FARMINGTON TIMES, Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri, Thursday, May 9, 1912 DEATH OF REV. A. W. WILSON The many old friends here and former students of Elmwood Seminary will be pained to learn of the death of Rev. A. W. Wilson, which occurred at his home in Dodd City, Texas, last Sunday, May 5, 1912, in the 79th year of his age. He was injured in a runaway the previous Tuesday, and the nervous shock was such that he could not survive it. He was elected principal of Elmwood Seminary in 1886, coming here from Dodd City, Texas, where he had been principal of the Dodd City High School for six years, and had charge of the Seminary for a number of years. The greater part of his life was devoted to teaching, although he was ordained a minister of the Presbyterian Church in 1870. After his graduation from college he established in 1857 a private school in Jefferson county, Tenn., which continued until the breaking out of the civil war. In 1867 he established a school for young men at Morristown, Tenn., which he successfully conducted for eight years, and in 1875 was elected president of the Synodical Female College at Rogersville, Tenn., which position he held for six years. He then went to Dodd City, Texas, from which place he came to Farmington to take charge of Elmwood Seminary. After going back to Texas he was engaged several years in evangelistic work and later was cashier of the Dodd City Bank. He was married in 1857 to Miss Julia E. Caldwell, who died in Farmington while he was teaching here. They had three daughters, two of whom are living. Two of his daughters survive him -- Mrs. Belle Organ and Miss Margaret Wilson. Mr. Wilson was a man of high Christian character and was greatly beloved and respected by his pupils and all who knew him.

FARMINGTON TIMES, Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri, Thursday, June 20, 1912 LARKIN GIVES APPEAL BOND -- WOMAN GOES TO JAIL On Friday night, May 3, 1912, Roy Larkin shot and killed Henry Harris near the latter's own home at Leadwood, a culmination of the clandestine meetings and illicit love of Larkin and Harris' wife. Both Larkin and the unfaithful wife were jointly tried the latter part of last week in the Circuit Court of this county. The jury brought in a verdict of murder in the second degree and assessed the punishment of each at ten years in the penitentiary. A motion for a new trial being overruled by the court, an appeal was taken to the Supreme Court, and Judge Huck fixed the appeal bond of Larkin at $4,000, and that of the Harris woman at $2,500. Larkin promptly furnished the necessary bond for himself, but the woman whose illicit love he shared and whose husband he shot down, was left to shift for herself. She was not able to furnish bond and had to go back to jail. What ever may have been the sins of the woman prior to the murder, and whatever the seductive temptations that led her astray, Larkin was equally if nor [sic] more to blame, and then he did the killing. If Larkin could obtain bond for himself it looks as if he might have done as much for his partner in crime, or failing to secure bond for both, manhood, if he has any, would have suggested that he first procure bond for her and if necessary go to jail himself. It is always the woman who suffers most in such cases, in reputation and otherwise, under the code of morals as interpreted by the world in general; but the apparent indifference of Larkin and his friends to the fate of the woman upon whom he had lavished his illicit affection, aroused the sympathy of some of our good people, and on Monday they interested themselves in procuring bond for her release from jail until the finding of the lower court is passed upon by the Supreme Court.

FARMINGTON TIMES, Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri, Thursday, May 9, 1912 MURDER AND WIFELY INFIDELITY AT BONNE TERRE ________ Roy Larkin and Mrs. Henry Harris Held for Murder of Latter's Husband ________ Last Friday night at Bonne Terre, between 10:15 and 10:30 o'clock, Roy Larkin, barkeeper at Romine's saloon, shot and killed Henry Harris, a miner, within one hundred yards of the Harris home. The ball struck Harris in the right breast just above the nipple, ranged backward and downward, passed through the left lung, cutting the main aorta of the heart and pulmonary vein. He lived only two or three minutes after the shot. At the inquest held by Coroner English the testimony developed a deplorable condition of illicit love on the part of Larkin and Harris' wife and strong circumstantial evidence of a conspiracy to get rid of Harris. The testimony of Cora Carow [sic - probably should be Carrow], a girl who had been working at the Harris home for several weeks, was most damaging to the Harris woman and revealed a condition of moral depravity that contaminated even the fourteen-year-old daughter, who knew of her mother's intamacy with Larkin, and according to the Carow girl's testimony the mother and daughter had both expressed a desire to get rid of the husband and father. Harris was working on a night shift, which went to work about eleven o'clock. On Friday night Harris, after preparing his own supper and filling his lunch bucket, (for it seems that his wife did not even design to do this for him), he left the house about 9 o'clock. In about twenty-five or thirty minutes he returned to the house. Some time after this he saw or heard his wife talking to some one at the gate and asked who it was. He went out and it was then that the shooting occurred. The verdict of the Coroner's jury was that Harris "came to his death by being shot with a pistol in the hands of Roy Larkin, said Roy Larkin being aided and abetted by Ida Harris, wife of deceased." The jury was composed of J. A. Wolper, G. M. Spain, Walter Scott, W. G. House, Thos. M. Bell and Adam Hopson. Larkin and Mrs. Harris were both held without bail and brought to Farmington and lodged in jail to await preliminary examination, which is set for to-morrow (Friday) before Squire Bonny at Bonne Terre.

Thank you for posting this article. The timing was perfect. Some things never change. This is a great article from the past to remind us of how humans ought to act in the present. Today we need more of what the Sunshine Society did and less of the disgusting actions of those at a Wal-Mart in New York a few days ago. ----- Original Message ----- From: Melanie Rickmar To: mostfran@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 9:41 AM Subject: [MOSTFRAN] Poor Farm Craze (1903) FARMINGTON TIMES, Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri, Thursday, January 1, 1903 LIFE'S SPICE [column] "Variety is the spice of life." By S. McK. F. There has recently been a poor farm craze. People have suddenly been awakened to the fact that there are actually human beings being cared for by one of the richest counties in Missouri in a manner that reflects no credit on the county. In nearly every paper we see that the same thing prevails in other sections, and the trouble is laid to the policy of letting the contract to the lowest bidder. It is beyond human nature to work for even paupers for nothing, and if the price for keeping them is cut to the minimum, it stands to reason that someone suffers for it. Recently the young ladies of the Presbyterian auxilliary made a visit to the poor farm, an account of which was published in THE TIMES at that time. All agreed to the deplorableness of the situation, but said that the superintendant was doing the best he could. There are at present twenty-six inmates, male and female, of all degrees of mind and body infirmities. The little huts in which they are housed seem poorly arranged for heating and ventilating, and the whole place should be repaired, as was the Court House years ago, from the foundation stone. In letting the care of the paupers to the lowest bidder, the County Court has followed a long precedent in deference to public opinion, which is often thoughtless about such matters; but the plan should be changed and these unfortunate dependants made as comfortable as possible. Of course it will cost a little more, but surely the public will consent to this when the humanity as well as the necessity of the thing is made clear. Our paupers are human beings and should be treated as such and not herded together as so many animals at so much per head a month. There are some short-sighted people who argue that if the poor farm were made a habitable, decent place, it would be overrun with all sorts of people, but they seem to forget that the County Court must pass on all applicants for entrance, andit is the last resort of the self-respecting poor. *********************************************************************** The Sunshine Society, just established, made a remarkably fine inauguration of their work by sending twenty-six nice little bundles out to the poor farm Christmas afternoon, each one containing candy, an apple, picture cards and a great many nice little articles, besides an abundance of reading matter.

