Hello to all, Received the following personal email from a Noble decedent in search of the following book. Can anyone help this lady and I will forward your posts to her. Thanks Annabelle Henderson Rupert Begin message: Ms. Rupert: I am also a descendent of Mark Noah Noble. I was in Missouri a couple of weeks ago doing research on our Noble family and was fortunate to have read the excerpt of Liberty Noble's "Brief Sketches" in the "History of Randolph County." Do you know where I might obtain a copy of the entire book? I will be happy to pay for it in advance. Thank you for taking the time to reply. I am always thrilled to find another piece of my family! Lynn Noble Paden

Carol Please feel free to post it to my website at: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/topic/afro-amer/indexusg.html Scroll down and post to the WILLS option. There are other options available if you run across additional data. My other website link is http://www.missouri-slave-data.org -- Please feel free to post wills and other data that you may have that may be helpful to others. I'm behind in working on my site; I will be posting a story about my May 2000 trip to Missouri... I've been hit with the flu this week and it has really put me out of commission. I'm slowly working on final settlement and inventory records for Cooper County; and the 1850 slave schedules for Farquier County. Carol Treybal wrote: > > Hi, > > I just recently saw your request for slave information in MO. I have a will > of my ancestor Daniel Thornton from Saline Co. & his wife Mary Neff (Nave) > (Knave) Thornton. If you do not have this and would like to have a copy, I > will e-mail it to you. > > Regards > Carol Thornton Treybal > > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > http://profiles.msn.com.

Hamp There are no death index of death in Randolph County (except a few that were complied at the Court House & these were before your dates) other than the one I have started to compile, my index that has been posted is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~morandol/index.html it is not all posted as of this time. The Newspaper's are your best chance. Larry Wm Sumpter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hamp Williams" <HWilliams@hmcompany.com> To: <MORANDOL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 11:09 AM Subject: [MORANDOL-L] FW: 1890-1900 DEATHS > > > > > > How do you find death notices in the 1890-1900 era in Moberly [ ?? My > > ggrandmother, Sara Elizabeth Williams died during this time but there is > > no record at the Oakland Cemetery of her burial. Husband and other > > children are buried there. I'm pretty sure she died in Moberly - is going > > through the newspapers which are on microfilm the only way or are there > > other suggestions. > > Hamp Williams > > >

> How do you find death notices in the 1890-1900 era in Moberly [ ?? My > ggrandmother, Sara Elizabeth Williams died during this time but there is > no record at the Oakland Cemetery of her burial. Husband and other > children are buried there. I'm pretty sure she died in Moberly - is going > through the newspapers which are on microfilm the only way or are there > other suggestions. > Hamp Williams

Hello, Does anyone have any information on the marriage of H.A. Newton and Ann Owen on December 1, 1854? I am trying to find the parents or any other pertinent information. Thank you, Matt McKinsey

I have been wondering if the marriage index might show the date of the marriages of the following: 1. J. Scott Clark and Amanda Brown 2. V.S.Clark and Amanda Brown Clark (second marriage) Thank you for any help. Ed Jenkins

If you have ever wondered why your relatives who were first cousins, didn't marry in their home state of Missouri, the following may provide the answer. It may also send you to the state of Kentucky to look for the records. >From "the Higbee News" dated 14 Apr 1899--Missouri lawmakers had a hard fight at the revising session of 1889 enacting a law to prohibit the marriage of first cousins. Public sentiment was then somewhat divided on the question, but has evidently changed to nearly unanimous since for now the Missouri House of Representatives has passed to engrossment, without a word of comment, a bill to prohibit the marriage of second cousins, stepparents and stepchildren. And it seems altogether probably the bill will pass. The marriage of first cousins has almost entirely stopped by prohibitory laws in the Southern and Western states, where such marriages were most common. The State of Kentucky is now the only refuge for loving relatives of that degree. There has always existed a strong sentiment against marriages between stepchildren and there will doubtless be no opposition to a law prohibiting them. But the second cousins question is a new one. People may discuss that at some length, but there doesn't appear to be any reason why, if the marriage of first cousins is wrong, the marriage of second or even third and fourth cousins is not also wrong, to a comparative degree--Moberly Democrat.

Genealogical Researchers in Missouri: Let's really push for opening of the Missouri vital records 72 years or older. This will require legislative action. Let's get it passed in the up-coming session! Surely, it would be beneficial, during the present campaign, to present this issue to the candidates for state legislature and state senate. The following may help you in your contacts with the candidates in your district. Keep it non-partisan. Dear Legislator Candidate: Many, many Missourians are keenly interested in family history. However, some are impeded by a problem that exists with regard to the State Vital Records Office and which, indeed, would exist in any similar situation. The time has arrived for microfilm copies of the Missouri vital records (72 years old or older), and indexes at the State Vital Records Office in the Department of Health to be made available to the public at the State Archives. A 72-year interval is not arbitrary. Owing to the Federal regulation that census data remain closed for 72 years, that interval has become a de facto standard in the USA. A 72-year interval suffices for privacy. Justification: Family Historians must be enabled to study record after record, not just seek one record at a time, and especially not have to work through an intermediary person or to depend on an index. That is essential, because of the many problems in interpretation of hand-written records, many typos, many spelling variations in names, even many variations in names themselves. There are many entries in which the surnames are mis-spelled. Here is an example. One researcher's great-grandma's married name was Zakrzewski, a name that, with the silent 'k', is more often butchered than not. She died in St. Louis some time after May, 1910. Surely, her death is recorded in the State Vital Records office The only practical way to find her death data would be to search all the surnames that begin "Za", "Ze", "Sa" or "Se" in that time period. Repeated tries thru the Vital Records Office have been costly, but not successful. In another case, a researcher submitted formal requests and fees to a vital records office (not Jefferson City) for his aunt's birth and death dates. He knew, and stated, that she was born and had died in the 1890s. They reported finding neither birth nor death records. As it happens, those older birth and death records are open. When he reviewed the microfilms, he found both her birth and death data. And he found that her birth name differed from her baptismal name and from her name at death! The latter had been the only name that he had known for her. Perhaps that vital records office's index cards were out of sequence. More likely, they had her recorded by only one of her names. Because hand-written capital letters are the most troublesome, it often happens that indexes are severely deficient. Yet a governmental office can only check via an index. The Soundex system is similarly deficient, for it, too, depends on the surname initial. All that is needed is to add to Sect. 193.245 of RSMO 1994 a new sub-paragraph as follows: (4) The department shall provide microfilms of all vital records that are 72 years old or older, and microfilms of indexes to all such records, to the State Archives for study by the public. In January of each year, the department shall provide microfilms of all vital records that have become 72 years old or older within the prior year, and microfilms of indexes to all such records, to the State Archives for study by the public. Please note that this would in no way interfere with the present practices of the vital records office. In the most-recent legislature, different bills were introduced into each house, and hearings were held, but no action has yet been taken. Will you support family researchers in this effort? Bob Doerr in the beautiful Missouri Ozarks

