Epidemics in U.S. - 1657 - 1918 If you ever wondered why a large number of your ancestors seemed to disappear during a certain period in history, it may have been due to an epidemic. Epidemics have always had a great influence on people and therefore the genealogists trying to trace them. Many cases of people disappearing from records can be attributed to people dying during an epidemic or moving away from the affected area. Some of the major epidemics in the United States are listed below 1657 Boston: Measles 1687 Boston: Measles 1690 New York: Yellow Fever 1713 Boston: Measles 1729 Boston: Measles 1732-33 Worldwide: Influenza 1738 South Carolina: Smallpox 1739-40 Boston: Measles 1747 Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania & South Carolina: Measles 1759 North America (areas inhabited by white people): Measles 1761-61 North America & West Indies: Influenza 1772 North America: Measles 1775 North America (especially hard in New England): Epidemic (unknown) 1775-76 Worldwide: Influenza 1781-82 Worldwide: Influenza (one of worst flu epidemics) 1788 Philadelphia & New York: Measles 1793 Vermont: Influenza and a "putrid fever" 1793 Virginia: Influenza (kills 500 people in 5 counties in 4 weeks) 1793 Philadelphia: Yellow fever (one of worst) 1783 Delaware (Dover): "extremely fatal" bilious disorder 1793 Pennsylvania (Harrisburg & Middletown): many unexplained deaths 1794 Philadelphia: Yellow fever 1796-97 Philadelphia: Yellow Fever 1798 Philadelphia: Yellow Fever (one of worst) 1803 New York: Yellow Fever 1820-23 Nationwide: "fever" (starts on Schuylkill River, PA & spreads 1831-32 Nationwide: Asiatic Cholera (brought by English emigrants) 1832 New York & other major cities: Cholera 1837 Philadelphia: Typhus 1841 Nationwide: Yellow Fever (especially severe in South) 1847 New Orleans: Yellow Fever 1847-48 Worldwide: Influenza 1848-49 North America: Cholera 1850 Nationwide: Yellow Fever 1850-51 North America: Influenza 1852 Nationwide: Yellow Fever (New Orleans: 8,000 die in summer) 1855 Nationwide (many parts): Yellow Fever 1857-59 Worldwide: Influenza (one of disease's greatest epidemics) 1860-61 Pennsylvania: Smallpox 1865-73 Philadelphia, New York, Boston, New Orleans, Baltimore, Memphis, & Washington D.C.: a series of recurring epidemics of Smallpox, Cholera, Typhus, Typhoid, Scarlet Fever & Yellow Fever 1873-75 North America & Europe: Influenza 1878 New Orleans: Yellow Fever (last great epidemic of disease) 1885 Plymouth, PA: Typhoid 1886: Jacksonville, Fl: Yellow Fever 1918 Worldwide: Influenza (high point year) More people hospitalized in World War I more died from Influenza than wounds. US Army training camps became death camps --with 80 percent death rate in some camps ---------------- Finally, these specific instances of cholera were mentioned: 1833 Columbus, Ohio 1834 New York City 1849 New York 1851 Coles Co., Illinois 1851 The Great Plains 1851 Missouri Other epidemics in the US - mostly in "big" east coast cities: 1813: "spotted fever" which we know as cerebral spinal meningitis--6,000 died. 1813 to ?: tuberculosis also called "consumption" was on the rise. 1842-3: erysipelas [strep infection of skin and mucous membranes

Donna, Here you are. _http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Emoripley_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~moripley)

I guess I'm missing something. How do I get to the link? Donna

Donna, Here is the link: http://www.rootsweb.com/~moripley/ Becky Donnamomburg@aol.com wrote: > I guess I'm missing something. How do I get to the link? Donna > > ==== MORIPLEY Mailing List ==== > Homepage for Ripley Co GenWeb site > <a href="http://www.rootsweb.com/~moripley/">http://www.rootsweb.com/~moripley/</a> > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

For those of you who are following this link, I have updated the file. Added new documents on the inquest, arrest warrants, and bonds. More to go.... Jackie -- "At the birth of the Sun, and his brother the Moon, their Mother died. So the Sun gave to the earth her body from which was to spring all life, And he drew forth from her breast the stars and he threw them into the night sky to remind him of her soul." Owner/Breeder Tanimara Great Pyrenees <http://www.geocities.com/tanimara_2000/> CC: Ripley Co MO GenWeb <http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Emoripley/> CC: Harringtongen <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harringtongen/> - a genealogy site for Harringtons and collateral lines.

