Boy!! I really goofed, didn't I? Too much holiday stress I think!!! My greatgreat grandfather was John Ashcroft born in Armagh Co. Ireland in 1775. Robert Ashcroft, my great grandfather, was born in Ireland in 1832. My grandfather, John Robert Ashcroft, was born in Princeton, Mercer Co. Mo. in 1865. Whew!!! I think it is correct? Betty

In a message dated 12/16/2001 5:11:18 PM Pacific Standard Time, BGCAPorter@aol.com writes: > My > grandfather was John Robert Ashcroft born in Princeton, Mercer Co.in 1865. > > His father was Robert, born in Armagh Co. Ireland about 1775. Wow~! Doesn't that mean your great grandfather was 90 years old when your grandfather was born? Just eavesdropping Marcia

I disagree, please post all Obits through the Mercer County List and I have relatives there with a lot of different names. Like the BAIN person Jerry e-mailed to the list. I would of never thought about him and it was a surprise when I seen his name. Hooray for Jerry, he's the best...........! Joan Bell ----- Original Message ----- From: To: MOMERCER-L@rootsweb.com Sent: 12/14/01 9:55:14 AM Subject: Re: [MOMERCER-L] Obituary's Week Of December 10th I do not wish to read obits from any county other than Mercer. Also, why not reply directly to the person involved when sending a message re files being forwarded from your database. I am certain this effort is appreciated by the recipient; but do not see the need to be posted to the Mercer List. Thanks for your consideration of this matter. ==== MOMERCER Mailing List ==== List mail archives can be accessed at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ or at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl --- Joan Bell --- belljoan@earthlink.net --- EarthLink: It's your Internet.

Hi Jerry, I just got back on line and seen this obit of Raymond Bain b. 1912 and he is one of my extended family member's, his grandparents Levi Peter and Harriet (Linville) Bain is my grandfather's brother (Robert David Bain). I would like the Obituary of all concerned if it isn't to much to ask, would sure appreciate it. Also if you have an Obituary of Cyrenus BAIN, d. 1915 and his wife Armina COX/BAIN, d. 1906, would be great. Joan Bain/Bell ----- Original Message ----- From: Betty To: MOMERCER-L@rootsweb.com Sent: 12/15/01 5:45:00 AM Subject: Re: [MOMERCER-L] Obituary's Week Of December 10th I would be interested in receiving Obits in Grundy and Harrison Co. as I take both Mercer Co. papers. Betty Berndt ----- Original Message ----- From: RAILSELLER@aol.com To: MOMERCER-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 11:33 PM Subject: [MOMERCER-L] Obituary's Week Of December 10th Hello List I don't know if this would be of any use to the list but have an idea. Do any of you have family or extended family living in Mercer County? Would you be interested in the Obits. in the weekly papers of Mercer, Grundy and Harrison Co., Missouri with Mercer County connections? I will give you abbreviated information here and send files to those who request it in private e-mails. This way I won't be clogging up the list with unwanted information. If you don't want me to do this just let me know. I don't want to create extra mail for you to go through if you don't want it. Please vote to the list and lets see what the majority of you think. Week of Dec. 10th 1. Raymond Bain b. 1912 father Cyrenus Roscoe Bain b. 1869 mother Mary Lawrence grandparents Levi "Peter and Harriet (Linville) Bain my file 18 pages of ancestors 2. Nellie Elizabeth Berndt b. 1913 married Newell Wright Beavers; father William Berndt b. 1888 mother Susanna Vinzant grandparents Earnest A. and Elizabeth (McDougal) Berndt and Stephen and Nancy (Yingling) Vinzant. My file of ancestors is 70 pages 3. Corky Neff b. 1935 in Galt, Missouri married Frances Cunningham, daughter of William and Bessie (Swopes) Cunningham of Mercer County. I have 33 pages of her ancestors. 4. Winton Ballew b. 1913 married Vesta Hamilton, father John H. Ballew; mother Loretta Pittman; granparents Benjamin and Elizabeth (Lyons) Ballew. I don't have the Pitman ancestors, do any of you? My file of Ballew ancestors is 12 pages. Mercer County has two newspapers. I would suggest you subscribe to "The Mirror" Post Office Box 557 Mercer, Missouri 64661 660-382-4204 $24.00 per year. Jennie Vertrees (past President of the Mercer Co., Missouri Gen. Soc.) writes a very interesting column (half page usually) on the county history and other things of our past. Randi Ferguson an officer or past officer of the Mercer Co., Missouri Gen. Soc. is on staff and sees to it that the Obits. contain the information we need for family history. Jerry Jones ==== MOMERCER Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from this list, send a message with only the word "unsubscribe" to MOMERCER-L-request@rootsweb.com. ==== MOMERCER Mailing List ==== List mail archives can be accessed at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ or at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl --- Joan Bell --- belljoan@earthlink.net --- EarthLink: It's your Internet.

