This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Johnson, Coughren, Ferris, Bruner, Voss Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/INB.2ACE/1465.2 Message Board Post: Hello, I have slowly been working on the Johnson family of Missoula this summer, and I have made a litle bit of progress that I would like to share. I hope someone else out there will benefit. Included below are the following: Bessie (JOHNSON) COUGHREN Jesse COUGHREN, her husband Ralph E. JOHNSON, her brother Bessie Johnson was born in Henry County, Missouri, a niece of my gg-grandmother. Bessie was married to Jesse Coughren in Kansas City, which wasn't very far from Henry County. I think Jesse was also from Henry county. They moved to Montana and Jesse worked on the railroad. Bessie was a sister to Ralph E. Johnson of Missoula (my original query was about Ralph Johnson). I am still hoping to find out more about Bessie and Ralph's other siblings. I am compiling a pretty extensive family history and am happy to share with anyone interested. I have most of my info about the female lines in this family, and we all know how difficult the female lines can be sometimes. I hope this will help someone else... The Missoulian, 28 Oct 1972, p. 5 c. 1: Obituaries Bessie E. Coughren Bessie E. Coughren, 80, of 2215 26th St., died in a local hospital Friday morning. She was born Aug. 19, 1892, in Lewis Station, Mo. She married Jesse C. Coughren Oct 27, 1907, in Kansas City, Kan., where they farmed until moving to Missoula to work for the Northern Pacific Railway in 1910. They lived on a ranch at Tarkio until 1964, when they moved to Missoula. She was a member of the Esther [sic] Rebekah Lodge and the First Methodist church. She is survived by her husband, one son, Corlus R., Missoula; a daughter, Mrs. Herb (Violet) Ferris, Missoula; one brother, Ralph E. Johnson, Hot Springs; two sisters, Mrs. Lou Bruner, Bakersfield, Calif., and Mrs. Dorothy Voss, Rivulet, eight grandchildren and 155 grea-grandchildren. Funeral services will be in the Livingston & Malletta Chapel Tuesday at 2 p.m. with Rev. Grant Moore officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens. ================= The Missoulian, 28 July 1982, p. 7, c. 1: Obituaries Ralph Edwin Johnson Ralph Edwin Johnson, 77, a fromer Missoula county commissioner, died Tuesday [can’t read several words] nursing home. He was born Aug. 22, 1904, in Clinton, Mo., to Minnie and Efren [sic] Johnson. He came with his parents to Montana in 1913 and the family homesteaded in the Tarkio area of Mineral County. In addition to serving as a county commissioner, he worked in the wood products industry in western Montana throughout his life and was in charge of construction and production for several mills in the area. Survivors include his wife, Delma, in Missoula; two sons, Duane of Helena and Lee of Stroudsburg, Pa.; two sisters, Helen Bruner of Yucaipa, Calif., and Dorothy [can’t read a few words] Missoula; and seven grandchildren. Memorial services will be Thursday, 2 p.m., at Squire Simmons and Carr Rose Chapel, with the Rev. Beryl Burr officiating. Cremation will take place at Sunset Memorial Garden s Crematory. The family suggests that memorials be made to the Western Montana Arthritis Foundation of Missoula. ================ Laura