This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: domojo138 Surnames: Cunningham Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.polk/2640/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Looking for marriage information on Clarence B. Cunningham and Myrtle ?. Clarence was married to Mary Catherine Higginbotham. Date unknown. Mary died in 1899, Polk Co. Believe he then married Myrtle as she signed his death certificate in 1956. Looking for information on his family and mostly his father, James A. Cunningham and his kin, father, mother and siblings. Thanks!! 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: domojo138 Surnames: Cunningham, Wright Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.polk/2639/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Looking for information on James A. Cunningham D/B 1850, D/D 1925 and wife California Wright, D/B 1849, D/D 1902 Both are buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Need information on their parent's, children and maybe a marriage certificate. Thanks. 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: domojo138 Surnames: Cunningham Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.polk/1278.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Lindsay, We last "talked" a year ago. My Ggrandfather was James K. Polk Cunningham. You wrote that you thought he was the son of William A.W.Cunningham. Have you any more info on this?? Not sure if you knew that Polk died in 1910, I can send you details if you like. Also you have a copy of his signature on a pension application, can you send a copy. Thanks, Darleen 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.

Hello Carolyn, You can contact the Polk Co. Genealogical Society at: pcgs@alltel.net or the url is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mopolkgs/ Kay Sunday, June 17, 2007, 9:15:21 PM, you wrote: > If you are on this list, please contact me. Or if anyone knows > Leanna (Julie.....or anyone else from the genealogical society) > and has a current email address for her, could you please contact me? > Thanks, > Carolyn Caplinger

If you are on this list, please contact me. Or if anyone knows Leanna (Julie.....or anyone else from the genealogical society) and has a current email address for her, could you please contact me? Thanks, Carolyn Caplinger ____________________________________________________________________________________ Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: nadinea165 Surnames: morgan Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.polk/964.3.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Specer A. Morgan married again to Sarah Anna B. Batten my great grandmother. My Aunt Willena Walker helped Terry Rawe in years passed. i can't seem to get any farther back than Hugh Morgan, Alexander' brother. maybe we can help each other. i have some of terry's work, but may not have it all. Sarah received a pension from Spencer's Mexican war service. hope to hear from you .... nadine tell Terry hello for me. 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: treecrazyd1 Surnames: HOLMES Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.polk/2638/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am researching my neices family and on the 1900 census they are in Polk County, MO. The children: Jaosn, Henry, Matilda, and Melvina are in the household with their mother, Mary, as HofH. The family ledgend is that the father had died and the boys were put in an orphanage. Can anyone tell me of such a place in Polk County around 1900? It is also said that Jason ran away from the orphanage and went to Texas. If anyone is researching this family I would really appreciate some help. TIA, Dana 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: GMFerry Surnames: Brown/Beck Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.polk/2637/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Emma Myrl, sometimes went by the name if Myrl, spelled sometimes like Mirrel, and they lived in Polk Co. Mo and Cedar Co. MO. Want to find her spouse, and family. Need help with this one. She was born Jul 15, 1906 Cedar Co. MO. Thanks Georgia in IL 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 use water and a sponge....bleach will hurt stone.....especially the old stones....sorry haystak 50 ----- Original Message ----- From: Lanita Sconce Smith<mailto:ozarkn@grm.net> To: mopolk@rootsweb.com<mailto:mopolk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 7:32 PM Subject: Re: [MOPOLK] Tombstone cleaning As one who has done my share and more of tombstone cleaning in Missouri and Arkansas, let me say that I have used some items that the 'experts' have sworn are bad for the stones. Trouble is, my grandparents used the same when they started cleaning stones in the 1920s, and it has never done damage to any of the stones they cleaned. Every 10 years or so, I go back and clean them again, using the same ingredients. My family stones which have had this type of cleaning done for close to 100 years with no harm, looks better today than ever, even close to looking 'brand new'. When I have come across an old stone coated with mildew and moss, there's only one thing that kills it... .don't scream or have a heart attack now.... it's BLEACH! AAGHHH, I can hear you now, but allow me to explain that when a stone is covered with mildew and moss [and I'm talking about the old marble ones], a solution of bleach AND water using a SOFT brush, will not only remove the mildew and moss but will kill it for regrowth, and cause the stone to endure much longer! The mildew and moss harms the stone more than anything bleach and water can do. I know by posting this, some kind soul will point me to the websites which states otherwise.. .don't bother. I've read them all, and my personal experience with these coated with MO/AR moss and mildew shoots down anything the so called experts have to say. They don't live in Mo and Ar dealing with the elements and our humidity. They don't go to the dark woods and hidden cemeteries out in the middle of no where, where very few researchers or caretakers ever go. Its sad that some stones which were allowed to be left alone with no cleaning for so long, now has moss and mildrew so eaten on them, that NOW they ARE impossible to read. I WILL say that I am VERY careful with the amount of solution of bleach [1 bleach part to 3 water parts] using a soft brush and being careful not to scrub too hard. I also make sure to have straight water to rinse.. .bear in mind, this is for the EXTREME cases! A soft brush with water generally helps others which are not as bad. A couple of the stones I cleaned were so bad that I had to use a stronger bleach mixture, but that is certainly not the norm for my cleaning. I no longer clean other family's stones, but will continue to oversee the cleaning of my own families' stones. I know some of you are die hard in your belief that bleach is not to be used at any cost. I don't share your belief, and you won't change my mind, just as I won't change yours. I think its more important that we do the best we can, in our own good conscience, and take care of those which we come in contact in our researching. We'll never agree on everything, but then, that would be boring and unAmerican. So, this is what I do for the extreme cases, and it works wonders. I've never used shaving cream, couldn't see doing that when powder/baking powder is so much easier and neater. But, I am interested in others' experiences when it comes to shaving cream. .... does it actually CLEAN a stone, or make it readable? Lanita in MO ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOPOLK-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:MOPOLK-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

