> Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 19:56:41 -0800 > From: <patchitty@charter.net> > To: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com, mostodda@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [STODDARD, MO] Liggett, Cawthon, Rhodes, Garner family of Stoddard-Pemiscot MO > > ---- "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > > > Author: wizsearch > > Surnames: Liggett, Cawthon, Rhodes, Garner > > Classification: queries > > > > Message Board URL: > > > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.stoddard/1617/mb.ashx > > > > Message Board Post: > > > > I am researching records for the family members of Hershel Liggett who was born in Pemiscot county in 1890. He had twin brothers Herman and Herbert who were born about 1892. The boys were children of Jesse Liggett and Mary Cawthon(?) > > Jesse Liggett died in 1893, Mary Cawthon Ligget is said to have married a Mr. Harrington or Herrington. They had twin girls, one dying at birth, the other Lulu Herrington. The mother Mary Cawton Liggett Harrington/Herrington died too. > > > > Hershel, Herbert, & Herman were taken care of by family member after the death of their mother until it became too difficult for them, they then sent them by train to the Christain Orphans home in St Louis, MO. Hershel was adopted by a Stephens family in Kansas and that is where Hershel spent the remainder of his life. > > > > I am seeking anyone's help with putting this family puzzle together. I am not sure that Cawthon is spelled correctely, it could have been Cawthorn or something else. > > Mary Cawthon is said to have had brother Wes and Franklin. > > I know there were Aunt and Uncle Jeannie and John Garner also, as welll as an Aunt Dood/Dude. It is said that Jesse Liggett and wife Mary Cawthon(?) were both from the Stoddard and Pemiscott counties area. Jesse Ligget born abt 1849 and dying in 1892. > > *Also it is said the Garners lived in Advance, MO in quarters above their store if this is helpful. > > > > Important Note: > > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. > > 1930 Elk Co Howard, Kansas > Found Hershel L Stephens b Mo age 39 married when he was 21 > Lona D 37 Mo MO Mo married age 18 > Robert L 18 Kansas > Jean Dale L [son] 7 Kansas > Edith L 5 Kansas > > I would say the twins ended up in Kansas together. > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOSTODDA-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 MOSTODDA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message