Escape to the Silent Cities

Happy New Year!

2012-01-01T08:29:00.000-06:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

HOPE EVERYONE HAS A SAFE AND HAPPY ONE!

She Stands Watch

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Located at Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis MO.

This is the Uhri, Maritz and Rose Family Stone.

The following excerpts are from Centennial history of Missouri (Center State) 100 years in the Union by Walter Barlow Stevens

The following are from Missouri Digital Heritage.

Death Certificate for William C. Uhri

Death Certificate for Emily Rose Uhri. Wife of William.

Death Certificate for Henry A. Uhri Son of William and Emily.

Gone Fishing

2011-12-02T06:33:00.002-06:00

Located at Lee's Chapel Cemetery in Muldrow, OK.

Todd Ryan Rutledge

May 7, 1986 - Feb 26, 2011

Obituary from http://www.memorialsolutions.com/sitemaker/sites/gracem0/obit.cgi?user=327851Rutledge .

Todd Ryan Rutledge, resident of Ponca City, passed away Saturday, February 26, 2011 at Ponca City. He was 24 years of age.

Todd was born May 7, 1986 at Sallisaw, Oklahoma, the son of Dennis Wayne Rutledge and Barbara Sue Nykerk Rutledge. He was a 2004 graduate of VanBuren, Arkansas High School. Todd was employed as a boilermaker for Austin Industries inside of Conoco-Phillips. His enjoyments included hot rod cars, fishing, hunting and hanging out with his friends.

He is survived by his fiancée, Beth Kelly and their daughter, Rymingtin Ryann Rutledge who is due to be born this May; his father, Dennis Rutledge and wife, Susie Barber of Muldrow, Oklahoma; his paternal grandfather, Bud Rutledge of Westville, Oklahoma; a sister, Talina Sue Rutledge of Muldrow; a half-sister, Sheriden Rutledge of Roland, Oklahoma; a half-brother, Trevor Kenton Wayne Rutledge of Stigler, Oklahoma; two step-brothers, Raymond and Johnny Hamilton of Muldrow; numerous aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his mother; his paternal grandmother, Judy Montgomery; and his maternal grandmother, Shirley Thompson.

A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at the Faith Tabernacle Church with Pastor Don Stanton presiding. A second service will be held at Lee’s Chapel near Muldrow at 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 3, 2011 with burial to follow in the nearby Lee’s Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Grace Memorial Chapel.

Memorial contributions may be made in Todd’s name to the Todd Rutledge Memorial Fund, RCB Bank, Attention: Regina Lewis, 1223 East Highland, Ponca City, Oklahoma 74601.

Furry Little Visitor

2011-12-01T06:05:00.000-06:00

Interesting Box Tomb

2011-11-30T06:31:00.002-06:00

Located at Bluffington Cemetery in Sallisaw, OK.

J.W. Mayfield

Born

Apr 11, 1827

Died

Nov 14, 1883

Aged

56 Yrs 6 m 3 dys

The following info is from http://www.familysearch.org/ .

Son of Jesse Mayfield and Sarah Walker Starr Mayfield. He was married three times: #1) Mary Jane Sarah Starr (1845) they had two children Ezekiel (1846) and Penelope (1848); #2) America A. Hart (1856) they had two children Mary Tipton and Jesse Hart (1870); #3 Mary Ann Stovall (1858).

International Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers (IBEW)

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International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers - is a labor union which represents workers in the electrical industry in the United States, Canada, Panama and several Caribbean island nations; particularly electricians, or Inside Wiremen, in the construction industry and lineman and other employees of public utilities. The union also represents some workers in the computer, telecommunications, broadcasting, and other fields related to electrical work. It was founded in 1891 shortly after homes and businesses in the United States began receiving electricity. http://www.ibew.org/

Morgan Family

2011-11-27T10:07:00.000-06:00

While walking through Blagg Cemetery This row of stones caught my eye. All Six stones had the same inscription. Sadly none were given names. So of course I had to go looking for answers.

Located at Blagg Cemetery in Siloam Springs, AR.

Member of

P. Morgan Family

1818 - 1891

Located near this row was this marker. So now we have a full name for "P. Morgan".

Perminter Morgan

June 19, 1818

Nov 6, 1891

According to http://www.familysearch.org/ Perminter was born in Mc Dowell, NC to Abner Morgan and Elizabeth Wilkerson Morgan. He married Margaret Thomas about 1852. They had 11 children: Martha A Morgan (ca. 1852), James Morgan (1860), John Morgan (1855), Elizabeth L. Morgan (1860), Johnathan Wilson Morgan (1870), Mary "Bea" Morgan (1874), Abner Morgan (1857), Margaret Jane Morgan (1861), Elizabeth Betty Morgan (1854), Donald Dee Morgan (1874), and Joseph Jasper Morgan (1872).

Several of his children have headstones near him.

James Morgan

Mar 22, 1860 - Aug 28, 1860

Twin of Elizabeth L. Morgan

Elizabeth L. Morgan

Mar 22, 1860 - Sept 22, 1860

Twin of James Morgan

Donald Dee Morgan

June 11, 1874 - ca 1875

Twin of Mary Bea Morgan

A Wishing Well For Jesse

2011-11-26T08:17:00.000-06:00

Located at Blagg Cemetery in Siloam Springs, AR.

James "Jesse" W. Beyers

Apr 20, 1950 - Feb 11, 2008

Jesse was a member of Key Lodge #7 in Siloam Springs, and a Past Master of Highland Hills Masonic Lodge #1373 in San Antonino, Texas. He was a Civil War reenactor with the 26th Texas Calvary, CSA. He loved the outdoors, metal detecting, and most of all, his family. His ashes are interred here beneath these stones. He met upon the level, acted by the plumb, and parted upon the square.

"Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it" Ecclesiastes 12:7

Obituary:
The Morning News

Saturday, February 16, 2008

SILOAM SPRINGS -- James "Jesse" W. Beyers, 57, of Siloam Springs died Feb. 11, 2008, in Siloam Springs. He was born April 20, 1950, in San Antonio, Texas, to Walter and Georgia Hooper Beyers.

He worked for the B&K Grocery for several years and for the Sav-A-Trip in Siloam Springs. He was president of the Arkoma Coin and Relic metal detecting club, a Civil War re-enactor, a member of the Key Lodge 7 Masonic Lodge in Siloam Springs, and was a past master of the Highland Hills Masonic Lodge 1373 in Texas.

Survivors include his mother of Liberty, Ill.; a son; two daughters; a sister; and two grandchildren.

Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Backstrom-Pyeatte Funeral home in Siloam Springs. A memorial service will begin at 6 p.m.

Hi Again!

2011-11-20T08:07:00.000-06:00

Just a quick update. I haven't forgotten about you guys. Life has just been so busy with the business relocation and all. I hope to hit the ground running again just as soon as Thanksgiving is over. I will be back I promise.

Thanks for being patient.

Hello!

2011-11-06T06:41:00.000-06:00

Hello All,
I know I have been absent from my blog for a while now and I am sorry about that. Please be patient I am in the middle of a business relocation that is taking up much of my free time and once that is all done and over with I promise I will be back and blogging.

Thank you all for being patient with me and my lack of posting lately.
Have a great week,
Tammi

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

2011-10-31T07:15:00.001-05:00

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and a Blessed Samhain!

Hello All,

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. Life has gotten in the way of me getting out and going gravin lately. But as soon as things calm back down and my gravin buddy has recovered from her surgery I will start posting again. So don't give up on me yet.

Hope everyone has a wonderful Halloween.

Pioneer Settlers of Coffeyville Kansas

2011-10-21T05:55:00.002-05:00

Located at Elmwood Cemetery in Coffeyville, KS.

Pioneer Settlers 1869

First Blacksmith Shop 1869

Samuel W. Robb 1828 - 1912

Lydia Ann Robb 1836 - 1891

Charles S. Robb 1862 - 1912

Imogene Robb Perry 1864 - 1944

Lulu Robb Stevens 1868 - 1906

Elmer E. Robb 1872 - 1960

Samuel W. Robb

PVT Co M

10 Mo Vol Cav

Civil War

Feb 12, 1828

Jan 15, 1912

Lydia Ann

Wife of

S.W. Robb

Born in

Champagne

Co. Ohio

Dec 20, 1836

Died

Aug 5, 1891

Note: Daughter of John Stevens and Evaline Barrett

Charles Spencer

Robb

Mar 13, 1862

Nov 7, 1912

Imogene Robb

Perry

1864

June 22, 1944

The following info is from http://www.familysearch.com/ .

United States Census, 1880 for Samuel Robb

Name: Samuel Robb

Residence: Parker, Montgomery, Kansas
Birthdate: 1828
Birthplace: Ohio, United States
Relationship to Head: Self
Spouse's Name: Lydia Robb
Spouse's Birthplace: Ohio, United States
Father's Birthplace: Ohio, United States
Mother's Birthplace: Ohio, United States
Race or Color (Expanded): White
Ethnicity (Standardized): American
Gender: Male
Martial Status: Married
Age (Expanded): 52 years
Occupation: Farmer
NARA Film Number: T9-0390
Page: 308
Page Character: C
Entry Number: 1987
Film number: 1254390
Household Gender Age
Samuel Robb M 52
Spouse Lydia Robb F 48
Child Spencer Robb M 18
Child Imogene Robb F 16
Child Lula Robb F 12
Child Elmer Robb M 7

Soldier Standing Watch

2011-10-20T05:46:00.002-05:00

Located at Elmwood Cemetery in Coffeyville, KS.

In Memory of

Our Union

Soldiers

And Sailors

1861 - 1865

Another from Calvary

2011-10-10T06:09:00.001-05:00

Located at Calvary Cemetery in St. Louis, MO.

Sadly the ceramic photos are gone.

Antonio

Pusateri

Nato 14 Sett 1859 (Born 14 Sept 1859)

Morto 23 Marzo 1921 (Dead 23 March 1921)

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Rosalia

Pusateri

Nata 1857 (Born 1857)

Morta 24 Marzo 1924 (Dead 24 March 1924)

Note: This is written in Italian. Also note That the DOB and DOD on stone are different from his Death Certificate.

The following Death Certificates are from Missouri Digital Heritage.

Name: Antonio Pusateri

Married to: Rosalie Pusateri

Birth Date: June 15, 1852

Death Date: Feb 23, 1921

Occupation: Fruit Merchant

Birth Place: Italy

Father's Name: Andrea Pusateri

Date of Burial: Feb 26, 1921

Name: Rosalia Pusateri

Birth Date: Unknown
Death Date:March 24 1924
Birth Place: Italy
Father's Name: Vincent Mascari
Date of Burial: March 27, 1924

Ceramic Photo - Residents of Robbins Cemetery

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Located at Robbins Cemetery in Coffeyville, KS.

Anna Ruth Fosnight

Oct 27, 1882 - Jan 20, 1952

Leonard E. Walton

1902 - 1940

S/Sgt. Obed I. Cox

Dec 2, 1917 - Ap 22, 1945

Co. C 184 Inf. 7 Div U.S. Army

Killed On Okinawa

Virginia Cox

1896 - 1925

In Heaven There Is One Angel More.

Chester S. Cox

1893 - 1962

In Heaven Ther Is One Angel More.

Pearl L. Cox

1900 - 1967

In Heaven There Is One Angel More.

PFC Earl J. Roberts

June 14, 1913

Co C 129th Inf 37th Div

Killed in action on Luzon

Apr 23, 1945

Obituary for Earl Roberts.

The Coffeyville Daily Journal

Coffeyville, KS 67337
August 19, 1948

Earl Jacob Roberts
Rites for Pfc. Earl J. Roberts To Be Monday
Funeral services for Pfc. Earl J. Roberts, who was killed in action in Luzon April 28, 1945, will be held at 3:30 p.m. Monday in the Skinner chapel. A Wichita minister, the Rev. Clifford O. Nantz, will officiate and burial will be in Robbins cemetery. The VFW will conduct military rites. The body will arrive here Saturday afternoon. Son of Mrs. Zilla Fulton, Route 1, Pfc. Roberts entered service Dec. 23, 1942 and was trained at Camp Wolters, Tex. He went overseas in April 1943. he was awarded the Combat Infantryman badge in combat against the Japanese
on Bougainville.
Pfc. Roberts was born June 14, 1913, at Delaware, Okla. Survivors, besides the mother, are four sisters, Mrs. T. H. LaForte, 1016 West Thirteenth; Mrs. Robert Brooks, Wann; Mrs. Ralph Perkins, Route 1; Mrs. A. R. Rieske, American Fort, Utah; four brothers, Marion A. Roberts, Bartlesville, John C. , Wayne, and Oscar F. Roberts, all of Wann. His father died in 1924.

More Zinc Markers - Robbins Cemetery

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Located at Robbins Cemetery in Coffeyville, KS.

James Wilson

Native

of Scotland

Born A.D. 1810

Died

June 20, 1885

Aged 75 yrs.

