Hi Shannon, From: "Shannon" <pnuts@gorge.net> Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 10:46 PM > Greetings Friends: > > Awhile back, my LDS stepmother did me the favor of discovering that Mary Coffin Starbuck is a paternal ancestor of mine on my father's mother's side. <snip> It would be great to hear from others who have done research, perhaps visited Nantucket and seen the places these early Quakers lived, worked, preached and whaled etc....< > > My stepmother gave me a notebook which is about 6 inches thick and I need an interpreter to help me read!! She took the line back into England into possibly the 1400's. However, it was Mary who became the convinced Friend and so the line is not Quaker before her as far as I know.< There is a fair amount on Mary Coffin Starbuck in History of Nantucket by Alexander Starbuck, ch.XII. There are lengthy quotes from the journals of Thomas Chalkley, John Richardson, and Thomas Story of their visits to Nantucket and their meetings with various Friends there. As to tracing the Coffin line back, as far as I know it can be traced back only to the grandfather of the immigrant Tristram Coffin, ie. to one Nicholas Coffin who was buried 8 Oct 1613. All farther back people appear to have been based on the "conjecture" of Thomas Coffin Amory made about 1885. In the over 100 years since then, there has been zero proof found for his conjecture and many contra-indications have been found. I wrote a two-part message to the Coffin list with subject "The Boscawen Conjecture" back in Sept 2002 describing what I'd found on the subject. You can find it in the archives for the Coffin list. Regards, Howard hswain@ix.netcom.com

>>> the supposed medieval line begins with Frances LATHAM >(1609-1677), From Frances, this line goes straight back to a Lord Henry DE LATHAM (b. ca. 1100)<<< > The names of the Latham men as found on the web site agrees with the lineage as found in "Ancestry of Jeremy Clarke and Dungan Genealogy" compiled by Alfred Rudulph Justice. BUT many of the birth and death dates and other info is not consistent with that found in the above book. >> What is interesting (to me, at least) is that Lewis Latham, the supposed father of Frances Latham, was a falconer to Charles I<< Info from the above book: "In 1612, he was a member of the household and Falconer to Prince Henry, who deceased this year. In 1625, he held the same position with King Charles I. Aug 18, 1627, he was advanced to the position of Sergeant of the Hawks, and his place of Under Falconer given to Richard Berrick." The will of Lewis Latham dated 6 May 1653 mentions daughter Frances Clarke - aka Frances Latham Dungan Clarke. Frances married first, Dungan in 1627, married 2nd, Clarke in 1637. Barbara

Shannon, I am also a descendant of Mary Coffin Starbuck, as well as of her brother Jethro. My Nantucket ancestry can be seen at <http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=treadw ay&id=I3603&style=TEXT>. -- Dan Treadway P O Box 72 Gilbert IA 50105 treadway@netins.net http://showcase.netins.net/web/treadway/ -----Original Message----- From: Shannon [mailto:pnuts@gorge.net] Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 12:46 AM To: QUAKER-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Q-R] Mary Coffin Starbuck Greetings Friends: Awhile back, my LDS stepmother did me the favor of discovering that Mary Coffin Starbuck is a paternal ancestor of mine on my father's mother's side. I was thrilled and delighted to find Quaker ancestry since I came to Meeting as an adult and was unaware of any lineage or living relatives in Mtg. outside our immediate family. I have read a bit about her and her father Tristan "Coffyn", and checked out the stories on various websites. I read a delightful fictionalized book I have somewhere about her life. It would be great to hear from others who have done research, perhaps visited Nantucket and seen the places these early Quakers lived, worked, preached and whaled etc.... My stepmother gave me a notebook which is about 6 inches thick and I need an interpreter to help me read!! She took the line back into England into possibly the 1400's. However, it was Mary who became the convinced Friend and so the line is not Quaker before her as far as I know. Happy New Year and happy sleuthing, Shannon ==== QUAKER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS LIST: Send an email to: QUAKER-ROOTS-L-REQUEST@RootsWeb.com The ONLY word in your message should be UNSUBSCRIBE.

On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 18:20:15 -0500, you wrote: >Herbert (and friends), the supposed medieval line begins with Frances LATHAM >(1609-1677), the (alleged) mother of Thomas DUNGAN who married Elizabeth >WEAVER. From Frances, this line goes straight back to a Lord Henry DE >LATHAM (b. ca. 1100) -- with, of course, lots of collateral lines. > >Here's what I found: http://home.bak.rr.com/dhamilton1/tdsg15.htm#2211. >(From here, just keep clicking "parents" until you end up at Lord Henry.) There are some serious "red flags" here, including, for example, a supposed 80+ year difference between two "consecutive" generations. Although American immigrants with royal ancestry do exist (including some Quakers), the vast majority of such claimed royal or early medieval ancestries are false. (The best I can do for medieval ancestry of my own Quaker ancestors is the middle of the 1400's). Stewart Baldwin

Greetings Friends: Awhile back, my LDS stepmother did me the favor of discovering that Mary Coffin Starbuck is a paternal ancestor of mine on my father's mother's side. I was thrilled and delighted to find Quaker ancestry since I came to Meeting as an adult and was unaware of any lineage or living relatives in Mtg. outside our immediate family. I have read a bit about her and her father Tristan "Coffyn", and checked out the stories on various websites. I read a delightful fictionalized book I have somewhere about her life. It would be great to hear from others who have done research, perhaps visited Nantucket and seen the places these early Quakers lived, worked, preached and whaled etc.... My stepmother gave me a notebook which is about 6 inches thick and I need an interpreter to help me read!! She took the line back into England into possibly the 1400's. However, it was Mary who became the convinced Friend and so the line is not Quaker before her as far as I know. Happy New Year and happy sleuthing, Shannon

Herbert (and friends), the supposed medieval line begins with Frances LATHAM (1609-1677), the (alleged) mother of Thomas DUNGAN who married Elizabeth WEAVER. From Frances, this line goes straight back to a Lord Henry DE LATHAM (b. ca. 1100) -- with, of course, lots of collateral lines. Here's what I found: http://home.bak.rr.com/dhamilton1/tdsg15.htm#2211. (From here, just keep clicking "parents" until you end up at Lord Henry.) Again, I'm not endorsing this. I've messaged the site owner about her sources and, as of yet, have received no reply. So, it may likely just be someone's fantasy. What is interesting (to me, at least) is that Lewis Latham, the supposed father of Frances Latham, was a falconer to Charles I -- a tale more likely to be true, given Lewis' much closer proximity to our time than Lord Henry's. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: <Standcedargrove@aol.com> To: <QUAKER-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 5:11 PM Subject: [Q-R] Medieval lines of Ruth Large, Bucks County > This refers to the mailing from Mark Dixon dated 12/30/2004. He is searching > for sources on the medieval ancestors of the Large family. " Are any of my > cousins from the marriage of Ruth Large (ca. 1700-1763) and Thomas Brown > (1691-ca 1749) familiar with any sources on this that are at least quasi-reliable?" > > It appears that I am a descendant of Ruth Large and Thomas Brown through > their son, Joseph Brown, who married Ann (Jones) Morgan. Their daughter, Ruth > Brown, married John Mendenhall, son of Richard Mendenhall and Jane Thornbury. > > Ruth Large was a daughter of Joseph Large, II, and Deborah Dungan. > Joseph Large, II, was a son of Joseph Large, I, and Elizabeth ____ who seem to have > been married in 1673 in Amesbury, Massachusetts. Joseph Large, I, was a son > of William Large who moved from Hingham in Norfolk, Eng. to Hingham, > Massachusetts in 1635. William Large may have married Elizabeth Lincoln in Hingham, > Norfolk in 1634. > > Deborah Dungan was a daughter of William Dungan and Deborah Wing who were > married in Rhode Island in 1689. They probably migrated to Bucks County, PA > soon after their marriage.William Dungan was a son of Thomas Dungan, born in > Middlesex, England, who married ca. 1663 in Rhode Island, Elizabeth Weaver, > born ca. 1647 in Gastonbury, Somerset, Eng. > > Deborah Wing was a daughter of Daniel Wing, born ca. 1617, probably in > Holland or Germany, son of John Wing and Deborah Bachiler. In 1642 in Sandwich > (now Barnstable), Mass., Daniel Wing married Hannah Swift, daughter of > William Swift (or Swyft) and Joan _____. > > Deborah Bachiler was a daughter of Stephen Bachiler (or Bachelder), b. > ca. 1561, d. ca. 1656. Stephen Bachelder was a noted non-conformist preacher > who seems to have been exiled from England to Holland with the early Puritans, > later spending some time in the Massachusetts Bay Colonly, living out his last > years in London. > _________ > > I know of no branches of the Large family that can be traced back to > early medieval times. Certain Dungan family ancestors can be traced back several > generations farther than I have listed them above. In the Quaker-Roots > Archives in 1999, there was a discussion wherein reputable genealogists seem to have > agreed that it had been disproved that any of the Dungan family could be > traced back to the time of the Magna Carta. See: > > Quaker-Roots Archives: > "Dungan", 18 Aug. 1899, Stewart Baldwin > "Dungan Family Corrections", 07 Sep 1999, Miriam Bertelsen. > "Large Family Queries", 19 Aug 2001, Miriam Bertelson. > "William Large Family", 26 Aug. 200l, Debbie Harrison. > "Willim Large Family", 17 Nov. 2001, Miriam Bertelson. > > Some of this ancient family history is very interesting, and it takes us > back to the earliest days of the Society of Friends in New England and before, > but I do not know how it can be taken back to what are considered to be > medieval times. > > ----- Herbert Standing. > > > ==== QUAKER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > Quaker-Roots Archives - Search List Messages From 1996 On > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >

This refers to the mailing from Mark Dixon dated 12/30/2004. He is searching for sources on the medieval ancestors of the Large family. " Are any of my cousins from the marriage of Ruth Large (ca. 1700-1763) and Thomas Brown (1691-ca 1749) familiar with any sources on this that are at least quasi-reliable?" It appears that I am a descendant of Ruth Large and Thomas Brown through their son, Joseph Brown, who married Ann (Jones) Morgan. Their daughter, Ruth Brown, married John Mendenhall, son of Richard Mendenhall and Jane Thornbury. Ruth Large was a daughter of Joseph Large, II, and Deborah Dungan. Joseph Large, II, was a son of Joseph Large, I, and Elizabeth ____ who seem to have been married in 1673 in Amesbury, Massachusetts. Joseph Large, I, was a son of William Large who moved from Hingham in Norfolk, Eng. to Hingham, Massachusetts in 1635. William Large may have married Elizabeth Lincoln in Hingham, Norfolk in 1634. Deborah Dungan was a daughter of William Dungan and Deborah Wing who were married in Rhode Island in 1689. They probably migrated to Bucks County, PA soon after their marriage.William Dungan was a son of Thomas Dungan, born in Middlesex, England, who married ca. 1663 in Rhode Island, Elizabeth Weaver, born ca. 1647 in Gastonbury, Somerset, Eng. Deborah Wing was a daughter of Daniel Wing, born ca. 1617, probably in Holland or Germany, son of John Wing and Deborah Bachiler. In 1642 in Sandwich (now Barnstable), Mass., Daniel Wing married Hannah Swift, daughter of William Swift (or Swyft) and Joan _____. Deborah Bachiler was a daughter of Stephen Bachiler (or Bachelder), b. ca. 1561, d. ca. 1656. Stephen Bachelder was a noted non-conformist preacher who seems to have been exiled from England to Holland with the early Puritans, later spending some time in the Massachusetts Bay Colonly, living out his last years in London. _________ I know of no branches of the Large family that can be traced back to early medieval times. Certain Dungan family ancestors can be traced back several generations farther than I have listed them above. In the Quaker-Roots Archives in 1999, there was a discussion wherein reputable genealogists seem to have agreed that it had been disproved that any of the Dungan family could be traced back to the time of the Magna Carta. See: Quaker-Roots Archives: "Dungan", 18 Aug. 1899, Stewart Baldwin "Dungan Family Corrections", 07 Sep 1999, Miriam Bertelsen. "Large Family Queries", 19 Aug 2001, Miriam Bertelson. "William Large Family", 26 Aug. 200l, Debbie Harrison. "Willim Large Family", 17 Nov. 2001, Miriam Bertelson. Some of this ancient family history is very interesting, and it takes us back to the earliest days of the Society of Friends in New England and before, but I do not know how it can be taken back to what are considered to be medieval times. ----- Herbert Standing.

The Coal Creek MM House was physically moved, probably in the 1980's, from Keokuk County to the Nelson Pioneer Farm located just a few miles north of Oskaloosa Iowa, in Mahaska County. The Meeting House is open to visitors with a small paid admission to the Pioneer Farm. The museum associated with the historical farm also has a small genealogical library. Beth Zaring > >Lawrence Bouett states that his Clendenon ancestors got a certificate from >Stillwater MM, OH, to Coal Creek MM, Iowa 24 12th mo 1864. Do the >microfilmed >Iowa records include Coal Creek MM? > > Coal Creek MM, Iowa was a Wilburite Monthly Meeting, affiliated with >Hickory Grove Quarterly Meeting, Ohio Yearly Meeting (Conservative) until >Hickory >Grove Quarterly Meeting was transferred to Iowa Yearly Meeting >(Conservative) >ca. 1917-1918, Coal Creek MM in Keokuk County, Iowa was laid down ca. >1985. >The records of Coal Creek MM are on file with other records of Iowa Yearly >Meeting (ConservativeJ). at the Historical Society of Iowa Library on Iowa >Street >in Iowa City, Iowa. As far as I know, the Coal Creek MM records have never >been microfilmed. If my memory is correct, abstracted records of Coal >Creek MM >are included in one of the two volumes of Iowa Conservative YM abstracted >records in the Selby Publishing Company set of Iowa Friends abstracted >records. >Perhaps there is a set of these Selby abstracts in the Quaker Library at >Whittier College, Whittier, California. > > - Herbert Standing. > > >==== QUAKER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== >Quaker-Roots Archives - Search List Messages From 1996 On >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >

Coal Creek records are not among those at the vault in Oskaloosa. They are on deposit in the manuscript collection at the State Historical Society Library in Iowa City. They have not to my knowledge been microfilmed. I do have a good deal of information in my files from Coal Creek. My mother was born there. This weekend would be a good time, I think for me to answer queries about specific individuals. -- Dan Treadway P O Box 72 Gilbert IA 50105 treadway@netins.net http://showcase.netins.net/web/treadway/ -----Original Message----- From: Lawrence Bouett [mailto:lbouett@pacbell.net] Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 6:57 PM To: QUAKER-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Q-R] Oak Run Meeting Standcedargrove@aol.com wrote: >Along with Dan Treadway, I was one who assisted in preparing the records in >the vault of Iowa Yearly Meeting (FUM) at Oskaloosa, Ia. for microfilming. > ><remainder snipped> > Herbert, My Clendenon ancestors got a certificate from Stillwater MM, OH, to Coal Creek MM, Iowa, 24 12th mo 1864. Do the microfilmed Iowa records include Coal Creek MM? Best wishes, Lawrence Bouett San Diego, California ==== QUAKER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== Visit The Quaker Corner - http://www.rootsweb.com/~quakers

Lawrence Bouett states that his Clendenon ancestors got a certificate from Stillwater MM, OH, to Coal Creek MM, Iowa 24 12th mo 1864. Do the microfilmed Iowa records include Coal Creek MM? Coal Creek MM, Iowa was a Wilburite Monthly Meeting, affiliated with Hickory Grove Quarterly Meeting, Ohio Yearly Meeting (Conservative) until Hickory Grove Quarterly Meeting was transferred to Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) ca. 1917-1918, Coal Creek MM in Keokuk County, Iowa was laid down ca. 1985. The records of Coal Creek MM are on file with other records of Iowa Yearly Meeting (ConservativeJ). at the Historical Society of Iowa Library on Iowa Street in Iowa City, Iowa. As far as I know, the Coal Creek MM records have never been microfilmed. If my memory is correct, abstracted records of Coal Creek MM are included in one of the two volumes of Iowa Conservative YM abstracted records in the Selby Publishing Company set of Iowa Friends abstracted records. Perhaps there is a set of these Selby abstracts in the Quaker Library at Whittier College, Whittier, California. - Herbert Standing.

Along with Dan Treadway, I was one who assisted in preparing the records in the vault of Iowa Yearly Meeting (FUM) at Oskaloosa, Ia. for microfilming. Oak Run Meeting was probably first organized about 1874, probably as a Preparative Meeting of Ackworth Monthly Meeting centered at the village of Ackworth located three miles east of Indianola, Iowa. Ackworth Preparative Meeting was probably organized about 1849, being first known as South River Meeting, Three River Monthly Meeting, including South River Meeting, was set off from Pleasant Plain Monthly Meeting in 1852. The name of Three River Monthly Meeting was changed to South River MM about 1860. About 1872 the name of South River Monthly Meeting was changed to Ackworth Monthly Meeting. South River Quarterly Meeting was organized about 1860 to include Monthly Meetings in South Central and West Central Iowa. Bear Creek Quarterly Meeting was set off from South River QM in 1866 to include Monthly Meetings west of Des Moines. In 1890 Des Moines Meeting was organized, composed of Monthly Meetings in the general Des Moines area, a combination of Monthly Meetings which had previously belonged to Ackworth and Bear Creek Quarterly Meetings. I believe that Oak Run Meeting was transferred from Ackworth Quarterly Meeting to Des Moines Quarterly Meeting at this time. The Friends records kept in the vault at Oskaloosa are shelved according to Quarterly Meeting. There are numerous records from Monthly Meetings in Ackworth Quarterly Meeting, but I did not examine them carefully during the brief time I was assisting in organizing the records for microfilming. I worked primarily with records from Bear Creek Quarterly Meeting and also did some work with records from Des Moines Quarterly Meeting, but I do not recall working specifically from records from Oak Run. They are probably shelved with the Ackworth Quarterly Meeting records. There is a record book of minutes from Des Moines Quarterly Meeting for the years from 1890 to 1916. The Selby Publishing Company has published abstracted records from some Iowa Yearly Meeting Monthly Meetings, abstracts which were probably made under William Wade Hinshaw's direction but not completed before his death. I believe that Ackworth Monthly Meeting and Pleasant Plain Monthly Meeting abstracted records are included in this set, if it can be found in some genealogical library. I know that a set is on file in the Iowa Genealogical Society Library in Des Moines. These abstracts might show when the Folwells brought a certificate of Friends membership to Iowa. If they came before 1852, they may have brought their membership to Pleasant Plain Monthly Meeting. If they came after 1852, they probably brought their certificate to Three River Monthly Meeting. - Herbert Standing, Earlham, Iowa

Standcedargrove@aol.com wrote: >Along with Dan Treadway, I was one who assisted in preparing the records in >the vault of Iowa Yearly Meeting (FUM) at Oskaloosa, Ia. for microfilming. > ><remainder snipped> > Herbert, My Clendenon ancestors got a certificate from Stillwater MM, OH, to Coal Creek MM, Iowa, 24 12th mo 1864. Do the microfilmed Iowa records include Coal Creek MM? Best wishes, Lawrence Bouett San Diego, California

Oak Run was part of Des Moines Quarterly Meeting which existed from 1890 - 1928. Included in that Quarterly Meeting were: Oak Run, Truro, Greenwood and Des Moines Meetings. A Denver, CO meeting was received into membership at their first meeting in 1890. The last Des Moines Quarterly Meeting was held on May 2, 1828 with Des Moines and Greenwood still members. Ten days later Des Moines became a part of Bear Creek Quarterly Meeting. Besides the above named the following meetings were at one time part of Des Moines Quarterly Meeting: Glenwood, Walnut Center (Waukee), Commerce, Cummings, Forest Home and West Des Moines. Back to Oak Run it was a monthly Meeting from 1898 - 1910. If its records were saved they should be in the vault at the iowa Yearly Meeting House in Oskaloosa, iowa. I do not know it's parent church that might have the first records when it was a preparative meeting. Jean grannyroots@iowatelecom.net or jeansjots@yahoo.com "Watch What You Say or Do, You Might Sell Your Parrot To The Town Gossip and If You Don't Have A Parrot Someone Above May Be Watching You" Every Name Index: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jeanlee Register Reports: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jeanlee/ leepergenealogical.html Cemetery project: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jeanlee/ cemeteriesmarionhenry.htm On Dec 29, 2004, at 9:54 PM, PassTimeProd@cs.com wrote: Does anyone know where I could find records of membership of the Oak's Run Friends Church mentioned in this piece? I'm looking specifically for my Family, Samual Folwell, that was a resident of Winterset from 1850 thru 1896. Thank you, Ron Folwell ==== QUAKER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== Quaker-Roots Archives - Search List Messages From 1996 On http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 22:54:07 EST PassTimeProd@cs.com wrote: > Does anyone know where I could find records of membership of the >Oak's Run >Friends Church mentioned in this piece? Ron, A visit to <http://www.quakermeetings.com> shows that Oak Run minutes are in the vault at the Iowa Yearly meeting offices in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Some years ago, I participated in an effort, still incomplete, to have those records microfilmed. I am confident that the Oak Run minutes were among those that did get done. Copies of these films are in the libraries of several Quaker colleges, Earlham, Haverford, Guilford, and Swarthmore, for instance. -- Dan Treadway P. O. Box 72 Gilbert IA 50105 treadway@netins.net http://showcase.netins.net/web/treadway/

Hi, list. I've just read a lot of old messages in the archives about the Large family, but none that deal with its supposed medieval ancestors. Are any of my cousins from the marriage of Ruth Large (ca. 1700-1763) and Thomas Brown (1691-ca. 1749) familiar with any sources on this that are at least quasi-reliable? I'm looking at an undocumented line that takes Ruth back to the year 1100. Mark

Does anyone know where I could find records of membership of the Oak's Run Friends Church mentioned in this piece? I'm looking specifically for my Family, Samual Folwell, that was a resident of Winterset from 1850 thru 1896. Thank you, Ron Folwell

Going through my mail I failed to change my address to get the information I asked for. old e-mail glenroseb@earthlink.net New address is glenrose01@charter.net If it is possible to still find the marriage certificate of Thomas Newby and Sarah Shropshire, in N>C< I would appreciate it.Thanking you in advance I am Jane Newby married Joseph Samuel Englerth in Indiana. Glenrose Batchelder Englerth.

MY FOURTH GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS ISAAC JANNEY- SON OF WILLIAM AND AND ELIZABETH MOON JANNEY. FOR MANY MANY YEARS I HAVE SEARCHED FOR THE SURNAME OF ISAAC"S WIFE, HANNAH. ISAAC WAS OF THE QUAKER FAITH< BUT HANNAH WAS NOT! THEY WERE MARRIED IN BUCKS COUNTY. CAN ANYONE HELP ME?? FIND HER NAME OR THE MARRIAGE OF ISAAC. I AM 75 YEARS OLD AND ` WOULD SO LIIKE TO KNOW THIS, NOT ONLY FOR MYSELF BUT TO LEAVE IT FOR MY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. THANK YOU. GINNYPIN@AOL.com

>Will the person who contacted me about Thanksgiving about doing research in Haven, Kansas, please contact me. >I have lost your name and address Billie Lee Smith Hi, Billie. I think it was me, so here's what I sent you before. My great-grandmother Nancy Elizabeth McCASHLAND was born in Wayne Co., IN on 13 Jul 1848 to Henry J. McCASHLAND and Nancy Elizabeth HELMS. She married Joseph Marion STEVENS on 24 Apr 1870 in Wayne Co.Their first born was my grandmother in 1871, and the eighth child was born in Wayne Co. in 1885. Their ninth and last child was born in Barton Co., KS in 1887. They settled on a farm in Stevens Co. and the details are sparse until their son Joseph Marion STEVENS Jr. died in Haviland on 19 Dec 1902. Great-grandmother Nancy died in Haviland on 12 May 1919, and their son Bert McCashland STEVENS died there in March of 1920. Neither son had married, from what I have been able to gather, but Bert did try his hand at homesteading in Nebraska in 1912. Finally, a daughter Nellie Viola STEVENS, who married Arthur Eugene HAGAMAN in 1902, died in Haviland on 15 Nov 1967. Thank you for your kind offer, and I hope you enjoyed a wonderful Christmas holiday. Bob Hill - Phoenix, AZ

I don't have any additional information, just thought someone might find this useful. From the Winterset Madisonian, Winterset, Iowa, Thursday, 2 April 1903 Obituary Thomas Clark Moorman was born in Green county, Ohio on 27 March 1818. He was married 1 December 1841 to Rhoda A. Bryan, who after sixty-one years of marriage still survives him. In 1856 he moved to Madison county and settled on a farm in the southeast part of the county and there resided until 1896 when he moved to Winterset. Nine children were born to them, two dying in childhood, and Eli, who died April 1900. He was a long time member of the Oak’s Run Friend’s church and continued his membership until his death. He has been in frail health for the past six months and suffered a paralytic stroke on March 22nd, which hastened his death. Besides his faithful companion, he leaves to revere his memory, children, several of whom are now grandparents and a large circle of acquaintances, who witness in his departure the end of a life of usefulness and uprightness.