I am looking for anyone working on the surname of Gardner. James Arthur Gardner was b 1881 in Van buren county, Iowa. He moved with his family to Taney county about 1865. He married Edith Sophia Cardwell in 1906 in Mincy, Taney, Missouri. Edith was b 1886 in Texas county, Missouri. Father was Robert T Gardner b 1846, Iowa. Mother was Sarah E. (Possibly Campbell). Appreciate any information. My Father and his siblings were born and raised in Taney county. Thanks Pat Davis [email protected]

Looking for information on my Aunt Maud Morgan b. 1888 m. Bert Hersey, children: Roy, Irene, George, Hazel. My father said she was a preacher in the Ozarks, but he didn't know where. Lost touch with her years ago, she was the eldest in his family and he was the ninth of 13. Muriel Morgan Pfeifer

John, I looked Willene up in the local phone books, and she isn't listed. So then I went to http://www.4anything.com/home/ and looked in the White Pages and other search engines, and she isn't listed there, either. I have an aunt and uncle who live in Forsyth and know about everyone; they aren't home at the moment, but will try later... V

Does anyone on the Taney County list know Willene (GLENN) HIGGINS, wife of the deceased, Ronald "Ronnie" Charles HIGGINS? Ronnie is my cousin. I would like to update my family history file on his family. I would like to contact Willene. Does she have an e-mail address? Or, I can write via snail mail in which case I would include a SASE with my letter. She may still be living in Forsyth, Missouri. I would like to know when and where Willene married Ronnie? Did Ronnie and Willene have any children? Please help. Thank you. John W. PEGG

>They have a wonderful list owner and she knows a lot about the laws and all of building on or owning, destroying Cemeteries. Hope someone can help you, as would be very discouraging to actually know that someone you love dearly is buried in someone's pasture.< Gawrsh! I'm blushing now....it ain't easy to make me do that, BTW. Thanks, Ideana for your kind words. >It has been turned into a cow pasture or whatever and has nothing to indicate a burial place, no markers of any kind. It would be nice for people to have a little respect for themselves and others and I personally would like to see it restored as a Cemetery.< Jim, First of all, things like that happened all time, but usually back in the "un-enlightened" days. The current owner may or may not know of the cemetery's existence--you'd be surprised at how many folks don't realize that even rows of depressions in the ground are graves. (I have wondered myself how a person could NOT know...) Secondly, here is a link to the "Old Bones" List and website http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Falls/7965/cemlistp.htm You need to access the laws in OK and see what kind of provisions they have for old cemeteries (you can do that from this site). If the owner of the land knowingly is vandalizing--and I would say a cow walking on a grave is vandalism--the cemetery, federal statutes, from what I understand, call that a misdemeanor. In MO and Taney County, this is what I'm finding out... 1) There is likely a person in Sequoyah Co. (where Sallisaw is) who is either in the process, or has, transcribed all known cemeteries in the county. Taney Co. is fortunate in our own Bob Miley, whose business card states clearly that he is a cemetery hunter. Check with the historical/genealogical societies in that area, or in the local genealogy library; someone is bound to know of such a person. That person may or may not be aware of this particular cemetery...Bob is always hearing about graves off in the brush on the back 40 of someone's ranch or something... 2) If there is no such person, contact the county's assessor or similar official. The county may not be aware of the cemetery's existence. There should be a deed to the county from the original landowner/homesteader (if that parcel was homesteaded) SOMEWHERE (I'm having problems with this particular item myself) in the county's records, but there might not be. Find out who actually owns that land--the county, or the current "landowner". There should be a record of that cemetery in a deed somewhere between the "first" owner and the current one. 3) It is illegal to bar access to any cemetery during reasonable hours (I know MO has it in its statutes, but I'm not sure about federal law). "Reasonable" being rather opaque, if you want to visit the cemetery, and the landowner refuses because he is too busy to go back there with you once or twice, set an appointment for a time convenient to the both of you. Old cemeteries are notorious for copperheads, so later in the fall might be a better time for both of you...(I do know of some older ladies who will visit a cem any time of the year, going in with banging pots and pans to make the snakes go away. Never seen it done that way, but I've heard about it...LOL) Do this for now. Also check out http://www.savinggraves.com/ and see what kind of advice they can give you. There is a cemetery around Gore, OK in a similar situation. I am not familiar with OK laws, but this is what I've learned from MO. Vonda ListMom for MO-Taney and MO-AR-WRV Rootsweb lists http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~moarwrv/

--part1_35.8ea8e28.26c9dc45_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_35.8ea8e28.26c9dc45_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: <[email protected]> From: [email protected] Full-name: MyBrock Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 23:24:04 EDT Subject: Re: [OKSEQUOY] OLD TURNER CEMETERY To: [email protected] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 114 In a message dated 8/13/00 8:08:05 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << Hi listers and all. I just came upon an annoying situation, my great grandfather WITHROW, Alonzo was buried in Old Turner Cemetery, 20 Feb 1913. This cemetery is about 5 acres and is located about 6 miles NE of Sallisaw, Sequoyah Co.,OK at Burgess Ranch. It has been turned into a cow pasture or whatever and has nothing to indicate a burial place, no markers of any kind. It would be nice for people to have a little respect for themselves and others and I personally would like to see it restored as a Cemetery. Any suggestions. Thank you, Jim (J. L.) Smith [email protected] >> Jim, In case you do not get an answer to your satisfaction on the Sequoyah mailing list--try throwing your question out to the Taney Co., MO mailing list. (You will have to subscribe to this list but they re really into preserving and restoring Cemeteries. They have a wonderful list owner and she knows a lot about the laws and all of building on or owning, destroying Cemeteries. Hope someone can help you, as would be very discouraging to actually know that someone you love dearly is buried in someone's pasture. Ideana --part1_35.8ea8e28.26c9dc45_boundary--

From "Death Notices Abstracted from the Douglas Co. [MO] Herald 1887-1910" by Laine Sutherland (published 1996 by Dunrobin Products) p 160 March 27, 1902 W. S. Dial, a young man wanted in Texas county for the murder of Reuben Isaacs in 1895, has been captured in Bowling Green Kentucky, and brought back to Houston where he will stand trial. The facts concerning the case with which Dial is charged are about as follows. In Novemenber 1895 Dial who was about 17 years of age and Isaacs was making an overland trip from Southwest City, Mo., to North Carolina, and had camped near Houston. As they did not seem to be in a hurry to start and Isaacs had disappeared, the horses having been turned loose and the dog gone to a near by house, while Dial went to his uncles, Judge Dial in Texas county, the people became suspicious and upon investigation found Isaacs body in the wagon bed. In the mean time Dial had fled and nothing was heard of him until some one saw him running on a train, between Memphis and Nashville Tennessee as news agent and knew him and reported to the Texas county authorities. [vks--Reuben Isaacs was a Sheriff in Taney County and a member of the Bald Knobbers. He resigned being Sheriff in Sep 1889, and fled to KS to avoid being murdered by Anti-Bald Knobbers, who had a "hit" list. He returned to Taney co. in 1895, shortly before his murder. According to Ingenthron and Hartman's book, his friends blamed Anti-Bald Knobbers. Dial is not listed in the book, but I remember typing that name in the "Marriages 1885-1900" on the Taney Co. webpage of the MO-AR-WRV website. He was a minister or justice of the peace, if I remember right. This should open up some new investigation on the part of Isaacs and Dial descendants! <VBG, no smile!>] Vonda