Mary A

Wife of John W Walker

Died

Jan 26, 1885

Aged 33 yrs 3 ms 7 ds

Underneath the sod

Low lying dark and drear

Seepeth one who left

In dying sorrow here.

J. F. Clay

Died

June 26, 1876

Aged

1 year 4 mos 6 days

Ettie Clay

Died

Oct 20, 1881

Aged

8 mos 3 Dys

Suda May Clay

Died

July 22, 1883

Aged

5 yrs 3 mos 2 days

Lucinda Clay

Died

Sept 3, 1882

Aged

26 yrs 6 dys

John Clay

Born March 18, 1819

Died July 19, 1883

Age 64 yrs 4 mos 1 day

John Wesley

Son of Wesley and Nancy P.

Cameron

Aged

9 yrs 5 mos 9 dys

How desolate our home

Bereft of thee

Famous: The Dalton Gang

2011-09-29T06:06:00.001-05:00

Located at Elmwood Cemetery in Coffeyville, KS.

Bob Dalton

Grat Dalton

Bill Power

Oct 5, 1892

The Dalton Gang rode into Coffeyville, Kansas on October 5, 1892 and planning to rob the Condon Bank and the First National Bank. They managed to steal $25,000 in 12 minutes. Following the robberies a shootout followed occurred claiming the lives of eight men. Four members of the Dalton Gang: Grat and Bob Dalton, Dick Broadwell and Bill Powers; and four Coffeyville residents, Charles T. Connelly, Coffeyville city marshal (killed by Grat Dalton in "Death Alley"), Lucius M. Baldwin, George B. Cubine and Charles Brown. Three other townsmen were wounded during the gunfight. The four dead members of the Dalton gang were held in the Coffeyville city jail until the next afternoon when the outlaws were buried. Placed in black-varnished coffins made of wood Grat and Bob Dalton and Bill Powers were buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Coffeyville, Kansas. Dick Broadwell finally resting place is said to be in Hutchenson, KS in an unmarked grave but there are no records as to where he is actually buried.

The following are Post Mortem Photos of the four Dalton gang members that were killed.

You can read more about the Dalton Gang at http://www.theoutlaws.com/outlaws8.htm.
This site http://www.daltondatabank.org/Chronicles/Dalton_Gang.htm has great detailed on the gang and the robbery.

The Citizens that were killed.

Geo B. Cubine

Born

Aug 25, 1856

Killed in the

Fight with the

Dalton Bandits

Oct 5, 1892

Coffeyville Journal of October 7, 1892

George. B. Cubine was born on Walker’s Creek near Mechanicsburg, Virginia, August 25, 1856. His father died in 1862 leaving his widow and four small children. At the age of 19 George came to Kansas to live with his uncle, J.W. Cubine, of this city.

He was married December 29, 1881, to Alice A. Keyton, daughter of Thomas and Mary A. Keyton. Three children have been born to them. Jennie, born October 26, 1882, died December 31 the same year; Charlie, born January 9, 1885, survives; Ethel, born September 1, 1890, died August 27, 1891.

At the age of 16, he was converted and became a member of the M.E. church, South. After he left Virginia he never had the opportunity of uniting with that denomination and was not a member of any church at the time of his death.

He had a strong faith in God, and a veneration of all things good. His best qualities were best known to his immediate friends and relatives. Warm hearted and generous, a loving husband and father, a true friend and always quick to aid. We know how impulsively he left his work, snatched a Winchester from its place and rushed to help his townsmen protect their property.

As a mechanic, his loss is irreplaceable. He was unsurpassed for swiftness at his work, honest and faithful to the interest of others. The blow falls with crushing force on an aged mother, a helpless invalid brother, a married sister and brother. In the family of his uncle, where he made his home for many years, there is a bitter mourning as over a dear son and brother. His wife and uncle were both away from home at the time of his death. And this adds greatly to their sorrow, at the loss of one whose memory will ever be gratefully and affectionately remembered.

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Charles Brown

Born

Dec 8, 1832

Died

Oct 5, 1892

Coffeyville Journal of October 7, 1892

Charles Brown was born in Schenectady, NY, December 26, 1832. When he was but 8 years of age, he went to Rochester, NY where he remained for seven years, during which time he completed his apprenticeship as a shoemaker. In 1847, when only 15 years of age, he went to California and engaged in gold mining for about 13 years. In 1861, he returned to his native state where he remained a short time. His next move was to Wayland, MI, where he married Miss Emily L. Morley in the year of 1868. Two years afterwards, he moved to Grand Rapids where he worked at his trade until the fall of 1883, when he moved on a farm three miles east of Coffeyville.

He moved to this city in 1888 and opened a shoe shop, where he remained working at his trade up to the time of his sad and tragic death at the hands of the Daltons on the 5th of October, 1892.

He leaves an aged widow in dependent circumstances, who has the heartfelt sympathy of all in her great sorrow.

The funeral services were held on Saturday afternoon at 3:00 at the M.E. church and were conducted by Rev. McDole, who delivered a very touching and appropriate discourse. The deceased was a member of the Methodist Church, an honorable, upright, industrious citizen, and enjoyed the confidence and respect of his fellow men.
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There is a ton of wonderful information online about the Dalton Gang just Google it and you will find out all you want to know.

For The Laura Ingalls Wilder Fans

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Located at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Independence, KS.

Dr. George Tann

A Negro Doctor That

Doctored The Ingalls

For Malaria

In 1870.

Dr. G. A. Tann

Nov 27, 1825

Mar 31, 1909

George A. Tann is mentioned in Laura Ingalls Wilder's story Little House on the Prairie. He was a black doctor who saved the lives of the Ingalls family when they all came down with fever 'n' ague (malaria) on the prairie.

Bennet and Mary Tann were neighbors of the Ingalls family in Kansas, and George lived with them during the fever 'n' ague epidemic. George Tann was fetched by the Ingalls' bulldog, Jack, when they came down with the fever. After caring for their immediate needs he turned their care over to another neighbor, Mrs. Scott, who nursed the family back to health.

The following is from Laura: The Life of Laura Ingalls Wilder By Donald Zochert.

There was also a book written about him titled Doctor Fetched by the Family Dog: The Story of Dr. George A. Tann, Pioneer Black Physician by Eileen Miles Charbo. Sadly this book is out of print now.

Metal Cross

2011-09-27T05:34:00.001-05:00

Located at Spring River Cemetery in Verona, MO.

Margaretha

Manlick

Geb (Born)

In June 24, 1859

Gestor (Died)

Oct 3, 1880

The following info is from http://www.ancestry.com/.

1880 United States Federal Census about Margarett Manlick

Name: Margarett Manlick

Home in 1880: Aurora, Lawrence, Missouri
Age: 19
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1861
Birthplace: Austria
Relation to Head of Household: Dau (Daughter)
Father's Name: J. Manlick
Father's birthplace: Austria
Mother's Name: Ava Manlick
Mother's birthplace: Austria
Neighbors: View others on page
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Female
Household Members: Name Age
J. Manlick 52
Ava Manlick 49
John Manlick 26
Margarett Manlick 19

A Few Zinc Markers

2011-09-26T05:35:00.001-05:00

Located in Marionville Cemetery aka I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Marionville, MO.

Lena Bryant

Daughter of

W.R. and Amy Bryant

Born Feb 3, 1882

Died

April 28, 1883

Christine Baumann

Walker

Wife of

J.L. Walker

Born Nov 16, 1847

Died Jan 31, 1930

Jesse L. Walker

Saint Louis

Conference

Methodist Episcopal

Church

Born Dec 24, 1834

Died 18, 1882

Note: Jesse Lafayette Walker was a Chaplin in the Union Army, 25 Ind Infantry. Son of Elmore walker and Henrietta Burch.

The following information is from http://www.ancestry.com/.

1880 United States Federal Census about J. L. Walker

Name: J. L. Walker

Home in 1880: Center, Greene, Missouri
Age: 49
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1831
Birthplace: Indiana
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Spouse's Name: Christina Walker
Father's birthplace: Tennessee
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Preacher
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
J. L. Walker 49
Christina Walker 32
1880 United States Federal Census about Christina Walker
Name: Christina Walker
Home in 1880: Center, Greene, Missouri
Age: 32
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1848
Birthplace: Germany
Relation to Head of Household: Wife
Spouse's Name: J. L. Walker
Father's birthplace: Germany
Mother's birthplace: Germany
Neighbors: View others on page
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Female
Household Members: Name Age
J. L. Walker 49
Christina Walker 32

Guy A. Sprague

Died Feb 27, 1883

Aged 30 yrs 9 months 5 days

Maggie

Wife of Guy A. Sprague

Died May 1, 1881

Aged 30 yrs 10 mos 26 dys

The following information is from http://www.ancestry.com/.

Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 about Guy A Sprague

Name: Guy A Sprague

Marriage Date: 18 Jan 1873
Marriage County: Lawrence
Spouse Name: Miss Maggie Wiss

1880 United States Federal Census about Guy Sprague
Name: Guy Sprague
Home in 1880: Marionville, Lawrence, Missouri
Age: 28
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1852
Birthplace: Illinois
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Spouse's Name: Margreti Sprague
Father's birthplace: New York
Mother's birthplace: New York
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Guy Sprague 28
Margreti Sprague 29
Windsor Sprague 4
Lottie Sprague 9m
1880 United States Federal Census about Margreti Sprague
Name: Margreti Sprague
Home in 1880: Marionville, Lawrence, Missouri
Age: 29
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1851
Birthplace: Tennessee
Relation to Head of Household: Wife
Spouse's Name: Guy Sprague
Father's birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's birthplace: Tennessee
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Keeping House
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Female
Household Members: Name Age
Guy Sprague 28
Margreti Sprague 29
Windsor Sprague 4
Lottie Sprague 9m

The Carney Murders

2011-09-23T05:47:00.001-05:00

I recently visited the Old Carney Cemetery in Jenkins, Mo. in search of the headstone for Jackson and Cordelia Carney. I wondered the whole cemetery and photographed all the Carney headstones but still managed to miss theirs. Luckily I found this photo of the headstone on Ancestry so I thought I would share the sad story of their murder.

Mary C. Carney

Born Nov 6, 1850

Killed Dec 4, 1869

Jackson Carney

Born May 25, 1849

Killed Dec 4, 1869

Note: Jackson "Jack" Carney was born abt 1849. He was the son of John Carney and Sarah Moore Carney. Mary Cordelia Williams was the daughter of James Thomas Williams and Mary Jane Carr Williams.

The following article is from The Daily Gazette (Davenport, Iowa); Dec 21, 1869.

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Here is another article written about the murder.

Double Murder and Lynching in White River Valley

By Emory Melton, Attorney Cassville, Missouri
White River Valley Historical Quarterly Volume 4 , Number 4 , Summer 1971

About a mile northwest of the Central Crossing Bridge on Table Rock Lake in the White River Valley, a double murder occurred slightly over a century ago, which resulted in the only lynching Barry County has ever experienced.

The site of the tragedy, which took place early on a Saturday evening, December 4, 1869, was a small country store operated by Jack Carney and his bride of ten months, Cordelia, in the village of Schell Knob just west of the Stone-Barry County line.

(When a post office was established at this location on July 12, 1872, the postal department dropped—whether by accident or design it is not known—the "c" from Schell and it hasn’t been used since).

Henry Schell, Sr., was born in 1810 at Lutesville in the southern part of Eastern Missouri and came to the Barry and Stone County area in 1834, where he promptly married Elizabeth Yocum, and started a family that would ultimately include six sons and six daughters. Before leaving Schell Knob and moving to the Big Sugar Creek country of McDonald County in 1845, his name had been appropriated for the area now making up the Shell Knob community. It quite likely grew from the fact that Schell was the first permanent settler and that he lived on or near a "knob".

Apparently there are no written records to confirm it, but the oldest "old-timer" of them all, John Sanders of Cassville, who was born near Shell Knob and is now in his 95th year, believes there were stores located at the present site of Shell Knob prior to the Civil War period of 1861 to 1865.

The slaying took place in a double log building located about 400 feet West and slightly south of the present school house site at Shell Knob. Shortly after the marriage of the young couple, the Carneys had obtained the double log structure, one end of which was used as a residence and the other end of which was used as a store building. It stood just south of the present road bed of Highway 39 in what is now the eastern edge of Shell Knob.

Carney was 20 years of age and his wife was 21.

The murder took place about dark on Saturday evening, but was not discovered until Sunday afternoon when a resident of the community called at the store for a package of goods he had purchased the day before. The door was not fastened, and, on entering, the visitor found Carney lying dead on the floor. He had been shot twice, both bullets having entered his head near his mouth, and apparently had died immediately. A story from the Missouri Patriot (Springfield), on Thursday, December 16, 1869, noted that the young wife had apparently been shot in the upper chest and that when the shot was fired her clothing took fire and was entirely consumed down to her waist.

Patrons who had visited the store on Saturday immediately voiced their suspicious of a young man named George Moore, a 28-year-old ner’do well who had been reared in a large part by the Carney families. Word was immediately sent to Sheriff John H. Moore (no relation) in Cassville to arrest young Moore if he should be found in that area.

Moore had spent a large portion of the day Saturday lounging about Carney’s store and was seen there about sundown of the evening. Moore and Carney had been acquainted from childhood. About a year previous to the slaying, Moore had robbed an elderly man in the neighborhood and immediately fled to Arkansas where his mother resided. At the time of the robbery he was working for John Carney (the father of Jackson Carney) and while there was sent by John Carney to take the elderly man, who had gotten drunk and was not in condition to be trusted alone with his team of horses, home. While going home with the old man, Moore robbed him and then fled. Nothing was heard from Moore until a few days before the double slaying when he made his appearance at Gadfly (a now extinct town located just West of Purdy), in Barry County. He remained there two or three days and then left, going directly to Carney’s store where he arrived on Saturday about 11:00. Moore spent the entire afternoon at the Carney’s store and apparently the two enjoyed the afternoon visit, even indulging in a friendly scuffle. The patrons of the store that afternoon later noted that there was every appearance of friendship between the two young men, but as soon as the last visitor had left the store Moore got down to the business for which he had apparently made the visit.

A few minutes after he was last seen at Carney’s—between sundown and dark—three pistol shots were heard in the direction of the store by a neighbor who resided about a quarter of a mile away.

About two hours later, Moore sought lodging for the night at a house about nine miles from the store in the direction of Cassville and remained there over night. He was traveling by horseback. On Sunday, he attended church at the Homer school house near Cassville, and on Monday the Sheriff arrested Moore about a mile and a half south of Cassville and lodged him in the county jail.

At the time of the arrest, Moore was wearing the hat of the murdered victim and had Carney’s revolver strapped around him, while Moore’s hat and one of the pistols were found in the store where the slayings occurred. On his person, $201.00, which had been taken from the store, was found. The money was found, a little of it in each of his pockets with some in the lining of his pants, his coat and his vest, and here and there a bill pinned to the inside of his clothing.

Shortly before the slayings occurred, Cordelia Carney had dyed some woolen material with a yellow dye. In making change at the store, she had handled some of the bills while her hands were yet wet with the dye and the dye had gotten on some of the paper money. Some of the money which Moore was found to be carrying had traces of the yellow dye on it.

Sheriff Moore transported young Moore to the county jail, which was a new jail and which had been built and accepted by the county on October 10, 1867, some two years earlier. It was built of log construction and was a rather formidable structure. It had been built, as per the order of the county court "six feet from the county courthouse".

The Barry County Courthouse, a two-story brick structure constructed in 1856, was located in the center of the public square in Cassville on the site of the present Barry County Courthouse.

Carney was a member of one of the truly pioneer families of Barry County. Thomas G. Carney and his family settled in extreme east central Barry County in the 1830’s. He was the father of John Carney and the grandfather of Jackson Carney. John Carney, father of the slain storekeeper, had attained a considerable degree of prominence having served as county judge from 1863 to 1868. As a result of the prominence of the family, and the ruthless nature of the murders, indignation was at a high point in the eastern part of the county.

On Monday evening, a large company of friends and relatives of the victims converged on the county seat with the announced purpose of carrying out summary justice.

The December 9th issue of the Barry County Banner, which was published in Cassville at that time, carried a detailed account of the affair. An exerpt follows:

"When these circumstances all came to light on Monday evening while Moore was in jail, some of the relatives and friends of the deceased combined for the purpose of taking the prisoner out of jail and executing him, and the Sheriff only saved him Monday night by secretely taking the prisoner out of jail and running him to the country."

"The deceased were buried on Tuesday, and on Wednesday some one hundred or more citizens came into town about noon, as was understood by the Sheriff for the purpose of hearing the trial, many of them being witnesses, balance generally friends and relatives, and before the Sheriff was aware of it, having been assured that the prisoner was to have a trial, he was surrounded and the keys of the jail demanded, at the same time enforcing their demand by presenting revolvers, and no denial would be received, was the word.

"The sheriff knew he had to encounter an enraged and injured, deeply injured, people, and that they meant what they said, and gave them the keys, and in about five or ten minutes this man, George Moore, could be seen dangling in the air suspended to a rope. But before he was hung he was given a few minutes to say what he desired. He denied the authorship of the atrocious deed, but it is generally believed he did not think they would hang him. But they did, and George Moore is no more."

It was estimated that some 200 men, virtually all of whom were residents of the vicinity of the crime, gathered at the lynching on the southeast corner of the public square in Cassville. Several wooden goods boxes were procured from nearby stores and placed under an extending arm from the bell post which stood at the southeast corner of the square. Suspended from the bell post was a bell which had been purchased by public spirited citizens of Cassville in 1868 and which was used chiefly for the purpose of calling the students to school and the worshipers to church. It was from this post that young Moore met his doom.

It is interesting to note that on February 20, 1877, the belL was donated to the Cassville School District and was removed from its post on the public square to a school building which had just been constructed. It continued to do service for the school district until 1939, but after 27 years of retirement the bell was in 1966 enshrined on the school grounds in Cassville...Not for any significance as to the lynching, but simply because it was the first and only bell ever used by the Cassville schools.

The lynching occurred shortly before the noon hour on Wednesday, when Moore was placed atop the boxes with a rope around his neck, the other end of which was fastened on the end of the extension to the bell post. Legend has it that the boxes were suddenly jerked from beneath the prisoner by Watt Carney, who was a brother of the slain merchant. The body was left hanging throughout the afternoon and at dark was taken down and transported to the Oak Hill Cemetery, at the east edge of the Cassville city limits, and there buried in an unmarked grave. On April 15, 1887, another body, which had met death on the gallows, would be interred beside Moore. Ed Clumb, who was hanged on that date in Cassville, had been tried and convicted for a double murder in Capps Creek Township west of Monett in Barry County. Like Moore, Ed Clumb was one of a kind. He was the only person ever to be legally hanged in Barry County.

Jackson and Cordelia Carney are buried in the Carney Cemetery near the Stone-Barry County line in eastern Barry County south of Wheelerville.

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Note: George Washington Moore is buried in an unmarked grave at Oak Hill Cemetery in Cassville, MO.

He was a son of Harrison and Mariah (Carney) Moore

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The following is from http://www.familysearch.org/.

United States Census, 1850 for Jackson Carney

Name: Jackson Carney

Residence: Barry county, Barry, Missouri

Age: 1 year

Calculated Birth Year: 1849

Birthplace: Missouri
Gender: Male
Film Number: 14871
Digital GS Number: 4195941
Image Number: 00407
Line Number: 19
Dwelling House Number: 135
Family Number: 135
Household Gender Age
John Carney M 25y
Sarah Carney F 24y
Gillen Carney F 4y
Jackson Carney M 1y
George Moore M 6y

The following is from http://www.ancestry.com/.

Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 about Mary Cordelia Williams
Name: Mary Cordelia Williams
Marriage Date: 3 Jan 1869
Marriage Location: Barry, Missouri
Marriage County: Barry
Spouse Name: Jackson Carney

Here is another link you can read more on the Carney's murder.
http://ozarks-history.blogspot.com/2011/08/carney-murders.html
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~haddockfamily/barryfamilies30.htm

I could have sworn I read somewhere that Cordelia and Jackson were buried in the same casket and grave. But for the life of me I cannot find where I seen that.

The Forgotten Children

2011-09-22T06:05:00.000-05:00

I hate seeing piles like this. These are all children under 7 years of age.

Located at Marionville Cemetery aka I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Marionville, MO.

Bigger Than Life Size

2011-09-21T06:37:00.006-05:00

Located at Calvary Cemetery in St. Louis, MO.

This monument is massive. She is actually taller than life size.

Robert Forsyth

1808 - 1873

Ann Culver Forsyth

1801 - 1868

The following is from http://www.familysearch.org/.

United States Census, 1850 for Robert Forsythe
Name: Robert Forsythe

Residence: St. Louis county, part of, St. Louis, Missouri
Age: 35 years
Calculated Birth Year: 1815
Birthplace: Illinois
Gender: Male
File Number: 443622
Digital GS Number: 4200574
Image Number: 00501
Line Number: 29
Dwelling House Number: 1672
Family Number: 1672
Household Gender Age
Robert Forsythe M 35y
Ann M Forsythe F 30y
William Forsythe M 19y
John T Forsythe M 15y
Mary E Forsythe F 11y
Laura A Forsythe F 6y
Robert F Wah M 2y
Patrick Murphy M 27y
William Murphy M 19y

According to the 1850 Slave Census Robert Forsyth owned 6 slaves.

47 yr old male Black

26 yr old male Mulatto

23 yr old female Mulatto

17 yr old male Black

15 yr old female Black

3 yr old female Black

Viewing slave census always make me sad. I can't help but think about what the slaves endured.

Male Or Female Angel?

2011-09-20T06:36:00.001-05:00

Located at Calvary Cemetery in St. Louis, MO.

I have looked at this photo a million times and I still can't decide if it is male or female. I am leaning towards male because it has no apparent breast and it's face is very masculine. And look at it's feet they look like Big Foot's feet. What do you think?

George Lich

June 30, 1908

Sophia Lich

Nov 7, 1949

The following is from http://www.familysearch.org/.

United States Census, 1900 for Geo Lich
Name: Geo Lich

Residence: St. Louis city, St. Louis, Missouri
Birth Date: Aug 1856
Birthplace: Missouri
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Spouse: Sophie Lich
Spouse's Birthplace: Missouri
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Birthplace: Germany
Race or Color (expanded): White
Head-of-household Name: Geo Lich
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 4
Estimated Marriage Year: 1896
Occupation. upholster
Enumeration District: 0312
Page: 7
Sheet Letter: B
Family Number: 165
Reference Number: 85
Film Number: 1240897
Image Number: 00796
Household Gender Age
Geo Lich M
Spouse Sophie Lich F
Child Angela Lich F

Name: Sophie Lich

Residence: St. Louis city, St. Louis, Missouri
Birth Date: Apr 1864
Birthplace: Missouri
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Spouse: Geo Lich
Spouse's Birthplace: Missouri
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Birthplace: Bohemia
Race or Color (expanded): White
Head-of-household Name: Geo Lich
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 4
Estimated Marriage Year: 1896
Mother How Many Children: 1
Number Living Children: 1
Enumeration District: 0312
Page: 7
Sheet Letter: B
Family Number: 165
Reference Number: 86
Film Number: 1240897
Image Number: 00796
Household Gender Age
Spouse Geo Lich M
Sophie Lich F
Child Angela Lich F

United States Census, 1910 for Sophia Lich
Name: Sophia Lich
Birthplace: Missouri
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Residence: St Louis Ward 20, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri
Marital Status: Widowed
Race : White
Gender: Female
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Birthplace: Austria
Family Number: 144
Page Number: 8
Household Gender Age
Sophia Lich F 36y
Katherine Stehle F 34y
Child Angela Lich F 13y
Theodore Stehle M 32y
Lizzie Lechner F 15y

United States Census, 1930 for Sofia Lich
Name: Sofia Lich

Event: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: San Jose, Santa Clara, California
Gender: Female
Age: 50
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Birthplace: Missouri
Estimated Birth Year: 1880
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Birthplace: Germany
Enumeration District Number: 0075
Family Number: 273
Sheet Number and Letter: 10A
Line Number: 49
NARA Publication: T626, roll 219
Film Number: 2339954
Digital Folder Number: 4532366
Image Number: 00566
Household Gender Age
Sofia Lich F 50
Child Angelus Lich F 30

The Ewing Monument

2011-09-19T06:04:00.001-05:00

Located at Calvary Cemetery in St. Louis, MO.

Husband

Wm. L. Ewing

Born

Jan 31, 1809

Died Oct 22, 1878

Claire Berthold Ewing

Born Apr 12, 1819

Died Dec 3, 1899

Emily K Ewing

Born Mar 2, 1854

Died Feb 12, 1867

Frederick B Ewing

Born Mar 2, ????

Died Feb 10, 189?

You can read about William L. Ewing at NIU Libraries.

The following information is from http://www.familysearch.org/.

United States Census, 1850 for William L Ewing

Name: William L Ewing

Residence: St. Louis, ward 3, St. Louis, Missouri
Age: 40 years
Calculated Birth Year: 1810
Birthplace: Indiana
Gender: Male
Film Number: 443624
Digital GS Number: 4200576
Image Number: 00199
Line Number: 18
Dwelling House Number: 1102
Family Number: 1217
Household Gender Age
William L Ewing M 40y
Clara Ewing F 31y
Auguste B Ewing M 11y
Annie Ewing F 9y
William D Ewing M 7y
Pelagie Ewing F 4y
George Ewing M 2y
James Ewing M 6m
Eliza Boreman F 28y
Ann Kelly F 16y
Julia Glassen F 21y
Eliza King F 15y
William H Low M 18y
Sylvester Freeman M 17y

Deposited In Peace

2011-09-17T06:17:00.001-05:00

Located at Calvary Cemetery in St. Louis, MO.

Deposited In Peace

My Husband

Bernard Crickard

Died

October 27, 1872

Age 55 Years

Native of Counly Down.

Ireland

Rest Thee in God.

Amen

Note: Husband of Marcella Doyle Crickard.

The following information is from http://www.ancestry.com/.

Baltimore Passenger and Immigration Lists, 1820-1872 about Bernard Crickard

Name: Bernard Crickard

Arrival Date: 4 Aug 1835
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Belfast
Occupation: Farmer
Ship: Margaret Balfour
Ship Type: Brig
Port of Arrival: Baltimore
National Archives' Series Number: M255
Microfilm Roll Number: 1
List Number: 43

1860 United States Federal Census about Bernard Crekard

Name: Bernard Crekard

Age in 1860: 44
Birth Year: abt 1816
Birthplace: Ireland
Home in 1860: St Louis Ward 1, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri
Gender: Male
Post Office: St Louis
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members: Name Age
Bernard Crekard 44
Marseile Crekard 29
Danis Maghay 55
Bridget Maghay 23

St. Louis, Missouri Marriages, 1804-76 about Bernard Crickard
Name: Bernard Crickard
Spouse: Marcella Doyle
Marriage Date: 21 Feb 1851
Volume/Page: 05-181

Corso's Angel

2011-09-16T06:13:00.001-05:00

Located at Calvary Cemetery in St. Louis, MO.

Sweet Little Baby

2011-09-15T06:03:00.001-05:00

Located at Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, MO.

Frankie Wetzell

1862

Aug 13, 1862

Zinc Pieces On A Pedestal Tomb

2011-09-14T06:23:00.001-05:00

Located at Calvary Cemetery in St. Louis, MO.

John Paul Bryson

April 16, 1846

May 5, 1903

Mary Winter Bryson

November 14, 1853

April 22, 1891

Note: John is the son of James Bryson and Helen Campbell Bryson. Mary is the daughter of William Drew Winter and Sarah Milford Stirling Winter.

The following information is from www.familysearch.org.

United States Census, 1880 for John P. Bryson

Name: John P. Bryson

Residence: St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
Birth date: 1845
Birthplace: Mississippi, United States
Relationship to Head: Self
Spouse's Name: Mary S. Bryson
Spouse's Birthplace: Louisiana, United States
Father's Birthplace: Ireland
Mother's Birthplace: Georgia, United States
Race or Color (Expanded): White
Ethnicity (Standardized): American
Gender: Male
Martial Status: Married
Age (Expanded): 35 years
Occupation: Physician
NARA Film Number: T9-0733
Page: 152
Page Character: A
Entry Number: 156
Film number: 1254733
Household Gender Age
John P. Bryson M 35
Spouse Mary S. Bryson F 26
Child Sadie W. Bryson F 5
Child James H. Bryson M 3
Ruffin S. Winter M 18
Wm D. Winter M 15
Frank A. Winter M 13
Cornelia Crump F 19
Bettie Spradling F 30
William Spradling M 35
Annie O Hanlon F 35
Lizzie Brennan F 14

The following is from http://www.ancestry.com/.

Directory of Deceased American Physicians, 1804-1929 about John P. Bryson
Name: John P. Bryson
Death Date: 5 May 1903
Death Place: St. Louis, MO
Type Practice: Allopath
JAMA Citation: 40:1446

Missouri Death Records, 1834-1910 about Mary W Bryson
Name: Mary W Bryson
Death Date: 22 Apr 1891
Birth Date: abt 1853
Cause of death: Carcinoma uteri
County: St Louis
Race/Ethnicity: White
Age: 37y, 5m, 8d
Gender: F (Female)

Glading's Angel

2011-09-13T06:25:00.001-05:00

Located at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia, PA.

Joseph Glading

1834 - 1891

Casilda Glading

1848 - 1873

The following information is from http://www.familysearch.org/.

Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915 for Casilda Glading

Name: Casilda Glading

Death Date: 19 Sep 1873
Death Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cause of Death: Typhoid Fever
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 35 years
Estimated Birth Year: 1838
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Marital Status: Married
Street Address: 105 N 19 St
Cemetery: South Laurel Hill
Burial Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Burial Date: 23 Sep 1873
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2022000
Digital Folder Number: 4010167
Image Number: 990

Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915 for Joseph Glading

Name: Joseph Glading

Death Date: 10 Dec 1891
Death Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cause of Death: Fatty Kidney and Fatty Liver
Gender: Male
Death Age: 57 years
Estimated Birth Year: 1834
Film Number: 1888939
Digital Folder Number: 4058080
Image Number: 152
Reference Number: cn 11621

Shoemaker's Zinc Mourner

2011-09-12T08:23:00.005-05:00

To date this is the only Zinc/white bronze statue I have found.

Located at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia, PA.

Joseph Shoemaker

Born

May 31, 1830

Died

March 8, 1901

In his 71st Year

Ella Shoemaker

Died

March 24, 1915

Note: Ella is the daughter of Joseph Shoemaker.

The following infomation ins from http://www.ancestry.com/.

1880 United States Federal Census about Joseph Shoemaker

Name: Joseph Shoemaker

Home in 1880: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Age: 50
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1830
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Father's birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's birthplace: Pennsylvania
Occupation: Retired Flour Mfg
Marital Status: Widower
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Joseph Shoemaker 50
Ella Shoemaker 33
Joseph Shoemaker 23
Rachael M. Shoemaker 21
Thomas Shoemaker 18
Catharine O'brien 48

1900 United States Federal Census about Joseph Shoemaker
Name: Joseph Shoemaker
Home in 1900: Philadelphia Ward 24, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Age: 70
Birth Date: May 1830
Birthplace: Penna
[Pennsylvania]
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Father's Birthplace: Penna
Mother's Birthplace: Germany
Spouse's Name: Mary Shoemaker
Marriage year: 1884
Marital Status: Married
Years married: 16
Occupation: View on Image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Joseph Shoemaker 70
Mary Shoemaker 44
Ella Shoemaker 51

James J Shoemaker 33

The following is from http://www.familysearch.org/.

Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915 for Joseph Shoemaker

Name: Joseph Shoemaker

Death Date: 07 Mar 1901

Death Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cause of Death: Senile Dementia
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 70 years
Estimated Birth Year: 1831
Birthplace: Phila
Marital Status: Married
Street Address: 632 No. 32nd Street
Cemetery: So. Laurel Hill
Burial Date: 11 Mar 1901
Film Number: 1845288
Digital Folder Number: 4009525
Image Number: 670
Reference Number: item 1 cn 19054

Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915 for Ellen Shoemaker
Name: Ellen Shoemaker
Death Date: 24 Mar 1915
Death Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 69 years
Estimated Birth Year: 1846
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Joseph Shoemaker
Father's Birthplace: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa
Mother's Name: Rachel Sphree
Mother's Birthplace: Germany
Place of Residence: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Burial Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa
Burial Date: 27 Mar 1915
Film Number: 1429084
Digital Folder Number: 4009413
Image Number: 159
Reference Number: cn 7148

Daniel Family Plot

2011-09-06T07:48:00.000-05:00

Located at Memorial Park Cemetery in Tulsa, OK.

In the world ye shall have tribulation

be of good cheer I have overcome the world.

I am among you as he that serveth

I will not leave you comfortless.

In Memoriam

Samuel Phillips Daniel

1908 - 1989

Elizabeth Daniel Wallace

1910 - 1987

In Memoriam

Gertrude Phillips Daniel

1870 - 1945

Richard T Daniel, JR.

1906 - 1974

Note: Gertrude is the daughter of Samuel Field Phillips who served as NC State Legislator and Solicitor General of the United States under President Grant in 1872. She is buried in Chapel Hill, NC, in 1945

In Loving Memory

William H. Daniel

May 21, 1913 - April 28, 1999

You can read about their father here http://www.concentric.net/~pvb/GEN/rtdani.html. Its an interesting tale of a man with a lot of business sense who turned into a reclusive millionaire.

Philips Garmon

2011-09-05T07:59:00.000-05:00

Located at Oaklawn Cemetery in Tulsa, OK.

Philip Garmon

Died May 15, 1916

Aged 73 Years

GAR - Grand Army of the Republic

Union Soldier

American Flag

The following information is from http://www.ancestry.com/

U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 about Philip Garmon

Name: Philip Garmon

Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Pennsylvania
Regiment Name: 101 Pennsylvania Inf.
Regiment Name Expanded: 101st Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry
Company: H
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Private
Rank Out Expanded: Private
Alternate Name: Philip/Garman
Film Number: M554 roll 41

1910 United States Federal Census about Philip Garmon

Name: Philip Garmon

Age in 1910: 67
Estimated Birth Year: 1843
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Germany
Mother's Birth Place: Germany
Spouse's Name: Emelie Garmon
Home in 1910: Tahlequah Ward 3, Cherokee, Oklahoma
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Philip Garmon 67
Emelie Garmon 55

Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 about Philip Garmon

Name: Philip Garmon

State Filed: Pennsylvania and Oklahoma
Widow: Emilie Garmon

Darby Mausoleum

2011-09-03T07:56:00.000-05:00

Located at Memorial Park Cemetery in Tulsa,OK.

Update: Leonard Sims

2011-09-02T05:59:00.001-05:00

I orginally posted in June 2010 Leonard Sims' headstone.

This week I recieved an email from Lawana whos great uncle was Leonard Sims. She was so kind to provide the following information.

Leonard Sims was from Mountainburg, Arkansas and he purchased and operated the Silver King Saloon in Shawnee, OK. Leonard, Anne Long and her mother, Eula Long were having dinner when Charles McKnight came in and started cussing. This made Leonard very mad because you just didn't do that around women in 1901. Later on that night, about 11 p.m. he went to confront McKnight at the Betts Saloon where he was a Faro dealer. Sims attacked McKnight with a knife slashing him across the arm. McKnight drew a revolver, Sims grabbed it but Mcknight was able to pull the trigger. The shot passed through Sims' hand and struck James Hufstedler in the heart, killing him. Mcknight was able to free the gun from Sims and fired a second time. This shot struck Sims over the left eye killing him.

Lawana's grandfather Jesse, Leonard's brother, was there and saw the fight. Leonard was going to make him a partner at the Silver King Saloon in February when he turn 18. Jesse put Leonard's body on a train to be sent back to Arkansas. But he did not return with the body. Their father, Benjamin, and two other family members traveled to Shawnee and sold everything leaving Jesse out complete. After Mcknight was tired in court and acquitted the Sims family stood by watching one stormy night and just as lightning struck Jesse said "There is that son-of-bitch." And with tears on his checks he made a sign of cutting from ear to ear.

I was able to find the following information on http://www.ancestry.com/.

Information for Leonard Sims.

1880 United States Federal Census about Leonard Sims

Name: Leonard Sims
Home in 1880: Upper, Crawford, Arkansas
Age: 2
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1878
Birthplace: Arkansas
Relation to Head of Household: Son
Father's Name: Benjamin Sims
Father's birthplace: Missouri
Mother's Name: Rachel Sims
Mother's birthplace: Alabama
Occupation: At Home
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Benjamin Sims   45
Rachel Sims   29
Jane Sims 11
William Sims   9
Laura A. Sims   7
Martha A. Sims   5
Leonard Sims   2

1900 United States Federal Census about Leonard H Simms
Name: Leonard H Simms
Home in 1900: Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma
Age: 21
Birth Date: Nov 1878
Birthplace: Arkansas
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relationship to head-of-house: Bar Keep
Father's Birthplace: California
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Marital Status: Single
Household Members: Name Age
Vol E Sayers   38
Harry Dreyfus   27
James Christopher   10
Charlie Mazzio   50
Henry Flynn   Unkn
Idella Gales   Unkn
May Brotherton   24
Lou Bullad   22
Frank Rhodes   Unkn
Walter L Dilworth   Unkn
A A Keappler   Unkn
William F Hanna   Unkn
William Irwin   Unkn
Leonard H Simms   21

Information for Charles McKnight.

1930 United States Federal Census about Charles P Mcknight

Name: Charles P Mcknight
Home in 1930: Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma
Age: 52
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1878
Birthplace: Texas
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Eula B Mcknight
Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
Charles P Mcknight 52
Eula B Mcknight 44

1920 United States Federal Census about Charles V Mcknight

Name: Charles V Mcknight
[Charles V Mc Knight]
[Charles P Mcknight]
Home in 1920: Shawnee Ward 2, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma
Age: 42
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1878
Birthplace: Texas
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
[Head]
Spouse's Name: Eula B Mcknight
Father's Birth Place: Arkansas
Mother's Birth Place: Arkansas
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Male
Home owned: Own
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members: Name Age
Charles V Mcknight   42
Eula B Mcknight   38
Morris C Mcknight   14

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 about Charles Parks Mcknight
Name: Charles Parks Mcknight
County: Pottawatomie
State: Oklahoma
Birth Date: 1 Sep 1876
Race: White
FHL Roll Number: 1852124
DraftBoard: 0

Symbol: B.L.F. & E. (Brotherhood Of Locomotive Firemen And Enginemen)

2011-09-01T06:18:00.001-05:00

This is the first one I have found for the B.L.F.& E. I have found several for the other railroad unions but not this one. So I thought I would share. Sorry for the poor quality of the photo it was rainy and overcast the day I found this one. If you can't tell the picture is of a locomotive engine with a banner below it with B.L.F.& E.

Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen - was one of "Big Four" unions that sprang up around the railroads in the 19th century. It was originally Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen founded in 1873. In 1906 they changed its name after allowing engineers to join. In 1969, they merged with the Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen, the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, and the Switchmen's Union of North America to form the United Transportation Union.

Wikipedia

You can view a photo and post for the B.L.E. (Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers) here.
You can view a photo and post for the B.R.T. (Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen) here.

Stakis' Cross

2011-08-31T06:13:00.001-05:00

Located at Oaklawn Cemetery in Tulsa, OK.

Jime G.

Stakis

Dec 20, 1892

Mch 31, 1912

Born in Molous Greece

Famous: Orval Eugene Faubus - National Symbol For Racial Segregation

2011-08-30T08:54:00.000-05:00

Located at Combs Cemetery in Combs, AR.

Orval Eugene Faubus

Jan 7, 1910 - Dec 14, 1994

320th Infantry, 35th Division

World War Two

Governor of Arkansas

Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 10, 1963

When I come to this, my last earthly resting place may it be said of me

In the rise from obscurity he served his country and the people well. He forsook

not his own kind. The common people he delt fairly with all men. His promises

were kept, his debts were paid.

There was also a little garden place near the front of the cemetery with this memorial in it.

Orval E. Faubus

Memorial Garden

Orval E. Faubus

Served as Governor

of Arkansas

January 11, 1955

January 10, 1967

Forty acres of land was

donated to the Combs Cemetery

by former Governor Orval E

Faubus which includes the

now existing cemetery.

This generous donation to the

beautiful Combs Cemetery

will insure a resting place

for many for years to come.

Citizens interested in the

Combs Cemetery convey the

deep appreciation for this

generous contribution.

****************

Orval E. Faubus dies at 84

The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture

Wikipedia

Old State House Museum
Speech of Governor Orval E. Faubus, September 18, 1958

Orval E. Faubus Oral History Interview - JFK #1, 6/29/1967

(1958) Governor Orval E. Faubus, “Speech on School Integration

The Faubus Family

In Memory of

Farrell E. Faubus

Apr. 5, 1939 - Jun 16, 1976

The son of Governor Orval

And Alta Haskins Faubus

Note: He committed suicide after a lengthy battle with drug addiction.

Jane Hines Faubus

Jan 23, 1943 - Apr 6, 1996

Note: 3rd wife of Orval Faubus.

Infant sons of

Orval E. and Alta M.

Faubus

Oct 1, 1932 and Mar 27, 1934

Rosebuds unopened; Hope

and promise unfilled.

Note: Celia Alta Haskins was Orval's first wife. The marriage ended in divorce in 1969.

John Samuel

Faubus

Oct 24, 1887 - Aug 24, 1966

He did his share

of the world's work.

Note: Orval's father.

Addie Joslen

Faubus

Oct 10, 1892 - Jan 26, 1936

Mother of seven.

The eldest became

Governor of Arkansas

Note: Orval's mother.

1862 Box Tomb

2011-08-29T06:23:00.001-05:00

Located at Tharp Cemetery in Fayetteville, AR.

In Memory of

Howard Hall

Died Dec 8th 1862

Age 32 yrs

I am not sure weather this is a cenotaph or the actual burial site. Because I found the following info on http://www.ancestry.com/.

Iowa Civil War Soldier Burial Records about Howard Hall

Name: Howard Hall

Rank: Private
Unit: IA 1 Cav G
Birth Information: VT
Death Information: 08 Dec 1862 Fayetteville AR
Cemetery: Fayetteville National
Cemetery Location: Fayetteville Washington AR
Comments: enl 18 Aug 1862 age 31 res Union died disease

You can view the military marker at http://www.arkansasgravestones.org/view.php?id=290148.

Update: George Thomas Ray

2011-08-27T08:17:00.001-05:00

The original post for George Thomas Ray was made in Feb 2011. I have had very little success in finding any information about him. I was pointed to a website that had the following information. I am not sure if it is the same George Thomas Ray but I think it might be.

The following excerpt is from http://www.historical-footprints-2010.com/bunch_3.html by Barbara Inman Beall.

Threats at Bryant Home

Mr. [John A. (Alfred) ] Bryant's daughter, Lucy, in a Press interview, Sept. 7, 1922, then Mrs. Lucy Blakely, told of her father's escape but only mentioned two men coming to the house.

"One day in January," she said, "there rode up to the home of my father, John A. Bryant, two men from down on Shoal creek. One was Joe Thompson and the other was Tom Rae. Rae was wearing a Union solder's overcoat and carried a rifle while Thompson was dressed in ordinary civilian garb and was armed with a double-barrelled shotgun.

My father had been sick in bed and was sitting up in a chair that day for the first time. Our visitors wanted him to go outdoors with them but he refused, stating that he was not able. They talked for quite a while, urging on my father the advantages of declaring himself for the south and tried on various pretexts to get him to come outside. Finally Thompson rose in a rage.

"Well, if you will not go outside I will kill you anyway right here," he said with an oath, cocking his shotgun and aiming it at my father's breast.

"We children set up a scream and my mother sprang in front of my father. I remember yet exactly how the caps on Thompson's gun looked as he stood there with the weapon leveled. It was Rae who saved us.

"Come out of here, Joe," he said, "or you will scare these children to death." And Thompson sullenly lowered his gun and complied.

Murder of Brice Martin

"From our house they went a quarter of a mile south to the home of Brice Martin, mother's brother, and called him out to the fence. They talked awhile and Mrs. Martin, coming to the door, saw her husband turn away and start back to the house. As he did so, one of the men fired with the double-barrelled shotgun, the charge of buckshot striking my uncle in the back and killing him instantly. My aunt always said that the man in the blue overcoat fired the shot but my mother and father had known Tom Rae all their lives and could never believe that he would so murder Brice Martin with whom he was well acquainted.

"My aunt ran down to our house to tell what had happened…Eliza Parnell spread the word of the murder and my mother went up and watched by the body which lay until 9 o'clock in the yard where it had fallen. We had many good neighbors, some of them northern sympathy, most of them southern but not a man on either side dared to go after the body until 9 o'clock for fear of being murdered. Then two southern sympathizers, George Hammer and John Rafedy, and a Union man, James Landers, slipped up to the Martin's home under cover of darkness, picked up the body and brought it to our house where it was left that night.

Southern Home Guard Aids

"There was something of a panic among the people of the neighborhood following the killing, especially those known to favor the cause of the north. My father did not dare stay home that night and he and Marsh Parnell went over to the home of Mrs. Sally Keith over close to the Carthage road, and laid there concealed in the attic all night. The Parnells were almost all southern people, but Marsh was known as a Union man and his life was in as much danger as anyone's despite his southern kindred.

"Everyone in the neighborhood was at first afraid to have anything to do with the Martin funeral, but finally James Bunch, captain of a southern home guard company, said he would have the grave dug and would furnish protection to those coming to the burial. He and his men dug the grave in the cemetery of the old Freedom Baptist church near Moss Springs and a man in Fidelity made a coffin. My uncle was buried the next day, there being a considerable number of women present, a few men, including my father and Marsh Parnell, and a number of Captain Bunch's home guard company.

"Immediately after the funeral the Union men took to the timber and prepared to leave the country that night. There were in the party besides my father and Marsh Parnell, Dr. D. F. Moss, Riley Moss, William Spencer and several others, perhaps as many as a dozen all told. They made their way safely to Kansas and we stayed alone until two months later when they came back with a detachment of Union soldiers and took us to Fort Scott." [29]

John A. Bryant (Alfred Bryant) was the brother of Adeline Elizabeth Bryant Spence, wife of Lazarus Spence. The John Bryants fled to Fort Scott, Kansas and never returned to Jasper Co., Missouri. They spent the rest of their lives in Kansas. John Bryant's wife was Nancy Martin, who was the sister of Brice Martin, the man who was murdered. The Prigmores and Martins had intermarried. And, of course, Nimrod Porter Bunch's wife was a Prigmore.

The newspaper account did not identify the man from Fidelity who made the coffin, but I have an idea it was Nimrod Bunch. Brother Jim and his men dig the grave in Moss Springs, and had a man in Fidelity make the coffin. Given the Bunch ancestry of carpenters and cabinet makers, Nimrod would have been an excellent candidate for the job. That may have been the reason why the Nimrod Bunch family left the area during the remainder of the war. They went to Johnson Co., Missouri (near Warrensburg), where their child, Leander, was born and where a number of Prigmores were living. They did not return to Jasper County until after the war had ended.

Brice Martin was only 17 years of age when he was killed.

One discovery generally leads to another question. In this case, the question had a double segment: who were Tom Rae and Joe Thompson and what happened to them?

George Thomas Ray was born in Kentucky in 1833 to John Ray (1805-1860) and Sarah A. Spears (1805-1892). The Rays lived in Neosho, Newton Co., Missouri. Tom's wife's name was Emeline (b. 1833). Their children were:

Jennette Ray 1852 -
Laurette Ray 1855 -
Frances Ray 1857 -
Etta Ray 1862 -
George T Ray 1863 - [30]

On March 14, 1862, a little over two months after the Brice Martin murder and according to the inscription on his tombstone, Tom Ray was murdered on the Neosho courthouse square. He was 29 years of age when he was killed. [Perhaps he was going to turn in someone for the murder of Brice Martin??!!]

Interesting Old Building - Pyeatte Mill Revisited

2011-08-26T05:51:00.001-05:00

I visited the Pyeatte Mill back in March 2011 and posted my original photos. I revisited it this week just to see what all the heavy rain and flooding did to it. Sadly the flooding did some damage to this interesting old mill.

Crushed To Death

2011-08-25T05:47:00.001-05:00

Located at Sharp Cemetery in Prairie Grove, AR.

W. H. Brotherton

Born

Jan 15, 1867

Died

Feb 15, 1906

Note: son to Benjamin and Julia Cavin Brotherton. Husband of Thania Woods Brotherton.

The Prairie Grove Herald

BROTHERTON, Will - The sad news reached town Thursday afternoon that Will Brotherton had been crushed to death while working at the rock quarry two miles south of town. With a number of other men he was engaged in getting out rock from a bluff to macadamize the road and while at work along the side of the bluff it suddenly gave way and several tons of earth fell on him and completely covered him up. His companions set to work vigorously to get him out and in a few minutes succeeded in getting the earth off his head but he was crushed so badly that death resulted before he could be entirely uncovered. He is survived by a wife and four children, who have the sympathy of the entire community in this sad hour. His remains were buried In the Sharp graveyard.

Symbol: On The Porch

2011-08-24T06:03:00.001-05:00

I have never seen this one before and not sure what it is. Have any of you seen this one?

I Knew I Had SeenThis One Before

2011-08-23T06:17:00.001-05:00

While I was at Oakwood Cemetery in Parsons, KS I spotted this monument. And I knew I had seen it before. So I dug threw my files and there she was in my file for Hazelwood Cemetery in Springfield, MO. The only difference is the base. The statues are identical.

This is from the Holland Monument in Springfield, MO.

In Loving Remeberance

of Mrs. Emeline H.

Wife of

General C. B. Holland

Born

April 1, 1816

Died

March 16, 1890

"Blessed are the pure in

heart for they shall see

God"

God in his wisdom has

recalled,

The boon his love had given

and though the body

moulders here,

the soul is safe in Heaven.

Note: Her maiden name is Bigbee. Daughter of Capt. John S. Bigbee.

This is from the monument at Oakwood Cemetery in Parsons, KS.

Jane Webster

Wife of

Heman D. Ward

Aug 24, 1812

Mch 15, 1892

---

Angell

Matthewson

Died

Jan 15, 1913

Age 76

Cornelia W.

Wife of Angell Matthewson

Died

Jan 5, 1899

Age 56

Note: Cornelia is the dau of Jane and Heman Ward.

---

William K.

Maxwell

August 28, 1846

September 4, 1900

Etta W

Wife of

William Maxwell

Mar 24, 1924

Note: Etta is the dau of Jane and Heman Ward.

The following info is from William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas.

HON. ANGELL MATTHEWSON was born in Pulaski, Oswego Co., N. Y., June 8, 1837. At the age of fifteen he commenced to learn the printer's trade in the office of the Pulaski Democrat, having previously received a good academic education. After having attained his majority, Mr. Matthewson was successively engaged upon the Oswego Paliadium and Utica Herald until January 4, 1860, when he went to Fort Plain, Montgomery Co., N. Y., and purchased a half interest in the Mohawk Valley Register. In September, 1861, in connection with Hon. Lorenzo Crounse, he raised a volunteer company for the war, being commissioned as Second Lieutenant October 2, 1861. His war record is everything that can be desired. Rising through the successive grades of Second Lieutenant, Post Adjutant, Ordinance Officer, First Lieutenant, Adjutant, Acting Assistant Adjutant General to that of Captain of Light Artillery. He received the latter promotion for gallant and meritorious service at the battle of North Anna River, Va., May 23, 1864, when he was shot through the thigh with a minnie ball while in command of Battery D., First New York Light Artillery. For his heroism on this occasion, Gen. Wainwright, Chief of Artillery, in his report of the battle to Gen. Meade, accorded Capt. Matthewson's battery the credit of having saved the right of the line of battle from destruction. Mr. M. was in service until the end of the war, three years and nine months, and was mustered out at Elmira, N. Y., June 17, 1865. He was engaged in the battles of Harper's Ferry, Cedar Mountain, Rappahannock Station, Second Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Mine Run,, The Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna River, Siege of Petersburg, Weldon Railroad, Hatcher's Run, and Lee's Surrender at Appomattox Court House. July 1, 1865, he became sole editor and proprietor of the Fort Plain Register, and soon after purchased a half interest in the Canajoharie Radii, and later established the Amsterdam Democrat and the State Radii, editing all four of these papers at the same time. In 1867 Mr. M. was elected by the Democrats of Montgomery County, N. Y., to represent them in the General Assembly, having received the largest majority ever accorded a member. Early in 1871 he disposed of his newspaper interests in New York, and in May of that year moved to Parsons, which was then an infant town, but three months of age. Here he commenced an active business career by opening a private banking house under the firm name of Crawford, Matthewson & Co. In 1872 he and other capitalists procured a charter and organized the First National Bank of Parsons, of whose affairs he had entire control up to December 31, 1878, when he retired. He was then just about to enter upon his second session of his term as State Senator, having been elected to that position in 1876. He was chosen to the important post of Chairman of the Committee on Banks and Banking, and a member of the Ways and Means Committee. Was frequently called upon to preside in Committee of the Whole, and otherwise received the marks of confidence from his fellows of which he has ever been the fortunate recipient. In September 1880, Mr. M. again engaged in business, associating himself with Merritt Noyes and F. H. Snyder in the ownership of the City Bank. Mr. Noyes died February 12, 1883, and thereafter the business was conducted by the present partners, Messrs. Matthewson & Snyder. Besides doing a general banking business, this firm has a real estate and insurance department, owning a complete set of abstracts of all kinds of property in Labette County. When the First National Bank was organized the entire deposits amounted to $37,000, which sum Mr. M. transferred from his private bank. There are now three banks in Parsons, the aggregate peposits[sic] of which amount to $250,000. Mr. M. owns a large amount of valuable real estate, and also the most extensive hardware store in the country. He is president of the Parsons & Western R. R. Co.; president of the Parsons Fair and Driving Park Association; treasurer of the Water Works Co.; secretary of the Board of Trade; and owns the exclusive franchise for the building and operation of the Gas Works. He expects to begin their erection in May, 1883. Mr. M. built the first flouring mill in Parsons. Has twice served as Mayor, and was State Senator for four years. He organized the Memphis, Kansas & Colorado R. R. Co., and was president of that organization, the road being built under his management. Mr. M. was married October 4, 1865, at Fort Plain, N. Y., to Miss Cornelia H. Ward, daughter of Heman D. Ward.

There is some military information on Angell Matthewson at http://dmna.state.ny.us/historic/reghist/civil/artillery/1stArtLt/1stArtLtBatDCWN.htm

The following info is from William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas.

W.K. MAXWELL, passenger conductor on the Missouri Pacific Railroad, corner Morgan and Fifteenth streets, was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, August, 1846. His parents were born and raised in Ohio, and were descended from Scotch-Irish ancestry. He was educated in the schools of his native town. Mr. Maxwell came to Kansas in 1871, where he was employed by the M. K. T. R. R. as train dispatcher. Soon afterward he was appointed to the position of conductor. He has three brothers and two sisters - Thomas S. Maxwell, in St. Louis, employed with Samuel Cuppies & Co.; R. C. Maxwell, an attorney at Lincoln, Ill.; J. W., in Silver City, N. M., in the wholesale grocery business. One sister, Mrs. Allen, a widow, lives with her mother in Ohio, and Mrs. Bowers, wife of the agent at Junction City, Kan., for the Missouri Pacific Railroad. He was married to Miss Etta H. Ward of Fort Plain, N. Y., September, 1881, whose mother is living with her daughter. Mr. Maxwell is a member of the Blue Lodge Chapter and Commandry of the Masonic Fraternity of the city of Parsons, and has taken all the Scottish Rites degrees except the thirty-third degree.

Musical Angel

2011-08-22T06:38:00.002-05:00

Located at Oakwood Cemetery in Parsons, KS.

In Memory Of

Rene Poffenbach

Aug 25, 1895

May 23, 1915

Wearing The White Flower Of A Perfect Life.

Note: Son of Charles F. and Emma C. Poffenbach.

The following info is from http://www.ancestry.com/ .

Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925 about Rene Poffenbach

Name: Rene Poffenbach
Census Date: 1915
Residence County: Labette
Residence state: Kansas
Locality: Parsons
Birth Location: Missouri
Family Number: 2
Gender: Male
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1897
Race: White
Line: 5
Roll: ks1915_119
Household Member(s): Name Age
Charles F Poffenbach 50
Emma C Poffenbach 46
Rene Poffenbach 18

Nora's Guardian

2011-08-20T05:12:00.001-05:00

Located at Oakwood Cemetery in Parsons, KS.

Nora Sylvia

VanMeter

1877 - 1896

Note: Dau of J.F. Vanmeter and Kate B. Vanmeter.

The following information is from http://www.ancestry.com/ .

1880 United States Federal Census about Nora Vanmeter

Name: Nora Vanmeter

Home in 1880: Parson, Labette, Kansas

Age: 3

Estimated birth year: abt 1877

Birthplace: Kansas

Relation to Head of Household: Dau

Father's name: J. F. Vanmeter

Father's birthplace: Illinois

Mother's name: Kate B. Vanmeter

Mother's birthplace: Illinois

Race: White

Gender: Female

Household members:

J. F. Vanmeter 31

Kate B. Vanmeter 31

Mary Vanmeter 5

Nora Vanmeter 3

Medal of Honor Recipient - William Wallace Cranston

2011-08-19T06:11:00.001-05:00

Located at Oakwood Cemetery in Parsons, KS.

This is the Cranston family plot.

William W. Cranston

Medal Of Honor

Capt

66 Ohio Inf

Nov 20, 1838 - Dec 7, 1907

Note: Born in Woodstock, Ohio; Married Jennie Elizabeth Fulton 20 Mar 1866 in Urbana, Illinois; Died in Parsons, Kansas. Son of Christopher Cranston and Irene Ward Nott Cranston.

This photo is from Kansas City Historical Society.

Cranston was a Civil War Captain that served with Company A of the 66th regiment of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He fought in the battles at Chickamauga, Antietam, and Chancellorsville. On May 2, 1863 Sergeants Henry Heller, Thomas Thompson, William Cranston and Elisha Seaman voluntarily brought in a wounded Confederate officer from within the enemy's lines and all the while receiving a constant rain of enemy fire. The rescued officer provided important information that was key to the battle plan, and all four men were awarded Medals of Honor for their heroic and timely actions. After the war, he moved to Parsons, Kansas. Cranston was elected to the Kansas House of Representatives from the 28th District in 1888.

The following information is from http://www.ancestry.com/.

American Civil War Soldiers about Wallace Cranston
Name: Wallace Cranston
Enlistment Date: 10 Oct 1861
Enlistment Place: Urbana, Champaign Co., Ohio
Side Served: Union
State Served: Ohio
Birth Date: 20 Nov 1838
Death Date: 7 Dec 1907
Death Place: Parson, Kansas
Service Record: Promoted to Full Sergeant.
Enlisted as a Private on 10 October 1861 at the age of 22.
Enlisted in Company A, 66th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 10 Oct 1861.
Promoted to Full Sergeant Major on 12 May 1863.

U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles about Wallace Wallace Cranston
Name: Wallace Wallace Cranston
Age at enlistment: 22
Enlistment Date: 10 Oct 1861
Rank at enlistment: Private
Enlistment Place: Urbana, Champaign Co., OH
State Served: Ohio
Survived the War?: Yes
Medal of Honor: Wallace W. Cranston
Chancellorsville, VA
05/03/64

SOLDIERS AS GOOD SAMARITANS.

At Chancellorsville, four members of Company A, Sixty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Wallace W. Cranston, Henry Heller, Thomas Thompson, and Elisha B. Seaman, accomplished a deed, which won the admiration of their comrades, the gratitude of the enemy, and a Medal of Honor from the Government.

This story is told by Private Cranston as follows: "At about nine o'clock in the morning, the Twenty third North Carolina Infantry came up the plank road, and marched by platoons to within about seventy-five yards of our works. A few charges of grape and canister from a Pennsylvania battery stationed with our division on the plank road, served to stop their progress.

" In their retreat they left a Confederate soldier on the road. The poor fellow's piteous cries for help attracted the attention of the commanding general, who was passing along the lines. He asked for volunteers to go out and bring him in. 'The roads are full of rebels,' said he, 'but if you go boldly down unarmed, they will know that you are after a wounded man and will surely not be so inhuman as to fire on you who are bringing relief to one of their own men.'

" With three of my companions, I volunteered for the service. We laid off our accouterments, and, with two army blankets for stretchers, marched to where the man lay, in plain view of the enemy. We succeeded in bringing him back alive, and took him to the Chancellor House, which was then being used as a field hospital.

" After we had disposed of our wounded rebel, we rejoined our regiment, and very soon the battle opened in earnest all along the line. It continued for several hours with the greatest fury until we were driven in disorder from the field.

" The Chancellor House took fire from the rebel shells during the engagement, and burned to the ground, and I suppose this poor rebel soldier, with many of our own wounded must have perished in the flames."

Source: Deeds of Valor, p. 144
Service Record: Enlisted in Company A, Ohio 66th Infantry Regiment on 10 Oct 1861.
Promoted to Full Sergeant.
Promoted to Full Sergeant Major on 12 May 1863.
Birth Date: 20 Nov 1838
Death Date: 7 Dec 1907
Death Place: Parson, KS
Sources: Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio
Deeds of Valor. How our Soldier-heroes won the Medal of Honor
Medal of Honor Recipients 1863-1994

1850 United States Federal Census about William Cranston
Name: William Cranston
Age: 12
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1838
Birth Place: Ohio
Gender: Male
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Oxford, Guernsey, Ohio
Family Number: 1600
Household Members: Name Age
Archibald Cranston 46
Phebe Cranston 40
Martin Cranston 20
Delilah Cranston 15
Joseph Cranston 13
William Cranston 12
Margaret Cranston 8
Catoria Cranston 6
Benjamin Cranston 3
Clarissa Cranston 0
Nancy Cranston 48

1880 United States Federal Census about William Cranston
Name: William Cranston
Home in 1880: Lime Creek, Washington, Iowa
Age: 42
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1838
Birthplace: Ohio
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Cranston
Father's birthplace: Rhode Island
Mother's birthplace: New York
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
William Cranston 42
Elizabeth Cranston 39
Eunice Cranston 18
Rebecca Cranston 16
Bell Cranston 8
James Cranston 1
Rebecca Deiser 64

Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 about William W. Cranston

Name: William W. Cranston

State Filed: Kansas
Widow: Jennie E. Cranston

A Cross At Mount Calvary

2011-08-18T05:49:00.001-05:00

Located at Mount Calvary aka Calvary Cemetery in Parsons, KS.

Victor Vogel

1851 - 1923

Mary Vogel

1858 - 1911

The following is from http://www.ancestry.com/

Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 about Mr. Victor Vogel

Name: Mr. Victor Vogel

Marriage Date: 6 Apr 1876
Marriage County: Pettis
Spouse Name: Mary M Schibe

1880 United States Federal Census about Victor Vogel

Name: Victor Vogel

Home in 1880: Mound Valley, Labette, Kansas
Age: 28
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1852
Birthplace: Alsace
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Spouse's Name: Mary M. Vogel
Father's birthplace: Alsace
Mother's name: Kathrine Klenklen
Mother's birthplace: Alsace
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Victor Vogel 28
Mary M. Vogel 22
M. R. Vogel 3
Josephine Vogel 8m
Kathrine Klenklen 64
Adam Stongle 20

1910 United States Federal Census about Victor Vogel

Name: Victor Vogel

Age in 1910: 38
[58]
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1852
[1872]
Birthplace: Germany
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Germany
Mother's Birth Place: Germany
Spouse's Name: Mary M Vogel
Home in 1910: Ladore, Neosho, Kansas
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Year of immigration: 1878
[1872]
Household Members: Name Age
Victor Vogel 38
[58]
Mary M Vogel 52
Victor Vogel Jr. 24
Leo A Vogel 21
Rose M Vogel 19
Lilly R Vogel 16
Mamie M Vogel 13
Joseph O Klenklen 12
Benjamin Vogel 7

Antietam Circle No 2

2011-08-17T06:03:00.001-05:00

Located at Oakwood Cemetery in Parsons, KS.

Three hundred seventy-five Civil War Veterans who settled in Parsons, KS after the war are buried in this section.

Circle number two was created in 1889 with the purchase of Lots 7 through 21 of Block 38.

The cast iron archway at circle number two was erected in 1913 and donated by the Ladies of the G.A.R.

In 1911 the bronze statues were placed in circle number two. They were made by the W.H. Mullens Company of Salem, Ohio.

In Memory of

the unknown dead

of the

Civil War, 1861 - 1865

erected by Parsons

Camp No. 23

Sons of the Verterns

and their Auxiliary No. 50

1921

This section is consider Antietam No. 1. In May of 1886 the Antietam Post bought a portion of block 37, including lots 13 through 18 for this section.

The two 8-inch Columbiad Cannons were a gift from the war department in 1898. They weigh 9,250 pounds each. The concrete rotunda in circle number one was constructed in 1905 and stands twenty-eight feet in height. It is topped by a pyramid of cannon balls and an eagle.

In Memory of

Maynard L. Harding

1933 - 2005

Parsons Historian

He believed that

history would give us a

fuller understanding of

ourselves so that we

could better face

the future.

Founder of the Iron

Horse Historical Society.

Mary Wirth's Cross

2011-08-16T06:35:00.003-05:00

Located at Mount Calvary aka Calvary Cemetery in Parsons, KS.

In Memory of

Mrs Mary A. Wirth

Feb 2, 1862 - April 19, 1892

This cross was erected by

Lillian and Alexander Wirth

1897

Note: Daugther of John C Kipp and Mary Molitor Kipp both buried at Saint Martins Catholic Cemetery.

Obituary is from http://www.findagrave.com/.

The Palladium
Wednesday April 20,1892

Mrs. Mary A. With, wife of Alex Wirth, died yesterday of Consumption, aged 30 years. The funeral services will take place from the Catholic church at 9 o'clock this morning.

The following is from Ancestry.com.

Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925 about Mary Wirth
Name: Mary Wirth
Census Date: 1 Mar 1885
Residence County: Labette
Residence state: Kansas
Locality: Parsons
Birth Location: Illinois
Family Number: 1351
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Female
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1862
Race: White
Line: 9
Roll: KS1885_67
Household Member(s): Name Age
Alexander Wirth 33
Mary Wirth 23

New Resident Angel

2011-08-15T06:35:00.004-05:00

Located at Bentonville Cemetery in Bentonville, AR.

Miles Family

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give

you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me.

For I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest.

For your souls, For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.

Mathew11:28-30

Alton Lee Miles

United States Army

June 28, 1943 - February 1, 2008

Loving Husband, Father and Grandfather

Married April 3, 1962

Monika Martha Miles

Born in Germany

January 28, 1946 - (Still living)

Loving Wife, Mother, Grandmother and Great Grandmother

Alton Lee Miles

SGT US Army

Jun 28, 1943 - Feb 1, 2008

Killed In The Line Of Duty

2011-08-13T05:57:00.002-05:00

Located at Oakwood Cemetery, Parsons, KS.

Officer

John Van Horn

Officer John Van Horn as killed in the line of

duty on July 28th 1899 while effecting the arrest

of three suspects.

The three were conspiring to break a gang of

robbers out of the city jail. While arresting the

third suspect, the suspect produced a pistol and

shot Officer Van Horn. Officer Van Horn

returned fire and wounded his assailant. Although

mortally wounded, Officer Van Horn pursued the

suspect until he fell from his wounds at what is

now 18th and Grand Avenue.

Presented the medal of Valor

The Parsons Police Departments

Highest Honor.

Note: John C. Van Horn

Feb 21, 1857 - July 28, 1899

---------------------

The following information was found Kansas Historical Foundation.

John Van Horn

Type of Officer: Police Officer
Jurisdiction: Parsons
County: Labette
Death Date: 7/27/1899
Added to Memorial: 1994
Circumstances of Death:
Policeman Van Horn heard two shots fired near the Gulf depot in Parsons on the night of July 27th and went to investigate. Van Horn found four men in the vicinity and arrested one of them who was carrying a revolver. The three others fled the scene. On the way back to the jail one came back and was also subsequently arrested. In a block or so another of the original four was found to be sitting on a fence. When Van Horn went to pull him of the fence the killer fired twice mortally wounding Officer Van Horn. Van Horn returned fire striking his assailant J. W. Cook in the stomach. Cook would later survive his wounds and serve fifteen years in the Penitentiary at Lansing.

Bright Colored Visitor

2011-08-12T06:05:00.000-05:00

Found this wonderful guy while wandering around Mount Calvary Cemetery in Parsons, KS. He was a good 2 inches long.

This is an Alutacea Bird Grasshopper.

Evelyn Briggs Baldwin (Arctic Explorer) and Elias Briggs Baldwin (Huntsville Massacre)

2011-08-11T06:27:00.005-05:00

Located at Oswego Cemetery in Oswego, KS

Arctic Explorer, American meteorologist and lecturer - Evelyn Briggs Baldwin was born in Springfield, MO on July 22, 1862 to Elias Briggs and Julia C. Crampton Briggs. He died in Washington, D.C. after being struck by a passing motorist in Washington, D.C. on Oct 26, 1933. From 1892 – 1900 he was a member of the United Nations Meteorological office. During the years 1898-99 acting as second in command, he accompanied Walter Wellmen’s first American polar expedition to the archipelagos. During this expedition he discovered and explored Graham Bell Island. In 1901, he became the leader of a North Pole expedition funded by W. Ziegler, an American millionaire. He later became a famous lecturer and also held minor post in the U.S. Government from 1918 – 1933.

Evelyn Briggs

So of E.B. and Julia C.

Baldwin

July 22, 1862

Oct 25, 1933

Arctic Explorer

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O.W. Ball

Mar 18, 1869

May 31, 1941

---

Julia A. Ball

Aug 15, 1870

Oct 13, 1962

Who's who in New York City and State, Volume 4 By John William Leonard, Lewis Randolph Hamersly, Frank R. Holmes

Note: If you click this image it will open in another window and you can enlarge it so you can read.

You can view more information on Evelyn b. Baldwin at the following links.

Famous Lectures
The Library of Congress
Wikipedia
The search for the North Pole
149th Birthday
Popular Science
Visions of the North

Elias Briggs Baldwin

June 17, 1834

March 26, 1921

Capt. Co. C 36th

Ill Vol Inft

Lieut. Col. 8th

Mo. Vol. Cav

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Lydia A. Gibbs Baldwin

Second wife

Aug 28, 1837

Bridgeton, ME

Sept 5, 1924

Elias B. Baldwin was arrest and charged with "violation of the 6^th Article of War for the murder of prisoners of war" after he and his company execution 8 men, the ninth man survived but was shot in the back of the head with the bullet going through his head, at what became known as the Huntsville Massacre. Reasons for the executions are still unknown. But charges were dropped due to the lack of witnesses. And then he was discharged from service.

Information on Elias Briggs and the Huntsville Massacre can be found at the following links:

History of Labette County Kansas

The encyclopedia of Arkansas history and culture

Huntsville Massacre

Note: I have found a number of sites that state Elias Briggs Baldwins death date is 1893. I think 1893 is incorrect because his headstone has 1921 and Ancestry has census records from 1920 that have him listed. And also Civil War Records has his death date as 1921.

1920 United States Federal Census about Elis B Baldwin

Name: Elis B Baldwin

[Elias B Baldwin]
Home in 1920: Oswego, Labette, Kansas
Age: 85
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1835
[abt 1834]
Birthplace: New York
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Spouse's Name: Lydia A Baldwin
Father's Birth Place: New York
Mother's Birth Place: New York
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Male
Home owned: Rent
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Elis B Baldwin 85
Lydia A Baldwin 82

U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles about Elias Briggs Baldwin
Name: Elias Briggs Baldwin
Occupation: Physician
Age at enlistment: 28
Enlistment Date: 8 Jan 1862
Rank at enlistment: Lieut Colonel
State Served: Missouri
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Commissioned an officer in Company S, Missouri 8th Cavalry Regiment on 01 Aug 1862.
Mustered out on 24 Jun 1863.
Birth Date: 17 Jun 1834
Death Date: 26 Mar 1921
Death Place: Oswego, KS
Sources: Index to Compiled Military Service Records
Official Army Register of the Volunteer Force 1861-1865
Research provided by HDS subscriber
History of Labette County, Kansas 1901

Burton L

Son of E.B. and Julia C.

Baldwin

Sept 23, 1865

Oct 24, 1938

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Milton N

Son of E.B. and Julia C.

Baldwin

Dec 24, 1863

Oct 23, 1935

---

Lucy Bryant

His Wife

June 26, 1865

May 24, 1930

Buried in Princton. Ill.

Edwin Miles

Son of E.B. and L.A.

Baldwin

July 22, 1868

May 14, 1890

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Julia Anna

Dau of

E.B. and L.A.

Baldwin

Aug 15, 1870

Wife of O.W. Ball

---

Julia C.

Dau of Nathaniel and

Lucy Dudley

Crampton

June 1 , 1840

Nov 24, 1866

First wife of

E.B.Baldwin

The Kremer Monument

2011-08-10T06:14:00.001-05:00

Located at Mount Calvary Cemetery aka Calvary Cemetery in Parsons, KS.

John is buried on the left and Johanna is buried on the right.

Army Name Kramer

John P. Kremer

Memoriam

John P.

Kremer

Boen at Selange

Belgium

Nov 10th, A.D. 1839

July 6th, A.D. 1906

Co. E. V. Reg.

M.S.M Cav.

Memoriam

Johanna

Kremer

Nee Brunner

Born at

Newstadt

(Schwarswald)

Baden;

May 23rd A.D. 1832

Sadly he has lost the brim of his hat and his nose.

The following information is from http://www.ancestry.com/

1860 United States Federal Census about Jno P Kremer
Name: Jno P Kremer
Age in 1860: 21
Birth Year: abt 1839
Birthplace: Belgium
Home in 1860: Washington, Buchanan, Missouri
Gender: Male
Post Office: St Joseph
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members: Name Age
T Kremer 52
Jno P Kremer 21
Martha Kremer 60
Peter Klamer 52

U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865 about John Kramer
Name: John Kramer
Residence: Springfield, Illinois
Class: 1
Congressional District: 8th
Age on 1 July 1863: 24
Race: White
Marital Status: Unmarried (Single)
Place of Birth: Belgium

Illinois Marriages, 1851-1900 about John P. Kremer
Name: John P. Kremer
Gender: Male
Spouse Name: Johanna Bruner
Marriage Date: Apr 30, 1863
Marriage County: Sangamon
Comments: This record can be found at the County Court Records located at Springfield, IL.

1900 United States Federal Census about John R Kreamer
Name: John R Kreamer
[John F Kreamer]
Home in 1900: Mound Valley, Labette, Kansas
[Mound Valley, Labette, Kansas]
Age: 60
Birth Date: Nov 1839
Birthplace: Belgium
Race: White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year: 1842
[1882]
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Father's Birthplace: Belgium
Mother's Birthplace: Belgium
Spouse's Name: Johanna Kreamer
Marriage year: 1866
Marital Status: Married
Years married: 34
Household Members: Name Age
John R Kreamer 60
Johanna Kreamer 68

Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925 about J P Kremer
Name: J P Kremer
Census Date: 1 Mar 1905
Residence County: Labette
Residence state: Kansas
Locality: Mound Valley
Birth Location: Belgium
Family Number: 107
Gender: Male
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1840
Line: 3
Roll: ks1905_75
Household Member(s): Name Age
J P Kremer 65
Johannah Kremer 72

Not Short On Phrases

2011-08-09T06:07:00.001-05:00

Located at Spavinaw-Strang Cemetery in Spavinaw, OK.

Vaudell "Vi" Graham

1931 - 1986

Judge Raymond W Graham

1923 - 1991

Progeny

Captain Ronald E Graham US Army

Karen S Graham Wolf

As carefree children we roamed this land.

In marriage we walked hand in hand.

We persued our professions of teaching and law.

And now we rest in Spavinaw.

Tis better to have loved and lost

Than never to have loved at all.

-Alfred Lord Tennyson

The Moving Finger writes and having writ moves on

neither piety nor wit shall lure it back to cancel

half a line nor all thy tears wash out a word of it.

- Rubaiyat Omar Khayyam

May this hallowed ground be blest

My beloved princess is at rest.

- From an Indian Manuscript

O Grave! Where is thy victory?

O Death! Where is thy sting?

- Alexander Pope

The pains of death are past

Labour and sorrow cease

And life's long warfare closed at last

Thy soul is found in peace.

-Montgomery

War Of 1812 Veteran - Enlisted At The Age Of 11

2011-08-08T06:22:00.002-05:00

Located at Sapvinaw - Strang Cemetery in Spavinaw, OK.

George

Caruth

Woodall

PVT

4 US Inf

War of 1812

Apr 27, 1804

Jun 1, 1880

The following is from http://www.ancestry.com/.

US Army, Register of Enlistment, 1798 - 1914

Woodall, George

Rank: PVT

Regiment: 18 USI

Company Commander: Capt. Wm Taylor

Height: 4' 7"

Eyes: blue

Hair: Fair

Complexion: Dk Fair

Age: 11

Occupation: laborer

Where Born: Pendleton SC

When: Nov 20, 1814

Enlisted: Pendelton SC

By: Capt Taylor

Term: 5 years

Buried Twice

2011-08-06T08:33:00.000-05:00

One of my fellow Arkansas Gravestones friends was interviewed for this article. So I thought I would share.

Siloam Springs Journal
Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Interesting Old Box Tomb

2011-08-05T07:46:00.000-05:00

Located at Greenleaf Cemetery in Tahlequah, OK.

Thomas Brewer

1833 - 1870

The following information is from Find A Grave. (http://www.findagrave.com/, Aug 2011, Alice Huitt Preston)

Thomas Fox Brewer (Cherokee) was the son of John C. Brewer b. 1809 d. after 1880, and Elizabeth Taylor b. 1818, daughter of Richard Fox Taylor; he had the following siblings: Oliver Hazard Perry, George Washington Sr. (buried at Greenleaf

He married before 1864 Adelaide Brady b. 1844 d. 17 Feb 1877, (Buried at Greenleaf) daughter of Samuel Brady and Mary Wilkerson. They had the following children: Mary Ellen b. 02 Sep 1864 d. 20 Apr 1894; William Gano b. 26 Feb 1866 d. 25 Mar 1883; Martha b. 1868 d. 1883; and Adelaide Belle Brewer b. 12 Mar 1870 d 04 Dec 1891.

Thomas is listed on the 1851 Drennan Roll: IL, 263; Education: May 1841, New Spring Place Mission School; Elected: 02 Aug 1869, Council from IL Dist., CN, IT; Military Service 1: 1861, Co. C. 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles, Capt. Daniel Coody, Col Stand Watie; Military Service 2: 1862, 1Lt/Capt, Co., M. 1st Cherokee Regiment, Capt. Oliver Perry Brewer, Col. Stand Watie; Starr's Notes: C073, b. 7/8/1833/d. 10/27/1870. [Source: Cherokee Lineages by James R. Hicks]

Grasshoppers Assaulting Me!

2011-08-04T05:59:00.001-05:00

These guys were everywhere I went yesterday. Every step I took and tons would fly up. I was pelted in the face more than once by them.

A New Twist On An Old Epitaph

2011-08-03T07:28:00.000-05:00

Located at Kansas Cemetery in Kansas, OK.

Ules Monroe (Bob) Duncan

Mar 26, 1925 - June 27, 2009

My living friend as you pass by

As you are now so once was I

As I am now you soon will be

So read these lines

And think of me

The old version of this epitaph is varied but the most common version I have seen in my area is this one.

Remember me as you pass by

As you are now, so once was I

As I am now, you soon will be.

Prepare for death, and think of me.

Slave Graves

2011-08-02T06:34:00.003-05:00

According to Rootsweb on Ancestry the following graves are slave graves.

The slaves were allowed to be buried in the cemetery as long as their monuments were not like those of the whites that were buried here. They accomplished the difference by cutting sandstone slabs and creating above ground monuments with sloped sides. At the time they were placed at the back of the cemetery furthest away from the main road. As the years have progressed the cemetery has grown and they are now pretty much in the center of the cemetery. There are only a few of these graves in the cemetery but they are quite interesting.

Located at Washburn Prairie Cemetery in Washburn, MO.

Frankly I find it said that the recorded record of these people are listed as "slaves". They had names and should have had them on their monuments and in the records.

What Type Of Marker Is This?

2011-08-01T06:19:00.005-05:00

I found a few of these but not many. I am thinking they might be ceramic but I am not sure. Do any of you have a clue as to what this is made from or what style the are?

Located at Oak Hill Cemetery in Cassville, MO.

Saraphine Crider

1871 - 1938

Mourning Dove

2011-07-29T16:09:00.000-05:00

And They Said He Wasn't Dead.

2011-07-28T05:50:00.001-05:00

Located at Galena Cemetery in Galena, KS.

James L. Bond

1891 - 1959

Ceramic Photos - Mount Olive

2011-07-27T04:22:00.000-05:00

Located at Mount Olive Cemetery in Pittsburg, KS.

Ivan F. Bogina

1909 - 1934

1930 United States Federal Census about Ivan Bogina

Name: Ivan Bogina

Home in 1930: Washington, Crawford, Kansas
Age: 21
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1909
Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's name: Ignac Bogina
Mother's name: Francis Bogina
Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
Ignac Bogina 55
Francis Bogina 52
Ivan Bogina 21
Frank Bogina 19

Rosa Boso

Apr 15, 1852

Dec 28, 1915

Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925 about Rosa Boso

Name: Rosa Boso

Census Date: 1 Mar 1895
Residence County: Crawford
Residence state: Kansas
Locality: Baker
Birth Location: Germany
Family Number: 282
Gender: Female
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1852
Race: White
Line: 27
Roll: v115_32
Household Member(s): Name Age
Rosa Boso 43
Jacke Boso 13
Carie Boso 10
Lizzie Boso 7
Annie Boso 4
Casper Boso 1

The Hddock's Tin Roof

2011-07-26T06:14:00.003-05:00

Located in Park Hill Cemetery in Park Hill, OK.

John Thomas Haddock

Apr 17, 1860

May 19, 1933

Narcissus S. Haddock

May 16, 1869

Nov 10, 1930

Famous File: Ralph "Red" Berry

2011-07-25T06:01:00.002-05:00

Located at Mount Olive Cemetery in Pittsburg, KS.

Ralph "Red" Berry

1906 - 1973

Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame.

Wikipedia

Online World of Wrestling

Century Club: Aunt Nellie Austin

2011-07-23T08:13:00.001-05:00

Located at Bethel Cemetery in Decatur, AR.

Aunt Nellie

Austin

Grandmother of L & E Austin

Born Oct 1789

Died Jan 1892

Aged 103

The gates of Heaven Shall open wide for her.

The Great Pyramid In Missouri

2011-07-22T06:04:00.001-05:00

Located at the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Mount Vernon, MO.

On the front side is this.

Enoch's Circle (Diagramed)

Genesis 5:23 (And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years)

Luke 21:24-32(24And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

25And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;

26Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

27And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

28And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.

29And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;

30When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.

31So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.

32Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.)

Enoch Circle

There is massive amounts of information on Enoch's Circle. All you have to do is Google it.

Picture of the out side of the Great Pyramid.

Mathew 21:42 (Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?)

Ephesians 2:20:21(having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, ²¹ in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord)

Zechariah 4:7(Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.)

Psalms 118:22-23(22 The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; 23 the LORD has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes.)

First Peter 2:6(6 For in Scripture it says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame.”)

This is a diagram of the inside of the Great Pyramid.

286.1 Pyramid Inch

PI 3.14159

Job 38:31(Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion)

Amos 5:8(Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:)

You can read the explaination of this at http://www.vectorpub.com/CH10.htm.

This is the location of the Great Pyramid of Giza.

The closest markers were these two. So I am assuming they belong with the pyramid.

Joseph D

1919 - 2006

Patricia Addline

1913 - 1997

Another Triple Murder

2011-07-21T06:20:00.001-05:00

Located at Benton County Memorial Park Cemetery in Rogers, AR.

Kathryn A. Deason

Nov 26, 1958 - Mar 14, 1990

Julie A. Deason

Feb 23, 1987 - Mar 14, 1990

Sean W. Deason

Mar 23, 1988 - Mar 14, 1990

**************

Killer Says He 'Intended' To Shoot His Wife, Kids

Orlando Sentinal June 10, 1991

A man who pleaded guilty to killing his family says he had gone a week without sleep and suffered from a brain disorder when he shot his wife and two children. Jimmy Earl Deason, 31, of Fayetteville entered his pleas last week to the March 15, 1990, slayings. As part of a plea bargain, he was sentenced to 40 years. ''I was kind of having a nervous breakdown. Something happened to me. I picked up an M-1 carbine and shot my wife while she was in the bathroom,'' Deason told Washington County Judge William Storey. Deason said the first bullet went through his wife, Katherine, 32, and hit his daughter, Julieann, 3, who was standing behind her mother. Deason said he reloaded and shot his son, Sean, 1. He told the judge: ''Yes, I believe I intended to shoot them all, sir.''

The following is Jimmy Earl Deason's inmate record found at http://adc.arkansas.gov/inmate_info/search.php?dcnum=096839&lastname=de&sex=b&agetype=1.

Don't Forget To Look Inside

2011-07-20T06:05:00.002-05:00

This heavy duty marker is located at Baxter Springs Cemetery in Baxter Springs, AR.

In loving memory

Latrisha Dawn Hessee

Born April 2, 1979

Passed May 29, 2008

With her unborn son

Philip Leon Wright II

On the inside:

Latrisha Dawn Hessee

On April 1st, 1979 we thought we were going to have an April Fool's baby, but we were fooled and Latrisha Dawn Hessee was born on April 2, 1979, at 1:17 pm. to Robert and Debra Hessee. Trisha was a beautiful baby, weighing 7 lbs. 12 ozs.

As time passed what a joy it was to dress her up in all the frills and lace that goes along with being a new baby girl. As she grew, Trish was all girl. She would play in her room for hours with her dolls. She would freed them, rock them and line them all up in a row in her bed to fo to sleep at night.

The first day of school arrived and she was eager to start. Then the second, and the third year playing with her new friends. Then middle school and high school. Sports became an important part of her life. She was active in basketball, track, softball, and cheerleading. Trish graduated from Baxter High School in 1997.

Trish received her Medical Transcriptionist diploma from Franklin Technology Institute. Her journey took her to Wichita State University for two years. After moving home, Trisha became an employee with Empire District Electric, Joplin, MO, until she decided to take that step and move to Phoenix, AZ in 2002.

Trisha loved Phoenix, AZ, and decided she would like to have her own business. She purchase "A Sleek Tan" in 2004 and put her heart and soul into the business. She loved meeting new people and impacted many lives with her contagious smile, warmth and love for everyone she met. Trisha never met a stranger.

In 2007 Trisha met and fell in love with John Philip Wright. In February 2008, Trisha announced the news to John that where would be a little one coming in the months ahead. As excited as they both were to take a new step in raising their own family, joy suddenly turned to sadness. Trisha began to experience headaches, vomiting, dizziness, and lack of coordination. At the onset, we all assumed this was the pregnancy. But as time went on and as symptoms grew progressively more severe, we knew something else was wrong.

On April 1, 2008, Trish was taken to John C. Lincoln Hospital in Phoenix, AZ. It was at that time she learned from an MRI, that she had not one, but three (3) brain tumors and was med flighted to St. Joseph's Barrow Institute, downtown Phoenix, AZ April 2, 2008. She celebrated her 29th birthday in the hospital.

On April 12, 2008 we sat down with the doctors and heard the news that surgery was scheduled for the following day. The doctors were going to target the large tumor with with surgery and follow up with treatment for the smaller tumors. Shortly afterwards, we received the grim news that the tumors were a Grade 4 Glioblastoma Brain Cancer. Many decisions would need to be made concerning treatment and keeping the baby. Radiation was an option and Trish would be able to keep the baby and hopefully allow enough time to let the baby reach a viable age to delivery.

As the days passed, Trish grew weary and on may 29, 2008 at 2:06 am, God saw that she was getting tired and a cure was not to be, so He put His arms around her and whispered, "Come with Me". With tearful eyes we watched her fade away. A very loving and giving heart stopped beating and she flew up on the wings of angels to heaven. Trisha once again became a beautiful, strong, and healthy young lady with her beautiful, contagious smile holding her adorable son, Philip Leon Wright II, both in the arms of Jesus.

Our hearts are broken, many tears have fallen for we miss you so much. That day if seeing you again cannot come soon enough for us all. Forever in our hearts, and in our memory...

Until We Meet Again - All Our Love

Dad, Mom, & brother, Travis

John Wright and a host of family and friends.

Special Thank You to Blair Parker, Tony Sarri & Sherry Gill,

& KMT Waterjet systems

Shadow Box Gravestones

2011-07-19T05:54:00.000-05:00

I have not seen many of these. I have seen a few modern ones but these are the only vintage ones I have found.

Located at Highland Park Cemetery in Pittsburg, KS.

Mary Schountz

1870 - 1934

Located at Baxter Springs Cemetery in Baxter Springs, KS.

Jacob Rossman

Born

Mar 29, 1837

Died

Jan 31, 1912

Co A Ohio National Guard