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Surnames: WARNER
Submitter: Mike Kiser (mikekiser@screaminet.com)
Date: 28 Sep 2002
Are there any Warner's living in the Vernon Co area that are related to William Wallace Warner, b. 1844 in New York, m. Mary J. Mallory or Sarah I Herdon (Herndon) or both. Children were Wardis, John Daniel, Nell, W., Art, Orpha, Edgar, Cecil and Mabel. He lived in the Montevallo are between 1870-1886?
Surnames: GAMBLE
Submitter: Carol Clark
(Gensearcher45@aol.com)
Date: 27 Sep 2002
GAMBLE, Robert W. & MARY A. They are listed on the 1880 census at Osage, Vernon Co, MO. I believe Mary died between 1880-1887. Robert died in Kansas in Nov 1892.
Submitter: Larry Flesher
(lflesher@fidnet.com)
Date: 27 Sep 2002
This is a test query - someone said the page was not working.
Please do not post this - but do reply and let me know you got it.
Larry Flesher
State Coordinator, MOGenWeb Project
Surnames: KING MARLOW HIGGS
Submitter: Patty
(grannyhiggs@att.net)
Date: 26 Sep 2002
Schell City Veron Co. Missouri
Nora Lee King Birth June 6,1883 Mo.Died Feb 4,1971
Eugene Oregon,Lane Co.
Spouse #1.Charlie Marlow Or Charles Jackson Marlow,Birth ?? Died ?? Info on Charlie Marlow. Do have their marriage license this is where I got the Info from.
Marriage Sept 8,1902 Scotland Co. Mo.
J.T. Marlow signed for Charlie to be married cause he was under the age of 21. Nora King was 18 yrs old when married.
Kids
Joe & Bernice
Charlies Siblings Tom-3 sisters Delores-(DeLee spelling may be wrong)& 1 other sister with the name starting with a D????? plus others but this is all that I know of, came from a large family.
Nora King #2.Spouse Fred Higgs.
Seeking more Info on Husbands Granparents.
Thanks Patty
Surnames: TUXHORNS WHITWORTH
Submitter: Linda Hansel
(Lwhgeneo@aol.com)
Date: 26 Sep 2002
Interested in any and all information concerning the Tuxhorn family. They were in Nevada from about 1880 until 1904, when they moved to Inman, Kansas. Their children were born there and they were divorced there. It was Charles Henry Tuxhorn and Evelyn (Whitworth) Tuxhorn. Thanks!
Surnames: TUXHORNS WHITWORTH
Submitter: Linda Hansel
(Lwhgeneo@aol.com)
Date: 26 Sep 2002
Interested in any and all information concerning the Tuxhorn family. They were in Nevada from about 1880 until 1904, when they moved to Inman, Kansas. Their children were born there and they were divorced there. It was Charles Henry Tuxhorn and Evelyn (Whitworth) Tuxhorn. Thanks!
Surnames: HANSON TODD
Submitter: Mary McCune
(bbmmem@aol.com)
Date: 20 Sep 2002
I have John Hanson born 1834 Joplin Mo married to Sally born abt 1838 Joplin Mo with daughter Lizzie May (Mary) Hanson born Oct 28 1860 Joplin Mo ..married Howard Milton Todd Sr. Then I have Roberta S Hanson married to Strother Todd. Can anyone help me out on the Hansons. Anything appreciated.
Surnames: JONES TOWNER
Submitter: Lillian Towner
(geokay@midway.net)
Date: 15 Sep 2002
I was wondering if any one would do a look up for me?? I am looking for a birth record of ' John Franklin Towner' fathers name was Hiram Towner and mothjer was Minnie May Jones Towner He was born Sept. 1894 in Vernon couny, MO.
Thank you for your help
Surnames: ALEXANDER APPLEGATE
Submitter: Mimi Alexander
(twovagabonds@netzero.net)
Date: 13 Sep 2002
Hi,
My ancestor, SAMUEL ALEXANDER, (b.1858), married,
ELIZA A. APPLEGATE, in Vernon Co., Missouri, on
April 23, 1885. By the early 1900's, they had moved to Osage Co., OK.. Please contact me if you have any information on the above ancestors.
