Julie I was thinking of you when I embarked on the WINNS...the Owen Winn line is where I am headed.. they came into Howard and Boone CO. There is a book called the WINNS of Missouri.. by Lee Thomas Winn published in 1990. It is in State Historical Library in Columbia. It would be a great book for you. Don't know where to buy it. (There's the BRINK and JOHNSONS involved in this line too.) My cousin Linda is looking for slaves in the WINN family in Boone Co., MO. There is also a WINN burial ground and family cemetery I believe near Sturgeon.. but I don't know exactly where it is.. or if there are cemetery records available. Another researcher is looking for the first wife of John B. Winn -- Martha Patsy Hicks. 2nd he married Permelia Gentry. I've dug up some interesting websites etc., on the WINNs (this very line) but nothing on Martha Patsy. See this one: http://www.genattic.com/p76.htm#i1061 -- but its missing details on Martha Patsy Hicks Winn... Also it seems a Samuel Kennedy in Saline CO., married a daughter of Dr. Hicks.... don't know if this HICKS is from the same clan. Samuel was first married to a Rebecca Kennedy. I've tracked down the WINN cemetery and can go there.. and I've found some interesting websites online about the WINN and HICKS folks of Boone; who initially went to Howard Co., from Christian Co., KY. Here's the little diddy on Mr. Kennedy. http://www.rootsweb.com/~mosaline/1881/arrowrock.htm Samuel H. Kennedy, farmer and miller, P. O. Napton. Born in Davidson county, North Carolina, in September 4, 1828. His father, Bryson Kennedy, was a native of South Carolina. He married Lydia Teague, by whom he had seven children, five now living, all boys: A. J., Moses E., Joseph, Jacob and Samuel. Bryson came to Saline county in the fall of 1865 and died in July 1869. He was buried at Jonesboro. His wife died during the war and was buried in North Carolina. Samuel H., the second child, was educated at Salem, North Carolina, in the common schools and also at the high school. In 1850 he came to Lafayette county, Missouri, and settled at Lexington, where he engaged in milling. He did a flourishing business, his patronage extending within a radius of fifty miles. In February, 1852, he was married to Rebecca A. Wilburn, a native of Indiana, and a daughter of Philip Wilburn, Esq. They have eight children, five boys and three girls, all living: Alonzo, William, Samuel H., Jr., Stonewall, Leslie H., Emma Crutches, Kate Thorpe and Annie. His first wife died in March 1866, and was buried at Jonesboro. He afterward married Mrs. M. Hicks, widow of Dr. Hicks of Kentucky. They have two children, one boy and one girl; Percy and Mollie. In 1857 he moved to Saline county, where he was engaged in milling for three years. He afterwards turned his attention to farming and stock-raising, and has continued in the same business up to the present time. He is a member of the Baptist church, at Zoar. Page 542 The WINNS and HICKS owned some slaves and I would like to get to their estate files and see if there is anything there. I really need to do some work on reviewing land deeds for BOONE CO., but haven't gotten around to it yet. I also found an interesting tidbit about Absalom and his wife Elizabeth -- on the Missouri River Net website. http://www.mo-river.net/history/boonslick/chapter11.htm This tells me that the whole deal with the cemetery might be a little interesting. If anyone knows more about Rebecca Kennedy I'd certainly be interested -- as well as a tid bit on Mr. Kennedy's 2nd wife who appears to be part of the WINN/HICKS line too. Traci Wilson-Kleekamp

Hello, I am looking for information on Jesse B. Spradley he was born in Decateur, Alabama Aug 09, 1840 and his wife Mary Eliza Basaor she was born in Vianna, Johnson County Illinois Nov 24, 1842. My great grandmother's parents. My great grandmother Mettie L. SPRADLEY clark was born in Fulton, MO. Apr 25, 1880. and her husband James Henry Clark Saline County, Missouri Dec 20, 1860 married Feb 08, 1900 in Slater, MO.. I don't know much about James Henry Clark. Mettie SPRADLEY Clark was twin to Nettie and there was another set of twins in the family Ollie SPRADLEY Jones and Edith SPRADLEY Gibbons. Mettie also took care of Daisy JONES Jackson after her sister Nettie died. This is a large family. Many members of of these families lived in Slater and moved to Sugar Creek, Mo to work at Standard Oil plant. Can you give me tips how and where to look? Thanks. Claudia