In Memory of my Grandmother... Mildred Weatherman Mildred Weatherman, age 92, of Lexington, Missouri, formerly of Rich Hill died Monday, September 04, 2000, at the Sante Fe Trail Health Care Center in Lexington. Mildred Cornelia Randen was born on December 12, 1907 in Randen, Minnesota (near current day Gatzke) in Marshall County, on the farm her father homesteaded. The Post Office of this area was started by her father and so named Randen. Her parents were Hans Hanson Randen and Martha Christina Norberg, both born in Sweden and immigrated to this country with their parents. Mildred and her family farmed in Minnesota for many years and then at age 14 her family moved to Forsythe in Taney County, Missouri. She married James Earnest Weatherman on September 5, 1928 in Galena, Stone County, Missouri. Jim and Mildred also lived in St. Louis and Webster, Iowa before settling in Rich Hill. To this union was born three sons, Gary Dean, Larry Gene, and Jimmie Lee. For most of her life Mildred was a mother and housewife, but for some years she worked at the Rich Hill High School. She was a devoted Christian and a dedicated member of the Rich Hill Baptist Church. She enjoyed her family, reading her bible, rides in the country, gardening, and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, Hans and Martha Randen; her husband, Jim Weatherman; three brothers, Harry, Lloyd, and Willard Randen; two sisters Adelen and Gladys Randen; one son Larry Weatherman; and one granddaughter, Gail Weatherman. She is survived by her sons; Gary Weatherman and wife Alice Faye of Dover and Jim Weatherman and wife Ruth of Grandview; one daughter-in-law, Cathy Weatherman, Kansas City, MO; 8 grandchildren; Tim Weatherman of Moberly, Lisa Lawson of Independence, Denise Canida of Belton, Lee Anne King of Raytown, Cindy Merryfield of Grandview, Julie Blanton of Orlando, Florida, Gary Weatherman, II of Kearney, Barbara Call of Belton, and 12 great-grandchildren. Services will be held Wednesday, September 6 at 2 p.m. at the Sheldon-Booth Chapel. Internment will follow in Green Lawn Cemetery. Services are under the direction of the Sheldon-Booth Funeral Home of Rich Hill, MO. Source: Rich Hill Mining Review, Thursday, September 7, 2000, Volume 120 No. 50 Researching the Surnames ALMS, BOEHNER, CANIDA, KEITHLEY, MARTIN, MATHEWS, PETERS, PHENIX, RANDEN, STOCKSTILL, STOUT, THORNTON, and WEATHERMAN. Our Families Homepage: http://home.swbell.net/audiec Taney County, Missouri Home Page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~motaney/taney.htm Johnson County, Missouri Home Page: http://homepages.infoseek.com/~snowrose1/index.html

I am wondering if anyone knows anything about William Reece and Alma Tillman, supposedly married in Christian Co., MO in 1904. I am wondering if this is my William Franklin D. Reece, b. 1871, Weakley Co., TN; and if this Alma Tillman might connect to those from Weakley and Marshall Co., TN. Please let me know. Thanks! Jerry Johnston Scottsdale, AZ

It was Nancy Boyd, Lorene, and here's what she writes for the Bethel Lookup: >>Vonda: I was looking for Cannefix and found one there a William (I think) a youngster, that is the only one. I know there is a Mary Jane Deckard buried there and was wondering how far apart the Deckard buriels are from the Cannefix or however you spell it. Nancy<<

Would whoever was wanting a lookup in Bethel Cemetery please re-post your information? Lorene has a list of the folks buried there, and neither of us can remember the names... <G> Vonda

