Hi Beverly et al, In light with this conversation -- I save old newspaper clippings stored in family Bibles that I have collected over the years. This little clipping has always been a puzzle to me but I figured it would fit in somewhere, sometime. It was in the Bible belonging to my Great Aunt Gertrude Hodges who was the daughter of Richard Samuel Hodges originally of the area we are discussing. He died in Callaway Co., MO. The clipping is a brief sentence probably from the social notes. It says: "Mrs Samuel Dickinson, of Wainwright, visited at Capt. R. S. Hodges last week, returning to her home Sunday." I know she wasn't visiting my great grandfather but probably the entire family. My great grandparents and their children arrived in Callaway Co., MO directly from Franklin Co. in 1878. RS Hodges died in 1899 in Cedar City, Callaway Co. The two towns, not that far apart on the Missouri River, were best connected by the MKT Railroad. So this visit occurred during that time frame. Since my family never lived in Wainwright, I always thought this lady was someone from their lives in Franklin Co. Any comments? Kay Morris In a message dated 7/16/07 12:57:01 PM Mountain Daylight Time, djgenser@cox.net writes: > Beverly and Don, > > Do you know if this Dunkard church was the Snow Creek Primitive > Baptist church? I would very much be interested in these records > also to see if there were any Copeland (Copland) people involved. > > Sheila > > > On Jul 16, 2007, at 8:31 AM, Beverly Merritt wrote: > > > Hi Don, No Dickensons there. Just to clarify things, I'm looking at > > the 2 cemetery books from the historical society. One has people grouped > by > > cemetery, the other one has them in alphabetical order. John doesn't > show > > up in either one. > > > > Also, the Pigg River Cemetery has 2 section, new and old. There are > probably a lot of unmarked graves in the old section, I don't know where we'd > find those records. > > > > If this is the church I'm thinking of, it is a Dunkard church and > > they have great records. In fact, someone made a book of the births & > deaths > > from their monthly magazine the "Vindicator". Unfortunately, your deaths > > probably pre-date the Vindicator. Maybe somebody will know if there > > are any records from this church somewhere. Beverly > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Hi Kay, There was a "great migration" west in which many families left together and went to Missouri. The book "They Went Thataway" lists many of the people that went there. Some families didn't go all the way but dropped off at various locations and some came back. Beverly ----- Original Message ----- From: <KMorris568@aol.com> To: <vafrankl@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 7:44 PM Subject: Re: [VAFRANKL] Pigg River Cem/Church Franklin County Va. > Hi Beverly et al, > In light with this conversation -- I save old newspaper clippings stored > in > family Bibles that I have collected over the years. This little clipping > has > always been a puzzle to me but I figured it would fit in somewhere, > sometime. > It was in the Bible belonging to my Great Aunt Gertrude Hodges who was the > daughter of Richard Samuel Hodges originally of the area we are > discussing. He > died in Callaway Co., MO. > > The clipping is a brief sentence probably from the social notes. It says: > "Mrs Samuel Dickinson, of Wainwright, visited at Capt. R. S. Hodges last > week, > returning to her home Sunday." I know she wasn't visiting my great > grandfather > but probably the entire family. My great grandparents and their children > arrived in Callaway Co., MO directly from Franklin Co. in 1878. RS Hodges > died > in 1899 in Cedar City, Callaway Co. The two towns, not that far apart on > the > Missouri River, were best connected by the MKT Railroad. So this visit > occurred during that time frame. Since my family never lived in > Wainwright, I always > thought this lady was someone from their lives in Franklin Co. Any > comments? > > Kay Morris > > In a message dated 7/16/07 12:57:01 PM Mountain Daylight Time, > djgenser@cox.net writes: > > >> Beverly and Don, >> >> Do you know if this Dunkard church was the Snow Creek Primitive >> Baptist church? I would very much be interested in these records >> also to see if there were any Copeland (Copland) people involved. >> >> Sheila >> >> >> On Jul 16, 2007, at 8:31 AM, Beverly Merritt wrote: >> >> > Hi Don, No Dickensons there. Just to clarify things, I'm looking at >> > the 2 cemetery books from the historical society. One has people >> > grouped >> by >> > cemetery, the other one has them in alphabetical order. John doesn't >> show >> > up in either one. >> > >> > Also, the Pigg River Cemetery has 2 section, new and old. There are >> probably a lot of unmarked graves in the old section, I don't know where >> we'd >> find those records. >> > >> > If this is the church I'm thinking of, it is a Dunkard church and >> > they have great records. In fact, someone made a book of the births & >> deaths >> > from their monthly magazine the "Vindicator". Unfortunately, your >> > deaths >> > probably pre-date the Vindicator. Maybe somebody will know if there >> > are any records from this church somewhere. Beverly > > > >> ************************************** > Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at >> http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > The SECOND Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll > Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us > something about your Brick Wall person. > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >