I think Saint Francois Cemetery and Saint Francois Memorial Park Cemetery are the same cemetery and are located here: http://msrmaps.com/map.aspx?t=2&s=12&lon=-90.51361&lat=37.89306&opt=1 Is that different from Saint Francois County Cemetery? Mike Flannigan On , eziock@yahoo.com wrote: > >Does anyone know where the St. Francois County Cemetery is located??? Does >it go by any other name??? > >I have two ancestors who are buried there according to their death >certificates. Robert Lawson who died 1911 & Arthur Henderson who died as an >infant in 1936. > > >Esther M. Ziock Carroll >Genealogist, Historian, Author, Homemaker >Servant to 10 cats, 2 dogs, 1 husband >www.carrollscorner.net
Esther, I just pulled Robert's Death Certificate up on the Missouri Digital Death Records, and it shows that he was buried in Mitchell Cemetery on April 24, 1940. He is there with Ida. ROBERT: http://www.sos.mo.gov/TIF2PDFConsumer/DispPDF.aspx?fTiff=/archives/DeptofHealth/Death/1940/1940_00008505.TIF&Fln=1017327.pdf IDA: http://www.sos.mo.gov/TIF2PDFConsumer/DispPDF.aspx?fTiff=/archives/DeptofHealth/Death/1937/1937_00021205.TIF&Fln=2210205.pdf Mitchell Cemetery is listed on FindAGrave website. I do not see Robert or Ida (Huskey) Lawson listed in this Cemetery, but that only means that someone has not entered their burials there. I might suggest checking with SPARKS Funeral Directors, in Potosi, as they handled the arrangements for Robert. Then, if you cannot enter their burial on FindAGrave website, I belong, and would be happy to do so. Joyce Nash-Wafford ----- Original Message ----- From: "Esther M. Ziock Carroll" <eziock@yahoo.com> To: <mostfran@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 4:13 PM Subject: Re: [MOSTFRAN] Robt. Lawson Joyce, I just checked Brian Oster's marriage records & Robert Lawson who was the son of Robert Lawson & Lydia Cooksey, was married to Ida Huskey on 18 Dec. 1887 by John W. Green at the residence of of Robt. Lawson. John W. Green is a collateral ancestor of mine too. Esther M. Ziock Carroll Genealogist, Historian, Author, Homemaker Servant to 10 cats, 2 dogs, 1 husband www.carrollscorner.net --- On Tue, 9/28/10, Joyce D Wafford <ograndma1@sbcglobal.net> wrote: From: Joyce D Wafford <ograndma1@sbcglobal.net> Subject: Re: [MOSTFRAN] St. Francois County Cemetery To: mostfran@rootsweb.com Date: Tuesday, September 28, 2010, 7:11 PM Esther, Was your Robert married to Ida Huskey? Joyce ----- Original Message ----- From: "Esther M. Ziock Carroll" <eziock@yahoo.com> To: <MOSTFRAN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 4:12 PM Subject: [MOSTFRAN] St. Francois County Cemetery Does anyone know where the St. Francois County Cemetery is located??? Does it go by any other name??? I have two ancestors who are buried there according to their death certificates. Robert Lawson who died 1911 & Arthur Henderson who died as an infant in 1936. Esther M. Ziock Carroll Genealogist, Historian, Author, Homemaker Servant to 10 cats, 2 dogs, 1 husband www.carrollscorner.net ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Esther, There used to me a cemetery over by Mineral Area Hospital that was considered a pauper's cemetery (or Poor Farm Cemetery). That may have been referred to as the St. Francois Cemetery. There are no stones left there that I'm aware of. However, I'll look and see if I have any kind of listing which was maybe compiled from obituaries. Another possibility is the grouping of cemeteries behind the Catholic Church in Park Hills. That area of town was once known as St. Francois. There are 5 separate cemeteries back there. Bettye On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:22:13 -0700 (PDT) "Esther M. Ziock Carroll" <eziock@yahoo.com> wrote: > Thanks Bettye & Donald. I don't think it is the State >Hospital Cemetery however. The great uncle, Arthur >Henderson, that died in infancy in 1936 was not at the >state hosp. when he died. He died at home. My mother >(now deceased) once told me the following story: > > Arthur Eugene Martin > 10 Feb.1936 ~ 2 Oct.1936 > > > > > > Arthur was the eighth child of Berdie Henderson & Guy >Thomas Martin. He was born 10 Feb. 1936 & died at 3:55 >a.m. at his home on 2 Oct. 1936 at the age of 7 months 21 >days old in Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri. >My mother told me once that when the people came to get >him after he died they just heartlessly tossed him in the >back seat of their car & drove off. Mom would have been >almost ten years old at the time. It upset her