Hi Dan, I'm afraid I won't be any help with where any one is buried in Putnam County. I have just copied sheets of some of the cemetery records that I obtained while in Missouri, but I live in California. I did look thru the pages I have and show a James Ambrose Branscomb buried in Pleasant Home Cemetery. But he was born in 1867 and died in 1932, so doubt that's your James/Jim Branscomb. Also show Edgar born 1912 and buried 1967 and a J.D. Branscomb, no dates. I only have those because I of my ancestors on the same pages. I'll check the census reports later today and see if I can find anything on Jim B. Branscomb or who A.M. Branscom was. Sandy -----Original Message----- From: Dan Branscomb <dlt123@netins.net> To: Robert Whitsell <sandyw@thegrid.net> Date: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 11:34 AM Subject: Re: Rolls & MAY: 1880 Census in MO >good morning robert >my name is dan branscomb my father was edgar branscomb from liviona. >what i,m trying to find out is where my grandfather jim buck branscomb is >was buried he was killed in a car wreck in 1947 he was supposed to have been >last seen in a tavern in greys ville i would like any information >about him or any other family members. i am comming to unionville >the last week of this month. >also who was am branscom i,m stumped as to who he was. >thanks > dan branscomb > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Robert Whitsell" <sandyw@thegrid.net> >To: <MOPUTNAM-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 12:41 AM >Subject: Re: Rolls & MAY: 1880 Census in MO > > >> No, the census doesn't show charges, nor length of stay, etc. Altho you >> could probably check with the library in Unionville and see if they have >> anything in the newspaper there around that date showing what he might >have >> done to have been incarcerated. >> >> I found it odd that 2 men and 1 woman with her 6 month old child would be >in >> jail at the same time. I know they had separate cells, but to my >knowledge, >> there were just bars between the different cells. I would imagine that >the >> baby was with the mother to be fed? Wonder what kind of special >> arrangements would have been made for her? >> >> I also found it odd that the wife listed him on the census while the jail >> did also. And my gg grandparents were listed in 2 different counties that >> year. >> >> I can't help you with where she's buried. Possibly someone else has the >> cemetery records and can provide that information. That's one of the set >of >> books I'm hoping to get next. >> >> Good luck in finding the information. Oh, the library should also be able >> to tell you what library. And someone sent me a new cemetery site today.. >> I'll forward it to the list. You can search by state. >> Sandy >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: LGMAY <lgmay@mindspring.com> >> To: Robert Whitsell <sandyw@thegrid.net> >> Date: Monday, August 14, 2000 10:20 PM >> Subject: Re: Rolls & MAY: 1880 Census in MO >> >> >> >Thanks for the information. I had heard that Leroy was a poor provider >> >for his family. Nancy did laundry for her neighbors to support the >> >family. Her dress caught fire from a kettle she was washing clothes. >> >She died as a result of her burns. >> > >> >Do you know where she is burie? She is probably in an unmarked grave. >> >Her brothers raised her boys after her death. >> >What were the charges against Leroy? >> > >> >Robert Whitsell wrote: >> >> >> >> Lawrence, >> >> I found this in the 1880 Census - Elm Twp. for Leroy and Nancy >> Roles/Rolls >> >> (that's how it's listed in the census) >> >> >> >> ROLES/ROLLS >> >> Leroy 28 farmer In/Oh/In >> >> Nancy 38 washing In/In/In >> >> Joseph W 6 Mo/Ia/In >> >> Samuel 4 Mo/Ia/In >> >> Thomas Albert 4 Mo/Ia/In >> >> SMITH >> >> Mary 17 step-dau Il/In/In >> >> >> >> On one side of them is William and Eliza Jane MAY and on the other side >> is >> >> James and Rachel MAY (w/11 more in the house) and next to them is >Joseph >> and >> >> Matilda MAY and their 3 children. >> >> >> >> Something else, Leroy Rolls is also listed as a "guest" in the county >> jail >> >> along with A.M. BRANSCOM and Ellen DALYON with her 6 mo. old daughter. >> >> >> >> Sandy >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: Lawrence May <lgmay@mindspring.com> >> >> To: MOPUTNAM-L@rootsweb.com <MOPUTNAM-L@rootsweb.com> >> >> Date: Saturday, August 05, 2000 12:11 PM >> >> Subject: Rolls & MAY: MO >> >> >> >> >Does anyone have more complete knowledge of Leroy Rolls who married >> >> >Nancy May in Elm Twp., Putnam Co., MO about 1870. Their children were >> >> >Joseph W. Rolls b. 1874; Samuel Rolls b. 1876; Thomas Albert Rolls b. >> >> >1876. >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >

I checked the cemetery records of Mendota; Rose; St. Johns in Grant township; NO James Branscomb buried in those cemeteries though there is a Branscomb buried at the Rose. I looked at St. Johns because that cemetery is closest to Livonia and checked Rose because thats in Graysville or close to it. Not having any luck with the cemeteries I checked the Unionville Index records and there was no listing for anyone close to what was inquired about for the year 1947 or any year close to that. So afraid I'm not much help either. Good Luck though. Unionville has lots of good records and maybe you can find something there. Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert Whitsell <sandyw@thegrid.net> To: <MOPUTNAM-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 1:11 PM Subject: Re: Rolls & MAY: 1880 Census in MO > Hi Dan, > I'm afraid I won't be any help with where any one is buried in Putnam > County. I have just copied sheets of some of the cemetery records that I > obtained while in Missouri, but I live in California. I did look thru the > pages I have and show a James Ambrose Branscomb buried in Pleasant Home > Cemetery. But he was born in 1867 and died in 1932, so doubt that's your > James/Jim Branscomb. Also show Edgar born 1912 and buried 1967 and a J.D. > Branscomb, no dates. I only have those because I of my ancestors on the > same pages. > > I'll check the census reports later today and see if I can find anything on > Jim B. Branscomb or who A.M. Branscom was. > Sandy > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Branscomb <dlt123@netins.net> > To: Robert Whitsell <sandyw@thegrid.net> > Date: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 11:34 AM > Subject: Re: Rolls & MAY: 1880 Census in MO > > > >good morning robert > >my name is dan branscomb my father was edgar branscomb from liviona. > >what i,m trying to find out is where my grandfather jim buck branscomb > is > >was buried he was killed in a car wreck in 1947 he was supposed to have > been > >last seen in a tavern in greys ville i would like any information > >about him or any other family members. i am comming to unionville > >the last week of this month. > >also who was am branscom i,m stumped as to who he was. > >thanks > > dan branscomb > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Robert Whitsell" <sandyw@thegrid.net> > >To: <MOPUTNAM-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 12:41 AM > >Subject: Re: Rolls & MAY: 1880 Census in MO > > > > > >> No, the census doesn't show charges, nor length of stay, etc. Altho you > >> could probably check with the library in Unionville and see if they have > >> anything in the newspaper there around that date showing what he might > >have > >> done to have been incarcerated. > >> > >> I found it odd that 2 men and 1 woman with her 6 month old child would be > >in > >> jail at the same time. I know they had separate cells, but to my > >knowledge, > >> there were just bars between the different cells. I would imagine that > >the > >> baby was with the mother to be fed? Wonder what kind of special > >> arrangements would have been made for her? > >> > >> I also found it odd that the wife listed him on the census while the jail > >> did also. And my gg grandparents were listed in 2 different counties > that > >> year. > >> > >> I can't help you with where she's buried. Possibly someone else has the > >> cemetery records and can provide that information. That's one of the set > >of > >> books I'm hoping to get next. > >> > >> Good luck in finding the information. Oh, the library should also be > able > >> to tell you what library. And someone sent