Obituary - Urich (Missouri) Herald, 23 October 1941 JAMES D. ROSS BURIED TUESDAY AFTERNOON James D. Ross, eldest son of William J. and Anna H. Ross, was born in Pettis County, Mo. October 3, 1861. He was married to Dora Mae Holman, February 28, 1886 and died at his home near Urich, Mo. October 17, 1941 aged 80 years and 14 days. He came with his parents to Cass County in 1870 where he grew to manhood on a farm one and one-half miles south of Creighton. He was a member of a family of six children, Annie E. Ross, himself, William R. Ross, Mrs. Ila Helms, Robert H. Ross and John A. Ross. William R. Ross died in 1892 and Annie E. Ross died in March of this year. The other members reside at or near Creighton. On the death of his father in 1875, when he was but 14 years old, he assumed the leadership in carrying forward the work so essential to the preserving of a home for his mother and six children. Thus, at the age of 14, his farm life began. In this, his first venture, he displayed skill and good judgment and was classed as a good farmer. He maintained this reputation throughout life. No one ever doubted his honesty, few questioned his judgment. When he was 22 years of age, he went back to Pettis County where, in conjunction with a cousin, the late Dr. J. T. Sheffer, he farmed for two years. It was during these two years that he won the affections of the girl who became his wife and the mother of his seven children: Gilbert, who died March 27, 1905; Joe C., of Great Falls, Montana; Norman P., Harlan H., Mrs. Bessie Dunn, and Ruby Ross, all of Uric; and Dewey D. Ross of Abilene, Texas. His wife preceded him in death October 16, 1934. Soon after his marriage he rented a small farm adjoining the one where he had spent his boyhood days, where he lived one year. The following spring he rented the Catron farm just over the Henry County line. At the expiration of this lease he purchased and improved a small farm one mile east of Creighton. A few years later he traded this tract for a larger farm on the dividing line between Urich and Creighton where he resided up to the time of his death. Thus, for almost seventy years he had an active part in the things that affect the welfare of the community. His school days were limited to the time necessary to complete the course then taught in the country schools. Limited as the course of study was, he used it as a base, read extensively and became a well-informed man. He had confidence in the wisdom of the American people and believed that while mistakes were inevitable, they would be corrected in due time. He never joined the church but believed in God, confessed his faith in Christ and passed from this life with full confidence that there awaited the award consequent of a well spent life, and he would say with the poet Tennyson: "Sunset and evening star, And one clear call for me, And may there be no moaning of the bar When I put out to sea. Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell When I embark. For tho' from out our bourne of time and place The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crossed the bar." In his passing the state loses a staunch citizen, the community a good neighbor, his children a devoted father. The funeral services were conducted at the Creighton Christian Church with the Rev. Walter Mihlfeld, pastor of the Urich Baptist Church, officiating. The interment was made in the family lot at the Wadesburg Cemetery.

Obituary - Sedalia (Missouri) Democrat, 23 March 1954 Miss Ella Potter Miss Ella Potter, 85, a resident in the Clifton City community, died at Bothwell Hospital at 8:35 p.m. Monday. She had been a patient at the hospital since Thursday, March 18, and had been ill for the past four months. She was born Feb. 22, 1869, near Clifton City, the daughter of the late Abraham and Sarah Erwin Potter. She had spent most of her lifetime residing on a farm one mile northwest of Clifton City. She is survived by: two brothers, Granville Potter, 709 South Kentucky, J. J. Potter, Clifton City; four sisters, Mrs. A. M. Harlan, 902 West Broadway, Mrs. F. D. Richards, Pensacola, Fla., Mrs. Ethel Griffin, 235 South Quincy, Mrs. Brookie Huffine, 513 West Fifth; and a number of nieces and nephews. Two sisters and one brother preceded her in death. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Gillespie Funeral Home, the Rev. H. A. Wood, pastor of the Methodist Church at Otterville, to officiate. Russell Maag will sing "Sometime We'll Understand" and "Beyond the Sunset". Mrs. Mae Moser will be at the organ. Nephews will serve as pallbearers: Sam P. and Jerry W. Harlan, Floyd and Jesse Higdon Potter, Frank Briggs Streit and John Streit. Burial will be in Providence Cemetery. The body is at the Gillespie Funeral Home.

Obituary - Sedalia (Missouri) Democrat, 13 April 1937 Cue A. Higdon Cue A. Higdon, a prominent stockman and farmer of the Clifton City neighborhood, died suddenly while working on his farm about eighteen miles northeast of Sedalia, about 3:30 Monday afternoon. Death was due to heart trouble, Dr. Gordon Stauffacher, coroner, stated after viewing the body. Mr. Higdon, with his son C. A. Higdon, Jr., was working on a fence on the farm when the youth asked his father to take hold of a half hitch and Mr. Higdon said, "Son I am sick", staggered backward and fell to the ground. The son rushed to his side but his father was dead. Dr. Holtzen of Smithton was called and, after viewing the body, notified Dr. Stauffacher, who went to the scene and also viewed the body. Monday night Dr. Stauffacher held a postmortem on the body at the Neumeyer Funeral Home in Smithton. Mr. Higdon was born on the farm where he resided, the son of the late Jesse and America Higdon. He received his education in the country schools and was married when a young man to Miss Daisy May Potter, a neighbor girl. To this union were born two children, C. A., Jr. and Miss Mary Jeannette Higdon, the latter a student in the Smith-Cotton High School. Surviving is his widow, and two children and the following sisters, Mrs. Granville Potter of 2201 South Ohio Avenue, Mrs. Belle Campbell of St. Louis and Mrs. Hettie Smiley of Saskatchewan, Canada, and a sister-in-law, Mrs. R. A. Higdon of Kansas City. Three sisters, Mrs. Ward Kellerman, Miss Beulah Higdon, and Mrs. Louis Sheffer, and two brothers, S. A. Higdon and Robert A. Higdon, the latter a well-known attorney of Sedalia, preceded their brother in death. His brother, R. A. Higdon passed away on August 30, 1933 at his home from heart disease. Mr. Higdon was a member of the Providence Baptist Church. The body will be taken to the family home. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Providence Church, three miles north of Smithton, near Clifton City. Rev. A. W. Kokendoffer, pastor of the First Christian Church, Sedalia, will officiate. The following friends will serve as active pallbearers: E. R. Knox, J. G. Hansberger, E. I. Bidstrup, L. G. Wells, Charles Dilthey, and Mr. Sheperd. Honorary pallbearers will be: F. T. Perkins, C. E. Knox, Willie Embree, George Shaw, Marshall Hall, Oscar Green, James Hay, N. C. McFarland, Louis Monsees, and Barney Twenter. Interment will be in Providence Cemetery.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HENRY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FMB.2ACE/1409 Message Board Post: Obits for Stella Henry and Della Mae Henry needed, both died in 1920. Also need cemetary info. and photos for both. Please email me with a list of your fees. Thanks

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I am new to this site and hope someone can direct me where I might find some probate information. I have written to the county seat and they told me they have no record. I am looking for any probate information for Henry Small who died the 23 March 1850 in Pettis County. His wife Ann died 6 Dec. 1845 in Pettis County. Are there any records in nearby counties, would it be worthwhile to look there. I hope someone on the list who is familiar with the records can direct me where to look. Thank you for your help, Stephanie Miller in Oregon -- __________________________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup CareerBuilder.com has over 400,000 jobs. Be smarter about your job search http://corp.mail.com/careers

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FMB.2ACE/1366.2 Message Board Post: Hi, There is a Crown Hill Cemetery (660-826-1562) in Sedalia that started in 1861 with the burial of a Union Soldier. According to their information card, Feb. 15, 1866 the civil war soldiers remains were taken to the National Cemetery at Jefferson City, MO. You might try calling Crown Hill. The gentleman there is very nice, but keep in mind it is an old office, one man operation and no computer data base. (I live south of Sedalia and have rang his phone a few times) I hope this helps. Connie

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Fuller Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FMB.2ACE/1407 Message Board Post: I have photographs of a Rev & Mrs. Fuller who preached at LaMonte according to the note on back of photo. I'd guess early 1900 by the clothing. Also have photographs of children? Earl Fuller and Earline Marguerite Fuller. Most of the photos were taken in Fremont, Nebraska. Anyone with information about the names of the Rev and his wife, please contact me. I'd like to find the decendants of this family to share the photos with them. Any church records in LaMonte????

