and the little dog got in the bedroom closet," Richard Young said. When the Youngs emerged, they found that tree was unharmed, but it had been joined in their yard by the bell tower from the neighboring First Congregational Church.* Anita

Piglet, No problem, but today's happening is tomorrow's history and in 50 years there will be searches for the people who died today in the May 5 tornado. Especially in Pierce City. Wonder how the newspaper and the Library in Pierce City fared today? Piglet wrote: >...between folks seeking information, and tornadoes not being >genealogy.....<g> > >Tornado topic is *TODAY ONLY*. Tomorrow it needs to be gone. > >OK? > >--pig, temp admin > > >==== 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 > > >

...between folks seeking information, and tornadoes not being genealogy.....<g> Tornado topic is *TODAY ONLY*. Tomorrow it needs to be gone. OK? --pig, temp admin

Can any kind soul help me? I'm looking for my gg-grandfather's obituary. His name was James E Leftwich and he died April 19, 1916 in Pierce City, Lawrence County, MO. If anyone has access to obituaries from that time period, Please contact me. Thanks in advance, Glenda McKenzie Phoenix [email protected]

Thanks, Dennis. I just got a message from cousins not far from Battlefield. They were not touched but said there was a lot fo damage there. Also said Ozark is okay. Patricia

Pierce City has the most damage I have seen, but I am sure the other areas are suffering as well. Does anyone know how far north of the main East /West highway the tornado damaged? Is the First Baptist Church still standing? Thanks for any information. There are distant cousins who live in the area that I am concerned about.

In a message dated 5/5/2003 8:11:43 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Thanks so much Janet, for sending that information. I have relatives in > seveal of the hard hit towns, and have gotten in touch with one of them in > south Springfield, who's fine, but has debris from someone's house in her > yard. Waiting to hear from someone who has house in Marionville, and one in > Ozark. > > Patricia > Pat and all, My sister talked to my brother Bruce in Joplin. They are fine, but the sirens did get on from about 2:00 a.m. until 6:00 a.m., so I imagine it was all very scary for everyone...especially in south Lawrence Co. If you look at the map at the link, it looks like the storm path skimmed the bottom of the county. Janet

In a message dated 5/5/2003 6:43:21 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > http://www.springfieldnews-leader.com/webextra/tornado/index.html > > Thanks so much Janet, for sending that information. I have relatives in seveal of the hard hit towns, and have gotten in touch with one of them in south Springfield, who's fine, but has debris from someone's house in her yard. Waiting to hear from someone who has house in Marionville, and one in Ozark. Patricia

Patricia: I live in Nixa, west of Ozark. To my knowledge there was no damage in Ozark. The storm hit north of Clever, killing a lady and then headed northeast and hit Battlefield, southwest of Springfield and did lots of damage. We only got a few sprinkles here but I think trees were blown down northeast of here. We feel so blessed after looking at the dark cloud wall west of us with part of the sky having mostly clear skies. Dennis ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 10:10 AM Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN-L] Tornado Hits Pierce City, Region > In a message dated 5/5/2003 6:43:21 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > > http://www.springfieldnews-leader.com/webextra/tornado/index.html > > > > > > Thanks so much Janet, for sending that information. I have relatives in > seveal of the hard hit towns, and have gotten in touch with one of them in > south Springfield, who's fine, but has debris from someone's house in her > yard. Waiting to hear from someone who has house in Marionville, and one in > Ozark. > > Patricia > > > ==== 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 > > >

I called my aunt who lives within a mile South of downtown Aurora and she said she didn't even have any rain or wind. If anyone learns more, please let me know. My aunt doesn't get out very much. Pat, Pat Miller wrote: > Janet, > Thank you for this update, my elderly aunt, cousin and many friends > live in Aurora. I will call to check on them. > Pat Miller > > [email protected] wrote: > >> Good Morning, >> >> I'm sure you've all read about the tornados yesterday in the Ozarks. >> A quick glance at this Springfield News-Leader article shows that in >> Lawrence Co., Pierce City was hit directly. "Hardest hit were Carl >> Junction, Pierce City, Stockton and Battlefield. Tornadoes also >> rammed Verona, Aurora, Billings, south Springfield, Camdenton, south >> of Vienna, and south of Rolla in southwest Missouri." >> http://www.springfieldnews-leader.com/webextra/tornado/index.html >> >> It also sounds as if they haven't assessed completely the extent of >> the damage or exactly how many tornadoes struck the region. >> >> I hope all of you who live there are well. I'm hoping my brother in >> Joplin fared okay. >> >> Janet Hunter >> >> >> >> >> >> ==== 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 >> >> >> > > > > > ==== 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 >