Hello! Well, I took a week away from the puter--except for Monday, when I was working on a project board for Law Day 2001: Outlaw Roundup, and when Pama came by. And what a week! First of all, those of you looking for towns in Taney County...there are a few maps available at the Taney Website at WRV. Here is the link to the best one for towns, etc, in 1913 (I tried to add ones I knew about that weren't on the original, as well.) http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~moarwrv/Maps/taney1913.html Secondly, there is a John McDade/Lily Walker marriage dated 8 Apr 1894 at the Taney Marriages, 1885-1900 (why it was titled that, I'd like to know; I didn't find a single 1900 marriage that I can remember when I did the index.) I can't remember if this was the right McDade marriage, but it's at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~moarwrv/taney_index/marriages_1885_1900/g_laf foon_michel.html (that looks like a 2 line link...) Third, I hope to get my own genealogy uploaded next week. I have a goal of 15 Nov. I'll let you know the link when I get it there...<BG> I'm not "techie-smart" enough to figure it out ahead of time. Fourth, when you mail a request to the Taney County (or any other county courthouse) for copies of marriage licenses and stuff, Please...remember that most courthouses or other archive holdings do not have one person hired to do searches for your records. If you don't have an approximate date--how most birth & death certs, and marriages are filed--they do not have the staff onhand to do in-depth searches. Even at state level, the biggest range of years for a person to request a search that I know about is 5 years (some might have 10, but I've not personally dealt with one). Genealogists can really be persistent--and that's a good thing--but when a person has a pile of paperwork on their desks, a boss that is yelling about "wasting time" on mailed requests for genealogical data, and any number of other things going on, the staff can get downright snippy about someone wanting to do research. I know people who have gone to the Taney Co. courthouse, and not been allowed to go back and look through records on their own (although they've always been very helpful to me). I get paid to do these kind of searches, and I don't think I'd want to go looking for records without some kind of idea of a date to look in. Besides, unless a person has limitless funds, no one would want to pay the bill that would get sent! <BG> I guess what I'm saying is to remember your p's and q's when you are dealing with folks who aren't into genealogy. It only takes one person who chews out the staff for an "unco-operative" attitude for all other researchers to be banned from getting a chance to do their own work. That said...(I never have liked being the bad guy...despite what my kids think) I got the chance to meet Linda Beilby when she was here last month. What a neat person! I had a fantastic brownie at "Betty's Cafe", which is across the street from the library in Forsyth, while we sat and discussed Taney Co. with her mother and one of her cousins/kindred researchers (whose name I have forgotten, but he was also pretty neat). Linda has visited Taney several times, so she rather knew her way around; it was still fun to talk, which is something I admittedly am good at...and she is a dedicated researcher. Last Saturday was the Renshaw Cemetery cleanup. Greg, my dad Joe Wilson, Carol McMullin, and some of the folks who live in the subdivision surrounding the cem were there, for a total of about 10 folks. Jan McCabe organized this cleanup. I have to tell you one of the problems facing this kind of work...Taney is fixing to go 1st-class in status next year, and it is unprecedented for a county to leap from 3rd to 1st. While Renshaw is the worst cem I've ever seen for downright neglect and overgrowth, our cemetery hoppers have not organized cleanups for the reason that these old cems are usually county property, and I have been advised to wait to stir up action on the cems until the county's status is official. We have some new officials who will be in the courthouse next year, and hopefully they will be co-operative in aiding with cleanups, surveys, dirt filler, gravel, and fencing. The statutes requiring the county to maintain the cems are not in effect, and the county will likely have to be "reminded" of its responsibilities when the time comes. Yes, we could organize cleanups, get volunteer groups in to do work or do it ourselves (as we did last week). But there is still dirt and gravel needed, fencing, regular maintenance, and even food and drink for the groups to be considered. None of us have the kind of funds it would take; and unfortunately, most of the folks who would like to "see something done" are elderly and unable to do the actual work. Many young people these days have a problem with doing "something for nothing", and won't get involved; others don't have the time. Adding to that last part, not many people are really willing to "get down and get dirty" anyway. Besides, someone who knows something about cems needs to be around any group doing work in one, to be sure stones are not moved or damaged. And then there are things like we are encountering with Logan Cemetery; the survey done by the county denied the house next to it of its backyard. A deed for the actual cem cannot be located, but it is accepted by the county as to what the boundaries are by later deeds. Who then is responsible for the cem? The county. What kind of fence? Well, the landowner next to it has ideas, as does the family. I get impatient with talk, and prefer action, but when general opinion and the law are saying that certain things must happen--supposedly a deed must be found for the county to accept responsibility, but in Logan's case, there may not be one and so the county must be convinced. Technicalities. Irritating. Anyway, I clipped about a 1/4 acre of what Daddy calls "Buckthorn Brush"--nasty stuff, intertwined with honeysuckle and green briars--and Greg ran a "burn pile" that got as large as about 15 feet in length at one time. A tornado hit the cem in 1961, some 13 years or so after the last person was buried in it, and no one had cleaned it since. Carol found some old Iris beds, and worked around that area, finding that someone had really done a lot of work ages ago, and trying to "recover" it. She is planning to restore it, as well--she is really great with this kind of thing. Daddy ran a leaf blower, and one of the guys who lives in the cem got happy with a weed eater and a chain saw. I got rather freaked out over the weed eater being used at Laura Etta Hensley Blackburn's tombstone; Jan soon re-directed the fellow's efforts to a couple of dead trees. The majority of folks left by noon, but the 4 of us--Carol, Daddy, Greg and me--stayed until it started growing dark. One nice lady across the street brought us sodas--turned out her bro-in-law, who was visiting, was also named Joe Wilson, which of course got the two Joes to talking. Maybe because of the elaborateness of the tombstones in the cem, I can see it circled with a wrought iron fence and a nice arched entry. That, we'll have to see. The county certainly wouldn't go that far. The cem is not done, and we're going back 18 Nov. I corralled a couple of big, strong nephews and a sis-in-law, and hopefully, we'll get a block-and-tackle rig of some kind to fix the tombstones that need re-aligning. I'm going to take plenty of calcium in advance--I don't remember the last time I was so sore, and it didn't involve childbirth...lol And...we're going to roast hotdogs over the fire, and maybe even figure out how to keep coffee going all day, rather than just for a little while. The nice part is that we have a Thanksgiving dinner to attend that night at an area resort, and I'll get to sit in a hot tub afterwards! But anyone in the area is invited to come "play" with us next week--email me for directions! Vonda Wilson Sheets ListMom for MOTaney and MO-AR-WRV http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~moarwrv/ Mail me at mailto:[email protected]