very much >to see her baby brother treated this way. Arthur is >buried in the "County Cemetery" in St. Francois Co. No >tombstone. > > Grandma told me that Arthur died of "Summer Complaint" >which is, according to research, baby diarrhea usually >caused by spoiled milk. The cause of death on his death >certificate is difficult to read - one of the words seems >to be colotis (probably should have been colitis). > > > > > Esther M. Ziock Carroll > Genealogist, Historian, Author, Homemaker > Servant to 10 cats, 2 dogs, 1 husband > www.carrollscorner.net > > > > --- On Wed, 9/29/10, B. Warner <bkwofc@i1.net> wrote: > > >From: B. Warner <bkwofc@i1.net> > Subject: Re: [MOSTFRAN] St. Francois County Cemetery > To: mostfran@rootsweb.com > Date: Wednesday, September 29, 2010, 11:06 AM > > > The only Lawson we have on the listing for Farmington > State Hospital Cemetery is Mattie Lawson. > > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mostfran/cemeteries/state_hospital_cemetery.htm > > Bettye > > > > > On Tue, 28 Sep 2010 22:07:12 -0500 > "Donald Yeager" <donaldyeager@charter.net> wrote: >> It appears that Robert Lawson lived and died at the >>Farmington State >> Hospital # 4 He was probably burried there as well. It >>looks like they >> started to abreviate Co. and then for some reason >>started to spell it out >> and left off the y . >> It looks like on the death certificate that they >>didn't know who the >> next of kin were. He lived there for 4 years probably >>with dementia. I >> have never been to the cemetery as yet but I probably >>will soon. I'll let >> you know if I find any thing for you. >> donaldyeager@charter.net >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Esther M. Ziock Carroll" <eziock@yahoo.com> >> To: <MOSTFRAN@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 6:12 PM >> Subject: [MOSTFRAN] St. Francois County Cemetery >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Does anyone know where the St. Francois County Cemetery >>is located??? Does >> it go by any other name??? >> >> I have two ancestors who are buried there according to >>their death >> certificates. Robert Lawson who died 1911 & Arthur >>Henderson who died as an >> infant in 1936. >> >> >> Esther M. Ziock Carroll >> Genealogist, Historian, Author, Homemaker >> Servant to 10 cats, 2 dogs, 1 husband >> www.carrollscorner.net >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word >>'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >>without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >>message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >message
Thank you, Esther. I am showing Ida as buried in Mitchell Cemetery, in Leadwood, St. Francois County, MO. I do not have a death date or place for Robert "Bob" Lawson, her husband. God Bless, Joyce ----- Original Message ----- From: "Esther M. Ziock Carroll" <eziock@yahoo.com> To: <mostfran@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 4:13 PM Subject: Re: [MOSTFRAN] Robt. Lawson Joyce, I just checked Brian Oster's marriage records & Robert Lawson who was the son of Robert Lawson & Lydia Cooksey, was married to Ida Huskey on 18 Dec. 1887 by John W. Green at the residence of of Robt. Lawson. John W. Green is a collateral ancestor of mine too. Esther M. Ziock Carroll Genealogist, Historian, Author, Homemaker Servant to 10 cats, 2 dogs, 1 husband www.carrollscorner.net --- On Tue, 9/28/10, Joyce D Wafford <ograndma1@sbcglobal.net> wrote: From: Joyce D Wafford <ograndma1@sbcglobal.net> Subject: Re: [MOSTFRAN] St. Francois County Cemetery To: mostfran@rootsweb.com Date: Tuesday, September 28, 2010, 7:11 PM Esther, Was your Robert married to Ida Huskey? Joyce ----- Original Message ----- From: "Esther M. Ziock Carroll" <eziock@yahoo.com> To: <MOSTFRAN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 4:12 PM Subject: [MOSTFRAN] St. Francois County Cemetery Does anyone know where the St. Francois County Cemetery is located??? Does it go by any other name??? I have two ancestors who are buried there according to their death certificates. Robert Lawson who died 1911 & Arthur Henderson who died as an infant in 1936. Esther M. Ziock Carroll Genealogist, Historian, Author, Homemaker Servant to 10 cats, 2 dogs, 1 husband www.carrollscorner.net ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Thanks Bettye! Esther M. Ziock Carroll Genealogist, Historian, Author, Homemaker Servant to 10 cats, 2 dogs, 1 husband www.carrollscorner.net --- On Wed, 9/29/10, B. Warner <bkwofc@i1.net> wrote: From: B. Warner <bkwofc@i1.net> Subject: Re: [MOSTFRAN] St. Francois County Cemetery To: mostfran@rootsweb.com Date: Wednesday, September 29, 2010, 5:34 PM Esther, There used to me a cemetery over by Mineral Area Hospital that was considered a pauper's cemetery (or Poor Farm Cemetery). That may have been referred to as the St. Francois Cemetery. There are no stones left there that I'm aware of. However, I'll look and see if I have any kind of listing which was maybe compiled from obituaries. Another possibility is the grouping of cemeteries behind the Catholic Church in Park Hills. That area of town was once known as St. Francois. There are 5 separate cemeteries back there. Bettye On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:22:13 -0700 (PDT) "Esther M. Ziock Carroll" <eziock@yahoo.com> wrote: > Thanks Bettye & Donald. I don't think it is the State >Hospital Cemetery however. The great uncle, Arthur >Henderson, that died in infancy in 1936 was not at the >state hosp. when he died. He died at home. My mother >(now deceased) once told me the following story: > > Arthur Eugene Martin > 10 Feb.1936 ~ 2 Oct.1936 > > > > > > Arthur was the eighth child of Berdie Henderson & Guy >Thomas Martin. He was born 10 Feb. 1936 & died at 3:55 >a.m. at his home on 2 Oct. 1936 at the age of 7 months 21 >days old in Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri. >My mother told me once that when the people came to get >him after he died they just heartlessly tossed him in the >back seat of their car & drove off. Mom would have been >almost ten years old at the time. It upset her very much >to see her baby brother treated this way. Arthur is >buried in the "County Cemetery" in St. Francois Co. No >tombstone. > > Grandma told me that Arthur died of "Summer Complaint" >which is, according to research, baby diarrhea usually >caused by spoiled milk. The cause of death on his death >certificate is difficult to read - one of the words seems >to be colotis (probably should have been colitis). > > > > > Esther M. Ziock Carroll > Genealogist, Historian, Author, Homemaker > Servant to 10 cats, 2 dogs, 1 husband > www.carrollscorner.net > > > > --- On Wed, 9/29/10, B. Warner <bkwofc@i1.net> wrote: > > >From: B. Warner <bkwofc@i1.net> > Subject: Re: [MOSTFRAN] St. Francois County Cemetery > To: mostfran@rootsweb.com > Date: Wednesday, September 29, 2010, 11:06 AM > > > The only Lawson we have on the listing for Farmington > State Hospital Cemetery is Mattie Lawson. > > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mostfran/cemeteries/state_hospital_cemetery.htm > > Bettye > > > > > On Tue, 28 Sep 2010 22:07:12 -0500 > "Donald Yeager" <donaldyeager@charter.net> wrote: >> It appears that Robert Lawson lived and died at the >>Farmington State >> Hospital # 4 He was probably burried there as well. It >>looks like they >> started to abreviate Co. and then for some reason >>started to spell it out >> and left off the y . >> It looks like on the death certificate that they >>didn't know who the >> next of kin were. He lived there for 4 years probably >>with dementia. I >> have never been to the cemetery as yet but I probably >>will soon. I'll let >> you know if I find any thing for you. >> donaldyeager@charter.net >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Esther M. Ziock Carroll" <eziock@yahoo.com> >> To: <MOSTFRAN@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 6:12 PM >> Subject: [MOSTFRAN] St. Francois County Cemetery >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Does anyone know where the St. Francois County Cemetery >>is located??? Does >> it go by any other name??? >> >> I have two ancestors who are buried there according to >>their death >> certificates. Robert Lawson who died 1911 & Arthur >>Henderson who died as an >> infant in 1936. >> >> >> Esther M. Ziock Carroll >> Genealogist, Historian, Author, Homemaker >> Servant to 10 cats, 2 dogs, 1 husband >> www.carrollscorner.net >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word >>'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >>without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >>message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Joyce, I just checked Brian Oster's marriage records & Robert Lawson who was the son of Robert Lawson & Lydia Cooksey, was married to Ida Huskey on 18 Dec. 1887 by John W. Green at the residence of of Robt. Lawson. John W. Green is a collateral ancestor of mine too. Esther M. Ziock Carroll Genealogist, Historian, Author, Homemaker Servant