The marriage records can be found on the MOgenWeb site. You can find a link to the site at the top of the page you initially hit for the marriage records. On 2/10/07, molawren-request@rootsweb.com <molawren-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Chrstopher/ Yoachum Marriage? (Ross Cameron) > 2. Re: Chrstopher/ Yoachum Marriage? (Wilma Fields) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 10:11:53 -0500 > From: "Ross Cameron" <Ross.Cameron@nara.gov> > Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN] Chrstopher/ Yoachum Marriage? > To: <molawren@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <s5cc48f4.038@smtp.nara.gov> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > Wilma, > > The information in the LCHS published record (p. 16) is: > > Christophor, Stephen W., to Sarah Youcam, 7 Sept. 1856, by Benjamin F. > Reese, M. G., Book ABC, p. 149. > > which provides the name of the minister and the page in the book. > > As you probably know, Book ABC (1845-1870) is a transcribed copy made > by the Clerk in 1902, by order of the Court, of the original Books A > (1845-55), B (1856-60), and C (1860-70). Fred used the original Book A > for his transcription and Book ABC for the transcriptions of Books B and > C. > > Audrey L. Woodruff also used Book ABC for her transcriptions published > in Missouri Miscellaney. The only difference is that in her > transcription she spells the groom's last name "Christopher" instead of > "Christophor" as in Fred's. > > The early marriages published in Goodspeed's 1888 History is only of > Book A, which ends in 1855 before this marriage occurred. That is > another source for a transcription of Book A, although there are some > serious problems with Goodspeed's listing, for example, all the marriage > listed as 1856 in Goodspeed were actually 1846. > > Ross > > >>> wfields55@hotmail.com 2/9/2007 1:12 AM >>> > Elaine, > > Yes, I have the census records and William and Margaret Christopher > are > Stephen's parents. They can be found on the 1850 Greene Co MO Census, > Campbell Twp. Sarah is with her family in Taney Co. MO at that time. > > The links to the marriage records on the Lawrence Co Genweb do not > work, so > I was unable to look at marriages in Lawrence Co. Seems I had e-mailed > the > coordinator about this before. I need to find another link, I think it > was > through rootsweb, but have'nt found that one yet . > > Thanks for verifying that the marriage was Sarah Yoachum---just wanted > to be > sure. I will be picking up the actual record before too long, I hope, > on my > next trip up to MO. > > Wilma > -------Original Message------- > > From: Elaine Orr > Date: 02/08/07 19:49:38 > To: molawren@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN] Chrstopher/ Yoachum Marriage? > > You probably already know it's in the LC Marriage Record Book ABC. > There, > Sarah's last name is spelled Youcam. > > On the 1860 Lawrence County Census, Pond Creek, Greene, MO > > S.W. Christopher is in a household that has him and his wife and also > some > of her family. The head is his wife's brother. Household has: > > Harvey Yocum 20 b in MO > Margaret Yocum 20 b in TN > James F. Yocum 10 months b in MO > S.W. Christopher 21 b in TN in abt 1839 > Sarah Christopher 22 b in MO > Stephen W. Christopher 3 b in MO > Caledonia C. Christopher 1 b in MO > > It could be Stephen W. Christopher's parents living two households > down. > Shows Wm Christopher age 61 and Margaret age 54. I cannot figure out > the > census taker's abbreviation for their states of birth. > > Elaine Orr > Author of "Monett" > Available from www.arcadiapublishing.com > > Wilma Fields <wfields55@hotmail.com> wrote: > I am looking for the particulars of a marriage between Stephen W. > Christopher and Sarah, possibly Yoachum/ Yocum in Lawrence Co. Sept 7, > 1856. > > Thank you! > > Wilma > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > Elaine L. Orr > www.elaineorr.com > Author of "Monett" -- pictorial history of a MO town, > available from www.Arcadiapublishing.com > Author of "Searching for Secrets" -- fun fiction, set in Iowa City, > available from all on-line booksellers, including