This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YKB.2ACE/226 Message Board Post: I am looking for any information on Mary Helen Smith who was born in 1909 in Monroe County or information on her family.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YKB.2ACE/175.1.1 Message Board Post: How exciting to hear there are possibilities, after such little success! After spending some time sleuthing in this immigrant history, I think it possible, and yet unlikely that your Louse is my Peter. The immigration time is very close to my records, around 1880, and the birth year is close enough to be possible. ( I have one person that quite clearly is out by 15 years in the American census data, according to her Danish emigration record.) Do you know where, in Denmark, Louse came from? Peter was born in Falster. There are many Danes in Minnesota, Peter having two brothers both in Douglas county. In any case, I am very interested in hearing more about the Danes in Missouri. It seems Missouri was much more civilized during those years than Dakota, where my great grandfather was in 1880.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YKB.2ACE/225 Message Board Post: Looking for information and descendents of the Grigsby family who helped establish Monroe County, and in particular, the city of Florida. We are descended from the Joseph White Grigsby line. Joseph was the son of John Trimble Grigsby, who emigrated to the area from the families origins in VA. Will gladly share info. Would also appreciate pictures of the area from anyone inclined to do so. Thanks!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Johnson/Jonson/Jørgensen Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YKB.2ACE/175.1 Message Board Post: I don't know if we have a connection but it sounds likely even though this Danish father was born in 1854 according to 1880 census. My husband is a Johnson descended from Andrew a child in this family group below. They came from Denmark and we still live right here where they settled in Monroe County very near the Audrain Co. line. The father in this family group has a first name of "Louse" but I am pretty positive that it is incorrect. The 1880 census is my only source for this father's name and there was probably language difficulty with the census taker. They immigrated in 1879 after the birth of Andrew or in 1880 before the census was taken. My husband's father and uncle still live here and still remember the children of this family though and Danish neighbors. Several families from Denmark settled here together. I haven't put them all together yet but one is Madzon/Madison and could be the family of Mary E./Maria listed as Louse's wife. We don't know much about "Louse" since he left all the children here after Mary died and supposedly went to Minnesota. Descendants of Louse JONSON --------------------------- 1-Louse JONSON b: 1854, Denmark +Mary E. AKA Maria UNKNOWN b: 1855, Denmark, d: 1888, Rowena, Missouri, bur: Antioch Cemetery, Audrain/Monroe Counties, Missouri, par: UNKNOWN and UNKNOWN |--2-James "Jim" JOHNSON b: 1876, Denmark, bur: Centralia, Missouri |--2-May AKA Emma JOHNSON b: 1878, Denmark |--2-Andrew JOHNSON b: 1879, Denmark, d: 1953, at home, Route 2, Paris, Monroe | County, Missouri, bur: 22 Dec 1953, Antioch Cemetery, Audrain/Monroe | Counties, Missouri |--2-Annie JOHNSON b: United States |--2-John JOHNSON bur: East Lawn Cemetery, Mexico, Audrain County, Missouri |--2-Chris JOHNSON I still have to collect quite a bit more about these children. Would love to know more about Peter Johnson/Jørgensen.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ivie, Allred, Faucett, McKee, Anderson, Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YKB.2ACE/223.1.1 Message Board Post: Vicki, Thank you so much for the information on Monroe cemetery records. Glenda

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YKB.2ACE/223.1 Message Board Post: Glenda, The Holliday cemetery caretaker is Guy Calison and he would know where Anderson is buried. Send the letter to him in Holliday, Mo 65258. Also, you can order microfilm (FHL #0870022) from any LDS church library and this film includes listings of all known cemeteries in Monroe County. Good luck! Vicki Monroe County surnames: Atterbury, Ford, Collins, Meason, & Kipper

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YKB.2ACE/224 Message Board Post: Josephus & Leah May Bish Miller were living 1950's in Paris, MO. Leah was born Apr 1894 in Grant Co IN. Need burial place, death dates, children if any. Thank You.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MEASON, MASON, McKINNEY, CHILES, CROW, COLLINS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YKB.2ACE/137.3 Message Board Post: Hello Debbie, I am looking for info on: Olivia MEASON b. 26 JUN 1845 in Monroe County, MO. Olivia was married to C. P. McKinney, and at least 2 other spouses (William Chiles, Napoleon Crow). Olivia may have been called "Ellen", but this has not been confirmed. Her surname may have been spelled "Mason". Olivia's parents were: William Hightower MEASON b. 1811 in Nelson County KY. William was married to Jane HAY sometime in 1840 in Clark County, MO. Two conflicting dates are 27 Aug 1840 and 03 Oct 1840. Jane was born about 1821-1824 in VA d. about 1852. They had 5 known children: 1) Agnes MEASON b: 1842 in MO 2) Albert MEASON b: 1843 in MO 3) Olivia MEASON b: 26 JUN 1845 in Monroe County, MO 4) Charles MEASON b: 1847 in MO 5) Taylor MEASON b: 1849 in MO Any information we can share on this family would be great. Please email me what you have... I am still working on this, and got a lot of help from Marie McKinney (dbm@davisclaims.com), who is Olivia's great-granddaughter. Thank you! Mark Rosenblum (mark.rosenblum@juno.com)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ivie Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YKB.2ACE/223 Message Board Post: Hi, My ancestors Anderson Ivie and Sarah or Sally Allred are listed as having been buried in Holiday, Monroe, Missouri, Sara in a private cemetery. Is there any way of finding out just where they are buried? We are having a family reunion this summer close by and if it is possible we would like to visit there. He died 25 Dec 1882 and she died 18 April 1861. Thanks for any help you can give us. Regards, Glenda

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith, McGee, Looney, Williams, Bryan, Power, and others Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YKB.2ACE/222 Message Board Post: I would like to find someone in the area who could find the birthdates and marriages of the children of James H. and Rosey A. McKamey Smith. These would be Monroe Co, probably Paris area, Marriages after 1850: Margaret Smith, b: abt 1832; Mary T or F. Smith, b: 1834 m J. H. Campbell; James Smith b: abt 1835, may have owned or managed a lumber yard in Paris abt 1860; Louisa Smith b: abt 1836; Martha B. Smith, b: abt 1838; Thomas J. Smith, b: abt 1840; Belle or Baldwin L. Smith b: abt 1841; Rosa J. Smith b: abt 1843 and Julia H. Smith b: 1848 m: ? Rowee Bower. Thank You

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Mason, Crow/e, & McKinney Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YKB.2ACE/221 Message Board Post: I'm needing infomation on Olivia Mason b. 1844, daughter of Wm & Saphronia 'Jane' Mason from KY, Olivia Mason married 24 Dec 1863, Monroe Co, MO Napoleon B. Crow/e, b. abt 1844 KY, son of Wm & Martha Crow/e from KY. N. B. & Olivia's children were: Wm. H. Crow, Ada Crow, John Crow, James Crow, Emma Crow, & Ella Crow. After death of Napoleon Crow, Olivia then married 25 Dec 1883 Monroe CO, Charles 'Pate' Mckinney b. 1855 KY, who had been married to Martha Collins in 1880, Monroe CO, not sure if a son Geo A. was their son or was his son by Olivia, but Joseph P., & Charles A. were sons of C. P. & Olivia (Mason) McKinney. C. P. & Olivia McKinney moved their family to Franklin CO, MO between 1884/1898. I would appreciate any help with these three families Thank You

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith, Hutton, McGee, Williams, Wilcoxson, Campbell, Bruce and others. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YKB.2ACE/220.2.2 Message Board Post: One more time, would you happen to have the birth date and place of John H. Campbell, also, the names of his parents. Did he remarry after the death of Mary? Also would you have the names of their children, if any, besides Sabella and Annie? Did Sabella die young, or about the time of her mother? And - is John H. Campbell buried in Pleasant Hill, also? Death date: ? I Thank You very much for your help, with these families. Do you have any thing on the siblings of Mary? I have that Julia H Smith married a Rowee Bower, she was born 5 Feb 1818 in Monroe County, and she died 11 April 1878 in Monroe County, and is buried in the Bower Family Cemetery. They had three children: Katie M., Thomas M., and an infant who died. Is this correct according to your knowledge? I also have that Thomas J.C. remained single, he is listed as living with his mother in the 1880 census of Paris, Monroe County, and that his occupation as Clerk in a Lumber Yard. Another question: Is he working in the Lumber Yard owned or managed by his brother, James E. ? Thanks again. Judy Smith/Colorado

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith, McGee, Looney, Wilcoxson, Bryant, Campbell and Bruce Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YKB.2ACE/220.2.1 Message Board Post: Thank You very much. I was wondering about the Mary T. or F. as the census record looked like an F. Thanks again. Judy Smith/Colorado

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YKB.2ACE/220.2 Message Board Post: I have a John Hawkins Campbell who married a Mary T or F. Smith and have the following siblings for Rosanna McKamey: Nancy, Robert C., Joseph H., Mary, and David A.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Campbell, Walters, Withers, Atchison, Wilmore, McKamey, Noonan, Cunningham, Chapman Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YKB.2ACE/220.1 Message Board Post: What Campbell line are your researching? I am descended from David W. Campbell who moved to Monroe County from Kentucky in 1838, and am researching that line and related families. djm

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith, McGee, McKamey, Campbell, and Bruce {Bruice} Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YKB.2ACE/220 Message Board Post: Searching for the children and siblings of James Harvey Smith and Rosey Ann McKamey Smith. James H. Smith was born abt 1809 in Mercer Co., Ky. He migrated to Monroe County, MO abt 1830 and 12 May 1831 Married Rosey Ann McKamey in Monroe County. They had possibly 8 or 9 children. The 1850 census record lists Rosey, and children: Margaret, Mary T., Louisa, Martha B., possibly Benedict{ ? spelling unreadable} Thomas, Rosey and Julia C.. Rosey Ann McKamey Smith was born abt 1815/16, daughter of John McKamey. There may also have been a son James Smith. James Harvey Smith died abt 1848 - 1850, leaving Rosey a young widow. Of the children: Mary T. Smith married James H. Campbell, b: abt 1834 and d: 1858, they had at least one daughter Annie Campbell who was living with grandmother Rosey Smith in 1880. Daughter Julia probably married a {Rower} Bower, she was born abt 1848 and died in 1878. They had at least 3 children: In 1880 Rosey McKamey Smith also had living with her! two Bower children, ages 5 and 3. One infant son died 4 days after his mother Julia. Would appreciate any help in finding the others of the James Harvey and Rosey Smith family. Also a Margaret J. Smith, b: abt 1811, Eliza Ann Smith b:abt 1813 possibly married Jacob Tanzey; Prudence Smith b: abt 1819 possibly married Robert H. McGee and Nancy H. Smith, probably all of Monroe County. Thank You for any and all information, I will be happy to exchange information on the Smith and McGee families. Judy Smith/Colorado

Those two Willian Swindle [Swindell] 's were uncle and nephew, according to information provided to me by Dorothy Swindell of Madison a few years ago. Her husband is/was caretaker of the Swindell Cemetery, and she shared a lot of notes with me and several other researchers about the Swindell family. She was in "poor" health 3 years ago, and I have not contacted her since. William W[ashington]'s father was Joel S. Swindell, brother of William C. Swindell. Both branches married into the Enochs family that I am searching. Rock Miller

I would like to know who is the William W. Swindle recorded with a land patent 4/10/1837 in Monroe Co., MO at the Palmyra Land Office. I am familiar with Joseph Swindle, who married Mary Brown, and came from NC to Monroe Co., MO and settled. Joseph has a land patent there 4/1/1839 at the Palmyra Land office. Joseph Swindle of Monroe Co., MO had a son named William C. Swindle, so this William W. Swindle is not him. >From the 1870 census at Marion Twsp. Monroe Co. MO we see William W. Swindle was born 1821 VA. His parents were also born VA. He is listed in the 1880 census still at Monroe Co., MO. >From Monroe Co. marriage records we find that William W. Swindle married Emily ENOCH 8/2/1846. Can someone properly identify this William W. Swindle for me, and his connection to Joseph Swindle, son of John Swindle and Hannah Weaver. Thaks, Lillian Kathleen Martin

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YKB.2ACE/219 Message Board Post: Ursula Jane Greer Wright’s obituary – dated 21 Jun 1866 Departed this life, at her residence in Monroe county, Mo, Mrs. Jane W. Wright, wife of Walker Wright, three days before she completed her 42nd year. She was born in Franklin county, Va, June 24th, 1824, and moved to Missouri with her father, Rev. Thos. B. Greer, in the spring of 1840 – married August 8th, 1842. She was for 23 years the best of wives, and long the noblest of mothers. I cannot describe her devotion to her family, especially to her husband. She leaves to mourn her departure a devoted husband, six sons and five daughters, (one an infant but a few days old,) and a very large circle of relatives, warm friends and neighbors. But we mourn not as those who mourn without hope, for she died trusting in the Lord. Such considerations should be a solace to the beloved friends she has left behind. May God in her mercy grant comfort to all the afflicted, and may the influence of her death be sanctified to the spiritual good of her bereaved husband and child! ren, that they may seek to become christians and their last moments be like her’s – calm and peaceful. Her remains were placed by the side of her dear old father’s, in the Baptist grave yard on the farm of Bird S. Webb. “Tis finish’d! the conflict is past, The heaven-born spirit is fled! Her wish is accomplished at last, And now she’s entomb’d with the dead. The days of affliction are o’er, The days and nights of distress; We see her in anguish no more, She’s gained her happy release. A FRIEND

