For those of you who have not thought this far yet...... Subject: A letter to other states> > We all know what a chore it is to find answers, locate records. Have you > thought about all of the genealogists in the path of Katrina that fled > their homes, leaving their > computers and their data behind? Not today, but someday, they will be in > a position to return to their genealogy, and have no idea where to start. > A group has just been started to help. Please join! > > Homepage: http://groups.google.com/group/Katrina-Genealogists > Group email: Katrina-Genealogists@googlegroups.com > Description: Genealogists banding together to recreate data for those who > lost their records in Katrina. Collecting surnames, names of genealogists > who lost data, those who want to help. Initial startup will be spent > brainstorming what we can do. > > We know many of you are not in the south as you research. There is no > shelter near you that you can volunteer for. Perhaps this will be a way to > help. If you have ideas, or are just available to do something once we > formulate tasks, please join us. (At this point we are the blind leading > the blind and need any ideas we can get.) Please pass the word. > > Katrina Genealogists > Katrina-Genealogists@googlegroups.com ==== NCJOHNST Mailing List ==== Johnston County, North Carolina NCGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncjohnst/index.htm ============================== 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 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.18/89 - Release Date: 9/2/2005 -- "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.

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To fellow Missourian's.... Everyone by now know's about Hurricane Katrina and the havoc she has caused. Living here in Houston we are now neighbors to victims of this terrible tragedy and it is so hard to see the terror and hurt in their eyes. They have no where to go.....no money left.....no jobs.... Such a feeling of desperation. The children are so scared. Please help where and when you can. The Red Cross and United Way are both good ways to donate. If you cannot contribute, please pray hard for all affected by this terrible tragedy. Kay Emmons Hale

For any of you interested in Randolph Co AR... they need some help. Nows the time to repay all those lookups that have been done for you by others... step up to the plate and volunteer. If it werent for our volunteers and you all know who you are, we wouldn't have this stuff online. Jackie Hi, I am in the process of transcribing the 1930 Randolph County census for the USGenWeb Census Project and need proofreaders to verify my work with the on line census images. I have completed Enumeration Districts 61-1 through 61-21. The transcription can presently be viewed _http://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/ar/randolph/1930/_ (http://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/ar/randolph/1930/) . Upon completion of the transcribing and proofreading the work will be added to the rootsweb census project also and may be linked from the USGenWeb Randolph Co., AR site as well. Please contact me if you would like to participate in this project. Ross Jones ==== ARRANDOL Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from this list, send ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE to the utility address ARRANDOL-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM If you are trying to unsubscribe from the Digest list, use the same utility address but change the -L- to a -D- -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.16/83 - Release Date: 8/26/2005 -- "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.