My sincere thanks.....
Mimi Alexander
twovagabonds@netzero.net
Surnames: ALEXANDER APPLEGATE CAIN
Submitter: Mimi Alexander
(twovagabonds@netzero.net)
Date: 12 Sep 2002
Hi,
My Vernon Co., MO., ancestors are as follows:
SAMUEL ALEXANDER, (1858-1937), and his wife,
ELIZA A. APPLEGATE, (1866-1945), their children: EMILY F., BULAH MAY, HENRY , and WILLIAM HARVEY.
WILLIAM HARVEY ALEXANDER, (b. 1899), married
LAURA CAIN and lived out their lives in Oklahoma.
If you have any information about these folks , please contact me at twovagabonds@netzero.net
Thanks you,
Mimi Alexander
Surnames: STRADER CONLEY STEWART BEAVERS GOODMAN DALLAS
Submitter: David Kent Coy
(davidkentcoy@mcleodusa.net)
Date: 01 Sep 2002
I am interested in any family that resided in Vernon County, Mo., that originated in Coles County, Illinois. My own great-grandfather, Alva Curtis Strader (1880-1960) moved there with his parents as an infant, but then returned to Coles County in 1883. Several relatives remained in the Vernon County area. I have considerable data to exchange. Thanks.
Surnames: MCDOWELL
Submitter: WM McDowell
(wmmac751@yahoo.com)
Date: 31 Aug 2002
I would appreciate any help in information on the marriage of James McDowell to Margaret(unknown) as listed in the census for 1880 with a daughter listed as Gracie. This is in the household of William and Mary Jane. I have information of Margaret McDowell buried in the Hackberry Cemetery provided by one Judy Ellis who did this lookup for me in Feb 2001.
Thanks in advance for any help you may provide.
WM
Surnames: GRAY SNIDER
Submitter: Gale Oliver
(galeoliver@charter.net)
Date: 31 Aug 2002
Looking for information on Elizabeth GRAY
birth:10 May 1805 - Death: 8 Nov. 1887 in Montevello, Vernon, MO. Would like to know
what cemetery. She was married to Richard SNIDER - he died and was buried in IN.
Surnames: GAMBLE
Submitter: Leola Boyd
(leola@cox.net)
Date: 30 Aug 2002
URL: http:www.geocities.com/boydsbackdoor/index.html
Seeking information about when the William H. & Elizabeth Gamble family lived in Vernon County. It would have been between 1900 and 1919, somewhat south and west of Nevada, I believe they were south and west of US54&43 Highways, perhaps in a town called Deerfield (or something close to that).
Surnames: MCMILLIN ALLEN TAYLOR
Submitter: james taylor
(jamesrtaylor@compuserve.com)
Date: 27 Aug 2002
URL: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jamesrtaylor
Searching for info on ancestors of John McMillin, who lived in Vernon county late 1800's or early 1900"s, Father was John H McMillin, died in Howell county, Mo. 1897. Hoping to find final days of Malinda Jane Allen McMillin, last found in 1900 census in West Plains, Howell co., listed with her son William C McMillin, brother of the John McMilllin who lived in Vernon county.
Surnames: MOORE
Submitter: Joyce Moore Young
(jyoung325@aol.com)
Date: 23 Aug 2002
Looking for cemetery my ggrandmother, MOORE, Margaret Ann, was buried on/near Aug. 28,1901. She , apparently was living with a child but I do now know the name of that child. Thank You, Joyce Moore Young, jyoung325@aol.com
Surnames: DAVIDSON
Submitter: Rebecca Davidson
(beccadavidson@iquest.net davidson444@hotmail.com)
Date: 21 Aug 2002
MARSHALL DAVIDSON, b. ca. 1823; d. after 1906; m. MARY A. DEVORE; children: Edgar, Franklin, Leonard, Arthur, Blanch, Lewis, Edith, Cozette. All lived in Vernon Co., in 1880. Marshall and Mary are buried there.
I am searching for information on any of these names.
Surnames: DUNCAN KING CRANE
Submitter: Karen Jeffries
(rosie_66606@yahoo.com)
Date: 18 Aug 2002
I am inquiring about the Duncan Family that lived in Vernon County in the towns of Stotesbury and Nevada. Grover E. Duncan born on 09-20-1888 and died on 07-26-1917 and is burried in the East Liberty Cemetary in Stotesbury, Missouri. He is burried there with his two sons. Herman William Duncan b:08-21-1913 and d:07-30-1918 and Carl Thomas Duncan b:07-06-1915 and d:09-09-1976. Grover E. Duncan was married to Lillie Mae Crane. She is burried in Deerfield Cemetary in Deerfield, Missouri. Carl Thomas Duncan was married to Letha Fern King she is burried in the Moore Cemetary in Nevada, Missouri.
Surnames: DRISKILL/DRISKELL KIRKPATRICK
Submitter: Charles C. Hamm
(chamm99980@aol.com)
Date: 11 Aug 2002
URL: ?
In a list of back taxes for 1893 for Vernon County, there were two names listed I am interested in:
Driskill "74"
Kirkpatrick "63"
Surnames: DEVILIERS WILSON DOYLE
Submitter: B. June DeVilliers
(bjkdev@aol.com)
Date: 05 Aug 2002
Looking for info. on the Warwick Baptist Church that was organized in 1881 in Vernon Co. Missouri.
Would like to know the original menbers and what town it was in.
Surnames: GRAVES
Submitter: Wendy Fjelstad
(fjelly@chorus.net)
Date: 04 Aug 2002
Looking for leads on David R. Graves b. Sept 27, 1835; d. Dec 1918 in Mo during flu epidemic; may be buried in Sheldon, MO in Green(something) Cemetery; he had a daughter May Graves (never married)who also might have lived in/near Sheldon. Thank you.
Surnames: THOMAS HARTER WITT RICHARDSON
Submitter: Candy Liptak
(redhairedangel44dd@yahoo.com)
Date: 26 Jul 2002
I have a Dyke Morrison Thomas b: 2/28/1889 d. 1/28/1974 buried at Richland Cemetery Richards, Missouri his SS# was issued in PA before 1951 SS# 177-16-3685 I need any and all information on the Thomas Family, other surnames are Harter/Witt/Richardson please email me directly at redhairedangel44dd@yahoo.com if you have any info.
thank you
Surnames: TOWNER JONES
Submitter: Kay Towner
(geokay@midway.net)
Date: 25 Jul 2002
I am requesting a look up for a marriage that took place about 1890-94. Hiram L. Towner born in Ill. and Minnie Jones. Can some one help.?
Thanks
Kay
Surnames: WOOD HEWETT
Submitter: Herk Slutter
(herk@cox-internet.com)
Date: 21 Jul 2002
Looking for data on the CLAREVILLE M. WOOD family, who are found in the 1880 Vernon Co., MO census living in Metz township. This family consisted of CLAREVILLE WOOD, b.1842 Ohio; AMANDA WOOD (was Amanda Hewett, daughter of Abraham & Isabella Wooddy Hewett of Newton Co., MO) b. 1852 Virginia; Anson L. Wood b. 1876; and Edgar L. Wood b. 1874. The 1900 Vernon Co., MO census shows Amanda Wood living with her son Anson at 114 W. Walnut, Nevada. Abraham Hewett was my g-g-g-grandfather. Thanks for any help.
Surnames: SWEARINGIN HEWETT
Submitter: Herk Slutter
(herk@cox-internet.com)
Date: 21 Jul 2002
Looking for information on the PEYTON SWEARINGIN family who lived at 1105 Walnut, Nevada, MO in the 1900 Census. This family included Peyton, age 50, Stock Dealer; Caroline (formerly Hewett, daughter of Abraham & Isabella Wooddy Hewett of Newton Co., MO)age 47; Ethel, age 24, teacher; and Armistead (may be Avery Armistead) age 22, bank clerk. This family lived in the Metz community of Vernon Co., MO in the 1880 census. Abraham Hewett was my g-g-g-grandfather. Thanks for any help.
Surnames: COX ALUMBAUGH
Submitter: Deborah Witt
(Moriah043@aol.com)
Date: 18 Jul 2002
Does anyone have any information on Waneta or Juanita Cox? My records indicate she was the daughter of Riley Marion Cox and Nettie Mae Alumbaugh. I believe she was born June 10, 1909 in Shell City (Vernon County), Missouri. I would appreciate any information you can share with me and will gladly share what little information I have.