Hi all, I am seeking information on the Tom G. Lowry, whose wife Elizabeth (Baxter?) are buried in the Oakland Cemetery, block 10, row 07, lot 32. Also nearby is a stone marked Harry, son of T.G. and Elizabeth, October 20, 1902". I am still somewhat unfamiliar with Randolph County resources. What I'm needing is an obituary or other record for this particular Tom G. Lowry, whose stone says he lived between 1856 and 1918. I believe there is a possibility that this particular individual was not born Tom G. Lowry. Billy Walker Milton, KS

> > > > > BRIDGETON MEMORIAL PARK > > > Bridgeton, Missouri > > > > > > > > > This burying ground at 4616 Long Road was made into a > memorial > > > park in 1962. In 1959 several lawsuits were filed against the City for > > > allowing the cemetery to deteriorate. Individual stones had already > been > > > removed "through error and misunderstanding" but members of the > Bridgeton > > > Historical Commission were able to learn the names of some who were > buried > > > there and a large monument was erected in 1963 which bears this > > inscription, > > > "We honor the people buried here. They were part of this nations > > adventure > > > and their vision lighted the path we follow today." At the dedication > > > ceremonies, Mrs. Anna Wilson gave a talk about colored veterans who are > > > buried here. Records indicate that the cemetery was integrated from its > > > beginning in 1958. It was in use as late as 1954 and at least 100 > people > > are > > > buried in the two acres. On the bronze plaque of the monument are the > > > following names: > > > > > > Annie Adams Auston Edwards Enoch Mumps Edward Walker > > > Benjamin Adams Auston Edwards, Jr. Elio Phillips Kit Walker > > > George Adams Grace Edwards Eliza Phillips Lizzie > > Walker > > > Lottie Adams Katie Edwards Ike Phillips > > Quiller > > > Walker > > > Ben Alexander The Galliger Family Tilly Phillips Tommy > > Walker > > > George Alexander Almiria Grannison Walter Phillips Barbara White > > > Henry Alexander Creed Hall Bell Pruitt > > John > > > White > > > Lucy Alexander Creed Hall, Jr. The Pueroa Family Noah > > White > > > Eugene Allen Hillard Hall Fred Riddle > > > Shibina White > > > Arthur Bassett Hiram Hall James Robertson > Alice > > > Wilson > > > Dr. William Berry Jack Haggerty Will Rush > > Ernest > > > Wilson > > > Febie Bivens The Heidron Children Baron Scott Geroge > > Wilson > > > George Bivens Lizzie Hodge Louise Scott Theodore > > Woodson > > > Lizzie Bivens Steve Hodge Lydia Scott > Baby > > > Woolfolk > > > Millie Bivens The Horn Family Laura Smith Hadley > > > Woolfolk > > > Rafe Bivens Nasrus Jackson Roberta Stanton Gibson > > Wright > > > Samuel Bivens Amy Johnson Lewis Stevenson Hiram > > Wright > > > Cosley Black George Johnson Fred Steward Mamie > > Wright > > > Edward Black Julia Johnson Henry Stocker Green > > Young > > > Hiram Black Robert Johnson Joseph Taylor Mary Ann > > Young > > > King Black Turner Johnson Abe Thompson Skip Young > > > Sam Balck Mr. Knight Henry Thompson > > > Bell Carter Henry Lewis Hiram Thompson > > > Lilly Cheeks Hal Lint Jenny Thompson > > > Henry Clanton Luvenia Lint Mamie Tucker > > > Fred Dickson The McClure Family Barney Vonsray > > > Joe Duglas, Jr. Jessie Moore Texas Hall Wadlington > > > > > > This list was given to me by > > > The Missouri Historical Society > > > P.O. Box 11940 > > > St. Louis, Missouri 63112-0040 > > > (314) 746-4599 > > > > > > There is a Shirley Wotawa that is seeking information about the > persons > > > buried here. If you can help with this project, please contact her at > > 9512 > > > Glen Owen, Ferguson, Missouri 63136. This address is from the fall of > > 1998. > > > You can also contact the St. Louis Dept. of Parks and Recreation > > Historical > > > Preservation Office at (314) 615-0357. > > > > > > After 3 hours on the phone and the typing....that I'm not that good > > at...I > > > hope this will help some of you. Feel free to forward. > > > > > > Pat Jones Smith > > > St, Louis, Missouri > > > > > > > >

This came from another list but I thought it might be important to some list members... anne > > > > I live in St. Louis, Missouri and saw on the local news tonight that there > > is a BRIDGETON MEMORIAL PARK - 1843 - 1963 ( North St. Louis) that is > > looking > > for persons with family buried there. The airport is being expanded and > > they > > are going to move the CEMETERY.

