If anyone is going to the Catawba County Courthouse to do research would you mind looking in the will book to see if my grandfather had a will. His name was John Vernon Abernethy (could be Abernathy). He died September 11, 1961, in Winston Salem, NC but was from Newton, NC. He was born October 13, 1905. He was buried at Eastview Cemetery. Willis Reynolds was the funeral home. I have already sent to the state archives for his estate papers but they have no record of his estate being probated. His second wife, Stella, outlived him. Thanks for any help you can give. Sincerely, Cynthia Bolick Gilbert

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SSB.2ACE/2181 Message Board Post: On Sunday, December 12, 2004, Broad River Genealogical Society welcomes Sam Lail and friends. Sam is a Civil War Re-enactor who has performed throughout North and South Carolina and other states. He has also appeared in several movies. Also, Rusty Patterson will be bringing a new group of old photos. He needs help in identifying people. Everyone interested in local and family history is welcome to join Broad River members on Sunday, December 12, 2004 at 3 p.m. You are invited to dress in Civil War attire or another period or just dress casual! Bring a pick up food, as this is a Christmas Social! Bring a friend! Bring yourself! First five people to arrive will receive an extra ticket for the door prize drawing. The meeting will be in the Dining Area of the Neal Senior Center on H.T. Harris Drive, Shelby, which is just off of Hwy 18 near Ross Grove Baptist Church and Ingles, north of the city limits. The meeting will be held in the Performing Arts Area at the rear of the Neal Senior Center. Cleveland County NC Heritage Books, Volume II will be available after the meeting.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MARTIN-CLINE-HALL Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SSB.2ACE/2180 Message Board Post: Mrs. LALA PAULINE MARTIN HALL, 92,died Dec. 03 2004. Born Mar. 23, 1912 in Catawba Co.NC. daughter of late QUINCE MARTIN & LULA VICTORIA CLINE MARTIN. Preceded in death by spouse CLAUDE FREEMAN HALL who died Apr. 11, 1995. Funeral services conducted at Rose Chapel United Meth. Church, burial to follow in church cemetery.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: PARKER-PAYNE Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SSB.2ACE/2179 Message Board Post: EVELYN PAYNE PARKER, 87, died Nov. 05 2004. Born in 1917 in Hickory, NC. the daughter of GUSTUS WILLIAM JULIUS PAYNE & ESSIE WILSON PAYNE. Preceded in death by spouse, William Carey Parker, a Raleigh attorney who was born in Raleigh, 1909 & died in 1970 Memorial service held Monday Nov. 08,,2004 in sanctuary of White Memorial Presbyterian Church, Raleigh, NC.Burial at Montlawn Cemetery, Raleigh, NC.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: PROBST - MILLER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SSB.2ACE/109.492.3 Message Board Post: I'm hoping to contact Tina - her e-mail is no longer good. My husband descends from John Miller & Barbara Probst through their son, John Wilhite Miller. I would love to get a copy of the letter that Tina makes reference to. Any help greatly appreciated. Diane (manley@goldrush.com)

The Catawba County Library has helpfully provided links to local families. These pages contain some really valuable material. The links have been added to the Catawba County NCGenWeb Family Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~nccatawb/ccgsfam.htm Founding Families · Anthony · Clark · Hass/Horse · Eckard/Eigher/Ikerd · Killian · Moll/Mull · Perkins · Sherrill · Scheffert/Shoofoot/Shuford · Warlick · Weidner · Yoder/Yotter Please check for " Catawba County Library on-line files" --Derick

Folks, I have either corresponded with the lists relating to the WPA Cemetery listing of Cleveland or folks whom I have copied this post to. I bought Paul H. Dellinger's copy of the legal size, register-bound, Cleveland Co., NC WPA records at a GS book sale. I had intended to transcribe it and had laid the groundwork when I discovered some missing pages. Since then I have been unable to devote any time to the project. Ann K. Propst, in keeping with her love of transcription, offered to work with the Cleveland Co. WPA. The only work remaining would be the missing pages. Ann tells me she is missing pages 161-180. If anyone can help supply the missing pages, please contact Ann at <annsid@citcom.net> --Derick

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bennick, Hughes, Skaggs, Ashley, Matthews, Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SSB.2ACE/796.1282.1268.1365.1.1 Message Board Post: Maxine, I'm happy that the information I posted was of use to you. Here is some further information I came up with on their son, Judge Walter Bennick: Walter Bennick (1950-1955) Born July 23, 1894 in Gravelton, Wayne County, Missouri. Educated in the Fredericktown Public Schools, Carleton College at Farmington, Southeast Missouri State College at Cape Girardeau, and St. Louis University Law School. Served at Camp Dodge, Iowa during World War I. Married to Elizabeth Hughes. Admitted to the bar in January 1920 and engaged in the private practice of law in Bonne Terre, St. Francois County, Missouri until 1925. Member: American Bar Association, Missouri Bar, Integrated Bar, Bar Association of St. Louis, Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity, and American Legion. Appointed Commissioner of the St. Louis Court of Appeals June 19, 1925 and served until November 3, 1950. Appointed by Governor Forest Smith in November 1950 as Judge of the St. Louis Court of Appeals to fill a vacancy created by the retirement of Judge William Hughes. Retained in office in 1952 for a twelve-year term. Served from November 3, 1950 until his death on January 5! , 1955. Also, here is obituary which was posted in one of our local newspapers: [Lead Belt News, Flat River, St. Francois County, Missouri, Friday, January 7, 1955] WALTER E. BENNICK, APPEALS JUDGE, DIES. Judge Walter E. Bennick, who served the St. Louis Court of Appeals for almost 30 years as commissioner and judge, died unexpectedly Tuesday night of a heart ailment at his home, 6218 Southwood Avenue. He was 60 years old. His colleagues on the court believe Judge Bennick wrote more appellate opinions than any other judge in the history of Missouri. Virtually all of his opinions as commissioner were adopted by the court. Very few were reversed on further appeal to the State Supreme Court. After serving as commissioner on successive four-year appointments since 1925, he was appointed judge under the Missouri Non-Partisan Court System in 1950 by former Gov. Forrest Smith. It was the first time a Governor had appointed a nominee on the opposite political party. Judge Bennick was a Republican. The vacancy on the bench he filled had been created by the resignation of Judge William C. Hughes, whose daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Hughes Ashley, later became Judge Bennick's wife. Judge Bennick was retained in office for a full 12-year term in the general election of November 1952. A native of Fredericktown, Mo., he was educated in the public schools there at old Carleton College at Farmington, Mo., and Southeast Missouri State College at Cape Girardeau. He received this law degree from St. Louis University and was admitted to the bar in 1920, practicing law thereafter at Bonne Terre, Mo., until his appointment as a court commissioner five years later. The annual award of honor of the Lawyers' Association of St. Louis was given to Judge Bennick in 1950 in recognition of his long service on the bench. After his appointment as judge of the court, he served as presiding judge, a rotating post, for 1952-53. In addition to his regular duties during the past year, he also served as a special judge of the Missouri Supreme Court to fill vacancies caused by illness among members of the high court. He contributed to many legal periodicals. A veteran of World War I, he was a member of Fred W. Stovkham Post 245 of the American Legion, and was active in Phi Delta Phi, a legal fraternity. Surviving, in addition to his wife, are his mother, Mrs. Thomas Bennick [nee: Skaggs] of Warrenton, Mo., a stepson, William Hughes Ashley of Los Angeles, Calif., and a stepdaughter by a previous marriage, Mrs. David Matthews, 1139 Louisville Avenue, St. Louis. Judge Bennick resided in this county for some time and was at one time principal of Flat River High School. His father served Desloge High School in the same capacity and died suddenly while attending an alumni banquet there in 1925. Funeral services will be held at Lupton Undertaking establishment, 7238 Delmar Blvd., University City, Friday at 1 p.m. Burial will be at Montgomery City, Mo. If I come up with anything further, I'll let you know. Bettye

