Joyce, My paternal grandparents owned a farm a mile north of the "Midway" service station on old US 67.    A mile south of the station was a home owned by the Nash family, and it sat on what my uncle and Aunt called "Nash" Hill.    From the top of  Nash Hill to the Big River Bridge was about 3/4 mile.      I SUSPECT that this area was Big River Township.   Living in this township, in addition to the Lawson Family was Aunt Belle Forshee Dotson.   If you find these names on a census, which says they live in Big River Twnshp, the answer is obvious.   Darryl Lawson --- On Sat, 11/6/10, Joyce D Wafford <ograndma1@sbcglobal.net> wrote: From: Joyce D Wafford <ograndma1@sbcglobal.net> Subject: [MOSTFRAN] Lookup To: MOSTFRAN-L@rootsweb.com Date: Saturday, November 6, 2010, 9:03 AM Can anyone tell me why I cannot find BIG RIVER TWP., ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY, MISSOURI, ON THE 1870 Census Records through Ancestry.com. I have HENRY MARSH and family there in 187, and would love to check out some of his neighbors. 1870 Census Record:  Big River Twp., St. Francois Co., MO  (Pg 2 of 11  Ancestry) # 9 / # 9   June 9, 1870 MARSH, Henry   45  M  Farmer  250 KY MARSH, Margaret J.  30  Fe  Keeping House TN MARSH, Joseph  20  M  Farming  TN  Deaf & Dumb MARSH, Becky A.  19  Fe  At Home TN MOSES, Henry   12  M  At Home MO ** MOSES, Loreesa  16  Fe  At Home TN  *** ** Henry and Loressa are half-siblings of Margaret J. (Moses) Nash. ***This is actually LaVina Moses, her name is spelled wrong on this Census Record/ I am having no luck at pulling him up again.  Any help would be greatly appreciated. In 1850 Henry MARSH and Family were in Kentucky, 1870 in St. Francois County, Missouri.   He is missing on the 1860 Census Record. Any Help finding that would also be appreciatded.  Henry can be found using the MARSH - MASH - and NASH surnames. Thank you, Joyce. ------------------------------- 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

Darryl, Thank you so much for this information. Can you tell me if this NASH Hill was on Primrose Road, or in the near vicinity? We have the NASH Family Cemetery (and I call it that as there are between 25 to 45 graves there from what I am told), on top of a hill, that sits on Primrose Toad, north of Bonne Terre. I have been trying to find out for the past 5 years, exactly which NASH Family this land belong to, when the first burial was made there. I have the Cemetery listed on the St. Francois County website. Bettye Warner and Jan Scott transcribed it and took pictures of some of the graves for me. As you know I live in California and cannot come to Missouri very often. I was there in 2007, and have not been able to get back since then. Joyce ----- Original Message ----- From: <dhl.ell@sbcglobal.net> To: <mostfran@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2010 6:22 AM Subject: Re: [MOSTFRAN] Lookup Joyce, My paternal grandparents owned a farm a mile north of the "Midway" service station on old US 67. A mile south of the station was a home owned by the Nash family, and it sat on what my uncle and Aunt called "Nash" Hill. From the top of Nash Hill to the Big River Bridge was about 3/4 mile. I SUSPECT that this area was Big River Township. Living in this township, in addition to the Lawson Family was Aunt Belle Forshee Dotson. If you find these names on a census, which says they live in Big River Twnshp, the answer is obvious. Darryl Lawson --- On Sat, 11/6/10, Joyce D Wafford <ograndma1@sbcglobal.net> wrote: From: Joyce D Wafford <ograndma1@sbcglobal.net> Subject: [MOSTFRAN] Lookup To: MOSTFRAN-L@rootsweb.com Date: Saturday, November 6, 2010, 9:03 AM Can anyone tell me why I cannot find BIG RIVER TWP., ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY, MISSOURI, ON THE 1870 Census Records through Ancestry.com. I have HENRY MARSH and family there in 187, and would love to check out some of his neighbors. 1870 Census Record: Big River Twp., St. Francois Co., MO (Pg 2 of 11 Ancestry) # 9 / # 9 June 9, 1870 MARSH, Henry 45 M Farmer 250 KY MARSH, Margaret J. 30 Fe Keeping House TN MARSH, Joseph 20 M Farming TN Deaf & Dumb MARSH, Becky A. 19 Fe At Home TN MOSES, Henry 12 M At Home MO ** MOSES, Loreesa 16 Fe At Home TN *** ** Henry and Loressa are half-siblings of Margaret J. (Moses) Nash. ***This is actually LaVina Moses, her name is spelled wrong on this Census Record/ I am having no luck at pulling him up again. Any help would be greatly appreciated. In 1850 Henry MARSH and Family were in Kentucky, 1870 in St. Francois County, Missouri. He is missing on the 1860 Census Record. Any Help finding that would also be appreciatded. Henry can be found using the MARSH - MASH - and NASH surnames. Thank you, Joyce. ------------------------------- 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