From "Death Notices Abstracted from the Douglas Co. [MO] Herald 1887-1910" by Laine Sutherland (published 1996 by Dunrobin Products) p. 38 21 Jul 1892 Trials in Taney Colonel A. Harrington, George Pepperdine and Constable Sol Owens returned last night from Forsyth. Wehn they had driven about four miles from Forsyth Colonel Harrington was taken with a pain in his side which spread over that part of his body, partially paralizing his left arm and affecting his whole left side. No doctor or medicine could be obtained but he bravely bore up till he got to the city and last night he was feeling very ill and doubted whether he would be able to return to Forsyth Monday or not. Things are reported as being in rather a turbulent condition at Forsyth, and one person who has been there lately says that they kick up a drunken row about 3 o'clock in the afternoon and fight until dark. However, Constable Owens reports that there is very little trouble in the cases before the court, there being no guards employed only those who guard [George]* Friend in the hotel and there are only four of them. Colonel Harrington says that no one has been guarding him, as reported here. The grand jury has been in session during the past week and they have returned fourteen indictments for the murder of [Taney Co. Deputy George L.] Williams and sixteen for the murder of [John] Bright, fourteen of those indicted for the murder of Bright- being the same persons indicted for the murder of Williams. Those indicted for Williams' murder were [George] Taylor, [Madison] Day, [Lawson] Cupp, [Samuel W.] S.W., [Abraham Lincoln] A.L., and Mart Weatherman, Isaac and Frank Lewis, Joseph Kinyon, Isaac Stockstill, George Friend, and three others not yet in custody. Besides these, B. F. [actually D. F.] McConkey and L. B. [L. V.] Baker were indictments for the murder of Bright. Copies of the indictments were read to the prisoners yesterday morning and by the law they must plead at the end of forty eight hours. Court will convene at 9 o'clock Monday morning and the trials will be begun. They will be tried separately, but it is not known who will be tried first. ("Springfield Democrat" article reprinted in the "Herald") *According to "Bald Knobbers: Vigilantes on the Ozarks Frontier", Babe Harrington was assistant to the Taney Co. Prosecutor James Davis on this case. I've posted about this before--John Wesley Bright, in a fit of jealousy, killed his wife Matilda Gideon, and was subsequently arrested in March, 1892. The majority of the men indicted for Bright's murder were kin to Matilda, and busted into the Taney Co. Jail where Bright was being held and lynched him on 12 Mar 1892 in the old Forsyth Cemetery. Deputy Williams was shot during the jailbreak. The indictments, according to Ingenthron and Hartman's book, were handed down for George Taylor, Madison Day, D. F. McConkey, Reuben Isaacs, William J. Caudle, Lawson Cupp, Robert Stockstill, L.V. Baker, Charles H. Kinyon, Joseph A. Kinyon, JP A. L. "Link" Weatherman, Samuel W. Weatherman, Isaac Lewis, and Isaac H. ("Billy") Stockstill.

From "Death Notices Abstracted from the Douglas Co. [MO] Herald 1887-1910" by Laine Sutherland (published 1996 by Dunrobin Products) p. 96 25 Nov 1897 On last Thursday afternoon about 4 o'clock, James Parnell, a merchant of Kirbyville, became involved in a diffuculty with Wes Cotteral about a debt which the latter had failed to pay for some time and in some way, the merchant was provoked to open fire on Cotteral and his son, Marion. Wes Cotteral was killed instantly and his son shot 3 times and dangerously wounded. The deceased was an ex-soldier and an old citizen of that neighborhood. Parnell has been in business at Kirbyville for several years. His reputation was that of a peaceable, law-abiding citizen. He is about 40 years old.

Neat Photos! Gosh Vonda....when did you say you were born??? <giggle> You have a wonderful likeness to your ancestor! Amazing! Thanks for sharing with us! Robin -----Original Message----- From: Josephine or Peter Dunne <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, August 12, 2000 10:26 AM Subject: Vonda's 1800's Experience >There is a great photo of Vonda and her children in the 1800's at: > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~mostone/photo/macvon.htm > >We compared her photo with her great-grandparents photo. She sure does look >like her great-grandmother! > >Have a look. > >Thanks for the photo Vonda! > >Jo > > > > >==== MOTANEY Mailing List ==== > > > >============================== >Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. >RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: >http://pml.rootsweb.com/ >

