VIVIAN N. CORDELL Mrs. Vivian N. Cordell, age 77, of Panama City, Fla., died Tuesday, April 11, 2000, at a local hospital. She had been a resident of the area for 10 years, coming here from Texarkana, Texas. Mrs. Cordell was a member of Central Assembly of God Church since 1993. She is survived by her husband, James F. Cordell of Panama City; a daughter, of Panama City; two brothers; and a sister-in-law. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, April 14, at Kent-Forest Lawn Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Don Shoots officiating. Interment will follow at Evergreen Memorial Gardens. Asked to serve as active pallbearers are: Sam Holt, James Barr, Sam Pinckard, T. A. Greene, Marvin Benton, and Mike McFatter. The family will receive friends at the funeral home today, April 13, from 6 to 8 p.m. Flowers will be accepted, or if you prefer, you may make donations to the Central Assembly of God Church Building Fund in her name. Kent-Forest Lawn Funeral Home, Panama City, Fla. 32405, 763-4694, 2403 Harrison Ave. Extracted from The News Herald Contact me if you would like a complete copy of this obituary. [email protected]

I have also added information on how you go about checking to see if one of your ancestors has an Original Marriage Certificate still on file. To see this information, click on the marriage link on the left, on the main page. A big thank you goes to Doris Lindblad, for all her time and effort spent on our behalf, to insure that these certificates get in the hands of descendants!!! Becky http://www.usroots.com/~jmautrey/bowie/bowie.htm

Information has been added about the Masonic Lodge of Old Boston, on the Bowie Site. Click on the URL below and click on the HISTORY link on the left. Scroll down to where it lists the Masonic Lodge. I can see now, as more information is being added, that I need to make separate index pages on the various areas of Bowie County.. I will do this as time allows. At any rate, the indexes will be linked from the history page. Thank you to Gene Lynch for submitting this information on the Lodge. Becky http://www.usroots.com/~jmautrey/bowie/bowie.htm

Short description written in 1920 of Texas Governor Hardin R. Runnels grave. (Copyright Texas GenWeb) In 1840, -- Howell W. Runnels, -- in company with his brothers, -- Hardin R., -- Edmond S., and -- Hiram, came from Mississippi to the southwestern frontier, and first settled on the Brazos River, but shortly afterward came to this part of the Lone Star Republic, and located permanent houses here, where they became prominent and influential in the development of the agricultural resources of the district by the time of the admission to Texas to the Union in 1845. One of the four brothers, Hardin R., who was familiarly and widely known as "Dick" Runnells, became especially prominent in the political and other civic activities, and finally had the distinction of being elected governor of Texas in 1857, defeating his opponent, the redoubtable General Sam Houston, the hero of San Jacinto, by an overwhelming majority. Gov. Runnells died at Old Boston in 1873, and was buried in the family graveyard two miles east of Boston, the present county site of Bowie. Not long ago the writer visited this lovely spot, and stood with uncovered head, in awe and reverence, above the mortal remains of the illustrious man, --this erstwhile idol of the Texas Democracy. By parting the entangled vines, briars and other dense mass of nearly half century's growth and utter, absolute neglect, and by stooping, sometimes crawling, the tomb, or rather what was once the tomb of governor Runnells, was finally found. The brick wall, some two feet in height, originally enclosing the grave, had crumbled and fallen away in places, and the once large, beautiful marble slab which covered the entire length and width of the grave, was broken in two diagonally across the sacred inscription: "to the Memory of Hardin R. Runnells", and so effaced by time and mold and neglect, as to render the other lines of the inscription almost unintelligible. Inside the fallen brick wall, the moldy earth covering the remains, was sunken to nearly half its depth, and altogether in a shameful state of utter decay, the result of somebody's neglect. For forty-seven years, here had lain the mortal remains of "Dick Runnels", and ex-governor of the great state of Texas, amid the gloom and solitude of this lonely spot, without the touch of pruning knife or other implements, not even a flower or a shrub, placed by loving hands, now to be seen. Surely, I reflected, something is WRONG! Somebody has woefully blundered, and as I pondered, the charitable thought was uppermost that, if those most interested, would visit the desolate and so long forgotten graveyard, they would take immediate steps to undo the wrong so long existing. http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbowie/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/bowie/bowitoc.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbowie/newqueries.htm

