Jackie, Can you give us a time line? Pat Miller Jackie Ginn wrote: >One of my GINN family, Orlando, married Bertha FORD, born Halltown. Bertha >was daughter of James Boy FORD and Julia Ann RENNAKER. Any relatives out >there? > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Dina McBride" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 9:54 AM >Subject: RE: [MOLAWREN-L] Halltown, Mt. Vernon > > > > >>Pat, >> >>I must confess that I don't even know where Halltown is - I've only been >> >> >to > > >>Mt. Vernon once - but I do know where Aurora is. My maternal >> >> >Grandfather's > > >>side of the family were early settlers of Lawrence County, MO - and I >> >> >would > > >>love to connect with others who descend from these lines. >> >>Here are the surnames of families that I have ties to in the area: >> >>ALLEN >>BURRIER >>GATTON >>GIBSON >>HILLHOUSE >>RINKER >>SHEPPARD >>SPRINGER >>UNDERWOOD >>WHITE >> >>Thank you, >> >>Dina McBride >>[email protected] >>[email protected] >> >> >> >>==== 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 >> >> >> >> > > >==== 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 > > >

Dina, There is a clan of Whites in Halltown. The "boys" Stanley and Jerry still live there. Jerry had one child and I think Stanley tried to populate the area with more Whites :-) . Thelma and Jerry run an antique store in Halltown on old HWY 66 and Stanley lives South of town. If you don't know anything about Halltown here is a little trivia. When my family left there in 1953 the population was 100; When I last noticed the population sign it was 160. Halltown is a stones throw north of Interstate HWY 44 between Springfield and Joplin just about five exits (maybe less) east of Mt. Vernon (HWY 39); there is a Halltown exit. Happy map hunting. It's there. I'll ask my mother about the other names. There is a Rinker street in Aurora. I remember that a Hillhouse had heavy equipment in Aurora in the 1960s. Who is you maternal grandfather? Pat Miller Dina McBride wrote: >Pat, > >I must confess that I don't even know where Halltown is - I've only been to >Mt. Vernon once - but I do know where Aurora is. My maternal Grandfather's >side of the family were early settlers of Lawrence County, MO - and I would >love to connect with others who descend from these lines. > >Here are the surnames of families that I have ties to in the area: > >ALLEN >BURRIER >GATTON >GIBSON >HILLHOUSE >RINKER >SHEPPARD >SPRINGER >UNDERWOOD >WHITE > >Thank you, > >Dina McBride >[email protected] >[email protected] > > > >==== 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 > > >

