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| Name: | pat abbey brown |
| E-mail address: | fishnchck@aol.com |
| Comments: | I'VE ENJOYED READING HOWELL COUNTY. I LIVED IN MTN.VIEW TELL I GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL. OH HOW I MISS MO. I HAVE LOTS OF FAMILY IN THAT AREA. KOONCES,ABBEY,BELEW,CAMPBELL. IWENT TO COLUMBIA AND VAUGHN SCHOOLS AND THEN MTN. VIEW HIGH SCHOOL. I GRADUATED IN 1956. WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM ANYONE THAT REMEMBERS THE LARGE FAMILY OF THE ABBEY'S. |
| Name: | Martha Findley |
| E-mail address: | mfind44923@aol.com |
| Comments: | Thanks for all of the information about Howell Co. I am in the process of writing a book about the William A. Findley family who came there about 1869/70 in a wagon train from northern Georgia. Always interested in learning more about the area and its people. |
| Name: | William Smith |
| E-mail address: | gorillamarcus@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | My Dad (Bill R. Smith) was born in Willow Springs He is Archie Smith's only living son other then Jack who we are trying to locate. Any info on Jack would be helpful. Thanks for the site |
| Name: | Dana Jackson |
| E-mail address: | danamiller23@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | This site is great to have and I am glad that one has been made to help people out with their research. |
| Name: | Rena' Forester Davis |
| E-mail address: | renasu@embarqmail.com |
| Comments: | Thank you for your hard work;very informative site! Several generations of my family were born, raised and died in Howell, Oregon counties and in MoKo, Fulton Co., Arkansas. It has also left me with many fond memories growing up as my father would always return to his family farm in Lanton, Mo. Many hours were spent walking the wooded timbers, long country lanes telling me stories of our Forester, Bench and Vincent families. Currently, I have been researching my grt. gft. grandfather, Elijah Forester (1826-1925) and have not been able to locate his final resting place. Some of my family records state he was buried in Stateline cemetery in MoKo, Arkansas; others indicate he was buried at Clifton just ouside of Thayer. We have been to Stateline numerous times since many of my family ancestors are buried there;however, have not been able to locate his grave or that of his wife, Linny England (Ingland). They were married in 1848 in Alton, Mo. Linny died in about 1882, and Elijah remarried Paralle Blankenship in 1883. According to records found ealier this spring at Alton courthouse, they were divorced in 1915. Secondly, I am also in search of information regarding one of Elijah's sons, Claborn Jackson Forester, who died in Fulton Co., Arkansas in 1931. His life was without doubt very colorful to say the least and many stories have been passed down through the years. He as without a doubt a moonshiner--and not afraid to defend his family or his intoxicating hobby. He was sent to prison (Jefferson City, Mo.) for killing someone. A couple of version say the killing happened in Thayer. One version was that it was a "Revenuer" and the trial was in West Plains. I am not sure of the time period but I am not able to locate him on a 1900 or 1910 census. Some family are guessing it may have been as late as 1920-1925. I am sure there was some press time given to the case as apparently, 4-5 men were approached by the "Revenuer" -- one being Claborn and apparently, shooting took place and since there was no positive proof of whose bullet killed the man the judge sentenced all the men. Claborn was sentence 10 years but it is said he didn't serve the complete term. Any help anyone can give me regarding this two men would be greatly appreciated--and please feel welcome to contact me directly at the above e-mail regarding this or any inquiries you may have regarding the above mentioned families. God Bless! |
| Name: | Eileen Daley |
| E-mail address: | susiedaley33@verizon.net |
| Comments: | I've long searched for the death and burial location of my two aunts Martha Daley Phillips and Catherine Daley Holloway. Thanks to the listings for deaths through 1958, I have finally located them. Thank You for all your work. |
| Name: | Donna Ross Berry |
| E-mail address: | littlewhiskers3@sbcglobal.net |
| Comments: | my family Ross is from Falling Springs & Alton Missouri, some are in Thayer . Along with the Taylors from that area. thank you Donna Ross Berry |
| Name: | Connie Schachel |
| E-mail address: | 2schachels@live.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://howell.mogenweb.org |
| Comments: | Hello, I've recently taken over as the Howell County Missouri Gen Web Coordinator. I'll do my best to present information that is of relevance and interest to genealogy researchers. The site and its parts are a work in progress. As information is learned, it will be added.
Feel free to submit Howell County family histories, family trees or other information that may be of importance to other researchers. We all need to help one another! |
| Name: | Wendy Anderson |
| E-mail address: | wanderson330@netscape.net |
| Comments: | My Grandmother and mother were from West Plains, Mo. I will enjoy investigating your website.
Wendy |
| Name: | Wendy Anderson |
| E-mail address: | wanderson330@netscape.net |
| Comments: | My Grandmother and mother were from West Plains, Mo. I will enjoy investigating your website.
Wendy |
| Name: | Barbara McCallon |
| E-mail address: | astrocats@gmail.com |
| Name: | Donita Barkley |
| E-mail address: | djbarkley1949@yahoo.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://howell.mogenweb.org |
| Comments: | Hi, everyone that's posted recently. I'm glad you like the website. I encourage you to contribute your obituaries, photos, anything else to me at the email address shown here, or you can click on the EMAIL icon on the main index page.
When you find a broken link (picture, etc) email me and let me know exactly where it is. Also, when writing to me about specific graves, etc. be sure and tell me which cemetery it's in. Thanks, Donita |
| Name: | Donita Barkley |
| E-mail address: | djbarkley1949@yahoo.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://howell.mogenweb.org |
| Comments: | Hi, everyone that's posted recently. I'm glad you like the website. I encourage you to contribute your obituaries, photos, anything else to me at the email address shown here, or you can click on the EMAIL icon on the main index page.
When you find a broken link (picture, etc) email me and let me know exactly where it is. Also, when writing to me about specific graves, etc. be sure and tell me which cemetery it's in. Thanks, Donita |
| Name: | Connie Schachel |
| E-mail address: | 2schachels@live.com |
| Comments: | We are new to Howell County, and live near Pomona. I was disappointed to find that pictures of the fruit operations at Olden and Pomona are broken.
Would sure appreciate copies of them as I am so interested in history. |
| Name: | Randy Summers |
| E-mail address: | summersrandy@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | I just wanted to let you know that I live in West Plains and that my family goes back to before Howell County was actually a county. A lot of the records would be found in Alton because a lot of the land was in Oregon County before Howell was established. I like the website too. |
| Name: | Timothy Langston |
| E-mail address: | stl6281c@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | Thanks for all the hard work. I live in the St Louis area but many of my relatives still live in Howell Co. Woodson Easley is one of my Great great grandfathers, Hezekiah Forrest is one of my ggg grangfathers and my name comes from the line of Mangram E Langston So I have enjoyed reading about many of my family members.
Tim Langston |
| Name: | Ann (Phipps) Gentry |
| E-mail address: | ngentry@centurytel.net |
| Name: | Ann (Phipps) Gentry |
| E-mail address: | ngentry@centurytel.net |
| Comments: | I've enjoyed looking at this web site, I have relatives in so many of these cemeteries and know so many from the past. How can I add a picture or obituary for my parents? Thank You |
| Name: | Anna L Gomez |
| E-mail address: | annalee34@aol.com |
| Comments: | This wonderful informaation , I will enjoy it as soon as I can.I am related to John C Bollinger ,Willow Springs. Also Nancy Mary Smith ,from Tennesse. i am also related to Issac Garner and Ellen Bollinger. |
| Name: | Sandy White |
| E-mail address: | justsandy2@aol.com |
| Comments: | Looking for info on White/Whiteaker of West Plains. My paternal grandfather was born and married there. |
| Name: | Shirley Ross |
| E-mail address: | rsr126@aol.com |
| Comments: | Looking for Loronzo Cisro Martin and Cordelia (Moore) family, also Curt Mitchell and Jessie (Martin)families that lived around the Mt view area. Thanks |
| Name: | Donita Barkley |
| E-mail address: | djbarkley1949@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | Hi! I am the new coordinator of the Howell county MoGenWeb site. Would you mind telling me how I can register with Dreambook so I can direct signers to the site and to my email? |
| Name: | Donita Barkley |
| E-mail address: | djbarkley1949@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | Test |
| Name: | Sharon Dering |
| E-mail address: | mikedering@netzero.com |
| Comments: | I came upon this site and was looking for information on the Eldringhoff side. My grandparents lived in White Church. If anyone has any information about the Eldringhoff's would you please email me.
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| Name: | kgd |
| E-mail address: | kgdougherty@netzero.net |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.pioneer.lib.ok.us |
| Comments: | I am trying to find where my GGG grandmother, Lavenia unknown, b. about 1825 TN, is buried. She married Jesse Carter, b. 1822 TN or KY. I find them in 1850 census McMinn Co,TN with my gg grandfather,2 year old Houston Carter. In Jesse's pension papers it has information that Lavenia died between 1854-56 in Howell Co,MO. In his pension papers it says that Woodson Easley & Rutheford Easley Moody,Howell Co,MO. would know of her death. I don't know if this is a funeral home or her or Jesse's lawyers or just friends or relatives. I would appreciate any help I can get. |
| Name: | Ralph E. Hoover |
| E-mail address: | rehoo@blomand.net |
| Comments: | I am looking for people by the name of Wolfe that may have moved from Tennessee, as my mother`s name was Wolfe.
Thanks R.H. |
| Name: | randy stokes |
| E-mail address: | randy_stokes@wr.com |
| Comments: | left Willow springs 1960 or 1961, born 1954 started school in Willow, Springs Son of Nellie Stokes |
| Name: | randy stokes |
| E-mail address: | randy_stokes@wr.com |
| Name: | Flossie Owens |
| E-mail address: | ganmor@tstar.net |
| Comments: | Does any one know anything about Mrs Amanda Brannock who married David B. Harlan 26 Nov 1882 Howell Co. Mo. What happened to her? She had a child by him Fidela Winna Harlan born 7 June 1883
Flossie Owens (g-grandaughter of David B. Harlan and 1st wife Elizabeth Dorris. Elizabeth died 2 Sep 1878 West Plains, Mo. in Sawmill accident. Supposed to be buried in Dripping springs Cemetery...... |
| Name: | Mabel Alverson |
| E-mail address: | mabelalversonriolind@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | I really like this website. I used to live in West Plains and grew up there and I have found out quite a bit of information on my mother's side of the family but not all that I would like. I hope to make a trip back there and go to the Court House and go through a lot of the records and see what else I can find out. The names that I am looking for are Upchurch, Walker,Roberson,Neal. So I hope that someone knows something about some of these.
Mabel Alverson |
| Name: | Cathy L. Deatherage |
| E-mail address: | Sumerbreze2003@webtv.net |
| Comments: | Thank you for all the helpful information you have on this site. Just wish I could have gotten on the list of funeral homes and directory lists.
But it has been very helpful. Thank You again. Cathy L. Deatherage |
| Name: | RICHARD TOYA |
| E-mail address: | RNBXPRESS@YAHOO.COM |
| Comments: | I HAVE FAMILY IN WILLOW SPRINGS AND I VISIT THERE VERY OFTEN. I WILL BE IN THE AREA ON THE 4TH OF JULY AND FOR DEER SEASON. I HOPE TO RETIRE IN THAT AREA ONE DAY. |
| Name: | Russell A. Dorrell |
| E-mail address: | chargerrt68@sbcglobal.net |
| Comments: |
LOOKING FOR INFO ON MY PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER, DAISY BELL STRAIN.SHE WAS FROM WILLOW SPRINGS FROM WHAT MY DAD TOLD ME. STRAIN WAS HER MAIDEN NAME. |
| Name: | Cathy L. Deatherage |
| E-mail address: | Sumerbreze2003@webtv.net |
| Comments: | Thank you for all your help. |
| Name: | Tom Caldwell |
| E-mail address: | coldspring@wpcs.net |
| Homepage URL: | http://geocities.com/ozarksleague |
| Comments: | Nice site and some good info.
I have been trying to gather up some info on the fraternal history of Howell County and particularly West Plains. I would appreciate anything that is related to any organization, whether it is still viable or not. I know that in 1910 there were over twenty fraternal groups in West Plains. Groups like the Masons, Odd Fellows, Knight of Pythias, Knights Templar, Grand Army of the Republic, Woodmen of the World, Modern Woodmen of America, Rebekahs, Eastern Star, and others. Most everyone that is involved in geneaological research will eventually trace their ancestors to being involved in some group or another. |
| Name: | Susan Russell Simone |
| E-mail address: | cssimone@valink.com |
| Comments: | Very nice sight,just wish there was more searchable info.
I am trying to find info.on Stephen Russell and wife, Nancy McDaris family. They lived in West Plains in the late 1800's and early 1900's. He died in 1942 and she in 1943. Stephen was a jeweler as I have letters from 1800's with his jewelry heading on them. I know that they had a son,Troy, that lived,married,and had 3 children.Other children died young.I would love to find any of Troy's family...he and his wife lived in Penn...any help is appreciated. |
| Name: | Elaine Baker |
| E-mail address: | bakerdzen@earthlink.net |
| Comments: | I have just found a bunch of "West Plains Gazettes" in a box that belonged to my mother. I would be interested in passing these along. (My parents were from West Plains). These books contain a lot of family and historical photos of the area. They are dated from 1979 thru 1985 I believe. |
| Name: | JOSEPHINE MORRISON |
| E-mail address: | Jomorrison7777@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | I can`t get your post queries to work for me. Any way i`m looking for my greatgrand parents that lived in West Plains or near there in the 1800 till there deaths. There last name was Everett. They had two daughters, Bell Everett and Mary Molly or Molly Mary Everett. Two sons Perry Everett and the other I don`t know his name. Mary Molly was my grandmother she died in child birth about 1900. she was married to Judson McCoy.