There is a great photo of Vonda and her children in the 1800's at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mostone/photo/macvon.htm We compared her photo with her great-grandparents photo. She sure does look like her great-grandmother! Have a look. Thanks for the photo Vonda! Jo

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

Hello Listers, I wanted to let you all know that we have added several townships to the 1920 Stone County Census at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mostone/1920census/1920.htm Happy Hunting, Jo

Hello! Don't remember who or on which list someone was looking, but didn't we have some ???s over McCoys, somewheres? If you remember where I saw it, and it ain't this list, you can forward it to wherever it was...LOL from "History Of Newton Co. AR" by Walter F. Lackey, copyrighted in 1950. (words not mine, abbreviations are--vks) "Capt. John McCoy, the son of Joel McCoy, was born in Hawkins County, Tennessee, January 16, 1820. The McCoys were among the first settlers of east Tennessee, having emigrated from Virginia prior to the Revolutionary War. John McCoy spent his boyhood days in the historic Hawkins County, TN. His first official service to his country was as a soldier in the United States Army. For many years the Seminole Indians had been causing considerable trouble in Georgia and Florida. In 1832, American Commissioners aranged a treaty with the Seminoles, persuading them to move west of the Mississippi. The younger braves, led by Osceola, repudiated the treaty and killed an offensive Indian Agent. Beginning with the massacre of an entire expedition, Maj. Dade and 100 troops on December 28, 1835, Osceola sustained the Second Seminole War until 1937, when he was treacherously seized while holding a conference under a flag of truce. The war, which was the most desperate and costly Indian war in the United States history, continued until 1842. May 23, 1838, Capt. John McCoy volunteered his service for a period of three years. He served in Capt. James K. Simpson's Company, 1st TN Inf., until he was discharged at Fort Cass, July 12, 1838. After being discharged, he returned to his home in Hawkins County, TN, and in the fall of the same year, came with his father to what is now Christian Co. MO. They made the trek by ox cart, and the time was 6 weeks and 2 days. Here in this wilderness Ozark county, young McCoy assisted his father and mother in building a home, clearing land until he was a grown-up man. "At the age of 24, he cedied to get married and establish a home of his own. August 6, 1844, he married Miss Elizabeth E. Jones of Taney County, MO. And to this marriage the following children were born: Sarah E., born in MO, 1847, died during the Civil War; Winfield M., born in GA, 1849, married Josie Luttrell; Martha E., born in TN, 1851, was the wife of Samuel Workman. Sometime after the birth of Martha E., the McCoys moved from TN to Newton County, AR, where they established a log cabin home on Big Creek by a large spring in Twp 15, R 20W. During the year of 1855, John J. was born on Big Creek. John J. lived a bachelor's life. George W., born on Big Crekk, 1857, married Elgevie Luttrell; Mary F., born on Big Creek, 1859, was the wife of Robert A. McTeer; Andrew J., born on Big Creek, 1862, married Mary Keeton; Margaret, born on Big Creek, 1863, married P.L. Parr; and Rebecca C., born in MO in 1868, was the wife of George W. Bridges. Mrs. Rebecca C. Bridges, who resides, near Ozark, MO, is the only member of the Capt. John McCoy family living today [vks 1950]. "Capt. John McCoy was not in Newton County very long until his neighbors, who were at that time, John Flood and Charles R. Holt, decided that the man living by the big spring was a very valuable citizen in their community. This was also soon realized by the people living in the adjoining counties and in the State Capitol. The name McCoy soon became a symbol of authority among the hill people. His honesty, integrity, and business acumen were never questioned by the people. He became a leader in their community; taught a subscription school, was a good penman and taught writing schools in the community. He became a leader in the Union cause and opposed vigorously the ordinance of secession. He voted against the act under threats that he would be shot down on the floor of the Legislature. Capt. McCoy was a Rep. from Newton County in 1858, and Senator from Carroll and Newton counties in 1864. He was appointed from civil life to Captain of Company F, 1st AR Infantry, at Fayettevill, Mar 10 1863. Co. F. 1st AR Inf was made up with practically all men from Newton County. Capt McCoy assisted by Capt George W. Raymond, led his men in battles in Newton County and toher adjacent counties. Hiram Spurlock and William Williams being the only two men killed in action in the county. Osther casualties that occurred within the county were: John Criner, died of wounds, June 15, 1863; Daniel Tennison, died of wounds, Jul 10 1863; James C. Harp, died of poison, Mar 10 1863; David Flood, died fo wounds, Jun 8 1863, and James Smith, died of wounds, Feb 17 1864. ....[more war stuff, including action seen at Murder Rocks in Taney Co. MO, and the Reconstruction Period in AR. If anyone wants it, let me know--vks] After the War, Capt. McCoy returned to MO, settling on Bull Creek, about 10 miles south of Ozark, and built with his own hands a little grist mill on that stream. Every part of the mill was made of wood. People came from far and near to his mill. Capt. McCoy also owned a blacksmith shop where he made lichpin wagons and shaped tools for his neighbors. Capt. McCoy was converted to the Christian faith in 1886, at an old-fashioned meeting on Bull Creek, in Christian Co. MO. Capt. John McCoy, the Grand Old Man, who had seen service in two wars, and who was instrumental in the State of AR returning to the Union, was at last to be rewarded for his services to the National Government and the State of AR. He was escorted into a bank by a friend where he sighned a pension voucher and received $950 as back pay and his name was placed on the pension rolls and he was to receive $8 per month. Capt. John McCoy died April 13, 1903, and Elizabeth, his wife, who was the daughter of Richard Jones, died Apr 4 1890. They were buried in the Keeton Cemetery on Bull Creek, about 12 miles Southeast of Ozark, MO, and incidentally, within 20 yards of where Richard Jones lived when he first settled in that part of the country. The grave of Capt John McCoy is marked by a government marker, thus: "Capt John McCoy, Company F, 1st Arkansas Volunteers Infantry." G. P. Bridges, a school teacher, who is a grandson of Capt John McCoy, lives in Ozark, MO. hope this helps someone Vonda

