Dear Mel, The BLM land management records show Hiram C. Howser, Jan 02, 1895, total of 80 acres, Section 7, twp 38, range 11. Accesssion no is MO3420.384. If you go to www.glorecords.blm.gov , you can log on for Missouri, use his name, spelled as above, or the accession number and pull up a facsimile copy that you can print off. In the 1900 Maries Co MO Census I find: Miller Twp #57, a Farmer, Owns farm w/Mortgage Howser, Hiram C. 44m b. Jun 1855, m/16 yrs TN/TN/TN Cintha A. 41f b. Nov 1859, 3ch, 3 living, MO/MO/GA Charles F. 15m b. Nov 1884 son MO/Tn/MO farm laborer Marthy N. 12f b. Feb 1888 dau MO/Tn/MO at school John Clark 3s b. Aug 1896 son MO/TN/MO Eva E. 77f b. Oct 1822 mother TN/MO/TN widowed In the 1910 Maries Co MO Census: Miller Twp, #160, Farmer, owns farm free and clear Howser, H.C. 54m 1st marriage/26 yr TN/TN/TN Syntha A. 52f " " " MO/MO/GA - wife, 4 ch/ 4 living John C. 14m son MO/TN/MO Eda M. 7f dau MO/TN/MO In the 1920 Maries Co MO Census: Miller Twp, #227, farmer Howser, John C. 23m MO/MO/MO Ella 22 f MO/MO/MO wife Wesley E. 1m MO/MO/MO son Cynthia A. 61f MO/MO/GA mother, widowed Eda M. 17f MO/MO/MO sister In the book, "Cemeteries of Maries County" by Hutchison and Howard I find: Emeline - wife of Jno. Howser, born Oct 16, 1822, died Jan 8, 1902. "Sleep dear mother sleep while your friends around you weep" This is surely the Eva E. shown above as H.C.'s mother. There doesn't appear to be a gravestone for John. This is in Seaton Cemetery. There are other Howsers in Seaton, and some in Freedom, both cemeteries are in Maries County. Hope this helps you, Judy ----- Original Message ----- From: Mel & Peggy Wagoner <melpeg@proaxis.com> To: <wgermann@flinthills.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 7:50 PM Subject: Maries Co. info request > I have been in touch with Kathy Harmon, a lookup volunteer for Pulaski > Co. and she said that in some of her research she had seen a BLM land > transaction with a Hiram Corneilius Houser in Maries Co. sometime in the > 1890's. I am looking for information on the Houser family and > specifically Hiram Corneilius since that name has been carried down 4 or > 5 generations. I would like any information on this land transaction > that is available. > > I do not know if you are the person that could help me find that > information or if not could you possibly tell me who would be best to > contact. > > Thank you for your help. Mel Wagoner > >