> Recently the Stone Co. Historical Society was contacted by the Donning > Company regarding the printing of a pictorial history of this county. > The company sent a sample which happened to be of Ada, Oklahoma. Can > you tell me, who sponsored this history? Was the company > satisfactory? Anything you can tell me would be much appreciated. > > I was amazed when the package was opened to see my home town! On > looking through the book I saw some familiar pictures but not many. > Did see one of some school mates who were in a band in the 1950's but > that was all. Had never heard of the band. > > Thank you, > > Elba > >

Great website! Think I may have cracked a wall -- PJ -----Original Message----- From: Josephine or Peter Dunne <PDUNNE@satx.rr.com> To: MOSTONE-L@rootsweb.com <MOSTONE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, August 17, 2000 10:01 AM Subject: [MOSTONE-L] Interesting Link >If you have ancestors who lived in Kentucky this link might be of interest: > >KENTUCKY LAND OFFICE including Revolutionary Land Warrants > http://www.sos.state.ky.us/intranet/Revwscr.htm > > >Happy Hunting, >JO > > >==== MOSTONE Mailing List ==== > >

If you have ancestors who lived in Kentucky this link might be of interest: KENTUCKY LAND OFFICE including Revolutionary Land Warrants http://www.sos.state.ky.us/intranet/Revwscr.htm Happy Hunting, JO

Thought someone might like to have this info. Warmest Smiles, Pama Headline: DICK BILYEU POW IN WORLD WAR II Publication Date: December 20, 1993 Source: The Sacramento Bee Page: B5 Subjects: Region: Pacific Rim; Northern California Obituary: Mr. Bilyeu, 72, died Thursday in San Francisco. The Delano native was raised in the Ozarks of Missouri. Mr. Bilyeu joined the U.S. armed forces in 1940 and was stationed in the Philippines. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, he was captured by Japanese forces. Mr. Bilyeu survived both the Bataan Death March and many months on a prisoner of war ship in Nagasaki harbor. He witnessed the nuclear bombing there. He also served in the Korean War in 1952. Due to his exposure to many diseases and malnutrition suffered as a POW, Mr. Bilyeu was a fully disabled veteran. He retired from the Signal Depot in Sacramento as a warrant officer in 1961. Mr. Bilyeu was a member of the Disabled American Veterans, the American Veterans, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Ex-Prisoners of War Association. He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Hattie; daughters, Joyce Wilson of Spokane, Wash., and Sheila Said of Sacramento; sons, Bill Bilyeu of Spokane, Bob Bilyeu of Cameron Park, Jesse Bilyeu III of Fort Bragg, N.C., Charlie Bilyeu of Tinker, Okla., and Matt Bilyeu of Sacramento; sisters, Billie Mathews of Branson, Miss., and Wanda Holmes of Orangevale; a brother, Stanley Bilyeu of Orangevale; numerous grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, any remembrances be made to the Dick Bilyeu Memorial Fund c/o Bank of America, North Highlands Branch No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --

> When ya use them thare wurds< Wal, Joy, Larn summat noo ever'day...I'll be durned iffen I din't think "thare" wuz speled "dere". Gawrsh, thank'ee ma'am. Vonda

I stand corrected, upon further research... It is not International Order of Oddfellows, but "Independent"... Here's their website. http://norm28.usc.edu/ioof.shtml Vonda

Hey, I'm re-typing up a paper written by a distant cousin (I sure wish Office would acquire an Ozarkian dialect), got curious about someone's life insurance in 1906, and started looking around. If you have an ancestor who was covered by Woodmen's Insurance (I know the Woodmen are a fraternal organization, but not much else...were they a part of the International Order of Oddfellows?), there is a website where you can have them checked out at http://www.woodmen.com/memserch.htm Boy howdy Vonda

I'm trying to find information on Glenn Carol CAULKINS and wife Mary Helen (Arcutt) CAULKINS, who had son Jerry Max CAULKINS born Feb. 4, 1935. The SSDI gives Galena, MO as Glenn's last residence and death in Sep. 1982. Any way for someone to look up an obit since I don't have the day? Is there a CAULKINS still in the area? Any help is appreciated. Linda

Hello! Apology in advance... I know there has to be someone on this list who has some knowledge of German. This has nothing to do with my Stone County bunch, but I need some possible different spellings of the name "Fluth". Y'all being such a helpful bunch, could you give me some ideas? Or is there a website that could help? My mother suggested "Pfluth", and another friend some time ago suggested "Sluth", but I'm not having any luck. Vonda