Thank You, Bettye. That worked. Joyce ----- Original Message ----- From: "B. Warner" <bkwofc@i1.net> To: <mostfran@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 10:21 AM Subject: Re: [MOSTFRAN] 1840 Pensioner's Census > Joyce, > Try this: > http://www.evendon.net/PGHLookups/HomePage.shtml > > > > > On Wed, 3 Dec 2008 08:30:03 -0800 > "Joyce Wafford" <ograndma1@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> I cannot get the link to work. Do you have it typed >>correctly? >> >> Joyce >> ----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Denise Patterson" <jrtowner2008@att.net> >> To: "Ill-Macoupin Newsletter" <ilmacoup@rootsweb.com>; >>"Mo St francois >> County Newsletter" <MOSTFRAN@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 7:29 AM >> Subject: [MOSTFRAN] 1840 Pensioner's Census >> >> >> Here is a link to the 1840 Pensioner's Census. And it's >>free! >> http://census. evendon.com >> >> >> Denise >> Dogs are not our whole life, >> But they make our lives whole. >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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

Just wanted to let you all know that the broken link to the 1930 plat map for St. Francois County has now been fixed. I finally got the corrected new link from the University of Missouri Digital Library. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mostfran/maps/map_index_page.htm B. Warner

Joyce, Try this: http://www.evendon.net/PGHLookups/HomePage.shtml On Wed, 3 Dec 2008 08:30:03 -0800 "Joyce Wafford" <ograndma1@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > I cannot get the link to work. Do you have it typed >correctly? > > Joyce > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Denise Patterson" <jrtowner2008@att.net> > To: "Ill-Macoupin Newsletter" <ilmacoup@rootsweb.com>; >"Mo St francois > County Newsletter" <MOSTFRAN@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 7:29 AM > Subject: [MOSTFRAN] 1840 Pensioner's Census > > > Here is a link to the 1840 Pensioner's Census. And it's >free! > http://census. evendon.com > > > Denise > Dogs are not our whole life, > But they make our lives whole. > > ------------------------------- > 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

Betty, I have the following for Truman and Lilley in K of P. Hopefully Don has other info on the other children. ************** 5/3/03 - Obit from Sandy Mackley Truman "Moxey" Buxton Rites Were Wednesday Truman "Moxey" Buxton of Flat River died July 11 in Flat River at the age of 62 years. He was born in Flat River, September 8, 1903, the son of the late William and Jane Swearingen Buxton. He is survived by two brothers, Harold Buxton, Flat River; Juell (Mrs. Clay Mullins) of Route Three, Farmington; several nieces and nephews. Three sisters preceded him in death. His body was in state at Caldwell Funeral Home, Flat River. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the chapel with Rev. Shaw officiating. Interment was in the K. of P. Cemetery under the direction of Caldwell Funeral Service, Flat River. ************* File No. - 26319 Registered No. - 27 Registration District No. - 772 Primary Registration District No. - 4463 County - St. Francois Village - Elvins Name - Lilliey Vouirda Buxton Sex - F Race - W Marital - Singul [sic] Date of birth - Jany 8, 1916 Age - 1 years 6 mos 10 days Occupation - Child Birthplace - Elvins Name of Father - Wm. Buxton Birthplace of father - Missouri Mother - Laura Jane Swarigum Birthplace of mother - Missouri Informant - WM. Swanguarim, Flat River, Mo. Date of death - July 18, 1917 Attended - July 3, 1917 to July 18, 1917 Last seen alive - July 18, 1917. Death occurred - 7 p.m. Cause of death - Eutero colitis Duration - 14 das. Signed - M Trowell, MD Date - July 19, 1917 Address - Elvins, Mo. Place of burial - K of P Cemetery Date of burial - July 20, 1917 Undertaker - Henry Rinke Address - Flat River, Mo. Filed - July 19, 1917 by W. C. Reece, Registrar *********** Linda Gregory ----- Original Message ----- From: "B. Warner" <bkwofc@i1.net> To: <mostfran@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 9:15 AM Subject: Re: [MOSTFRAN] Buxton > Don, > I just realized that I didn't have Harold, Kathleen or > Clara Buxton listed on the listing for Knights of Pythias > Cemetery in Park Hills. I seem to recall taking a photo > of Harold and Kathleen's tombstones. I don't recall > whether Clara had a stone or not. I don't know what I did > with the photos. I'll go back by there in the next day or > two and take them again. I did add their names to the > list and will link the names to the photos after I get > them uploaded. What date of death do you have for > Kathleen, wife of your Uncle Harold? According to her > obit she died in December of 2000 at age 92, but the obit > gives her date of birth as February of 1909. That, > according to my calculations, means she was still 91 years > old when she died, not yet 92. Does the newspaper obit > have her age wrong? Also, do you know if Harold was > buried there because that's where his mother, Jane Buxton, > is buried? I've looked for a stone for her there but > haven't been able to find one. Also, are any of the other > Buxton children buried there? Thanks! > Bettye > > > > > On Tue, 2 Dec 2008 20:07:15 -0600 > "Don Yeager" <donaldyeager@charter.net> wrote: >> My uncle was Harold Buxton, Jane's son. My address is; >> donaldyeager@charter.net >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >>From: "tina stout" <tinastout@sbcglobal.net> >> To: <mostfran@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 1:09 PM >> Subject: Re: [MOSTFRAN] Buxton >> >> >> Hi my mother is a swanguarim.Jane and my grandfather are >>brother and >> sister.What do you need to know on the swanguarims?Also >>not all boarding >> houses made your meals.But there is more to the story of >>jane and william >> buxton. >> TinaOn Mon, 12/1/08, MehdiFakhar@aol.com >><MehdiFakhar@aol.com> wrote: >> >>From: MehdiFakhar@aol.com <MehdiFakhar@aol.com> >> Subject: Re: [MOSTFRAN] Buxton >> To: donaldyeager@charter.net, mostfran@rootsweb.com >> Date: Monday, December 1, 2008, 10:28 PM >> >> I don't know whether to thank Bettye or not for the >>Buxton murder article >> (-: >> It certainly has caused me to use alot of time being >>nosy.... >>Following up on Donald Yeager and Bettye's notes- >> >> I tried to find the Sweringen family of Jane Buxton >>prior to 1910 - without >> luck - the St. Francois obit webpage lists the following >>spellings for Laura >> Jane's maiden name, but none of the obits mentioned her >>as a daughter or >> sibling... >> Swaringam >> Swaringim >> Swaringin >> Swearengen >> Swearingen >> >> The marriage of William/Jane Buxton: >> William Buxton of St. Francois Co., Mo. over 21; Miss >>Jane Swaringame of St. >>Francois Co., Mo. over 18; 1 March 1901 license; married >>on 1 March 1901 by >> Jere S. Gossom, Judge of Probate at Farmington, St. >>Francois Co., Mo. >> >> I also played around with the surnames Pear, Pair, etc. >>- the man [Peam >> Pear/Fain Pair - even tried PH vs. F - without luck] >>blamed for Jane's >> mischief. >> Since I don't have access to the websites I used to use, >>my online >> resources >> are limited, though. >> It would seem that he was the same man -and- that he ran >>the boarding house >> on East Main street [in the same block as the Silsby >>building] - especially >> since this is where Jane was at the time William Buxton >>shot her. >> >> Question: >> The family lived on Taylor Street in 1910 - did they >>move to East Main and >> stay at the boarding house by 1917? >> And how could Jane make/refuse to make dinner if they >>were at a boarding >> house? >> >> Didn't find an obit, census or marriage for Pearl Buxton >>Potts, etc. >> The only Pott/Potts listing was for: >> 1920 1-WD ELVINS, ST FRANCOIS,MO >> B.J. POTTS, Sr. 34 M W MO - was married to someone >>else in 1920 w/ >> children? >> >> Also, I can't find any of the Buxton children in 1920 - >>they aren't >> listed >> under the Buxton surname (Harold/Harry, Pearl, Truman, >>Clara, or otherwise) >> and >> >> they aren't listed in the Presbyterian Orphanage (4-WD, >>Farmington, Cayse >> Ave/Liberty Street, Sheets 15A & 15B, page 283 - I >>checked line by line. >> >> Is the Tipton, MO that is mentioned in the obits, Tipton >>of Washington >> County, or the town Tipton in Montibeau Co.? >> >> This was the obit Bettye mentioned for Clara Buxton, who >>died at age 13 >> (it's >> interesting that Harold Buxton moved back to Taylor Ave >>per Clara's obit - >> the same street where the family lived per the 1910 >>census). >> >> Lead Belt News, Flat River, St. Francois County, >>Missouri, Friday, Feb. 4, >> 1927. >> Clara Marie BUXTON, daughter of the late William and >>Jane BUXTON, was born >> at >> Esther. She died in St. Louis in Barnes' Hospital where >>she had been the >> past >> three weeks, following an operation for appendicitis. >>She was 13 years of >> age >> and was a student in the eighth grade of Desloge School. >> >> Her mother died when she was 2 years old and her father >>when she was 6. She >> was in the Presbyterian Orphanage at Farmington for >>several years, but was >> making her home now with her brother, Harold BUXTON, >>formerly of Cantwell, >> but >> recently moved on Taylor Avenue. >> >> Her body was brought to her brother's home Wednesday >>evening and funeral >> services will be held at the Flat River Baptist Church >>this afternoon at 2 >> o'clock, conducted by the pastor, Rev. E. D. Owen. >>Interment will be in the >> K. of P. >> Cemetery at St. Francois. Girls of her class in school >>will act as pall >> bearers and flower girls. >> >> She was a member of the Baptist Church and was loved by >>all who knew her. >> She leaves two sisters, Mrs. Jewell Mullins of St. >>Francois, and Mrs. Pearl >> Potts of Farmington, Route 4. Also three brothers, >>Harold and Leo of Flat >> River, and Truman of Tipton, Mo. >> >> I'm going to try to officially zap the curiosity bug for >>the name Buxton >> now. >> -Kay >> --------------------------------------------------- >> In a message dated 11/30/2008 9:56:28 AM Eastern >>Standard Time, >> donaldyeager@charter.net writes: >>> >>> Kathleen was my mother's sister. She was the >>> oldest of four >> girles >>> born to William Marian Waters and Carrie Murtle Angel. >>> Kathleen was a >>> christian. She died with the bible in one hand and the >>>phone in the >> other. >>> Jewell was married to Sherif Clay Mullins. Thank >>>you for your >>> interest. >> >>> Donald Yeager >> -------------------------------------------- >> >> In a message dated 11/29/2008 7:19:29 PM Eastern >>Standard Time, >> MehdiFakhar@aol.com writes: >> >> 1910 St. Francois, Taylor Ave: >> Buxton: >> William M, Jane, Harold 7, Truman 6, Leo 5, and Pearl 3. >> >> 1920 ? >> Children's names: >> Harold 1901-1973; Pearl [Potts?] 1902 - <1996; Truman >>1903-1965; Leo 1904 - >> < >> 1996; Juell/Jewell 1911-1996 and >> Clara Marie 1914 - 1927 >> >> Obits: >> >> Truman 'Moxey' BUXTON: >> 1903-1965; unmarried >> Parents: William Buxton and Jane Swearingen >> Siblings: Harold Buxton & Juell (Mrs. Clay Mullins); 3 >>siblings preceeded >> him >> >> in death >> >> Harold 'Benson' BUXTON: >> 1901-1973 of Flat River >> Parents: William Buxton and Jane Sweringun >> Siblings: Leo Buxton of Rolla and Jewell (Mrs. Alfred >>Edgar 'Tom' >> Tucker) of >>Farmington >> Spouse: Kathleen Waters >> Children: Eugene, Bobby, Edna (Mrs. Joseph Holley), >>Glenda (Mrs. John >> Stoneking), Finis and Darrell >> >> Jewell Buxton Mullins Tucker >> 1911-1996 >> Parents: William Buxton and Jane Swangurim >> Spouse 1: Sherif Clay Mullins; Spouse 2: Alfred Tom >>Tucker >> Siblings preceeded her in death: Leo Buxton, Harold >>Buxton, Truman Buxton, >> Pearl & Clara. >> Sons: Robery Clay Mullins and James Henry Mullins >> >> ------------------------------- >> Subj: Re: [MOSTFRAN] Laura Jane Buxton Murder in >>Elvins (1917) >> Date: 11/29/2008 8:08:57 PM Eastern Standard Time >>From: bkwofc@i1.net >> >> Thanks Kay! >> >> I too wondered about the name Peam Pear and wondered if >>he >> was related to the person named Fain Pair in another >> article. Fain was supposedly was in charge of the >> boarding home where the shooting occurred. The >>newspapers >> back then didn't worry too much about proper spellings >>of >> names and often spelled names as they sounded. >> >> ---------------------------------------------- >> In a message dated 11/25/2008 11:17:46 PM Eastern >>Standard Time, >> bkwofc@i1.net writes: >> A web page concerning the 1917 murder of Laura Jane >>Buxton by her husband, >> William Buxton, at Elvins, Missouri, has >> been added to the St. Francois County MoGenWeb site: >> >> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mostfran/articles_crime/jane_buxton_murder. >> htm >> B. Warner >> >> >> >> >> ************** >>Finally, one site has it all: your friends, your email, >>your >> favorite sites. 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Harold and Kathleen ar both burried in the upper right hand corner of the cemetery next to each other. She died in the year 2000 at the age of 91. She outlived three of her six children. Edna Mae is burried around Denver, Co. I'm not sure but I beleive Eugene and Bobby are both in Knights of Pythias. Because of the age dif. between her children and my mother's, we didn't really get to know each other that well as cousins. ----- Original Message ----- From: "B. Warner" <bkwofc@i1.net> To: <mostfran@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 8:15 AM Subject: Re: [MOSTFRAN] Buxton > Don, > I just realized that I didn't have Harold, Kathleen or > Clara Buxton listed on the listing for Knights of Pythias > Cemetery in Park Hills. I seem to recall taking a photo > of Harold and Kathleen's tombstones. I don't recall > whether Clara had a stone or not. I don't know what I did > with the photos. I'll go back by there in the next day or > two and take them again. I did add their names to the > list and will link the names to the photos after I get > them uploaded. What date of death do you have for > Kathleen, wife of your Uncle Harold? According to her > obit she died in December of 2000 at age 92, but the obit > gives her date of birth as February of 1909. That, > according to my calculations, means she was still 91 years > old when she died, not yet 92. Does the newspaper obit > have her age wrong? Also, do you know if Harold was > buried there because that's where his mother, Jane Buxton, > is buried? I've looked for a stone for her there but > haven't been able to find one. Also, are any of the other > Buxton children buried there? Thanks! > Bettye > > > > > On Tue, 2 Dec 2008 20:07:15 -0600 > "Don Yeager" <donaldyeager@charter.net> wrote: >> My uncle was Harold Buxton, Jane's son. My address is; >> donaldyeager@charter.net >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >>From: "tina stout" <tinastout@sbcglobal.net> >> To: <mostfran@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 1:09 PM >> Subject: Re: [MOSTFRAN] Buxton >> >> >> Hi my mother is a swanguarim.Jane and my grandfather are >>brother and >> sister.What do you need to know on the swanguarims?Also >>not all boarding >> houses made your meals.But there is more to the story of >>jane and william >> buxton. >> TinaOn Mon, 12/1/08, MehdiFakhar@aol.com >><MehdiFakhar@aol.com> wrote: >> >>From: MehdiFakhar@aol.com <MehdiFakhar@aol.com> >> Subject: Re: [MOSTFRAN] Buxton >> To: donaldyeager@charter.net, mostfran@rootsweb.com >> Date: Monday, December 1, 2008, 10:28 PM >> >> I don't know whether to thank Bettye or not for the >>Buxton murder article >> (-: >> It certainly has caused me to use alot of time being >>nosy.... >>Following up on Donald Yeager and Bettye's notes- >> >> I tried to find the Sweringen family of Jane Buxton >>prior to 1910 - without >> luck - the St. Francois obit webpage lists the following >>spellings for Laura >> Jane's maiden name, but none of the obits mentioned her >>as a daughter or >> sibling... >> Swaringam >> Swaringim >> Swaringin >> Swearengen >> Swearingen >> >> The marriage of William/Jane Buxton: >> William Buxton of St. Francois Co., Mo. over 21; Miss >>Jane Swaringame of St. >>Francois Co., Mo. over 18; 1 March 1901 license; married >>on 1 March 1901 by >> Jere S. Gossom, Judge of Probate at Farmington, St. >>Francois Co., Mo. >> >> I also played around with the surnames Pear, Pair, etc. >>- the man [Peam >> Pear/Fain Pair - even tried PH vs. F - without luck] >>blamed for Jane's >> mischief. >> Since I don't have access to the websites I used to use, >>my online >> resources >> are limited, though. >> It would seem that he was the same man -and- that he ran >>the boarding house >> on East Main street [in the same block as the Silsby >>building] - especially >> since this is where Jane was at the time William Buxton >>shot her. >> >> Question: >> The family lived on Taylor Street in 1910 - did they >>move to East Main and >> stay at the boarding house by 1917? >> And how could Jane make/refuse to make dinner if they >>were at a boarding >> house? >> >> Didn't find an obit, census or marriage for Pearl Buxton >>Potts, etc. >> The only Pott/Potts listing was for: >> 1920 1-WD ELVINS, ST FRANCOIS,MO >> B.J. POTTS, Sr. 34 M W MO - was married to someone >>else in 1920 w/ >> children? >> >> Also, I can't find any of the Buxton children in 1920 - >>they aren't >> listed >> under the Buxton surname (Harold/Harry, Pearl, Truman, >>Clara, or otherwise) >> and >> >> they aren't listed in the Presbyterian Orphanage (4-WD, >>Farmington, Cayse >> Ave/Liberty Street, Sheets 15A & 15B, page 283 - I >>checked line by line. >> >> Is the Tipton, MO that is mentioned in the obits, Tipton >>of Washington >> County, or the town Tipton in Montibeau Co.? >> >> This was the obit Bettye mentioned for Clara Buxton, who >>died at age 13 >> (it's >> interesting that Harold Buxton moved back to Taylor Ave >>per Clara's obit - >> the same street where the family lived per the 1910 >>census). >> >> Lead Belt News, Flat River, St. Francois County, >>Missouri, Friday, Feb. 4, >> 1927. >> Clara Marie BUXTON, daughter of the late William and >>Jane BUXTON, was born >> at >> Esther. She died in St. Louis in Barnes' Hospital where >>she had been the >> past >> three weeks, following an operation for appendicitis. >>She was 13 years of >> age >> and was a student in the eighth grade of Desloge School. >> >> Her mother died when she was 2 years old and her father >>when she was 6. She >> was in the Presbyterian Orphanage at Farmington for >>several years, but was >> making her home now with her brother, Harold BUXTON, >>formerly of Cantwell, >> but >> recently moved on Taylor Avenue. >> >> Her body was brought to her brother's home Wednesday >>evening and funeral >> services will be held at the Flat River Baptist Church >>this afternoon at 2 >> o'clock, conducted by the pastor, Rev. E. D. Owen. >>Interment will be in the >> K. of P. >> Cemetery at St. Francois. Girls of her class in school >>will act as pall >> bearers and flower girls. >> >> She was a member of the Baptist Church and was loved by >>all who knew her. >> She leaves two sisters, Mrs. Jewell Mullins of St. >>Francois, and Mrs. Pearl >> Potts of Farmington, Route 4. Also three brothers, >>Harold and Leo of Flat >> River, and Truman of Tipton, Mo. >> >> I'm going to try to officially zap the curiosity bug for >>the name Buxton >> now. >> -Kay >> --------------------------------------------------- >> In a message dated 11/30/2008 9:56:28 AM Eastern >>Standard Time, >> donaldyeager@charter.net writes: >>> >>> Kathleen was my mother's sister. She was the >>> oldest of four >> girles >>> born to William Marian Waters and Carrie Murtle Angel. >>> Kathleen was a >>> christian. She died with the bible in one hand and the >>>phone in the >> other. >>> Jewell was married to Sherif Clay Mullins. Thank >>>you for your >>> interest. >> >>> Donald Yeager >> -------------------------------------------- >> >> In a message dated 11/29/2008 7:19:29 PM Eastern >>Standard Time, >> MehdiFakhar@aol.com writes: >> >> 1910 St. Francois, Taylor Ave: >> Buxton: >> William M, Jane, Harold 7, Truman 6, Leo 5, and Pearl 3. >> >> 1920 ? >> Children's names: >> Harold 1901-1973; Pearl [Potts?] 1902 - <1996; Truman >>1903-1965; Leo 1904 - >> < >> 1996; Juell/Jewell 1911-1996 and >> Clara Marie 1914 - 1927 >> >> Obits: >> >> Truman 'Moxey' BUXTON: >> 1903-1965; unmarried >> Parents: William Buxton and Jane Swearingen >> Siblings: Harold Buxton & Juell (Mrs. Clay Mullins); 3 >>siblings preceeded >> him >> >> in death >> >> Harold 'Benson' BUXTON: >> 1901-1973 of Flat River >> Parents: William Buxton and Jane Sweringun >> Siblings: Leo Buxton of Rolla and Jewell (Mrs. Alfred >>Edgar 'Tom' >> Tucker) of >>Farmington >> Spouse: Kathleen Waters >> Children: Eugene, Bobby, Edna (Mrs. Joseph Holley), >>Glenda (Mrs. John >> Stoneking), Finis and Darrell >> >> Jewell Buxton Mullins Tucker >> 1911-1996 >> Parents: William Buxton and Jane Swangurim >> Spouse 1: Sherif Clay Mullins; Spouse 2: Alfred Tom >>Tucker >> Siblings preceeded her in death: Leo Buxton, Harold >>Buxton, Truman Buxton, >> Pearl & Clara. >> Sons: Robery Clay Mullins and James Henry Mullins >> >> ------------------------------- >> Subj: Re: [MOSTFRAN] Laura Jane Buxton Murder in >>Elvins (1917) >> Date: 11/29/2008 8:08:57 PM Eastern Standard Time >>From: bkwofc@i1.net >> >> Thanks Kay! >> >> I too wondered about the name Peam Pear and wondered if >>he >> was related to the person named Fain Pair in another >> article. Fain was supposedly was in charge of the >> boarding home where the shooting occurred. The >>newspapers >> back then didn't worry too much about proper spellings >>of >> names and often spelled names as they sounded. >> >> ---------------------------------------------- >> In a message dated 11/25/2008 11:17:46 PM Eastern >>Standard Time, >> bkwofc@i1.net writes: >> A web page concerning the 1917 murder of Laura Jane >>Buxton by her husband, >> William Buxton, at Elvins, Missouri, has >> been added to the St. Francois County MoGenWeb site: >> >> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mostfran/articles_crime/jane_buxton_murder. >> htm >> B. Warner >> >> >> >> >> ************** >>Finally, one site has it all: your friends, your email, >>your >> favorite sites. Try the NEW AOL.com. >>(http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&amp; >> icid=aolcom40vanity&amp;ncid=emlcntaolcom00000006) >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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