Vicki--I do not have any info on James Robert Ashcraft/Ashcroft. My grandfather was John Robert Ashcroft born in Princeton, Mercer Co.in 1865. His father was Robert, born in Armagh Co. Ireland about 1775. He was married to Leticia, also born in Armagh Co. Ireland. Sorry but there doesn't seem to be a connection. Let me know if your discover one!! Betty

Thanks, Jerry, for mentioning our Decatur County, Iowa WebSite. I'm reading every one of your obituary postings--I'm totally amazed that you have so much information on so many family lines. WONDERFUL WORK!! Regards, Nancee 'List Administrator' Decatur County, Iowa GenWeb RAILSELLER@aol.com wrote: > > Hello list and before I forget get Happy Holidays, > > I mentioned in an earlier e-mail that Nancee(McMurtrey) Seifert of the > Decatur Co., Iowa list has transcribed hundreds of obituaries from the > newspaper microfilms and posted them on the list. Her work has helped me and > many others tremendously. I have about 800 old obituaries from the Mildred > Crutcher scarp book. I thought I would post a few tonight and see what the > response is good or bad. Several of these are from the Spickard, Grundy Co., > Missouri area just a couple of miles across the county line. I can't post > those here. I may post them at the Grundy Co. site later. I will put the > persons name in the subject line so if you don't want to open it just delete > them. If I do hit on someone from your family let me know. I will also post > at the bottom of each obituary the amount of information I have on the > deceased person. Jerry Jones > > ==== MOMERCER Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list, send a message with only the word "unsubscribe" to MOMERCER-L-request@rootsweb.com.

Jerry, I was wrong again; I just thought I had all the data Hayes data that was significate to me. The data I just received from you has confirmed some iffy information I was guessing at and went back 2 generations further. My data is different, in some cases, such as dates, but I have found even birth certificates and tombstone dates can be wrong also. I am wondering; Are you related to Jimmie L. Jones who married Rena Hayes in 1907? My family data is all in 1 file. It is hard to extract just one family. I did it this way so I could find relational connections between familys. I have found familial blood relationships no one in my family ever knew about. A large percentage of the old family names in Mercer and Wayne Counties are inter-related. I could send you my complete data base. It has more than 3000 names. I believe Ronald Lee Vaughn of Tucson, Az. sent you his data. We are 2nd cousins and corresponded quite a lot on his Vaughn family Regards ott owens

Betty, I am searching for info on James Robert Ashcraft b. 20 July 1888 Grundy or Mercer Co., Mo. He married Mattie Lee Wallace 25 September 1912 in Brandenburg, Meade Co., Ky. He died 10 February 1964 in Clay Co., Missouri. They had 16 children. Hope to hear from you. Vicki AnteVee@aol.com

Surnames: AKERS COLLINGS Submitter: Sandra Akers Dole (tdole@softcom.net) Date: 16 Dec 2001 I need verification on the death of Bedy Akers in Mercer County, MO, in 1846 or 1847. Bedy was born in KY and married Lydia Collings. Was a son, Abraham Harvey Akers born in Mercer County or Chariton County, MO, in 1841? Were these counties combined at that time? Thanks for any info you can supply me.

I have a suggestion. How about posting the obituaries to the proper County Message board? Those for Mercer Co. will be gatewayed, I believe, so the list members will be able to see them. The others, in neighboring counties, one can see by looking only at Obituaries on the Message Boards. Since you can also sort by date, and search by surnames (be sure to list all the surnames in the obit in the surname line, NOT the surnames the poster is researching), they will be easily retrievable by all interested researchers. The MOMercer board: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/board/rw/localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.mercer My two cents, Valorie Joan Bell wrote: > > I disagree, please post all Obits through the Mercer County List and I have > relatives there with a lot of different names. Like the BAIN person Jerry > e-mailed to the list. I would of never thought about him and it was a > surprise when I seen his name. Hooray for Jerry, he's the > best...........! > > > > Joan Bell > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: > > To: MOMERCER-L@rootsweb.com > > Sent: 12/14/01 9:55:14 AM > > Subject: Re: [MOMERCER-L] Obituary's Week > Of December 10th > > I do not wish to read obits from any county other than Mercer. Also, why > not > > reply directly to the person involved when sending a message re files being > > forwarded from your database. I am certain this effort is > appreciated by the > > recipient; but do not see the need to be posted to the Mercer > List. Thanks > > for your consideration of this matter.

