Thank you Mary for the d.c. information. I really appreciate your help. Major McKinley BEST proves to be one of my extended family. Socrates T. was one of several brothers including Lycurgus C. (father of Alonzo), Alexander H., Solon P., John Nelson (my line), Edward T., and Rosewell that died young. Socrates T, Solon P, John N, and Edward T. all served in the Civil War. I have some National Archives papers, copies of several discharges including an original for Solon and other items. What may I do to help you? Dorothy Petry WA ----- Original Message ----- From: <3petes@chibardun.net> To: <WIDUNN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 10:13 AM Subject: [DUNN] Re: Need parents of M.M. BEST > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Best > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gFC.2ACI/1566.2 > > Message Board Post: > > Dear Dorothy; > Here is the information ffom the death cert. of Major McKinley Best Dunn CO WI Vol 2 Pg 216 > Major was born 2 Dec 1896; died 6 Jan. 1897 at 12:30 pm Wed. In Tiffany, Dunn CO WI; white male; born Tiffany, Dunn CO WI; parents Alonzo L. Best and Cora Best; cause of death was congestion of lungs; burried Brewer Cemetery Dunn CO WI. > > I have worked for some time on a CIvil War Project for Barron CO and the Best's thath I have been sorting through have been on the border between Barron and Dunn Counties. I am curious if you are related to Alonzo or to Socrates Best or any other names that slip me right now. > > Sincerely, > Mary Peterson > 3petes@chibardun.net > > > > > ==== WIDUNN Mailing List ==== > WIDUNN-L messages are archived at: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gFC.2ACI/1517.2.1.1 Message Board Post: I may be able to help you out. Unfortunately, I am on a trip for a month, and that material is at home. I believe I have a picture taken the day of the sale at the church in abt 1962. The old church after being sold, was used for hay storage for many years. Last year my cousin and I went to Menomonie to see it and it had been torn down. A gal living next door to it had a couple of pictures that had been taken when the blg was standing. I took digital pictures from her pictures. The research center at Menomonie has the cemeteries and who is buried there. The lists aren't complete as the information was taken from headstones. The Dunkards didn't use many headstones, so even though we know somebody is there, they don't show up. I am doing research in that area myself now. You may try emailing Kevin at the research center in Menomonie and ask him to look. I believe his email is thoriek@stout.edu. My email is egroth@cannon.net. If you would like to communicate with me and send me! your email, I will see what I can do to help you out.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Best Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gFC.2ACI/1566.2 Message Board Post: Dear Dorothy; Here is the information ffom the death cert. of Major McKinley Best Dunn CO WI Vol 2 Pg 216 Major was born 2 Dec 1896; died 6 Jan. 1897 at 12:30 pm Wed. In Tiffany, Dunn CO WI; white male; born Tiffany, Dunn CO WI; parents Alonzo L. Best and Cora Best; cause of death was congestion of lungs; burried Brewer Cemetery Dunn CO WI. I have worked for some time on a CIvil War Project for Barron CO and the Best's thath I have been sorting through have been on the border between Barron and Dunn Counties. I am curious if you are related to Alonzo or to Socrates Best or any other names that slip me right now. Sincerely, Mary Peterson 3petes@chibardun.net

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/gFC.2ACI/1517.2.1 Message Board Post: I have been looking for information on this Cemetery for sometime. Does any one have a list or burial or record of who is buried there. I would also like to get a photo copy of the church if any one has one Thank

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gFC.2ACI/1567 Message Board Post: EVENSON was a very common name in 1800's Norway. My family was from Frederickstad. It is a coincidence that your Carl was a tailor. I will keep you in my file.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gFC.2ACI/1562.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi, Sorry for not getting back to you sooner, my Carl Evenson is the son of Erick Evenson and Anna Anderson, he was born about 1888. Erick was born in Norway, still might have a connection. Mary

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gFC.2ACI/1566.1.1 Message Board Post: Linda, Thanks appreciate the information. Was hoping there is some kind of listing so I didn't have to pay for the death certificate until I learn if he is my family or not. Dorothy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gFC.2ACI/1566.1 Message Board Post: You can contact the Register of Deeds in Menomonie: Birth, marriage and death records from about 1860: Dunn County Register of Deeds 800 Wilson Ave. Menomonie, WI 54751 Phone (715) 232-1228 FAX: (715) 232-1324 Birth certificates $12 Death certificates $7 Marriage certificates $7 Please include a stamped self-addressed envelope with your request ** Open 8:30-12 and 1-4 Monday through Friday for genealogists

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Best Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gFC.2ACI/1566 Message Board Post: In online Dunn Co, WI Vital Records I have found birth of Maj M. BEST on 21 Dec 1896 and death of Maj Mickinley BEST on 6 Jan 1897. How can I learn names of parents? Dorothy Petry WA

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Flint, Blodgett, Underwood, Tuttle, Gunter, Waite, Senholt, Smith, Gear, Geer, Proctor, Winthrow, Polyard Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gFC.2ACI/578.1.3 Message Board Post: Hi, Jo! I don't know how I missed your post 3 years ago. But, I do apologize just the same. And, I thank you for your reply. Here's what I have for Blodgett names; RP BLODGETT m SARAH UNKNOWN. Their son was WILLIAM A BLODGETT. He married EUNICE FLINT Feb 18, 1880 in Dunn County. Eunice was my GGmpa's sister. William & Eunice had 7 children together. One was a son that died in infancy. There was also BESSIE, ROY, EMORY, CLARE, DEANA, VELMA. I have no further information on any of them other than that Aunt Eunice was born in 1859 in Wisconsin. In their marriag notes I have, "'William Blodgett, a house painter who later went into the ministry of the United Bretheran Church, serving in Oregon. Children: son died as a baby, Bessie, Roy, Emory, Clare died in World War I, buried in France, Deana. Last not heard from after about 1930. Velma, stepdaughter." I've also added to my notes on Aunt Eunice, "FTW files show the birth date as 'abt 1859' and the Family Line 1-(28-29) sheet shows 1859. I have chosen to remove the 'abt'" Thanx again and feel free to email me direct, if you wish.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Flint, Blodgett, Underwood, Tuttle, Gunter, Waite, Senholt, Smith, Gear, Geer, Proctor, Winthrow, Polyard Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gFC.2ACI/578.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Hi, Heather. I don't know that this will be of any help to you. But, my Blodgetts from Dunn County are probably related to yours. I don't, however, have much on them or many names to offer. Hopefully, what I do have will tie in with yours one day. Here's what I have for names; RP BLODGETT m SARAH UNKNOWN. Their son was WILLIAM A BLODGETT. He married EUNICE FLINT Feb 18, 1880 in Dunn County. Eunice was my GGmpa's sister. William & Eunice had 7 children together. One was a son that died in infancy. There was also BESSIE, ROY, EMORY, CLARE, DEANA, VELMA. I have no further information on any of them other than that Aunt Eunice was born in 1859 in Wisconsin. In their marriag notes I have, "'William Blodgett, a house painter who later went into the ministry of the United Bretheran Church, serving in Oregon. Children: son died as a baby, Bessie, Roy, Emory, Clare died in World War I, buried in France, Deana. Last not heard from after about 1930. Velma, stepdaughter." I've also added to my notes on Aunt Eunice, "FTW files show the birth date as 'abt 1859' and the Family Line 1-(28-29) sheet shows 1859. I have chosen to remove the 'abt'" I hope that we'll one day soon find where we all tie in together as I'm sure we do. In the meantime, I wish you lots of luck and a speedy new discovery. Email me direct at leftyztoo@yahoo.com, if you wish.

The pineries were the forested lands that were owned by the lumbering companies. If he lived at Menomonie he likely was employed by Knapp, Stout & Co., working in the forests cutting trees, getting them to the rivers so they could float the logs to Menomonie & the holding area in what is now Lake Menomin where they were then processed into marketable lumber at the sawmills. Or he could have been a cook, etc., still working in the pineries. The cutting of the trees was done in the winter so they could be hauled on a sled or a motorized tractor to the rivers. Then in the spring the trip down the river would begin, a dangerous journey. My great-grandfather was a machinist at Knapp, Stout & Co. in the sawmill where they cut the logs into lumber. This whole saga is a fascinating story. The term "pineries" was not widely used outside of the old lumbering areas. So Louis likely died in the north woods somewhere. The Area Research Center at University of Wisconsin-Stout in Menomonie is a great source for background materials on the logging era in northern Wisconsin. Nancy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Plante Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gFC.2ACI/1565 Message Board Post: Can anyone tell me if there was a place in Dunn County called the Pineries? I'm looking looking for Louis Plant, who died Jan 1887 at the Pineries. Thank you.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gFC.2ACI/1517.2 Message Board Post: there is a Dunkard cemetery west of Menomonie. It is called Irvine Creek Cemetery. I have family buried there and have been to the cemetery. It is on a pretty steep hill and a lot of graves aren't marked. The old Dunkard church was at the top of Gypsy Hill. It was used for hay storage, but now has been torn down. I have a couple of pictures of the old church and can probably find the directions to the cemetery.

Searching for some information on a sawmill in Dunn Co, WI known as the BEST BROTHERS SAWMILL. Any help or suggestion appreciated. Dorothy Petry WA

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gFC.2ACI/1562.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Is 1855 the right age for your Carl? Was he born in Norway? My Carl was born in Frederickstad and moved to Oslo as a child. His father was a tailor named Even Christianson.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gFC.2ACI/1564 Message Board Post: I am looking for anyone who is working on this family. Joseph & Rachel Smith (daughter of George W & Elizabeth Overturf of Cameron, Co PA)Smith. Joseph Johnson also born in PA. They had the following children: William, Joseph, John, Jane, Emma, Elizabeth, Jeremiah. Per 1870 census all children were born in PA except Jeremiah. Need any info on this family in WI. It was said that Rachel's youngest brother, George Alonzo(Alonso) came to live with them in late 1870-early 1880's. Seems that Elizabeth Overturf Smith (Rachels's mother) died prior to 1870 census. Rachel is my g-grandfather's older sister. Have you ever found any information on her Smith line? Thank you in advance for any info And any leads per this family. Linda Bauman

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gFC.2ACI/1338.1 Message Board Post: Running Valley is on County Rd A in Dunn County, Wisconsin about 5 miles northeast of Colfax. County road A runs north from State hwy 40 east of Colfax. The road pretty much is on the border with Chippewa County. I grew up in the area and I live in Washington now. I am 44. I went to school with Gary Larson - his nickname was 'Lard.' He lived near the church on county road A. May be your relative. I think he had a sister and brother also. Running Valley is kind of a vague location, but the locals can tell you exactly where it is. The local newspaper is The Colfax Messenger and they keep excellent records. I think they have way over 100 years records. take care and happy hunting, cheryl jones

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/gFC.2ACI/578.1.2 Message Board Post: I have Walter W Blodgett b. Feb 2, 1882 in Dunn County. He had a brother, Lloyd. No info in the obit on his parents. Walter married Anna Mathison (born in Minnesota, parents from Norway). Walter is my husband's gg grandfather. Can anyone help?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gFC.2ACI/1562.1.1.1 Message Board Post: This is very interesting the Carl Evenson that I know of lived in Dunn Co. he & May had a son named Edwin. Who were Carl parents? Edwin was born in 1912. Carl & May were married March 20, 1911 and Divorced Sept.25, 1916.I half to find the marriage record of Carl & May.