Hi folks, Becky and I want everyone to feel welcomed to share any family materials you want to include with us on our site. Everyone is welcomed and there is plenty of space for everyone.:) As we ask is that if you are not the owner of the materials, please send a note with your articles stating you have permission to share them with us for the site. If you are the owner, please include a note stating you give us permission to use the articles on the web site. Everyone will be given correct credit for their materials and will **always** retain copyrights to them. NOTE: Our site is independent, there are no archives, they are not redistributed, shared, or sold in any format whatsoever with anyone. There is a search engine on our site, but it is also independent of any other group, organization, association, society, or network.The mailing list mentioned on our site is also independent, archived only to the members of the list, not accessible by anyone not a member of it. The same is true as well with the various posting boards.Our site is copyrighted, anyone using the materials must obtain the owners permission, including our permission if it is ours. In order to work more efficiently and get the materials uploaded to the site quickly, Becky and I are trying this method of sharing the work, attempting to keep her busy on the web site and me busy with the mail and typing:) l. If you have your materials typed into a document format (please do not use a spreadsheet format) and have pictures already scanned, or can scan them, please forward them directly to Becky. Pictures need to be under 300 pixels. She will work directly with the web site, adding materials, links and making changes as we need them. If you find errors, please be sure to let her know so she can correct them as much as possible. Contact Becky at: [email protected] 2. If you can not type, or have the means or time to do so, or do not have a scanner, but want your materials included, if you will make good copies and send them to me, I will do whatever needs to be done so Becky can add them to the site. If you send us something and you want your materials returned, just let me know as I will make copies and return them to you, free of charge.. You can mail your materials to me at: Jo Autrey [email protected] 3627 Middlefield St. Dallas, Texas 75253-3210 972-557-0052 However, at any time, either of us will always be available if you need to contact us. Thanks, Jo A.

Hi again, I just had to load ONE MORE tonight......*grin* Go into the history link then scroll down where it says Pioneer Recalls Indian Raids, click on that to read the story of pioneer, W.M. McMillian's recall of Indian Raids!!! I just loved this story!! Many thanks to Mary Sheridan for submitting this story on her ancestors! Becky http://www.usroots.com/~jmautrey/bowie/bowie.htm

Hi Everybody, Thought I would spare you with lots of emails, so I tried to keep track of what I have added today. :) There have been numerous photo's added. Just click on the PHOTO link on the left side of the main page. http://www.usroots.com/~jmautrey/bowie/bowie.htm In the HISTORY link, I added photo's of New Boston's Mayor's past to present. I only had to the year 1963, surely there has been a few more since then. I will update that, when I can get a picture of the latest ones. Also in the HISTORY section is information on The Simms Family. In the BOWIE BUSINESS link (on the history page) is a real neat article on the Shelton Family. Founders of Shelton Feed and Fertilizer. Remember, if you have information you would like to see up on the site, email it to either me or Jo. I still have ALOT of really nice things that still need to be added. I am trying to get everything up as fast as I can. Please keep in mind if you scan something, try and keep it at the very most 350 pixels, anything larger than that is just so hard for me to work with. It takes hours and sometimes it turns out that I am not able to use it. Thank you, Becky Cowen Family Genealogy http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rebalee/

Hi Group, This is the complete explanation of a new feature Roots has made available to researchers who have joined their mailing lists, regardless if it is for a surname or locality. The GenConnect boards for Bowie County has been activated and are being forwarded to our list. This will explain the types of messages you have been seeing coming to our list and wondered about them. If you have any questions, please contact us.This explanation is from Joan Young, Roots Administration Mentor Jo Autrey ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 17, 2000 5:26 PM Subject: [GC-HELP-L] GC-GATEWAY > Hi! > > A couple weeks ago many of you who are subscribed to RootsWeb genealogy > mailing lists may have begun noticing something new popping up among your > list messages. > > These messages start off with two lines showing where they were originally > posted and giving you the URL where the message can originally be found. > > Posted on: Pennsylvania Dutch Queries > Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Pa/Dutch?read=xxxx > [This is just an example -- not an actual message.] > > This is a new feature being offered to help to integrate the GenConnect > Boards with the mailing lists for an allied subject (surname, locality, > etc.). Mailing list administrators can now opt to request that their mailing > lists receive "gatewayed" messages--messages posted to a corresponding > GenConnect Board. When the list and board admininstrators agree to use the > gateway all messages posted to selected "paired" boards are instantly copied > in full to the "paired" list. > > If you should see these messages (identifiable by the inclusion of two lines > similar to the ones I have copied above) on a mailing list you are subscribed > to, and you wish to reply to the message, you should be aware that the poster > of the message is most likely not subscribed to the list. Replies should be > made on the board by going to the URL in the gatewayed message. Your reply > on the board will then be "gatewayed" back to the list as well. > > Those of you who can click on the URL to access the message should do so and > others (mainly AOL users) should copy and paste the URL into the browser > window. By replying on the board you ensure that the poster will see the > reply to the message they posted and also that the thread of the message is > preserved on the board for the benefit of future researchers who may find the > thread in a search. > > If the mailing lists you are subscribed to are not yet using the GC-Gateway > and you think it would be a good idea, you may wish to contact the admin for > your lists and let them know you are in favor of taking advantage of the > gateway. To contact any list admin write to: [email protected] > (substituting the actual list name for the word LISTNAME). For example the > Smith surname admin could be reached by writing to: [email protected] > > If a list you are subscribed to IS using the gateway and you had previously > subscribed to receive notices whenever new messages are posted to the board > involved in the gateway, you may wish to unsub from the board > notification--since this will now be a duplicate notice. To unsub from the > board notices go to the board and scroll down to the Subscribe box. Type or > paste in your email address and click on the button to "send address." You > will receive a message saying "sorry to see you go." > > > *************************** > Joan Young > [email protected] > Newbie Coordinator > Admin Mentor > "How-To" Guru > The GenConnect Team > *************************** > > > ==== GENCONNECT-HELP Mailing List ==== > Questions about copyright for the material you wish to post to a GenConnect Board? See: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/HINTS/copyright.html > > ============================== > Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. >