I know there are Tillman researchers on the list. I have just learned we may have a connection, besides the ones I have been trying to figure out, to no success so far, with Tillman Reece. My great-great-grandmother was Sarah Tinsley (many other middle names) Bills; who married 10 Alfred Paley Baker Reece, 2) Robert Payne Austin. I have just learned that my ggggrandfather, Abb Bills (Ataway Asberry, or possibly Attaberry) married a woman named Sarah Tillman. This was in Marshall Co., TN, in 1845. I believe Sarah died in childbirth when their daughter, Sarah Tinsley Bills was born, my gggrandmother. Abb and his second wife, Nancy Dodson, moved to Locust Grove, Weakley Co.,TN. Sarah Bills Reece moved to Taney Co. after she married Robert Payne Austin, formerly of Dallas Co. If anyone has more information on these folks, or can give me a lead, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advance for any help you can give. Jerry Johnston

Nancy, (and others!) Thanks to some wonderful volunteers, we are in the "middle" stages of getting the Taney cems online. There are cem transcriptions available for sale by Janice Soutee Looney, but I couldn't tell which of her 7 volumes would have Bethel Cem in it...I only have a couple, and can't seem to find them in my "piles" right now. Vonda ListMom

Can anyone tell me where Brown Branch is or was? Joseph Cannefix was living there at the time of the 1890 Vetrans Census in Taney Co. Brown Branch is listed as his address. He died in 1932 at his home near Smallet Mo. Leaving his children Wesly J. Cannifax, Jesse Cannifax, Angeline Lyons, Ida Haden, John Cannifax as survivors. His first wife was Amanda Morris, and had a daughter Sarah who married Enoch Garrison. His second wife was Sarah Solomon. Nancy M. Boyd

Does anyone know how to find which units - Union or Confederate, were organized from Taney Co.? Thanks, Terri Walker

Teri; There's a list at the Taney Co. website -- also more at the Christian Co. one. Jerry Johnston ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terri Walker" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 4:58 PM Subject: Re: Civil War units from Taney? > Does anyone know how to find which units - Union or Confederate, were > organized from Taney Co.? Thanks, Terri Walker > > > > ==== MOTANEY Mailing List ==== > Visit webpages by other Taney Co. MO researchers to see if they have > some of your family information http://www.rootsweb.com/~motaney/taney.htm > > > ============================== > Search over 600 million names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >

Hi Nancy, Brownbranch is in the far NE corner of Taney Co., just south of the Douglas Co. border. My dad was born in Brownbranch. Smallett is just over the border in Douglas Co. Ida Cannefax married my half GGG uncle, Robert Churchill "Church" Haden. Is Ida's father the Joseph Cannefax who is the son of William Cannefax and Martha Laurinda Langston? If so, Martha Laurinda Langston is also my GGGG aunt. Church and Ida Haden had at least a son, R. Quentin Haden who just died this last July in Ava, MO. Bill Nancy Boyd wrote: > Can anyone tell me where Brown Branch is or was? > > Joseph Cannefix was living there at the time of the 1890 Vetrans Census in > Taney Co. Brown Branch is listed as his address. > > He died in 1932 at his home near Smallet Mo. Leaving his children Wesly J. > Cannifax, Jesse Cannifax, Angeline Lyons, Ida Haden, John Cannifax as > survivors. > > His first wife was Amanda Morris, and had a daughter Sarah who married Enoch > Garrison. His second wife was Sarah Solomon. > > Nancy M. Boyd > > ==== MOTANEY Mailing List ==== > Visit webpages by other Taney Co. MO researchers to see if they have > some of your family information http://www.rootsweb.com/~motaney/taney.htm > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB -- ---------------------------------------------------- Shaun-Michael Morse Bill Dunn check out our home page at: http://www.geocities.com/WestHollywood/Village/8462/

Ida, Sorry, I have John Wesley and either 9 or 12 children, depending on who's information you want to go by. Some of the names are Robert Anthony,James A., Richard G., Jonathan A., Martha S., Jubal, JW, Nancy M. and William. Robert Anthony is our ancestor. John Wesley is his father. Robert and his brothers were divided in the Civil war. Part fought for the south and part fought for the north. Did your family of Wheelers include Alpheus Wheeler and his wife, Elizabeth Oliver Wheeler? Ida ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Did your family of Wheelers include Alpheus Wheeler and his wife, Elizabeth Oliver Wheeler? Ida

Wondering if anyone can tell me where to find a list of Taney county Civil War Soldiers. I found two confederate soldiers [Farmer & Richard Wheeler] that were under a list of soldiers either killed or died of sickness during service. There were no ages, only that they were from Taney county. My family of Wheelers were living in Taney county at that time and I would like to find out the age of these boys to see if they are part of my family. Pat Davis ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Does anyone have any marriage data that would cover the period after 1885 until 1900? If so, could you look to see if you have an entry for Andrew McDade, supposedly married about 1893 to a HARRIS. I haven't been able to locate this marriage so would appreciate anything you have. Marlene

Joseph C. CANIFAX Sex: M Marriage(s) Spouse: Manda M. MORRIS Marriage: 8 Mar 1868 Webster, Missouri That is them, and I have that information ,but they were enumerated on the 1880 Taney Co Census, their daughter was married to Enoch Garrison in 1887 Taney Co. So that is why I am centering my search in Taney Co. and possibly Douglas County. Nancy

Nancy, Found this on the LDS search engine. I typed in Joseph Cannafax. The search brought up several Joseph's so you might want to have a look for yourself. A couple of them died in Springfield Missouri. Joseph C. CANIFAX Sex: M Marriage(s) Spouse: Manda M. MORRIS Marriage: 8 Mar 1868 Webster, Missouri If Joseph and Manda married in Webster County then perhaps they are also buried there. It's another place to look. The URL for the LDS search engine is: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp Good Luck, Jo

I am getting closer and closer to discovery. Joseph Cannafix and his Amanda Morris and daughter Sarah are on the 1880 Taney Co. Census. enumerated under Connifax. Now wondering if they died there? Or moved. It has been suggested that they may have been buried in the Bethel Cem. but the Bethel Cem that is online in the US Genweb Tombstone does not list them. It has a William Cannefax who was born 1886 and died 1887, this could be a son. Does someone have a cemetery index for Taney County that maybe could do a lookup for the name. Name spelled so many ways, Cannefix/Cannafix/and so forth, Joseph C. and Amanda. Nancy