For those of you seeking African American Ancestors in Missouri -- please check and post to the message boards provided below It has been some time since I have been able to update additional records to my African Americans in Missouri website -- but I do continue to get many, many queries and attempt to assistance each person who contacts me via email. If you have slave related documents you would like to share; please feel free to email, fax or snail mail them to me. Over the past year -- my computer died, but now I have a new system. I was unable to retrieve some documents from my old system. I now have a new powerful system with CD/DVD burner and everything so I can retain and hold much more data and images safely. If you have sent me photos in the past year; and recollect what you sent; please send me an email reminder so I can check my index of goodies and make sure I have it. I've literally got a collection of stuff on cd rom from Missouri folks. I just need another 24 hours in each day to get it online! If you visit my website here: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/topic/afro-amer/ You can access the following: African American Genealogy ALHN Queries Discussion Board http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/topic/afro-amer/webbbs/queries/index.cgi African American Genealogy Wills Index Board http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/topic/afro-amer/webbbs/wills/index.cgi African American Probate Records Index Board http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/topic/afro-amer/webbbs/probate/index.cgi African American Land Records Index Board http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/topic/afro-amer/webbbs/land/index.cgi African American Private Family Records Index Board http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/topic/afro-amer/webbbs/private/index.cgi BY THE WAY!!! The State of Missouri also has online an African American History Initiative http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/africanamerican/intro.asp Before Dred Scott: Freedom Suits in Antebellum Missouri http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/education/aahi/ St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project: Freedom Suits http://www.stlcourtrecords.wustl.edu/about-freedom-suits-history.cfm (this is a fascinating website. I found several lawsuits related to families I am researching -- and I am amazed at what lawsuits were about and what slaves were put through in fighting for freedom) Thanks --- Traci Wilson-Kleekamp African Americans in Missouri http://www.missouri-slave-data.org http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/topic/afro-amer/ (you can view and post queries and responses here!)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Calvert Kendrick Lambert See Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FMB.2ACE/1406 Message Board Post: I am trying to solve a mystery of Walter Calvert. Walter married Martha Kendrick in 1858 in TN. I later found Martha in a census listed in MO with her sisters and brother William .She is buried in MO . On a later census Martha is listed as married but Walter is not listed. I find no record of Walter after this census. I know he had sons named Howard,Jefferson and Joseph. My husband is a descendant of Howard so I would love to hear from anyone researching this lineage and anyone who can help me solve where did Walter go? Howard married Annie Florence See who is the daughter of John See and Mary Catherine Lambert. Howard later died and is buried in Oklahoma. thanks in advance

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FMB.2ACE/1335.2.2 Message Board Post: Betty.. A David Alexander [email protected] sent me a comment about Andrew Alexander > Margaret Laswell & John B. ALexander > Mary E Taylor and Elijah Laswell Alexander Heath Creek twp. Pettis Co. Do you know him...if not sounds like you have something in common. Your friend in Johnson Mo. Sharon

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FMB.2ACE/1335.2.1 Message Board Post: Good Day Betty...Thanks for the reply! Yes, I am familiar with Longwood Cemetery...I have Swope relatives there. I am looking for my Gr Grand Mother Mary Emaline Alexander...wife of Jesse Swope. They are buried in Mt. Herman just south of Longwood. I found Mary E Alexander and the other Alexander in Longwood and wondered if there was a connection to my Mary Emaline? Sharon [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FMB.2ACE/1335.2 Message Board Post: John Black Alexander was my great grandfather's brother and all I have on him B: 8 Apr. 1836 Spouse: Mary Ellen Taylor M: 12 Apr. 1860 Saline County, MO. I will check with a couple of cousins and see if they have anymore information. My g grandfather is buried in Longwood Cemetery and I expect half of the cemetery are kinfolks. There is also a Millers Chapel Cemetery near Longwood where several family members are buried.

Hi. What Simmons family are you looking for? Mine was Russell Simmons, b. 1816 in NY, died 1902 in Sedalia. [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 1:53 AM Subject: [MOPETTIS] surnames HENRY, PARKER,McALEXANDER, BLAZER, SIMMONS > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: HENRY, PARKER, McALEXANDER, BLAZER, SIMMONS > Classification: Lookup > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FMB.2ACE/1405 > > Message Board Post: > > Is there anyone in Sedalia area available to do obit, cemetary, marriage, birth look ups? If so, please contact me privately with your fee schedule. Thanks >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HENRY, PARKER, McALEXANDER, BLAZER, SIMMONS Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FMB.2ACE/1405 Message Board Post: Is there anyone in Sedalia area available to do obit, cemetary, marriage, birth look ups? If so, please contact me privately with your fee schedule. Thanks

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/5519/FMB.2ACE/167.1 Message Board Post: DEAR CONNIE THE NAME GEORGE C. CASTLE CAUGHT MY ATTENTION MY FATHER WAS JOE KENNETH CASTLE HIS BROTHER WAS CARL (AKA GEORGE CARL OR KENNETH) THEY WERE ABANDONED IN FANNIN CO.TX IN 1912 IN THE TOWN OF BONHAM,TEXASIF ANY OF THIS FIT OR IF YOU CAN ASSIST ME I HAVE TRIED MY WHOLE LIFE TO FIND OUT SOMETHING ABOUT HIS FAMILY. OH YES THEY WERE RAISED IN A ORPHANAGE NAMED HUDSONVILLE IT IS ALSO IN FANNIN CO