Good morning Helen and all..... I am also interested in the HUBBARD/OWEN of Randolph Co. and would love to share info. I have Martha OWEN as probable daughter of Edward OWEN and Rachel unknown, and a sister of my John James OWEN. The following is the info I have and would appreciate any additions or corrections. Linda First Generation Edward OWEN He married Rachel (OWEN). Born 1798 in KY. They had the following children: 2 i. Martha OWEN 3 ii. Jacob OWEN 4 iii. Elizabeth OWEN 5 iv. John James OWEN Second Generation 2. Martha OWEN. Born 1820 in KY. Died After 1860. She married Asa R. HUBBARD Jr., son of Asa HUBBARD Sr., 27 Sep 1838 in Randolph Co., MO. Born 1819 in KY. 1840 Randolph Co., MO Census Asa Hubbard, Jr. one male 20-30 one female 15-20 one female under five 1860 Prairie Twsp., Randolph Co., MO. pg851 A. Hubbard three households from Edward Owen. 1860 Prairie Twsp., Randolph Co., MO. PO Renick (pg851) Asa Hubbard, 43, m, w, farmer, 600, 150, KY Martha, 41, f, w, KY Mary, 15, f, w, MO Rachael, 13, f, w, MO Asa, 10, m, w, MO Edward, 8, m, w, MO John, 4, m, w, MO Timothy, 2, m, w, MO They had the following children: 6 i. Sarah HUBBARD (Twin) 7 ii. Susan HUBBARD (Twin) 8 iii. Mary HUBBARD 9 iv. Rachel HUBBARD 10 v. Asa Keith HUBBARD 11 vi. Edward HUBBARD 12 vii. John HUBBARD 13 viii. Timothy HUBBARD 3. Jacob OWEN. Born 1826 in KY. 4. Elizabeth OWEN. Born 1828 in KY. Note: she is listed as age 17, in 1860 census She married Joseph GENOLA, 24 Mar 1846 in Randolph Co., MO. Died 9 Sep 1860 in Randolph Co., MO. name listed as Jenole in early MO marriages Genola, Joseph -- France-9 Sep 1860; HRM84 p. 556; Admr's Notice; Elizabeth Genola & James Owens, Admr's; 24 Sep 1860; TRC 27 Sep 1860314 They had the following children: 14 i. Thomas W. GENOLA 15 ii. James GENOLA 5. John James OWEN. Born About 1835/1836 in Missouri/KY?. Died After 1880. Note: Need to do more research to find parents of John James OWEN. Thomas James OWEN....looks likely......but just not sure....Check census, etc. Family Search Ancestral File shows birth date 1836, Howard Co., MO Married to Karen Caroline Walker. John T. Owing married Kerin Walker, 14 Aug 1856, by Robert Reynolds, JP (Recorded 21 Aug 1856) Groom of Randolph Co., Bride of Howard Co. Source: Missouri Pioneers, Volume XXX Howard County Marriages by Miss Nadine Hodges and Mrs. Howard Woodruff 1824 South Howard, Independence, Missouri Page 267 (This is John James OWEN; land records show a John Owen next door to Johnson WALKER, I believe the "T" is probably a "J" that was misread by the transcriber, and the last name of OWING is also a transcription error) From the actual Marriage Index from the Co Clerk's office, Howard Co., MO Owing, John T & Kerin Walker 14 Nov 1856 3/267 1860 OWEN JOHN J. Randolph County MO 859 Prairie Township Federal Population S chedule MO 1860 Federal Census Index MO060103388 Prairie Twsp., Randolph Co., PO Renick (enumerated 25 June 1860) 80 860 OWEN, John J., 24, m, farmer, 500/550, MO Kerrin, 20, f, MO Edward, 2, m, MO Catherine, 7/12, f, MO 1870 OWEN JOHN J. Randolph County MO 192 Prairie Twp Federal Population Schedule MO 1870 Federal Census Index MO301134761297 1870 Prairie Twsp, Randolph Co, MO (file 192b) OWEN, John J, 35, w, m, farmer, O, 300, MO (male citizen of US 21 and upwards-1) Adaline, 25, F, W, keeping house, MO Edward, 12, m, w, works on farm, MO school Catherine, 10, f, w, at home, MO, school Sophia (E. or C?) 8, f, w, MO, school Susan F. ?, 5, f, w, MO Carene, 3, f, w, MO Mary, (E.?), 4/12, f, w, MO (born Feb) 1876 State Census Howard Co.., MO Town 48, Range 17 Sophia Walker, age 67 Isaac Walker, age 31 Caren Owens, age 9 (The above is Careen OWEN, dau of John James OWEN. Sophia WALKER is Careen's grandmother) 1880 Moniteau Twsp., Randolph Co., MO (file 113.28) 230 239 John J. OWEN, w, m, 44, keeping boarding house, MO MO KY Adeline, W. f. 34, wife, keeping house, MO KY KY Edward, w, m, 21, son, single, MO MO MO Susan, w, f, 16, dau, single, at home, MO MO MO Mary, w, f, 10, dau, single, at home, school?, MO MO MO Emile, w, f, 6, dau, single, school, MO MO MO Anie, w, f, 4, dau, single, MO MO MO Louise, w, f, 2, single, dau, MO MO MO SMITH, Walter, w, m, 38, Boarder, single, Brick Mason, Canada, Canada, Canada DOUGHERTY, Mary, B, f, 72, servant, widow, KY KY KY He first married Kerin "Caroline" WALKER, daughter of Johnson WALKER & Sophia WAINSCOTT, 14 Aug 1856 in Howard Co., MO. Born 20 May 1840 in Howard Co., Missouri. Died ? 1866. I think Kerin must have died, possibly with the birth of Careen. Research: Kerin is listed as Kay/Caroline/Karen Huppack Walker Listed as Caroline (Karen Huppack) WALKER28 The bible entry for your ancestor was, "Keren Happuck".28 12 Jun 1998.Per phone conversation with Aunt Ruth MANNING SCOTT, she said her Mother's (Susie PAGE MANNING) Aunt and Uncle OWEN lived in Billings in those earlier years and would go to Higbee to visit the grandparents. If above info is correct, that would have to be Ned/Nathaniel OWEN...Linda They had the following children: 16 i. Edward OWEN 17 ii. Catherine OWEN 18 iii. Sophia Walker OWEN 19 iv. Susan F. OWEN 20 v. Careen H. OWEN He second married Adeline (OWEN), About 1869 in ? Randolph Co., MO. Born About 1845 in Missouri. They had the following children: 21 i. Emile OWEN 22 ii. Annie OWEN 23 iii. Louise OWEN 24 iv. Mary OWEN Third Generation 6. Sarah HUBBARD. Born 1841 in ? Randolph Co., MO. 7. Susan HUBBARD. Born 1841 in ? Randolph Co., MO. 8. Mary HUBBARD. Born About 1845 in ? Randolph Co., MO. 9. Rachel HUBBARD. Born 1846 in ? Randolph Co., MO. 10. Asa Keith HUBBARD. Born 27 Aug 1849 in Higbee, Randolph Co., MO. Died 4 Sep 1907 in Braman, Kay Co., OK. He married Lieu Nettie CLARK, 6 Aug 1871. 11. Edward HUBBARD. Born 1852 in Randolph Co., MO. 12. John HUBBARD. Born 1856 in Randolph Co., MO. 13. Timothy HUBBARD. Born 1858 in Randolph Co., MO. 14. Thomas W. GENOLA. Born 11 Feb 1839 in Randolph Co., MO. Died 13 Nov 1900. Genola, Thomas W. -- b. 11 Feb 1839, Rand. Co.-13 Nov 1900; [s\o Joseph & Elizabeth (Owen)]; Pvt. Co. A Perkins MO Cav. CSA 1864; m. 6 Jun 1870 Dulcie (d\o John Boulward, org. of KY); children: (1) Ida Valera, (2) Rita; HRM84 p. 556 = Oakland Cem; Ref: SOG p. 35314 He married Dulcie BOULWARE, daughter of John BOULWARE, 6 Jun 1870 in Randolph Co., MO. Born About 1850. Died 19 Jul 1927 in Randolph Co., MO. Buried in Oakland Cem., Randolph Co., MO. 15. James GENOLA. Born 1849/1850 in ? Randolph Co., MO. He married Unknown (GENOLA). Died 7 May 1873 in Renick, Randolph Co., MO. Genola, James {Mrs.}-- d. 7 May 1873 at Renick of small pox; THH 14 May 1873 (The Huntsville Herald) 16. Edward OWEN. Born 1858 in Randolph Co.?, MO. He may have gone by Nathaniel or Ned. 17. Catherine OWEN. Born Dec 1859 in Randolph Co., MO. 18. Sophia Walker OWEN. Born 29 Apr 1862 in Higbee, Randolph, MO. Died 5 Dec 1927 in Lancaster, MO. Sizemore, Othello -- m. 27 Nov 1879 Sophine Owen, at grooms father at Higbee by Elder J. C. Reynolds; MDM Thursday 28 Nov 1879 (Moberly Daily Monitor) She married Othello SIZEMORE, son of Wesley Dudley SIZEMORE & Ann Elizabeth STEPHENS, 27 Nov 1879 in Moberly, MO. Born 21 Aug 1856 in Monroe Co., MO. Died 21 Feb 1911 in Lancaster, MO. One researcher had the name as Livermore. They had the following children: 25 i. Blanche Stephens SIZEMORE 26 ii. Byne Nelson SIZEMORE 27 iii. Elizabeth Irene SIZEMORE 28 iv. Hale Richard SIZEMORE 29 v. Harley SIZEMORE 30 vi. Harry SIZEMORE 31 vii. Hazel Marie SIZEMORE 32 viii. James Guy SIZEMORE 33 ix. John Wesley SIZEMORE 34 x. Othello SIZEMORE 35 xi. Stella Christine SIZEMORE 36 xii. Arthur Earl SIZEMORE 19. Susan F. OWEN. Born 1865 in Randolph Co., MO. She married Ben LONG. 20. Careen H. OWEN. Born 4 Oct 1866 in Higbee, Randolph, MO. Died 21 Oct 1940 in Higbee, Randolph, MO. Buried 23 Oct 1940 in Old Higbee Cemetary, Higbee, Randolph, MO. 1876 State Census Howard Co.., MO Town 48, Range 17 28 Sophia Walker, age 67 29 Isaac Walker, age 31 30 Caren Owens, age 99 1880 Bonnefemme Twp. Howard Co., MO Household 331/Family 331. WALKER, Sophia wf 71 Wid Keeping House KY KY KY Isaac wm 35 Son S Farmer MO GA KY Jacob wm 32 Son Wid Farmer MO GA KY Sarah E wf 13 Dau S At Home MO MO MO Nannie B wf 7 Dau S At Home MO MO MO Caron H wf 13 Dau S At Home MO MO MO (Sarah E. and Nannie B. are daughters of Jacob. Their Mother died 1877) Caron H is dau of Karen Happuck (Kerin) Walker and John James Owen. Careen's father, with a 2nd wife are listed in 1860 and 1880 Randolph County Census, along with her siblings, and two other children which are children of her father and Adeline.) 1900 Prarie Twsp., Randolph Co., MO Census taken 6-13-1900 161/161 George PAGE 12-1864 married 18 yrs. 3 children 3 alive Catherine 24-1867 Susie 1-1883 (Susie would have been 7, not 1) John 8-1889 George E. 3-1891 STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH (Recorded 21 Nov 1940) Karine H. PAGE Place of death, Higbee, Randolph Co., Missouri Usual Residence: Higbee, Randolph Co., Missouri Born 4 October 1866, Randolph County Age at death 74 yrs 17 days Name of Father: John J. OWENS, born Kentucky Name of Mother: Sarah WALKER, born Howard County, Missouri Married to George H. (Hilton) PAGE Burial: 23 Oct 1940, City Cemetary (Higbee, Missouri) Signature of funeral director: H.L. FELAND, Higbee, Missouri Signature of Registrar: J.W. WINN, 23 Oct. 1940, Higbee, Missouri (Note Careen's Mother was Kerin/Caroline WALKER, not Sarah WALKER) She married George Hilton PAGE, son of John W. PAGE & Susan NAYLOR, 30 Nov 1882 in Higbee, Randolph, MO. Born 4 Jan 1863 in Fayette, Howard, MO. Died 21 May 1955 in Moberly, MO. Buried 23 May 1955 in Old Higbee Cemetary, Higbee, Randolph, MO. George PAGE was born 3 miles west of Myers, MO and attended school at Hockeer in Howard County. 1900 Census,Prairie Twsp. Randolph County, MO (Census date 13 Jun 1900) 161-161 PAGE, George 36 MO-KY-KY (married 18 yrs, 3 children, 3 alive) Catherine 31 MO-VA-VA Susie 16 John 12 George E. 9 He was a farmer and rented. # on farm schedule 140 1910 Randolph Co, M, Moniteau Twp, Randolph St. 276/285 George Page 47 married 27 yrs. 4 children-4 alive Carpenter MO-MO-MO Catherine 43 MO-MO-MO George 18 MO-MO-MO Garrett 9 MO-MO-MO 1920 Moniteau Twsp., Higbee City, Randolph Co., MO (file 140.5) Enumerated 6 and 7th of January 1920. 121 125 PAGE, George H., Head, own, M, m, white, 57, married, MO MO MO Careen wife, f, w, 53, married, MO MO MO JONES, Susan, Mother, f, w, 79, MO VA KY (The above Susan is Susan NAYLOR PAGE CAMPBELL JONES, Mother of George) FYI, this this also: 1910 Randolph Co, Cairo Twp and Village taken 4-22-1910 111/114 John Johnson 65 divoivorced MO-KY-KY PAGE, George boarder 24 single MO-MO-MO Farm Laborer BOYD, Harry boarder 2 23 single MO-OH-MO Farm Laborer They had the following children: 37 i. Susie Della PAGE 38 ii. Johnie W. PAGE 39 iii. George Martin PAGE 40 iv. Garnett Selvie PAGE 21. Emile OWEN. Born About 1874 in Randolph Co., MO. 22. Annie OWEN. Born About 1876 in Randolph Co., MO. 23. Louise OWEN. Born About 1878 in Randolph Co., MO. 24. Mary OWEN. Born Feb 1870 in Randolph Co., MO. Reference Note 9 1876 Howard Co., MO State Census Reference Note 18 Ted Hitt. (teh@wk.net) Reference Note 27 Linda Sue Manning personal knowledge or info in my possession. Reference Note 28 Don Walker(N2DePast@aol.com) Reference Note 297 Ancestry.com Reference Note 314 Larry Sumpter's Death Index of Randolph Co., MO http://www.yggdrasill.net/mgen/sumpter.html Compiled by: Linda Manning Billings, Montana 59102 Jupep@aol.com In a message dated 9/20/00 5:10:57 PM, hbremmer@webtv.net writes: << Looking for the burial sites of Moses K HUBBARD and Martha (OWENS) HUBBARD. Martha (OWENS) HUBBARD was married to Asa K. HUBBARD who remarried after her death and moved to Cass Co.,MO where he died. I believe Moses was Asa's father. They had farms in Prairie Township. I would be interested in any info anyone has on the Hubbard and Owens fanilies of Randolph Co. Helen Bremmer >>