-----Original Message----- From: Linda Beilby [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2000 2:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: CARY FAMILY I've been working on the CARY family for a couple of years, however I stayed with my direct line and did not pay to much attention to cousins or other extented family. In a recent visit Taney Co.,I quickly realized the error of my ways. I was hoping someone could help fill in many blank spaces that I have at this time. I start off with JOSEPH CARY b. est. 1800 d. est. 1850 married Francis McIntosh date unknown. Francis b. est. 1810 and died before 1860. Children for this couple: William Merrit b. 1829 Clark Co. Ill. d. 1904 Boone Co. AR married Mahalia Shepard. Garrett b. 1832 d. 1880 Boone Co. AR married Sarah John Washington b. Feb. 1835 Carroll Co. AR d. 1909 Stone Co. Mo. married Saliah Joseph b. 1840 Carroll Co. AR married Elizabeth Hampton Harriet b. 1843 AR Margaret b. 1845 Carroll Co. AR Thomas b. 1848 Carroll Co. AR My direct line is GARRETT CARY - Garrett and Sarah's children: John Wesley b. Sept. 1858 b. 1930 married Josephine (Joan) Robinson Margaret b. 1857 Robert b. 1858 Thomas b. 1860 Abraham b. 1868 Emily b. 1869 I have not additional information on these children except John Wesly. John and Joan's children: James Edward b. 1878 d. 1926 married Laura Ellen Gross Jerone "Rome" b. 1880 d. 1960 married Laura Eliz. Sipe Minnie b. 1885 married Charley Jones Leander "Lee" b. 1887 Taney Co. d. 1976 married Minnie M. Robinson Eunice b. 1889 married Crawford Charlie C. b. 1892 d. 1935 Stella b. 1895 d. est. 1976 married Joe Ivey Ollie b. 1898 d. 1988 married Bob Lawrence Willard b. 1900 d. est. 1976 Claudia Any information regarding this CARY group would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Linda Beilby ==== MOTANEY Mailing List ==== ============================== Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases http://www.ancestry.com/search Search over 2500 databases with one easy query!

Hi... don't stay away to long you never know when something will come along and open the door for you on info.. just because a few people shut the door ...it always can be opened by someone else... its easy to say i will help be sometimes its hard to carry through... we all should watch our promises and try to do better... this is a long way to say don't give up... caroljane... ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2000 9:58 PM Subject: Thank You Vonda > > Hi Vonda, > Again, I just wanted to thank you for the wonderful help you > provided me by > guiding me to the Snapp Cemetery and helping me find Ronnie Higgin's > place of > burial. You were superb in every way. I appreciate you taking me by the > church > where Ronnie married Willene Glenn. I sent a thank you card to the church > secretary. > Now for the bad news and I am not happy about it is that I sent a > letter to > the Taney County Courthouse at Forsyth to get a copy of Ronnie's > marriage record. I included a SASE with my request but I did not know > the > date of marriage. Now this is why we all contact the courthouse when we > are > looking for something that we don't know such as a date of marriage. > The courthouse responded that they could not help me because I did not > give > them the complete date of marriage and they made up the excuse that they > are > a small office. I will have to contact Jefferson City and try and get it > from them > if I can. All I know is that Ronnie was married at the church at > Rockaway Beach > which is in Taney County. > Willene also has failed to answer my letter too. She told me on the > telephone > that she would send me information. I sent her a letter with a SASE > shortly > after I mailed the letter to the courthouse. I am beginning to believe > that > Willene lied to me all the way. > The plan to meet Willene at Forsyth fell through. She never showed up. > She did call the restaurant and made up the excuse that traffic was > stalled on > Rt. 65 for 45 minutes and so she turned around and went back home because > she does not like to drive after dark. So, I did not get anything at all > from her > while I was down there. I really don't believe she wanted to see me at > all. > So now I am back to where I started from. I run across these kind of > people > in my family tree research often and it makes me very unhappy that I > can't > accomplish my goal. > I will be signing off Taney County web site within the next few weeks > because > I will be installing a new computer system. > Thank you again for all of your wonderful help. > > Best Wishes, > > John W. Pegg > > > > > ==== MOTANEY Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > >