Bonne Terre Register, Bonne Terre, Missouri, Fri., Nov. 10, 1916. BONNE TERRE BOY MARRIES POTATO QUEEN. Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Raue of this city received announcement of the marriage of their son, Arvil W. Raue, to Miss Etta M. Burkhart near Sheridan, Wyo., Nov. 1st., the wedding being solemnized at the home of the bride's parents. That young Mr. Raue has chosen well in selecting a wife is indicated in the fact that she was winner of the second prize offered by the government last year for the best record as a potato grower. Her photograph appears in a western agricultural magazine and in which she is designated as "Queen of the Potato Growers". She is accredited with growing 640 bushels of potatoes on one acre of ground - doing all the work, even to the plowing, herself. Her competitors for the potato prize were enumerated at 8,000; hence it was no small honor to be winner in such a contest, and especially for a 17 years old girl. Arvil Raue lived in Bonne Terre a number of years, in fact he graduated in the grammar school here. The Register heartily joins his many friends in this city in wishing for him and his bride a life of hapiness and prosperity. ========= FOLLOW-UP: Arvil (Arvie) Raue died suddenly in July of 1931. Here is link to his obituary: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mackley/Library_obits_Jpegs/Obits_R_s/Obits_RA/RA_000361.jpg
Bonne Terre Register, Bonne Terre, Missouri, Fri., Nov. 17, 1916. RAYFIELD -- SMITH. Charles Rayfield of Piedmont, Mo., and Miss Bertha Smith of Bonne Terre were married Thursday afternoon at the residence of Rev. W. W. Pierce, Mr. Pierce pronouncing the ceremony. The wedding was a quiet one and came as rather a surprise to the many friends of the bride - who is popularly known here. The wedding was solemnized at 4 o'clock, the couple leaving in the evening for DeSoto where they expected to visit friends a day or so and then depart for Detroit - where they will make their home.
BONNE TERRE REGISTER, Bonne Terre, Missouri, Friday, Nov. 17, 1916. MAN DROPS DEAD. Mr. McDermott an old citizen of Doe Run died suddenly at the home of his son in Doe Run last Friday. He was carrying stove-wood and on throwing down an armfull fell over and died within a few seconds. Coroner English held an inquest and pronounced the cause of death heart paralysis. The deceased was 81 years old. ====================== Additional Information: I believe the deceased would be Adam McDermott who is listed as being buried at Doe Run Memorial Cemetery. According to cemetery listing, he was born Feb. 24, 1835 and died Nov. 8, 1916. He was husband of Rachel (nee Rayburn or Raybaum) McDermott. His son was Adam Lawrence (or Laurence) McDermott, husband of Clara Pearl Jones, daughter of Henry and Louisa (Armon) Jones.
This article was published in the Farmington News, not the Leadbelt News. On Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:59:27 -0600 "B. Warner" <bkwofc@i1.net> wrote: > The Leadbelt News, Flat River, Missouri December 11, >1953. > > TWINS CELEBRATE 81ST BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY. > > Misses Nelle and Virginia Keith, of St. Louis, prepared >a > birthday dinner last week for their father, Pleasant G. > Keith, of Flat River, and Mr. Keith's twin sister, Mrs. > Clara Keith Russell, of DeSoto, for their 81st birthday > anniversaries. They are probably the only twins in > Southeast Missouri to reach that advanced age. > > They were born near Libertyville, on the old John Baker > Keith homestead on November 29, 1872. They were named >for > their grandparents, Pleasant Gentry and Clarinda Baker > Keith, who are mentioned in the story of Big River >Mills, > so cleverly written by Mrs. Lon Pettus. Their father, > John B. Keith, when a lad of 16, went with his father, > Pleasant Gentry Keith, to California during the "49 Gold > Rush". Pleasant and Clara grew to man and womanhood on >the > farm where they were born. They are one set of >twenty-one > sets of twins born in a radius of three miles square in > what is known as Cook's Settlement. They are each the > parents of five children, four girls and one boy, all > living, except Pleasant Gentry, IV, (Sonny). > > Mr. Keith and Mrs. Russell are Methodists and staunch > Democrats. > > [Note: A photo of the twins accompanied this article.] > > > > ------------------------------- > 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
BONNE TERRE REGISTER, Bonne Terre, Misosuri, Fri., Nov. 17, 1916. WOMAN COMMITS SUICIDE. A strange case of suicide is reported from Gofftown Thursday of last week. The suicide was Mrs. Lydia Hall, wife of Charles Hall. Mr. Hall is employed by the Federal Lead Co., he left his home in the morning at 7 o'clock and returned at 4 in the afternoon when he found his wife sitting on the floor with her head resting on a chair, but she was dead - having shot herself in the right temple with a pistol. Coroner English was notified and held an inqueset Thursday evening. Mrs. Hall had been in poor health for a long while and this is supposed to have been the cause of the rash act. The remains were shipped to St. Louis for burial.