Looking for the burial sites of Moses K HUBBARD and Martha (OWENS) HUBBARD. Martha (OWENS) HUBBARD was married to Asa K. HUBBARD who remarried after her death and moved to Cass Co.,MO where he died. I believe Moses was Asa's father. They had farms in Prairie Township. I would be interested in any info anyone has on the Hubbard and Owens fanilies of Randolph Co. Helen Bremmer

Hi Phil: Yes there is or was an Ebenezer Cemetery located about two miles west of Higbee, Mo. and 50 yards north of Route B. My Gr Grandparents Robert Walton and Anna Elizabeth Terrill are buried there and the cemetery was maintained by relatives until my Uncle Charles Terrill died in 1956. There was a fair size depressed area near the southeast side of the cemetery and I was told many years ago that this was a mass grave of Confederate Soldiers killed nearby at "Battle of Silver Creek" or "Roan's Tanyard" in about 1862. Am almost certain there was a church nearby at one time but gone for probably 75 years or more. The only record that I have found came from the Randolph Historical Society in Moberly,, Mo. and it is a listing made in 1984 of stones that were available at that time. This list is apparently in error or has the wrong name on it as the location is wrong and also the names. Lou Myers

Could I please ask someone who will be in the Moberly library to look up an obituary for me? Alfreda (BOX) Stanfill died in Kansas City October 28, 1906 and was the funeral was held in Moberly I think on the 30th of October. Help please, Thanks. Gene Box

I need your help once more, please. Alfreda (BOX) Stanfill died in Kansas City Oct 28, 1906. A small article in the newspaper said the funeral was held in Moberly. Could anyone check this out for me? Also Annette BOX was married 25 DEC 1908 to A. Trautman. It must have ended in a divorce because the next time I find Her it's Annette Box in Portland, OR. Any help would be much appreciated, Thanks. Gene Box

Hello Everyone.... If anyone is in need of a lookup... I have hard copies of Boone and St. Charles County Black Marriages. I also recently picked up an index of wills for Saline Co., 1821-1863; Howard County Wills and Administrations Vol. II -- 1837-1847; and Moniteau Co Marriage records 1845-1860 and the will index for 1845-1914; I have been super busy reading through the Morgan County administrations and probate 1834-1843 and wills 1835-1870. Cooper, Howard, Randolph and Morgan County Black Marriages are located on my website at <http://www.missouri-slave-data.org/slaveinfo.html>. My site also includes a link to the Greene County Historical Societies Black Families of the Ozarks which also includes a variety of records online to review. I am very interested in Jackson, Chariton, Pettis, Callaway, Moniteau and Audrain County Black marriage records too. I am particularly interested in Black burial listings for Moniteau and Morgan County..if anyone has access to such resources. I have quite a bit of new data I will be posting to my website that has been submitted from a variety of researchers online. If you run across these records or any other African American related information for a Missouri County please let me know. If anyone has data to post please visit the site and go to the posting section and choose from the selections available. Please let me know if you have any questions or have information to share on my African American Missouri lists. Please list the surname or first and last name in the subject header -- and note look-up. As always I am hopeful for transcriptions of the 1870 census for Black families and individuals, cemeteries, wills and/or family bible or farm ledger records which shed some light on slaves and their identities within Missouri families. P.S. I am still tracking TUTT, CHILTON, HOWARD and CHISM families in Missouri and Virginia. Talk to you soon.... Please note that my website has moved to: http://www.missouri-slave-data.org the mirror site link for postings is noted on this page too. Traci Wilson Kleekamp African Americans in Missouri http://www.missouri-slave-data.org

Sorry 1908 and after

Are there any divorce records for Moberly 1808 and after?