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YKB.2ACE/144.1 Message Board Post: Edwin, I have lots of info on this family. I just pasted it below. Unfortunately, the formatting didn't carry over well, but I think it's mostly legible. I'm descended from Thomas's daughter Ursula Jane who m. Walker Wright. 1. Greer, TRev. Thomas Bailey Born: c. 1774, Franklin Co., VA Religion: Primitive Baptist minister. Married 1st: His age at his second marriage indicates there may have been an earlier marriage, but there is no record of it or any children before those of his first marriage. Married: 6 Mar 1816, Franklin Co., VA, to Ursula Webb, daughter of Theoderick & Sarah (Huff) Webb (formerly Fitzgerald) Died: Jan 1845, Monroe Co., MO. Buried in Baptist cemetery on old Bird S. Webb farm, Marion Township, Monroe Co., MO. Father: Moses Greer, Sr. b. 1744, Baltimore Co., MD Mother: Nancy Bailey b. 1748, Baltimore Co., MD Occupation: Primitive Baptist minister. Farmer. Spring 1840 went west with family to Monroe Co., MO. Webb, Ursula Born: c. 1796, Frederick or Amherst? Co., VA Religion: Primitive Baptist Died: After 1865 (reported living in Rocky Mount, Franklin Co., VA ‘after the Civil War.’ Father: Theodorick Webb (formerly Fitzgerald) b. 17 , VA Mother: Sarah Huff b. 17 , VA Occupation: Minister’s wife, farmwife? Children: * 1. Greer, Ursula Jane b. 24 Jun 1824, Rocky Mount, Franklin Co., VA m. 16 Aug 1842, Monroe Co., MO, to Walker Wright, son of Larkin and Nancy Ann (Sebree) Wright. d. 21 Jun 1866, Monroe Co., MO. Age 15-19 on 1840 census. Obituary says died a few days short of her 42nd birthday in 1866, so must have been born in 1824, not 1826. 2. Greer, William Armistead Burwell b. c. 1825, Rocky Mount, Franklin Co., VA m. To Laura Mason d. Age 15-19 on 1840 census. Became a physician and was living in New Cambria, MO, in 1877. Not sure if he returned to VA with mother after father’s death to receive education. 3. Greer, Moses Theodorick b. c. 1826-30, Rocky Mount, Franklin Co., VA m. Nancy Calloway d. Age 10-14 on 1840 census. Returned to Rocky Mount, Franklin Co., VA, with mother after father’s death in 1845. Practiced medicine near Callaway. 4. Greer, Thomas Bailey b. 10 Feb 1827, Rocky Mount, Franklin Co., VA m. 1st Celestia Taliaferro 2nd Kate, widow of Col. Fred Claiborne of SC d. Age 10-14 on 1840 census. Returned to Rocky Mount, Franklin Co., VA, with mother after father’s death in 1845. Became a physician and served on Virginia’s first Board of Medical Examiners. He was associated with Dr. Hunter McGuire in modernizing surgery. 5. Greer, John Henry b. c. 1831-34, Rocky Mount, Franklin Co., VA m. 1st Maria Webb 2nd Elizabeth Mosby Wade d. Aged 5-9 on 1840 census. Returned to Rocky Mount, Franklin Co., VA, with mother after father’s death in 1845. Attended school at Patrick Court House. His roommate was J. E. B. Stuart, who became famous as a Confederate general. When quite young, John ran away from home, went to New York, met some noted actors and played minor parts with Edwin and John Wilkes Booth, who were his remote relatives. There also he met Henriette Sontag, the great singer, for whom a post office in Franklin County was named. Ole Bull, also playing in New York at the time, was attracted by the Virginia lad and became his life long friend. John served as assistant surgeon in the 37th Battalion Virginia Calvary. When off-duty, he would lighten the hours of the soldiers by playing his banjo and relating his New York experiences. Thomas Street Greer was his son by his first marriage. His home on Chestnut Creek was noted for its hospitality. 6. Greer, Walter Callaway b. c. 1835, Rocky Mount, Franklin Co., VA m. Macon City, MO, to Elizabeth Craig. d. Aged 5-9 on 1840 census. Returned to Rocky Mount, Franklin Co., VA, with mother after father’s death in 1845? Served with the Union army during the Civil War. 7. Greer, Catherine Bailey b. c. 1842, Rocky Mount, Franklin Co., VA m. After 1865, to Zachary T. Wade d. Returned to Rocky Mount, Franklin Co., VA, with mother after father’s death in 1845. Was sent to Hollins Female Institute where she remained during the war. There is a legend that once when the 37th Battalion Virginia Cavalry passed Hollins with bands playing and colors flying, Kitty led a bevy of girls in dancing on the campus. Thomas & Ursula (Webb) Greer Thomas was born about 1774 in Franklin Co., VA, the son of Moses and Nancy (Bailey) Greer, both of whom were originally from Maryland. His father, Moses, served as an officer