This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: PeggyRiggsKopp Surnames: WELLS, RIGGS Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.newmadrid/2238/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Dear List - I am trying to pinpoint the location of my WELLS family's legend which possibly took place in an area of southeastern Missouri. There would have been a cabin situated amongst tall grasses where panthers roamed. The time frame of this legend would have been 1912-18. Scott County, 1911, is the last documented area where my grandfather, Edwin Finley WELLS, and his family lived but to date I've not found any reference to panthers and tall grasses in that area. The family previously would have lived in New Madrid County where their last two children were born. My mother, Daisy (WELLS) RIGGS, born there in 1910, related her terror when panthers got on the roof and tried to get down the chimney when she was "real little". Her older sister, Ada, spotted the tail of a panther in the tall grasses and her father shot it. Can anyone tell me of an area in southeastern Missouri where this may have occurred? Peggy RIGGS Kopp [email protected] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~peggyriggs... Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

I was born in Scott County, IL in 1940. I remember as a small child that for about 3 or 4 nights we heard the cry/scream of a big cat......and we lived in the town of Winchester. I have cousins by the name of Wells and they lived around Roodhouse, Greene Co., IL. Their father was Irvin Elam Wells. There also were Riggs in Winchester, Scott Co., IL. Mary (Cowhick) Tuxhorn -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, Dec 3, 2009 3:25 pm Subject: [MONEWMAD] PANTHERS/TALL GRASSES This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: PeggyRiggsKopp urnames: WELLS, RIGGS lassification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.newmadrid/2238/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Dear List - I am trying to pinpoint the location of my WELLS family's legend which possibly ook place in an area of southeastern Missouri. There would have been a cabin ituated amongst tall grasses where panthers roamed. The time frame of this egend would have been 1912-18. Scott County, 1911, is the last documented area where my grandfather, Edwin inley WELLS, and his family lived but to date I've not found any reference to anthers and tall grasses in that area. The family previously would have lived in New Madrid County where their last two hildren were born. My mother, Daisy (WELLS) RIGGS, born there in 1910, related er terror when panthers got on the roof and tried to get down the chimney when he was "real little". Her older sister, Ada, spotted the tail of a panther in he tall grasses and her father shot it. Can anyone tell me of an area in southeastern Missouri where this may have ccurred? Peggy RIGGS Kopp [email protected] ttp://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~peggyriggs... Important Note: he author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like o reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond n the board. NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political nnouncements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. onsideration for exceptions, contact Don E. Wright" [email protected] ------------------------------- o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message

Mary, thank you for responding. I am amazed to hear of big cats as late as 1940, especially near a populated area! I have checked to see if any of my WELLS and RIGGS lines might have been in Greene and Scott counties in IL, but have not yet found a connection. Peggy [email protected] wrote: > I was born in Scott County, IL in 1940. I remember as a small child > that for about 3 or 4 nights we heard the cry/scream of a big > cat......and we lived in the town of Winchester. I have cousins by > the name of Wells and they lived around Roodhouse, Greene Co., IL. > Their father was Irvin Elam Wells. There also were Riggs in > Winchester, Scott Co., IL. Mary (Cowhick) Tuxhorn