This was posted on the Chariton County List & thought it would be of interest to you as it was to me. Joseph Cooley Autobiography I was born in Randolph County, Missouri, about half way between Huntsville and the early settlement, known as Darksville. My father was William Cooley. My mother was Elizabeth Jane Fields, a native of Kentucky, but I do not remember the country from which she came, nor can I remember hearing her mention any town that might indicate the part of Kentucky in which the family had lived. She was an orphan and was brought to Missouri when she was two years old. William Cooley, my father, was born August 19, 1818 in the town of Old Franklin. He was the son of John Cooley, and his wife Elizabeth White. My grandmother Elizabeth White Cooley was a sister to Thomas White and she had another and as I remember his name, it was Fant or Tant White. Sheriff James W. White of Macon County was a cousin to my father, William Cooley. My grandmother Elizabeth White Cooley is buried in the Mark Teter graveyard about 5 miles west of Jacksonville, Missouri. My grandfather, John Cooley ran the salt works at Burton Station in Howard County; he died there and is buried there in a near by cemetery. Captain Crawley who was a lawyer at Keytesville told me that my great-grandfather Cooley was named Jesse Cooley, but if he told me the name of my great-grandmother I cannot remember it. My grandfather Cooley was a full blooded Englishman and when he first came to this part of the country, he settled near the present site of Kansas City, at Cooley's Lake and from there he moved back to Boonville, Missouri or rather Old Franklin. I do not know exactly when my grandfather Cooley moved to Old Franklin, but he was living there in 1818, when his son William Cooley, my father was born August 19, 1818. I was born August 4, 1843 in Randolph County, Missouri. Of course, I remember incidents prior to the time that I was six years of age, but beginning at the time I was six years old in the year of 1848 I have a very vivid recollection of things that happened. In the year of 1848 my father and mother moved to Kirksville, Missouri, or rather to Adair County and lived about six miles south of where Kirksville now stand. It was here that I went to my first school; my teacher was a Miss Baity or Beatty. I do not remember who owned the land on which we lived at that time, but know that it did not belong to my father. In the Spring of 1849, we moved to Milan, Missouri. My mother's brother Uncle Samuel Fields lived there. It was the year of the gold fever in California and my uncle wanted to go. He had my father move over there and help him wind up his business and run the mill and the post office. He had been running the post office there in Milan. Father ran the post office in the house in which he lived. I can well remember the seals on the letters. That was the day before the postage stamp was introduced. Stamps looked very strange to us when the first ones came into use and it was quite a while before folks became reconciled to the innovation. In those days all the letters were sealed with wax; in fact they had no envelopes as they do now. We lived at Milan one year and moved back to Kirksville in 1850, and lived there during the years of 1850, 1851, 1852, and until November 1853. We lived on the farm of Dr. Good, a quarter of a mile north of where the present court house stands. It was while we lived here that I earned the first money of my life. I worked in the field all day dropping corn by hand for a man, while he covered with a hoe. When night came he gave me a dime. I was very much elated over the possession of so much money and as soon as I could getaway that evening I went down to the store which was only a quarter of a mile away to spend my earnings of the day. Of course the store kept open in the evenings while the neighbors came in to learn the news, buy their few necessities and a smoke and exchange yarns. After much deliberation I spent my earnings of that day, the first money I had ever earned, for a Jew's Harp. The first plowing that I ever did in my life was in a field between where we lived and the present site of the court house in Kirksville. In the fall of 1853 that the surveyors made their first survey for the line of the North Missouri railroad. They came right through our corn field, running from south to north. My father thought we would stop the survey through our field but he soon learned it was no use. The surveyors cut several rows of corn right through our field and threw it to the side. When we first moved to that place there was no court house in Adair County. I can well remember seeing the first one built, it was in 1853 and as I was a boy I was around there a great deal when they were working on it; it was a large frame building. I think this court house burned during the civil war. We lived in a small house on Dr. Good's place, and I can well remember a few of the folks who lived near. They were Dr. Good, Ben Horton, Mrs. James and her children Whitley Foster. One thing that I remember that now seems strange to me was that as a boy I frequently went fishing on Foster's Prairie, there were holes of water over this prairie and we caught a good many fish, of course they were small. It puzzles me now to think how the fish got in those water holes on the prairie, however, I can remember how many of them got out. My uncle, Tom Cooley, married Ben Horton's sister. He hauled goods from Edina to Dirdsville when he was not fishing and my father often helped him. I do know my father helped haul from there to Kirksville. In November 1853 my father moved his family from Kirksville, Missouri to Dalton, we lived on the Bowling Green Prairie -- in the fall of 1853 my father bought land, paying $4.50 an acre for it, the price that all land around there was selling. There was one hundred acres of Prairie and thirty six acres of timber in the place. At the time that we moved from Kirksville, Missouri to Bowling Green Prairie in Chariton County, the trip was made in three days. The first day the fire was on the prairie and in the field, we fought fire nearly all day, that night we stayed north of Bloomington. The second night we stayed at my grandmother Cooley's a mile east of the Chrisman School house, she was very ill at the time and died within a few days, that is my only recollection of her, the only time that I can remember seeing her. The third day we reached our destination in Chariton County and moved in with Uncle Joe Cooley. Joseph Cooley had a large two room log house with a hall between the rooms, commonly called a double log house. We had plenty of room as he had only six in his familly and father had nine, we lived there with Uncle Joe until the next spring. Uncle Joe moved to his farm and Uncle Tom Cooley moved in with us. My father went to making rails, and us boys gathered the corn and stripped tobacco, then my father built a house on the land he bought, we moved in, broke the sod and cut and made cottonwood rails to fence our 100 acre farm. We raised corn and tobacco, put out about 8 acres of tobacco every year we lived there. We would get about $8.00 a hundred for the tobacco, and the corn brought from 10 cents to 25 cents per bushel. The ground was especially adapted to raising potatoes, one time we raised about 400 bushel, but had no market for them, sold them at ten cents a bushel and fed many to hogs, just threw the potatoes over the fence to the hogs. We went to school at the Bluff School which was 2 miles across the prairie from our home. We did not get to go very regular as we had to strip tobacco and gather corn. We had good teachers, there was a Mr. Johnson and other teachers were Alfred Mann and M. J. Bebee. We kept this up until 1860 when George James and myself got a job cutting cord wood and making rails, we started January 1, 1860 and worked 30 days and made $60.00 piece and it certainly made me feel big. That fall I joined the Baptist Church at Bluff Point. Our pastor was Rev. Thomas Allen, I was baptized by him in the Missouri River two miles south of Keytesville Landing. I think all the others who were baptized at that time are all dead. Gen. Sterling Price was a close neighbor of ours. In the year of 1861 my brother John Samuel Cooley went into the Southern Army under General Price. In 1863 I was drafted