Thanks for the link, Lynn. Worked perfectly for me. Glad they got the items back. Susan

----- Original Message ----- From: "Doris Hall" <dorismh@airmail.net> To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 12:12 AM Subject: Re: [TXWISE-L] Louise Turnbow > Laura Lucritia Holt and Robert Holt were children of Mary Ann Lafferty..... > Mary Ann is my Great Grandmother. She was married to Terry Green Brock in > McMinn Co., Tenn. They had 4 or 5 children. Then then next I can find... > she was in Fla.. (Robert was born in Key West, Fl)and had two children named > Holt..... I do not know where my great grandfather passed away.. or if they > divorced, but I believe he died, as she is later living in Aurora with her > son, (my grandfather, William T. (W.T.Brock), another Brock child and Laura > and Robert.....I have not been able to find out the name of Laura and > Roberts father, whether or not he and Mary Ann divorced or if he died.... I > think he must have been in the military as there was a military fort at Key > West at that time....I am assuming that they married in Tenn as that is > where Laura was born. Mary Ann Lafferty is buried at Thomas Cemetery listed > as wife of T.G. Brock.... I am sorry that I am rambling so much on this, but > I need to get my papers out to give the exact dates, etc. Just wanted to > give you some info that I do have... > Doris > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "ednawood" <ednawood@airmail.net> > To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 10:15 PM > Subject: Re: [TXWISE-L] Louise Turnbow > > > > > > Doris Hall, The Paradise Historical Society is trying to find information > about the mother and father of Robert Holt and his sister Laura [Turnbow] > Holt. The 1880 Wise County census shows them living in the town of Aurora > with their mother Mary and a Brock family. Descendants of Robert Holt live > here at Paradise and want to very much find informaton about their > anscestors. Please reply. We hope you can shed some light on the ever > evasive Holt family. Edna Wood -Paradise Historical Society VP/Historian > > > > > > > > At 10:16 PM 9/12/2004 -0500, you wrote: > > >Carolyn, What was Louise Turnbow's mother and fathers names???? I am > > >researching Laura Lucretia Holt.... married David Turnbow.... Laura's > mother > > >was my great grandmother, Mary Ann Lafferty Brock, buried at Thomas > > >Cemetery...... Let me know if there is a connection...Thanks, Doris Hall > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Carolyn Neal" <kcneal@charter.net> > > >To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> > > >Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2004 3:29 PM > > >Subject: [TXWISE-L] Louise Turnbow > > > > > > > > >> I am looking for decendants of Lousie Turnbow. She lived in Bridgeport > > >around 1910-1915.(?) Her mother passed away when she was a small child. > > >She lived with my great-grandparents, Sam and Laura West. Her father > later > > >remarried and she went to live with him and a new stepmother. I think > she > > >lived with my grandparents for around four years. > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

Lynn, believe me the web page may work for you but not for everyone. The title of the article comes up but when clicked on the same page to be filled out comes up. Maybe you are already a member? Shirley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn Wright" <lynn.wright@cox.net> To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 9:50 AM Subject: Re: [TXWISE-L] The museum and vandalism > Again........... here's how you can read the article without > registering........... pay attention now, there will be test later. > > > Go to: > > http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/ > > In the box (upper right) type DECATUR in the search window. > > You will be brought to a results page, click on the first item, "Teens > accused of Wise County Museum theft" > > You will next be presented with the article. > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert & Betty Coslett" <rlc@shipleysystems.com> > To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 7:44 AM > Subject: Re: [TXWISE-L] The museum and vandalism > > > > Hi All, > > > > I'm delighted so much has been recovered for the museum. Shame on those > > who > > did this. > > I went to the website of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and in order to get > > on > > the site you have to sign up. They also tell you they may SHARE your email > > address with their other interested parties. That means tons of junk > > mail. > > So be careful if you make that choice. It's your choice. > > > > Betty from New Mexico > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <NtSsperry@netscape.net> > > To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 7:47 AM > > Subject: Re: [TXWISE-L] The museum and vandalism > > > > > >> An article appeared in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Tuesday, Sept. 14. > > You can access it at www.star-telegram.com, which kick you to www.dfw > > (something or other, I can't remember, but the star-telegram address will > > do > > it.) > >> > >> Sandra Perry > >> > >> Neatstuffgifts@aol.com wrote: > >> > >> >Fantasic news that the stolen items have been recovered. Is the Decatur > >> >paper online? If anyone sees a story in the morning paper, please pass a > > link of > >> >for all of us to read! Julie > >> > > >> > > >> > >> __________________________________________________________________ > >> Switch to Netscape Internet Service. > >> As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at > > http://isp.netscape.com/register > >> > >> Netscape. Just the Net You Need. > >> > >> New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer > >> Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. > >> Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp > >> > > > > >

My previous email I said Andrew William's wife was Rachel when it actually was Nancy Harriet. I wonder if there are Merritts in the Decatur that would be related to Joseph Elmer. Arlene

I copied and pasted two articles on the list server this morning so that no one needs to link over to the newspaper. The first article was about the burglary, and the second was the arrest of the perpetrators. Hope you got to read them. ----- Original Message ----- From: "s garcia" <tgarcia6@stx.rr.com> To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 2:04 PM Subject: Re: [TXWISE-L] The museum and vandalism > Lynn, believe me the web page may work for you but not for everyone. The > title of the article comes up but when clicked on the same page to be > filled > out comes up. Maybe you are already a member? > > Shirley > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lynn Wright" <lynn.wright@cox.net> > To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 9:50 AM > Subject: Re: [TXWISE-L] The museum and vandalism > > >> Again........... here's how you can read the article without >> registering........... pay attention now, there will be test later. >> >> >> Go to: >> >> http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/ >> >> In the box (upper right) type DECATUR in the search window. >> >> You will be brought to a results page, click on the first item, "Teens >> accused of Wise County Museum theft" >> >> You will next be presented with the article. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Robert & Betty Coslett" <rlc@shipleysystems.com> >> To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 7:44 AM >> Subject: Re: [TXWISE-L] The museum and vandalism >> >> >> > Hi All, >> > >> > I'm delighted so much has been recovered for the museum. Shame on those >> > who >> > did this. >> > I went to the website of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and in order to > get >> > on >> > the site you have to sign up. They also tell you they may SHARE your > email >> > address with their other interested parties. That means tons of junk >> > mail. >> > So be careful if you make that choice. It's your choice. >> > >> > Betty from New Mexico >> > >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: <NtSsperry@netscape.net> >> > To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> >> > Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 7:47 AM >> > Subject: Re: [TXWISE-L] The museum and vandalism >> > >> > >> >> An article appeared in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Tuesday, Sept. >> >> 14. >> > You can access it at www.star-telegram.com, which kick you to www.dfw >> > (something or other, I can't remember, but the star-telegram address > will >> > do >> > it.) >> >> >> >> Sandra Perry >> >> >> >> Neatstuffgifts@aol.com wrote: >> >> >> >> >Fantasic news that the stolen items have been recovered. Is the > Decatur >> >> >paper online? If anyone sees a story in the morning paper, please >> >> >pass > a >> > link of >> >> >for all of us to read! Julie >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> >> __________________________________________________________________ >> >> Switch to Netscape Internet Service. >> >> As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at >> > http://isp.netscape.com/register >> >> >> >> Netscape. Just the Net You Need. >> >> >> >> New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer >> >> Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. >> >> Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp >> >> >> > >> > >> >

Does anyone have any information on the Merritt family. My ggrandfather Andrew William Merritt and his wife Rachel and children moved to Decatur in about 1879 from Coles county, Illinois. Andrew died in 1885 and is buried in Sycamore Cemetery in Decatur. His son, Charles Ambrose was my grandfather. I have been unable to locate any records on his brother, Joseph Elmer Merritt. About all I know is that he married a Bonnie Price. I also have information that Andrew was a music teacher in Decatur. I don't know how he died. If anyone has any information about this family, please email me at arlene.ring@classicnet.net. Thank you. Arlene Ringener

Thanks Lynn, I need all the help I can get. Old dogs and new tricks you know. I appreciate you putting the article on the email. Thanks, Betty ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn Wright" <lynn.wright@cox.net> To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 8:50 AM Subject: Re: [TXWISE-L] The museum and vandalism > Again........... here's how you can read the article without > registering........... pay attention now, there will be test later. > > > Go to: > > http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/ > > In the box (upper right) type DECATUR in the search window. > > You will be brought to a results page, click on the first item, "Teens > accused of Wise County Museum theft" > > You will next be presented with the article. > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert & Betty Coslett" <rlc@shipleysystems.com> > To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 7:44 AM > Subject: Re: [TXWISE-L] The museum and vandalism > > > > Hi All, > > > > I'm delighted so much has been recovered for the museum. Shame on those > > who > > did this. > > I went to the website of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and in order to get > > on > > the site you have to sign up. They also tell you they may SHARE your email > > address with their other interested parties. That means tons of junk > > mail. > > So be careful if you make that choice. It's your choice. > > > > Betty from New Mexico > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <NtSsperry@netscape.net> > > To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 7:47 AM > > Subject: Re: [TXWISE-L] The museum and vandalism > > > > > >> An article appeared in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Tuesday, Sept. 14. > > You can access it at www.star-telegram.com, which kick you to www.dfw > > (something or other, I can't remember, but the star-telegram address will > > do > > it.) > >> > >> Sandra Perry > >> > >> Neatstuffgifts@aol.com wrote: > >> > >> >Fantasic news that the stolen items have been recovered. Is the Decatur > >> >paper online? If anyone sees a story in the morning paper, please pass a > > link of > >> >for all of us to read! Julie > >> > > >> > > >> > >> __________________________________________________________________ > >> Switch to Netscape Internet Service. > >> As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at > > http://isp.netscape.com/register > >> > >> Netscape. Just the Net You Need. > >> > >> New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer > >> Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. > >> Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp > >> > > > > >

Thanks for sharing this. Had not seen it before. Jan

In a message dated 9/14/2004 8:05:36 AM Mountain Daylight Time, lynn.wright@cox.net writes: http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/ Thanks Lynn, It came right up. I enjoyed reading the article. Jan

It infuriates me when I hear that "bored" kids do such a thing. Even bored kids with moral values do not vandalize other persons property. Diana

Just go to _www.dfw.com_ (http://www.dfw.com) and in the search box type in museum. That's how I got to it! Julie

In a message dated 9/14/2004 7:45:21 AM Mountain Daylight Time, lynn.wright@cox.net writes: http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/local/9659031.htm?1c Hi Lynn... It just came up as an offer to join. They want all personal info, and say they will be sending "offers", from time to time. Any other way to read this article? Thanks, J.Laird Shepard Reno, NV

So very glad the items have been recovered. LaFon Stone Commander

An article appeared in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Tuesday, Sept. 14. You can access it at www.star-telegram.com, which kick you to www.dfw (something or other, I can't remember, but the star-telegram address will do it.) Sandra Perry Neatstuffgifts@aol.com wrote: >Fantasic news that the stolen items have been recovered. Is the Decatur >paper online? If anyone sees a story in the morning paper, please pass a link of >for all of us to read! Julie > > __________________________________________________________________ Switch to Netscape Internet Service. As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp

Hi All, I'm delighted so much has been recovered for the museum. Shame on those who did this. I went to the website of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and in order to get on the site you have to sign up. They also tell you they may SHARE your email address with their other interested parties. That means tons of junk mail. So be careful if you make that choice. It's your choice. Betty from New Mexico ----- Original Message ----- From: <NtSsperry@netscape.net> To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 7:47 AM Subject: Re: [TXWISE-L] The museum and vandalism > An article appeared in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Tuesday, Sept. 14. You can access it at www.star-telegram.com, which kick you to www.dfw (something or other, I can't remember, but the star-telegram address will do it.) > > Sandra Perry > > Neatstuffgifts@aol.com wrote: > > >Fantasic news that the stolen items have been recovered. Is the Decatur > >paper online? If anyone sees a story in the morning paper, please pass a link of > >for all of us to read! Julie > > > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > Switch to Netscape Internet Service. > As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register > > Netscape. Just the Net You Need. > > New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer > Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. > Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp >

There was a nice article about the recovered items in today's edition of the Ft. Worth Star Telegram.... I'm sure it is on line..... Prayers are answered...... Doris Hall ----- Original Message ----- From: <Neatstuffgifts@aol.com> To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 10:14 PM Subject: Re: [TXWISE-L] The museum and vandalism > Fantasic news that the stolen items have been recovered. Is the Decatur > paper online? If anyone sees a story in the morning paper, please pass a link of > for all of us to read! Julie > >

