Thanks, Deb, That will change some of the info I had received from someone else. Same Dennis, same parents, siblings, different dates. The other information had him being born in 1908, death in 1973. Thanks again! Brenda

Obit on Mary Ella Ball found in my grandmother's belongings. (She was Corillia Ann (ROSS) HOWARD of Granby.) Please note: I noticed some discrepancies in the way a few names were spelled but will type them here as they appear in the article. Mrs. Mary (Ella) Ball passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Raymond Callaway, in Bolivar, MO, Sunday at 4:30 pm after a short illness. She was a lifelong resident of southwest Missouri, being born on a farm west of Sarcoxie, Missouri and later moved to Sarcoxie with her parents, where she lived until united in marriage to Caleb Ball in 1895, after which she made her home in Granby where she lived until quite recently. To this union three sons and one daughter were born: Ward C Ball, Harold A Ball, Edwin T Ball and Mrs. R C Calloway, all of whom survive. She also mothered five stepchildren consisting of three boys and two girls to manhood and womanhood of which Harry W Ball, Mrs. Mary Woodcock and Mrs. Nell Marcus survive. Three sisters also survive, Mrs. Bill Smith of Joplin, Mrs. Laura Miller of Sapulpa, OK and Mrs. Cordelia Ward of St. Louis. Thirteen grand children, nine great grandchildren and one great great grandchild also survive. Mrs. Ball was a member of the Granby Methodist Church and was very active in her church with Ivy Rebekah Lodge until going to make her home with her duaghter, Mrs. Rayma Callaway in Bolivar about three years ago. Funeral services were held at 2:30 pm Tuesday at the Granby Methodist Church. The body lay in state from the time of arrival from the home until the funeral hour of 2:30 o'clock. Funeral services were conducted by the Granby pastor, the Rev. G W Wheat. Mrs. A G Prisster of Bolivar sang two songs accompanied by Miss Imogene Engle also of Bolivar. Acting as pallbearers were T D Breedlove, H L Wood, Ray Mathis, Enos Darnell, Jack Allen and Frank Nichols. Honorary were J W Langley, B F Davis, A L Stedman, John Spangle, C M Breedlove. Burial was in Granby's IOOF cemetery under direction of Ervin and Blue Funeral Home of Bolivar. A wonderful Mother, Devoted Christian, And the Methodist Church of Granby mourns her loss. *********** Hope this helps in some way... Deb Vancouver

Here is the Dennis Vance Obit...My grandmother who had saved it died in 1970 and it was amongst the things she had in a box. Granby Man Found Dead in Bed Granby, Mo, January 10 Dennis Edgar Vance, 47 years old, was found dead in bed @ 6:50 o'clock this morning at his home. He had been under the care of a physician and death was due to natural causes, according to the attending physician. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Mary Vance of the home; two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Tanner and Mrs. Reatha Letts of Granby, a son, Howell Dean Vance of Granby; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Anna Faye Lovett of Oklahoma and four stepsons, Leon White and David White of Wisconsin, Amos White of Neosho, and Jess White of Kansas; his mother, Mrs. Nancy Vance of Granby; three sisters, Mrs. Goldies Knowles of Granby and Mrs. Velma Armstrong and Lucille Eppard of California; four brothers, Dave Vance of Ritchey, Claude Vance, R E Vance and Jess W Vance of Granby and three grandchildren. Funeral services will be announced by Culver-Shewmake funeral home. Brenda...is this the same one and someone put it in my grandmother's belongings after she passed? DEb

Deb, Did this Dennis Vance die in 1973 in Oklahoma? If there is any survivor information, I'd like to have it. If it's a different Dennis Vance, I'd like to have it, too! Thanks! Brenda

YES,Mary Ella Ball is a relative.I would love to have a copy of the obit.thank you NJ

I have copies of obits on Mary Ella Ball and Dennis Edgar Vance which I found while on vacation in MO. Anyone need them? Deb

