Jim, Is going from your son's home a better way than from 278? MA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Boozer" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 9:45 PM Subject: Re: [MSMONROE] Danner Cemetery > Anne, Greg, > > the cemetery is located a Anne described it. It may be 100 yards from the > highway on the south side. > I get to it from my son's home but it is accessible across private property > from the highway 278 > > Jim Boozer > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 9:32 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MSMONROE] Danner Cemetery > > > Is the Danner Cemetery in Gattman on a hill just southwest of the blinking > light? I remember this as a child, but never went there. > > I have two uncles who died as babies who are buried there, but I think I > remember my Grandmother saying they did not have markers. One died in 1919 > and in 1925 so any temporary marker would be long gone. > > Anne Stockton O'Neal > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Boozer" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 8:29 PM > Subject: Re: [MSMONROE] Danner Cemetery > > > > Thganks Everyone, > > > > I did not know the cemetery had a name. It is almost in down town Gattman > > on or close to hunting club land my son hunts on. I had missed the fact > > that McKown was next door to Morrow. Terry7, anytime will do on taking you > > to the site. Mary Anna, I was curious if the McKown was kin to the Quincy > > Cowans. Seeing as how both parents were dead when son George would have > > been > > only 12 year old it would be a good chance he did not make it to be an > > adult. > > Thanks again, > > > > Jim Boozer > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Mary Anna Riggan > > Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 6:30 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [MSMONROE] Thompson-Stanford Cemetery > > > > > > Jim, > > > > You were in the Danner Cemetery. It bothers me greatly that the cemetery > > has been more or less "forgotten." It's hard to get to now, so in a few > > more years, it'll probably be one of the "lost" ones. I'm really curious > > to > > know who knew where Danner was located. > > > > I did some work on the McKown/McGown family several years ago. If you're > > interested, I can look up those notes. > > > > MA > > ---- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jim Boozer" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 4:09 PM > > Subject: Re: [MSMONROE] Thompson-Stanford Cemetery > > > > > >> Terry, Mary Anna, > >> > >> While everyone is on cemeteries I would like some info. I have been shown > > a > >> small cemetery at Gatman > >> > >> with at most five burials, three marked by proper tombstones and the > > others > >> by sandstone. A man, W Mitchell > >> > >> Mckown dated June 25 1830/Jan 28 1862 with wife Lavina dated Nov 27 > >> 1839?/Nov 31 1870. Also a confederate > >> > >> marker for Francis Morrow with no dates. I cannot find anything on the > >> McKown, (Cowan)? but find in 1860 > >> > >> census of Marion Co A Francis Morrow of 26 yr from S C. With wife Lucina > > of > >> 23 yr from Mississippi. > >> > >> > >> Also a child Martha of 7 months old. Just curious as to who they were and > >> what or where their families > >> > >> may be. > >> > >> Jim Boozer > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [email protected] > >> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of William T. "Terry" > >> Thornton > >> Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 9:19 AM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [MSMONROE] Thompson-Stanford Cemetery > >> > >> > >> Glenda, > >> > >> There is a problem with the Evans' 1938 transcription of Thompson/George > >> Stanford Cemetery, pages 109 - 110 of MONORE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI CEMETERY > >> RECORDS. > >> > >> In May 1938, Dr. Evans, assisted by Horace Baker and Frank Crawford > >> inventoried the George Stanford Cemetery. They must have also > >> inventoried > >> the Shiloh Cemetery which is located nearby beccause their list of > > Stanford > >> Cemetery contains 9 names from Shiloh Cemetery and only 14 names from > >> Stanford Cemetery. > >> > >> It is my opinion that the lists of two cemeteries which Dr. Evans and his > >> crew inventoried in 1938 got mixed up and combined when the manuscript > >> was > >> being typed --- and that the mistake haunts us decades later. I cannot > > find > >> Shiloh Cemetery in their index of cemeteries. > >> > >> If you have access to the Evans inventory as reprinted in 1980, the last > > two > >> names listed as Stanford Cemetery at the bottom of page 109 is the > > beginning > >> of the Shiloh Cemetery burials which continues on the top of page 110. > > The > >> only reference on either page to BIRD is "Bird, John K. Born -- 26 Sept. > >> 1831, Died -- 21 Sept. 1905" on page 110. No other notation or reference > > to > >> Bird burials is made by Evans on either page. > >> > >> You may also wish to consult the inventory of Shiloh Cemetery done by > >> Patricia Horne. She found both of your Byrds when she was there in 2006. > >> Her inventory is at > >> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~msmonro2/cems/shiloh.html > >> > >> I did an inventory based upon photographs of the grave markers at both > >> Shiloh and Thompson/Stanford in 2009. No Bird/Byrd burials were found at > >> Thompson/Stanford; two Byrd burials were noted at Shiloh. That inventory > >> with links to the photographs is from March 20, 2009 and was published in > >> article # 80 of Cemeteries of the Hill Country > >> > > > http://cemeterieshillcountry.blogspot.com/2009/08/cemeteries-of-hill-country > >> -cd-ordering.html). > >> > >> It is my opinon that both Mr and Mrs Byrd are buried at Shiloh > > Cemetery --- > >> both their large markers are located there. > >> > >> But can't these old records confuse us completely? Hope this helps. And > > my > >> offer still stands --- next time you are in Monroe County let me know in > >> advance and I'll make arrangement to take you to Shiloh Cemetery where > > John > >> K Byrd and his wife's grave markers are located. > >> > >> Terry Thornton > >> Fulton, Mississippi > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Glenda Todd" <[email protected]> > >> To: <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 6:00 AM > >> Subject: [MSMONROE] Thompson-Stanford Cemetery > >> > >> > >> >I have a problem I am in hopes someone can help me with. When I first > >> > started the quest for my heritage, I found a tombstone for my ancestor, > >> > Elvira Caroline Moore Byrd, wife of John Kirk Byrd, in the > >> > Thompson-Stanford Cemetery, which was on the property where she and > >> > husband lived. Dr. Evans has the tombstone as John Kirk Byrd's marker > >> > in > >> > his book but it says on the marker, "Elvira C. Byrd, Wife of John Kirk > >> > Byrd", but is barely legible. > >> > > >> > A few months ago, Terry Thornton so graciously sent me pictures of > >> > tombstones for Elvira C. Moore Byrd and John Kirk Byrd and they are in > >> > the Shiloah Cemetery in Monroe Co., MS. > >> > > >> > John Kirk Byrd died in 1891 and Elvira died 1905, but I'm not sure if > >> > she is buried in the Thompson-Stanford Cemetery or in the Shiloah > >> > Cemetery. Does ANYONE know which grave is really hers or why she had > >> > two > >> > different tombstones??? The marker at Shiloah looks newer than the > >> > other > >> > one so I'm wondering if John Kirk Byrd was actually buried in Shiloah > >> > and the descendant who erected them assumed Elvira was buried there > >> > also, not knowing about the other marker, so they erected both of them. > >> > > >> > I'm hoping there is a descendant on this list who might know the answer > >> > to this haunting question. > >> > > >> > Glenda McWhirter Todd > >> > > >> > ------------------------------- > >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> > [email protected] 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 > >> [email protected] 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 > > [email protected] 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 > > [email protected] 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 > > [email protected] 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 > [email protected] 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Mary Anna, Your way is shorter and easier. It is just that I don't like the feeling of driving through someone's yard. It,s not their yard, it just seems that way. Jim Boozer -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Mary Anna Riggan Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 10:48 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MSMONROE] Danner Cemetery Jim, Is going from your son's home a better way than from 278? MA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Boozer" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 9:45 PM Subject: Re: [MSMONROE] Danner Cemetery > Anne, Greg, > > the cemetery is located a Anne described it. It may be 100 yards from the > highway on the south side. > I get to it from my son's home but it is accessible across private property > from the highway 278 > > Jim Boozer > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 9:32 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MSMONROE] Danner Cemetery > > > Is the Danner Cemetery in Gattman on a hill just southwest of the blinking > light? I remember this as a child, but never went there. > > I have two uncles who died as babies who are buried there, but I think I > remember my Grandmother saying they did not have markers. One died in 1919 > and in 1925 so any temporary marker would be long gone. > > Anne Stockton O'Neal > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Boozer" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 8:29 PM > Subject: Re: [MSMONROE] Danner Cemetery > > > > Thganks Everyone, > > > > I did not know the cemetery had a name. It is almost in down town Gattman > > on or close to hunting club land my son hunts on. I had missed the fact > > that McKown was next door to Morrow. Terry7, anytime will do on taking you > > to the site. Mary Anna, I was curious if the McKown was kin to the Quincy > > Cowans. Seeing as how both parents were dead when son George would have > > been > > only 12 year old it would be a good chance he did not make it to be an > > adult. > > Thanks again, > > > > Jim Boozer > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Mary Anna Riggan > > Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 6:30 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [MSMONROE] Thompson-Stanford Cemetery > > > > > > Jim, > > > > You were in the Danner Cemetery. It bothers me greatly that the cemetery > > has been more or less "forgotten." It's hard to get to now, so in a few > > more years, it'll probably be one of the "lost" ones. I'm really curious > > to > > know who knew where Danner was located. > > > > I did some work on the McKown/McGown family several years ago. If you're > > interested, I can look up those notes. > > > > MA > > ---- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jim Boozer" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 4:09 PM > > Subject: Re: [MSMONROE] Thompson-Stanford Cemetery > > > > > >> Terry, Mary Anna, > >> > >> While everyone is on cemeteries I would like some info. I have been shown > > a > >> small cemetery at Gatman > >> > >> with at most five burials, three marked by proper tombstones and the > > others > >> by sandstone. A man, W Mitchell > >> > >> Mckown dated June 25 1830/Jan 28 1862 with wife Lavina dated Nov 27 > >> 1839?/Nov 31 1870. Also a confederate > >> > >> marker for Francis Morrow with no dates. I cannot find anything on the > >> McKown, (Cowan)? but find in 1860 > >> > >> census of Marion Co A Francis Morrow of 26 yr from S C. With wife Lucina > > of > >> 23 yr from Mississippi. > >> > >> > >> Also a child Martha of 7 months old. Just curious as to who they were and > >> what or where their families > >> > >> may be. > >> > >> Jim Boozer > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [email protected] > >> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of William T. "Terry" > >> Thornton > >> Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 9:19 AM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [MSMONROE] Thompson-Stanford Cemetery > >> > >> > >> Glenda, > >> > >> There is a problem with the Evans' 1938 transcription of Thompson/George > >> Stanford Cemetery, pages 109 - 110 of MONORE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI CEMETERY > >> RECORDS. > >> > >> In May 1938, Dr. Evans, assisted by Horace Baker and Frank Crawford > >> inventoried the George Stanford Cemetery. They must have also > >> inventoried > >> the Shiloh Cemetery which is located nearby beccause their list of > > Stanford > >> Cemetery contains 9 names from Shiloh Cemetery and only 14 names from > >> Stanford Cemetery. > >> > >> It is my opinion that the lists of two cemeteries which Dr. Evans and his > >> crew inventoried in 1938 got mixed up and combined when the manuscript > >> was > >> being typed --- and that the mistake haunts us decades later. I cannot > > find > >> Shiloh Cemetery in their index of cemeteries. > >> > >> If you have access to the Evans inventory as reprinted in 1980, the last > > two > >> names listed as Stanford Cemetery at the bottom of page 109 is the > > beginning > >> of the Shiloh Cemetery burials which continues on the top of page 110. > > The > >> only reference on either page to BIRD is "Bird, John K. Born -- 26 Sept. > >> 1831, Died -- 21 Sept. 1905" on page 110. No other notation or reference > > to > >> Bird burials is made by Evans on either page. > >> > >> You may also wish to consult the inventory of Shiloh Cemetery done by > >> Patricia Horne. She found both of your Byrds when she was there in 2006. > >> Her inventory is at > >> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~msmonro2/cems/shiloh.html > >> > >> I did an inventory based upon photographs of the grave markers at both > >> Shiloh and Thompson/Stanford in 2009. No Bird/Byrd burials were found at > >> Thompson/Stanford; two Byrd burials were noted at Shiloh. That inventory > >> with links to the photographs is from March 20, 2009 and was published in > >> article # 80 of Cemeteries of the Hill Country > >> > > > http://cemeterieshillcountry.blogspot.com/2009/08/cemeteries-of-hill-country > >> -cd-ordering.html). > >> > >> It is my opinon that both Mr and Mrs Byrd are buried at Shiloh > > Cemetery --- > >> both their large markers are located there. > >> > >> But can't these old records confuse us completely? Hope this helps. And > > my > >> offer still stands --- next time you are in Monroe County let me know in > >> advance and I'll make arrangement to take you to Shiloh Cemetery where > > John > >> K Byrd and his wife's grave markers are located. > >> > >> Terry Thornton > >> Fulton, Mississippi > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Glenda Todd" <[email protected]> > >> To: <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 6:00 AM > >> Subject: [MSMONROE] Thompson-Stanford Cemetery > >> > >> > >> >I have a problem I am in hopes someone can help me with. When I first > >> > started the quest for my heritage, I found a tombstone for my ancestor, > >> > Elvira Caroline Moore Byrd, wife of John Kirk Byrd, in the > >> > Thompson-Stanford Cemetery, which was on the property where she and > >> > husband lived. Dr. Evans has the tombstone as John Kirk Byrd's marker > >> > in > >> > his book but it says on the marker, "Elvira C. Byrd, Wife of John Kirk > >> > Byrd", but is barely legible. > >> > > >> > A few months ago, Terry Thornton so graciously sent me pictures of > >> > tombstones for Elvira C. Moore Byrd and John Kirk Byrd and they are in > >> > the Shiloah Cemetery in Monroe Co., MS. > >> > > >> > John Kirk Byrd died in 1891 and Elvira died 1905, but I'm not sure if > >> > she is buried in the Thompson-Stanford Cemetery or in the Shiloah > >> > Cemetery. Does ANYONE know which grave is really hers or why she had > >> > two > >> > different tombstones??? The marker at Shiloah looks newer than the > >> > other > >> > one so I'm wondering if John Kirk Byrd was actually buried in Shiloah > >> > and the descendant who erected them assumed Elvira was buried there > >> > also, not knowing about the other marker, so they erected both of them. > >> > > >> > I'm hoping there is a descendant on this list who might know the answer > >> > to this haunting question. > >> > > >> > Glenda McWhirter Todd > >> > > >> > ------------------------------- > >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> > [email protected] 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 > >> [email protected] 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 > > [email protected] 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 > > [email protected] 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 > > [email protected] 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 > [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message