Hi Janet, I have requested a lookup in the probate records in Benton Co. because the name does appear in the online index to Benton Co. Probate Files. The probate file papers may name either his widow Maria or his children Anna and John W. If so, that would strongly indicate the likelihood that this is "our" Samuel Whipple. Samuel H. Whipple and Archibald Bolling/Boland Baugh purchased on the same day in 1839 in nearby sections -- Baugh in Section 3, Township 27, Range 27, which is southeast of Whipple's purchase in Section 33, Township 28, Range 27. 1840 Census, Missouri, Barry County, Vineyard Township, (part of Lawrence County in 1845), p. 25, household 212, Whipple, S. H., 00000101 - 1001001 which means one male, 30-39 and one 50-59, and one female under 5, one 15-19, and one 40-49, if correctly transcribed.] There is also a Samuel H. Whipple who purchased land in Benton Co. in 1840-41 -- Section 8, Township 40, Range 22. The purchase in Lawrence County also lists Mariah G. Whipple as a patentee, but the one in Benton Co. only lists Samuel. There is a James Bird in the 1840 Barry Co. Census, but no John. Yes, I already had Rising's other two volumes for 1850-1860 and 1860-1870. Ross >>> [email protected] 06/02/03 09:41AM >>> Hi Ross, Thanks for the information. I wonder what Samuel Whipple was up to in Benton County? Mariah certainly found herself a new male head of household easily and with alacrity! I'm going to Salt Lake City to see me sister and mother (temporarily in a nursing home recovering from an illness) tomorrow, and hope to sneak a few hours at the LDS Library. I note in their catalog they have the Springfield Advertiser Book you referred to (also on fiche which I assume can be rented by a local FHC), and also this book, both of which I will surely check out : Title Genealogical data from Southwest Missouri newspapers, compiled by Marsha Hoffman Rising- (1850-1870). Notes Includes index. Contents: v. 1. 1850-1860: Bolivar Weekly Courier, Missouri Tribune (Springfield), Southwestern Flag (Springfield), Springfield Advertiser, Springfield Mirror, Weekly Southwest Democrat (Warsaw) -- v. 2. 1860-1870: Bolivar Weekly Courier, Bolivar Free Press, Spring- field Tr-Weekly Patriot, Springfield Equal Rights Gazette, Spring- field Journal, Weekly Springfield Advertiser, Missouri Daily Patriot, The Southwest Union Press, Stockton Tribune, Buffalo Weekly Reflex and the Greenfield Vedette. I'll try to take a look at that also, since it appears to pick up on the Springfield Advertiser where the book you cited leaves off in 1850. It is possible the John Bird died before 1844. In addition, I note that Bill Landers has wrirten a couple of Barry County books that would cover the period before southern Dade was formed. We are very uncertain of exactly when John Bird and Nancy Couts moved to Missouri (Smith Township, Dade Co.). I found an obituary in one of the Greenfield papers at the library there for one of their likely daughters who married a Draughon, which said they came in 1840. Of course, around the same time (1910s) I found an obituary for my gg grandfather Benjamin Marsh that says he moved to Benton Co. Arkansas when he was 12 (ie, 1840), when he is very much alive and kicking in Bedford Co. Tennessee in 1850. Thanks Judy and Ross for this additional research avenue. Best Regards, Janet Hunter in sunny Southern California In a message dated 6/2/2003 4:52:06 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > j:[MOLAWREN-L] Springfield Advertiser, 1844-1850, and John Byrd / Bird and > Whipple, Samuel H. > Date:6/2/2003 4:52:06 AM Pacific Daylight Time > From: [email protected] (Ross Cameron) > Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A> > To: [email protected] > > > > > Janet, and others, > > William H. Taft's Missouri Newspapers, 1808-1963 (published 1964) indicates > that in addition to the Springfield Library having these newspapers bound and > on microfilm, the State Historical Society of Missouri also has these > newspapers but not on microfilm. The SHSM also has the May 14, 1844 issue which > precedes the May 21, 1844 issue at Springfield. The Kansas State Historical > Society also has the film. > > Also, Marsha Hoffman Rising published genealogical abstracts for the > Springfield Advertiser 1844-1850, Greene Co., Missouri, in 1984. I recently > purchased a copy at the Ozarks Genealogical Society sale (Thanks to Toni Roush!) > Rising's book of abstracts includes the estate notices and divorces, etc., but > it does not include the very interesting and informative items that Judy has > sent about the local history. Keep it up Judy! > > Obituaries or death notices are abstracted. The surname Byrd / Bird does > not appear in the index Janet. The closest similar name is a John Burden whose > estate was probated in Ozark County. > > However, there is a reference to another probable relative of ours: > > Sept. 27, 1945 [should be 1845]: > Whipple, Samuel H., died 17th inst. in Warsaw. (Benton Co.) > > Caroline Wash Baugh's sister, Maria Goode Wash was married to Samuel H. > Whipple. They were in the 1840 Barry Co. census which at the time included what > would become Lawrence County in 1845. Samuel's widow Maria remarried on 7 > Dec 1845 in Lawrence Co. to Casper Roth. whom she later divorced in Lawrence > County. > > Ross Cameron > ==== 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