Ross, Thanks, I have the original Stewart Bible and have access to the Riley family Bible, but it would be Oregon County history. I'll get a copy made for the Lawrence County Historical Library before I come up there to visit. When I figure out exactly how to post an original copy to a web site I'll do that too. In the mean time I'll put a copy out for all of you sometime today. Pat Miller Ross Cameron wrote: >Pat, > >Judy Johnson Reustle is the coordinator for this MOLAWREN discussion list, the Ancestry/Rootsweb Lawrence County Message Board whose postings are automatically sent to this list, and the Lawrence County Rootsweb webpage at > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~molawre2/index.htm > >There are many different categories of files available online at the Lawrence County Rootsweb webpage above, but not one specifically designated for Bible records at this time. However, I am sure that Judy would be willing to add that when she is able to get to it. As many subscribers know, she suffered a devasting property fire last summer. She is back online but still recovering. > >In the meantime you can include the Bible records in a message posted to this MOLAWREN list. It will be saved in the MOLAWREN archives as are all messages. You can also post it to the Ancestry/Rootsweb Lawrence County, Missouri, Message Board. > >I would suggest that you also send a paper photocopy and transcription copy to: > >Lawrence County Historical Society >P. O. Box 406 >Mount Vernon, Missouri 65712 > >The Society published a volume of Familly Bible Records (from more than 80 family Bibles) a few years ago. When enough more are received, then they would probably publish another volume or publish a second edition of the first one with new records added. In the meantime, they will publish Bible records in the quarterly Bulletin. > >Ross Cameron > > > >>>>[email protected] 04/03/03 07:39AM >>> >>>> >>>> >Saralie, >The only other Bible records I've posted is to a invitation only family >site from a different side of the family. Where is a good place to post >Bible transcriptions...I haven't done this before? >Pat Miller > >Mike Northam wrote: > > > >>Hi Pat: I'm always interested in seeing bible records. Where will you be >>posting them? Thanks. >> >>Saralie >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Pat Miller" <[email protected]> >>To: <[email protected]> >>Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 6:23 AM >>Subject: [MOLAWREN-L] [MOLAWREN-)wheat harvest/Halltown history >> >> >> >> >> >> >>>Okay, >>>All of you from the Halltown area....do you still have contacts or know >>>people in the area that could answer questions about the old timers >>>there? I still would like to find "Brother Markley" who took my dad to >>>the Stewarts South of town for adoption in 1914 or 1915. I recently >>>found a picture of Dad right after his arrival and the pup he always >>>talked about is in the picture. Dad is standing in front of a huge >>>felled tree (taller than he is) with the (big) pup at his side and two >>>little girls are setting up on the tree trunk. So cute. If anyone >>>would recognize who the girls are it would make the picture more >>>interesting. >>> >>>Also, I transcribed the Stewart Bible last night and found that really >>>interesting. Anyone interested in seeing the transcription? >>>Pat Miller >>>Dallas, TX >>> >>>[email protected] wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Pat and Patricia, my family moved from Halltown to Los Angeles in 1939. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>I >> >> >> >> >>>>also remember spending every summer on my aunt and uncles farm near Paris >>>>Springs. Kaye >>>> >>>> >>>>==== 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.s >>> >>> >>> >>> >>tates.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 ==== >>>Looking for a town, postoffice, cemetery, creek, etc. >>>Try the mapping services at USGS GNIS. >>>http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form >>> >>>============================== >>>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 ==== >>Looking for a town, postoffice, cemetery, creek, etc. >>Try the mapping services at USGS GNIS. >>http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form >> >>============================== >>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 > > > > >==== MOLAWREN Mailing List ==== >Looking for a town, postoffice, cemetery, creek, etc. >Try the mapping services at USGS GNIS. >http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form > >============================== >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 > > >

Bertha was born Aug 1876 and married Orland in 1898 in Lawrenceburg, Lawrence County. I haven't been able to find James Boy Ford in the 1870 or 1880 censuses so I don't know when he was born. Julia Rennaker, mother of Bertha, was born in 1855 in Indiana. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Miller" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 11:05 AM Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN-L] GINN FORD HALLTOWN > Jackie, > Can you give us a time line? > Pat Miller > > Jackie Ginn wrote: > > >One of my GINN family, Orlando, married Bertha FORD, born Halltown. Bertha > >was daughter of James Boy FORD and Julia Ann RENNAKER. Any relatives out > >there? > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Dina McBride" <[email protected]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 9:54 AM > >Subject: RE: [MOLAWREN-L] Halltown, Mt. Vernon > > > > > > > > > >>Pat, > >> > >>I must confess that I don't even know where Halltown is - I've only been > >> > >> > >to > > > > > >>Mt. Vernon once - but I do know where Aurora is. My maternal > >> > >> > >Grandfather's > > > > > >>side of the family were early settlers of Lawrence County, MO - and I > >> > >> > >would > > > > > >>love to connect with others who descend from these lines. > >> > >>Here are the surnames of families that I have ties to in the area: > >> > >>ALLEN > >>BURRIER > >>GATTON > >>GIBSON > >>HILLHOUSE > >>RINKER > >>SHEPPARD > >>SPRINGER > >>UNDERWOOD > >>WHITE > >> > >>Thank you, > >> > >>Dina McBride > >>[email protected] > >>[email protected] > >> > >> > >> > >>==== 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 > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > >==== 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 > > > > > > > > > > > ==== 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 > >