in the Brunswick Militia under Col. William Moberly. I stayed in it 6 months, my pay was $25 per month. I was sent to Mexico, Missouri under Capt. John. I stayed there two weeks and came home. My father paid me out and I was free again. In the year of 1863 I raised two acres of tobacco and got it out in time for on August 16, 1863 there came a killing frost. In 1864 we prized that tobacco very much and sent it to E. M. Samuel of St. Louis, we got $9.00 per hundred for the lugs and $27.00 per hundred for the good tobacco, the event cost me $4.00 -- I had 14 acres of corn and was offered $500.00 in green backs for it, but the militia got it all and I got nothing. The first of September 1863, we got into a skirmish just below Brunswick, near the Warden School house there was a steamboat, the Federals and only six of us, but did not know it, we were talking with Mr. Pennington, he was in a two-horse wagon when our men got to shooting and his team ran off. The Federals went into Brunswick. They took the boat down the river and got to Glasgow where they were captured the next day by Price. Several companies crossed the Missouri River in a boat pulled by two horses. They aimed to get with Price that night but it took us most all day, he was fighting at Independence, we did not get into the fight until the next day then we got the worst of it, but we did not know it. Several men were killed. We marched south by the way of Carthage, Missouri, then went 8 miles east of Fort Scott, Kansas and got into another fight, were fairly successful in that fight, lost a few men. Our commander was Gen John B. Clark of Fayette, Missouri. We marched in peace to Newtona but there the Federals came up again but Joe Shelby got his "dander up" and made them take back track. We went to Can Hill and crossed the Arkansas River at Bogies between Fort Smith and Fort Gibson. It took the army an entire day to cross the river, the Federals intended to get us while we were crossing the Arkansas, but Price made a forced march of over 60 miles in one day so beat them to it one day. We only had beef left for rations, no salt or bread, we kept this up for three days, got a little beef, we started out to hunt something more to eat. There were nine of us, my father led the crowd, got out off from the army. We swam the Arkansas and got up on the Ridge, went into camp. We got up the next morning wondering where to go, we saw a spy and started towards him and the Federals came over the hill. We only had two pistols for we were so weak that we could not carry our guns. They sent us on to Ft. Smith. We were sure weak and we had not had anything to eat for three days and nights but one hickory nut and one bunch of grapes. We got to Fort Smith, Arkansas the 13th day of November 1864. We never saw a railroad or crossed a bridge. We crossed the Arkansas in a flat boat and when we landed in Ft. Smith we found 132 other prisoners there. They had several quarters of beef in the boat and I ate all of the tallow off one hind quarter. My father tried to get me to quit eating it, said it would kill me. All of our men got sick but we had been there only two days when the Federals hitched 40 of us to government wagon and sent us to the hills after a load of wood. We cut and loaded a cord and then pulled it back to our camp. We could buy a quarter of beef for 50 cents in green backs for a sack of flour and paid $1.50 for a pound of coffee boiled the coffee grounds twice. My father got sick. In a few days we got orders to march. The Arkansas River was low and we crossed it in a ferry boat, it struck a sand bar and we had to wade out. I carried my father on my back to the bank, I led him three or four miles, we went into camp. The next day father could walk without anyone leading him. We got within 6 miles of Ft. Gibson and met a commissary wagon from Fort Leavenworth with 1000 guards, nearly all Indians. We got out about 6 miles and found a cabin, went into camp there, that night there was a 9 inch snow. The next morning Uncle Tom Cooley broke out with the small pox, they gave us a government wagon and five yoke of cattle to pull it. We started for Ft. Leavenworth. We had to stay a quarter of a mile behind the regiment. Myself and Andy Perkins drove the team, father waited on Uncle Tom Cooley for father had had the small pox in light form, commonly called variloids. In a day or so Uncle William Fields took the small pox. They were all put in our wagon. William Welch was the next one to take sick and then Uncle John Banta and Ely Sarton. We got to Harse River and Uncle Tom Cooley died, we dug a hole and put him in it, placed some large rock on the grave. We went on and it rained and lseeted all day, we had to haul two big logs under a wagon and make a fire. In a few days Uncle William Fields died, after he died we had to haul him all day and got within 15 miles of Ft. Scott. We dug a hole and wrapped him up in some blankets and threw some dirt on him. We went on to Ft. Scott and stayed all night. The next morning they kept my father and the sick there. I went on to Fort Leavenworth; Jesse Grau was the only one that got sick. He died in Fort Leavenworth, we got there Christmas Eve, 1864. At Fort Leavenworth they kept us in one room about 135 of us, only part of us could lie down at a time. On January 1, 1865 we crossed the Missouri River and got in a passenger car to St. Joseph, Missouri, then they loaded us into a hog car to Macon, Missouri. We stayed there all night and the next morning we got in a passenger car for the Gratoit Prison in St. Louis, Missouri. Two weeks later my father, Ely Sarton, and Uncle John Bunta and myself went to trimming lamps and lanterns, I got fat. My mother sent me a box of things to eat; it was on the road for 30 days, part of it was spoiled. We gave part of it to the hungry friends. We stayed in St. Louis until the first of April, then they loaded us on the top of a steam boat, and took us to Alton, Illinois. They kept us on the trot and we played ball and town ball, only had to work a little. One man got a finger shot off trying to get out and two men tried to dig out but failed, that was planned by a man from this country. Two men got in coffin to be taken out, but they also failed. One was Joe Terry from Randolph County. I stayed there until the 11th of May and I was released. I went to the shops to get a job, but they could not handle me. I started up the road towards Jerseyville, Illinois, and tried to hire to the farmers, but they did not want a tramp. I came to an inn, and stayed all night, struck out towards Philadelphia and met a man going, a Mr. Stump of Alton. He asked me what I could do on a farm. I told him that I could do anything, but they had machines I did not know how to hitch to. That was Friday and he told me to grub timber until he got back, that was my first grubbing. One Monday morning I hired to him for a dollar a day and board and washing. I got $2.75 a day for 9 days in the harvest, I worked until the 5th of July, and started to Jacksonville, Missouri. I stayed with Robert Skinner and then went to father's at the Goddard place, he gave me two acres of tobacco, and some corn, I could have made more in 20 days in Illinois. On December 7, 1865 I married Rhoda Jane Rice, near Darksville, Missouri. We lived with father during the year of 1866 and then went to the Hall place near Darksville. In 1869 I went to the Roberts farm. In November 1869 I bought the Christal Farm near Cairo, Missouri. In 1870 I went into the organization of the Baptist Church at Pleasant Hill church. I was ordained a deacon. I raised corn and tobacco and run a coal bank. On October 8, 1877 I joined the I.O.O.F. Lodge at Cairo, Missouri and I still belong to the lodge. On January 13, 1878 I sold my place and bought the White farm, moved there and stayed there five years and bought a farm near Eccles. I ran a farm and a coal mine. My wife died February 1, 1911. I stayed by myself and did my own cooking and housework for two years. In 1913 I married Sallie Coulter, in 1915 I moved to Excello, Missouri and I moved my church letter to the Mt. Salem Baptist Church. I still cut my own wood and raise a large garden of fine vegetables and get around withut any trouble at all. Joseph Cooley was born 4 Aug 1843 in Randolph Co, MO and died 27 June 1924 in Randolph or Chariton Co, MO