Everyone should take the time to read the information on the link. I applaud all involved in this special item. Great information and documentation!!! Sheila B "A sound body is a first class thing; a sound mind is an even better thing, but the thing that counts the most in and individual as in the nation,is character, the sum of those qualities which make a man a good man and a woman a good woman." Theodore Roosevelt ----- Original Message ----- From: Tanimara<mailto:tanimara@townsqr.com> To: MORIPLEY-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:MORIPLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 3:11 PM Subject: [MORIPLEY] New article posted on the KKK issue in Ripley Co. Ok group, I have been a busy camper working on a page for the site. This page is the end result of 7 years of work, and I am happy to share it with you all. The KKK link has been active for some time, but during the course of my family research I turned up some documentation on the unrest in Ripley Co during the 1870s. A murder trial aimed at the KKK that was active within the community. Long periods of soul searching behind me, I have decided to post this information. It contains not only, much information on life during that time period but the names of many involved in this trial on both sides. The page is incomplete yet as I add links to the text that is there. The links are to images of the actual hand written documents that exist. To get you all started, the links to the actual witness depositions are in place and active toward the bottom of the article. I will be adding links to images of subponeas, warrants, bonds, and multiple miscellaneous documents. This article is not a political statement or a story. It's mearly a presentation of facts for you to look at. I mean no offense to anyone on either side of this issue. If you have questions on this article feel free to address them with me. *There is an article included within this bigger article that was written by Ray Burson of the Ripley Co Historical Society. It is included here with his permission. I want to thank him publically for the original article that led me to find these documents. * *-- * "At the birth of the Sun, and his brother the Moon, their Mother died. So the Sun gave to the earth her body from which was to spring all life, And he drew forth from her breast the stars and he threw them into the night sky to remind him of her soul." Owner/Breeder Tanimara Great Pyrenees <http://www.geocities.com/tanimara_2000/<http://www.geocities.com/tanimara_2000/>> CC: Ripley Co MO GenWeb <http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Emoripley/<http://www.rootsweb.com/~moripley/>> CC: Harringtongen <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harringtongen/<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harringtongen/>> - a genealogy site for Harringtons and collateral lines. ==== MORIPLEY Mailing List ==== To Unsubscribe to MoRipley GenWeb mailto:MORIPLEY-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe<mailto:MORIPLEY-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe> mailto:MORIPLEY-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe<mailto:MORIPLEY-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe> ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx<http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx>

I tell you, this is the greatest thing since white bread!!! Already I've found what I THINK are GLENN ancestors from N.C. Time consuming, but may be very rewarding. Thanks a whole bunch. Lou Nell HUTCHISON Bath ----- Original Message ----- From: <Pamandgar@aol.com> To: <MORIPLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 6:14 PM Subject: [MORIPLEY] LDS News - books on-line!! > Genealogy cousin sent this to me today - sounds sooo interesting. Hope it > rains rest of week so I can sit and check it out. > Pam Smith > > You can go to the Brigham Young University website http://www.lib.byu.edu/ > and do searches of over 5000 books which the Family History Library has put > online.* ... the LDS Family History Library has announced that it has begun the > process of digitizing and making available on the Internet all of the Family > History books in their > collection. These are primarily books in the "929.273 Series" that are > currently housed on the first floor of the Family History Library. At the present > time (September 2005), about 5000 books have been digitized and are available, > and they have announced that they are adding about 100 titles a week to the > on-line collection. Copyright issues are playing a role in determining the order > in which they progress through this task; books out of copyright are being > done first. > > As these Family History books are digitized and placed on-line, an entry is > being placed in the Family History Library on-line catalog with a hyperlink > to the digitized image. By going to the FHL On-Line Catalog, you can search > for a specific name, find a book that has been indexed using the name, and > view it on-line, flipping through the pages as separate "pdf" images, much > the same as if you were on the first floor of the Family History Library. = > > Of course, the indexing that is available through the FHL Catalog is only > as good as the human indexers made it; typically they only include the "top" > 4 to 6 names that appear in each book in their indexing efforts. But there > is even better news! > > The digitized images of these Family History books are actually being > stored on the electronic servers at Brigham Young University in Provo, > Utah. > > By going directly to the BYU web site to view the images, there are several > additional possibilities that provide genealogists functionality that they > have never had before. You are now able to do full-text searches on each > book, and on every digitized book in the collection. Now you can locate the > small two-paragraph entry on Grandpa Ebenezer McGarrah that is buried in one > of the Family History books that you would have otherwise never thought to > look at before. This can open up a huge new possibility for extending lines, > getting past brick walls, and uncovering new relatives!= > > > How to Find The Digitized Images? > > Go to the web site of the Harold B. Lee Library at BYU at > http://www.lib.byu.edu/ on their home page, follow the links "Find Other > Materials/Electronic/On Line Collections at BYU". Click on the "Text > Collections" tab and select the "Family History Archive" from the list of > collections that are displayed. > (Direct link: http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/) > > You would then normally want to use the "Search All" feature with the > "Search Full Text" box checked, although the "Advanced Search" will allow > very high-powered searches that will allow certain phrases to be searched > for and other words to be used to exclude potential hits. As you make > selections from the "hits" that are displayed, you will need to use the > "Click Here to View Item" button near the top of the screen to display the > actual image of the page. You can page through the entire document using the > index displayed on the left side of the screen. Each page may be printed > after being viewed. > > One interesting sidelight is, when you are at the first web page for the > Family History Archive (the page that lets you begin a search), click on > the "Browse the Collection" button. This will display every Family History > book that has been digitized and is available in the collection. > > You can scroll through this list much the same as if you were walking up > and down the stacks at the library. At the top of the first page of the > search results, it displays the number of hits, which (in this case) is the > number of books in the collection. If you keep track of this number, you can > get a pretty good idea of how fast they are adding titles to the collection > as you revisit the web site from time to time. I think you will want to > visit this site often as the collection grows!" > > > ==== MORIPLEY Mailing List ==== > To Subscribe to MoRipley GenWeb > mailto:MORIPLEY-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=subscribe&body=subscribe > mailto:MORIPLEY-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=subscribe&body=subscribe > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. 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Thanks Matt. I had Todd read it too. He seems to think it's basically ok, just needs some fine tunning..lol Im working on it. Jackie Matt Patterson wrote: > Jackie, > > I didn't get a chance to e-mail you last night but I thought the > article looked good. I was happy to be able to help transcribe some > of those documents for you. If you need any more help just let me > know. If you have any typed documents I can easily convert them over > to text using my OCR software. > > > Take Care, > Matt Patterson > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tanimara" <tanimara@townsqr.com> > To: <MORIPLEY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 3:11 PM > Subject: [MORIPLEY] New article posted on the KKK issue in Ripley Co. > > >> Ok group, I have been a busy camper working on a page for the site. >> This page is the end result of 7 years of work, and I am happy to >> share it with you all. >> >> The KKK link has been active for some time, but during the course of >> my family research I turned up some documentation on the unrest in >> Ripley Co during the 1870s. A murder trial aimed at the KKK that was >> active within the community. Long periods of soul searching behind >> me, I have decided to post this information. It contains not only, >> much information on life during that time period but the names of >> many involved in this trial on both sides. >> >> The page is incomplete yet as I add links to the text that is there. >> The links are to images of the actual hand written documents that >> exist. To get you all started, the links to the actual witness >> depositions are in place and active toward the bottom of the >> article. I will be adding links to images of subponeas, warrants, >> bonds, and multiple miscellaneous documents. >> >> This article is not a political statement or a story. It's mearly a >> presentation of facts for you to look at. I mean no offense to >> anyone on either side of this issue. If you have questions on this >> article feel free to address them with me. >> >> *There is an article included within this bigger article that was >> written by Ray Burson of the Ripley Co Historical Society. It is >> included here with his permission. I want to thank him publically >> for the original article that led me to find these documents. >> * >> *-- * >> >> "At the birth of the Sun, and his brother the Moon, their Mother >> died. So the Sun gave to the earth her body from which was to spring >> all life, And he drew forth from her breast the stars and he threw >> them into the night sky to remind him of her soul." >> >> Owner/Breeder Tanimara Great Pyrenees >> <http://www.geocities.com/tanimara_2000/> >> CC: Ripley Co MO GenWeb <http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Emoripley/> >> CC: Harringtongen <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harringtongen/> - a >> genealogy site for Harringtons and collateral lines. >> >> >> ==== MORIPLEY Mailing List ==== >> To Unsubscribe to MoRipley GenWeb >> mailto:MORIPLEY-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe >> mailto:MORIPLEY-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe >> >> ============================== >> Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >> areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >> Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >> >> > > > ==== MORIPLEY Mailing List ==== > Homepage for Ripley Co GenWeb site > <a > href="http://www.rootsweb.com/~moripley/">http://www.rootsweb.com/~moripley/</a> > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > -- "At the birth of the Sun, and his brother the Moon, their Mother died. So the Sun gave to the earth her body from which was to spring all life, And he drew forth from her breast the stars and he threw them into the night sky to remind him of her soul." Owner/Breeder Tanimara Great Pyrenees <http://www.geocities.com/tanimara_2000/> CC: Ripley Co MO GenWeb <http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Emoripley/> CC: Harringtongen <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harringtongen/> - a genealogy site for Harringtons and collateral lines.