Good Morning, I'm sure you've all read about the tornados yesterday in the Ozarks. A quick glance at this Springfield News-Leader article shows that in Lawrence Co., Pierce City was hit directly. "Hardest hit were Carl Junction, Pierce City, Stockton and Battlefield. Tornadoes also rammed Verona, Aurora, Billings, south Springfield, Camdenton, south of Vienna, and south of Rolla in southwest Missouri." http://www.springfieldnews-leader.com/webextra/tornado/index.html It also sounds as if they haven't assessed completely the extent of the damage or exactly how many tornadoes struck the region. I hope all of you who live there are well. I'm hoping my brother in Joplin fared okay. Janet Hunter

Janet, Thank you for this update, my elderly aunt, cousin and many friends live in Aurora. I will call to check on them. Pat Miller [email protected] wrote: >Good Morning, > >I'm sure you've all read about the tornados yesterday in the Ozarks. A quick >glance at this Springfield News-Leader article shows that in Lawrence Co., >Pierce City was hit directly. "Hardest hit were Carl Junction, Pierce City, >Stockton and Battlefield. Tornadoes also rammed Verona, Aurora, Billings, >south Springfield, Camdenton, south of Vienna, and south of Rolla in >southwest Missouri." > >http://www.springfieldnews-leader.com/webextra/tornado/index.html > >It also sounds as if they haven't assessed completely the extent of the >damage or exactly how many tornadoes struck the region. > >I hope all of you who live there are well. I'm hoping my brother in Joplin >fared okay. > >Janet Hunter > > > > > > >==== 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 > > >

Thanks Ross, I knew everything except the Carter's in Red Oak and the Mcune and Miller Cemeteries. I will probably go check those out. The Davis' in Red Oak and the Gulick's in Gray's Point are mine. There are of course more there now that have died since the volumes were published. Thanks again for the info. Donna Davis Lane

Frank, There are nine (9) volumes of Lawrence County Missouri Tombstone Inscriptions that are published and available for purchase from the Lawrence County Historical Society. And others have also published Lawrence County Tombstone Inscriptions, but very few are online. There are people who do lookups in some of these volumes, including myself. Red Oak and Gray's Point Cemetery are both in Red Oak Township. Red Oak, Greene, and Lincoln Townships are in vol. 3, published in 1986, though some of the transcriptions were done earlier than that. Gray's Point is 7 pages and Red Oak is 22 1/2 pages. Mary Curry published a volume just on Red Oak Cemetery, but I do not know if it is still available for purchase. These publications are, of course, copyrighted and cannot be put on the web without the permission of the copyright holder. Though lookups can be done. If you have a lot of family in this area, I would highly recommend you purchase volume 3 from the Lawrence County Histori! cal Society. See http://www.rootsweb.com/~molawre2/society.htm There are five Gulick inscriptions listed for Gray's Point , p.5: Gulick, Clifford, 13 Mar 1908 - 28 Sep 1918 William E., 18 May 1882 - 1 Dec 1962, same stone with (ssw) Daisy Daisy, 22 Aug 1882 - 16 Dec 1974, ssw William E. Sarah Jane F., 4 Nov 1864 - 11 Mar 1939, wife of Losson Gulick Monta S., 26 Mar 1891 - 21 Nov 1967, daughter of Losson & Sarah There are four at Red Oak, p. 23, Lot 55: Gulick, Clara E., 22 May 1880 - 11 Jul 1905 Loren, 19 Nov 1903 - 9 Sep 1904, son of J. F. & C. E. J. Fred, died 21 Jun 1959 UNMARKED infant of J. F. & Clara E., no dates There are no Carter listings at Gray's Point, but are three Carter at Red Oak, p. 26, Lot 75: Carter, Robert H., 1873 - 12 May 1943, ssw Jamie Jamie, 1880 - 30 May 1959 ssw Robert H. Robert Russell, 1899 - 6 Jun 1958 Likewise, no Davis at Gray's Point, but at Red Oak, pp. 18, 23, 24: Lot 31: Davis, Keith, 8 Sep 1926 - 9 Sep 1926, infant son of Berton Berton Clayton, 18 Oct 1904 - 21 Mar 1981, ssw Nell Marie Nell Marie, 12 Jul 1909 - [blank] Lot 34: Davis, infant, 19 Mar 1883 - 11 Apr 1883, son of V. & Gigey J. Lot 59: Davis, Edward, Sr., 1862 - 2 Nov 1951, ssw Pauline Lot 59 (continued): Davis, Pauline, 1872 - 17 Oct 1958, ssw Edward, Sr. Edward E., Jr., 21 Sep 1896 - 20 Oct 1972, ssw Ophelia H. Ophelia H., 12 Dec 1903 - 10 Jan 1977, ssw Edward E., Jr. There are also Gulicks buried at McCune Cemetery (Red Oak Twp.), Round Grove Cemetery (Greene Twp.), and Miller Memorial Gardens (Lincoln Twp.) and Carters and Davises at Miller Memorial. I highly recommend that you visit the cemetery and check these names and dates. Sometimes it is difficult to read names and dates. Sometimes the transcriber made an error transcribing or there is a typo in the publication. Sometimes stones were missed in the transcription or publication. Sometimes those of us who do lookups make an error retyping the information. I would also point out that there are also sometimes errors on the tombstones themselves. Sometimes the stones were put up much later and the people who provided the information for the tombstone gave incorrect information. Sometimes names are misspelled and sometimes dates are wrong. My grandfather Cameron's date of death on his tombstone is actually his date of burial rather than his date of death. He died before I was born and the rest of the family who might have known died before I found out the date was wrong, so I don't know why this happened. I do have his death certificate and his obituary which confirm his actual date of death. He died out of state and his body was brought back to Missouri for burial. Perhaps when the stone was ordered the family did not remember the date of death but did remember the date of burial or just confused the two. Even more seriously, a couple of years ago, I found another distant cousin whose tombstone has the wrong year of birth and year of death. Both are eight years earlier than they should be. The stone was erected many years later by his sister, his only surviving immediate relative. Again I have his obituary, court records, etc. His sister was only a couple of years younger so I don't know for sure why the years are so far off. I have another distant relative for whom the funeral home record gives her date of death as Apr. 8, the newspaper obituary as Apr. 9, and the tombstone as Apr. 10. The best that I can conclude is that it was either Apr. 8 or Apr. 9. The newspaper would not likely have published her obituary before she died, but I do not know for sure whether the funeral home or the newspaper made the error in the date of death. I could list many other examples where dates are wrong or names misspelled, but this at least warns again using only one source for dates or names. Sometimes the information in records conflicts with other records and one has to decide which is most likely correct or accept multiple possibilities. Ross Cameron >>> "Frank Lane" <[email protected]> 04/26/03 08:54PM >>> Can anyone tell me if there are comlete transcriptions on Red Oak Cemetery and Gray's Point Cemetery (both in Red Oak Township I believe). I have tried to find them on MOGENWEB, but could not locate them?? I have family buried in both cemeteries and am very familiar with both of them, but recently tried to find information online without driving over there and couldn't. I live close but still would like to be able to find them online. 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Can anyone tell me if there are comlete transcriptions on Red Oak Cemetery and Gray's Point Cemetery (both in Red Oak Township I believe). I have tried to find them on MOGENWEB, but could not locate them?? I have family buried in both cemeteries and am very familiar with both of them, but recently tried to find information online without driving over there and couldn't. I live close but still would like to be able to find them online. Thanks Family Surnames are: DAVIS/CARTER/GULICK

Ross, Thank you for all of the great information on the Allen's and related famlies. it seems that you and I are related by marriage to more than 1 family line in Lawrence Co. >>>I did not find a marriage record for Lemuel W. Allen, Jr. and Mildred J. Lewis in Lawrence County circa 1878.>>> >From Goodspeed's and from a Robert Williams via email I found that L.W. Allen and Mildred Lewis were married Jan 2, 1879. I did not find a marriage record in the book or CD. I have been researching all of the children of R.C Lewis and Eliza GUTHRIE Lewis (the brothers and sisters of Mildred Lewis Allen) and what I have found so far is that related families include: McAndrew, Hoover, Davis, Plater, Richardson and White. also Hagler, Stockstill/Stocksdill, Martin and Gillock. William S. Lewis b:ca 1845- I have no information on William Josephine Lewis b:ca 1848, married: Edward H. RICHARDSON Louella Lewis b:1850, married: David WHITE in 1867 Amanda L. (Mandy) b:1853, married: J.A. PLATER Richard L. b:1858, married: Sarah P. HOOVER in 1880 Mildred b:1859, married: L.W. ALLEN in 1879 Thomas Lewis b:1862, married: Florence MONTGOMERY Addie b:1864, married: George DAVIS in 1880 It seems that the oldest son William disappears after the 1880 MO census. I do find him in any of the cemetery records I have. Does anyone have anything on William? Also, I would love to hear from anyone related to these families. Thank You, Michelle _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