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The Leadbelt News, Flat River, Missouri December 11, 1953. TWINS CELEBRATE 81ST BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY. Misses Nelle and Virginia Keith, of St. Louis, prepared a birthday dinner last week for their father, Pleasant G. Keith, of Flat River, and Mr. Keith's twin sister, Mrs. Clara Keith Russell, of DeSoto, for their 81st birthday anniversaries. They are probably the only twins in Southeast Missouri to reach that advanced age. They were born near Libertyville, on the old John Baker Keith homestead on November 29, 1872. They were named for their grandparents, Pleasant Gentry and Clarinda Baker Keith, who are mentioned in the story of Big River Mills, so cleverly written by Mrs. Lon Pettus. Their father, John B. Keith, when a lad of 16, went with his father, Pleasant Gentry Keith, to California during the "49 Gold Rush". Pleasant and Clara grew to man and womanhood on the farm where they were born. They are one set of twenty-one sets of twins born in a radius of three miles square in what is known as Cook's Settlement. They are each the parents of five children, four girls and one boy, all living, except Pleasant Gentry, IV, (Sonny). Mr. Keith and Mrs. Russell are Methodists and staunch Democrats. [Note: A photo of the twins accompanied this article.]
If anyone is curious to know what happened to the children after this, I did a little snooping and have included a few tidbits below. I almost hate to ask - Is there a real person by the name of Peam Pear, whom Jane Buxton was supposed to have been at the picture show with? [I didn't realize that John Barleycorn was a term used for liquor at first and wondered how 2 men were responsible for the events leading to the murder (-: ] -Kay 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; Truman 1903-1965; Leo 1904 - <1996; Pearl 1902 - <1996; Clara ? - <1996, and Juell/Jewell 1911-1996 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 Siblings preceeded her in death: Leo Buxton, Harold Buxton, Truman Buxton, Pearl & Clara. Sons: Robery Clay Mullins and James Henry Mullins ------------------------------- 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& icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000006)
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. Most all of the Buxton children ended up in the Children's Home at Farmington after the shooting of their mother and incarceration and subsequent death of their father which is where they stayed until the eldest children got old enough to leave the home and then they took the younger children in. One of the daughters of Wm. and Jane Buxton, Clara Marie Buxton, died at age 13 following an operation for appendicitis. According to her obit she was 2 when the shooting occurred and she lived at the Children's Home in Farmington for several years but was living in the home of her brother, Harold Buxton, at the time of her death. Another daughter, Jewell Buxton, married Clay Mullins. I believe that this may be the same Clay Mullins who served three terms as Sheriff of St. Francois County. How's that for an ironic twist? Bettye On Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:18:56 EST MehdiFakhar@aol.com wrote: > If anyone is curious to know what happened to the >children after this, I did > a little snooping and have included a few tidbits below. > > I almost hate to ask - Is there a real person by the >name of Peam Pear, whom > Jane Buxton was supposed to have been at the picture >show with? > [I didn't realize that John Barleycorn was a term used >for liquor at first > and wondered how 2 men were responsible for the events >leading to the murder (-: > ] -Kay > > 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; Truman 1903-1965; Leo 1904 - <1996; >Pearl 1902 - <1996; > Clara ? - <1996, and Juell/Jewell 1911-1996 > > > 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 > Siblings preceeded her in death: Leo Buxton, Harold >Buxton, Truman Buxton, > Pearl & Clara. > Sons: Robery Clay Mullins and James Henry Mullins > > ------------------------------- > > 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& > icid=aolcom40vanity&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
For those who might be interested, the child in this obit was named Helen Amanda instead of Mary Amanda. Charlie Green ----- Original Message ----- From: "B. Warner" <bkwofc@i1.net> To: <mostfran@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 8:24 AM Subject: [MOSTFRAN] Death of Mary Amanda Grady (1914) > BONNE TERRE REGISTER, Bonne Terre, Missouri, Friday, April > 3, 1914. > > LITTLE GIRL FROM FLAT RIVER BURIED HERE. > > Mary Amanda Grady, 10 months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. > Lee Grady of Flat River, died Sunday, March 29th, and the > remains were brought here Tuesday and buried from the > Catholic Church. The little girl was the granddaughter of > Eli Thomure of this place. The Register extends sympathy > to the bereaved family. > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >
BONNE TERRE REGISTER, Bonne Terre, Missouri, Friday, April 3, 1914. LITTLE GIRL FROM FLAT RIVER BURIED HERE. Mary Amanda Grady, 10 months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Grady of Flat River, died Sunday, March 29th, and the remains were brought here Tuesday and buried from the Catholic Church. The little girl was the granddaughter of Eli Thomure of this place. The Register extends sympathy to the bereaved family.
BONNE TERRE REGISTER, Bonne Terre, Missouri, Friday, April 3, 1914. LUTHER POSTON BADLY HURT. Luther Poston, a carpenter for the St. Joe Company had the misfortune to have his left hand badly mangled by a circular saw on Tuesday. He was getting ready to file the saw and was dressing the teeth down to an even length when his hand was jerked into the saw. Two fingers were cut off and a third so badly injured it had to be cut off.
Sorry .... that was a "private" message meant for Melanie. I didn't notice when I hit reply that it was going to the List and not to her. Bettye On Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:37:15 -0600 "B. Warner" <bkwofc@i1.net> wrote: > Did you see the article about Dent cemetery? We need to > go out there and take pictures now that it's cleaned up, > or do you have photos already that you've taken? I >don't > think we've got that one online yet. > Bettye > > > ------------------------------- > 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
Did you see the article about Dent cemetery? We need to go out there and take pictures now that it's cleaned up, or do you have photos already that you've taken? I don't think we've got that one online yet. Bettye
LEAD BELT NEWS, Flat River, St. Francois County, Missouri, Thursday, March 6, 1980 VELVA A. (COOKIE) HILLMANN Velva A. (Cookie) Hillmann of Flat River, passed away Friday, February 29, 1980 at the Farmington Community Hospital at the age of 81. She was born October 1, 1896 in Leadington to the late Thomas Franklin and Ellen Victoria (Johnson) Dalton. She was married to John A. Hillmann, who preceded her in death. She was also preceded in death by two brothers, Calvin and Fines Dalton. Surviving are two nephews: Arle Dalton of St. Louis and Norman Dalton of Lemont, Ill.; two nieces, Yvonne (Mrs. Bill) Govero of Annapolis, Mo. and Darlene (Mrs. John) Stevens of Bonne Terre, Rte. Two. Mrs. Hillmann was a member of the Flat River Church of Christ. Services were Monday, March 3 at 2:00 p.m. at Caldwell Chapel in Flat River with Evangelist Bernie Crum officiating. Interment was in Woodlawn Cemetery under the direction of Caldwell Funeral Home.
Obituary Willadean E. Bowyer, (The Quilting Lady), 88, of Bonne Terre passed away November 25, 2008 at her granddaughters home in Bonne Terre. She was born November 6, 1920 in Fredericktown. Preceded in death by Parents, George Franklin and Winnie (Oden) Winch; her wonderful husband of 41-1/2 years, Elvis Cotton Bowyer awaiting her arrival; Four brothers, Houston, George, James and Allen Winch; One Sister, Rosalee Turner; one Great-Granddaughter, Tara Lynn Page Russell. Survived by Son, David Bowyer and wife, Yvonne; Grandchildren, Davonna (Deedee Bowyer) Henson (Jerry), David Peewee Bowyer (Lori), Peggy (Bowyer) Sioli; Pam (Bowyer) Asher; Great-grandchildren, Ethan, Jordan and Dylan Henson of Bonne Terre, Tasha Nickels of OK, Jake and Shane Richardson, Justin and Amber Russell, Larry Mayberry; One Great-great-grandson, Ryan Daniel Anderson; One brother, Joseph F. Winch of Bonne Terre; One sister, Melva Roux of TX; a dear friend of the family, Nancy Phillips; Several other family members, friends and quilt customers. Visitation: Date: Thursday 11-27-2008 Time: 6 PM Visitation Location: Boyer Funeral Home in BonneTerre Service: Date: Friday 11-28-2008 Time: 1 PM Service Location: Boyer Chapel in Bonne Terre Interment: Pigg Cemetery, Bonne Terre
The Daily Journal, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008. BISMARCK - On Saturday morning, in the cold and cloudy weather, 30 volunteers met at the old Dent Cemetery located about a mile southeast of Bismarck on Lake Avalon Road. Long overgrown with vines, brush and trees, stones broken and laying over, the old cemetery is the resting place for many of the earliest settlers in the Bismarck area. The World Changers from Bismarck organized and sponsored the clean-up and were joined by members of the community, local land owners, family members of the settlers, and others who were interested in seeing history and respect restored. For about five hours the volunteers worked, young and old, side by side, with very few breaks, cutting trees, piling brush, mowing, clearing graves and repairing and setting up stones. An enormous amount of work was finished but there are still areas that need to be cleared and graves that need to be cleaned. Plans are being made to schedule another work day in the near future and hopes are that this will generate interest to keep the cemetery clean. Dent Cemetery is a vital part of Bismarck's past and there are many things to be learned about Dent's Settlement, Dent's Station and the early history of the town from the people buried here. Aaron Radford, one of the organizers of the cleanup, said the Devines and the Dents were some of the first settlers in this area. There was a post office located along the tracks and was known as "Dents Station". Radford says the group has obtained an actual ledger with names of the people that lived there and traded at a store owned by the Matkin family, another family that was here early on, in the area ... dating back to 1864. This pre-dates Bismarck which was formed in 1868. There are many members of the Beard, Matkin, Sherrill, Dent and Devine families in the cemetery. There have been recent burial there - as recent as 1997. The World Changers wish to thank everyone who helped with the labor, equipment and food. To find out more about World Changers, contact Radford at 573-518-3393. The group is primarily made up of youth, but adult volunteers also help in the community projects.
I apologize for the double and triple copies of my messages you're receiving from the me through the mailing List this morning. RootsWeb had a problem on their server the past couple of days in which inbound messages to the mailing lists were being queued without being processed. When I emailed a message and it didn't show up on the List within a reasonable amount of time, I emailed it again thinking there was a problem with my server. Apparently all these messages were all jammed up on RootsWeb's server and when they fixed the problem and started the mail flowing again, all the "missing" messages showed up. Just thought I'd explain that to you so you wouldn't think I was spamming you all! Bettye
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LEAD BELT NEWS, Flat River, St. Francois County, Missouri, Thursday, March 6, 1980 EDITH NAOMI JOHNSON Edith Naomi Johnson of Flat River, died Saturday, March 1, 1980 at Mineral Area Osteopathic Hospital at the age of 78. She was born January 22, 1902, at Patton, Mo. Surviving are: one brother, Perry Jones of Odessa and four sisters, Edna Lucas of Columbus, Ohio, Irene Jackson of St. Louis, Beulah Jones of Farmington and Esther Mabery of Leadington. Mrs. Johnson was a member of the First Baptist Church of Flat River for 55 years. Chapel service were held Monday, March 3, at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. Virgil Vaughn officiating. Interment was at St. Francois Memorial Park under the direction of Stocker-Sparks Funeral Home.