remove the space that is in front of evendon and it will work       ________________________________ From: Joyce Wafford <ograndma1@sbcglobal.net> To: mostfran@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, December 3, 2008 10:30:03 AM Subject: Re: [MOSTFRAN] 1840 Pensioner's Census I cannot get the link to work.  Do you have it typed correctly? Joyce ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise Patterson" <jrtowner2008@att.net> To: "Ill-Macoupin Newsletter" <ilmacoup@rootsweb.com>; "Mo St francois County Newsletter" <MOSTFRAN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 7:29 AM Subject: [MOSTFRAN] 1840 Pensioner's Census Here is a link to the 1840 Pensioner's Census. And it's free! http://census. evendon.com Denise Dogs are not our whole life, But they make our lives whole. ------------------------------- 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

Don, You can disregard my question about where Jane Buxton is buried. I located her death certificate and it confirms burial in Knights of Pythias Cemetery so I added her to list. Bettye On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:15:08 -0600 "B. Warner" <bkwofc@i1.net> wrote: > Don, > I just realized that I didn't have Harold, Kathleen or > Clara Buxton listed on the listing for Knights of >Pythias > Cemetery in Park Hills. I seem to recall taking a photo > of Harold and Kathleen's tombstones. I don't recall > whether Clara had a stone or not. I don't know what I >did > with the photos. I'll go back by there in the next day >or > two and take them again. I did add their names to the > list and will link the names to the photos after I get > them uploaded. What date of death do you have for > Kathleen, wife of your Uncle Harold? According to her > obit she died in December of 2000 at age 92, but the >obit > gives her date of birth as February of 1909. That, > according to my calculations, means she was still 91 >years > old when she died, not yet 92. Does the newspaper obit > have her age wrong? Also, do you know if Harold was > buried there because that's where his mother, Jane >Buxton, > is buried? I've looked for a stone for her there but > haven't been able to find one. Also, are any of the >other > Buxton children buried there? Thanks! > Bettye > > > > > On Tue, 2 Dec 2008 20:07:15 -0600 > "Don Yeager" <donaldyeager@charter.net> wrote: >> My uncle was Harold Buxton, Jane's son. My address is; >> donaldyeager@charter.net >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >>From: "tina stout" <tinastout@sbcglobal.net> >> To: <mostfran@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 1:09 PM >> Subject: Re: [MOSTFRAN] Buxton >> >> >> Hi my mother is a swanguarim.Jane and my grandfather are >>brother and >> sister.What do you need to know on the swanguarims?Also >>not all boarding >> houses made your meals.But there is more to the story of >>jane and william >> buxton. >> TinaOn Mon, 12/1/08, MehdiFakhar@aol.com >><MehdiFakhar@aol.com> wrote: >> >>From: MehdiFakhar@aol.com <MehdiFakhar@aol.com> >> Subject: Re: [MOSTFRAN] Buxton >> To: donaldyeager@charter.net, mostfran@rootsweb.com >> Date: Monday, December 1, 2008, 10:28 PM >> >> I don't know whether to thank Bettye or not for the >>Buxton murder article >> (-: >> It certainly has caused me to use alot of time being >>nosy.... >>Following up on Donald Yeager and Bettye's notes- >> >> I tried to find the Sweringen family of Jane Buxton >>prior to 1910 - without >> luck - the St. Francois obit webpage lists the following >>spellings for Laura >> Jane's maiden name, but none of the obits mentioned her >>as a daughter or >> sibling... >> Swaringam >> Swaringim >> Swaringin >> Swearengen >> Swearingen >> >> The marriage of William/Jane Buxton: >> William Buxton of St. Francois Co., Mo. over 21; Miss >>Jane Swaringame of St. >>Francois Co., Mo. over 18; 1 March 1901 license; married >>on 1 March 1901 by >> Jere S. Gossom, Judge of Probate at Farmington, St. >>Francois Co., Mo. >> >> I also played around with the surnames Pear, Pair, etc. >>- the man [Peam >> Pear/Fain Pair - even tried PH vs. F - without luck] >>blamed for Jane's >> mischief. >> Since I don't have access to the websites I used to use, >>my online >> resources >> are limited, though. >> It would seem that he was the same man -and- that he ran >>the boarding house >> on East Main street [in the same block as the Silsby >>building] - especially >> since this is where Jane was at the time William Buxton >>shot her. >> >> Question: >> The family lived on Taylor Street in 1910 - did they >>move to East Main and >> stay at the boarding house by 1917? >> And how could Jane make/refuse to make dinner if they >>were at a boarding >> house? >> >> Didn't find an obit, census or marriage for Pearl Buxton >>Potts, etc. >> The only Pott/Potts listing was for: >> 1920 1-WD ELVINS, ST FRANCOIS,MO >> B.J. POTTS, Sr. 34 M W MO - was married to someone >>else in 1920 w/ >> children? >> >> Also, I can't find any of the Buxton children in 1920 - >>they aren't >> listed >> under the Buxton surname (Harold/Harry, Pearl, Truman, >>Clara, or otherwise) >> and >> >> they aren't listed in the Presbyterian Orphanage (4-WD, >>Farmington, Cayse >> Ave/Liberty Street, Sheets 15A & 15B, page 283 - I >>checked line by line. >> >> Is the Tipton, MO that is mentioned in the obits, Tipton >>of Washington >> County, or the town Tipton in Montibeau Co.? >> >> This was the obit Bettye mentioned for Clara Buxton, who >>died at age 13 >> (it's >> interesting that Harold Buxton moved back to Taylor Ave >>per Clara's obit - >> the same street where the family lived per the 1910 >>census). >> >> Lead Belt News, Flat River, St. Francois County, >>Missouri, Friday, Feb. 4, >> 1927. >> Clara Marie BUXTON, daughter of the late William and >>Jane BUXTON, was born >> at >> Esther. She died in St. Louis in Barnes' Hospital where >>she had been the >> past >> three weeks, following an operation for appendicitis. >>She was 13 years of >> age >> and was a student in the eighth grade of Desloge School. >> >> Her mother died when she was 2 years old and her father >>when she was 6. She >> was in the Presbyterian Orphanage at Farmington for >>several years, but was >> making her home now with her brother, Harold BUXTON, >>formerly of Cantwell, >> but >> recently moved on Taylor Avenue. >> >> Her body was brought to her brother's home Wednesday >>evening and funeral >> services will be held at the Flat River Baptist Church >>this afternoon at 2 >> o'clock, conducted by the pastor, Rev. E. D. Owen. >>Interment will be in the >> K. of P. >> Cemetery at St. Francois. Girls of her class in school >>will act as pall >> bearers and flower girls. >> >> She was a member of the Baptist Church and was loved by >>all who knew her. >> She leaves two sisters, Mrs. Jewell Mullins of St. >>Francois, and Mrs. Pearl >> Potts of Farmington, Route 4. Also three brothers, >>Harold and Leo of Flat >> River, and Truman of Tipton, Mo. >> >> I'm going to try to officially zap the curiosity bug for >>the name Buxton >> now. >> -Kay >> --------------------------------------------------- >> In a message dated 11/30/2008 9:56:28 AM Eastern >>Standard Time, >> donaldyeager@charter.net writes: >>> >>> Kathleen was my mother's sister. She was the >>> oldest of four >> girles >>> born to William Marian Waters and Carrie Murtle Angel. >>> Kathleen was a >>> christian. She died with the bible in one hand and the >>>phone in the >> other. >>> Jewell was married to Sherif Clay Mullins. Thank >>>you for your >>> interest. >> >>> Donald Yeager >> -------------------------------------------- >> >> In a message dated 11/29/2008 7:19:29 PM Eastern >>Standard Time, >> MehdiFakhar@aol.com writes: >> >> 1910 St. Francois, Taylor Ave: >> Buxton: >> William M, Jane, Harold 7, Truman 6, Leo 5, and Pearl 3. >> >> 1920 ? >> Children's names: >> Harold 1901-1973; Pearl [Potts?] 1902 - <1996; Truman >>1903-1965; Leo 1904 - >> < >> 1996; Juell/Jewell 1911-1996 and >> Clara Marie 1914 - 1927 >> >> Obits: >> >> Truman 'Moxey' BUXTON: >> 1903-1965; unmarried >> Parents: William Buxton and Jane Swearingen >> Siblings: Harold Buxton & Juell (Mrs. Clay Mullins); 3 >>siblings preceeded >> him >> >> in death >> >> Harold 'Benson' BUXTON: >> 1901-1973 of Flat River >> Parents: William Buxton and Jane Sweringun >> Siblings: Leo Buxton of Rolla and Jewell (Mrs. Alfred >>Edgar 'Tom' >> Tucker) of >>Farmington >> Spouse: Kathleen Waters >> Children: Eugene, Bobby, Edna (Mrs. Joseph Holley), >>Glenda (Mrs. John >> Stoneking), Finis and Darrell >> >> Jewell Buxton Mullins Tucker >> 1911-1996 >> Parents: William Buxton and Jane Swangurim >> Spouse 1: Sherif Clay Mullins; Spouse 2: Alfred Tom >>Tucker >> Siblings preceeded her in death: Leo Buxton, Harold >>Buxton, Truman Buxton, >> Pearl & Clara. >> Sons: Robery Clay Mullins and James Henry Mullins >> >> ------------------------------- >> Subj: Re: [MOSTFRAN] Laura Jane Buxton Murder in >>Elvins (1917) >> Date: 11/29/2008 8:08:57 PM Eastern Standard Time >>From: bkwofc@i1.net >> >> Thanks Kay! >> >> I too wondered about the name Peam Pear and wondered if >>he >> was related to the person named Fain Pair in another >> article. Fain was supposedly was in charge of the >> boarding home where the shooting occurred. The >>newspapers >> back then didn't worry too much about proper spellings >>of >> names and often spelled names as they sounded. >> >> ---------------------------------------------- >> In a message dated 11/25/2008 11:17:46 PM Eastern >>Standard Time, >> bkwofc@i1.net writes: >> A web page concerning the 1917 murder of Laura Jane >>Buxton by her husband, >> William Buxton, at Elvins, Missouri, has >> been added to the St. Francois County MoGenWeb site: >> >> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mostfran/articles_crime/jane_buxton_murder. >> htm >> B. Warner >> >> >> >> >> ************** >>Finally, one site has it all: your friends, your email, >>your >> favorite sites. Try the NEW AOL.com. >>(http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&amp; >> icid=aolcom40vanity&amp;ncid=emlcntaolcom00000006) >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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

I cannot get the link to work. Do you have it typed correctly? Joyce ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise Patterson" <jrtowner2008@att.net> To: "Ill-Macoupin Newsletter" <ilmacoup@rootsweb.com>; "Mo St francois County Newsletter" <MOSTFRAN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 7:29 AM Subject: [MOSTFRAN] 1840 Pensioner's Census Here is a link to the 1840 Pensioner's Census. And it's free! http://census. evendon.com Denise Dogs are not our whole life, But they make our lives whole. ------------------------------- 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

Don, I just realized that I didn't have Harold, Kathleen or Clara Buxton listed on the listing for Knights of Pythias Cemetery in Park Hills. I seem to recall taking a photo of Harold and Kathleen's tombstones. I don't recall whether Clara had a stone or not. I don't know what I did with the photos. I'll go back by there in the next day or two and take them again. I did add their names to the list and will link the names to the photos after I get them uploaded. What date of death do you have for Kathleen, wife of your Uncle Harold? According to her obit she died in December of 2000 at age 92, but the obit gives her date of birth as February of 1909. That, according to my calculations, means she was still 91 years old when she died, not yet 92. Does the newspaper obit have her age wrong? Also, do you know if Harold was buried there because that's where his mother, Jane Buxton, is buried? I've looked for a stone for her there but haven't been able to find one. Also, are any of the other Buxton children buried there? Thanks! Bettye On Tue, 2 Dec 2008 20:07:15 -0600 "Don Yeager" <donaldyeager@charter.net> wrote: > My uncle was Harold Buxton, Jane's son. My address is; > donaldyeager@charter.net > > > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "tina stout" <tinastout@sbcglobal.net> > To: <mostfran@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 1:09 PM > Subject: Re: [MOSTFRAN] Buxton > > > Hi my mother is a swanguarim.Jane and my grandfather are >brother and > sister.What do you need to know on the swanguarims?Also >not all boarding > houses made your meals.But there is more to the story of >jane and william > buxton. > TinaOn Mon, 12/1/08, MehdiFakhar@aol.com ><MehdiFakhar@aol.com> wrote: > >From: MehdiFakhar@aol.com <MehdiFakhar@aol.com> > Subject: Re: [MOSTFRAN] Buxton > To: donaldyeager@charter.net, mostfran@rootsweb.com > Date: Monday, December 1, 2008, 10:28 PM > > I don't know whether to thank Bettye or not for the >Buxton murder article > (-: > It certainly has caused me to use alot of time being >nosy.... >Following up on Donald Yeager and Bettye's notes- > > I tried to find the Sweringen family of Jane Buxton >prior to 1910 - without > luck - the St. Francois obit webpage lists the following >spellings for Laura > Jane's maiden name, but none of the obits mentioned her >as a daughter or > sibling... > Swaringam > Swaringim > Swaringin > Swearengen > Swearingen > > The marriage of William/Jane Buxton: > William Buxton of St. Francois Co., Mo. over 21; Miss >Jane Swaringame of St. >Francois Co., Mo. over 18; 1 March 1901 license; married >on 1 March 1901 by > Jere S. Gossom, Judge of Probate at Farmington, St. >Francois Co., Mo. > > I also played around with the surnames Pear, Pair, etc. >- the man [Peam > Pear/Fain Pair - even tried PH vs. F - without luck] >blamed for Jane's > mischief. > Since I don't have access to the websites I used to use, >my online > resources > are limited, though. > It would seem that he was the same man -and- that he ran >the boarding house > on East Main street [in the same block as the Silsby >building] - especially > since this is where Jane was at the time William Buxton >shot her. > > Question: > The family lived on Taylor Street in 1910 - did they >move to East Main and > stay at the boarding house by 1917? > And how could Jane make/refuse to make dinner if they >were at a boarding > house? > > Didn't find an obit, census or marriage for Pearl Buxton >Potts, etc. > The only Pott/Potts listing was for: > 1920 1-WD ELVINS, ST FRANCOIS,MO > B.J. POTTS, Sr. 34 M W MO - was married to someone >else in 1920 w/ > children? > > Also, I can't find any of the Buxton children in 1920 - >they aren't > listed > under the Buxton surname (Harold/Harry, Pearl, Truman, >Clara, or otherwise) > and > > they aren't listed in the Presbyterian Orphanage (4-WD, >Farmington, Cayse > Ave/Liberty Street, Sheets 15A & 15B, page 283 - I >checked line by line. > > Is the Tipton, MO that is mentioned in the obits, Tipton >of Washington > County, or the town Tipton in Montibeau Co.? > > This was the obit Bettye mentioned for Clara Buxton, who >died at age 13 > (it's > interesting that Harold Buxton moved back to Taylor Ave >per Clara's obit - > the same street where the family lived per the 1910 >census). > > Lead Belt News, Flat River, St. Francois County, >Missouri, Friday, Feb. 4, > 1927. > Clara Marie BUXTON, daughter of the late William and >Jane BUXTON, was born > at > Esther. She died in St. Louis in Barnes' Hospital where >she had been the > past > three weeks, following an operation for appendicitis. >She was 13 years of > age > and was a student in the eighth grade of Desloge School. > > Her mother died when she was 2 years old and her father >when she was 6. She > was in the Presbyterian Orphanage at Farmington for >several years, but was > making her home now with her brother, Harold BUXTON, >formerly of Cantwell, > but > recently moved on Taylor Avenue. > > Her body was brought to her brother's home Wednesday >evening and funeral > services will be held at the Flat River Baptist Church >this afternoon at 2 > o'clock, conducted by the pastor, Rev. E. D. Owen. >Interment will be in the > K. of P. > Cemetery at St. Francois. Girls of her class in school >will act as pall > bearers and flower girls. > > She was a member of the Baptist Church and was loved by >all who knew her. > She leaves two sisters, Mrs. Jewell Mullins of St. >Francois, and Mrs. Pearl > Potts of Farmington, Route 4. Also three brothers, >Harold and Leo of Flat > River, and Truman of Tipton, Mo. > > I'm going to try to officially zap the curiosity bug for >the name Buxton > now. > -Kay > --------------------------------------------------- > In a message dated 11/30/2008 9:56:28 AM Eastern >Standard Time, > donaldyeager@charter.net writes: >> >> Kathleen was my mother's sister. She was the >> oldest of four > girles >> born to William Marian Waters and Carrie Murtle Angel. >> Kathleen was a >> christian. She died with the bible in one hand and the >>phone in the > other. >> Jewell was married to Sherif Clay Mullins. Thank >>you for your >> interest. > >> Donald Yeager > -------------------------------------------- > > In a message dated 11/29/2008 7:19:29 PM Eastern >Standard Time, > MehdiFakhar@aol.com writes: > > 1910 St. Francois, Taylor Ave: > Buxton: > William M, Jane, Harold 7, Truman 6, Leo 5, and Pearl 3. > > 1920 ? > Children's names: > Harold 1901-1973; Pearl [Potts?] 1902 - <1996; Truman >1903-1965; Leo 1904 - > < > 1996; Juell/Jewell 1911-1996 and > Clara Marie 1914 - 1927 > > Obits: > > Truman 'Moxey' BUXTON: > 1903-1965; unmarried > Parents: William Buxton and Jane Swearingen > Siblings: Harold Buxton & Juell (Mrs. Clay Mullins); 3 >siblings preceeded > him > > in death > > Harold 'Benson' BUXTON: > 1901-1973 of Flat River > Parents: William Buxton and Jane Sweringun > Siblings: Leo Buxton of Rolla and Jewell (Mrs. Alfred >Edgar 'Tom' > Tucker) of >Farmington > Spouse: Kathleen Waters > Children: Eugene, Bobby, Edna (Mrs. Joseph Holley), >Glenda (Mrs. John > Stoneking), Finis and Darrell > > Jewell Buxton Mullins Tucker > 1911-1996 > Parents: William Buxton and Jane Swangurim > Spouse 1: Sherif Clay Mullins; Spouse 2: Alfred Tom >Tucker > Siblings preceeded her in death: Leo Buxton, Harold >Buxton, Truman Buxton, > Pearl & Clara. > Sons: Robery Clay Mullins and James Henry Mullins > > ------------------------------- > Subj: Re: [MOSTFRAN] Laura Jane Buxton Murder in >Elvins (1917) > Date: 11/29/2008 8:08:57 PM Eastern Standard Time >From: bkwofc@i1.net > > Thanks Kay! > > I too wondered about the name Peam Pear and wondered if >he > was related to the person named Fain Pair in another > article. Fain was supposedly was in charge of the > boarding home where the shooting occurred. The >newspapers > back then didn't worry too much about proper spellings >of > names and often spelled names as they sounded. > > ---------------------------------------------- > In a message dated 11/25/2008 11:17:46 PM Eastern >Standard Time, > bkwofc@i1.net writes: > A web page concerning the 1917 murder of Laura Jane >Buxton by her husband, > William Buxton, at Elvins, Missouri, has > been added to the St. Francois County MoGenWeb site: > > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mostfran/articles_crime/jane_buxton_murder. > htm > B. Warner > > > > > ************** >Finally, one site has it all: your friends, your email, >your > favorite sites. 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Here is a link to the 1840 Pensioner's Census.  And it's free! http://census. evendon.com  Denise Dogs are not our whole life, But they make our lives whole.