to 10 cats, 2 dogs, 1 husband www.carrollscorner.net --- On Tue, 9/28/10, Joyce D Wafford <ograndma1@sbcglobal.net> wrote: From: Joyce D Wafford <ograndma1@sbcglobal.net> Subject: Re: [MOSTFRAN] St. Francois County Cemetery To: mostfran@rootsweb.com Date: Tuesday, September 28, 2010, 7:11 PM Esther, Was your Robert married to Ida Huskey? Joyce ----- Original Message ----- From: "Esther M. Ziock Carroll" <eziock@yahoo.com> To: <MOSTFRAN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 4:12 PM Subject: [MOSTFRAN] St. Francois County Cemetery Does anyone know where the St. Francois County Cemetery is located??? Does it go by any other name??? I have two ancestors who are buried there according to their death certificates. Robert Lawson who died 1911 & Arthur Henderson who died as an infant in 1936. Esther M. Ziock Carroll Genealogist, Historian, Author, Homemaker Servant to 10 cats, 2 dogs, 1 husband www.carrollscorner.net ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
My Robert Lawson was married to Lydia Cooksey. They had a son named Robert - but I don't know his wife's name. http://carrollscorner.net/Lawson.htm Esther M. Ziock Carroll Genealogist, Historian, Author, Homemaker Servant to 10 cats, 2 dogs, 1 husband www.carrollscorner.net --- On Tue, 9/28/10, Joyce D Wafford <ograndma1@sbcglobal.net> wrote: From: Joyce D Wafford <ograndma1@sbcglobal.net> Subject: Re: [MOSTFRAN] St. Francois County Cemetery To: mostfran@rootsweb.com Date: Tuesday, September 28, 2010, 7:11 PM Esther, Was your Robert married to Ida Huskey? Joyce ----- Original Message ----- From: "Esther M. Ziock Carroll" <eziock@yahoo.com> To: <MOSTFRAN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 4:12 PM Subject: [MOSTFRAN] St. Francois County Cemetery Does anyone know where the St. Francois County Cemetery is located??? Does it go by any other name??? I have two ancestors who are buried there according to their death certificates. Robert Lawson who died 1911 & Arthur Henderson who died as an infant in 1936. Esther M. Ziock Carroll Genealogist, Historian, Author, Homemaker Servant to 10 cats, 2 dogs, 1 husband www.carrollscorner.net ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Thanks Bettye & Donald. I don't think it is the State Hospital Cemetery however. The great uncle, Arthur Henderson, that died in infancy in 1936 was not at the state hosp. when he died. He died at home. My mother (now deceased) once told me the following story: Arthur Eugene Martin 10 Feb.1936 ~ 2 Oct.1936 Arthur was the eighth child of Berdie Henderson & Guy Thomas Martin. He was born 10 Feb. 1936 & died at 3:55 a.m. at his home on 2 Oct. 1936 at the age of 7 months 21 days old in Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri. My mother told me once that when the people came to get him after he died they just heartlessly tossed him in the back seat of their car & drove off. Mom would have been almost ten years old at the time. It upset her very much to see her baby brother treated this way. Arthur is buried in the "County Cemetery" in St. Francois Co. No tombstone. Grandma told me that Arthur died of "Summer Complaint" which is, according to research, baby diarrhea usually caused by spoiled milk. The cause of death on his death certificate is difficult to read - one of the words seems to be colotis (probably should have been colitis). Esther M. Ziock Carroll Genealogist, Historian, Author, Homemaker Servant to 10 cats, 2 dogs, 1 husband www.carrollscorner.net --- On Wed, 9/29/10, B. Warner <bkwofc@i1.net> wrote: From: B. Warner <bkwofc@i1.net> Subject: Re: [MOSTFRAN] St. Francois County Cemetery To: mostfran@rootsweb.com Date: Wednesday, September 29, 2010, 11:06 AM The only Lawson we have on the listing for Farmington State Hospital Cemetery is Mattie Lawson. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mostfran/cemeteries/state_hospital_cemetery.htm Bettye On Tue, 28 Sep 2010 22:07:12 -0500 "Donald Yeager" <donaldyeager@charter.net> wrote: > It appears that Robert Lawson lived and died at the >Farmington State > Hospital # 4 He was probably burried there as well. It >looks like they > started to abreviate Co. and then for some reason >started to spell it out > and left off the y . > It looks like on the death certificate that they >didn't know who the > next of kin were. He lived there for 4 years probably >with dementia. I > have never been to the cemetery as yet but I probably >will soon. I'll let > you know if I find any thing for you. > donaldyeager@charter.net > > > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Esther M. Ziock Carroll" <eziock@yahoo.com> > To: <MOSTFRAN@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 6:12 PM > Subject: [MOSTFRAN] St. Francois County Cemetery > > > > > > > > Does anyone know where the St. Francois County Cemetery >is located??? Does > it go by any other name??? > > I have two ancestors who are buried there according to >their death > certificates. Robert Lawson who died 1911 & Arthur >Henderson who died as an > infant in 1936. > > > Esther M. Ziock Carroll > Genealogist, Historian, Author, Homemaker > Servant to 10 cats, 2 dogs, 1 husband > www.carrollscorner.net > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word >'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
The only Lawson we have on the listing for Farmington State Hospital Cemetery is Mattie Lawson. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mostfran/cemeteries/state_hospital_cemetery.htm Bettye On Tue, 28 Sep 2010 22:07:12 -0500 "Donald Yeager" <donaldyeager@charter.net> wrote: > It appears that Robert Lawson lived and died at the >Farmington State > Hospital # 4 He was probably burried there as well. It >looks like they > started to abreviate Co. and then for some reason >started to spell it out > and left off the y . > It looks like on the death certificate that they >didn't know who the > next of kin were. He lived there for 4 years probably >with dementia. I > have never been to the cemetery as yet but I probably >will soon. I'll let > you know if I find any thing for you. > donaldyeager@charter.net > > > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Esther M. Ziock Carroll" <eziock@yahoo.com> > To: <MOSTFRAN@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 6:12 PM > Subject: [MOSTFRAN] St. Francois County Cemetery > > > > > > > > Does anyone know where the St. Francois County Cemetery >is located??? Does > it go by any other name??? > > I have two ancestors who are buried there according to >their death > certificates. Robert Lawson who died 1911 & Arthur >Henderson who died as an > infant in 1936. > > > Esther M. Ziock Carroll > Genealogist, Historian, Author, Homemaker > Servant to 10 cats, 2 dogs, 1 husband > www.carrollscorner.net > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word >'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >message
It appears that Robert Lawson lived and died at the Farmington State Hospital # 4 He was probably burried there as well. It looks like they started to abreviate Co. and then for some reason started to spell it out and left off the y . It looks like on the death certificate that they didn't know who the next of kin were. He lived there for 4 years probably with dementia. I have never been to the cemetery as yet but I probably will soon. I'll let you know if I find any thing for you. donaldyeager@charter.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Esther M. Ziock Carroll" <eziock@yahoo.com> To: <MOSTFRAN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 6:12 PM Subject: [MOSTFRAN] St. Francois County Cemetery Does anyone know where the St. Francois County Cemetery is located??? Does it go by any other name??? I have two ancestors who are buried there according to their death certificates. Robert Lawson who died 1911 & Arthur Henderson who died as an infant in 1936. Esther M. Ziock Carroll Genealogist, Historian, Author, Homemaker Servant to 10 cats, 2 dogs, 1 husband www.carrollscorner.net ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Esther, Was your Robert married to Ida Huskey? Joyce ----- Original Message ----- From: "Esther M. Ziock Carroll" <eziock@yahoo.com> To: <MOSTFRAN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 4:12 PM Subject: [MOSTFRAN] St. Francois County Cemetery Does anyone know where the St. Francois County Cemetery is located??? Does it go by any other name??? I have two ancestors who are buried there according to their death certificates. Robert Lawson who died 1911 & Arthur Henderson who died as an infant in 1936. Esther M. Ziock Carroll Genealogist, Historian, Author, Homemaker Servant to 10 cats, 2 dogs, 1 husband www.carrollscorner.net ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Does anyone know where the St. Francois County Cemetery is located??? Does it go by any other name??? I have two ancestors who are buried there according to their death certificates. Robert Lawson who died 1911 & Arthur Henderson who died as an infant in 1936. Esther M. Ziock Carroll Genealogist, Historian, Author, Homemaker Servant to 10 cats, 2 dogs, 1 husband www.carrollscorner.net