Michelle, As usually happens I am related by more than one way to my relatives because the families were often large and childrenmarried into many of the other families in the neighborhood and vice versa. Do you have 1900 and later census records on the families of the other children besides Addie and Mildred? Ross >>> [email protected] 04/25/03 02:21PM >>> Ross, Thank you for all of the great information on the Allen's and related famlies. it seems that you and I are related by marriage to more than 1 family line in Lawrence Co. >>>I did not find a marriage record for Lemuel W. Allen, Jr. and Mildred J. Lewis in Lawrence County circa 1878.>>> >From Goodspeed's and from a Robert Williams via email I found that L.W. Allen and Mildred Lewis were married Jan 2, 1879. I did not find a marriage record in the book or CD. I have been researching all of the children of R.C Lewis and Eliza GUTHRIE Lewis (the brothers and sisters of Mildred Lewis Allen) and what I have found so far is that related families include: McAndrew, Hoover, Davis, Plater, Richardson and White. also Hagler, Stockstill/Stocksdill, Martin and Gillock. William S. Lewis b:ca 1845- I have no information on William Josephine Lewis b:ca 1848, married: Edward H. RICHARDSON Louella Lewis b:1850, married: David WHITE in 1867 Amanda L. (Mandy) b:1853, married: J.A. PLATER Richard L. b:1858, married: Sarah P. HOOVER in 1880 Mildred b:1859, married: L.W. ALLEN in 1879 Thomas Lewis b:1862, married: Florence MONTGOMERY Addie b:1864, married: George DAVIS in 1880 It seems that the oldest son William disappears after the 1880 MO census. I do find him in any of the cemetery records I have. Does anyone have anything on William? Also, I would love to hear from anyone related to these families. Thank You, Michelle _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ==== 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

Hello Everyone, I was doing rounds of my surnames in genforum postings and noticed some activity on Mitchell Murrell, a subject of posts to this list, recently at the Murrell site: http://genforum.genealogy.com/murrell/ If interested, I recommend doing a search for Mitchell there. FYI, I haven't had time to read them so have no comment. Best Regards, Janet Hunter

Hi Brenda, I found Ida and their daughter in the book for Red Oak. You may already have this information, but just in case: Lawrence County Missouri Tombstone Inscriptions, Vol. 3, Red Oak, Greene, and Lincoln Townships, Red Oak Cemetery, p. 16: Lot 14 Thornton, Mrs. Ida M. UNMARKED Cora A., 1 Apr 1893 - 9 Oct 1894 daughter of J. F. & I. M. There is a Barry County cemetery list online at the Barry County GenWeb site, but I did not see a Friendship Cemetery listed there. Perhaps it is the one in Pierce City. If there were only fieldstones marking the grave, the stones may now be gone. Perhaps your g-g-aunt can help locate it. There are only two Lawrence County newspapers available for part of 1902. Copies of the Peirce City Empire are available through 25 Sep 1902 and the Lawrence County Record through 3 Jul 1902. You might find an obituary or death notice. For Barry County, there are only three issues available for 1902, the Cassville Democrat for Aug 30, Sep 27, and Dec 6. Ross Cameron >>> [email protected] 04/25/03 07:57AM >>> Henry Thornton lived in Barry County as far as I know. There is no tombstone for his grave from what I was told by my g-g aunt, just a fieldstone in that cemetary. Apparently his son, John Franklin Thornton was also buried in the same cemetary with a fieldstone as a marker. John Franklin's wife (Ida Sheppard Thornton) was buried in Red Oak Cemetary in Lawrence Co. She died the same month as Henry Thornton in 1902. JF Thornton didn't survive either for very long. We believe Ida had TB so did JF. ThanksBrenda From: "Ross Cameron" To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN-L] Fellowship/Thomas Hi, There is a Friendship Baptist Church cemetery in Pierce City. According to Lawrence County, Missouri, Tombstone Inscriptions, Vol. 9, Pierce City and Western Pierce Township, p. 92, part of this site was made into a parking lot. The only tombstone inscriptions reported there are two Higgs stones. There are a only a few Thorntons listed in the indexes to all nine volumes of Lawrence County Tombstone Inscriptions, but there is no Henry Thornton. I also did not find him in the 1900 Lawrence County census, though there was one Thornton family and a James Thornton boarding in another dwelling. Is it possible that Henry Thornton was buried in a cemetery near Lawrence County but not in Lawrence County? Ross Cameron >>> [email protected] 04/24/03 02:20PM >>> I did find the cemetary but I think it is the wrong one. I may need Friendship instead. Henry Thornton died June 1902. Thanks for your help. Hi, You may have already found the cemetery and checked the tombstone inscriptions. >From Lockwood, go south on Hwy. 97. Cross Hwy. 96 (old Route 66). Go 1 mile, turn right onto farm road 2070. Go about 1 mile and the cemetery is on the left side of the road near the intersection with farm road 1050. There are several Thomases buried there, but I do not know if it was ever called Thomas Cemetery. Many of the cemeteries in Lawrence County have been known by more than one name. Sometimes, a family started a cemetery and then it was deeded to a church or cemetery association. There are four pages of inscriptions on pages 24-27 of Lawrence County, Missouri, Tombstone Inscriptions, Vol. VII, Vineyard and Mt. Pleasant Townships. What person are you searching for that died about 1902? Ross Cameron - ------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. ==== 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 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. ==== 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