An explanation follows the letter: "Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio, March 20, 1862 Dear Mollie: You will doubtless be surprised to learn that I am in this region and in the confines of a prison. We were surrendered on the 8th instant at Island No. 10 by General Mackall, and not even a colonel had any intimation of it until it was announced that we were surrendered, as prisoners of war. I am happy to say, however, that we are well treated, and I hope we will be exchanged soon. I now have the painful necessity of informing you of the death of William D. Johnson, who died on the 16th instant of pneumonia and measles. I hope that you are all well at home, and that I may soon be permitted to visit you. I would write often, but it is very uncertain as to you receiving my letters. My respects to the friends and my love to you and the baby, Your husband, R.H. Riley." "CONFEDERATE DESCENDANTS: YOU'VE GOT MAIL" by Joe Blundo "Talk about snail mail: On April 20th 1862, a Confederate prisoner of war at Camp Chase in Columbus wrote a letter to Lt. Merrill E. Pratt in Alabama. It still hasn't been delivered. But Pratt's great-great-grandson and namesake knows where the letter is, and he wants it. ""It belongs to the family of whoever it was addressed to,"" said Merrill E. Pratt, a computer programmer who lives in Birmingham. The letter (and about 100 others from Camp Chase) has been the property of the Virginia Historical Society in Richmond since 1948. The letters arrived after passing through the hands of an Ohio spy, a state librarian and a newspaper editor. ""Wow, what a story,"" said Dennis Ranney, a Georgia free-lance researcher, formerly of New Albany, who has traced the letters' wanderings. The story begins at Camp Chase, a prison for captured Confederate soldiers. The prison is long gone, but its cemetery, holding the graves of more than two thousand Confederates, remains on Sullivant Avenue. (Ranney, who also uses the name Dennis Brooke, provided information for a Nov. 11 column on grave-robbing at the cemetery.) Among the Camp Chase prisoners in 1862 was Captain J.F. Whitfield of Alabama. He was captured when Union forces took Island 10 , a rebel stronghold in the Mississippi River. ""Our boys stood up to the enemy like men and brave soldiers...I was very proud of them indeed."" Whitfield wrote to Lt. Pratt, who had been sent home to Alabama on a recruiting trip, then fell ill. Whitfield's letter, and those of dozens of other POW's, was supposed to be taken to the South by Charlotte Moon Clark, an Ohioan and a cunning spy for the Confederacy. But before the letters could be delivered, Clark, who lived in Oxford and had brothers in the Confederate army, was arrested in Cincinnati on suspicion of espionage. She was later deported to the South. The letters never left Ohio. For whatever reason, they ended up at the Statehouse, where they lay until 1904, when the state librarian mentioned them to William H. Knauss of Columbus, a Civil War veteran who was writing ""The Story of Camp Chase"" Knauss used text from many of the letters in his book. (It lists Merrill E. Pratt as ""Merrill C."" and Whitfield as ""Whitefield."") The letters finally went south in 1948. The Virginia Historical Society says they were donated to its museum by Phillip Porter, then editor of the Plain Dealer in Cleveland. How the letters passed from the custody of the state library to Porter is unknown, Ranney said. (In 1985, Porter, 84 and long retired, was murdered, along with his wife, Dorothy, during a burglary at their home in Shaker Heights. The crime was unrelated to the letters.) Pratt's descendants learned of the letters only recently from Ranney. The historical society says anyone is welcome to see the letters but that it received them in good faith and plans to keep them. Pratt thinks the society should make copies and return the originals. His great-great-grandfather (who survived the war, as did Whitfield) wrote and received many letters that his family has preserved. ""But you can always find room for one more."" 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------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 14:27:54 -0600 From: Pat Chitty <patchitty@sbcglobal.net> Subject: {not a subscriber} Vicki Halton To: mobutler-l@rootsweb.com Anyone who was writing to Vicki Halton about Barnhill, Jones, Alexander of Butler Co Neelyville, please send info to me as she passed away 2 weeks ago. I am her sister and we worked on this together, my email is patchitty@sbcglobal.net and my name is Pat. Thank you. ------- End of forwarded message -------

Pat, Have you traced him in the census records? Are you looking for military records? Debbie -----Original Message----- From: MORIPLEY-L-request@rootsweb.com [mailto:MORIPLEY-L-request@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Patricia Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 7:16 PM To: MORIPLEY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MORIPLEY] Raymond Spencer RAYMOND SPENCER. Looking, (still looking) for information about a Raymond Spencer who was in the Army stationed in England in May of 1944 near Cheddars. He went to France June 6th with the D Day landings. He returned to Somerset, England in June of 1945 before he returned to the US. Looking for Mr. Raymond, his family or Orbit. Can any one help? Believe he lived at Holt, Mo or Holt county or Holts Summit or possibly Greene Co MO. Accounts where he lived have been confused. I have searched for nearly five years. Looked up allot of Raymonds but there is still at least one more that I need to find. Will send picture of Raymond during the War years to verify correct person. Pat Mata pjmata@cox.net 870-892-1546 PS Thanks to all who have helped but have to keep looking for another one. ==== 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. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

RAYMOND SPENCER. Looking, (still looking) for information about a Raymond Spencer who was in the Army stationed in England in May of 1944 near Cheddars. He went to France June 6th with the D Day landings. He returned to Somerset, England in June of 1945 before he returned to the US. Looking for Mr. Raymond, his family or Orbit. Can any one help? Believe he lived at Holt, Mo or Holt county or Holts Summit or possibly Greene Co MO. Accounts where he lived have been confused. I have searched for nearly five years. Looked up allot of Raymonds but there is still at least one more that I need to find. Will send picture of Raymond during the War years to verify correct person. Pat Mata pjmata@cox.net 870-892-1546 PS Thanks to all who have helped but have to keep looking for another one.

http://www.rootsweb.com/~jamwgw/ I need some input on this article that has been posted to rootsweb. It's an article on info they found, or did not find when they did the 1860 census for E. Felaciana Parish LA. Now Im wondering about our own census here in Ripley Co. 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.

