Heather, I have bunches of Kansas people that have nothing online or even in books. They're there, but the Kansas counties are sort of like Lawrence Co., only worse. Do you have any idea what part of Kansas they went to? You almost have to find someone in Kansas who will do the research for you and not many of us can afford that. Also, a good many people who went to Kansas went on to Washington and Oregon. They also went down into No Man's Land/Oklahoma Territory and such. No census records, that I know of, for that area. Pat Miller Dallas,TX heather e blair wrote: > Hi Sharon, > > If you are looking for Bennie's siblings and their descendants, were you > able to get his obituary? It might be in the Benton County Record for > 1973, and you can probably get the newspaper on microfilm via Interlibrary > Loan at your local library. > > I haven't followed up my Stevensons to know whether he might be related to > mine. I'm still trying to find out what happened to my William Stevenson > who moved to Kansas. He was still alive for the 1860 census, but isn't on > 1870. I wonder whether he got killed by bushwhackers and jayhawkers > during the War, or maybe he just died of old age, since he was 68 years > old in 1860. I didn't find a cemetery record for him. > > - Heather > > http://surgerysupport.uchicago.edu/hblair/ > > > > On Tue, 1 May 2007, sharon wilhite day wrote: > > >> Hi Group, >> >> Since there are inquiries about >> Stevenson/Stephenson, thought I would add mine. >> >> My Grandmother Mintora Abigail Lee (Wilhite) >> married a Bennie Stephenson after her first >> husband James Andrew Wilhite passed away 1934 in >> Garfield, Ar. >> >> >>> From what my father told me his mother and Bennie >>> >> after marrying lived in Cherryvale, Kansas for a >> while and then in Billings, Missouri. Mintora >> died in Billings Jan. 1963 before I was born and >> Bennie died September 15, 1973, both buried at >> Ruddick Cemetery, Garfield, Benton Co., Arkansas. >> After Mintora passed away I was told that Bennie >> sent a trunk that belonged to her to one of his >> sisters. The trunk contained my fathers Navy >> uniforms and my Uncle who was MIA in WWII >> belongings, memorabilia. >> >> I was wanting to track Bennie's siblings in hopes >> that one of his siblings decendants still living >> might have that trunk. My father and his >> siblings are all deceased and none of them new >> much about Bennie's family, etc. Bennie was born >> October 28, 1891, place unknown. I have not been >> able to find him or Mintora on a census record >> anywhere, nor a marriage record for them. >> >> Any help would be appreciated. >> >> Sincerely, >> Sharon Wilhite Day >> >> >> __________________________________________________ >> Do You Yahoo!? >> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >> http://mail.yahoo.com >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

Hi Pat, William Stevenson is in Anderson Co., Kansas on the 1860 census. A kind researcher looked for him in cemetery records, but didn't find him. I haven't tried looking for a will or probate record yet, but I could put it on my LDS wish-list. It does look like his son, Calvin, moved to Oregon, while sons Jesse and Porter stayed in Kansas. - Heather http://surgerysupport.uchicago.edu/hblair/ On Wed, 2 May 2007, Pat Miller wrote: > Heather, > I have bunches of Kansas people that have nothing online or even in > books. They're there, but the Kansas counties are sort of like Lawrence > Co., only worse. Do you have any idea what part of Kansas they went > to? You almost have to find someone in Kansas who will do the research > for you and not many of us can afford that. Also, a good many people who > went to Kansas went on to Washington and Oregon. They also went down > into No Man's Land/Oklahoma Territory and such. No census records, that > I know of, for that area. > Pat Miller > Dallas,TX