In a message dated 9/18/03 7:53:22 AM Central Daylight Time, dmmiller@ticon.net writes: > for many years there was a DeLaney Variety store in Paris, MO. That would > have been at least through the 1940's and 50's. This would have been Ray and Maxie (Hall) Delaney's store. Don't have a line on the Delaney's either, but I do have a genealogy for Maxie that goes back to James Collins (1794-1853) and his wife Sarah Ogelsby (1799-1845). These parents originally settled in Monroe County then moved to Shelby County and are buried on the property of Ethel Rubison, Route 4, Shelbina, MO, near the State Right-of-Way on Route CC east of Route 15, Monroe County, MO