me a new cemetery site > today.. > >> I'll forward it to the list. You can search by state. > >> Sandy > >> > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: LGMAY <lgmay@mindspring.com> > >> To: Robert Whitsell <sandyw@thegrid.net> > >> Date: Monday, August 14, 2000 10:20 PM > >> Subject: Re: Rolls & MAY: 1880 Census in MO > >> > >> > >> >Thanks for the information. I had heard that Leroy was a poor provider > >> >for his family. Nancy did laundry for her neighbors to support the > >> >family. Her dress caught fire from a kettle she was washing clothes. > >> >She died as a result of her burns. > >> > > >> >Do you know where she is burie? She is probably in an unmarked grave. > >> >Her brothers raised her boys after her death. > >> >What were the charges against Leroy? > >> > > >> >Robert Whitsell wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Lawrence, > >> >> I found this in the 1880 Census - Elm Twp. for Leroy and Nancy > >> Roles/Rolls > >> >> (that's how it's listed in the census) > >> >> > >> >> ROLES/ROLLS > >> >> Leroy 28 farmer In/Oh/In > >> >> Nancy 38 washing In/In/In > >> >> Joseph W 6 Mo/Ia/In > >> >> Samuel 4 Mo/Ia/In > >> >> Thomas Albert 4 Mo/Ia/In > >> >> SMITH > >> >> Mary 17 step-dau Il/In/In > >> >> > >> >> On one side of them is William and Eliza Jane MAY and on the other > side > >> is > >> >> James and Rachel MAY (w/11 more in the house) and next to them is > >Joseph > >> and > >> >> Matilda MAY and their 3 children. > >> >> > >> >> Something else, Leroy Rolls is also listed as a "guest" in the county > >> jail > >> >> along with A.M. BRANSCOM and Ellen DALYON with her 6 mo. old daughter. > >> >> > >> >> Sandy > >> >> > >> >> -----Original Message----- > >> >> From: Lawrence May <lgmay@mindspring.com> > >> >> To: MOPUTNAM-L@rootsweb.com <MOPUTNAM-L@rootsweb.com> > >> >> Date: Saturday, August 05, 2000 12:11 PM > >> >> Subject: Rolls & MAY: MO > >> >> > >> >> >Does anyone have more complete knowledge of Leroy Rolls who married > >> >> >Nancy May in Elm Twp., Putnam Co., MO about 1870. Their children were > >> >> >Joseph W. Rolls b. 1874; Samuel Rolls b. 1876; Thomas Albert Rolls b. > >> >> >1876. > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> > > > > > >

Dan: I may have some help for you. I found a James Edgar Branscomb, born 29 Nov. 1889 in Putnam County, MO and died 16 Dec. 1946. He had 2 sons, Edgar Samuel and Delbert Basil and a daughter Ruby Stewart. He is buried in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Cincinnati, Iowa which is just across the state line from Missouri and many People with Putnam County roots are buried there. He was buried by his first wife Edith Bessie Eppley who died 12 December 1916. His daughter was by his 2nd wife Bessie Blanche Parcel. Could he be your grandfather? The Branscombs in Putnam County go back to Henry (ca 1804-1865) and Elizabeth Burris (1811-1898). They came to Macon County, MO from Wayne County, KY around 1840 and went to Putnam County in the early 1860's. There were several families that followed the same route. I am descended from a daughter Charlotte who married William Vestal. There was also a son Asa M. who is probably the A.M. you asked about. He was born about 1840. If you think I am on the right track, let me know and I have more info I can share with you. John E. Sparks Robert Whitsell wrote: > Hi Dan, > I'm afraid I won't be any help with where any one is buried in Putnam > County. I have just copied sheets of some of the cemetery records that I > obtained while in Missouri, but I live in California. I did look thru the > pages I have and show a James Ambrose Branscomb buried in Pleasant Home > Cemetery. But he was born in 1867 and died in 1932, so doubt that's your > James/Jim Branscomb. Also show Edgar born 1912 and buried 1967 and a J.D. > Branscomb, no dates. I only have those because I of my ancestors on the > same pages. > > I'll check the census reports later today and see if I can find anything on > Jim B. Branscomb or who A.M. Branscom was. > Sandy > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Branscomb <dlt123@netins.net> > To: Robert Whitsell <sandyw@thegrid.net> > Date: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 