This is funny. It appears that a lot of the people on the board have lived in California. I live in Texas now, but my brother lives in California. The call of the west called loudly to those from Halltown. Sharon, Kenneth Goodman from Halltown died about a year or so, maybe two and I think I have his obituary. I'll see if I can find it for you. Pat Miller Dallas Sharon Ford wrote: >Pat & all, > >I've been enjoying the discussions reg. 'harvest time' and would love to be >included in discussions of 'old' or 'pioneer' families in Lawrence County. >Halltown is just one of the particular areas where my ancestors lived. Like >so many of the Lawrence Co. researchers on the list, I figure I must be >related to many, if not by blood at least by marriage. > >My ancestors lived in Barry, Lawrence, Dade, Polk, and Greene, often moving >back and forth between the counties. > >My 2nd great grandfather, Thomas NICKEL migrated from Ohio to the area in >the late 1830s...living first in and marrying [Jane Hall] in Barry County >in 1838. By the time of the 1840 census, he was still in Barry Co., as were >his parents, Samuel & Charlotte Nickel, and brothers Samuel, Jr. and family, >and James Nickel & family. Land records in the 1840s put Thomas Nickel and >his father & brother Samuel, Jr. in Dade & Lawrence Co. Sister & >brother-in-law Robert W & Sarah BOLIN and family migrated from Ohio to Dade >in the mid to late 1840s. Because of changes in the county boundries, >Thomas appeared to move back and forth between Lawrence & Dade, even though >he never moved. His farm was near Halltown, where he died in 1898. He, his >wife and some of his adult children are buried in Wann Cemetery. > >My gr grandfather, John Nickel, grandfather Josephus Nickel, and mother >Helen Nickel were all born in Lawrence County. John Nickel married Laura Ann >Garringer in 1864 in Lawrence Co., while on leave from serving in the 16th >MO Cav. during the Civil War. John and Laura are buried in Ash Grove >Cemetery. > >To my knowledge, the Nickel surname for my family no longer exists in the >Lawrence, Dade, Greene, etc. areas. Some of my mother's gradeschool years >were spent in Mt. Vernon, but during the mid 1920s, the family moved to >Springfield, where she graduated from high school, and married the following >year. My grandmother died in Springfield, but is buried in the IOOF cemetery >at Mt. Vernon, where her parents, and first child, who died at the age of 6, >are buried. > >Many of my collateral lines, Nickel descendants, are still living in the >area: GARTON, BLACKBURN, MASON, CALLISON, DOWNING, BOX, GRAVES, DAMERON. > >My 2nd grandparents, Andrew & Hannah (CARMAN) GARRINGER, from North >Carolina, were also early settlers in the area. They are buried in Misemer >Cemetery. Many descendants of the GARRINGER/GARNER, KIMMONS/CUMMINS, and >WEST lines still live in the area. > >My gr grandfather, Edwin M. Goodman was sheriff of Lawrence Co. from >1904-1908, and his son-in-law, my grandfather, Joe Nickel, was a 'jailer' in >Mt. Vernon. I don't know when, but I would guess that it was when Edwin >Goodman was sheriff. Ed and his wife America [Chumbley] are buried in the >IOOF cemetery. Like many or most on this list, I have relatives in many of >the cemeteries in the area. > >Two years ago I was very fortunate to be able to stop in Mt. Vernon for a >couple of days on my way to and from the FGS Conference in Davenport, IA. >It was a very exciting trip and full of many 'firsts' for me. It was the >first time I was able to research at the library and courthouse in Mt. >Vernon, the library in Springfield, visit 3 local cemeteries, attend the >monthly meeting of the Lawrence County Historical Society, of which I've >been a member since the 1980s, and best of all the first time to meet and >visit with my cousins, Lem and Sue Compton. > >I am very, very interested in the history of Lawrence and the surrounding >counties, and am never bored when members of the list take the time to post >all the wonderful information regarding the history of the area. Most often, >these are stories that do not appear in the history books for Lawrence, but >are an important part of the 'social' history of the area. Please keep the >stories coming, and please include me. > >I would love to correspond/share my information with my cousins. Also, among >the few family photos that I have, are a number of individual photos of >school children...the little photos that we would trade among our friends, >but unfortunately, the photos are not identified, nor do I know if they were >of children from the Mt. Vernon area or the Springfield area. Also, I have 2 >photos of 2 different school classes, taken outside of the school building, >but again, I do not know if this is Mt. Vernon or Springfield. Guessing from >the approximate age of my mother in the photo, I believe that they may have >been taken in Mt. Vernon. > >I have a photo of Ruth Hight [her mother Eva was a close friend and school >mate of my grandmother Emma (Goodman) Nickel and her sister, Cora (Goodman) >Goodman], and there are a couple of pictures of neighbor children with my >mother, and one of which is Max Whaley. I also have a photo of my >grandmother & Mrs. Whaley together. I would love to find descendants of the >photos so that I could share them with them. > >Since I cannot send attachments to the 'list', anyone who is interested in >helping me to identify and find homes for the photos, or just interested in >seeing the photos, please send me your e-mail address and I will scan them >to you. I apologize for the length of this message. > >Happy researching, > >Sharon Ford >Van Nuys, CA >[email protected] > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Pat Miller" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 9:50 AM >Subject: [MOLAWREN-L] Halltown, Mt. Vernon > > > > >>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. 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