Volunteer ‘gravers’ document history through headstones By LISA GUTIERREZ The Kansas City Star Findagrave volunteer Deana Logan tries to estimate the location of a grave. Logan, a self-described “cemetery freak,” is saddened when she sees aging gravesites because she knows that if someone doesn’t record the information, it could be lost forever. Under a drippy May sky, Deana Logan slogs through the damp grass of Maple Hill Cemetery. She’s on the prowl. She’s hunting for a husband and wife long dead, Roy and Molly Felshaw. She sort of knows where they are because the nice lady at the cemetery office showed her on a map where to look. Logan knows the layout of Maple Hill in Kansas City, Kan. — where the Gates barbecue family has relatives buried — because she has walked it many times before. Roy is buried in Block 28, about 20 feet north of the road and nine rows to the east. There’s a marker on top of his grave. But there’s no such luck with Molly. Her final resting place, way across the cemetery, is unmarked. Logan doesn’t know the Felshaws. She is hunting for them because one of their relatives sent her a request on Findagrave.com, a free website popular with genealogists that maintains millions of grave records worldwide. More than 50,000 people search the website every day, according to its estimates. All that data exist because of an army of volunteers across the country, including former church secretary Logan and countless others in the Kansas City area. They call themselves “gravers.” Logan calls herself a “cemetery freak.” More than just a hobby Maybe you’ve seen them in the cemeteries. They’re the people taking photos of headstones that they will eventually post to Findagrave. (You probably won’t see them this Memorial Day weekend; they tend to avoid the busy cemetery holidays out of respect for visitors.) Some of them work from home, downloading obituary information from their local newspapers onto the website to create “memorials” for the newly departed. The most dedicated volunteers spend hours a week working on their grave interventions. You can see the fruit of their labor because Findagrave keeps track of and posts the number of photos and memorials each volunteer submits. Logan’s numbers to date: 15,726 memorials added; 3,886 photos posted. But, she says, she has thousands more photos that she hasn’t had time to post yet. It’s addictive, she says. Take one picture of a tombstone, and pretty soon you’re taking another and another. “The next time you’re out there visiting Dad,” she says, “take a picture of the two or three people immediately surrounding him, and eventually you will catch the bug and you’ll be photographing the whole dang cemetery. “And then you’ll get weird, and pretty soon you’re photographing the entire county.” This is more than just an odd hobby, though. Gravers consider themselves preservationists. Tombstones can reveal key information often lost to families, everything from birthplaces and religious affiliations to names of spouses and marriage dates. That puts flesh on the bare bones of facts, one local volunteer says. And if all that information isn’t preserved before the tombstone turns to dust, it’s lost forever. “When you step into the old cemeteries that are falling apart, you can see that they’re literally crumbling in front of our eyes,” says Logan, who lives in Kansas City, Kan. “And in a matter of years, they’re going to be gone. And as a genealogist, a wayward genealogist, that is sad, because in a decade someone who is just getting started looking for their family is not going to be able to find them. But I can find them today.” Just a thanks will do “If you go to Findagrave, you can search 45 million grave records,” says genealogy buff Steve Jones, former owner of Midwest Hanger Co. “And all those records are put in by people like me.” The Northland businessman is listed as a “top contributor” on Findagrave for submitting more than 10,000 photos of gravesites over the last eight years. Any day when the weather is nice, Jones jumps into his car with his point-and-shoot camera, his trusty smooth fox terrier Blackie occasionally at his side, and travels to cemeteries in and around Kansas City. “I’m kind of a semi-retired business owner, so I have quite a bit of free time,” Jones says. “If it’s a nice day, I like to go out so I can spend some time outside and get some exercise and help somebody find a relative they