Thanks,
Deborah Witt
Surnames: HIATT/HYATT FETTERS/FETTER/VETTERS FLAHERTY
Submitter: Ronald E. Johnson
(ronjohnson@frontier.net)
Date: 12 Jul 2002
Would appreciate any information regarding Thomas Eddie Hiatt and his wife, Emma Katherine Flaherty Hiatt. Thomas was born ca. 1900-01 in MO (Vernon Co.??) and died there, buried at Nevada. Emma was born in Iowa 26 Nov. 1905 and died February 1995 in Vernon County. Thomas's parents, Samuel Worth Hiatt and Zamey Fetters Hiatt, moved their family to Scott Co., IA by the year 1920.
Surnames: FLOYD
Submitter: Ron Floyd
(ronfloyd58@hotmail.com)
Date: 10 Jul 2002
I would like any information that anyone has on the Floyd family that lived in Milo Missouri. My father was Richard Floyd, his brothers were Howard and Norman. His sister is Helen (Floyd) Hedges. Norval and Lola Floyd where the parents. I am trying to find out my granmothers maiden name and her mother with places of birth. Also my Granfathers father and so on. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Surnames: WELCH
Submitter: Mary Alice Barta
(genbug@worldnet.att.net)
Date: 10 Jul 2002
My great-great grandmother, Frances/LaFrances Smith Welch is buried in Montevallo Cemetery, 1 mile west of Montevallo township in Vernon County. She died March 5, 1862. I would like to hire someone to take a picture of her grave. Also, does there appear to be an unmarked grave next to her? Her husband, William L. Welch remarried after her death and he died about 1874. I can't find where he was buried. Thank you.
Surnames: WELCH
Submitter: Mary Alice Barta
(genbug@worldnet.att.net)
Date: 10 Jul 2002
I am looking for descendants of Moses Hambleton
and Armilda S. WELCH. She died in 1872 and he died in 1880 in Vernon County. Their children were: Alice, Luisa, Ida Susan, Charles, Alfred J. and Burton/Birch. Burton/Birch married Hattie R... in 1895 in Cedar County Missouri.
Surnames: GAINES POLLING HAINLINE
Submitter: Melita Davis
(melitad@prodigy.net)
Date: 07 Jul 2002
I am seeking any info regarding the family of Joseph Thomas Gaines, whose wife Angeline Polling Gaines died in Nevada, MO. Aug. 18, 1901. I would love to have any cemetery record. Also my Grandmother, Gertrude Mae Gaines, was born there May 18, 1894. Would appreciate any record of the family.
Thank you,
Melita M. Davis
5404 E. 65 St.
Tulsa, OK 74136
Surnames: TAYLOR BROOKS ROLLINS RICKER
Submitter: Mabel Goehring
(mfgoring@wamego.net)
Date: 05 Jul 2002
Would like obituary/will/deeds/etc. for
Mrs. Anna Taylor, 10 April 1925, died at home in Zodiac, Married her husband, S.F. Taylor. He died 19 June 1923. A son Clyde S. Taylor of Iola, 1 daughter, Mrs. C. E. Brooks of Carthage,Missouri.
Believed she was Katherine (Kit) Rollins, mother maiden name, Ricker.
Need to find out if she is lost member of our family?
Submitter: William Morgan
(bmorgan1@kc.rr.com)
Date: 05 Jul 2002
My mother, Olive Hanley was raised in Deerfield, MO, Vernon County by a family name Hogan; Henry and Nancie. They were neighbors of the Klontz family. If you have any info please let me know.
Surnames: MILLIGAN CARLISLE
Submitter: gary odell
(callsheb@hotmail.com)
Date: 03 Jul 2002
i am looking for info on William Milligan born about 1876 married Sarah Elizabeth Carlisle died May-26-1952 in Vernon Co. Missouri. this is my husbands great great grandparents Williams father was a Daniel Milligan and mother was Mary. They had a son by the name of Hiram Archabauld Milligan any info would be great. You can reach us at callsheb@hotmail.com