Jackie, I didn't get a chance to e-mail you last night but I thought the article looked good. I was happy to be able to help transcribe some of those documents for you. If you need any more help just let me know. If you have any typed documents I can easily convert them over to text using my OCR software. Take Care, Matt Patterson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tanimara" <tanimara@townsqr.com> To: <MORIPLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 3:11 PM Subject: [MORIPLEY] New article posted on the KKK issue in Ripley Co. > Ok group, I have been a busy camper working on a page for the site. This > page is the end result of 7 years of work, and I am happy to share it with > you all. > > The KKK link has been active for some time, but during the course of my > family research I turned up some documentation on the unrest in Ripley Co > during the 1870s. A murder trial aimed at the KKK that was active within > the community. Long periods of soul searching behind me, I have decided > to post this information. It contains not only, much information on life > during that time period but the names of many involved in this trial on > both sides. > > The page is incomplete yet as I add links to the text that is there. The > links are to images of the actual hand written documents that exist. To > get you all started, the links to the actual witness depositions are in > place and active toward the bottom of the article. I will be adding links > to images of subponeas, warrants, bonds, and multiple miscellaneous > documents. > > This article is not a political statement or a story. It's mearly a > presentation of facts for you to look at. I mean no offense to anyone on > either side of this issue. If you have questions on this article feel > free to address them with me. > > *There is an article included within this bigger article that was written > by Ray Burson of the Ripley Co Historical Society. It is included here > with his permission. I want to thank him publically for the original > article that led me to find these documents. > * > *-- * > > "At the birth of the Sun, and his brother the Moon, their Mother died. So > the Sun gave to the earth her body from which was to spring all life, And > he drew forth from her breast the stars and he threw them into the night > sky to remind him of her soul." > > Owner/Breeder Tanimara Great Pyrenees > <http://www.geocities.com/tanimara_2000/> > CC: Ripley Co MO GenWeb <http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Emoripley/> > CC: Harringtongen <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harringtongen/> - a > genealogy site for Harringtons and collateral lines. > > > ==== MORIPLEY Mailing List ==== > To Unsubscribe to MoRipley GenWeb > mailto:MORIPLEY-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe > mailto:MORIPLEY-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >

Ok group, I have been a busy camper working on a page for the site. This page is the end result of 7 years of work, and I am happy to share it with you all. The KKK link has been active for some time, but during the course of my family research I turned up some documentation on the unrest in Ripley Co during the 1870s. A murder trial aimed at the KKK that was active within the community. Long periods of soul searching behind me, I have decided to post this information. It contains not only, much information on life during that time period but the names of many involved in this trial on both sides. The page is incomplete yet as I add links to the text that is there. The links are to images of the actual hand written documents that exist. To get you all started, the links to the actual witness depositions are in place and active toward the bottom of the article. I will be adding links to images of subponeas, warrants, bonds, and multiple miscellaneous documents. This article is not a political statement or a story. It's mearly a presentation of facts for you to look at. I mean no offense to anyone on either side of this issue. If you have questions on this article feel free to address them with me. *There is an article included within this bigger article that was written by Ray Burson of the Ripley Co Historical Society. It is included here with his permission. I want to thank him publically for the original article that led me to find these documents. * *-- * "At the birth of the Sun, and his brother the Moon, their Mother died. So the Sun gave to the earth her body from which was to spring all life, And he drew forth from her breast the stars and he threw them into the night sky to remind him of her soul." Owner/Breeder Tanimara Great Pyrenees <http://www.geocities.com/tanimara_2000/> CC: Ripley Co MO GenWeb <http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Emoripley/> CC: Harringtongen <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harringtongen/> - a genealogy site for Harringtons and collateral lines.