Deb - glad you had a great trip ~ Randy isn't kidding! With the weather we've had since about Dec 15, he's not the only one thinking of leaving Newton County! That 15 inches of snow we had hasn't melted yet. Got iced over, plus more ice on the almost cleared roads. I just got done with a mail route that normally takes 4.5-5 hours to drive. Today it was 6.5 hours, chains on tires, 500# of sacked sand in the bed. Had to skip 65 inaccessible mailboxes, saw the ditch up close & personal twice & did an unwilling u-turn on a road that shoved me up against a dirt bank that I thought I was never going to get backed away from (no traction on the ice). Much ice-chipping, sand & ice melt later, I retreated down that road. Unfortunately, sometimes even as it melts, it makes it worse as it refreezes during the night. What was good yesterday might be a different story today. In many years, we've not had weather like this. Usually, the roads might get nasty for a couple of days, then it warms up & melts it all. But I do remember a year - when was it - in the 80's that on Xmas eve it was 57 below with the wind chill. Normally, a 4 wheel drive isn't necessary except very few days. Well, Y'all come! ----- Original Message ----- From: Linda Simmons <genfreak@jps.net> To: <MONEWTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 2:04 PM Subject: RE: [MONEWTON] Home from Newton County > It's a beautiful place to visit! I've never been there in the winter - but > the humidity and ticks got to me other times of the year. BUT, I'm always > ready to go again! > > Linda > Auburn, CA > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Randy and Karen Scott [mailto:randykar@ipa.net] > Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 11:34 AM > To: MONEWTON-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [MONEWTON] Home from Newton County > > > Deb, > Are you really sure about that move part? I'm not sure but that I might just > trade places with you!! > Randy > > Randy & Karen (Bit by the genealogy bug!!) > Researching the surnames of SCOTT, WATSON, ALDERMAN, TAYLOR, ENGEL and > KIRKENDOLL > http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/c/o/Randall-D-Scott/ > > > ==== MONEWTON Mailing List ==== > Newton County, Missouri MOGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~monewton/newton.html > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > > > > ==== MONEWTON Mailing List ==== > Newton County, Missouri MOGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~monewton/newton.html > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog

Joy What a time for us to plan to move back there, but we plan on leaving here in CA second week of JAN. And we had sunshine today and iIdid not have to wear my coat. I had a long sleeve blouse on. But at night it gets very cold with lots of ice of a morning. Evelyn From: Joy Hobbs <beatsme@netins.net> To: <MONEWTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 6:04 PM Subject: Re: [MONEWTON] Home from Newton County > Deb - glad you had a great trip ~ > Randy isn't kidding! With the weather we've had since about Dec 15, he's > not the only one thinking of leaving Newton County! > That 15 inches of snow we had hasn't melted yet. Got iced over, plus more > ice on the almost cleared roads. > I just got done with a mail route that normally takes 4.5-5 hours to drive. > Today it was 6.5 hours, chains on tires, 500# of sacked sand in the bed. > Had to skip 65 inaccessible mailboxes, saw the ditch up close & personal > twice & did an unwilling u-turn on a road that shoved me up against a dirt > bank that I thought I was never going to get backed away from (no traction > on the ice). Much ice-chipping, sand & ice melt later, I retreated down > that road. > Unfortunately, sometimes even as it melts, it makes it worse as it refreezes > during the night. What was good yesterday might be a different story today. > In many years, we've not had weather like this. Usually, the roads might > get nasty for a couple of days, then it warms up & melts it all. > But I do remember a year - when was it - in the 80's that on Xmas eve it was > 57 below with the wind chill. > Normally, a 4 wheel drive isn't necessary except very few days. > Well, Y'all come! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Linda Simmons <genfreak@jps.net> > To: <MONEWTON-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 2:04 PM > Subject: RE: [MONEWTON] Home from Newton County > > > > It's a beautiful place to visit! I've never been there in the winter - > but > > the humidity and ticks got to me other times of the year. BUT, I'm always > > ready to go again! > > > > Linda > > Auburn, CA > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Randy and Karen Scott [mailto:randykar@ipa.net] > > Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 11:34 AM > > To: MONEWTON-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [MONEWTON] Home from Newton County > > > > > > Deb, > > Are you really sure about that move part? I'm not sure but that I might > just > > trade places with you!! > > Randy > > > > Randy & Karen (Bit by the genealogy bug!!) > > Researching the surnames of SCOTT, WATSON, ALDERMAN, TAYLOR, ENGEL and > > KIRKENDOLL > > http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/c/o/Randall-D-Scott/ > > > > > > ==== MONEWTON Mailing List ==== > > Newton County, Missouri MOGenWeb > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~monewton/newton.html > > > > ============================== > > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > > > > > > > > ==== MONEWTON Mailing List ==== > > Newton County, Missouri MOGenWeb > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~monewton/newton.html > > > > ============================== > > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > > your heritage! > > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > > > ==== MONEWTON Mailing List ==== > Newton County, Missouri MOGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~monewton/newton.html > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library >

