Att: Willard McDowell, if you have researched the Ahart line or are interested in doing so please contact me. I am a descendant of Peter Airhart/Ahart whose son Wm. R. Airhart/Ahart was my Gr. Grandfather. My personal address is [email protected] Thanks Gretta ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy & Jerry Thompson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 10:27 PM Subject: Re: [MOMILLER] Charles Edward Thomas - obituary >I had a note that John Daniel Boone was a half brother to Nancy Ann and >Martha Ellen. His mother's name was given as Alta Wilson. Is this bad >information? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Rita McDowell > Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 9:46 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MOMILLER] Charles Edward Thomas - obituary > > The children of Catherine Cansler and Marion Boone were Nancy Ann(my g > grandma,married Abel Ahart),Martha Ellen(Married Thomas Horn),and John > Daniel died in childhood.Catherine's parents were John and Nancy Boone > Cansler.They lived in Maries Co at one time and probably died there. > > Willard McDowell > > > OBIT of Nancy Boone Ahart > Mrs. A. B. Ahart > Mrs. Nancy Ann Ahart, daughter of Marion Francis and Katherine [Francis > Marion and Catherine] Boon., was born in Maries County, Missouri, Aug. > 9,1862, and came to Polk County, Missouri, in 1894. She departed this life > Wednesday, April 1, 1942, having reached the age of 79 years, 7 months and > 23 days. > On April 3, 1984, she was united in marriage to A. B. Ahart. This union > was blessed with ten children. Alice M. preceded her in deith Oct. 22, > 1892, and Annie Jane Simpson passed away in January [Jan. 24], 1920. > Those surviving are Charlie M. Ahart of Osage Beach, Mo., Mrs. Bertha E. > Piper of Woodbine, Iowa, Mrs. Azilee Bewley of Bolivar, Mo., Mrs. Stella > Simpson of Polk, Mo., Harry Ahart of Bolivar, Mo., Leonard Ahart of > Modesto, Calif., Roy Ahart of Greenwood, Iowa, and Mrs. Alta Wilson of > Bolivar, Mo. > She leaves to mourn her passing her faithful husband and the eight > children, 45 grandchildren, and 30 great-grandchildren. > She passed away at the home of a granddaughter, Mrs. Dee Barnes, who tried > to do all for her that human hands could do. > She was converted early in life and joined the Methodist church and later > joined the Baptist church. She belonged to Center Point church and was > always a faithful member as long as her health permitted. > She left assurance she was ready to meet her Blessed Savior [Saviour]. > Weep not, dear ones, for our loss is Heaven’s gain. > A precious one from us is gone, A voice we loved is stilled; > A place is vacant in our home, Which never can be filled. > Funeral services were held at 2:30 o’clock Friday afternoon, April 3, at > the Baptist church at Polk, Mo., conducted by the Rev. Frank Lyttle. > Burial was in the Payne cemetery under the direction of Hutcheson & Co. of > Bolivar. > > > --- On Tue, 9/9/08, Nancy Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: Nancy Thompson <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [MOMILLER] Charles Edward Thomas - obituary >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Tuesday, September 9, 2008, 4:19 PM >> I would be interested in the names of the 3 children born to >> Catherine Cansler and Marion Boone. I found a death >> certificate for Martha >> Ellen Boone Horn b. 1866 d 1932. She lists her father as >> Marion Boone and >> mother as Katheryn Cansler. So I would say Catherine was >> not married to >> William R. Thomas until after 1866. >> Since their first child, Mary Jane was born in June 1872, >> I would >> say William R. Thomas was married to Catherine Cansler >> sometime between 1868 >> and 1871. >> I have no information on three children, George Thomas b. >> 1860, >> Sarah A. Thomas b. 1861, Cornelius W. Thomas b. 1868, but >> they could not >> belong to Catherine Cansler since she was still married to >> Marion Francis >> Boone in 1866 (see Martha Ellen Boone Horn above). >> William R. Thomas married Lucinda Francis Keeth (her >> second >> marriage) 22 Nov 1896. >> Ambrose A. Thomas' obituary names a half brother, Neal >> Thomas, of Deepwater, >> MO. >> Charles Edward Thomas' obituary names two half >> brothers, Neal and George >> Thomas and a half sister, Nancy Ahart. Who are the parents >> of these >> siblings? >> >> Nancy T. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: momiller[email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] >> On Behalf Of Paddy Buckley >> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 10:44 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [MOMILLER] Charles Edward Thomas - obituary >> >> The informant on this death certificate was Mrs Jack Keeth, >> formerly Mary J >> Thomas born about 1872 to William R Thomas. Her brother >> Charles Edward was >> born three years later in 1875. If the mother of Charles >> Edward was claimed >> to be Katherine Chansellor then she was also the mother of >> Mary J and she >> ought to have known about her father's wife/wives. >> >> Going through the MOMILLER Archives I can see that Willard >> McDowell is of >> the same opinion. "William R Thomas was indeed >> married to Catherine Cansler >> Boone, (my gg grandma), I believe his first wife." >> Can we put a date for >> this first marriage? According to Willard, Catherine >> Cansler was born about >> 1839/1840, and that before she married William R Thomas she >> had earlier >> married Marion Francis Boone with whom she had three >> children. >> >> At the 1850 Census for District 13 Camden Co Mo; Harry >> Thomas, 17; William >> Thomas 15; George Thomas 12; John Thomas 10; Cornelius >> Thomas 3; Eliza >> Thomas 1; all b Mo and all enumerated with Samuel Brooks 67 >> b Va & Elizabeth >> Brooks 42 b Ohio. >> >> At 1860 Census for Osage, Camden Co Mo; William R Thomas, >> 23, Laborer, b Mo; >> Elizabeth, 19, b Mo; George W, 3/12, b Mo; John W Thomas, >> 20, Laborer, b Mo. >> At this census relationships were not stated, but because >> of the presence of >> a 3 months old child, we may presume that Elizabeth 19 b Mo >> was the wife of >> William R Thomas. >> >> >> Then William R got caught up in the Civil War. In the 1895 >> Veterans >> Schedule for Jasper, Camden Co Mo: Thomas, William R. Pvt B >> Coy Osage HG Jul >> 12, 1861 - Dec 20, 1861 service 5 mo 8 days. Leg mashed.; >> re-enlisted. Cpl >> 3 MO Cav; Oct 10, 1862 - Jun 14, 1865; Service 2y 9m 4d. >> >> At 1870 Census for Osage, Camden Co Mo: William Thomas 35 >> farm lab; George >> 10; Sarah A 8; Cornela 2. All b Mo. No sign of a wife, >> and the 3 months >> baby in 1860 is now George age 10. Cornela age 2 was >> enumerated as a >> female, but my hunch is that this was Cornelius. >> >> At 1880 census for Jackson, Camden Co Mo; W.R Thomas 49 b >> Mo ? ?; wife >> Elizabeth 48 b La (or Iowa) Tn Ny; son Cornelious 12; Mary >> J 8; Charles E 6; >> Ambers A 3. This Elizabeth was born in about 1832 and not >> in Missouri. The >> Elizabeth of 1860 was born about 1841 in Missouri. >> >> The MoMiller archives show that several others have puzzled >> over the wives >> of William R Thomas. I am a relative newcomer to the >> problem and should >> welcome any guidance in the matter. >> Paddy >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] 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 > [email protected] 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 > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message