Obituary - Sedalia (Missouri) Daily Capital, 2 February 1913 DEATH OF A DIVINE THE REV. W. N. PHILLIPS PASSED AWAY EARLY ON SATURDAY MORNING INTERMENT TO BE AT CLIFTON CITY Furnished the Data for His Own Obituary, Putting it on Paper January 2 - Retired as Minister Eight Years Ago Rev. W. N. Phillips, aged 67 years, died Saturday morning at 12:05 o'clock at his home, Fifteenth Street and Summit Avenue, death resulting from cancer of the jaw. Rev. Phillips was a Baptist minister and had served faithfully and well the cause of the Master for many years. His health compelled him to give up his pastoral duties eight years ago. He is survived by a widow, four sisters and two brothers, all of the sisters and brothers residing elsewhere. No children survive. Rev. Phillips, realizing that his death was only a short time away, on January 2, 1913, wrote the following data as an obituary notice for himself to be used after his passing. "I was born in Tennessee in the year 1846, Jan. 11, in Henderson County. My parents moved to Missouri in 1853, and I stayed with them until I was 18 years old. Then I joined the federal army and served two years. From St. Clair County I came to Pettis County and married Mary Potter April 28, 1867." "I was converted when 18 years old and soon afterward was called to preach. I was ordained in the Baptist Church May 18, and preached twenty-five years. I began preaching at Otterville and then went to Pleasant Hill Church, then Saline, Hopewell, Peninsula, Lamine, Camp Branch, Green Ridge, South Fork and Mount Zion. I witnessed 1,000 conversions, baptized 600 persons, and having fought the fight I am ready to be offered Farewell, comrades; meet me there. My address is Heaven - W. N. Phillips." The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at Clifton City, and interment will be near that place. The members of the funeral party will leave Sedalia this morning on M. K. & T. passenger train No. 2, at 6 o'clock, with the remains. The pallbearers will be selected from among friends of the deceased at Clifton City. Rev. Phillips was a well known divine and had a legion of friends in Pettis County who will sincerely mourn his passing.

Obituary - Sedalia (Missouri) Daily Capital, 3 September 1914 MRS. POTTER DIED AT CLIFTON CITY Mrs. Abe Potter, aged 67, who was stricken with paralysis at her home in Clifton City last Saturday night, died at 6:30 o'clock Wednesday evening. The deceased has two sisters, Madams J. W. Neale and A. M. Harlan, and a brother, Granville Potter, living in Sedalia. She is survived by her husband, seven daughters, two sons, and three sisters. The funeral of Mrs. Potter will be held at the Clifton City M. E. Church Friday morning at 10 o'clock, and interment will be made in Providence Cemetery.

Obituary - Sedalia (Missouri) Democrat, 13 February 1974 Mrs. Phila Potter Mrs. Phila Potter, 94, formerly of Sedalia, died in San Diego, Calif., at 12:05 a.m. Tuesday. Mrs. Potter was born in Versailles, May 14, 1880, daughter of the late Daniel S. and Eliza Long Berkstresser. She was married to James W. Potter, Nov. 30, 1899, and he preceded her in death Aug. 7, 1911. On Feb. 14, 1924, she was married to Grant Potter and he preceded her in death in 1962. Mrs. Potter lived in Sedalia until 1968, when she moved to California. She was a member of the First Southern Baptist Church in San Diego. Mrs. Potter is survived by one son, Dean Potter, 401 East Walnut; two daughters, Mrs. Susan Masterson, San Diego; Mrs. Rosa Lee Ousley, Rocky Mount, Mo.; two stepsons, Clarence Potter, 403 East 19th and George Potter, Orlando, Fla.; four stepdaughters, Mrs. Julia Kell, Lancaster, Calif.; Mrs. Tom (May) Dugan , 519 West Third; Mrs. Henry (Mable) Holman, 616 Wilkerson; Mrs. Fidelia DeCarpo, Inglewood, Calif.; two grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild; three step grandchildren, seven step great-grandchildren, and five step great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Heckart-Gillespie Funeral Home with the Rev. Gordon Carpenter officiating. Pallbearers will be Larry Burnett, Albert Johnson, Frank Royce, Cecil Swift, Clay Thomas, and Earl Wood. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery, Otterville. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.