Im throwing this out here to see if it clicks with anyone. 'Cause I need help! I am researching Harberd Towles of Ripley Co b. TN... Here is some new info I found. He is on the 1850 census in Humphreys Co TN living with a WAGGONER. Looks like his siblings are scattered throughout the county also, living with FOLKS, LUCAS, and JACKSON families. I realize these may be child laborers in these homes but often they were extended family so Im checking for the /slimest/ of leads here. I suspect Harberd is connected to the Warren Co TN Towles but no proof yet. If any of you have the slightest connections to any of these lines could you contact me on this. Harbred Towles b. Nov 06, 1842 in TN d. June 22, 1889 in Ripley Co MO b. Towles Cem Ripley Co MO m. Hanna Jane unknown, then Elizabeth Jane Harrington Cude 2nd. He lived from age 17 until his death in Ripley Co MO. I recently found him (at last!) on the 1850 census in Humphreys Co TN (see below). It appears that the children (he and siblings), are dispersed among 4 families in Humphreys Co. Surnames are Jackson, Folks, Waggoner and Lucas. At this point I am not aware of any connection between these families and my Towles other than this 1850 census. Does any of this info register with you or have you run across new info that may be of help to me? (suspect he was the son of Joseph S. Towles and Sarah Wood of Warren Co TN). No proof, just gut feeling. Below are the details for you..... Other collateral names associated with this line are. HARRINGTON, THOMAS (the other Thomas line, not Ephriam), KELLY, PONDER (Pleasant John), POLK, MCCAULEY, PAYNE,CUDE, and TEETERS. Jackie 1850 Census Humpheries Co TN shows this to be Harbred Tolls in the actual image. This census was taken on 17th and 18th of Oct. 1860 which would make this Harbred Tolls the right age. Found living with other heads of household in this same county is Oliver Tolls age 15 and Sarah Tolls age 12, and John Tolls age 17, 1850 Census Humpherys Co TN - Div 6 610 Waggoner, J. T. 23 m 1 Letitia 22 f Francis 1 m *Tolls, Haskell 7 m b.TN Actual Census image is Harbred Tolls (dang transcribers! I can say that 'cause I are one...lol) * 1850 Census Humpherys Co TN - Div 1 53 Folks, Jacob 40 m 18 Sarah 31 f Tn John 10 m William 8 m * Tolls, John 17 m b.TN Carpenter* 1850 Census Humpherys Co TN - Div 2 150 Lucas, N. F. 33 m 35 Tabitha 22 f Coleman H. 1 m Moon, Francis 23 m 35 *Tolls, Oliver 15 m b.TN Tanner * Craft, Wesley 18 m 2 Allison, Wm. 18 m 2 Dickenson, Wm. 17 m 35 1850 Census Humpherys Co TN - Div 2 173 Jackson, John 37 m 1 Elizabeth 37 f Casander 18 f Abel 17 m 1 William 12 m John, Jr. 8 m Henry 6 m Sarah 3 f * Tolis, Sarah 12 f b.TN Actual Census Image is Tolls * This is his 1860 Census from Ripley Co MO. I note a Towles in Warren Co married a Russell but she is still living in Warren in 1850 after Harbred is shown to be in Humphreys Co TN. 1860 Census Ripley Co MO Town of Doniphan Sept 1860 Series: M653 Roll: 643 Page: 498 639 629 Wm L. Russell 38 male Clerk of court 5000 3500 TN T J. Russell 28 F seamtress TN John Russell 19 M Farm Labor 50 TN W H Morrison 23 M School Teacher 400 TN Thos Mabrey 24 M Lawyer 500 300 TN * H H Towles 17 M Farm Labor 50 TN* E Arnold 23 F Domestic TN R Arnold 3 M MO -- "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.