Hi Listers, Just wanted to let those interested know that we now have TEN townships of the 1920 Stone County Census transcribed and online for your research. Our volunteer transcribers are doing a great job! The URL to the census is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mostone/1920census/1920.htm Happy Hunting, Jo

Vonda Wrote: >There's a lot I could say about the paper...but I'll keep it to just 2 >comments...<don't be so surprised and close your mouth...you could catch a >fly> >1) Despite its name, it only publishes Tues-Sat. >2) I subscribe to the Springfield News-Leader; I will buy a Branson paper >if I really have to. Gee whiz, Vonda, you mean the Branson paper admits to people dying in Taney County??? I thought it was just good news, classifieds, and the worst entertainment columnist in the USA! <G> Ingrid

I am looking for information about HERMAN HEESCHEN, born 1894 in Taney Co. His parents were Henry and Mary, they had a farm near Swan. Herman served in the army in WWI. All of the family are presumably buried in a cemetery near where their farm was. Any information/suggestions will be greatly appreciated Thank you, David Heeschen

There is a Henry Heeschen listed on this web site: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mvreid/bgrc/bgcivwar.html Don't know if it is Henry, the father of your Herman or not, but you might want to have a look. Good luck, Jo Dunne -----Original Message----- From: David Heeschen <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, August 05, 2000 8:37 AM Subject: surname HEESCHEN >I am looking for information about HERMAN HEESCHEN, born 1894 in Taney >Co. His parents were Henry and Mary, they had a farm near Swan. Herman >served in the army in WWI. All of the family are presumably buried in a >cemetery near where their farm was. Any information/suggestions will be >greatly appreciated > >Thank you, >David Heeschen > > >==== MOTANEY Mailing List ==== >Don't forget to visit the Taney Co. MO Website at: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~motaney/taney.htm > > >============================== >Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. >RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: >http://pml.rootsweb.com/ >