This is from another mail list I subscribe to... *** For anyone who hasn't heard, Ancestry.com, is working on putting online, a substitution of sorts of the 1890 census. Here is their definition of their site: "More than 20 million records have been identified for inclusion in the collection and additions will be made regularly as they become available for posting. It will include fragments of the original 1890 census that survived the fire, special veterans schedules, several Native American tribe censuses for years surrounding 1890, state censuses (1885 or 1895), city and county directories, alumni directories, and voter registration documents." Anyone interested in checking out this valuable site may find it at: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/census/1890sub/main.htm  

For those of you interested, please visit this site for the latest information on the purchase of Bowie County Census reports for 1910 and 1920 on cd's for only $79.00. This will give each person a set of the cd's and a free copy will be sent to US GenWeb Archives for Bowie County. Everyone is welcome to join us, and if you know someone not on our list who would be interested, please invite them to join us in this new project. http://www.skpub.com/genie/censuscd/bowie.html Thanks to everyone who participated in the previous project. If you have any questions, please contact me privately for more information. As a result of the project for previous cd's being successful, the US GenWeb Archives will receive the census reports for 1850 through 1900. We can expect our copies within 3 months, possibly earlier. Cass County just completed their project, so Cass County Archives will be receiving their copies of the cd's as well. Many of the counties are joining in to do this, it seems to be a project for each county. Jo Autrey [email protected] Becky Cowen-Cornelius [email protected]

We would like to hear from anyone who can give us current information on this community and the families mentioned in this article. Please have them contact me for a follow-up article I would like to add to this information. Thanks everyone, Jo Autrey [email protected] Also, if anyone has anything on their families you want added to our site, just send it to me, plenty of space for everyone to include their families, especially older generation photos', journals, biographies, or other items. ----- Original Message ----- From: Becky Cowen-Cornelius <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2000 7:14 PM Subject: [BowieCoTex] Garland Community > A very interesting article on the Community of Garland is now on the Bowie > Genealogy site. It can be seen by going to the url I have below and > scrolling down and clicking on Garland Community. > http://www.usroots.com/~jmautrey/bowie/history.htm > Becky > >

I have added a GREAT article on Dalby Springs. Go to the link below and click on Dalby Springs, that will bring you to a index for articles on Dalby Springs. More articles will be added on Dalby Springs in the future. http://www.usroots.com/~jmautrey/bowie/history.htm Becky

Another business "The Piggley Wiggley" has been added to the business area on the Bowie Site. http://www.usroots.com/~jmautrey/bowie/bowbusiness.htm Becky

A very interesting article on the Community of Garland is now on the Bowie Genealogy site. It can be seen by going to the url I have below and scrolling down and clicking on Garland Community. http://www.usroots.com/~jmautrey/bowie/history.htm Becky

A Business section has been added to the Bowie Genealogy Site's history section. Scroll down on the history page and you will see the new link for businesses. I will be adding more articles in this business section, within the next few days. http://www.usroots.com/~jmautrey/bowie/history.htm Becky

A very interesting article on "Trammel's Place, has been uploaded to the history section on the Bowie Genealogy Site. Bring up the main page, click on the history link on the left then scroll down the list and you will see the link to "Trammel's Place" http://www.usroots.com/~jmautrey/bowie/bowie.htm Becky

I have added a new link titled GOVERMENT to the left side of the main page on the Bowie Co Tx Genealogy site. The government section has grown and I felt it needed its own link and index page. The government section can still be reached from the history page also. An article on the New New Boston TDCJ Prison has been added to the government section for those interested. http://www.usroots.com/~jmautrey/bowie/bowie.htm Becky

A list of the High School Seniors of Dekalb High 1956 can now be viewed by clicking on it in the history section (url below) Becky http://www.usroots.com/~jmautrey/bowie/history.htm

Short Bio of German B. Bradshaw: Written about 1920 (Copyright: Texas GenWeb) G. B. Bradshaw was raised in Tennessee, but came to Bowie many years ago, and settled near Myrtle Springs. In 1908 he purchased a small tract of raw timbered land two miles northeast from Hooks, paying $4.00 per acre cash, and on this little farm of 100 acres, he has resided during the intervening years, with the help of his growing children, of whom there were four -- two sons and two daughters -- Mr. Bradshaw cleared and put in cultivation much of this land, now about two-thirds being tilled. VR Visit the Bowie County GenConnect Boards: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbowie/newqueries.htm

Posted on: Bowie County Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Bowie?read=240 Surname: Merchant, Mitchell ------------------------- Looking for information about James Blackstock (Jimmy) Merchant and Mary Eula Mitchell who married in Bowie County and are both buried at Ward's Creek Cemetary. Especially need information on Mary Eula's family--parents and/or siblings. Mary Eula died about 1908 and J. B. died about 1914.