Thank You Josephine Morrison of Arizona jomorrison7777@hotmail.com |
| Name: | LB |
| E-mail address: | genebug3491@hotmail.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~swede/ |
| Comments: | Wow! Guess I'm getting old, your Red print is so hard to read. Some of your links aren't working and I'm disappointed. My Ancestors are from Howell, Dent, Pulaski and Texas Counties, wish there was more info... |
| Name: | LB |
| E-mail address: | genebug3491@hotmail.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~swede/ |
| Comments: | Wow! Guest I'm getting old your Red print is so hard to read. Some of your links aren't working and I'm disappointed. My Ancestors are from Howell, Dent, Pulaski and Texas Counties, wish there was more info... |
| Name: | Billie Hunter Butler |
| E-mail address: | Billie530@aol.com |
| Comments: | I visited this site in hopes of finding information on my father's family. His father was John Hunter, who owned a small farm and worked on the railroad. I believe John Hunter's father was named William. I know they lived in the West Plains area early in the 1900's and until their deaths in the 1960s. I can't pull up your obituary pages, I was hoping some information would be there. Can you give me a link to your county historical society, or genealogy source? |
| Name: | Dorothy Hinkey |
| E-mail address: | hepsubah@centurytel.net |
| Comments: | Hello,
Your "post queries" site isn't working. I am trying to find information about Doroty Chowning and his wife Ellen Carpenter. Doroty moved his family from Howell County to Snohomish County, Washington before 1894. Ellen evidentally died in Snohomish County, because in 1900, Doroty had a second wife, Iva, who he married in 1897. She was only 5 years older than Doroty's daughter Pearl. Thanks, Dorothy |
| Name: | Betty Smyth |
| E-mail address: | gran@cox.net |
| Comments: | West Plains is such a lovely community! The hills are always awesome! We were there a couple of years ago and want to return. The Library is a gem and the people are the best. Have ancestors from that area. Foust and Gadberry. Glad you are doing the things you are. Keep up the good work! |
| Name: | Tim Langley |
| E-mail address: | TLangAdams@aol.com |
| Comments: | Could not submit my Langley surname to Howell County surname list.... I guess this is not working anymore... thanks TLangAdams@aol.com
Langley, Vaughan, Upton, Talley |
| Name: | doris harlan |
| E-mail address: | dorlan55@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Haven't checked all your site but what I have has been interesting. I am looking for information on Joseph and Sarah (Wilkins) Bussell. in Koshkonong mo they had a daughter Bessie L, 10 March 1909. Bessie married a Charles Merrell. She died 19 Feb 2003 in Calif and was buried in Batesville Ark in the Merrell plot. This plot has my great Uncle Ulysses Grant Merrell and family member including a Charles Merrell.I am trying to find where they were married and when.I believe it was after the 1930 census because he was living with his father and was single in Ozark co Mo in Richland township. Any help would really be a wonderful help.contact at above e-mail Doris |
| Name: | Teresa |
| E-mail address: | tjmurray@icehouse.net |
| Comments: | Have som information regarding the PARKS, VANDIVER,EVANS and WALL families of Hocomo and Brandsville areas late 1800s early 1900s if you need it |
| Name: | Teresa Thompson Williams |
| E-mail address: | bigmomma@cei.net |
| Comments: | I am looking for any information on the Thompson and Eldringhoff families of Howell County. I know that my Eldringhoff family homesteaded land in Howell County. I would appreciate anything on these two families. I have alot of info on the Eldringhoff side, but hardly any on the Thompson side. Again any info on these families would be greatly appreciated. Great site I now know alot of things about where my parents grew up ,and where I was born.
Thanks for a great place to search. |
| Name: | Timothy Langley |
| E-mail address: | TLangAdams@aol.com |
| Comments: | I am enjoying looking for my Langley, Upton, Vaughan
and other ancesters in Howell County. TLangAdams@aol.com |
| Name: | Lyndel R. Smith |
| E-mail address: | LSmith0786@aol.com |
| Comments: | Nice Website. Especially enjoyed the section on Howell County history. My gggrandfather Noel J. Smith lived in Wright County from about 1850 through 1861, moved to Laclede County sometime before 1870 and from there made his way to Fulton County Arkansas by 1880. I dropped in to see if he left any traces in Howell County in his migrations. Also, my grandparents, Atha and Fye Smith, lived in West Plains for time during the 1930s and 40s, I believe.
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| Name: | HARVEY L.SIGLER |
| E-mail address: | hsigler@msn.com |
| Comments: | JUST RETIRED AND BOUGHT A COMPUTER.
STARTED OUT BY JOINING ANCESTRY.COM AND GENEALOGY.COM FOR HELP IN FILLING IN ALOT OF MY ANCESTORS. I WAS BORN IN OTT,ARK.MAYBE 35-40 MILES SOUTH WEST OF WEST PLAINS,MO. I WAS SCANNIG THRU DIFFERENT MO.SITES AND RAN INTO YOURS.VERY NICE |