Wooo Hooo...!! Thanks Paul and Lou!! Aren't the folks from Mo-Stone just wonderful?? Everyone has done such hard work! Thank you for continuing to make Stone County the best! Robin -----Original Message----- From: Josephine or Peter Dunne <PDUNNE@satx.rr.com> To: MOSTONE-L@rootsweb.com <MOSTONE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, August 11, 2000 9:48 AM Subject: [MOSTONE-L] NEW STUFF >Dear MOSTONERS, > >It gives me great pleasure to announce that we now have 13 of the 19 >townships of the 1920 Census completed and online. > >I have just finished adding Hurley Township transcribed by Lou Ann Vogler, >and Cass Township transcribed by Paul Jackson, Sr. We are grateful to both >Lou Ann and Paul for their work. > >The URL is: > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~mostone/1920census/1920.htm > >Only SIX townships to go!!!!! > >Happy Hunting, >Jo > > >==== MOSTONE Mailing List ==== > >

Well, Golly Gee Whiskers!! Since we're throwing names around,does anyone claim this James family? 119 12 James Daniel 55 Tn Farmer Sophia 44 Tn Susan 16 Mo George W 14 Mo Charlotta 12 Mo William R 7 Mo Albert 5 Ks Eveline 3 Mo They were living in Flat Creek in 1870. Would appreciate any information ...and nope...I'm not related..<G> And speaking of that, can anyone tell me why folks get in such a tizzy about sech things? I know it would be nice to find a new cousin, but I've noticed some people get just downright hostile when ya research their family an you're not related...I wonder why? All I have to say is ..."Hide your skeletons in your closet quick, coz I'm lookin' to dig up family bones." <giggle> Hey now, that's an idea!!! We should have Jo put up a little room for "skeletons in the closet"!! Yeppers, she could put a door with cross bones on it for the entry...and all of us could deposit our "Skeletons" in there. I bet every genealogist on the planet would visit that room!! <giggle> I figure that if we just looked in the closet, we could prolly solve all the mysteries of Stone county! :} Me first, you say???? Why sure!! <G> Only thing is, by the time I stick my Skeletons in there, won't be much room for anyone else's. LOL Well, now that you all chickened out...I would appreciate any help with the above James family. :} Thanks! Robin http://members.xoom.com/Robid/Page_1.htm http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~biddle/settlers.htm

Dear MOSTONERS, It gives me great pleasure to announce that we now have 13 of the 19 townships of the 1920 Census completed and online. I have just finished adding Hurley Township transcribed by Lou Ann Vogler, and Cass Township transcribed by Paul Jackson, Sr. We are grateful to both Lou Ann and Paul for their work. The URL is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mostone/1920census/1920.htm Only SIX townships to go!!!!! Happy Hunting, Jo

Hope your husband continues to get stronger. I have been out and not able to access my mail for about a week but my prayers are with you and Dale. ----- Original Message ----- From: <djtaylor@puc.edu> To: <MOSTONE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 2:02 PM Subject: [MOSTONE-L] Re:1920 census/update > > Diane, You are in my prayers and will be untill we hear how your husband > > responds. .......... Many of us will keep you in our prayers. > >God Bless, Sam > > > Thanks for your encouragement, Sam. I am responding to the list so that > others will also know of my husband's progress. IF I have not responded to > all of you personally (I have meant to) forgive me and consider this an > update. > > Dale came home from the hospital last evening. He is far from well but they > make them leave the hospital as soon as they are "stabilized", which he > finally was. He is no longer on oxygen, at the moment, nor on IVs. The > specialists have never discovered where the blood clots on both lungs were > coming from. Of course, he is on large doses of blood thinner. > > Dale will get better. It just takes time....His biggest complaints right now > are his lack of appetite and not having strength enough to be up and around > (very hard for a Masonry Contractor). > > The prayers of so many friends ("cousins") on this wonderful list are a > great comfort and a blessing to me.! > Thanks again, Diane > > > > > ==== MOSTONE Mailing List ==== > >

