Ah, Kathy - You saved me AGAIN. Thank you, thank you. Carolyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy Bowlin" <kjbowlin@embarqmail.com> To: morandol@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 1:17:38 AM (GMT-0500) America/New_York Subject: [MORANDOL] Fw: MOBERLY Family Photograph >I show William's first wife and mother of Jesse Myrtle Williams as Susan >Ware, daughter of James and Mildred Ware. See the following. > > From "The Higbee News" dated 11 Oct 1890--Mr. and Mrs. James Ware of near > Burton, who left here a month ago for Trinidad, Colorado, to visit their > sick daughter, Mrs. W. F. Williams, returned yesterday morning. They say > that Mrs. Williams is in rather poor health and may come in this fall to > spend the winter. > > 1900 US Census, Burton Twp, Howard co, MO, 5 Jun 1900, pg 32b, family 32. > Ware, James, 66 year old white male, head, farmer, Mar 1834, married 30 > years, MO-KY-KY > Ware, Mildred A, 59 year old white female, wife, Oct 1841, married 30 > years 5 born 2 living, IN-KY-KY > Williams, Jessie M. 12 year old white female, granddaughter, Oct 1887, > single, MO-MO-MO > > She is mentioned as a survivor in her grandfather Ware's obituary in the > Higbee News in Nov 1906. > > 16 Nov 1906--JAMES WARE DEAD--"Uncle" James Ware died at his home near > Burton on Thursday, Nov 15, 1906, of general debility, aged 74 years. Mr. > Ware was born and reared in Howard county, and for forty years had lived > on the farm on which he died. He was twice married, and is survived by > two sons, Charles and Len, and one grand-daughter, Miss Myrtle Williams. > In the death of Mr. Ware, Howard loses one of her best and most highly > respected citizens. Interment will be made to day at old Log Chapel. > > I have no idea if Mariah Cleeton married William Williams. The earliest > marriage I have for her is to Jasper Hamilton, whom she was married to on > the 1900 census records. This states they have been married for 19 years, > which would have put her marriage to him at around 1881. As near as I can > tell, Mariah was only married to Silas Dougherty for about 6 months. He > married Mattie Embree six months after his announcement in the Higbee News > stated that he married Mariah. > > From 'the Higbee News" Friday, 28 Mar 1919, Vol 32. No > 49--DOUGHERTY-HAMILTON--Mr. S. E. Dougherty > of near Myers and Mrs. Maria J. Hamilton of this place, whose approaching > marriage had > been rumored for a week or two, went to Fayette Wednesday where they were > united in > marriage in the parlors of Hotel Howard by Eld. H. A. Brown, the witnesses > being J. M. > Dougherty of Fayette and Miss Lena Williams of Burton. > Mr. Dougherty is one of Howard's finest gentlemen and successful farmers. > Mrs. > Dougherty, who moved here recently from Renick, is not unknown to Higbee > folks, > having spent most of her life in this vicinity, being a sister of Wm. and > J. N. Cleeton, and > is a lady held in the very highest esteem by all who have the pleasure of > her > acquaintance. > They will make their home, we learn, on the farm near Myers. > The NEWS joins others in congratulations and best wishes. > > Friday, 19 Sep 1919, Vol 33. No 22--DOUGHERTY-EMBREE--Mr. Silas E. > Dougherty > of south of town and Mrs. Mattie Embree of this place were married in > Moberly > Thursday, Sept 11, 1919, at the home of the officiating minister, the Rev. > E. E. Lamb, > leaving immediately for a trip to Kansas City and Excelsior Springs. > The NEWS joins their many friends in congratulations and best wishes. > > And Mariah married again in 1921, but she was using the name Hamilton at > that time, so when she and Silas Dougherty were divorced, she must have > taken her previous married name back. > > From "The Higbee News" Friday 7 Jan 1921, Vol 34, No 38--MARRIED IN KANSAS > CITY--Charles W. Mikel of this city and Mrs. M. J. Hamilton of Higbee, > gave their friends a complete surprise New Year's day by quietly slipping > away to Kansas City, where they were united in marriage by Rev. O. P. > Gross, an old friend of Mr. Mikel. They were accompanied by Harold Mikel, > the small son of the groom, and Miss Oleta Naylor, a niece of the bride. > After a few days visit with friends in Colorado Springs they will return > to Higbee, where they > will reside. > Mr. Mikel is quite well and favorably known in Moberly, where he has > successfully conducted the Electric Maid Bakery for several months while > Mrs. Mikel is a resident of Higbee, and comes from one of the oldest and > best known families in the county. Their host of friends wish for them a > happy life, as free from clouds as was their wedding day--Moberly > Democrat, Jan 3. > The bride and groom are now at home in Higbee to their friends. > The NEWS joins other friends in best wishes and congratulations. > > Kathy Bowlin > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "CAROLYN Gibbons" <cng42@embarqmail.com> > To: <morandol@rootsweb.com> > Cc: "mohoward" <mohoward@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 11:20 PM > Subject: Re: [MORANDOL] MOBERLY Family Photograph > > >> You sent me on a chase again. >> >> Anyone who can help with this (and I thought Teri Chase had info about >> Mariah Cleeton some time ago). >> >> I started looking at the children of Mirty (found her in 1910 as Myrtle >> L, 1920 as Mertie) and seems that William Franklin Williams was married >> before - the children on the census don't match with the children named >> in his obituary. >> >> I show >> son Eugene born Burton, Howard Co 21 Nov 1896 >> daughter Elois L born Jul 1898 MO (probably Burton) >> daughter unknown born 14 Oct 1900 (and died before 1910 census per >> mother's report) >> daughter Goldie F born ca 1902 MO (probably Burton) >> >> Looking into Andrew Ewing and wife in Nebraska as given in William's >> obit, I find an Andrew Ewing age 35 living with wife Myrtle age 32 (born >> MO, MO, MO) and son Glenn age 9 in 1920 in Hallam Village, Lancaster Co, >> NE. >> >> Looking at Linda Quinn's FANTASTIC marriage index transcriptions, I find >> Andrew Ewing marrying Jessie Myrtle Williams 20 Mar 1907 (book 2 page >> 255 - date filed); appears to be the Andrew and Myrtle above (because of >> being I hope William William's daughter. >> >> William F Williams and Mirty Elliner Mobley married ca 1896; THEY >> couldn't be Jessie Myrtle's parents (besides, Mirty was born in 1878 a >> little young to have a child born about 1887. >> >> So, now the question. >> >> Looking for Jessie Myrtle's mother - I see on Linda Quinn's trnscriptions >> that William Williams married Mariah Cleeton 27 Dec 1883. In time for >> her to be the mother of Jessie Myrtle. I don't right now have her on the >> census before 1920 when she was a Dougherty. >> >> Do you or does anyone else know if the William Williams who married >> Mariah Cleeton is this William Franklin Williams? Sure looks like it. >> >> Carolyn >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Kathy Bowlin" <kjbowlin@embarqmail.com> >> To: morandol@rootsweb.com >> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 4:29:24 PM (GMT-0500) America/New_York >> Subject: [MORANDOL] MOBERLY Family Photograph >> >> >> >> >>> If this is indeed Mirty Ellinor Mobley, she married William Franklin >>> "Tobe" Williams. They had at least three children. >>> >>> Goldie F. Williams who married Lester McClellan >>> Eugene Williams who married Edna McKinsey >>> Elsie Lee Williams who married Frank Bayse >>> >>> The only grandchild that I have in my database is >>> >>> Imogene (may also be Marjorie E) Williams who married Lester Grapes and >>> had one known child, Donna. >>> >>> >>> If anyone knows of any of these people or their descendants, they would >>> be >>> Mirty's descendants, and would probably be interested in having the >>> photo. >>> >>> Kathy Bowlin >>> >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MORANDOL-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 MORANDOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message