I'm curious if anyone has access to indices /abstracts for the Cottonwood MM in Emporia Kansas. I am following up on my maternal gr gr grandfather's family. Oliver Smith was granted a certificate to transfer 12 Jan 1887 from Green Plain MM OH to Cottonwood MM [Emporia, Lyon Co., KS] , with wife Margaret, children Ruth Esther & Walter Clifford. Oliver's daughter Lida was living in Sedgwick KS married to my great grandfather William R. Peacock Jr. I am very grateful to list members who helped me trace William from Indiana, from Earlham Normal School, etc. to the marriage with Lida and who found his gravemarker in Whittier. Now I am trying to follow up with the rest of Oliver's family. Interestingly, Cottonwood MM was founded by [amongst others] two Moon brothers from Indiana, John and Joseph. Joseph is the father of my great grandfather Newton William Moon. Back to my current investigation: Oliver Smith's daughter Ruth Esther Smith was prominent in the Quaker missionary movement [apologies if that is not the appropriate wording] and I have good information on her. I do not have any information on son "Walter Clifford" who I had record of as "Clifford" - is he listed in the minutes of the Cottonwood MM? Do those minutes contain any mention of Oliver or wife Margaret? Thanks much
On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:49:56 +0000 (GMT) David Young <dny@me.com> wrote: > > > I'm curious if anyone has access to indices /abstracts for the >Cottonwood MM in Emporia Kansas. > > I am following up on my maternal gr gr grandfather's family. Oliver >Smith was granted a certificate to transfer 12 Jan 1887 from Green >Plain MM OH to Cottonwood MM [Emporia, Lyon Co., KS] , with wife >Margaret, children Ruth Esther & Walter Clifford. > > Oliver's daughter Lida was living in Sedgwick KS married to my great >grandfather William R. Peacock Jr. I am very grateful to list >members who helped me trace William from Indiana, from Earlham Normal >School, etc. to the marriage with Lida and who found his gravemarker >in Whittier. > > Now I am trying to follow up with the rest of Oliver's family. > Interestingly, Cottonwood MM was founded by [amongst others] two >Moon brothers from Indiana, John and Joseph. Joseph is the father of >my great grandfather Newton William Moon. > > Back to my current investigation: Oliver Smith's daughter Ruth >Esther Smith was prominent in the Quaker missionary movement >[apologies if that is not the appropriate wording] and I have good >information on her. > > I do not have any information on son "Walter Clifford" who I had >record of as "Clifford" - is he listed in the minutes of the >Cottonwood MM? Do those minutes contain any mention of Oliver or >wife Margaret? > > Thanks much > David, At Cottonwood meeting on 2-5-1887, Oliver Smith & wife Margaret & children Ruth Esther, and Walter Clifford were received on certificate from Green Plain meeting, Ohio, dated 1-13-1887. A similar certificate was also received on that date for Olive Smith. Emporia meeting was set off from Cottonwood in 1888. with Oliver S, Olive, and Margaret as charter members. On 5-17-1894, Olive and Margaret Smith were granted a certificate to Cottonwood meeting. (The receipt of this certificate at Cottonwood does not appear in the abstracts.) On 12-19-1895, Clifford Smith was granted a certificate to Long Beach, California. On 4-16-1896, R Esther was granted a certificate to Long Beach as well. -- Dan Treadway P. O. Box 72 Gilbert IA 50105 treadway@netins.net http://showcase.netins.net/web/treadway/