Well, I am not or at least I don't know if I am. I subscribed to this list looking for James family. But they are such a hoot, I just keep for the "how to" references they sometimes give and for the entertainment value. I have laughed and followed this list so long I feel like I am one of them. There are certain ones I look for each day. My ggf's brother was in Stone Co. (School, Mo., to be exact) when his application for Civil War Veterans benefits were reviewed. His name was Redden Norton James and he was originally from Tenn. but had lived in Searcy Co., Ark. until that time. We can't figure out why a man who was so disabled that he couldn't work would move to another locality. We know his brother (my ggf) married a girl from Missouri and we can't find that area either. We think it was Taney, Stone, or Barry Co. but haven't found definite area yet. We think he moved back to an area where he had an uncle, father, etc. We don't have his father's name either. Our original quest was to identify his father. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael & Mary Ann Bunnell" <ace@televar.com> To: <MOSTONE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 2:27 PM Subject: Re: [MOSTONE-L] Crabtree's > Hi there!! I was wondering if you could tell me how you are related to the > Crabtree's and James as I am too. I would like to know if I have found a new > relative. Hope to hear from you soon. ~ Mary Ann > > ksdots wrote: > > > "I'm my own granpa"! Don't feel like the lone stranger. I have found the > > same kind of problems with my James family! > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Rose" <rmcy1@earthlink.net> > > To: <MOSTONE-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 4:24 PM > > Subject: Re: [MOSTONE-L] Crabtree's > > > > > Robin, > > > Yes there are two Crabtree families, but I believe they are connected > > > somehow. I just need to find the link. I know I have a connection to both > > > sides. > > > Reese Crabtree who married Tabiatha Jones is my gr-gr-gr grandfather. > > > I am related to the "other" Crabtree's via Mary Smith (Smyth) who married > > > Bowling Baker. She is my gr-gr-gr-grandmother. Mary's Aunt Rebecca Smyth > > > married Job Crabtree. This is where the confusion starts. > > > Job & Rebecca (Smyth) Crabtree's first two son's are named Abraham & > > Isaac > > > Crabtree. They also had a son named William Thomas Crabtree. > > > Now, My Gr-gr-gr grandfather Reese Crabtree's father is named Abraham > > > Crabtree who has a brother ( I believe) named Isaac Crabtree. Isaac > > Crabtree > > > named one of his son's "Reese". > > > To make matters a bit more confusing My "Reese" had a son named William > > > Thomas Crabtree who married Ada May Baker who is the granddaughter of Mary > > > Smith (Smyth), niece to Rebecca Smyth Crabtree! > > > This is one BIG jumbled puzzle I'm desperately trying to put together! > > > Is anyone else as confused as I am? :)~ > > > > > > Rose > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Mindvoice" <Mindvoice@email.msn.com> > > > To: <MOSTONE-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 10:26 AM > > > Subject: Re: [MOSTONE-L] Crabtree's > > > > > > > > > > Rose, > > > > Wallace Maxwell is a brother to Curtis Maxwell who m Susan > > Costlow. > > > > He is also a brother to Agnes Annie Maxwell who m Joseph H Jones and > > then > > > m > > > > John Valentine Costlow, both children of Edward Costlow and Mary Taylor. > > > > Both Maxwells children of David H Maxwell. > > > > To complicate matters more, Charles Maxwell s/o Curtis G Maxwell > > & > > > > Susan Costlow , m Ella Ethel Crabtree, d/o Henry Crabtree & Mary Essery. > > > (I > > > > need Henry's parents) > > > > This is why I was asking about the two Crabtree families..LOL > > > > I was also interest in the Tabitha Jones because of the Jones > > > family > > > > mystery on who the father of Joseph H Jones (he m Rachel Taylor) was. > > > There > > > > were strong family similarities with the musical abilities of these two > > > > Jones lines which made me wonder if perhaps they were related. > > > > Robin > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Rose <rmcy1@earthlink.net> > > > > To: MOSTONE-L@rootsweb.com <MOSTONE-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > Date: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 12:47 AM > > > > Subject: [MOSTONE-L] Crabtree's > > > > > > > > > > > > >Robin, > > > > >Here is what I have on the Reese Crabtree family: > > > > > > > > > >Reese Crabtree b. 3-4-1844 in Neosho Co.,MO > > > > > d. 2-11-1931 in Galena, Stone Co. MO > > > > > buried in Galena Cemetery. > > > > >Reese married Tabiatha Jones b. 9-4-1847 in Leesville, > > > > > Henry > > > > Co.,MO. > > > > > d. > > > > 12-10-1930 in Galena, > > > > > Stone > > > > Co.,MO > > > > >Their children are: > > > > > > > > > >Melvina Crabtree b 1870 Stone Co. died before 1910 Stone Co. > > > > >Married James Stacy. > > > > > > > > > >Ervin Richard Crabtree b. 1-4-1874 Galena, Stone Co. MO d. 3-4-1954 > > > > Colusa, Colusa Co.,CA > > > > >Married Alta Mae Rich 10-05-1900 in Galena, Stone Co. Daughter of > > Frances > > > & > > > > Cecelia (Loomis) Rich. > > > > > > > > > >William Thomas Crabtree b. 3-27-1875 in Galena, Stone Co.,MO d. > > > 3-30-1966 > > > > in Williams, Colusa Co. CA > > > > >Married Ada May Baker daughter of William & Sarah (Davis) Baker > > > > > > > > > >Ida M. Crabtree b. 1881 married William J. Edwards > > > > > > > > > >Minnie Crabtree b. 1883 married Wallace Maxwell > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >I hope this helps! > > > > > > > > > >Rose > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >==== MOSTONE Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== MOSTONE Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== MOSTONE Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > > > ==== MOSTONE Mailing List ==== > > > ==== MOSTONE Mailing List ==== > >