WELCOME BACK! Looking forward to hearing about what all you dug up down there in Newton County. Brenda Wichita VANCE/FERGUSON/TANNER/BURRESS

Deb, Are you really sure about that move part? I'm not sure but that I might just trade places with you!! Randy Randy & Karen (Bit by the genealogy bug!!) Researching the surnames of SCOTT, WATSON, ALDERMAN, TAYLOR, ENGEL and KIRKENDOLL http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/c/o/Randall-D-Scott/

It's a beautiful place to visit! I've never been there in the winter - but the humidity and ticks got to me other times of the year. BUT, I'm always ready to go again! Linda Auburn, CA -----Original Message----- From: Randy and Karen Scott [mailto:randykar@ipa.net] Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 11:34 AM To: MONEWTON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MONEWTON] Home from Newton County Deb, Are you really sure about that move part? I'm not sure but that I might just trade places with you!! Randy Randy & Karen (Bit by the genealogy bug!!) Researching the surnames of SCOTT, WATSON, ALDERMAN, TAYLOR, ENGEL and KIRKENDOLL http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/c/o/Randall-D-Scott/ ==== MONEWTON Mailing List ==== Newton County, Missouri MOGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~monewton/newton.html ============================== Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history learning and how-to articles on the Internet. http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library

Hello from the nice dry and balmy Pacific Northwest! (grin) To those of you who knew we left on Dec 12 from Vancouver to drive all the way back to Joplin for Christmas with my parents...I just wanted you to know, WE MADE IT!!!! Hooray! Nothing was going to keep me from stomping around in Newton county for my roots! Actually "stomping" is just what I did!!!! After leaving here and stopping for the night in northern CA I phoned my parents to discover they had just had 12 inches of snow...but being the pioneer that I am (well, that isn't exactly what my husband called it), we continued on our mission. I thought I should post to the group in case any of you are still looking for us under a snowdrift. I have lots to share and questions to ask once I sorta make a path through the laundry!!! There were some places we couldn't get to due to the roads being sorta...uh...frozen, but I did get quite a bit of info, etc. Got stuck on Doc Wood's Hill (yes, that is the rubber from our tires left there), and took as many photos as I could. Anyway, thanks to all who were wondering about us. We are safely at home as of last night, and ready to move back to MO anytime! Deb Vancouver

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The Elijah Lane shown on the 1870 census is the one your are looking for: LANE Elijah 57 M Farmer TN Real Estate $1600 Personal Property $510 Elizabeth 54 F KY John D 27 M Farmer IL Real Estate $ 400 Personal Property $ 75 William C 19 M Farmer IL Eliza A 15 F IL Melvina D 21 F IL (Not sure of first name - and age out of order) David 8 M IL John 4 M IL According to the census taker, David cannot read or write and Melvina and John D attended school within the year. Hope this helps, Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich Moberly" <RMOBERLY@arvest.com> To: <MONEWTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 7:04 AM Subject: [MONEWTON] LANE > Greetings to the list and thanks in advance for any help received. > > I am searching for my LANE connections in the Newton and Jasper Counties of Missouri. Basically, here is what I know. > > LANE, Elijah 1870 Newton County Missour census. Page 480 of the Shoal Creek township, Federal Population Schedule, MO 1870 Federal Census Index, MO298123758 and MO298123759 > > I don't have the census information yet to verify this is my Elijah, but it fits so far. Came from Perry County Illinois where they were on the census of 1840, 1850, and 1860. His wife is Elizabeth. > > Their son John B LANE (changed his middle name to Daniel during the war) is listed in Perry County Illinois with them. He served in the Missouri State Militia and the 14th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry. Afterward he married Suphronia Elizabeth KIRBY in Uniontown, Bourbon County, Kansas. My GGrandmother, Ora Suphronia LANE was born 2 Nov 1880, in Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri. > > LANE, John D (B) was a foreman for Carter's Mill. He died on 16 Aug 1889, and his men built him a fine wooden coffin. He was buried by (near) the new schoolhouse being built for Carter(s)ville. My GGrandmother did not mention what state they lived in at the time, but circumstantial evidence would indicate Jasper and Newton County areas. > > We deeply appreciate any and all responses and thank you so much for all that each of you do. Best Wishes to each of you during this holiday season. > > Rich & Terri Moberly > Headstone Hunters > Random Acts of Genealogy Kindness > Bartlesville, Washington County, Oklahoma > rmoberly@arvest.com work > rmoberly@swbell.net home > > > ==== MONEWTON Mailing List ==== > Newton County, Missouri MOGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~monewton/newton.html > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > >

Greetings to the list and thanks in advance for any help received. I am searching for my LANE connections in the Newton and Jasper Counties of Missouri. Basically, here is what I know. LANE, Elijah 1870 Newton County Missour census. Page 480 of the Shoal Creek township, Federal Population Schedule, MO 1870 Federal Census Index, MO298123758 and MO298123759 I don't have the census information yet to verify this is my Elijah, but it fits so far. Came from Perry County Illinois where they were on the census of 1840, 1850, and 1860. His wife is Elizabeth. Their son John B LANE (changed his middle name to Daniel during the war) is listed in Perry County Illinois with them. He served in the Missouri State Militia and the 14th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry. Afterward he married Suphronia Elizabeth KIRBY in Uniontown, Bourbon County, Kansas. My GGrandmother, Ora Suphronia LANE was born 2 Nov 1880, in Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri. LANE, John D (B) was a foreman for Carter's Mill. He died on 16 Aug 1889, and his men built him a fine wooden coffin. He was buried by (near) the new schoolhouse being built for Carter(s)ville. My GGrandmother did not mention what state they lived in at the time, but circumstantial evidence would indicate Jasper and Newton County areas. We deeply appreciate any and all responses and thank you so much for all that each of you do. Best Wishes to each of you during this holiday season. Rich & Terri Moberly Headstone Hunters Random Acts of Genealogy Kindness Bartlesville, Washington County, Oklahoma rmoberly@arvest.com work rmoberly@swbell.net home

I'd like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Very Happy New Year. Juanetta

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: {not a subscriber} 1850 Census Lookup for Pool, Robinson & McElhaney Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2000 12:56:50 -0800 From: sagomyr@pop.flash.net Reply-To: sagomyr@flash.net To: MONEWTON-L@rootsweb.com List Members, Does anyone have access to the 1850 Newton county census? I am interested in the following: Asa Pool pg 327 Neosho Henry J. Pool pg 327 Neosho John C. Pool pg 329 Neosho S. W. Pool pg 369 Neosho William Robinson pg 330 Neosho William Robinson pg 353 Marian William McElhaney pg 323 Neosho My great grandmother Pool and her sister had connections to McElhaneys and Robinsons in Northwest Arkansas and were said to be born in Missouri. Since all three names are located in Newton county in 1850, I thought I would ask someone for a lookup. I am not a member of the list, but would appreciate any assistence. Thank you. Sam Reece sagomyr@flash.net (reply at this email)

I just found this information aboout a relative of my family: Parmelia Choate, died 21 April, 1919. Obit in Neosho Times. Is this paper still being published? And can anyone tell me how I could obtain a copy of the obituary? Betty Grace bgrace@jps.net

Just realized that the JOPLIN GLOBE is online. There is also a link to the Carthage Paper at http://www.joplinglobe.com Does anyone know if there is an on-line paper for Newton County. Still hoping to find connections to my elusive Bartlett Isley of NC > TX > MO found in the 1860 Newton County Census in Van Buren Township, father of Stanford Pryor Isley. ALSO, Jackson (Fitz) Randolph, father of Cordelia Vashti Randolph, b. 1861 somewhere in Missouri...maybe Reynolds County as I found land records of a purchase there in 1860. Jackson is the son of Samuel and Zepporah (Davis) FitzRandolph of Ohio. Stanford Pryor and Cordelia Vashti Isley were the parents of Lula Ethel Isley, m. Benjamin Oscar Corner of Van Buren Twp, Newton County 1908 in Carthage. For more info, you can check my webpage below. Mary Pollard in SoCal http://community.webtv.net/pollama/MaryPollardsFamily

Hi Deb, Thank you so much for looking for the marriage of my GGGrandfather, Levi PIPER in Newton County. I will write to the Courthouse as your suggested. Thanks for the information on Newspapers in Newton County that would have been in business around the time of his death in 1905, I will check that out as well. You were great to help me out like this. Mary