11:34 AM > Subject: Re: Rolls & MAY: 1880 Census in MO > > >good morning robert > >my name is dan branscomb my father was edgar branscomb from liviona. > >what i,m trying to find out is where my grandfather jim buck branscomb > is > >was buried he was killed in a car wreck in 1947 he was supposed to have > been > >last seen in a tavern in greys ville i would like any information > >about him or any other family members. i am comming to unionville > >the last week of this month. > >also who was am branscom i,m stumped as to who he was. > >thanks > > dan branscomb > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Robert Whitsell" <sandyw@thegrid.net> > >To: <MOPUTNAM-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 12:41 AM > >Subject: Re: Rolls & MAY: 1880 Census in MO > > > > > >> No, the census doesn't show charges, nor length of stay, etc. Altho you > >> could probably check with the library in Unionville and see if they have > >> anything in the newspaper there around that date showing what he might > >have > >> done to have been incarcerated. > >> > >> I found it odd that 2 men and 1 woman with her 6 month old child would be > >in > >> jail at the same time. I know they had separate cells, but to my > >knowledge, > >> there were just bars between the different cells. I would imagine that > >the > >> baby was with the mother to be fed? Wonder what kind of special > >> arrangements would have been made for her? > >> > >> I also found it odd that the wife listed him on the census while the jail > >> did also. And my gg grandparents were listed in 2 different counties > that > >> year. > >> > >> I can't help you with where she's buried. Possibly someone else has the > >> cemetery records and can provide that information. That's one of the set > >of > >> books I'm hoping to get next. > >> > >> Good luck in finding the information. Oh, the library should also be > able > >> to tell you what library. And someone sent me a new cemetery site > today.. > >> I'll forward it to the list. You can search by state. > >> Sandy > >> > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: LGMAY <lgmay@mindspring.com> > >> To: Robert Whitsell <sandyw@thegrid.net> > >> Date: Monday, August 14, 2000 10:20 PM > >> Subject: Re: Rolls & MAY: 1880 Census in MO > >> > >> > >> >Thanks for the information. I had heard that Leroy was a poor provider > >> >for his family. Nancy did laundry for her neighbors to support the > >> >family. Her dress caught fire from a kettle she was washing clothes. > >> >She died as a result of her burns. > >> > > >> >Do you know where she is burie? She is probably in an unmarked grave. > >> >Her brothers raised her boys after her death. > >> >What were the charges against Leroy? > >> > > >> >Robert Whitsell wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Lawrence, > >> >> I found this in the 1880 Census - Elm Twp. for Leroy and Nancy > >> Roles/Rolls > >> >> (that's how it's listed in the census) > >> >> > >> >> ROLES/ROLLS > >> >> Leroy 28 farmer In/Oh/In > >> >> Nancy 38 washing In/In/In > >> >> Joseph W 6 Mo/Ia/In > >> >> Samuel 4 Mo/Ia/In > >> >> Thomas Albert 4 Mo/Ia/In > >> >> SMITH > >> >> Mary 17 step-dau Il/In/In > >> >> > >> >> On one side of them is William and Eliza Jane MAY and on the other > side > >> is > >> >> James and Rachel MAY (w/11 more in the house) and next to them is > >Joseph > >> and > >> >> Matilda MAY and their 3 children. > >> >> > >> >> Something else, Leroy Rolls is also listed as a "guest" in the county > >> jail > >> >> along with A.M. BRANSCOM and Ellen DALYON with her 6 mo. old daughter. > >> >> > >> >> Sandy > >> >> > >> >> -----Original Message----- > >> >> From: Lawrence May <lgmay@mindspring.com> > >> >> To: MOPUTNAM-L@rootsweb.com <MOPUTNAM-L@rootsweb.com> > >> >> Date: Saturday, August 05, 2000 12:11 PM > >> >> Subject: Rolls & MAY: MO > >> >> > >> >> >Does anyone have more complete knowledge of Leroy Rolls who married > >> >> >Nancy May in Elm Twp., Putnam Co., MO about 1870. Their children were > >> >> >Joseph W. Rolls b. 1874; Samuel Rolls b. 1876; Thomas Albert Rolls b. > >> >> >1876. > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> > > > > >