Hi MOSTONERS, Logan Township has just been added to the 1920 census transcriptions. A big THANK YOU goes to Shoni Jones for transcribing Logan. The URL is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mostone/1920census/1920.htm I should be adding a couple more townships in the next few days. Happy Hunting, Jo

Hi there!! I was wondering if you could tell me how you are related to the Crabtree's and James as I am too. I would like to know if I have found a new relative. Hope to hear from you soon. ~ Mary Ann ksdots wrote: > "I'm my own granpa"! Don't feel like the lone stranger. I have found the > same kind of problems with my James family! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rose" <rmcy1@earthlink.net> > To: <MOSTONE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 4:24 PM > Subject: Re: [MOSTONE-L] Crabtree's > > > Robin, > > Yes there are two Crabtree families, but I believe they are connected > > somehow. I just need to find the link. I know I have a connection to both > > sides. > > Reese Crabtree who married Tabiatha Jones is my gr-gr-gr grandfather. > > I am related to the "other" Crabtree's via Mary Smith (Smyth) who married > > Bowling Baker. She is my gr-gr-gr-grandmother. Mary's Aunt Rebecca Smyth > > married Job Crabtree. This is where the confusion starts. > > Job & Rebecca (Smyth) Crabtree's first two son's are named Abraham & > Isaac > > Crabtree. They also had a son named William Thomas Crabtree. > > Now, My Gr-gr-gr grandfather Reese Crabtree's father is named Abraham > > Crabtree who has a brother ( I believe) named Isaac Crabtree. Isaac > Crabtree > > named one of his son's "Reese". > > To make matters a bit more confusing My "Reese" had a son named William > > Thomas Crabtree who married Ada May Baker who is the granddaughter of Mary > > Smith (Smyth), niece to Rebecca Smyth Crabtree! > > This is one BIG jumbled puzzle I'm desperately trying to put together! > > Is anyone else as confused as I am? :)~ > > > > Rose > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mindvoice" <Mindvoice@email.msn.com> > > To: <MOSTONE-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 10:26 AM > > Subject: Re: [MOSTONE-L] Crabtree's > > > > > > > Rose, > > > Wallace Maxwell is a brother to Curtis Maxwell who m Susan > Costlow. > > > He is also a brother to Agnes Annie Maxwell who m Joseph H Jones and > then > > m > > > John Valentine Costlow, both children of Edward Costlow and Mary Taylor. > > > Both Maxwells children of David H Maxwell. > > > To complicate matters more, Charles Maxwell s/o Curtis G Maxwell > & > > > Susan Costlow , m Ella Ethel Crabtree, d/o Henry Crabtree & Mary Essery. > > (I > > > need Henry's parents) > > > This is why I was asking about the two Crabtree families..LOL > > > I was also interest in the Tabitha Jones because of the Jones > > family > > > mystery on who the father of Joseph H Jones (he m Rachel Taylor) was. > > There > > > were strong family similarities with the musical abilities of these two > > > Jones lines which made me wonder if perhaps they were related. > > > Robin > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Rose <rmcy1@earthlink.net> > > > To: MOSTONE-L@rootsweb.com <MOSTONE-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Date: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 12:47 AM > > > Subject: [MOSTONE-L] Crabtree's > > > > > > > > > >Robin, > > > >Here is what I have on the Reese Crabtree family: > > > > > > > >Reese Crabtree b. 3-4-1844 in Neosho Co.,MO > > > > d. 2-11-1931 in Galena, Stone Co. MO > > > > buried in Galena Cemetery. > > > >Reese married Tabiatha Jones b. 9-4-1847 in Leesville, > > > > Henry > > > Co.,MO. > > > > d. > > > 12-10-1930 in Galena, > > > > Stone > > > Co.,MO > > > >Their children are: > > > > > > > >Melvina Crabtree b 1870 Stone Co. died before 1910 Stone Co. > > > >Married James Stacy. > > > > > > > >Ervin Richard Crabtree b. 1-4-1874 Galena, Stone Co. MO d. 3-4-1954 > > > Colusa, Colusa Co.,CA > > > >Married Alta Mae Rich 10-05-1900 in Galena, Stone Co. Daughter of > Frances > > & > > > Cecelia (Loomis) Rich. > > > > > > > >William Thomas Crabtree b. 3-27-1875 in Galena, Stone Co.,MO d. > > 3-30-1966 > > > in Williams, Colusa Co. CA > > > >Married Ada May Baker daughter of William & Sarah (Davis) Baker > > > > > > > >Ida M. Crabtree b. 1881 married William J. Edwards > > > > > > > >Minnie Crabtree b. 1883 married Wallace Maxwell > > > > > > > > > > > >I hope this helps! > > > > > > > >Rose > > > > > > > > > > > >==== MOSTONE Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== MOSTONE Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== MOSTONE Mailing List ==== > > > > > > ==== MOSTONE Mailing List ====

