Did you run across any Williams's in your research. My GGGranfather had a big farm around Morgan Co, Joseph and Rachel Laramore Williams and raised a large family. Joseph and my GGuncles are buried in Morgan Co. Marsha ----- Original Message ---- From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 7:36:51 AM Subject: Re: [MOMORGAN] Haugh Creek, Morgan, Missouri Haw Creek and Haugh Creek are the same place just spelled different in the  census'.  Glensted Church and Cemetery is in Haw Creek as well as  Freedom Cemetery,  Mt. Nebo Cemetery, Old Self Chapel Cemetery , Antioch  Cemetery and quite a few other small family cemeteries. Glensted was a thriving  community at one time with a train that stopped there at a small station. When  my great grandparents(Thomas Sparks) lived there, they had a  large  farm with the largest barn in Morgan County. Their close friends, the Milburns  had a small store. Glensted cemetery enjoys the names of so many who were  pioneers in that small community. Some of the names written there are  Harmon, Sparks, Morris, Murray, Hughes, Jones, Woolery, Self, Kindrick,  Cooper, Klein, Nolt, Gerlt, Sims, Ball, Harrison, Milburn, Marriott. I  wrote a poem for Glensted which is the loveliest place to visit and the  nicest people still live there. I spent many a childhood day visiting the old  graves with my parents, grandparents or Aunts. My father told me of his boyhood  days in Glensted when he walked the fields, hunting rabbits, and squirrels for  his dinner. He loved the trains and the creek that crossed below Glensted. He  told me about the old cemetery on the Sparks farm he went to as a boy, but now  the stones are gone. When he was fourteen and the depression got so bad my  grandmother could hardly feed all her children so  he stole a ride on  the trains that went through Glensted and was a hobo with other men going to  different locations, but he went to his cousin's in Washington. Henry  Weeks married Gladys Washburn and Henry was a school Principal so  my dad  Elmer Lee Morris lived with them, went to school and learned  to play the violin. I didn't know the violin story until he was an old man.  He told me about one summer when he was 18 and he went to Idaho to pick  berries for work . That was about 1934 or 1935. I said, "Oh, Daddy how awful."  He threw back his head, laughed and said, "That was the most fun I ever had in  my life." My father's last words were,"Take me home to Glensted." I could write a book about all the remembrances I have heard my large  family tell. It was such a unique place and they loved it their  entire  lives even though they went other places to earn a living. The  concept of neighbor loving neighbor thrived in the small community and people  carried those values with them wherever they moved.                                                                           Glensted Church It stands  a triumph of it’s time A time  when singing filled the air And Bess  played hymns for all to share All that  stood is gone; alone it sits and waits The spire  atop the little church Holds the  bell so greatly loved Gained  from little hands That  earned each penny for the cost And  counted it so sweet All that  stood is gone; alone it sits and waits. The boards  grow weary old and gray And pass  the time with cemetery play And count  each soul and give it space All that  stood is gone; alone it sits and waits. The day is  near when all are free From  ravages of age and time Each  marker is a memory sign All that  stood is gone; alone it sits and waits. Come see  your past and look around To see  what’s left of town and pray And wait  your turn on this Memorial Day. All that  stood is gone; alone it sits and waits. By Bonnie  Morris Conrad I also wrote: Bury me in Glensted soil. The rich brown earth – Where my ancestors toiled- Let me lie in the place – Where the wind remembers my voice- And the sky remembers my  face. **************BUY Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull on DVD today! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1209326865x1200539441/aol?redir=http://www.indianajones.com/site/index.html) ------------------------------- 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