My uncle was Harold Buxton, Jane's son. My address is; donaldyeager@charter.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "tina stout" <tinastout@sbcglobal.net> To: <mostfran@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 1:09 PM Subject: Re: [MOSTFRAN] Buxton Hi my mother is a swanguarim.Jane and my grandfather are brother and sister.What do you need to know on the swanguarims?Also not all boarding houses made your meals.But there is more to the story of jane and william buxton. TinaOn Mon, 12/1/08, MehdiFakhar@aol.com <MehdiFakhar@aol.com> wrote: From: MehdiFakhar@aol.com <MehdiFakhar@aol.com> Subject: Re: [MOSTFRAN] Buxton To: donaldyeager@charter.net, mostfran@rootsweb.com Date: Monday, December 1, 2008, 10:28 PM I don't know whether to thank Bettye or not for the Buxton murder article (-: It certainly has caused me to use alot of time being nosy.... Following up on Donald Yeager and Bettye's notes- I tried to find the Sweringen family of Jane Buxton prior to 1910 - without luck - the St. Francois obit webpage lists the following spellings for Laura Jane's maiden name, but none of the obits mentioned her as a daughter or sibling... Swaringam Swaringim Swaringin Swearengen Swearingen The marriage of William/Jane Buxton: William Buxton of St. Francois Co., Mo. over 21; Miss Jane Swaringame of St. Francois Co., Mo. over 18; 1 March 1901 license; married on 1 March 1901 by Jere S. Gossom, Judge of Probate at Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo. I also played around with the surnames Pear, Pair, etc. - the man [Peam Pear/Fain Pair - even tried PH vs. F - without luck] blamed for Jane's mischief. Since I don't have access to the websites I used to use, my online resources are limited, though. It would seem that he was the same man -and- that he ran the boarding house on East Main street [in the same block as the Silsby building] - especially since this is where Jane was at the time William Buxton shot her. Question: The family lived on Taylor Street in 1910 - did they move to East Main and stay at the boarding house by 1917? And how could Jane make/refuse to make dinner if they were at a boarding house? Didn't find an obit, census or marriage for Pearl Buxton Potts, etc. The only Pott/Potts listing was for: 1920 1-WD ELVINS, ST FRANCOIS,MO B.J. POTTS, Sr. 34 M W MO - was married to someone else in 1920 w/ children? Also, I can't find any of the Buxton children in 1920 - they aren't listed under the Buxton surname (Harold/Harry, Pearl, Truman, Clara, or otherwise) and they aren't listed in the Presbyterian Orphanage (4-WD, Farmington, Cayse Ave/Liberty Street, Sheets 15A & 15B, page 283 - I checked line by line. Is the Tipton, MO that is mentioned in the obits, Tipton of Washington County, or the town Tipton in Montibeau Co.? This was the obit Bettye mentioned for Clara Buxton, who died at age 13 (it's interesting that Harold Buxton moved back to Taylor Ave per Clara's obit - the same street where the family lived per the 1910 census). Lead Belt News, Flat River, St. Francois County, Missouri, Friday, Feb. 4, 1927. Clara Marie BUXTON, daughter of the late William and Jane BUXTON, was born at Esther. She died in St. Louis in Barnes' Hospital where she had been the past three weeks, following an operation for appendicitis. She was 13 years of age and was a student in the eighth grade of Desloge School. Her mother died when she was 2 years old and her father when she was 6. She was in the Presbyterian Orphanage at Farmington for several years, but was making her home now with her brother, Harold BUXTON, formerly of Cantwell, but recently moved on Taylor Avenue. Her body was brought to her brother's home Wednesday evening and funeral services will be held at the Flat River Baptist Church this afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by the pastor, Rev. E. D. Owen. Interment will be in the K. of P. Cemetery at St. Francois. Girls of her class in school will act as pall bearers and flower girls. She was a member of the Baptist Church and was loved by all who knew her. She leaves two sisters, Mrs. Jewell Mullins of St. Francois, and Mrs. Pearl Potts of Farmington, Route 4. Also three brothers, Harold and Leo of Flat River, and Truman of Tipton, Mo. I'm going to try to officially zap the curiosity bug for the name Buxton now. -Kay --------------------------------------------------- In a message dated 11/30/2008 9:56:28 AM Eastern Standard Time, donaldyeager@charter.net writes: > > Kathleen was my mother's sister. She was the oldest of four girles > born to William Marian Waters and Carrie Murtle Angel. Kathleen was a > christian. She died with the bible in one hand and the phone in the other. > Jewell was married to Sherif Clay Mullins. Thank you for your > interest. > Donald Yeager -------------------------------------------- In a message dated 11/29/2008 7:19:29 PM Eastern Standard Time, MehdiFakhar@aol.com writes: 1910 St. Francois, Taylor Ave: Buxton: William M, Jane, Harold 7, Truman 6, Leo 5, and Pearl 3. 1920 ? Children's names: Harold 1901-1973; Pearl [Potts?] 1902 - <1996; Truman 1903-1965; Leo 1904 - < 1996; Juell/Jewell 1911-1996 and Clara Marie 1914 - 1927 Obits: Truman 'Moxey' BUXTON: 1903-1965; unmarried Parents: William Buxton and Jane Swearingen Siblings: Harold Buxton & Juell (Mrs. Clay Mullins); 3 siblings preceeded him in death Harold 'Benson' BUXTON: 1901-1973 of Flat River Parents: William Buxton and Jane Sweringun Siblings: Leo Buxton of Rolla and Jewell (Mrs. Alfred Edgar 'Tom' Tucker) of Farmington Spouse: Kathleen Waters Children: Eugene, Bobby, Edna (Mrs. Joseph Holley), Glenda (Mrs. John Stoneking), Finis and Darrell Jewell Buxton Mullins Tucker 1911-1996 Parents: William Buxton and Jane Swangurim Spouse 1: Sherif Clay Mullins; Spouse 2: Alfred Tom Tucker Siblings preceeded her in death: Leo Buxton, Harold Buxton, Truman Buxton, Pearl & Clara. Sons: Robery Clay Mullins and James Henry Mullins ------------------------------- Subj: Re: [MOSTFRAN] Laura Jane Buxton Murder in Elvins (1917) Date: 11/29/2008 8:08:57 PM Eastern Standard Time From: bkwofc@i1.net Thanks Kay! I too wondered about the name Peam Pear and wondered if he was related to the person named Fain Pair in another article. Fain was supposedly was in charge of the boarding home where the shooting occurred. The newspapers back then didn't worry too much about proper spellings of names and often spelled names as they sounded. ---------------------------------------------- In a message dated 11/25/2008 11:17:46 PM Eastern Standard Time, bkwofc@i1.net writes: A web page concerning the 1917 murder of Laura Jane Buxton by her husband, William Buxton, at Elvins, Missouri, has been added to the St. Francois County MoGenWeb site: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mostfran/articles_crime/jane_buxton_murder. htm B. 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Kay, Laura in the only census she will show up in before she married: ********************* 1900 United States Federal Census 1900 United States Federal Census Name: John Swaringgim [John Swaringyim] Home in 1900: Polk, Madison, Missouri Age: 20 Birth Date: Feb 1860 Birthplace: Missouri Race: White Ethnicity: American Relationship to head-of-house: Head Father's Birthplace: Missouri Mother's Birthplace: Missouri Spouse's Name: Sarah E Marriage Year: 1883 Marital Status: Married Years Married: 17 Residence : Liberty & Polk Townships, Madison, Missouri Occupation: View Image Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age John Swaringgim 20 Sarah E Swaringgim 29 Jane Swaringgim 18 William Swaringgim 12 Noble Swaringgim 9 Gennan Swaringgim 5 Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Polk, Madison, Missouri; Roll: T623 873; Page: 8A; . Linda Gregory ----- Original Message ----- From: <MehdiFakhar@aol.com> To: <donaldyeager@charter.net>; <mostfran@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 11:28 PM Subject: Re: [MOSTFRAN] Buxton I don't know whether to thank Bettye or not for the Buxton murder article (-: It certainly has caused me to use alot of time being nosy.... Following up on Donald Yeager and Bettye's notes- I tried to find the Sweringen family of Jane Buxton prior to 1910 - without luck - the St. Francois obit webpage lists the following spellings for Laura Jane's maiden name, but none of the obits mentioned her as a daughter or sibling... Swaringam Swaringim Swaringin Swearengen Swearingen The marriage of William/Jane Buxton: William Buxton of St. Francois Co., Mo. over 21; Miss Jane Swaringame of St. Francois Co., Mo. over 18; 1 March 1901 license; married on 1 March 1901 by Jere S. Gossom, Judge of Probate at Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo. I also played around with the surnames Pear, Pair, etc. - the man [Peam Pear/Fain Pair - even tried PH vs. F - without luck] blamed for Jane's mischief. Since I don't have access to the websites I used to use, my online resources are limited, though. It would seem that he was the same man -and- that he ran the boarding house on East Main street [in the same block as the Silsby building] - especially since this is where Jane was at the time William Buxton shot her. Question: The family lived on Taylor Street in 1910 - did they move to East Main and stay at the boarding house by 1917? And how could Jane make/refuse to make dinner if they were at a boarding house? Didn't find an obit, census or marriage for Pearl Buxton Potts, etc. The only Pott/Potts listing was for: 1920 1-WD ELVINS, ST FRANCOIS,MO B.J. POTTS, Sr. 34 M W MO - was married to someone else in 1920 w/ children? Also, I can't find any of the Buxton children in 1920 - they aren't listed under the Buxton surname (Harold/Harry, Pearl, Truman, Clara, or otherwise) and they aren't listed in the Presbyterian Orphanage (4-WD, Farmington, Cayse Ave/Liberty Street, Sheets 15A & 15B, page 283 - I checked line by line. Is the Tipton, MO that is mentioned in the obits, Tipton of Washington County, or the town Tipton in Montibeau Co.? This was the obit Bettye mentioned for Clara Buxton, who died at age 13 (it's interesting that Harold Buxton moved back to Taylor Ave per Clara's obit - the same street where the family lived per the 1910 census). Lead Belt News, Flat River, St. Francois County, Missouri, Friday, Feb. 4, 1927. Clara Marie BUXTON, daughter of the late William and Jane BUXTON, was born at Esther. She died in St. Louis in Barnes' Hospital where she had been the past three weeks, following an operation for appendicitis. She was 13 years of age and was a student in the eighth grade of Desloge School. Her mother died when she was 2 years old and her father when she was 6. She was in the Presbyterian Orphanage at Farmington for several years, but was making her home now with her brother, Harold BUXTON, formerly of Cantwell, but recently moved on Taylor Avenue. Her body was brought to her brother's home Wednesday evening and funeral services will be held at the Flat River Baptist Church this afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by the pastor, Rev. E. D. Owen. Interment will be in the K. of P. Cemetery at St. Francois. Girls of her class in school will act as pall bearers and flower girls. She was a member of the Baptist Church and was loved by all who knew her. She leaves two sisters, Mrs. Jewell Mullins of St. Francois, and Mrs. Pearl Potts of Farmington, Route 4. Also three brothers, Harold and Leo of Flat River, and Truman of Tipton, Mo. I'm going to try to officially zap the curiosity bug for the name Buxton now. -Kay --------------------------------------------------- In a message dated 11/30/2008 9:56:28 AM Eastern Standard Time, donaldyeager@charter.net writes: > > Kathleen was my mother's sister. She was the oldest of four girles > born to William Marian Waters and Carrie Murtle Angel. Kathleen was a > christian. She died with the bible in one hand and the phone in the > other. > Jewell was married to Sherif Clay Mullins. Thank you for your > interest. > Donald Yeager -------------------------------------------- In a message dated 11/29/2008 7:19:29 PM Eastern Standard Time, MehdiFakhar@aol.com writes: 1910 St. Francois, Taylor Ave: Buxton: William M, Jane, Harold 7, Truman 6, Leo 5, and Pearl 3. 1920 ? Children's names: Harold 1901-1973; Pearl [Potts?] 1902 - <1996; Truman 1903-1965; Leo 1904 - < 1996; Juell/Jewell 1911-1996 and Clara Marie 1914 - 1927 Obits: Truman 'Moxey' BUXTON: 1903-1965; unmarried Parents: William Buxton and Jane Swearingen Siblings: Harold Buxton & Juell (Mrs. Clay Mullins); 3 siblings preceeded him in death Harold 'Benson' BUXTON: 1901-1973 of Flat River Parents: William Buxton and Jane Sweringun Siblings: Leo Buxton of Rolla and Jewell (Mrs. Alfred Edgar 'Tom' Tucker) of Farmington Spouse: Kathleen Waters Children: Eugene, Bobby, Edna (Mrs. Joseph Holley), Glenda (Mrs. John Stoneking), Finis and Darrell Jewell Buxton Mullins Tucker 1911-1996 Parents: William Buxton and Jane Swangurim Spouse 1: Sherif Clay Mullins; Spouse 2: Alfred Tom Tucker Siblings preceeded her in death: Leo Buxton, Harold Buxton, Truman Buxton, Pearl & Clara. Sons: Robery Clay Mullins and James Henry Mullins ------------------------------- Subj: Re: [MOSTFRAN] Laura Jane Buxton Murder in Elvins (1917) Date: 11/29/2008 8:08:57 PM Eastern Standard Time From: bkwofc@i1.net Thanks Kay! I too wondered about the name Peam Pear and wondered if he was related to the person named Fain Pair in another article. Fain was supposedly was in charge of the boarding home where the shooting occurred. The newspapers back then didn't worry too much about proper spellings of names and often spelled names as they sounded. ---------------------------------------------- In a message dated 11/25/2008 11:17:46 PM Eastern Standard Time, bkwofc@i1.net writes: A web page concerning the 1917 murder of Laura Jane Buxton by her husband, William Buxton, at Elvins, Missouri, has been added to the St. Francois County MoGenWeb site: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mostfran/articles_crime/jane_buxton_murder. htm B. 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Hi my mother is a swanguarim.Jane and my grandfather are brother and sister.What do you need to know on the swanguarims?Also not all boarding houses made your meals.But there is more to the story of jane and william buxton. TinaOn Mon, 12/1/08, MehdiFakhar@aol.com <MehdiFakhar@aol.com> wrote: From: MehdiFakhar@aol.com <MehdiFakhar@aol.com> Subject: Re: [MOSTFRAN] Buxton To: donaldyeager@charter.net, mostfran@rootsweb.com Date: Monday, December 1, 2008, 10:28 PM I don't know whether to thank Bettye or not for the Buxton murder article (-: It certainly has caused me to use alot of time being nosy.... Following up on Donald Yeager and Bettye's notes- I tried to find the Sweringen family of Jane Buxton prior to 1910 - without luck - the St. Francois obit webpage lists the following spellings for Laura Jane's maiden name, but none of the obits mentioned her as a daughter or sibling... Swaringam Swaringim Swaringin Swearengen Swearingen The marriage of William/Jane Buxton: William Buxton of St. Francois Co., Mo. over 21; Miss Jane Swaringame of St. Francois Co., Mo. over 18; 1 March 1901 license; married on 1 March 1901 by Jere S. Gossom, Judge of Probate at Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo. I also played around with the surnames Pear, Pair, etc. - the man [Peam Pear/Fain Pair - even tried PH vs. F - without luck] blamed for Jane's mischief. Since I don't have access to the websites I used to use, my online resources are limited, though. It would seem that he was the same man -and- that he ran the boarding house on East Main street [in the same block as the Silsby building] - especially since this is where Jane was at the time William Buxton shot her. Question: The family lived on Taylor Street in 1910 - did they move to East Main and stay at the boarding house by 1917? And how could Jane make/refuse to make dinner if they were at a boarding house? Didn't find an obit, census or marriage for Pearl Buxton Potts, etc. The only Pott/Potts listing was for: 1920 1-WD ELVINS, ST FRANCOIS,MO B.J. POTTS, Sr. 34 M W MO - was married to someone else in 1920 w/ children? Also, I can't find any of the Buxton children in 1920 - they aren't listed under the Buxton surname (Harold/Harry, Pearl, Truman, Clara, or otherwise) and they aren't listed in the Presbyterian Orphanage (4-WD, Farmington, Cayse Ave/Liberty Street, Sheets 15A & 15B, page 283 - I checked line by line. Is the Tipton, MO that is mentioned in the obits, Tipton of Washington County, or the town Tipton in Montibeau Co.? This was the obit Bettye mentioned for Clara Buxton, who died at age 13 (it's interesting that Harold Buxton moved back to Taylor Ave per Clara's obit - the same street where the family lived per the 1910 census). Lead Belt News, Flat River, St. Francois County, Missouri, Friday, Feb. 4, 1927. Clara Marie BUXTON, daughter of the late William and Jane BUXTON, was born at Esther. She died in St. Louis in Barnes' Hospital where she had been the past three weeks, following an operation for appendicitis. She was 13 years of age and was a student in the eighth grade of Desloge School. Her mother died when she was 2 years old and her father when she was 6. She was in the Presbyterian Orphanage at Farmington for several years, but was making her home now with her brother, Harold BUXTON, formerly of Cantwell, but recently moved on Taylor Avenue. Her body was brought to her brother's home Wednesday evening and funeral services will be held at the Flat River Baptist Church this afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by the pastor, Rev. E. D. Owen. Interment will be in the K. of P. Cemetery at St. Francois. Girls of her class in school will act as pall bearers and flower girls. She was a member of the Baptist Church and was loved by all who knew her. She leaves two sisters, Mrs. Jewell Mullins of St. Francois, and Mrs. Pearl Potts of Farmington, Route 4. Also three brothers, Harold and Leo of Flat River, and Truman of Tipton, Mo. I'm going to try to officially zap the curiosity bug for the name Buxton now. -Kay --------------------------------------------------- In a message dated 11/30/2008 9:56:28 AM Eastern Standard Time, donaldyeager@charter.net writes: > > Kathleen was my mother's sister. She was the oldest of four girles > born to William Marian Waters and Carrie Murtle Angel. Kathleen was a > christian. She died with the bible in one hand and the phone in the other. > Jewell was married to Sherif Clay Mullins. Thank you for your > interest. > Donald Yeager -------------------------------------------- In a message dated 11/29/2008 7:19:29 PM Eastern Standard Time, MehdiFakhar@aol.com writes: 1910 St. Francois, Taylor Ave: Buxton: William M, Jane, Harold 7, Truman 6, Leo 5,  and Pearl 3. 1920 ? Children's names: Harold 1901-1973; Pearl [Potts?] 1902 - <1996; Truman 1903-1965; Leo 1904 - < 1996; Juell/Jewell 1911-1996 and Clara Marie 1914 - 1927 Obits: Truman 'Moxey' BUXTON: 1903-1965; unmarried Parents: William Buxton and Jane Swearingen Siblings: Harold Buxton & Juell (Mrs. Clay Mullins); 3 siblings preceeded him in death Harold 'Benson' BUXTON: 1901-1973 of Flat River Parents: William Buxton and Jane Sweringun Siblings: Leo Buxton of Rolla and Jewell (Mrs. Alfred Edgar 'Tom' Tucker) of Farmington Spouse: Kathleen Waters Children: Eugene, Bobby, Edna (Mrs. Joseph Holley), Glenda (Mrs. John Stoneking), Finis and Darrell Jewell Buxton Mullins Tucker 1911-1996 Parents: William Buxton and Jane Swangurim Spouse 1: Sherif Clay Mullins; Spouse 2: Alfred Tom Tucker Siblings preceeded her in death: Leo Buxton, Harold Buxton, Truman Buxton, Pearl & Clara. Sons: Robery Clay Mullins and James Henry Mullins ------------------------------- Subj: Re: [MOSTFRAN] Laura Jane Buxton Murder in Elvins (1917)  Date: 11/29/2008 8:08:57 PM Eastern Standard Time From: bkwofc@i1.net Thanks Kay! I too wondered about the name Peam Pear and wondered if he was related to the person named Fain Pair in another article.  Fain was supposedly was in charge of the boarding home where the shooting occurred.  The newspapers back then didn't worry too much about proper spellings of names and often spelled names as they sounded. ---------------------------------------------- In a message dated 11/25/2008 11:17:46 PM Eastern Standard Time, bkwofc@i1.net writes: A web page concerning the 1917 murder of Laura Jane Buxton by her husband, William Buxton, at Elvins, Missouri, has been added to the St. Francois County MoGenWeb site: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mostfran/articles_crime/jane_buxton_murder. htm B. 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FARMINGTON TIMES, Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri, Thursday, January 1, 1903 LIFE'S SPICE [column] "Variety is the spice of life." By S. McK. F. There has recently been a poor farm craze. People have suddenly been awakened to the fact that there are actually human beings being cared for by one of the richest counties in Missouri in a manner that reflects no credit on the county. In nearly every paper we see that the same thing prevails in other sections, and the trouble is laid to the policy of letting the contract to the lowest bidder. It is beyond human nature to work for even paupers for nothing, and if the price for keeping them is cut to the minimum, it stands to reason that someone suffers for it. Recently the young ladies of the Presbyterian auxilliary made a visit to the poor farm, an account of which was published in THE TIMES at that time. All agreed to the deplorableness of the situation, but said that the superintendant was doing the best he could. There are at present twenty-six inmates, male and female, of all degrees of mind and body infirmities. The little huts in which they are housed seem poorly arranged for heating and ventilating, and the whole place should be repaired, as was the Court House years ago, from the foundation stone. In letting the care of the paupers to the lowest bidder, the County Court has followed a long precedent in deference to public opinion, which is often thoughtless about such matters; but the plan should be changed and these unfortunate dependants made as comfortable as possible. Of course it will cost a little more, but surely the public will consent to this when the humanity as well as the necessity of the thing is made clear. Our paupers are human beings and should be treated as such and not herded together as so many animals at so much per head a month. There are some short-sighted people who argue that if the poor farm were made a habitable, decent place, it would be overrun with all sorts of people, but they seem to forget that the County Court must pass on all applicants for entrance, and it is the last resort of the self-respecting poor. *********************************** The Sunshine Society, just established, made a remarkably fine inauguration of their work by sending twenty-six nice little bundles out to the poor farm Christmas afternoon, each one containing candy, an apple, picture cards and a great many nice little articles, besides an abundance of reading matter.

FARMINGTON TIMES, Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri, Friday, May 19, 1905 TWENTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK IN ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY [1885] Owen Murray was thrown from his buggy while on his way home from town and received a very severe scalp wound. There was a surplus of over $16,000 in the county treasury and the county court had reduced the taxes for county revenue purposes from forty cents to twenty cents on the $100 valuation. This money was subsequently used to build the present court house. Sheriff Seabaugh of Bollinger county brought a man named Thos. Killian here under charge of murder for safe keeping in the Farmington jail. A four-legged chicken was hatched on George Harris' farm near Hazel Run. A. Keelan and Henry Shafer were in town with a young wolf which they captured in a den on Stono. J. C. Alexander sent his famous race horses, Fanchette, Fred Rice and Bob Wesley to St. Louis to compete in the June races. Two little sons of Alex Nance near Big River Mills were thrown from a wagon by the team running away, and one had one of his legs broken in two places and the other had an arm broken. W. T. Smith of Libertyville died in a peculiar way. He made a fire in a new cistern to dry it out. The day following he descended into the cistern to make an examination and shortly after came out and complained of feeling ill. The fresh air reviving him he descended again and while coming out the second time fell back from the top, and when taken out was dead. It is supposed death was caused by carbonic acid generated in the cistern by fire. There was a social gathering at Squire H. C. Rudy's among whom were Misses Champ, Emma Eisenberg, Mollie Dalton, Iva Quick, Lucy Perkins, Etta Quick, Kate Morgan, Hattie Montag, Mamie Eisenberg, Becca Jacobson, Etta Mitchell, Mamie Leathers, Jennie and Nettie Rudy, and Messrs. I. M. Perkins, John Clay, Peers Taylor, Lee Cunningham, Harry Jacobson, Robert Young, C. J. Adams, J. K. Locke, Lon Davis, John Koen [As I came to the end of this article, I discovered the last line was cut off from the photo-copy. :( Decided to post it anyway, as the previous items are complete and interesting. Will re-copy this article and a complete version of the article will appear on the St. Francois Co. Web site. MR]

I don't know whether to thank Bettye or not for the Buxton murder article (-: It certainly has caused me to use alot of time being nosy.... Following up on Donald Yeager and Bettye's notes- I tried to find the Sweringen family of Jane Buxton prior to 1910 - without luck - the St. Francois obit webpage lists the following spellings for Laura Jane's maiden name, but none of the obits mentioned her as a daughter or sibling... Swaringam Swaringim Swaringin Swearengen Swearingen The marriage of William/Jane Buxton: William Buxton of St. Francois Co., Mo. over 21; Miss Jane Swaringame of St. Francois Co., Mo. over 18; 1 March 1901 license; married on 1 March 1901 by Jere S. Gossom, Judge of Probate at Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo. I also played around with the surnames Pear, Pair, etc. - the man [Peam Pear/Fain Pair - even tried PH vs. F - without luck] blamed for Jane's mischief. Since I don't have access to the websites I used to use, my online resources are limited, though. It would seem that he was the same man -and- that he ran the boarding house on East Main street [in the same block as the Silsby building] - especially since this is where Jane was at the time William Buxton shot her. Question: The family lived on Taylor Street in 1910 - did they move to East Main and stay at the boarding house by 1917? And how could Jane make/refuse to make dinner if they were at a boarding house? Didn't find an obit, census or marriage for Pearl Buxton Potts, etc. The only Pott/Potts listing was for: 1920 1-WD ELVINS, ST FRANCOIS,MO B.J. POTTS, Sr. 34 M W MO - was married to someone else in 1920 w/ children? Also, I can't find any of the Buxton children in 1920 - they aren't listed under the Buxton surname (Harold/Harry, Pearl, Truman, Clara, or otherwise) and they aren't listed in the Presbyterian Orphanage (4-WD, Farmington, Cayse Ave/Liberty Street, Sheets 15A & 15B, page 283 - I checked line by line. Is the Tipton, MO that is mentioned in the obits, Tipton of Washington County, or the town Tipton in Montibeau Co.? This was the obit Bettye mentioned for Clara Buxton, who died at age 13 (it's interesting that Harold Buxton moved back to Taylor Ave per Clara's obit - the same street where the family lived per the 1910 census). Lead Belt News, Flat River, St. Francois County, Missouri, Friday, Feb. 4, 1927. Clara Marie BUXTON, daughter of the late William and Jane BUXTON, was born at Esther. She died in St. Louis in Barnes' Hospital where she had been the past three weeks, following an operation for appendicitis. She was 13 years of age and was a student in the eighth grade of Desloge School. Her mother died when she was 2 years old and her father when she was 6. She was in the Presbyterian Orphanage at Farmington for several years, but was making her home now with her brother, Harold BUXTON, formerly of Cantwell, but recently moved on Taylor Avenue. Her body was brought to her brother's home Wednesday evening and funeral services will be held at the Flat River Baptist Church this afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by the pastor, Rev. E. D. Owen. Interment will be in the K. of P. Cemetery at St. Francois. Girls of her class in school will act as pall bearers and flower girls. She was a member of the Baptist Church and was loved by all who knew her. She leaves two sisters, Mrs. Jewell Mullins of St. Francois, and Mrs. Pearl Potts of Farmington, Route 4. Also three brothers, Harold and Leo of Flat River, and Truman of Tipton, Mo. I'm going to try to officially zap the curiosity bug for the name Buxton now. -Kay --------------------------------------------------- In a message dated 11/30/2008 9:56:28 AM Eastern Standard Time, donaldyeager@charter.net writes: > > Kathleen was my mother's sister. She was the oldest of four girles > born to William Marian Waters and Carrie Murtle Angel. Kathleen was a > christian. She died with the bible in one hand and the phone in the other. > Jewell was married to Sherif Clay Mullins. Thank you for your > interest. > Donald Yeager -------------------------------------------- In a message dated 11/29/2008 7:19:29 PM Eastern Standard Time, MehdiFakhar@aol.com writes: 1910 St. Francois, Taylor Ave: Buxton: William M, Jane, Harold 7, Truman 6, Leo 5,  and Pearl 3. 1920 ? Children's names: Harold 1901-1973; Pearl [Potts?] 1902 - <1996; Truman 1903-1965; Leo 1904 - < 1996; Juell/Jewell 1911-1996 and Clara Marie 1914 - 1927 Obits: Truman 'Moxey' BUXTON: 1903-1965; unmarried Parents: William Buxton and Jane Swearingen Siblings: Harold Buxton & Juell (Mrs. Clay Mullins); 3 siblings preceeded him in death Harold 'Benson' BUXTON: 1901-1973 of Flat River Parents: William Buxton and Jane Sweringun Siblings: Leo Buxton of Rolla and Jewell (Mrs. Alfred Edgar 'Tom' Tucker) of Farmington Spouse: Kathleen Waters Children: Eugene, Bobby, Edna (Mrs. Joseph Holley), Glenda (Mrs. John Stoneking), Finis and Darrell Jewell Buxton Mullins Tucker 1911-1996 Parents: William Buxton and Jane Swangurim Spouse 1: Sherif Clay Mullins; Spouse 2: Alfred Tom Tucker Siblings preceeded her in death: Leo Buxton, Harold Buxton, Truman Buxton, Pearl & Clara. Sons: Robery Clay Mullins and James Henry Mullins ------------------------------- Subj: Re: [MOSTFRAN] Laura Jane Buxton Murder in Elvins (1917)  Date: 11/29/2008 8:08:57 PM Eastern Standard Time From: bkwofc@i1.net Thanks Kay! I too wondered about the name Peam Pear and wondered if he was related to the person named Fain Pair in another article.  Fain was supposedly was in charge of the boarding home where the shooting occurred.  The newspapers back then didn't worry too much about proper spellings of names and often spelled names as they sounded. ---------------------------------------------- In a message dated 11/25/2008 11:17:46 PM Eastern Standard Time, bkwofc@i1.net writes: A web page concerning the 1917 murder of Laura Jane Buxton by her husband, William Buxton, at Elvins, Missouri, has been added to the St. Francois County MoGenWeb site: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mostfran/articles_crime/jane_buxton_murder. htm B. 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