in the Revolutionary War during Thomas’s early childhood, reaching the rank of Captain. His father later served as the Franklin County representative in the Virginian Legislature for several terms, was a surveyor and farmer, and was one of the first three Justices of the County Court. In 1832, he was the presiding justice. Thomas and Ursula were married in Franklin Co., VA, in 1816. She was the daughter of Theodorick Fitzgerald Webb (son of Jacob Fitzgerald – he later adopted stepfather’s name as it was also his mother’s maiden name) and Sarah Huff, long-time residents of the county. Her father died while Ursula (the oldest of the family) was still young, fortunately leaving a sizable estate to provide for his widow and still minor children. Ursula’s father had been baptized into the Primitive Baptist church by Ursula’s future husband’s brother, Rev. Moses Greer, who also baptized Thomas. Ursula would also later be baptized into the church, probably by either Moses or by Thomas himself, who at some point either before or after his marriage received ordination. The Primitive Baptists were a strict, uncompromising sect, strict Calvinists, the old “hard shell” Baptists. They believed (and still do) in the total depravity of human nature, the ‘final perseverence’ of the saints, baptism by immersion, and the foot washing ritual. They broke away from the main body of Baptists over the issue of missionary societies, Sunday schools, and the use of instrumental music in church – among other things. The Primitives opposed all of these. They also discouraged the idea of an educated clergy, believing that an ignorant man was more likely to be imbued with ! the true faith than a learned one. The anti-missionary movement arose suddenly about 1820 in at least nine different Christian denominations, although it was mainly attributed to the frontier Baptists. It arose as a reaction against a growing tendency in the east of the larger denominations to establish central seminaries, missionary societies, and Sunday school curriculums and to send out ‘missionaries’ to win converts from other denominations. The smaller sects feared that they would be overwhelmed and even predicted the re-establishment of an ‘orthodox’ Christianity and loss of the constitutional guarantees of freedom of religion. The minorities reacted by withdrawing from interdenominational associations, the Primitives becoming perhaps the most isolated. They even managed to estrange themselves from other Baptist by the severity of their doctrine. Regular ‘missionary’ Baptists were willing to concede the benefit of some education for the clergy and saw! nothing wrong with trying to win converts from other denominations. Like his father (and as one of his sons would do after him), Thomas was also elected at least once to represent the county in the Virginian General Assembly. 1820 census, Franklin Co., VA, pg 145 Thomas B. Greer one male age 26-44 Thomas one female age 16-25 Ursula Slaves (14 total) one male age over 45 one male age 26-44 one female age 26-44 one male age 14-25 three females age 14-25 four males age under 14 1830 census, Franklin Co., VA Thomas B. Greer one male age 40-49 Thomas one female age 30-39 Ursula one male age 5-9 Ursula Jane one female age 5-9 William & Moses two males age under 5 Thomas Jr. Slaves (15 total) one male age 55-99 one male age 39-54 one age 24-35 one female age 24-35 three males age 10-23 two females age 10-23 two males age under 10 four females age under 10 Free blacks in house one male age 24-35 Thomas and Ursula’s family first six children were all born in Virginia. By the late 1830’s, due to economic conditions in the state, many of their friends and family were beginning to move west, especially to Missouri. A large wagon train of them set off to settle in Monroe Co., MO, in 1838. Thomas and Ursula eventually decided to follow the tide, and made the trek west to the same place in the spring of 1840. The trail they took was probably identical to that of the 1838 wagon train with which Thomas’ nephew Samuel Greer and his family traveled, a description of which is found in Marshall Wingfield’s 1964, “Pioneer Families of Franklin Co., VA”: ‘Samuel W. Greer and his family left Franklin County September 11, 1838, in company with Webbs, Pollards and others numbering nearly a hundred, including several slaves. They drove over the Alleghany Mountains, through Tennessee and Kentucky, crossed the Ohio River at Parker’s Ferry into Gallatin County, Illinois, and crossed the Mississippi River at Alton. They reached Monroe Co., Missouri, on the thirty-first day of October, 1838, making the whole trip in wagons. ‘ Samuel’s sister, Catherine (Kitty) married Robert J. Webb. Samuel’s sister, Sarah, married a William Wright. Their son, Tazewell Wright, married his cousin Sarafina Greer, daughter of Samuel. She was living with her parents in 1850, but left for CA with her husband in 1852. Where were William & Sarah Wright in 1850 with son Tazewell? Not in Monroe Co in 1850. 1840 census, Monroe Co., MO, Jackson Township, pg 137 [listed next door to a L.W. Greer, age 40-50] T. B. Greer one male age 50-59 Thomas B. one female age 40-50 Ursula one male age 15-19 Ursula Jane one female age 15-19 William two males age 10-14 Moses & Thomas two males age 5-9 John & Walter Thomas and Ursula settled down southwest of the Monroe county seat of Paris in Jackson township among numerous family and friends from Virginia. In Mar 1841, Thomas gave security for Ursula’s brother, Bird S. Webb, when he became guardian their sister ???’s orphan children when their father, Robert M. Beard died. About 1842, Thomas’s and Ursula’s seventh and last child, a girl they named Catherine, was born. Thomas lived less than five years in his new home, working to build up his new congregation (almost certainly still without a church building) and seeing his eldest daughter married to the son of a fellow Baptist Virginian ex-patriate, before dying in January of 1845. He was buried in the Baptist cemetery on the farm of Ursula’s brother, Bird S. Webb. [Years later, when his daughter Ursula Jane Wright, wife of Walker Wright, died and was laid to rest beside him, her obituary would refer to him as ‘her dear old father.’] Ursula, unhappy in the unpolished frontier community and wanting to obtain a better education for her children still at home, returned to Virginia with the younger children. She may have traveled that same year with her nephew???, Robert J. Webb, and his family when they returned to Virginia in December 1845. 1850 census, Franklin Co., VA age occupation real estate born Ursula Greer??? Ursula in the Civil War Ursula lived in Rocky Mount, VA, during the war. What happened there? Her son Walter, back in Missouri, served in the Union army; her son John, whom she had brought with her back to Virginia, served as a surgeon in the Confederate army – truly a case of brothers serving on opposite sides of the war. 1860 census, Franklin Co., VA?? Ursula Greer???? 1870 census, Franklin Co., VA?? Ursula Greer???? Ursula’s decision to return to Virginia turned out to be a fortunate one for her children. Thomas’ namesake, Thomas Bailey Greer, Jr., would later serve as a representative in the Virginia Legislature. Ursula died in Rocky Mount, Franklin Co., MO, sometime after the Civil War. Thomas’s burial place in indicated in the obituary of his daughter, Jane Wright, who was left behind in Missouri when Ursula took the family back to Virginia: Ursula Jane Greer Wright’s obituary – dated 21 Jun 1866 Departed this life, at her residence in Monroe county, Mo, Mrs. Jane W. Wright, wife of Walker Wright, three days before she completed her 42nd year. She was born in Franklin county, Va, June 24th, 1824, and moved to Missouri with her father, Rev. Thos. B. Greer, in the spring of 1840 – married August 8th, 1842. She was for 23 years the best of wives, and long the noblest of mothers. I cannot describe her devotion to her family, especially to her husband. She leaves to mourn her departure a devoted husband, six sons and five daughters, (one an infant but a few days old,) and a very large circle of relatives, warm friends and neighbors. But we mourn not as those who mourn without hope, for she died trusting in the Lord. Such considerations should be a solace to the beloved friends she has left behind. May God in her mercy grant comfort to all the afflicted, and may the influence of her death be sanctified to the spiritual good of her bereaved husband and child! ren, that they may seek to become christians and their last moments be like her’s – calm and peaceful. Her remains were placed by the side of her dear old father’s, in the Baptist grave yard on the farm of Bird S. Webb. “Tis finish’d! the conflict is past, The heaven-born spirit is fled! Her wish is accomplished at last, And now she’s entomb’d with the dead. The days of affliction are o’er, The days and nights of distress; We see her in anguish no more, She’s gained her happy release. A FRIEND