didn’t know. I don’t get paid or reimbursed for expenses. I don’t get anything out of it except people thank me.” Jones likes photographing graves in small, out-of-the-way cemeteries. He tends to avoid the huge ones because some charge nonrelatives as much as $50 for grave location information. He has taken about 200 photos at Leavenworth National Cemetery, too, where the Vietnam Army vet says he might be buried someday. He caught the genealogy bug a few years ago when he discovered that he had family on the Mayflower. But he’s most proud of the 2,304 photo requests he has fulfilled from people looking for relatives’ graves in these parts. “Most of these are from people who are way outside of this area, and they know they’ll never get back here, but they’d like to see what their great-grandfather’s stone looks like,” Jones says. ‘It’s a little different’ Hether Pillman doesn’t tell many people her secret: She has been a Findagrave contributor for more than a year now. She sits down at her laptop computer twice a day to do her Findagrave work. Before 7 a.m., when her day-care charges arrive at her home in Fairway, then again while they’re napping in the afternoon, she creates “memorials” by posting obituaries that have caught her eye in the morning newspaper. At least a couple of weekends a month, she’s in the cemeteries taking pictures, too, though she feels shy doing it when other people are around. “I don’t really talk about it,” says Pillman, a mother of three. “Once people find out you go to cemeteries and take pictures, they think it’s a little different. And it probably is.” Genealogy is in her blood, though. On vacations when she was a little girl, her dad would stop at courthouses and rifle through census and land records while she and her sister “would just sit and amuse ourselves.” She found Findagrave through a Google search a few years ago when she began researching her husband’s family tree. “I guess I’m doing strangers’ genealogy,” Pillman says. “Some of these people have just an amazing history, and it’s like they come alive to you. I find that you feel connected when you find their grave. “I think they would want to be remembered. I would think we would all want to be remembered. When you see a stone, and it’s been there forever and there are no flowers, I feel so bad. “Maybe no one knows they’re buried there. It makes me sad.” Barefoot she walks Deana Logan has walked the block of Maple Hill where Molly Felshaw is buried several times before. So it’s no surprise that the grave is not marked. Though it’s raining, Logan kicks off her shoes and leaves them under a tree as she walks down the row where Molly is said to be. She often works barefoot like this. She likes the cushiony feel of cemetery grass under her feet. When she’s “graving,” Logan carries a little canvas bag of supplies with her. A brush she can use to wipe away leaves and grass clippings from the stones. Clippers to cut grass that gets in the way of her picture. And if she’s taking a photo to fulfill a specific request, she whips out a bottle of water and spritzes off the bird poop. In just a few minutes, she has found Molly and takes a picture of, well, nothing. Molly lies in a grassy spot between two headstones — Mieth and Spencer. Logan holds her camera high above her head to take an overhead photo of the bare spot. Here lies Molly Felshaw. Logan’s work is done.
I'm planning to go tomorrow. It will be my first time. On Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:48:49 -0500 "James T. Harris" <chinahilltop@charter.net> wrote: > Sounds great. Maybe some day I will attend. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >message
http://carrollscorner.net/WashCoCW2.htm This page about the Civil War In Washington County Missouri includes the story of The Battle of Pilot Knob which will be re-enacted tomorrow at Ft. Davidson in Iron County, Mo. Esther M. Ziock Carroll Genealogist, Historian, Author, Homemaker Servant to 10 cats, 2 dogs, 1 husband www.carrollscorner.net
Sounds great. Maybe some day I will attend.
The Battle of Pilot Knob re-enactment will be held Sept. 24-26, 2010, at Fort Davidson State Park in Pilot Knob [Iron County]. There will be camp tours, demonstrations, a Civil War era grand ball with music by the 52nd Regimental String Band, mock battles, drills, and crafts. Actors, Patrick Curtis and Mickey Kuhne, who both played Beau Wilkes in the Civil War classic, Gone With the Wind, will sign autographs. The important battle took place on Sept. 27, 1864.