My Uncle Charlie was born Charles Henry Morris in Dover Tn in June of 1899. He married Cynthia Gilbert in Dunklin co Missouri , they had no children. Jennie ----- Original Message ----- From: <MORIPLEY-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <MORIPLEY-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 10:00 AM Subject: MORIPLEY-D Digest V05 #154

My aunt Bernice, father was named Charlie Morris, he lived & died either Lawrence or Randolph Co, Ar. Not sure of middle name, could this be same Charlie Morris? Jo Etta Harris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Green" <green@i2k.com> To: <MORIPLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 9:36 AM Subject: [MORIPLEY] Antioch Cemetery Oxley Mo > Has Antioch cemetery been numerated? I am looking for the death date of > Charles (Charlie) Henry Morris born June 11 1899 died Dec 1987 . > Could some one check this for me? > Thank you, > Jennie Morris Green > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Becky Pyland Davis" <becdavis@fidnet.com> > To: <MORIPLEY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 2:42 PM > Subject: Re: [MORIPLEY] Oakridge Cemetery in Doniphan? > > > > Sorry everyone, what I posted about the Oak Ridge Church of God Cemetery > > earlier, was incorrect. The Oak Ridge > > Church of God Cemetery IS in Thelma's Cemetery Books. It is in book 4, on > > page 70. > > The Oak Ridge Church of God Cemetery is near Briar, Ripley County, MO. > > Sorry, need to make sure my brain is in gear before engaging my mouth > > (fingers) :-))) > > Beck > > > > Becky Pyland Davis wrote: > > > >> The Oak Ridge Cemetery at the Oak Ridge Church is at Briar, MO. As far > >> and I am aware of, it has never been > >> enumerated. > >> Becky Pyland Davis > >> > >> Pamandgar@aol.com wrote: > >> > >> > Hi listers, > >> > Can someone tell me if there is a listing of the Oakridge Cemetery in > >> > Doniphan? I see in the Cemetery Book 4 there is an Oak Ridge Church of > >> > God Cemetery > >> > and Thelma McManus says it's called that to distinguish it from the > >> > Oakridge > >> > Cemetery of Doniphan, however I don't see any Oakridge in any of her > >> > other > >> > books? Am I missing it? I've had a lookup request for Lomax name and > >> > LDS > >> > resource file shows John Lomax buried in Oakridge Cemetery in Doniphan. > >> > > >> > Thanks, > >> > Pam Smith > >> > > >> > ==== 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 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 > >> > >> ==== 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 > > > > ______________________________ > > > ==== MORIPLEY Mailing List ==== > Homepage for Ripley Co GenWeb site > <a href="http://www.rootsweb.com/~moripley/">http://www.rootsweb.com/~moripley/ </a> > > ============================== > 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 >

Thanks to all who replyed to my query. I appreciate it very much. Daurice On Thu, 04 Aug 2005 13:55:56 -0500 Tanimara <tanimara@townsqr.com> writes: > Daurice, > > Go to this link http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Emoripley/vital.htm > > You can write them and request copies. > > Jackie >