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bennick Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SSB.2ACE/796.1282.1268.1365.1 Message Board Post: Thank you so very much for taking the time to send these obituaries, they are full of wonderful information that will help fill in many gaps. I will forward these on to other relatives. Thank you again and happy holidays

----- Original Message ----- From: Powell, Paula Kuykendall (NIH/NIGMS) To: Pops ; Uncle D ; 'Angie40@aol.com' ; 'Sherry9224@aol.com' ; 'sandy_lemmon/ncas@ncas.com' ; 'cbmama@townsqr.com' ; 'lbholmes2@juno.com' Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 12:11 PM Subject: FW: The Parrot The Parrot A young man named John received a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of the bird's mouth was rude, obnoxious and laced with profanity. John tried and tried to change the bird's attitude by consistently saying only polite words, playing soft music and anything else he could think of to "clean up" the bird's vocabulary. Finally, John was fed up and he yelled at the parrot. The parrot yelled back. John shook the parrot and the parrot got angrier and even ruder. John, in desperation, threw up his hand, grabbed the bird and put him in the freezer. For a few minutes the parrot squawked and kicked and screamed. Then suddenly there was total quiet. Not a peep was heard for over a minute. Fearing that he'd hurt the parrot, John quickly opened the door to the freezer. The parrot calmly stepped out onto John's outstretched arms and said "I believe I may have offended you with my rude language and actions. I'm sincerely remorseful for my inappropriate transgressions and I fully intend to do everything I can to correct my rude and unforgivable behavior." John was stunned at the change in the bird's attitude. As he was about to ask the parrot what had made such a dramatic change in his behavior, the bird continued, "May I ask what the turkey did?" HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bennick, Henkel, Senter, Cropper, Skaggs, Moser, Matthews, Thomas, Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SSB.2ACE/796.1282.1268.1365 Message Board Post: Maxine, I believe obituary for Thomas D. Bennick which I just posted in St. Francois County, Missouri, may be for the Thomas Decatur Bennick you referred to in your previous post as being son of David Bennick and Polly G. Sigmon Bennick; grandson of Rev. Philip H. BENNICK (7 Apr 1809 - 18 Jan 1872) and Susan A. HENKEL (8 Feb 1815 - ) B. Warner Bonne Terre Star News Register, April 17, 1925. T. D. BENNICK PASSES TO REST; BELOVED BY ALL. The news of the death of Mr. T. D. Bennick, which occurred at Desloge last Saturday night [April 11, 1925], was received with great sorrow in Bonne Terre. His health [sic death] was very sudden and occurred at the Alumni banquet directly after he had made a brief talk. Mr. Bennick was principal of the Desloge school. The deceased was born in Conover, North Carolina on December 23rd, 1866. In his infancy he came to this state, settling at Gravelton, Wayne County, Mo., where he spent his childhood days. When fifteen years of age he joined the Lutheran church of which denomination he has been an active life-long member. On July 24th, 1892, he was united in marriage to Anna Skaggs and to this union two children were born, one of whom died in infancy. He leaves to mourn his departure his wife and one son, W. E. Bennick [Walter E. Bennick] of Bonne Terre, Mo., two sisters, Mrs. William Senter of Twelveville, Mo., and Mrs. E. Cropper of Girard, Kansas. For the past 36 years he has been actively engaged in school work. He received his education at Concordia College, Gravelton, Mo., and at the State Normal, Cape Girardeau, Mo. In order to be better equipped in his chosen profession, he took corresponding courses with the state universities of Missouri and Iowa and had contemplated work of this nature at the present time, having made these preparations last week. During his long period of activity he labored in the public schools of Wayne, Madison, Cape Girardeau and St. Francois counties. During this period he was superintendent of schools of Madison county from 1904 to 1908. The last nine years were spent in the Lead Belt. Seven years were spent in the Elvins school and the last two years at Desloge as principal. The subject in which he specialized were Latin and mathematics. Humble and unassuming as he was, his colleagues paid him the tribute of being one of the most efficient teachers in school circles in the state. A memorial service was held for him Monday afternoon at the Desloge high school auditorium. The funeral services were held at the Lutheran church in Farmington Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 and were conducted by Rev. W. Keisker of Flat River Lutheran church, who spoke tenderly and beautifully of the life of the deceased, choosing for his text the following lines of the 9th Psalm, "I am now ready to be offered up and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight; I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness which the good righteous judge shall give to me at that day." The body was laid to rest in the Lutheran cemetery near Farmington. The esteem in which the deceased was held was evidenced by the large crowd of sorrowing friends who gathered to pay their respect and by the numerous floral offerings. Teachers of the Desloge school carried the floral offerings. Not only is Prof. Bennick's death a great loss to his family, but to the community in which he lived and his death has cast a deep gloom that will linger long in the hearts of those who knew him. To the bereaved relatives and friends we extend deep and abiding sympathy. Here is obit for his wife, Anna B. (Skaggs) Bennick: MRS. ANNA BENNICK. Mrs. Anna B. Bennick, former area resident, died Monday night, July 19, 1965, at the Mineral Area Osteopathic Hospital in Farmington at the age of 94 years, 5 months and 3 days. She was the mother of the late Judge Walter Bennick of the St. Louis Court of Appeals. A daughter of the late John and Sarah (Moser) Skaggs, she was born Feb. 16, 1871, at Gravelton, Mo. She was married to Thomas D. Bennick who died about forty years ago. Walter E. Bennick also preceded his mother in death. Survivors include a granddaughter, Mrs. David (Camille) Matthews of St. Louis, and a great-granddaughter, Patty. A niece of Mrs. Robert J. Thomas, Sr. of Flat River. The body is in state at the Boyer Funeral Home in Desloge where chapel services will be conducted Thursday, July 22, at 1 p.m. by the Flat River Lutheran pastor, the Rev. Frank Duran. Interment will be in the Lutheran Cemetery at Farmington under the direction of C. Z. Boyer & Son, Desloge. [The Lead Belt News, Flat River, St. Francois County, Missouri, Wednesday, July 21, 1965]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: townsend Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SSB.2ACE/2178 Message Board Post: Looking for any information on JA (James ) and Elizabeth Cline From Icard or Hildbran 1900-1920 Children Robert ,Addie, Leanie and Carol. Any info on Carol is really what I am looking for. This could be my grandfather................thanks,

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SSB.2ACE/75.477 Message Board Post: i am a sprouse to and mine greatgrandparents is from ashville all i know had sons but i don't know all of them except martin luther,edd and bessie sprouse sexton

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SSB.2ACE/2177 Message Board Post: my grandfather was from ashville martin luther sprouse and has a sister name bessie sexton and also a brother name edd he might had more brothers

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sherrill - McIntosh Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SSB.2ACE/1539.1 Message Board Post: My wife's g-grandmother was Molly Sherrill who married Wm Nimrod McIntosh in Independence Co (Batesville) AR in 1879. I recently found her ancestry back to England in a fairly new Sherrill Family web site. It is at: freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sherrilldavis It is loaded with what I think is your and my wife's ancestry.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sherrill Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SSB.2ACE/486.654.1503 Message Board Post: I would love to have the picture. Thank you!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sherrill - McIntosh - Roberts - Latus Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SSB.2ACE/486.453.586 Message Board Post: There is a fairlr new web page for the Sherrill family that passes through Sherrill's Ford NC at: freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sherrilldavis It has a surname index, pictures and links to your ancestry.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Barkley, Boston, Graham, Brotherton from Iredell County, NC Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SSB.2ACE/275.287.1.1 Message Board Post: Catrina Just checking old messages and see that you were writing a book about the Barkley's. Is it finished, and have you discovered any more connections to the Barkley group that settled in Iredell County in the early 1800's?