A notice for Walter Powell also appeared in the Trenton Republican Times. I know this is a list for Mercer Co., but Walter and the rest of his family were from Mercer Co., although he died in Trenton. I thought I would post it. I also have an obituary for Walter's wife Hulda, and his father Isaac if anyone is interested. Jerry, could you send me your file on Walter? He was my great-grandfather, but I haven't tracked down all his details yet. Thanks for your offer and I hope this helps someone! Robert J. Powell rjpowell72@yahoo.co.uk --------------------- Trenton Republican-Times; Wednesday, February 4, 1942: Mill Grove Man Dies In Trenton Of Burns Walter Powell of northwest of Mill Grove died at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Cullers hospital here as the result of severe burns he suffered earlier in the day. Mr. Powell, who was working outside his farm home Tuesday morning, attracted the attention of neighbors working about a quarter of a mile away by his screams. They saw him running through a pasture near the house with his clothing in flames. By the time they reached him, most of his clothes were burned from his body and he had fallen to the ground unconcious. He was taken to a doctor in Spickard for treatment and then brought to Cullers hospital. It is not known how his clothing caught on fire. Mr. Powell, who was 52 years old, was a son of Isaac and Loretta Powell and was born in Mercer county in 1889. He was married to Hulda Vanderpool who died this winter. He is survived by four children, Mrs. Thelma Gibler of Tarkio, Mrs. Beulah Wilson of Spickard, Wilma Dean Powell of the home; one sister, Mrs. Lily Cremeens of Trenton, and one brother, Jim Powell, also of Trenton. Funeral services will be at 2 o'clock Thursday at Salem church west of Mill Grove and burial will be there. The body is at the Schooler Funeral Home in Spickard. Jerry Jones wrote: > > 1. SOURCE unknown newspper. From the newspaer clippings of the Crutcher > scrapbook page 10. > > > BURNS FATAL TO MILL GROVE FARMER > > Waler Powell Dies at Hospital From Burns Received When Clothing Cathches > Fire > > Walter Powell living about a mile north of Mill Grove on the Mrs. Croft > Ballew farm was fatally burned Tuseday afternoon, (3-Feb-1942 JJ) when his > clothing caught afire from some unknown cause. Mr. Powell enveloped by flames > was seen running in a pasture near the farm house, by Rav and Arnold > Vanderford, who rushed to his assistance but he had fallen to the ground > before they reached him, and he was in an unconscious state. Practically all > clothing has been burned from his body. Aided by Everett Stamper, the two > Vanerford boys took him to the house and he was given treatment by a doctor > in Spickard and then removed to the Cullers hospital in Trenton where he died > at 3:00 pm. > > Just how Mr. Powell's clothes caught afire is speculation. It was stated > he has been working for Mrs. Ballew on the farm, but she had recently had a > sale and quit farming operations. and Mr. Powell had planned to move elswhere > in the near future. > > He was born August 8, 1889 near Modena, a son of Isaac and Loretta > Sowders Powell. He married Hulda Vanderpool 28 years ago, who preceded him in > death several months. > > Survivors include a son and three daughters, Viz; Mrs. Robert Wilson, of > Spickard, Mrs. Claude Gibler, of Tarkio; a brother Jim Powell and a sister, > Mrs. Lillian Cremeens, both of Trenton. > > Funeral services will be held this afternoon at the Salem church > northwest of Mill Grove, and burial will be in the Salem cemetery, in charge > of the services is the Schooler funeral service of Spickard. > > > (I have 10 pages of ancestors and 59 pages of descendants) > > > ==== MOMERCER Mailing List ==== > List mail archives can be accessed at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > or at: > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

In a message dated 12/15/01 6:41:05 AM Pacific Standard Time, jackie2@ruraltel.net writes: << I too vote for the obits from Grundy Co., as well as Mercer Co. >> As I said before, postings for other counties will not be allowed on the Mercer List. If you want something from another county, I suggest you go to that county, or contact Railseller off list. Thank you. Mercer List Administrator