sorry for these long letters getting to the list.. Pat

This is really interesting. Thanks for sending. I have seen the cemetery near there and the names sound so familiar. Might be one of my William A Murrells relatives.. but the Briggs Murrell seems to have come from another line that is documented.. there were soooo many Williams you could go crazy trying to figure them out. Dates are too late to be helpful in getting to William A parents but if I could run into someone that had more information on their line might be of help. You sure do dig up allot of interesting thing!! How have you been? Still living near Cape Girardeau? I have been taking care of grandchildren again this summer. It is about time for school to start so that will be over in a couple more weeks. I went to St Louis on the 23 of July to my dad's last relative, his sister's 60 th wedding anniversary. They had gone to Cape Girardeau and married after Lloyd got home from WWII. They did not have any family or friends there and did not even know the witnesses. She had always wanted to have a minister marry them and have some family there. She almost waited too late. She only had two children and one of them is dead. I was the only one besides her daughter and her grandchildren and great grandchildren. It was such a happy time but one has to be a little sad to realize not likely they will have #70 and that one will die and leave the other. My aunt like my dad was born in a log cabin on my great grandfather's homestead. My grandmother inherited it when both her parents died. Other people lived there until she married and was able to claim it. Some story. My dad became a teacher and guidance counselor. He went to school until he retired. His dad did not know how to read and write, yet his grandfather had a post office at Dry Spring, MO from about 1855 until it closed in 1895. Civil War and depression changed allot of people's lives during those years I guess. Hard for some to believe but I am the first in my family on both sides to have a birth certificate. Karen remind me what lines you are searching for again? I have started writing them down since I realize that I don't remember them like I did.. don't ever get old. I know this blood sugar is causing me to have not much short term memory .. I talked to a woman I went to High School with in 1956 on Tuesday. We talked like we had always been in touch.. but I cant remember what I cooked yesterday. It was so nice to hear from her again and to know she was well and a 63 year old can be. She had a good life. She used to have to get up and milk cows at four am by lantern light before she could go to school. I had led a pretty sheltered life up until then. Later I had hard times and often remember how hard she had it just to go to school. I think knowing her gave me courage and knowledge that people can get thought tough times. Her father was killed in a truck accident when she was about 12 or so. Let me hear from you.. and thanks for never forgetting me and sending me all those good things especially from MO. Hugs, Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Richardson" <coltonsgrandma@yahoo.com> To: <MORIPLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 8:29 AM Subject: [MORIPLEY] History of Murrill School House > > DESLOGE AND MURRILL SCHOOL DISTRICTS MERGE > > Old Murrill School House > > > Prince Progress is still in the saddle and militant. The rich Murrill > district on last Saturday voted almost unanimously to annex to the Desloge > district. The County Superintendent feels that this step will result to > the mutual advantage of both districts. It will add about $300,000 to the > assessed valuation of Desloge and place the Murrill school under close and > effective city supervision. The consolidation of the Desloge and Murrill > districts is the biggest thing that has happened in educational circles in > this county for several years. > > Miss Marguerite Warren, principal of the Esther High School, writes: > "Recently a Parent-Teachers' meeting was held in the school assembly room. > Discussions were led by several of the patrons, also the teachers, and the > principal talk of the evening given by our County Superintendent, Mr. > Akers, said many good things, and to a noticeable degree achieved the > difficult task of getting his audience into perfect sympathy with his > point of view. During his talk he quoted a few appropriate lines from > Kipling's "L'Envoi." This beautiful poem is said to have been a favorite > selection of the elder Mr. Akers, who was so beloved by the people of St. > Francois county. Monday morning the school "showed her colors" by > decorating her rooms and her children with small American flags. A most > patriotic spirit prevailed throughout the day and a sound of applause was > heard whenever Mr. Danuser, bearing an American flag, entered any of the > rooms. Congress was ushered in with due regard by the loya! > l future > citizens of Esther." > > List of pupils recently receiving attendance certificates from this > office, continued: Nellie McFarland, Beulah Byers, Bernice Arenz, Maggie > Bailey, Charles Jones, Edward Gilliam, Thelma Robinson, Lester Skaggs and > Arthur Fleeman, of the Frankclay school; Hazel Huff and Maude Huff, of the > King school; and John Eaves, Pearl Gruner, Georgie Self and Earl > Kassabaum, of the Doe Run school. > Co. Supt. of Schools. > Published by THE LEAD BELT NEWS, Flat River, St. Francois Co. MO, April > 20, 1917. > --------------------------------- > > HISTORY OF MURRILL SCHOOL HOUSE > (As Published in 1913 BTHS Diamond Drill Yearbook) > > About forty-four years ago Messrs. Thomas Murrill, Acy Jackson, George > Dogget, John Day, Joseph Coleman, John Delona, King Williams, James > Williams, George Crump, Isaac Crump, Edmund Crump, William Murrill and > Briggs Murrill, neighbors living southwest of Bonne Terre, worked together > and built the Murrill School House. > > This was the first school house ever built in the vicinity and so was a > cause for rejoicing. Consequently the women of the neighborhood worked > together and gave a basket dinner celebrating the completion of the > school. The women who gave the dinner were Mesdames: George, Isaac and > Edmund Crump, Martha Jackson, Fannie Jackson, Mary Ann Williams, Pomelia > Williams, Rachael Murrill, Mary Day, Lutetia Delona, Frances Coleman and > Jennette Murrill, who were the wives of the men who built the school. > > The first teacher was Mrs. AuBuchon affectionately called Grandmother > AuBuchon. > > School is still taught at Murrill School and, little log house though it > is, it has educated some men that Bonne Terre is proud to own as among her > best citizens. > > SCHOOL INDEX PAGE > > > > > > May your Day be filled with many Blessings from above and Lord please help > me to control my mouth.A Miracle passes you by every minute all you have > to do is reach out and grab it > Karen > > Researching the Following Names: > Alphin, Ball, Bass, Bean, Chesser, Cook, Davis. Flagg, Foley, Fortune, > Gunthrie, Hardin, Harris, Henry, Hindman, Hogge, Ivy, Jamison, Jourdan, > Marr, McDonald, McKeown, Miller, Nichols, Price, Reno, Richardson, Rock, > Saylor, Sharp, Smith, Teal, Thomas, Walker, Watson, Windborn > > > > > > > > > ==== MORIPLEY Mailing List ==== > To Unsubscribe to MoRipley GenWeb > mailto:MORIPLEY-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe > mailto:MORIPLEY-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe > > ============================== > 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