Thieves grab museum's World War II treasures By Chris Vaughn Star-Telegram Staff Writer Working by candlelight, they came and stole the hard-earned treasures of the once-young men from Wise County, men who spent almost all of World War II in Japanese prison camps. The thieves took a sword, a rifle bayonet, a military police armband, Japanese money and a priceless samurai sword, ransacking the rest of the room dedicated to the "Lost Battalion." Not least, they broke the heart of Rosalie Gregg, who serves as the director of the Wise County Heritage Museum and is the widow of a Lost Battalion soldier. "They definitely knew what they had," she said. The break-in at the museum, in the 112-year-old former Decatur Baptist College building off U.S. 287 in Decatur, occurred between Saturday night and early Monday. Decatur Police Chief Rex Hoskins said that he has no "real good leads" on the case but that he does on a church burglary from the same weekend. "We think they possibly may be connected," he said. Hoskins said he and other officers are checking with eBay to see whether a comparable samurai sword has turned up online in the last week, one of the more logical places such a collector's item might turn up. "You couldn't keep it around your house around here," he said. "There's too many people who know what was in that museum." The thieves stole the money in the cash register and in the volunteers' lunch-money box and even took the postage stamps. They also stole a vintage shotgun and an 1883 Colt rifle. Inexplicably, they poured a soda on the museum's computer and broke glass cases throughout the museum. Gregg said wax drips on the floor indicate that the thieves used candles. The losses in the second-floor Lost Battalion room are the most costly. "I don't know if there is a value you could put on some of it," Gregg said. "I would think the samurai sword was worth $10,000. But it's also got a lot of sentimental value." The sword, with Japanese inscriptions on the tang, was given to a Lost Battalion member who testified during war crimes trials. The Lost Battalion -- technically, the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery Regiment -- was a Texas National Guard outfit from counties north of Fort Worth. The men, sent to the Pacific Theater around the time of the Pearl Harbor attack, ended up on the island of Java to support Dutch forces. The Dutch surrendered March 8, 1942, and the Texans began a brutal ordeal as Japanese prisoners. Gregg said she alerted the only other museum with significant Lost Battalion items, at Camp Mabry in Austin, to keep an eye out for the missing property. Crayton Gordon Sr., a battalion member who lives in Keller, said: "I'll be durned. Rosalie has been real faithful about that museum."

Again........... here's how you can read the article without registering........... pay attention now, there will be test later. Go to: http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/ In the box (upper right) type DECATUR in the search window. You will be brought to a results page, click on the first item, "Teens accused of Wise County Museum theft" You will next be presented with the article. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert & Betty Coslett" <rlc@shipleysystems.com> To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 7:44 AM Subject: Re: [TXWISE-L] The museum and vandalism > Hi All, > > I'm delighted so much has been recovered for the museum. Shame on those > who > did this. > I went to the website of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and in order to get > on > the site you have to sign up. They also tell you they may SHARE your email > address with their other interested parties. That means tons of junk > mail. > So be careful if you make that choice. It's your choice. > > Betty from New Mexico > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <NtSsperry@netscape.net> > To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 7:47 AM > Subject: Re: [TXWISE-L] The museum and vandalism > > >> An article appeared in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Tuesday, Sept. 14. > You can access it at www.star-telegram.com, which kick you to www.dfw > (something or other, I can't remember, but the star-telegram address will > do > it.) >> >> Sandra Perry >> >> Neatstuffgifts@aol.com wrote: >> >> >Fantasic news that the stolen items have been recovered. Is the Decatur >> >paper online? If anyone sees a story in the morning paper, please pass a > link of >> >for all of us to read! Julie >> > >> > >> >> __________________________________________________________________ >> Switch to Netscape Internet Service. >> As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at > http://isp.netscape.com/register >> >> Netscape. Just the Net You Need. >> >> New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer >> Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. >> Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp >> > >

Go to: http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/ In the box (upper right) type DECATUR in the search window. You will be brought to a results page, click on the first item, "Teens accused of Wise County Museum theft" You will next be presented with the article. ----- Original Message ----- From: <TANTIE1940@aol.com> To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 7:00 AM Subject: Re: [TXWISE-L] The museum and vandalism > > In a message dated 9/14/2004 7:45:21 AM Mountain Daylight Time, > lynn.wright@cox.net writes: > > http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/local/9659031.htm?1c > > > > Hi Lynn... > It just came up as an offer to join. > They want all personal info, and say they will be sending "offers", from > time to time. > Any other way to read this article? > Thanks, > J.Laird Shepard > Reno, NV >

Here's the link that will take you to the article.... just click on the underlined/highlighted text. http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/local/9659031.htm?1c Lynn Wright Scottsdale, AZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doris Hall" <dorismh@airmail.net> To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 6:40 AM Subject: Re: [TXWISE-L] The museum and vandalism > There was a nice article about the recovered items in today's edition of > the > Ft. Worth Star Telegram.... I'm sure it is on line..... > Prayers are answered...... > Doris Hall > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Neatstuffgifts@aol.com> > To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 10:14 PM > Subject: Re: [TXWISE-L] The museum and vandalism > > >> Fantasic news that the stolen items have been recovered. Is the Decatur >> paper online? If anyone sees a story in the morning paper, please pass a > link of >> for all of us to read! Julie >> >> > >