As one who has done my share and more of tombstone cleaning in Missouri and Arkansas, let me say that I have used some items that the 'experts' have sworn are bad for the stones. Trouble is, my grandparents used the same when they started cleaning stones in the 1920s, and it has never done damage to any of the stones they cleaned. Every 10 years or so, I go back and clean them again, using the same ingredients. My family stones which have had this type of cleaning done for close to 100 years with no harm, looks better today than ever, even close to looking 'brand new'. When I have come across an old stone coated with mildew and moss, there's only one thing that kills it... .don't scream or have a heart attack now.... it's BLEACH! AAGHHH, I can hear you now, but allow me to explain that when a stone is covered with mildew and moss [and I'm talking about the old marble ones], a solution of bleach AND water using a SOFT brush, will not only remove the mildew and moss but will kill it for regrowth, and cause the stone to endure much longer! The mildew and moss harms the stone more than anything bleach and water can do. I know by posting this, some kind soul will point me to the websites which states otherwise.. .don't bother. I've read them all, and my personal experience with these coated with MO/AR moss and mildew shoots down anything the so called experts have to say. They don't live in Mo and Ar dealing with the elements and our humidity. They don't go to the dark woods and hidden cemeteries out in the middle of no where, where very few researchers or caretakers ever go. Its sad that some stones which were allowed to be left alone with no cleaning for so long, now has moss and mildrew so eaten on them, that NOW they ARE impossible to read. I WILL say that I am VERY careful with the amount of solution of bleach [1 bleach part to 3 water parts] using a soft brush and being careful not to scrub too hard. I also make sure to have straight water to rinse.. .bear in mind, this is for the EXTREME cases! A soft brush with water generally helps others which are not as bad. A couple of the stones I cleaned were so bad that I had to use a stronger bleach mixture, but that is certainly not the norm for my cleaning. I no longer clean other family's stones, but will continue to oversee the cleaning of my own families' stones. I know some of you are die hard in your belief that bleach is not to be used at any cost. I don't share your belief, and you won't change my mind, just as I won't change yours. I think its more important that we do the best we can, in our own good conscience, and take care of those which we come in contact in our researching. We'll never agree on everything, but then, that would be boring and unAmerican. So, this is what I do for the extreme cases, and it works wonders. I've never used shaving cream, couldn't see doing that when powder/baking powder is so much easier and neater. But, I am interested in others' experiences when it comes to shaving cream. .... does it actually CLEAN a stone, or make it readable? Lanita in MO