Some of us have been discussing privately that many of us from long time area families are related in some way. Any of you all that are on this forum that may be related to us too? It would be interesting to find out how many pioneer families are trying to find out about their backgrounds. In major discussion are the old families that lived around Halltown. I have questions about the Ezekial Stewart, father of Byron Stewart and Ines Stewart Cantrell. Also interested in the Mason families and the Hunts families. There were two families of Stewart that were not related. Their property backed up to each other. One on the East side (us) and one on the West Side just South of Halltown. Also about GJ McCoy and his family. Alice McCoy Stewart was my grandmother. Alice had at least five sisters and two brothers. Where would their families be now? I wonder. I have questions about more families. My mother's (she was born and raised in Aurora) ancestors help settle the Aurora area. (McNatt) Pat Miller Dallas,TX

Hi Pat: You have a fun project ahead of you. Cyndi's List has a long page of potential sites from which you can choose to leave your records. The URL to check them out is http://www.cyndislist.com/bibles.htm#People Because my husband's family came through Virginia, I enjoy reading on the Library of Virginia site. It's a fantastic site for original records of many types. See http://lvaimage.lib.va.us:8000/lva/info.html for the list of archives and collections, but for family bibles, see http://eagle.vsla.edu/cgi-bin/bible.gateway?wordid=0000001472&numentry=5793& startnum=1&conf=010000++++++++++++++ The heading says they have 5793! I've browsed through it many times, and I don't believe that all bibles there originated in Virginia... Rootsweb also has a family bible mailing list that can be browsed or searched. I haven't personally played on it so I don't know how well it works. Saralie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Miller" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 4:39 AM Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN-L] [MOLAWREN-)wheat harvest/Halltown history > > Saralie, > The only other Bible records I've posted is to a invitation only family > site from a different side of the family. Where is a good place to post > Bible transcriptions...I haven't done this before? > Pat Miller > > Mike Northam wrote: > > >Hi Pat: I'm always interested in seeing bible records. Where will you be > >posting them? Thanks. > > > >Saralie > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Pat Miller" <[email protected]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 6:23 AM > >Subject: [MOLAWREN-L] [MOLAWREN-)wheat harvest/Halltown history > > > > > > > > > >>Okay, > >>All of you from the Halltown area....do you still have contacts or know > >>people in the area that could answer questions about the old timers > >>there? I still would like to find "Brother Markley" who took my dad to > >>the Stewarts South of town for adoption in 1914 or 1915. I recently > >>found a picture of Dad right after his arrival and the pup he always > >>talked about is in the picture. Dad is standing in front of a huge > >>felled tree (taller than he is) with the (big) pup at his side and two > >>little girls are setting up on the tree trunk. So cute. If anyone > >>would recognize who the girls are it would make the picture more > >>interesting. > >> > >>Also, I transcribed the Stewart Bible last night and found that really > >>interesting. Anyone interested in seeing the transcription? > >>Pat Miller > >>Dallas, TX > >> > >>[email protected] wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Pat and Patricia, my family moved from Halltown to Los Angeles in 1939. > >>> > >>> > >I > > > > > >>>also remember spending every summer on my aunt and uncles farm near Paris > >>>Springs. Kaye > >>> > >>> > >>>==== 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. s > >> > >> > >tates.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 ==== > >>Looking for a town, postoffice, cemetery, creek, etc. > >>Try the mapping services at USGS GNIS. > >>http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form > >> > >>============================== > >>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 ==== > >Looking for a town, postoffice, cemetery, creek, etc. > >Try the mapping services at USGS GNIS. > >http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form > > > >============================== > >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 > >

One of my GINN family, Orlando, married Bertha FORD, born Halltown. Bertha was daughter of James Boy FORD and Julia Ann RENNAKER. Any relatives out there? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dina McBride" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 9:54 AM Subject: RE: [MOLAWREN-L] Halltown, Mt. Vernon > Pat, > > I must confess that I don't even know where Halltown is - I've only been to > Mt. Vernon once - but I do know where Aurora is. My maternal Grandfather's > side of the family were early settlers of Lawrence County, MO - and I would > love to connect with others who descend from these lines. > > Here are the surnames of families that I have ties to in the area: > > ALLEN > BURRIER > GATTON > GIBSON > HILLHOUSE > RINKER > SHEPPARD > SPRINGER > UNDERWOOD > WHITE > > Thank you, > > Dina McBride > [email protected] > [email protected] > > > > ==== 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 > >