DESLOGE AND MURRILL SCHOOL DISTRICTS MERGE Old Murrill School House Prince Progress is still in the saddle and militant. The rich Murrill district on last Saturday voted almost unanimously to annex to the Desloge district. The County Superintendent feels that this step will result to the mutual advantage of both districts. It will add about $300,000 to the assessed valuation of Desloge and place the Murrill school under close and effective city supervision. The consolidation of the Desloge and Murrill districts is the biggest thing that has happened in educational circles in this county for several years. Miss Marguerite Warren, principal of the Esther High School, writes: "Recently a Parent-Teachers' meeting was held in the school assembly room. Discussions were led by several of the patrons, also the teachers, and the principal talk of the evening given by our County Superintendent, Mr. Akers, said many good things, and to a noticeable degree achieved the difficult task of getting his audience into perfect sympathy with his point of view. During his talk he quoted a few appropriate lines from Kipling's "L'Envoi." This beautiful poem is said to have been a favorite selection of the elder Mr. Akers, who was so beloved by the people of St. Francois county. Monday morning the school "showed her colors" by decorating her rooms and her children with small American flags. A most patriotic spirit prevailed throughout the day and a sound of applause was heard whenever Mr. Danuser, bearing an American flag, entered any of the rooms. Congress was ushered in with due regard by the loya! l future citizens of Esther." List of pupils recently receiving attendance certificates from this office, continued: Nellie McFarland, Beulah Byers, Bernice Arenz, Maggie Bailey, Charles Jones, Edward Gilliam, Thelma Robinson, Lester Skaggs and Arthur Fleeman, of the Frankclay school; Hazel Huff and Maude Huff, of the King school; and John Eaves, Pearl Gruner, Georgie Self and Earl Kassabaum, of the Doe Run school. Co. Supt. of Schools. Published by THE LEAD BELT NEWS, Flat River, St. Francois Co. MO, April 20, 1917. --------------------------------- HISTORY OF MURRILL SCHOOL HOUSE (As Published in 1913 BTHS Diamond Drill Yearbook) About forty-four years ago Messrs. Thomas Murrill, Acy Jackson, George Dogget, John Day, Joseph Coleman, John Delona, King Williams, James Williams, George Crump, Isaac Crump, Edmund Crump, William Murrill and Briggs Murrill, neighbors living southwest of Bonne Terre, worked together and built the Murrill School House. This was the first school house ever built in the vicinity and so was a cause for rejoicing. Consequently the women of the neighborhood worked together and gave a basket dinner celebrating the completion of the school. The women who gave the dinner were Mesdames: George, Isaac and Edmund Crump, Martha Jackson, Fannie Jackson, Mary Ann Williams, Pomelia Williams, Rachael Murrill, Mary Day, Lutetia Delona, Frances Coleman and Jennette Murrill, who were the wives of the men who built the school. The first teacher was Mrs. AuBuchon affectionately called Grandmother AuBuchon. School is still taught at Murrill School and, little log house though it is, it has educated some men that Bonne Terre is proud to own as among her best citizens. SCHOOL INDEX PAGE May your Day be filled with many Blessings from above and Lord please help me to control my mouth.A Miracle passes you by every minute all you have to do is reach out and grab it Karen Researching the Following Names: Alphin, Ball, Bass, Bean, Chesser, Cook, Davis. Flagg, Foley, Fortune, Gunthrie, Hardin, Harris, Henry, Hindman, Hogge, Ivy, Jamison, Jourdan, Marr, McDonald, McKeown, Miller, Nichols, Price, Reno, Richardson, Rock, Saylor, Sharp, Smith, Teal, Thomas, Walker, Watson, Windborn

Daurice, Go to this link http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Emoripley/vital.htm You can write them and request copies. Jackie Daurice Snow wrote: >I live in Spartanburg Co, SC. It is very hard for me to check probate >records or newspapers. > >The Joseph McElrath that married Nancy Maddox in Ripley Co could very >well be the son of >George W. McElrath from Randolph Co, AR. > >On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 19:47:57 -0500 Tanimara <tanimara@townsqr.com> >writes: > > >>Check the Probate records in all counties mentioned. As well as >>newspapers of the time. >> >>Jackie >> >> > > >==== 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> > >============================== >Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for >ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/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.