I am wondering if any of you have tried taking "rubbings" off the hard to read stones. When I was in Polk County three summers ago, I tried on some stones that I had previously been told were blank, nothing carved in them. I only had computer paper and soft pencils with me but lo and behold, I managed to take an impression of what was on the stones..... all very small stones in Reed Cemetery, six little babies. I have since purchased the proper "crayons" that are used to do rubbings in the UK in case I ever get back to Polk County. One doesn't have to rub hard, and I am probably the only one who will ever do it to those little stones so really, little if any damage. I think where there was a problem in the UK was in the places that masses of tourists were doing rubbings every day, all year long over many years. Just my inflated 2 cents worth! Bev British Columbia, Canada

Kay, I believe that there is great humidity in Missouri and as it is black of color i'd guess it was mildew and a mix of moss lichens. I saw it at Bethlehem Baptist cemetary in Dade County a few years ago and assumed it was mildew. Jim

The stuff growing one the stones I am talking about, is really stuck. I know it is not but it appears to be rooted to the stone. You can't just brush it off. I don't want to do anything to do more harm, as some of these stones are Really in bad shape. Kay > -----Original Message----- > From: mopolk-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:mopolk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of brenda gardenhire > Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 2:04 PM > To: mopolk@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [MOPOLK] Tombstone cleaning > > I recently went to mt gilead in boliver..and just used > water.......and a linen cloth to wipe it...worked good for > me,,,haystak50 >

I recently went to mt gilead in boliver..and just used water.......and a linen cloth to wipe it...worked good for me,,,haystak50 ----- Original Message ----- From: Wayne Smith<mailto:cwsmith9@swbell.net> To: mopolk@rootsweb.com<mailto:mopolk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 5:55 AM Subject: Re: [MOPOLK] Tombstone cleaning What is wrong? Prior to sending this correction, I posted a message, in which I said, that one could google "gravestone cleaning" and find many sites that offer instructions. My correction below arrived in my mail box and the first one has not been seen. Anyway, try google. Wayne Wayne Smith <cwsmith9@swbell.net<mailto:cwsmith9@swbell.net>> wrote: Oooops, too early in the morning... I should have said quotation marks, rather than parenthesis. What can I say, I am old and I am a veteran (smile). Wayne Smith J Ad wrote: Hi All, I have nothing scientific as to this remedy, but i've been told: "regular aerosol mens shaving cream is the item to use for clearing the inscriptions to make them readable". It has been several years since I received this advice and cannot vouch for it, as i've not tried it. Instructions were to spray it on the inscriptions and wait a few minutes, then wipe off with clean cloth. I was assured it wouldn't harm the stones. Anyone know of this method? If this is true, I imagine the whole stone could be cleaned, at least on the smooth services. Jim A ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOPOLK-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:MOPOLK-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOPOLK-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:MOPOLK-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOPOLK-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:MOPOLK-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Shaving cream, bad for stones? If so, I should think that great damage would be done to the skin on the face of the humans who use shaving cream, so are we ready to send this to Myth Busters? Jim

Shaving cream does NOT damage tombstones. Moreover, the idea that shaving cream damages tombstones is the product of a KNOWN HOAX. If you really think shaving cream harms tombstones, then please read this, if you dare: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gbonner/misc/shavingcream.html Moreover, ARGO is damaging to the tombstone. Brock Way From: "Connie" <kavolscof@junct.com> Subject: Re: [MOPOLK] Tombstone cleaning PLEASE do not use shaving cream to read tombstones. It damages the stone. A much better way is to use ARGO cornstarch in a sock. Simply pat it into letters and numbers and wipe off the excess. Takes wonderful pictures. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need Mail bonding? Go to the Yahoo! Mail Q&A for great tips from Yahoo! Answers users. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396546091

PLEASE do not use shaving cream to read tombstones. It damages the stone. A much better way is to use ARGO cornstarch in a sock. Simply pat it into letters and numbers and wipe off the excess. Takes wonderful pictures. ----- Original Message ----- From: "J Ad" <montanan2@worldnet.att.net> To: <mopolk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 12:55 AM Subject: [MOPOLK] Tombstone cleaning > Hi All, > I have nothing scientific as to this remedy, but i've been told: > "regular aerosol mens shaving cream is the item to use for > clearing the inscriptions to make them readable". It has been > several years since I received this advice and cannot vouch > for it, as i've not tried it. > Instructions were to spray it on the inscriptions and wait > a few minutes, then wipe off with clean cloth. I was assured it > wouldn't harm the stones. > Anyone know of this method? If this is true, I imagine the > whole stone could be cleaned, at least on the smooth services. > Jim A > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOPOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

What is wrong? Prior to sending this correction, I posted a message, in which I said, that one could google "gravestone cleaning" and find many sites that offer instructions. My correction below arrived in my mail box and the first one has not been seen. Anyway, try google. Wayne Wayne Smith <cwsmith9@swbell.net> wrote: Oooops, too early in the morning... I should have said quotation marks, rather than parenthesis. What can I say, I am old and I am a veteran (smile). Wayne Smith J Ad wrote: Hi All, I have nothing scientific as to this remedy, but i've been told: "regular aerosol mens shaving cream is the item to use for clearing the inscriptions to make them readable". It has been several years since I received this advice and cannot vouch for it, as i've not tried it. Instructions were to spray it on the inscriptions and wait a few minutes, then wipe off with clean cloth. I was assured it wouldn't harm the stones. Anyone know of this method? If this is true, I imagine the whole stone could be cleaned, at least on the smooth services. Jim A ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOPOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOPOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Oooops, too early in the morning... I should have said quotation marks, rather than parenthesis. What can I say, I am old and I am a veteran (smile). Wayne Smith J Ad <montanan2@worldnet.att.net> wrote: Hi All, I have nothing scientific as to this remedy, but i've been told: "regular aerosol mens shaving cream is the item to use for clearing the inscriptions to make them readable". It has been several years since I received this advice and cannot vouch for it, as i've not tried it. Instructions were to spray it on the inscriptions and wait a few minutes, then wipe off with clean cloth. I was assured it wouldn't harm the stones. Anyone know of this method? If this is true, I imagine the whole stone could be cleaned, at least on the smooth services. Jim A ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOPOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

If you will google "gravestone cleaning" (with parenthesis) you will discover more information than you wanted to find. However, here is one of the links that is listed there. http://www.gravestonepreservation.info/cleangr-1.asp Many of the sites list many "don'ts" to avoid ruining the stone. We have discovered that the "don'ts" are as important as the list of "dos". Wayne Smith, Kansas City, MO cwsmith9@swbell.net J Ad <montanan2@worldnet.att.net> wrote: Hi All, I have nothing scientific as to this remedy, but i've been told: "regular aerosol mens shaving cream is the item to use for clearing the inscriptions to make them readable". It has been several years since I received this advice and cannot vouch for it, as i've not tried it. Instructions were to spray it on the inscriptions and wait a few minutes, then wipe off with clean cloth. I was assured it wouldn't harm the stones. Anyone know of this method? If this is true, I imagine the whole stone could be cleaned, at least on the smooth services. Jim A ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOPOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message