Hi Chris, According to "The O'Dell Family" by Marion O'Dell, pg. 14. Simon O'Dell b. ca 1837, Ray Co., Mo. married Rachel Tarwater 5/5/1856 in Ray Co., Mo. They had the following children. Sarah O'Dell Calesttine O'Dell Austin O'Dell Ellen O'Dell Hiram O'Dell Catherine O'Dell Joseph O'Dell George O'Dell Jenny O'Dell Flossie O'Dell Lee O'Dell Simon O'Dell is the son of Caleb O'Dell b. 10/12/1807, Tenn. He married Jane O'Dell b. 1809, Tenn on 12 Feb, 1828, in Ray Co., Mo. They had 12 children of whom Simon was the fifth. Hope this helps. Glen [email protected] wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XNB.2ACI/38.193 > > Message Board Post: > > Hi I am researching Rachel Tarwater born b 1837-1841 Marries Simon Odell 1856, Ray county Missour I would appreciate anything you might have on her. I cant find anything > > Chris > > ==== MORAY-CGA Mailing List ==== > To contact MORAY-CGA List Manager, email > [email protected] {Lisa Smalley}

I think a lady who might have the answer for you is Beverly Odell [email protected] she says her husband gr grandmother id Rachel L. Tarwater married to Simon Odell Good Luck

Who were Simon Odell's parents? I am going on a hunch. Ruth and Rachel were often used intermittenly. If Simon's father is Caleb age 41 b Tenn on the 1850 Ray co. Census Mother Jane 41 Tenn Kids Solomon 19 Mo Sarana 17 Simon 13 Parilee 11 Susanah 9 Catherine 7 Elizabeth 5 Right below this record is the following: William Tarwater age 34 b. S Sarah 25 Ind Ruth age 9 Mo Lurana 7 Mo Mary 3 Mo Levi 1 I looked throught the whole 1850 Cenus and the only Rachel Tarwater I found was age 39 married to a Stephen age 39 Sorry I could not be of more help JOan

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XNB.2ACI/38.193 Message Board Post: Hi I am researching Rachel Tarwater born b 1837-1841 Marries Simon Odell 1856, Ray county Missour I would appreciate anything you might have on her. I cant find anything Chris

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XNB.2ACI/38.192 Message Board Post: Hi I am researching Rachel Tarwater born b 1837-1841 Marries Somon Odell 1856, Ray county Missour I would appreciate anything you might have on her. I cant find anything Chris

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XNB.2ACI/441.1 Message Board Post: I have the 1880 census CDs from FamilySearch. The only Cornelius Warren in Missouri is in Elmo in Nodaway County. He is a "track man" living with other railroad workers. He is 54 and was born in Ireland. The only Warren in Ray County is George Warren, age 72, born NY, and his wife Eunis, also 72.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XNB.2ACI/442 Message Board Post: The following was transcribed by me in the NARA a few days ago. I submitted the info to the Knox County, Kentucky list. Never even thought of posting it here. At anyrate, these are all Ray County, Federal Census with added notes of parents spouses relations and so forth. Cassy. RESPONSE: I am going to take Cassy's census postings from 1880, 1900, 1910 & 1920 Missouri and add in some references connecting them back to Knox Co., KY . Thanks again, Cassy, for these census listings. RESPONSE FROM JOYCE: This is Edward/Edmund MESSER b. abt. 1816 in Knox Co.; s/o Moses MESSER and Winnie GoLDEN who it is said had a lst marriage to an Arin WALKER TAYLOR about which I know nothing; married 2nd to Annabelle/Anna/Ann PATTERSON, b. abt. 1815; d. aft. 1880 in Knox Co. and divorced her and starting having babies with and finally married Mary SCALF, b. abt. 1849. Mary SCALF was the dau. of Peter and Charlotte "Lottie" HUBBARD SCALF. She and Edward married 2-23-1871 in Knox Co. On the 1870 Knox Co., Edward is listed with Mary SCALF and some of their children; his children with Ann PATTERSON WALKER MESSER and even Ann herself, along with her dau. from her lst marriage. Anna PATTERSON WALKER MESSER (dau. of John William PATTERSON and a wife, Jincy Jane/Jency UNK.) was married to 'a' John WALKER. We assume he would have been the son of either the old John WALKER mar. to the Lucy UNK. WALKER of Knox Co. or the son of my ggg-grandfather, Walter and Annie UNK. WALKER. In any case, he died by 1833 leaving Anna PATTERSON WALKER with a dau., Elizabeth or poss. Elizabeth Jane. Edward MESSER and Anna PATTERSON WALKER MESSER marr. 2-2-1834 and proceeded to have a family of around 9 children. 1880 Ray County Missouri Census Household 277-280 Messer, Edmond 64, m, Farmer ..Mary, 35, wife (nee SCALF) ..Elihu, 13, son ..Anthony, 11, son ..Nannie, 9, Dau ..John, 7, Son ..Thursa, 5, Dau ..Jessie, 3, Son ..Margaret, 10/12, Dau RESPONSE FROM JOYCE: Below is Henry MILLS, b. 6-11-1836 in Knox Co.; d. in MO 9-21-1930; married 2-23-1871 in Knox Co. to Lucinda WALKER b. 8-11-1842; d. 6-25-1890 in Ray Co., MO (dau. of Brice WALKER and Nancy BINGHAM). Henry MILLS was the s/o John "Big John" MILLS and Lucretia/Creasy BAKER. In his pension application dated 1915, it is stated that he moved to Pettus co., MO in 1867; to Howard Co., MO in 1870; to Jackson Co., MO in 1872 and finally to Ray Co., MO by 1884. He had served with the Union Army as a Private in Co. I, 7th Reg. KY Vol's and was discharged in Oct. 1864. 273- 276 Mills, Henry, 41, m, Farmer ..Lucinda, 35, wife ..George, 17, Son ..Annie, 15, Dau ..Nancy, 10 Dau (this was the first child born in MO) ..Marion, 8, Son ..Arthur B, 5, Son ..Jas, 2, Son (James) 1900 Ray County Census Clevendger, Nord (?), Aug 1853, 46 ..Sarah, wife, Nov 1855, 44 ..Erdil, (?) Son, Mar 1876, 24 ..Adah, Dau, Feb 1880, 20 ..Hugh, Son, Apr 1882, 18 ..Joseph, Son, May 1884, 16 ..Fannie, Dau, Sep 1886, 13 ..Andrew, Son, Dec 1888, 11 ..Roy, Son, Feb 1890, 10 ..Boyd, Son, July 1893, 6 ..May, Dau, Oct 1897, 2 (This is May who marries Jewell McKinley Mills) 247-247 Odell, Joseph, Sept 1854, 45 m23 ..Lorianna, wife, Feb 1853, 47 ..Arthur, Son, Nov 1877, 22 (Arthur marries Sarry Sallie Mills c/o Henry and Lucinda Mills from Knox County.) ..Rosell, f, May 1879, 21 ..Leardelia, f, July 1881, 18 ..Arena, f, Sept 1883, 16 ..Lurther, m, Aug 1886, 13 ..Sarah, f, Mar 1888, 11 RESPONSE FROM JOYCE: This is an older brother to the Henry MILLS listed above. He was married lst to Calvina WOOLUM who d. abt. 1862; he married 2nd May 23, 1866 to Dicie MESSER (dau. of Edward MESSER and Anna PATTERSON WALKER MESSER). It was most interesting to see Jane WALKER listed on the 1900 Ray Co., MO census listing. After their divorce and the move of Edward MESSER and his wife, Mary SCALF, to MO, this Jane is listed as follows on the 1880 Knox Co. I looked at this listing for years before it dawned on me who it must be: Dwelling 421-424 - 1880 Knox Co. - - residing bet. James W. TAYLOR and Allen MESSER , etc. WALKER, Jane, 43, head of household, dau., "divorced", b. KY; father b. KY ; mother b. NC MILLS, Martha A., 10, at home, dau., b. kY; parents b. KY WALKER, Annie, 73, at home, MOTHER, "divorced", b. NC; parents b. NC I finally decided this must be Annie/Anna PATTERSON WALKER MESSER who having been divorced by her husband, Edward MESSER, went back to using her WALKER married name. And that Jane was Elizabeth Jane WALKER listed as her dau. after she married Edward MESSER. And somewhere along the line, I think this Jane WALKER married one of the Nasby MILLS, had Martha A. MILLS and they were divorced and she went back to using the surname, WALKER, also. Apparently somehow and at some point, she made her way to MO and joined her half-sister, Dicy MESSER who married Anthony MILLS. However, it must be noted that Dicy A. MESSER, b. abt. 1842 also had an older sister, Jane MESSER, b. abt. 1835. But, unless she married a WALKER somewhere along the way, I must assume at this point that she is the half-sister of Dicy MESSER. Anthony and Dicy MESSER MILLS are still in Knox Co. as of the 1870 Fed. Census. 257-257 Mills, Anthony, May 1829, 71 M33 (Anthony is the child of John Mills and Lucretia Baker) ..Dicy, Aug 1841, 59 9 children 6 living (Dicy is the child of Edward Messer and Anna Patterson) ..Cornelia, f, July 1878, 21 ..Sally, f, Oct 1883, 16 Walker, Jane Sister-n-Law, Jan 1833, 67, Widow (From Joyce Collins notes regarding the 1880 Census: thanks Joyce :-) this is Elizabeth jane WALKER, only child from the marriage bet. Ann PATTERSON to John WALKER in 1831. This John was dead by 1833 and we don't know if he was a s/o John WALKER or Walter WALKER but I think it probably was our Walter WALKER!!) RESPONSE FROM JOYCE: Samuel MILLS was b. 7-6-1857; d. 2-14-1932 (s/o Anthony MILLS and his lst wife, Calvina WOOLUM MILLS). He married Pheriba FRANKS b. 8-19-1863; d. 2-21-1943. 258-258 Mills, Samuel, July 1859, 40 M16 ..Pherriba, Aug 1863, 36 3 children born 3 children living Carson, George, , Mar 1881, 19 (States either stepson or son in law unsure) ..Calvina, Mar 1885, 15 (this is Samuel and Pherriba's child) ..Jewel McKinley, Aug 1886, 13 (this is Samuel and Pherriba's child) Graso, David, Boarder Jan 1879, 21 RESPONSE FROM JOYCE: Marion was b. 3-14-1872; d. 2-23-1956; mar. 3-11-1897 in MO to Lydia Jane TURNER b. 2-13-1875; d. 7-29-1961; 266-266 Mills, Marion, Jan 1883, 27, M3 (Child of Henry Mills and Lucinda Walker) ..Lydia, Feb 1875, 25 ..Lena, Feb 1898, 2 RESPONSE FROM JOYCE: Arthur MILLS was b. 7-10-1875; d. 2-1-1955; mar. 12-4-1895 in MO ORRICK TOWNSHIP 227-229 Mills, Arthur, July 1875, 25 m5 (Child of Henry Mills and Lucinda Walker) ..Bessie, Oct 1873, 26 (Mary Bessie Sharp) ..Lucy, Sep 1897, 3 280-282 George Mills, Mar 1862, 38, m 14 (Child of Henry Mills and Lucinda Walker) ..Martha, Sep 1865, 34 7 children born 5 living ..Willie, July 1887, 12 ..Juntie, Aug, 1889, 10 ..Henry, May 1893, 6 ..Bennie, Sep 1897, 2 ..Fleetie, July 1899, 11/12 RESPONSE FROM JOYCE: Henry MILLS was b. 6-11-1836; d. 9-21-1930; widower of Lucinda WALKER b. 8-11-1842 in Knox Co.; d. 6-25-1890 in MO. With regard to Jacob John TARWATER, I have that he died in abt. 1892 prior to his wife's death in 1899. Guess the children were taken in by others. 285-287 Mills, Henry, June 1836, 63 Widow ..James, Feb 1877, 23, Widow ..Lucreasie, Aug 188, 19 ..Sally, Apr 1882, 18 Tarwater, John, GS, Feb 1889, 11 (John is the child of Jacob Jasper Tarwater and Marinda Mills, Marinda died in 1899 I couldn't find her other children or her husband) 1910 RAY COUNTY CENSUS Fishing River Township 217-218 Mills, Marion, 38 m13 (s/o Henry and Lucinda WALKER MILLS) ..Lydia, 35, 3 children born 3 children living ..Lena, 12 ..Harley, 5 ..Grethel, 1 11/12 218-219 Mills, Arthur, 37 m14 (s/o Henry and Lucinda WALKER MILLS) ..Mary, 33 3 children born 2 children living ..Lucy, 13 ..Tletha, 5 ORRICK TOWNSHIP 252-261 ODELL, Arthur, 28, m8 (s/o Joseph and Lorianna O'DELL with wife, Sarah MILLS, dau. of Henry MILLS) ..Sally, 27, 3 children born 3 children living ..Eva, 6 ..Eugene, 4 ..Sylva, 2 Mills, Henry, Father-n-Law, 76, Widow Smith, Jimmy, Nephew, 9 261-270 Clevenger, Benton, 29 m10 ..Liza, 27, 3 children born 3 children living ..Homer, 9 ..Margaret, 7 ..Pearl, 4 TARWATER, ORY, hired hand, 26 (Ory is the child of Jacob Jasper Tarwater and Marinda Mills, Marinda died in 1899 I couldn't find her other children or her husband) RESPONSE FROM JOYCE: All I have is that this was a Comfort HALES. 269-278 Mills, John, 56, m12 (Child of Anthony Mills and Calvina Woolum) ..Comfort, 34 6 children born 6 children living ..Edna, 11 ..Eumphemia, 9 ..Dora, 7 ..Calvina, 5 ..Lita, 3 ..Samuel, 10/12 RESPONSE FROM JOYCE: Is it possible that this is the William "Will Mat" MILLS b. 5-30-1876, s/o Anthony MILLS and his 2nd wife, Dicy A. MESSER MILLS???? Age pretty much fits. 270-279 Mills, William, 22 (unsure of him maybe John Mills above had been married before) .Cora, 22 ..Homer, 1 5/12 ..Georgia, 2/12 271-280 Mills, George, 50 (s/o Henry MILLS and Lucinda WALKER MILLS b. 3-14-1860) ..Martha e, 45 ..henry, 15 ..Bennie, 12 ..Fleetie, 11 ..Ashley, 7 (Son) 292-301 Tarwater, George, 25, m3 ..Dora, 21, 1 child born 1 child living ..Eunice Lee, 7/12 (Son) 1920 RAY COUNTY CENSUS ORRICK TOWNSHIP 158-162 Tarwarter, Samuel J, 56 (I believe this to be John Samuel Tarwater) ..Archie, 52 48-49 Rone, Milo, 38 ..Callie, 34 (Calvina Mills child of Samuel Mills and Pherriba Franks) ..Larse, 12 49-50 Mills, Samuel, 64 ..Pherrie, 54 Smith, william, boarder, 43 50-51 Mills, Ben, 60 (I belive this is the son of Anthony Mills and Calvina Woolum) ..Janice, 57 ..Lonze, 20 (mattie is his wife) ..Elwood, 16 ..Henry, 14 ..Mattie, Daughter in law, 16 82-83 Mills, John, 66 ..Comfort, 44 ..Euphemia, 19 ..vinie, 15 ..Liddie, 13 ..Samuel, 10 ..Benjamin, 8 ..Dan, 7 ..John Jr, 5 ..henry, 2 10/12 ..Antis, 11/12 83-84 Mills, Martha, 68 Widow (wife of George Mills) ..Bennie, 22 86-87 Mills, henry, 25 ..Millie, 23 ..Edith, 1 3/12 96-97 Odell, Arthur, 39 ..sallie, 38 ..Eva, 16 ..Eugene, 14 ..Sliva, 12 ..Arnold, 10 ..Lucill, 8 Mills, henry, 83 Father in law Smith, Arnie, 20 Nephew 97-98 Mills, martion, 47 ..Leddie Jane, 43 ..Opal, 14 (This should be Harley????) ..Grethel, 12 ..Nila Rebecca, 2 3/12 FISHING RIVER TOWNSHIP 45-45 Mills, Arthur, 44 ..Bessie, 44 ..Tleto, 15 ..Delbert, 4 7/12< ______________________________ ------------------------------

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Mills Warren Messer Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XNB.2ACI/441 Message Board Post: Hi, All, I have four things to do here. First and foremost I want to thank the many people who responded to me with directions to the cemeteries in Ray County. When I made a short trip through there on Christmas Eve I was able to find all but one Cemetery, the last no one knew where it was. :-( You all made my trip very eventful and I greatly appreciate it. Second. Can someone please if possible do two lookups for me I am trying to find a Cornelius Taylor Warren in either the 1880 or 1900 Ray County Census. Third does anyone know where Martha Warren is buried. She is suppose to have died in 1880 or closely after that. Fourth. For all those who have helped or need help I took many photos while in Ray County of the cemetery stones, mostly Mills family. I have a new web site and anyone who is interested in seeing the photo's or adding to them please email me directly and I will send you an invite. I currently have about 200 tombstone photo's on the page, mostly from Kentucky, but many from other places also. Thank you once again, Cassy. [email protected]

Lena, I have checked the records of Sunny Slope Cemetery and Richmond Cemetery (they are side by side). The records show that Virgle MELLING and his father Ed MELLING are buried in Richmond Cemetery, not Sunny Slope Cemetery. There are a number of MELLINGs buried in Sunny Slope, but the Sunny Slope records do not have Virgle or Ed. Neither cemetery records a burial for Virgle's mother, Mollie MELLING. The tombstone in Richmond Cemetery confirms your death date of Sep 4, 1904 at age 7 yrs, 7 mo, 22 da. and provides the names of his mother and father. I have no idea about finding an obit or other death records if you checked the newspapers published soon after Sep 4, 1904. Carter Rogers ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lena" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 11:05 AM Subject: [MORAY-CGA] Question on Deaths > I have gotten microfilms of newspapers at 7.00 a roll looking for an obit > for Virgle Melling who died Sept. 10, 1904, he was 7 years old, and have > found nothing. I am out of idea's since there were no death records filed > in Jefferson City, at that time. He died in Ray County, and is buried in > SunnySlope. Can anyone give me any idea's on what to order next? Thank > you, Lena > > > ==== MORAY-CGA Mailing List ==== > Ray County Genealogical Assn. Webpage > http://www.rootsweb.com/~morcga > Ray County Webpage > http://www.rootsweb.com/~moray/index.htm _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

I have gotten microfilms of newspapers at 7.00 a roll looking for an obit for Virgle Melling who died Sept. 10, 1904, he was 7 years old, and have found nothing. I am out of idea's since there were no death records filed in Jefferson City, at that time. He died in Ray County, and is buried in SunnySlope. Can anyone give me any idea's on what to order next? Thank you, Lena

Try the Ray County Genealogy (or Historical) Association. There is an Alder in Richmond who (I think) is in the insurance business. My ancestor of that name was Willis Dossen Alder and he lived in Rayville. One of his daughters was Amanda Caroline Alder who became my grandmother. Contact me at [email protected] and I'll see if I can't get more information to you. Evelyn Larson

Bob, I have a Cora M. ALDER, b. 1880, d. 1968 and buried in the same lot at Sunny Slope Cemetery as a Ralph Ludwig STEVA. There is no indications that this Cora ALDER was buried with a husband. The records that I have are ones that are available at the Ray County Historical Museum. I am currently retyping the records so that they may be put on the internet this summer. Carter Rogers ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 9:21 PM Subject: [MORAY-CGA] Cora ALDER, early 1900s, Ray Co, MO > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: ALDER > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XNB.2ACI/440 > > Message Board Post: > > Am looking for info on Cora Alder. She was the midwife at my Mother's birth in 1916 near Rayville, MO and my Mother was named for her. Don't know any other details. > Robert Schroeder > > > ==== MORAY-CGA Mailing List ==== > Ray County Historical Society, PO Box 2, Richmond, MO 64085 _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ALDER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XNB.2ACI/440 Message Board Post: Am looking for info on Cora Alder. She was the midwife at my Mother's birth in 1916 near Rayville, MO and my Mother was named for her. Don't know any other details. Robert Schroeder

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XNB.2ACI/406.1 Message Board Post: I AM THE GR GR GRANDDAUGHTER OF ROBERT AND LAURA WILLIAMS.I HAVE SOME INFO. SO PLEASE CONTACT

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XNB.2ACI/285.1 Message Board Post: I AM THE GR GR GRANDDAUGHTER OF MAJ. R J WILLIAMS. I HAVE SOME INFO THAT MIGHT BE USEFUL. PLEASE CONTACT ME.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XNB.2ACI/375.1 Message Board Post: I am related to the Herrings. My Grandmother Norine was a Herring. Jennie Shackleford Herring was her Grandmother. Henry Clay and Jennie Shackleford Herring are burried in Liberty cemetery East of Hardin, MO. email me at [email protected]

It's that time of every ten years again folks. Lisa Smalley MORAY-CGA List Manager http://www.rootsweb.com/~morcga/ Ray County Genealogical Assn. The following article is from Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyright 2002 by Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with the permission of the author. - U.S. 1930 Census Records To Be Released The United States government conducts a census every ten years, in the years ending with a zero (1910, 1920, etc.). These census records contain a wealth of information for genealogists. The exact information obtained varies from one census to the next but generally contains each person's name, residence, age, place of birth, immediate family members residing in the same household, and more. The government keeps these records confidential for seventy-two years to protect the privacy of those listed. The 1930 U.S. Census records are due to be released this year. The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration has announced that it will release the 1930 Federal population census for the first time on April 1, 2002. At that time, the microfilmed copies will be opened for research at the National Archives Building in Washington, DC, at 13 of the National Archives regional facilities across the nation, and through the National Archives rental program. The 1930 census is the 15th Federal census mandated by the U.S. Constitution, which states, "The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct. . . ". As one would expect, the number of records in the 1930 census is much larger than any previous census. All of the returns for the first U.S. census conducted in 1790 fit onto 12 rolls of microfilm. The country continued to grow so that the 1920 census consists of 2,076 rolls of film. The 1930 census consists of 2,667 rolls of population schedules and 1,587 rolls of Soundex indexes for 12 southern states, totaling 4,254 rolls. The other states, however, do not have Soundex indexes. The 1930 census provides a wealth of socio-economic information, such as the following: names of all persons living in each home; relationship of each person to the head of household; whether the home is owned or rented; value of the home; if the family owns a radio; if they own a farm; whether they attended school or college; if they can read or write; place of birth; citizenship status; and occupation. These census records should be available within a few days after April 1, 2002 via the National Archives' Rental Program. In addition, commercial companies will also have rolls of microfilm available for sale or for rent. I suspect that CD-ROM and possible online availability will occur some later time after April 1, 2002. For more information on the 1930 census, see http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/1930cen.html/

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/XNB.2ACI/407.2 Message Board Post: Hi, I M LOOKING FOR James Calvin Morris born 8-4-1875 died 4-6-1950 in Kansas City, Mo. Don't know where he was born. He married Mary Zellie Cline. They had 3 children, James, Jack and Bertha Mae Morris Haynes. James Calvin's father was John W. Morris maybe born somewhere in MO. Thanks, Pat Morris

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Arnold Willis Girard Jarrard Jerraird Coons Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XNB.2ACI/439 Message Board Post: My family came to the Raymond, Madera Co, CA area from Clay/Ray Co. MO, about 1901. William Dillard Arnold, who went by Dillard most places, brought his wife Mary Millie Willis Jarrard Arnold, ch: Lillie b 1892, who m. Steve McReynolds, later moving to Oakland. Earl b 1894, m. Floy Preston, lived and worked in Livingston CA most of his life. Hubert b 1896 m. Dora Dean, Perry b 1898 m. Alice McReynolds, Otis b 1900/01, d 1918 and Francis b 1906, d 1923. There were also two step-daughters Minnie Jerrard b 1885, m. Everett Miller, and Dora Jerrard b. 1886. Minnie and Dora were listed as Arnolds on Fishing River Twp, Ray Co, MO 1900 census. We believe both of these girls moved to CA with the family. There were also four known Arnold sons that stayed in MO, William Mason Arnold b 1866, Alfred M. Arnold b 1868, James Clay Arnold b 1871, Leroy "Roy" Arnold b 1883. There may also have been daughters: Effie and Mary Jane. William Dillard was son of William H. and Elizabeth of Holt, Clay Co. His first wife was Elizabeth Coons, found on Washington Twp in 1970 census, and in Clear Creek Co, CO 1880 census. Graves for William Mason, Alfred M., James Clay, and Roy in Antioch Cemetery, Clay Co MO. Seeking any information and contacts with descendents. Thank you! Nancy at [email protected]