I'm new sorry I forgot to capitalize surnames, but the names are BOAZ, COURTNEY, GORDON, METCALF DAWSON, WALL & MENDELHAL Linda, Yes I have a lot of info about Boaz fam. and pictures that my grandmother had. I have picture of outside of Cottage Hotel, picture of inside with my G. Grd. mother, grandmother (at abt. age 16), her sister Roberta, sister-in-law Pearl, and 3 others., I have 2 pictures of large gathering of Boaz's , Courtney's Gordon, and others. (it shows the one that is blind) Picture Ringwood Bank, picture of view looking down Main St. when the water town was in middle of road and roads are dirt. I have picture of Mary Boaz, Lula , Mae and Leona "Lona".. And many more. John T. and Mary Boaz lived in Gallatin Co., KY and then Metcalf, IL., JohnT., b.1835, d.1890 ,Pialet (or Pealet?) Grove Ridge Farm, IL. Mary, b.1841 , KY. d. 1927, buried Pleasant Hills Ceme, Ringwood, OK. their children were: John P. "Bud" ,b. 1861/62, Gallatin Co., KY. James D. "Jim", b. 1866, buried Booneville, AR. Charles "Charlie", b. 1868, Edgar Co., IL> William Walter "Skip", b/1870, Edgar Co., IL>, lived in Crawfords, Ind. Lula , married Edward Wall Mae (or May), married Walter Metcalf. Leona "Lona", married James Dawson I have all the children of the above also. As you can see John T was father of John P."Bud", he also was married to a Mary Boaz, so it gets confusing. Mary Boaz (not same as Bud's wife) was mother of Lula. When John T. died in IL> Mary moved to Ringwood. Her sister Amanda Jane was married to James Gordon. When amanda died Mary married James Gordon. Mary is also called Mollie. Now there is another Mary White/Boaz who was second wife of John P. "Bud". she is the one that ran the Ringwood Hotel. Bud's lst wife was a Miss. Mendelhall. Her sister was married to James "Jim" Boaz. Jim's 2nd wife was Josephine Mull. As to Ed & Lula living with a Mary Boaz, it depends which mary. If Lula mother than Ed would be son-in-law. But if it's Buds wife Mary Boaz, than Lula would be her sister- in- law. As I mentioned John T. is buried in IL>, so he's not in Pleasant Hills. My g.grd. father Presley Courtney is buried at Pleasant Hills, but has no headstone. i think Ida is either buried there or in Enid. After Presley died she married a Isaac Phillips and they lived in Enid. OK. This is just a guess, but the Anna L. Boaz you listed may be one of the Mendelhal sisters that married Boaz's . Just a thought. I'll have to check who Albert is. Well my husband wants me to get off here. Let me know if you have pictures of family or not. I can scan some to you tomorrow. jackie ----- Original Message ----- From: Linda Walls <lwalls@ix.netcom.com> To: <bojo@redrivernet.com> Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 4:50 PM Subject: Ringwood, OK > Hi Jackie, > > I was mistaken about the Cottage Hotel. My husband, Robert "Bob", is > somewhat fuzzy about Ringwood. (He's 65 and I wonder about him (g). > Today he doesn't recall anything about the Cottage Hotel except that a > vacant lot is there now. We haven't visited Ringwood since 1988 when > his mother, Mary Morris, died. Mary Boaz did own (or ran) the Ringwood > Hotel which was on the west side, as you said. Many of the buildings on > the east side had once been owned by Robert's grandfather, Ed Walls. > > Do you have info about the Boaz family? We are thoroughly confused > about them. Your great aunt and Robert's grandmother, Lula Boaz, may > not be related at all. Do you think John T. Boaz is a relative of John > P. "Bud" Boaz who was a brother of Robert's grandmother, Lula? > > In the 1900 OK census I found Edward & Lula Walls, Robert's > grandparents, living with Mary Boaz. We couldn't decide who Mary was. > When it asked for relationships it said SIL. We don't know if this > meant that Ed was Mary's son-in-law or if Mary was Ed's sister-in-Law. > Robert remembers Uncle "Bud" when he was blind in later years, but has > no memory of Mary. He does remember visiting the Ringwood hotel. > > From the cemetery list for Major county, Pleasant Hill cemetery lists > Mary A. Boaz with dates 1841-1927. John P. 1861-1946. There is no John > T. listed. The cemetery list is hand typed and has a lot of errors. > Perhaps this is one. This Mary would be 20 years older than John P. if > correct. It also lists Anna L. Boaz as 1868-1946, Charles E. Boaz > 3/21/1868 - 5/23/1901 and Albert Boaz 1885-1906. Do you know who these > might be? > > As I mentioned Friday, information about the Cottage Hotel can probably > be obtained from the Fairview Library which maintains genealogy and > other records for Major county. I don't have their phone number, but > got it from information (after several tries). > > Please let me know if you have any info about the Boaz family. > > Linda Walls > lwalls@ix.netcom.com > > > > > > >