Obits would be GREAT ! ! ! This is better than asking Santa to fill a stocking with a toy! ! ! (: (: (: Happy Holidays to the list, and THANX a million for the offer to share such treasured info with us. Phyl

Hi Jerry, Thanks for the info. I have most of the McIntosh info already. I need the descendants of Mary Ellen McIntosh and James Michael Hubbs. Thanks, Jackie Moore Goeken ----- Original Message ----- From: <RAILSELLER@aol.com> To: <MOMERCER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 12:49 AM Subject: Re: [MOMERCER-L] James Michael "Mike" Hubbs & Mary Ellen McIntosh > In a message dated 12/12/2001 10:07:24 PM Central Standard Time, > jackie2@ruraltel.net writes: > > > > > > I am looking for information on Mary Ellen McIntosh, d/o Charles Thomas & > > Martha Jane(Alley) McIntosh who married James Michael "Mike" Hubbs in > > Mercer CO., MO. > > Jackie I am sending you 78 pages of ancestors by private e-mail. Jerry Jones > > > ==== MOMERCER Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list, send a message with only the word "unsubscribe" to MOMERCER-L-request@rootsweb.com. > >

Thanks Jerry, I think I have most of the data on Berton Hayes but I am always looking for more and confirmation on the data I have. ott owens

Jerry, I too vote for the obits from Grundy Co., as well as Mercer Co. I have a lot of relatives in both counties. Also Decatur Co. & Wayne Co., IA. Thanks for the offer. Jackie Moore Goeken ----- Original Message ----- From: <RAILSELLER@aol.com> To: <MOMERCER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 2:00 AM Subject: [MOMERCER-L] Old Obituary's > Hello list and before I forget get Happy Holidays, > > I mentioned in an earlier e-mail that Nancee(McMurtrey) Seifert of the > Decatur Co., Iowa list has transcribed hundreds of obituaries from the > newspaper microfilms and posted them on the list. Her work has helped me and > many others tremendously. I have about 800 old obituaries from the Mildred > Crutcher scarp book. I thought I would post a few tonight and see what the > response is good or bad. Several of these are from the Spickard, Grundy Co., > Missouri area just a couple of miles across the county line. I can't post > those here. I may post them at the Grundy Co. site later. I will put the > persons name in the subject line so if you don't want to open it just delete > them. If I do hit on someone from your family let me know. I will also post > at the bottom of each obituary the amount of information I have on the > deceased person. Jerry Jones > > > ==== MOMERCER Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list, send a message with only the word "unsubscribe" to MOMERCER-L-request@rootsweb.com. >

I would be interested in receiving Obits in Grundy and Harrison Co. as I take both Mercer Co. papers. Betty Berndt ----- Original Message ----- From: <RAILSELLER@aol.com> To: <MOMERCER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 11:33 PM Subject: [MOMERCER-L] Obituary's Week Of December 10th > Hello List > > I don't know if this would be of any use to the list but have an idea. Do any > of you have family or extended family living in Mercer County? Would you be > interested in the Obits. in the weekly papers of Mercer, Grundy and Harrison > Co., Missouri with Mercer County connections? > > I will give you abbreviated information here and send files to those who > request it in private e-mails. This way I won't be clogging up the list with > unwanted information. If you don't want me to do this just let me know. I > don't want to create extra mail for you to go through if you don't want it. > Please vote to the list and lets see what the majority of you think. > > Week of Dec. 10th > > 1. Raymond Bain b. 1912 father Cyrenus Roscoe Bain b. 1869 mother Mary > Lawrence grandparents Levi "Peter and Harriet (Linville) Bain my file 18 > pages of ancestors > > 2. Nellie Elizabeth Berndt b. 1913 married Newell Wright Beavers; father > William Berndt b. 1888 mother Susanna Vinzant grandparents Earnest A. and > Elizabeth (McDougal) Berndt and Stephen and Nancy (Yingling) Vinzant. My > file of ancestors is 70 pages > > 3. Corky Neff b. 1935 in Galt, Missouri married Frances Cunningham, daughter > of William and Bessie (Swopes) Cunningham of Mercer County. I have 33 pages > of her ancestors. > > 4. Winton Ballew b. 1913 married Vesta Hamilton, father John H. Ballew; > mother Loretta Pittman; granparents Benjamin and Elizabeth (Lyons) Ballew. I > don't have the Pitman ancestors, do any of you? My file of Ballew ancestors > is 12 pages. > > Mercer County has two newspapers. I would suggest you subscribe to "The > Mirror" Post Office Box 557 Mercer, Missouri 64661 660-382-4204 $24.00 per > year. Jennie Vertrees (past President of the Mercer Co., Missouri Gen. Soc.) > writes a very interesting column (half page usually) on the county history > and other things of our past. Randi Ferguson an officer or past officer of > the Mercer Co., Missouri Gen. Soc. is on staff and sees to it that the Obits. > contain the information we need for family history. > > Jerry Jones > > > ==== MOMERCER Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list, send a message with only the word "unsubscribe" to MOMERCER-L-request@rootsweb.com. >

1. SOURCE unknown newspper. From the newspaer clippings of the Crutcher scrapbook page 10. BURNS FATAL TO MILL GROVE FARMER Waler Powell Dies at Hospital From Burns Received When Clothing Cathches Fire Walter Powell living about a mile north of Mill Grove on the Mrs. Croft Ballew farm was fatally burned Tuseday afternoon, (3-Feb-1942 JJ) when his clothing caught afire from some unknown cause. Mr. Powell enveloped by flames was seen running in a pasture near the farm house, by Rav and Arnold Vanderford, who rushed to his assistance but he had fallen to the ground before they reached him, and he was in an unconscious state. Practically all clothing has been burned from his body. Aided by Everett Stamper, the two Vanerford boys took him to the house and he was given treatment by a doctor in Spickard and then removed to the Cullers hospital in Trenton where he died at 3:00 pm. Just how Mr. Powell's clothes caught afire is speculation. It was stated he has been working for Mrs. Ballew on the farm, but she had recently had a sale and quit farming operations. and Mr. Powell had planned to move elswhere in the near future. He was born August 8, 1889 near Modena, a son of Isaac and Loretta Sowders Powell. He married Hulda Vanderpool 28 years ago, who preceded him in death several months. Survivors include a son and three daughters, Viz; Mrs. Robert Wilson, of Spickard, Mrs. Claude Gibler, of Tarkio; a brother Jim Powell and a sister, Mrs. Lillian Cremeens, both of Trenton. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at the Salem church northwest of Mill Grove, and burial will be in the Salem cemetery, in charge of the services is the Schooler funeral service of Spickard. (I have 10 pages of ancestors and 59 pages of descendants)

1. Unknown newspaper source: From the Mildred Crutcher scrapbook page 9 W. T. Stout Dies At His Daughters Home William Thomas Stout, 73 years; old, died Sunday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Frank Matteson. Funeral services were held Tuesday morning from the Moss Funeral Chapel and were conducted by the Rev. David E. Fields. Music for the service was furnished by Mrs. Jean Horn Smith, soloist, accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Arthur Bristow. Burial was made at the Campbell cemetery. Mr. Stout was a son of the Rev. and Mrs. James W. Stout and was born March 4, 1868, in Princeton. He was married to Alice McMahon Dec. 20, 1892, who preceded him in death Jan. 31, 1920. Mr. and Mrs. Stout became the parents of son and three daughters. They are Mrs. Earl Gannon, Mrs. R. A. Huston, Roy Stout and Mrs. Frank Matteson all of Princeton; Besides his son and daughters, he is survived by four granddaughters, six grandsons and four great grandchildren and a brother, Charles Stout, Stillwater, Okla. Mr. Stout had been a member of the Baptist church since he was ten years old. NOTE: He nor his wife are listed in the Mercer Co., Missouri cemetery book. Does anyone know if another county around Mercer has a Campbell cemetery) ( I have 3 pages of ancestors and 8 pages of descendants)

1. Unknown Newspaper Source: From the Mildred Cruther scrap book Ernest Cochell Dies in Trenton Hospital Ernest Harry Cochell died Sunday (09 March 1941 JJ) at the Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton. The funeral was held Tuesday at the Christian Church in Ravanna and was conducted by the Rev. V. F. Walker, assisted by the Rev. David E. Fields. Burial was made in the Ravanna cemetery. Mr. Cochell was a son of Sherman and Hannah Cochell and was born in Mercer County April 6, 1892, being forty-eight years old. He was married to Bessie Cribb December 2, 1916 and they became the parents of a daughter, Helen Louise. He was united with the Ravanna Christian Church. Besides his wife and daughter, he is survived by his step- mother, and a sister, Mrs. Joseph Jenkins (I have 8 pages of ancestors and will send a file)