authorhouse.com > Phone: (641) 682-1983 > > "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" (Dr. Martin > Luther King, Jr. 1929-1968). > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 10:27:48 -0800 (Pacific Standard Time) > From: "Wilma Fields" <wfields55@hotmail.com> > Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN] Chrstopher/ Yoachum Marriage? > To: <molawren@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <BAY105-DAV109ECAC8CA096A122B3525A99C0@phx.gbl> > Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Thank you Ross & Elaine for the information you provided me. > I just wanted to verify that she was a Yoachum, and that I had the right > Sarah attached to him! > > Wilma > > -------Original Message------- > > From: Ross Cameron > Date: 02/09/07 08:16:30 > To: molawren@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN] Chrstopher/ Yoachum Marriage? > > Wilma, > > The information in the LCHS published record (p. 16) is: > > Christophor, Stephen W., to Sarah Youcam, 7 Sept. 1856, by Benjamin F. > Reese, M. G., Book ABC, p. 149. > > which provides the name of the minister and the page in the book. > > As you probably know, Book ABC (1845-1870) is a transcribed copy made > by the Clerk in 1902, by order of the Court, of the original Books A > (1845-55), B (1856-60), and C (1860-70). Fred used the original Book A > for his transcription and Book ABC for the transcriptions of Books B and > C. > > Audrey L. Woodruff also used Book ABC for her transcriptions published > in Missouri Miscellaney. The only difference is that in her > transcription she spells the groom's last name "Christopher" instead of > "Christophor" as in Fred's. > > The early marriages published in Goodspeed's 1888 History is only of > Book A, which ends in 1855 before this marriage occurred. That is > another source for a transcription of Book A, although there are some > serious problems with Goodspeed's listing, for example, all the marriage > listed as 1856 in Goodspeed were actually 1846. > > Ross > > >>> wfields55@hotmail.com 2/9/2007 1:12 AM >>> > Elaine, > > Yes, I have the census records and William and Margaret Christopher > are > Stephen's parents. They can be found on the 1850 Greene Co MO Census, > Campbell Twp. Sarah is with her family in Taney Co. MO at that time. > > The links to the marriage records on the Lawrence Co Genweb do not > work, so > I was unable to look at marriages in Lawrence Co. Seems I had e-mailed > the > coordinator about this before. I need to find another link, I think it > was > through rootsweb, but have'nt found that one yet . > > Thanks for verifying that the marriage was Sarah Yoachum---just wanted > to be > sure. I will be picking up the actual record before too long, I hope, > on my > next trip up to MO. > > Wilma > -------Original Message------- > > From: Elaine Orr > Date: 02/08/07 19:49:38 > To: molawren@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN] Chrstopher/ Yoachum Marriage? > > You probably already know it's in the LC Marriage Record Book ABC. > There, > Sarah's last name is spelled Youcam. > > On the 1860 Lawrence County Census, Pond Creek, Greene, MO > > S.W. Christopher is in a household that has him and his wife and also > some > of her family. The head is his wife's brother. Household has: > > Harvey Yocum 20 b in MO > Margaret Yocum 20 b in TN > James F. Yocum 10 months b in MO > S.W. Christopher 21 b in TN in abt 1839 > Sarah Christopher 22 b in MO > Stephen W. Christopher 3 b in MO > Caledonia C. Christopher 1 b in MO > > It could be Stephen W. Christopher's parents living two households > down. > Shows Wm Christopher age 61 and Margaret age 54. I cannot figure out > the > census taker's abbreviation for their states of birth. > > Elaine Orr > Author of "Monett" > Available from www.arcadiapublishing.com > > Wilma Fields <wfields55@hotmail.com> wrote: > I am looking for the particulars of a marriage between Stephen W. > Christopher and Sarah, possibly Yoachum/ Yocum in Lawrence Co. Sept 7, > 1856. > > Thank you! > > Wilma > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > Elaine L. 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