Im looking for information on William L. Stricklin, who lived in the Desloge/ Bonne Terre area for years. Looking for copies of marriage license of subject member. He married first Glenda Opaline Heck about 1939, which lasted about 2-3 years. Second he married Helen Oberton in the early '40's, which lasted about 2-3 years. Third and last marriage to Lela Gibson/Freeman in 1947. Thank you for your time and efforts. Mg
Festival celebrates 150th anniversary of Primrose Church BONNE TERRE A Bonne Terre area church will be celebrating its 150th anniversary with a festival Sept. 24-26, 2010. To commemorate the event, church members will dress up in old-fashioned clothing throughout the weekend and host a variety of fun activities for families. The Primrose Baptist Church is located on Route E between Bonne Terre and De Soto. The weekend celebration begins at 7 p.m. Sept. 24 with music by the Wallen Family. Former pastors, Paul Midgett, Greg McCord, and Cooper Reid will speak. A play depicting the history of the church will follow. On Sept. 25, activities start at 1 p.m. with a dunking booth, old time photos and wagon rides. Quilts will also be on display. From 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., there will be a horseshoe tournament and face painting. From 2 to 3:30 p.m., old fashioned games and a taffy pull will be held. A washer tournament, butter churning demo and kettle corn are from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. From 3 to 5 p.m. there will be a car show, and a pie baking contest. Big River Fire Chief David Pratte will display one of his old fire trucks. From 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. there will be a baseball game, Bible trivia and old fashioned games. From 4 to 5 p.m., there will be a cake walk, old time photos, and face painting. The greased pig contest will start at 4:30 p.m. Afterward there will be wood chopping, a basket auction and a picnic. From 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. there will be a talent show and poetry contest. Four generations of Stephanie Murphys will be participating in the talent show. They arent sure what they will be singing yet but it will probably be something easy for the little ones. Murphys grandfather, Cooper Reid moved to the Bonne Terre area from Arkansas in 1969 to become the pastor of Primrose Baptist Church. He served as pastor there for 10 years and then again from 1984 to 1989. He still attends church there. I lived in several different places even when I was in school, Reid said. I have been here almost 40 years and to me, this is home. Along the years, membership has fluctuated up and down and the building has undergone improvements. Four generations of Reids family now attend the church. Stephanie has three children who attend with her. Her mother, Connie Maxson also still attends. Sundays celebration will begin at 10 a.m. with special music, and former pastors, Bearl Pettus, Ken Vandiver and Nick Zoph will speak. During the weekend, old pictures and articles about the church will be on display. Church History The church has been around since before the Civil War. It formed in November of 1860. Churches felt the pressure of Civil War a time when people had no conveniences and very little money. According to church history, a few men and women met at an old school house in this area that they called a presbytery. Members found in good standing in the Baptist faith were received by the presbytery. They mutually agreed to adopt the articles of faith that had been adopted by the Providence United Baptist Church that we believe that the use of intoxicating liquors as a beverage is incompatible with the teachings of the Bible and is sinful in the sight of God and therefore the practice of dram-drinking cannot be fellowshipped by this body. And so it was named Temperance Mission at that time and was represented at the association in 1861. Seeing the need for a place to worship, Brother J.M. Roberts donated land for a church and cemetery. A log building was erected at the foot of the cemetery across the creek from the present church. The first pastor was Rev. James Cape. Members were Sampson Larkin, J. Roberts, Andrew Stiles, Rueben Cash, Thomas Roberts, Joshua Cole, William Thurman, Patsy Larkin, Pamelia Roberts, Angeline Stiles, Esther Crump, Melinda Goodin, Elizabeth Cash, Sarah Roberts, and Cora Garrett. In 1883, a new frame church was built across the creek and dedicated to God in 1884. Services were held once a month and revivals once or twice a year filled it to capacity. Sunday school was held in the summer months. Later Baptist Young Peoples Union was held in the evenings. They then started missions in the nearby school houses, Moontown, Prospect, and McGehan. During the years of the depression, the church was at a standstill. But in 1935, the church roll was revised under the leadership of district missionary, Rev. E.H. Manwarring. Preachers were still preaching for offerings ranging from $1.50 to $2.50. Under Rev. Jack Hunter, the church grew to a full-time program and a new granite building was built and dedicated in 1947. On that Sunday, Sunday school attendance was 262 and 500 people attended the dedication service. A few years later under Rev. Paul Allen, the church officially became Primrose Baptist Church. A spacious new sanctuary, and office was built in 1991 under Pastor Greg McCord. Another addition was added within the last 10 years under Pastor Ken Vandiver. The current pastor is Randy Murphy. He served as interim pastor from 2006 to 2008 when he was ordained and became pastor. He is described as a constant servant to the sick and hurting in the community and the congregation. Primrose offers a full-time program with Sunday School, Praise and Worship, Childrens Church, nursery, Wednesday evening Bible Study, youth group, and childrens group. Bible School is held for one week in the summer.
The Bonne Terre Historical Society will be meeting at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow morning, September 18, 2010, at the BT Library. We will be watching a VHS tape of the production of the play "Amid the Hills". This is a play co-written by Janet Barton and Sue Wilke which traces the history of Bonne Terre from its very beginning. It originally premiered in 1989 for Bonne Terre's 125th anniversary. Everyone is welcome to come.