Pat, I must confess that I don't even know where Halltown is - I've only been to Mt. Vernon once - but I do know where Aurora is. My maternal Grandfather's side of the family were early settlers of Lawrence County, MO - and I would love to connect with others who descend from these lines. Here are the surnames of families that I have ties to in the area: ALLEN BURRIER GATTON GIBSON HILLHOUSE RINKER SHEPPARD SPRINGER UNDERWOOD WHITE Thank you, Dina McBride [email protected] [email protected]

Saralie, The only other Bible records I've posted is to a invitation only family site from a different side of the family. Where is a good place to post Bible transcriptions...I haven't done this before? Pat Miller Mike Northam wrote: >Hi Pat: I'm always interested in seeing bible records. Where will you be >posting them? Thanks. > >Saralie >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Pat Miller" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 6:23 AM >Subject: [MOLAWREN-L] [MOLAWREN-)wheat harvest/Halltown history > > > > >>Okay, >>All of you from the Halltown area....do you still have contacts or know >>people in the area that could answer questions about the old timers >>there? I still would like to find "Brother Markley" who took my dad to >>the Stewarts South of town for adoption in 1914 or 1915. I recently >>found a picture of Dad right after his arrival and the pup he always >>talked about is in the picture. Dad is standing in front of a huge >>felled tree (taller than he is) with the (big) pup at his side and two >>little girls are setting up on the tree trunk. So cute. If anyone >>would recognize who the girls are it would make the picture more >>interesting. >> >>Also, I transcribed the Stewart Bible last night and found that really >>interesting. Anyone interested in seeing the transcription? >>Pat Miller >>Dallas, TX >> >>[email protected] wrote: >> >> >> >>>Pat and Patricia, my family moved from Halltown to Los Angeles in 1939. >>> >>> >I > > >>>also remember spending every summer on my aunt and uncles farm near Paris >>>Springs. Kaye >>> >>> >>>==== 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.s >> >> >tates.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 ==== >>Looking for a town, postoffice, cemetery, creek, etc. >>Try the mapping services at USGS GNIS. >>http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form >> >>============================== >>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 ==== >Looking for a town, postoffice, cemetery, creek, etc. >Try the mapping services at USGS GNIS. >http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form > >============================== >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 > > >

Hi Pat: I'm always interested in seeing bible records. Where will you be posting them? Thanks. Saralie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Miller" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 6:23 AM Subject: [MOLAWREN-L] [MOLAWREN-)wheat harvest/Halltown history > > Okay, > All of you from the Halltown area....do you still have contacts or know > people in the area that could answer questions about the old timers > there? I still would like to find "Brother Markley" who took my dad to > the Stewarts South of town for adoption in 1914 or 1915. I recently > found a picture of Dad right after his arrival and the pup he always > talked about is in the picture. Dad is standing in front of a huge > felled tree (taller than he is) with the (big) pup at his side and two > little girls are setting up on the tree trunk. So cute. If anyone > would recognize who the girls are it would make the picture more > interesting. > > Also, I transcribed the Stewart Bible last night and found that really > interesting. Anyone interested in seeing the transcription? > Pat Miller > Dallas, TX > > [email protected] wrote: > > >Pat and Patricia, my family moved from Halltown to Los Angeles in 1939. I > >also remember spending every summer on my aunt and uncles farm near Paris > >Springs. Kaye > > > > > >==== 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.s tates.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 ==== > Looking for a town, postoffice, cemetery, creek, etc. > Try the mapping services at USGS GNIS. > http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form > > ============================== > 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 > >

Can anyone tell me about Elmer and Elsie Riley who had a restaurant in Mt. Vernon? Had to be mid to late 50s. Pat Miller Dallas

Okay, All of you from the Halltown area....do you still have contacts or know people in the area that could answer questions about the old timers there? I still would like to find "Brother Markley" who took my dad to the Stewarts South of town for adoption in 1914 or 1915. I recently found a picture of Dad right after his arrival and the pup he always talked about is in the picture. Dad is standing in front of a huge felled tree (taller than he is) with the (big) pup at his side and two little girls are setting up on the tree trunk. So cute. If anyone would recognize who the girls are it would make the picture more interesting. Also, I transcribed the Stewart Bible last night and found that really interesting. Anyone interested in seeing the transcription? Pat Miller Dallas, TX [email protected] wrote: >Pat and Patricia, my family moved from Halltown to Los Angeles in 1939. I >also remember spending every summer on my aunt and uncles farm near Paris >Springs. Kaye > > >==== 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 > > >

Pat and Patricia, my family moved from Halltown to Los Angeles in 1939. I also remember spending every summer on my aunt and uncles farm near Paris Springs. Kaye

Pat, I'm at least as old as you are, I'm sure,and I migrated to California too. I spent a couple of weeks every summer on an aunt's farm where we had all the privileges you speak of :-) I was too young to cook but enjoyed all the goings on. I guess I didn't know what I was missing. Patricia

Patricia, Have you ever been the one who had to cook for those guys? And in the middle of summer with no air conditioning. Remember that was some time ago and out in the country there was no electricity and no running water. Had to go to the little house out back and bathe only once a week. I was born on that farm where my father grew up and remember not having electricity or running water and no inside plumbing. I was pretty young to remember the once a week bath though. I do remember a terrific ice storm before I was in school. Sounds like I'm pretty old, but actually I'm not that old....we just lived where things were a little backward. Dad sold the farm and we moved to just south of Los Angeles, California where it was "really" city. People from rural Lawrence County Missouri seemed to have moved around quite a bit and I see that as a problem in finding our ancestors. Pat BTW how may Pats are there on this board? [email protected] wrote: >And what fun times those were, with neighboring farmers gathering to help, >and dinner for all on the long table laden with the products of a long >morning's cooking by the housewife. > >Patricia > > >==== MOLAWREN Mailing List ==== >Looking for a town, postoffice, cemetery, creek, etc. >Try the mapping services at USGS GNIS. >http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form > >============================== >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 > > >

It comes up for me! Pat Ratcliff Conover, NC Researching RATCLIFF, GRABILL, BUTTON, HICKS, DEWITT, BUTTS, WHEAT, PUTNAM, KENNEDY, http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/a/t/Patricia-Louise-Ratcliff/ ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 11:14 Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN-L] > In a message dated 4/1/2003 6:02:13 AM Pacific Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > > http://www.rollanet.org/~bdoerr/contents.htm> > > http://www.rollanet.org/~bdoerr/contents.htm > > > > > > > I cannot get that page. Is it correct? > > 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 > >

And what fun times those were, with neighboring farmers gathering to help, and dinner for all on the long table laden with the products of a long morning's cooking by the housewife. Patricia

Pat, The normal time for wheat harvest in southwest Missouri is late June with some years extending into very early July. In the 1930's wheat was cut with a binder, shocked in the field, and then threshed when the crew could get to that particular field. This harvest method could extend the "harvest" through July and possibly into August. Dale West

In a message dated 4/1/2003 9:15:06 AM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > http://www.rollanet.org/~bdoerr/contents.htm > >> thanks......got the site now. Patricia

Pat, I did find your dad's sister, your aunt, there in the 1930 census. 1930 Census, Missouri, Lawrence County, Mount Vernon Township, ED 55-17, Missouri State Sanatorium, sheet 1B, line 77: Crow, Mary P., patient, female, white, age, 25, married, 1st married at age 21, not in school, can read and write, born Missouri, father born Missouri, mother born Missouri, occupation none Many obituaries from the local newspapers are available on 3 x 5 cards at the McCanse Library in Mount Vernon. I suspect that there might have been one because she died at the Sanatorium. You might also check the indexes to the obituaries in the Springfield Newspapers at the Library Center in Springfileld. There may still be a couple of years in the 1930s that are not available yet, but most are. They can tell you which specific years are available. If you want to check the Springfield newspapers, you can phone, write, or email your lookup request to them. For information on this see the web page at: http://thelibrary.springfield.missouri.org/asklib.htm You may also want to check their services webpage at: http://thelibrary.springfield.missouri.org/lochist/services.htm#research or read some of the other links about the Springfield-Greene County Library Local History and Genealogy collection. Because you have it narrowed down to 1930-1936 you could request her death certificate from the Missouri Vital Records office in Jefferson City. Information on TB in Missouri at that time could probably be obtained in reports of the Missouri State Health Department. There might be some data in the annual Official Manual of the State of Missouri (the "Blue Book"). Ross >>> [email protected] 04/01/03 12:30PM >>> Ross, Thank you for the help. My Aunt (not my sister) had to have died sometime between 1930 and 1936. She had a daughter that graduated HS in about 1948 and she died before my parents married in 1936. She died during wheat season, because my Dad got the notice of her death while he was working in the wheat fields. (a little trivia here) When would that be in SW Missouri? It is always possible that what I have been told is partially incorrect. There was another sister that was adopted, but I was told it was this sister that died in Mt. Vernon. The family used various first names. Her name in the family Bible is Pearly Mary Jane Riley but the Bible also spells Riley as Reilley on other family members. The only family member who told my dad anything called her Mary Pearl. So, who knows how she would have been on the patient list. There were other family members that died of TB at an earlier time. Is there any way to know where TB was the most rampant in Missouri at that time? Pat, Ross Cameron wrote: >Pat, > >The Lawrence County, Missouri, Tombstone Inscriptions volumes published by the Lawrence County Historical Society are for sale. The inscriptions are not online. > >I checked the index to volume 2 and the surname Crow does not appear. The name Riley appears on two pages, but not your Mary Pearl Riley Crow. Because it was only two pages, I also read through the names for the Sanatorium Graveyard and did not find it. There are about 30 markers with no information. And, of cousre, many persons who died there were returned home for burial. > >Do you know about what year she died? Or what years she was a patient? The History of the Sanatorium is at the McCanse Library in Mount Vernon. You could also visit the "Sanatorium" while there and perhaps someone would be able to help you find the records. > >Ross Cameron > > > >>>>[email protected] 04/01/03 08:57AM >>> >>>> >>>> >Ross, >I am assuming that the Tombstone Inscriptions are not on line. Perhaps >I can get someone to look for me. The name I was told is Pearly Riley >Crow; it could be Mary Pearl Riley Crow. I visit the area a couple of >time a years and will go up again this spring for Memorial Day to put >flowers on various family members graves. I will be in Halltown and >Aurora so can drop by Mt. Vernon and see about the book. Thanks for the >info. >Pat Miller >Dallas, TX > >Ross Cameron wrote: > > > >>Pat, >> >>The tombstone inscriptions at the Sanatorium Graveyard are listed in Lawrence County, Missouri, Tombstone Inscriptions, Vol. 2, pp. 65-66. There are over 100 names but also several with markers only. What was your sister's name? >> >>If you know the year she died or within five years, you can order her death certificate from the Missouri State Vital Records Office in Jefferson City. >> >>The Missouri State Sanatorium which was first opened for TB patients in 1907 has undergone name changes in the last thirty two years: Missouri State Chest Hospital in 1971, then Missouri Rehabilitation Center with space leased to Missouri Veterans' Home, and a Federal VA medical facility at times. >> >>Contact information was posted some time ago. I contacted them but never received a reply. There was a short History of the Sanatorium published in the 1950s, but it is not indexed. >> >>Ross Cameron >> >> >> >> >> >>>>>[email protected] 03/31/03 05:50PM >>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>How does someone get to look at or enquire about the death records from >>the Sanatorium at Mt. Vernon, Mo? My Dad's sister died there in the >>1930's and I would like to know exactly when she died and whether she >>was buried by them or if I need to look elsewhere. Do I have to be a >>relative to enquire about someone that was a patient there? >>Pat Miller >>Dallas, TX >> >> >>