> Diane, You are in my prayers and will be untill we hear how your husband > responds. .......... Many of us will keep you in our prayers. >God Bless, Sam Thanks for your encouragement, Sam. I am responding to the list so that others will also know of my husband's progress. IF I have not responded to all of you personally (I have meant to) forgive me and consider this an update. Dale came home from the hospital last evening. He is far from well but they make them leave the hospital as soon as they are "stabilized", which he finally was. He is no longer on oxygen, at the moment, nor on IVs. The specialists have never discovered where the blood clots on both lungs were coming from. Of course, he is on large doses of blood thinner. Dale will get better. It just takes time....His biggest complaints right now are his lack of appetite and not having strength enough to be up and around (very hard for a Masonry Contractor). The prayers of so many friends ("cousins") on this wonderful list are a great comfort and a blessing to me.! Thanks again, Diane

I just had to tell you that the saying "Cousin of Many " is a good thing. Bonnie

Diane, You are in my prayers and will be untill we hear how your husband responds. I am on oxygen 24 hrs. a day and pneumonia is and can be very hard on one's time and mind. Many of us will keep you in our prayers. God Bless, Sam ----- Original Message ----- From: <djtaylor@puc.edu> To: <MOSTONE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2000 3:22 AM Subject: [MOSTONE-L] RE: 1920 census > For those of you who are wondering about Lincoln Township: > > I am working on it. It is moving slowly as my husband has been quite sick > with pneumonia for 3 weeks now. I have nursed him at home and his pneumonia > is better. > > However, on Thursday about noon, his specialist put him in the hospital with > blood clots on his lungs. He is undergoing many scans, ultrasounds and other > tests, trying to determine where the clots are originating. So far, no luck, > but he is on oxygen constantly, antibiotics by IV, shots of heprin in the > stomach to thin the blood, and the list goes on.......I keep running between > the hospital and home as I have company here for 2 1/2 weeks. > > Please keep us in your prayers. > > Diane Biggar-TAYLOR > > PS: I am still looking for the final resting place of Stone County persons: > John TAYLOR, wife Lucinda ?, son Jordan F. TAYLOR and his wife, Sarah > Durham/Hendricks/TAYLOR/Page. I know Sarah's last husband, Jacob Oliver Page > is buried in Viola Cemetery. (Sarah must have died about 1917?) > > > ==== MOSTONE Mailing List ==== > > >

Diana, Bless you and your family. Don't worry about us, just take care of your husband and yourself. Warmest Smiles, Pama