I live in Spartanburg Co, SC. It is very hard for me to check probate records or newspapers. The Joseph McElrath that married Nancy Maddox in Ripley Co could very well be the son of George W. McElrath from Randolph Co, AR. On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 19:47:57 -0500 Tanimara <tanimara@townsqr.com> writes: > Check the Probate records in all counties mentioned. As well as > newspapers of the time. > > Jackie

Jennie, Cem listings for Morris are as below in Vol I, II, and III of the Cem Listings of Ripley Co by Thelma McManus. I do not have Vol IV Jackie Anitoch Cem: Morris Syntha C (Gilbert) 17 March 1900 - 15 Nov 1968 Plunk Cem Moris - no other name 23 Jul 1824 - 2 Apr 1918 Bethany (Methodist) Church From the register (an account of the Bethany Cem written May 1940 by an unknown person) Mrs. Susan Morris and baby were buried on May 13 and 16 in 1891 Also head stones show same with dod of Susan given as May 13, 1891 Morris Samuel N 12 July 1851 - 8 Apr 1912 Johnston Chapel Cem Morris Louisa S 22 Nov 1861 - 6 Feb 1953 Morris Benjamin C 1860 - 1911 Morris James E 1883 - 1923 Morris Dorsey Louise b & d 1942 Morris Infant son of J E and Lela Morris b & d 1915 Morris John A 1893 - 1972 (full dates are : 14 Jan 1893 - 19 Jan 1972 WWII Vet) Green wrote: > Has Antioch cemetery been numerated? I am looking for the death date > of Charles (Charlie) Henry Morris born June 11 1899 died Dec 1987 . > Could some one check this for me? > Thank you, > Jennie Morris Green > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Becky Pyland Davis" > <becdavis@fidnet.com> > To: <MORIPLEY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 2:42 PM > Subject: Re: [MORIPLEY] Oakridge Cemetery in Doniphan? > > >> Sorry everyone, what I posted about the Oak Ridge Church of God >> Cemetery earlier, was incorrect. The Oak Ridge >> Church of God Cemetery IS in Thelma's Cemetery Books. It is in book >> 4, on page 70. >> The Oak Ridge Church of God Cemetery is near Briar, Ripley County, MO. >> Sorry, need to make sure my brain is in gear before engaging my mouth >> (fingers) :-))) >> Beck >> >> Becky Pyland Davis wrote: >> >>> The Oak Ridge Cemetery at the Oak Ridge Church is at Briar, MO. As >>> far and I am aware of, it has never been >>> enumerated. >>> Becky Pyland Davis >>> >>> Pamandgar@aol.com wrote: >>> >>> > Hi listers, >>> > Can someone tell me if there is a listing of the Oakridge Cemetery in >>> > Doniphan? I see in the Cemetery Book 4 there is an Oak Ridge >>> Church of > God Cemetery >>> > and Thelma McManus says it's called that to distinguish it from >>> the > Oakridge >>> > Cemetery of Doniphan, however I don't see any Oakridge in any of >>> her > other >>> > books? Am I missing it? I've had a lookup request for Lomax name >>> and > LDS >>> > resource file shows John Lomax buried in Oakridge Cemetery in >>> Doniphan. >>> > >>> > Thanks, >>> > Pam Smith >>> > >>> > ==== 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 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 >>> >>> ==== 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 >> >> >> ______________________________ > > > > ==== MORIPLEY Mailing List ==== > Homepage for Ripley Co GenWeb site > <a > href="http://www.rootsweb.com/~moripley/">http://www.rootsweb.com/~moripley/</a> > > > ============================== > 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 > > > > -- "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.

Dear Researchers: I'm researching for the MOBLEY family for some of my friends. According to the 1930 census, James, b Dec.1883, lived in Dioniphan witn his wife, Allie May (Penney) and several children, viz. Elvis, Orene, Raymond, Katherine, Charles Estelle, and Eugene (b. May 20, 1921). We are especially interested in Eugene, who is said to have moved to California. James d. in 1949. Would be happy for his obit. One of Elvis' children m. into the Braschler family. Any & all help appreciated, Bud in the Land of the Illini