This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kNB.2ACI/1964.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Joyce: Your instinct for Texas County was right...and I came across a few items that will explain the Texas County connection if you would like to have them! I still didn't find a marriage date for Ollie and Lola...but this first record should help: Houston Herald January 28, 1904 Flatwoods Notes Mr and Mrs Ollie Powell live on the lookout farm and will be pleased to see many of their friends. Marriage License Issued this week March 30, 1904: O E Murfin, Hartshorn to Sallie A Crabtree, Hartshorn Houston Herald September 14, 1905 Flatwood Notes On the 30th of August the family and friends of Mrs. George Murfin gave her a suprise party. A sumptous meal was set, and an immense supply of cake adorned the table. Her father, Mr. Lowell presented her witha fine hat, her daughter with a nice apron, and several others gave presents. The occasion was Mrs. Murfin's birthday and will long be remembered as a pleasant affair. July 14, 1904 Happy Hollow Mrs. Maggie Murfin and Mrs. A. T. Cloninger went to Summersville this week. Miss Bessie Murfin was still in St. Louis G.W. Murfin and family are talking of going to St. Louis to live. G.W. Murfin broke his binder while cutting C. E. Murfin's wheat, which has disappointed several of the farmers which were depending on him cutting their wheat. October 13, 1904 Flatwoods Notes Dr. Powell is erecting a nice house on his land near the silver mine cave. JF Cross sold a nice span of small mares to Ordie Murphin. June 8, 1905 FROM C E MURFIN Independence Colorado May 25, 1905 Editor Herald: If you will allow me space in your valuable paper for a few items, I will give you a few pickups, as gathered by hearsay, observation and otherwise here and around Independence. Well, I have just returned from taking a look at Pike's Peak, accompanied by my wife, son and father. The valleys beneath are carpeted with a luxurious growth of of grass and the summit of the peak being covered with snow, presented to the eye of a Missourian a grand scene. We also took a view of the Independence depot which was blown up during the strike and resulted in the death of 15 and 20 being wounded. It was a double decked building and it was riddled from one side to the other. You talk of your fine spring weather, plowing corn and sunshine in Missouri, we are blessed with neither here, no corn to plow nor hot sunshine, but we have pure fresh air direct from the mountains and plenty of ice water to drink without buying ice. I have been here three months and have never seen it rain yet, but it snows about every other day. It is getting the time of year that we have our spring showers here just like it is in Missouri, only it snows here instead of rains. Gold mining is the chief industry in this part of the Rockies, there being no farming done closer than 8 or 10 miles from here. The people in this country think that President Roosevelt is not a crack shot; at any rate, he didn't get all the bears while on his bear hunt in the Rockies, as a 16 year old boy killed one last Friday and the day following his 15 year old sister killed one that weighed 700 pounds. Geo. W. Murfin who came to Colorado for his health is much improved. This is a great country for anyone afflicted with asthma, eczema, or any blood disease. Walter Shults, formerly of Dent County, is employed here driving a grocery wagon. He received the sad news that his brother Raymond , who is in Green Briar Tenn., was very ill and not expected to live. Henry Schults, a former Dent county boy, is also here. The graduated ladies of Independence gave a grand entertainment at this place last night, which was well attended. The Portland mine, the largest in the camp and one of the largest in the world and also the richest in the world, sold a few days ago for $15,000,000. This mine employed about 500 men and had about 35 miles of track underground. C. E. Murfin They must have returned after that, or a relative with the same name, as I found a C E Murfin who was a democratic candidate for Judge in 1936, with Mrs. Maggie Murfin as a commitee member. I hope this helps! Laura