Hi Matt, Yes, I know we have a different lines. The lines are spelled different but they were often interchanged. I call yours the Merrell Claypool line.. lol.. Mine the Murrell Foy line. However, there are a few interesting connections such as the Parishs that seemed to have married both lines. What I don't know is if the Parish lines connect a generation or two out of Weakley Co TN. I know my line came from Ireland and there is another line that appears to be English that did travel a very similar migration path. They are often confused just as the Murrell/Merrells. Maybe one day we can compare notes on the Parish line. My Parish line can be found in Limestone Co AL at the Sims Settlement.. they traveled with the Murrell, Foys, Taylors, Sims, Parish, Johnsons and others from AL. to Weakley Co TN to Graves CO KY and finally to MO AR state line. They founded the Glaze Creek Church after they arrived here in Randolph Co AR.. Unfortunately there does not seem to be any records that have survived. Knob Creek Church records in Weakley Co have been a big help in documenting the movement to Weakley Co TN. Interestingly we have yet another connection Martha Merrell married Thomas Marion Spencer. Thomas was a brother to my gggf Charles McNairy Spencer. There is a Mahala MERRELL, daughter of John Claypool Merrell....... I don't know who her mother was and if she was the same Martha daughter of Sarah Patterson. I have not been able to clear that connection up. Maybe you can. I know that John Claypool Merrell was married at least twice but not sure which children went to which wife. Was there both a Martha and a Mahala or a Mahala Martha Merrell? Thank you for replying. I just don't know if I will every find out who Edith married. I have been lucky to track down a descendent for most of the descendents of William A Murrell my gggf that lived at Dry Springs, MO and had a post office there for many years. Our families did not live very far apart and one would have to wonder if they were not connected. I know your uncle ( I am drawing a blank tonight) Patterson was really very firm they are not related. I have had a really hard time trying to find a connection for William A. I know BJ...(there the name is .. lol.. don't every get old.) told me they came through TN and it just seemed like they had to be related.. especially when he told me of the law suit the Merrells had back there. I think I have located William's line. I may never find the paper trail that I would like to but William A was in MO by 1820 which is before your line was I believe. Because there was no census back them, MO was not a state it is going to be hard to prove. However, I did find where a Richard Murrell bought land in 1823 in MO. That might be the best I can do. Worse than that Ripley Co was actually AR for many years.. My dad told me that his grandfather used to say he was born and raised in MO and died in AR and never moved. History does not bear that our but it would if he had said born and raised in AR and died in MO and never moved........ so many things just got reversed over the years... Even so my best knowledge they always lived in MO close to the state line. Even the Murrell cemetery is still in MO and right close to where the old Military Road ran by the Murrell homestead and post office. Which brings me to another question .. does your family have a Merrell cemetery? if so do you know where it is? Have you every been there? Do you know who is buried there? I have come to believe there is both a Murrell and a Merrell cemetery.... they don't seem to be in the same place. Doyle Reddick was going to take me there but we never got together in good weather and then he got sick and passed away. In the mean time I have found it but it is almost totally destroyed. The pine trees have been harvested and the ground left with big holes and gravestones missing. One was sitting out under a tree.... my ggp grave had been dug into. My grandfather always told me the land was deeded to the state but I guess if they had no desire in maintaining the cemetery they had no responsibility to do so. My dad estimated that there was probably at least 150 graves there.. many without grave stones as it was used by travelers on the Military Road. One more thing. I found a deed at the Doniphan Court house for the sale of a slave from John B Murrell to William A Murrell for a female slave named Mary Ann aged 17 date of sale was June 17, 1858. Do you know if this was your family? I know that was another difference as far as I can tell, your Merrells had lots of slaves and were very wealthy. My line did not have slaves and were not wealthy. However, I believe this exchange was between John Bartlett Murrell and my gggf William A Murrell. The half interest that my gggf deeded was inherited from his grandmother in TN and that Mary Ann was probably never in AR but in TN where John Murrell was. Do you have an opinion on that document? Do either of those names fit any members of your family? I know you had a William too but I think the time line was different. Your William H Murrell was born 29 years after William and would not have been of legal age in 1858. It is good to hear from you. I hope you and your new bride are having a great times together. Sincerely, Pat Mata ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Patterson" <mattpatt@1starnet.com> To: <MORIPLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 7:13 AM Subject: RE: [MORIPLEY] Edith Murrell > Patricia, > > Some of my of my family married into the Merrell's. However, I'm unable > to > find any of the names you mention. I found this page on the internet that > goes into details about some of the descendants of some of the Murrell's > I'm > kin to. Check it out and see if you recognize any names. Also note how > the > name is spelled. > http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:mYl5wtP53w0J:genealogy.patp.us/wmde.shm > +Descendants+of+William+and+Grace+Merrill&hl=en > > Matt Patterson > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Patricia [mailto:pjmata@cox.net] > Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 5:40 AM > To: MORIPLEY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [MORIPLEY] Edith Murrell > > I am looking for the children of Edith Murrell, the daughter of Ed > Murrell. She had siblings, Elmer, Floyd and Christine. Elmer, and Floyd > are both dead. Aunt Wilma Murrell Baker, my aunt thinks that Christine > probably is too. > > I know Edith married and moved away. I heard that she moved away after she > got married to St Louis or IL she may have had one child and later twins. > She died not too long after that. I think her sons may still be alive but > now one seems to know who she married...... do you or any one know. I sure > would like to find them that is one line that I don't have any descendents > for. She was born about 1916. > > If anyone has any information on Edith or her descendents I would really > like to hear from you. Any clues are appreciated. > > Sincerely, > > Patricia Murrell Mata > pjmata@cox.net > > > > ==== MORIPLEY Mailing List ==== > Password Central - to change, check passwords,list memberships, post-it > notes, and gedcoms submitted <a > href="http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.com/">http://passwordcentral.rootsweb. > com/</a> > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > > > ==== MORIPLEY Mailing List ==== > Homepage for Ripley Co GenWeb site > <a > href="http://www.rootsweb.com/~moripley/">http://www.rootsweb.com/~moripley/</a> > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. 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Genealogy cousin sent this to me today - sounds sooo interesting. Hope it rains rest of week so I can sit and check it out. Pam Smith You can go to the Brigham Young University website http://www.lib.byu.edu/ and do searches of over 5000 books which the Family History Library has put online.* ... the LDS Family History Library has announced that it has begun the process of digitizing and making available on the Internet all of the Family History books in their collection. These are primarily books in the "929.273 Series" that are currently housed on the first floor of the Family History Library. At the present time (September 2005), about 5000 books have been digitized and are available, and they have announced that they are adding about 100 titles a week to the on-line collection. Copyright issues are playing a role in determining the order in which they progress through this task; books out of copyright are being done first. As these Family History books are digitized and placed on-line, an entry is being placed in the Family History Library on-line catalog with a hyperlink to the digitized image. By going to the FHL On-Line Catalog, you can search for a specific name, find a book that has been indexed using the name, and view it on-line, flipping through the pages as separate "pdf" images, much the same as if you were on the first floor of the Family History Library. = Of course, the indexing that is available through the FHL Catalog is only as good as the human indexers made it; typically they only include the "top" 4 to 6 names that appear in each book in their indexing efforts. But there is even better news! The digitized images of these Family History books are actually being stored on the electronic servers at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. By going directly to the BYU web site to view the images, there are several additional possibilities that provide genealogists functionality that they have never had before. You are now able to do full-text searches on each book, and on every digitized book in the collection. Now you can locate the small two-paragraph entry on Grandpa Ebenezer McGarrah that is buried in one of the Family History books that you would have otherwise never thought to look at before. This can open up a huge new possibility for extending lines, getting past brick walls, and uncovering new relatives!= How to Find The Digitized Images? Go to the web site of the Harold B. Lee Library at BYU at http://www.lib.byu.edu/ on their home page, follow the links "Find Other Materials/Electronic/On Line Collections at BYU". Click on the "Text Collections" tab and select the "Family History Archive" from the list of collections that are displayed. (Direct link: http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/) You would then normally want to use the "Search All" feature with the "Search Full Text" box checked, although the "Advanced Search" will allow very high-powered searches that will allow certain phrases to be searched for and other words to be used to exclude potential hits. As you make selections from the "hits" that are displayed, you will need to use the "Click Here to View Item" button near the top of the screen to display the actual image of the page. You can page through the entire document using the index displayed on the left side of the screen. Each page may be printed after being viewed. One interesting sidelight is, when you are at the first web page for the Family History Archive (the page that lets you begin a search), click on the "Browse the Collection" button. This will display every Family History book that has been digitized and is available in the collection. You can scroll through this list much the same as if you were walking up and down the stacks at the library. At the top of the first page of the search results, it displays the number of hits, which (in this case) is the number of books in the collection. If you keep track of this number, you can get a pretty good idea of how fast they are adding titles to the collection as you revisit the web site from time to time. I think you will want to visit this site often as the collection grows!"

