In a message dated 5/6/2003 2:39:11 AM Central Daylight Time, bpratt1@charter.net writes: > Carolyn, > > My great-great grandmother was listed as living in Kennedy, MO in 1896, > when her father died in Ohio. She shows up in the 1900 Carroll County, TN > Census. > > Most people think I am talking about Kennett, MO, but there is a map that > shows Kennedy, MO being about 9km North of Caruthersville, MO. > > My interest in possibly finding out where and when my gr-gr grandfather > died. All we know is that he was buried somewhere in the Boothill of MO. > His name was James Eugene PRYOR/PRIOR and he was born in 1853. His wife's > name was Lucy Belle (VanFleet/VanVliet) PRYOR. It was also mentioned that > they may have lived in Steele, MO, but her father's probate papers had > Kennedy, MO. > > Any and all help is greatly appreciated, no matter how small or great. I > would welcome anything at this point. I do hope you might be able to help > me, or at least keep the name so that when you are looking for other > ancestors that you might run across mine. > > Thanks, > Jennifer Pratt in TN > I checked the online 1880 census at family search.org. I could not pull up a James Pryor in Pemiscot County, MO. Do you know when he died? There were several James Pryors in the entire state. I will check the cemetery index to the Pemiscot County cemetery books at the Archives. Please remember that many cemeteries no longer existed by the time the books were done. Many were paved over, buildings were built where they once existed, or the tombstones were simply removed. If a farmer bought land and wanted to farm the cemetery, the tombstones were often loaded up and dumped. Carolyn