Patricia, Some of my of my family married into the Merrell's. However, I'm unable to find any of the names you mention. I found this page on the internet that goes into details about some of the descendants of some of the Murrell's I'm kin to. Check it out and see if you recognize any names. Also note how the name is spelled. http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:mYl5wtP53w0J:genealogy.patp.us/wmde.shm +Descendants+of+William+and+Grace+Merrill&hl=en Matt Patterson -----Original Message----- From: Patricia [mailto:pjmata@cox.net] Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 5:40 AM To: MORIPLEY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MORIPLEY] Edith Murrell I am looking for the children of Edith Murrell, the daughter of Ed Murrell. She had siblings, Elmer, Floyd and Christine. Elmer, and Floyd are both dead. Aunt Wilma Murrell Baker, my aunt thinks that Christine probably is too. I know Edith married and moved away. I heard that she moved away after she got married to St Louis or IL she may have had one child and later twins. She died not too long after that. I think her sons may still be alive but now one seems to know who she married...... do you or any one know. I sure would like to find them that is one line that I don't have any descendents for. She was born about 1916. If anyone has any information on Edith or her descendents I would really like to hear from you. Any clues are appreciated. Sincerely, Patricia Murrell Mata pjmata@cox.net ==== MORIPLEY Mailing List ==== Password Central - to change, check passwords,list memberships, post-it notes, and gedcoms submitted <a href="http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.com/">http://passwordcentral.rootsweb. com/</a> ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx

I am looking for the children of Edith Murrell, the daughter of Ed Murrell. She had siblings, Elmer, Floyd and Christine. Elmer, and Floyd are both dead. Aunt Wilma Murrell Baker, my aunt thinks that Christine probably is too. I know Edith married and moved away. I heard that she moved away after she got married to St Louis or IL she may have had one child and later twins. She died not too long after that. I think her sons may still be alive but now one seems to know who she married...... do you or any one know. I sure would like to find them that is one line that I don't have any descendents for. She was born about 1916. If anyone has any information on Edith or her descendents I would really like to hear from you. Any clues are appreciated. Sincerely, Patricia Murrell Mata pjmata@cox.net

On Friday, October 28, 2005, at 10:42 PM, Patricia wrote: > Hello, > > Yes, it sure is. The last time I was there I could only find one > grave site, that of James Harvey and Josie Taylor Murrell. > > The Parish grave stones were missing. There was one Rainwater grave > stone that was moved over by a tree. > There were about 20 glade stones where flowers and rose bushes had > been planted but if there was every any thing scratched on the glade > stones they are long gone. > > That was on the Military Road that went by my gggf William A > Murrell's home. William Murrell had a post office near by from > roughly 1855- 1895. After that it moved to Poynor. > > William's Wife was Lucinda Foy. > > The people mentioned in the article about the Sims Settlement in > Limestone Co AL were their parents, Simon and Charlotte Sims Foy, and > Benjamin and Mary "Molly" Sims Murrell. Bartlet Sims married > Elizabeth Parish. > > One of William Murrell's daughter also married a Parish who is > probably buried in the Murrell Cemetery. > > Please tell me what you have found out there. The last time I was the > tall pine trees had been cut out of the cemetery. I thought that was > probably why the grave stones were missing? I know my ggrandparents > grave had been dug into, the shovel was even left there. At one time > my dad told me there were between 150 and 200 graves, some of them > buried by passers by traveling the Military Road. > > > Thanks for letting me know about the status of the Cemetery. > > Pat > Hi Pat, My wife and I bought this property last February. I have been back to the cemetery only twice in that time. The property behind us has just sold and the new owner has closed any previous access from Hwy. 21 with his new stock gate. My last visit back there I picked up what was left of the shovel (just the shovel end, no handle) and thew it in the trash. I don't know the full extent of the vandalism back there, but I can tell you that it is terribly overgrown and much is covered in fallen limbs and leaves. The old fence around it has rotted away leaving it laying on the ground for the most part. Not much in the way of grave stones, small stones mostly covered with leaves and debris, I couldn't see anything written on them -- one gravestone broken in half, dating from the turn of the century (1918? of thereabouts) & the concrete foundation of a memorial for two children (?) Now that the weather is cooler and the biting insects are gone for the winter, my wife and I would like to clean up the cemetery and surrounding areas. I know the cemetery isn't our property but I would still like to see it preserved in some way as best as possible. Those graves date from before the civil war, and we would like to see this little bit of history preserved for your family and ours. Access is only thru our property or my new neighbor's, this should keep vandals and relic hunters out for the most part. You and/or your family are welcome to come by -- If you or any of your family are going to visit your cemetery just let us know you are coming, otherwise we may try to run you off! Sincerely, Walt Cornell waltcornell@direcway.com archer92284@yahoo.com The journey of a thousand miles begins with a broken fan belt and a flat tire.

Hello, Yes, it sure is. The last time I was there I could only find one grave site, that of James Harvey and Josie Taylor Murrell. The Parish grave stones were missing. There was one Rainwater grave stone that was moved over by a tree. There were about 20 glade stones where flowers and rose bushes had been planted but if there was every any thing scratched on the glade stones they are long gone. That was on the Military Road that went by my gggf William A Murrell's home. William Murrell had a post office near by from roughly 1855- 1895. After that it moved to Poynor. William's Wife was Lucinda Foy. The people mentioned in the article about the Sims Settlement in Limestone Co AL were their parents, Simon and Charlotte Sims Foy, and Benjamin and Mary "Molly" Sims Murrell. Bartlet Sims married Elizabeth Parish. One of William Murrell's daughter also married a Parish who is probably buried in the Murrell Cemetery. Please tell me what you have found out there. The last time I was the tall pine trees had been cut out of the cemetery. I thought that was probably why the grave stones were missing? I know my ggrandparents grave had been dug into, the shovel was even left there. At one time my dad told me there were between 150 and 200 graves, some of them buried by passers by traveling the Military Road. Thanks for letting me know about the status of the Cemetery. Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Walt" <waltcornell@direcway.com> To: <MORIPLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 7:42 PM Subject: Re: [MORIPLEY] Maples > > On Friday, October 28, 2005, at 02:53 AM, Patricia wrote: > >> a.. James - d. 1793. To America prior to 1765. A resident of Patrick and >> Hawkins Cos., TN, he married Elizabeth PARISH. Children: Parish married >> Grizel; William; James; Molly married Benjamin MURRELL; Charlotte married >> Simon FOY; a daughter married John MAPLES; Rev. Martin; Mary; and John. >>> From Parish research: Benjamin Murrell and Simon Foy were my >>> ggggparents. >> >> >> >> Does any one researching the Maples family know if this John Maples is >> related to any of the ones that made it to Ripley Co MO? >> >> Patricia Murrell Mata >> >> pjmata@cox.net > <snip> > > Patricia: > > Any relation to the small Murrell cemetery in south Poynor? I bought my > place from the Jennings earlier this year, and I am curious about its > history. > > > Walt Cornell > > waltcornell@direcway.com > archer92284@yahoo.com > > "You can lead a man to knowledge, but you can't make him think." > > ==== MORIPLEY Mailing List ==== > Password Central - to change, check passwords,list memberships, post-it > notes, and gedcoms submitted > <a > href="http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.com/">http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.com/</a> > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > >

On Friday, October 28, 2005, at 02:53 AM, Patricia wrote: > a.. James - d. 1793. To America prior to 1765. A resident of Patrick > and Hawkins Cos., TN, he married Elizabeth PARISH. Children: Parish > married Grizel; William; James; Molly married Benjamin MURRELL; > Charlotte married Simon FOY; a daughter married John MAPLES; Rev. > Martin; Mary; and John. >> From Parish research: Benjamin Murrell and Simon Foy were my >> ggggparents. > > > > Does any one researching the Maples family know if this John Maples is > related to any of the ones that made it to Ripley Co MO? > > Patricia Murrell Mata > > pjmata@cox.net <snip> Patricia: Any relation to the small Murrell cemetery in south Poynor? I bought my place from the Jennings earlier this year, and I am curious about its history. Walt Cornell waltcornell@direcway.com archer92284@yahoo.com "You can lead a man to knowledge, but you can't make him think."

a.. James - d. 1793. To America prior to 1765. A resident of Patrick and Hawkins Cos., TN, he married Elizabeth PARISH. Children: Parish married Grizel; William; James; Molly married Benjamin MURRELL; Charlotte married Simon FOY; a daughter married John MAPLES; Rev. Martin; Mary; and John. From Parish research: Benjamin Murrell and Simon Foy were my ggggparents. Does any one researching the Maples family know if this John Maples is related to any of the ones that made it to Ripley Co MO? Patricia Murrell Mata pjmata@cox.net

My server is down until further notice. I can post but can not receive email.... I ask your indulgence in this until they get things back up and running. Overload of spam has shut down their server (not rootsweb, my private server) Jackie -- "At the birth of the Sun, and his brother the Moon, their Mother died. So the Sun gave to the earth her body from which was to spring all life, And he drew forth from her breast the stars and he threw them into the night sky to remind him of her soul." Owner/Breeder Tanimara Great Pyrenees <http://www.geocities.com/tanimara_2000/> CC: Ripley Co MO GenWeb <http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Emoripley/> CC: Harringtongen <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harringtongen/> - a genealogy site for Harringtons and collateral lines.

I spoke to soon.. thats for a different type of form... Still looking for what we need. Jackie -- "At the birth of the Sun, and his brother the Moon, their Mother died. So the Sun gave to the earth her body from which was to spring all life, And he drew forth from her breast the stars and he threw them into the night sky to remind him of her soul." Owner/Breeder Tanimara Great Pyrenees <http://www.geocities.com/tanimara_2000/> CC: Ripley Co MO GenWeb <http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Emoripley/> CC: Harringtongen <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harringtongen/> - a genealogy site for Harringtons and collateral lines.