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Fall 2005
2006 Dues are due
Website Statistics Announced
Interesting "First" facts about Pike County
Recent Library Acquisitions
Did You Know?
Researches and Queries

Colbert, Lindsay, Parsons, Stone, Craig, Clark, Whiteside, Wheeler, Bailey, Stockton, Henderson, Burnett, Norton, Jefferson, Witt, Douglas, Taylor, Slavens, Wetherell, Harris, Allison, Emerson, Parker, Richardson, Howard, Shaw, Ferguson, Johnson, Moore, Jordan, Richards, Underwood, Fry, McQueen, McAfee, Coalter, Gallaher, Temple

Quarterly Question

The Quarterly Question is a new feature of the Echo, and our first question is "What were fat drippings used for during World War II?" This question was generated by the finding of an article, dated 11 February 1943, in an old, yellowed newspaper, printed during WWII, titled Save All Waste Fats

Biographical Sketch of the Bankhead Family

Dr. James Bankhead, a Scottish immigrant, settled in Westmoreland County, VA, where he married Eleanor Monroe, who was aunt of the future president, James Monroe. Their son, Dr. John Bankhead, married Mary Warner Lewis Lightfoot. A son, Charles Lewis Bankhead was born to Dr. John and Mary Bankhead in 1789. Charles Lewis Bankhead married Anne Cary Randolph (1791-1826). Their son, John Warner Bankhead (1808-1897) married Elizabeth Poindexter Christian (1814-1895).

Archer Christian Bankhead (1833-1911) was born in Albemarle Co., VA to John Warner and Elizabeth Poindexter Christian Bankhead, who were among a group of Virginians who came to Pike County about 1840 and founded ...

John Warren Bankhead (1859-1916) (called Warren) was the eldest son of ...

Charles Archie Bankhead (1887-1976) was the eldest son of ...

John Warner and Elizabeth Poindexter Christian Bankhead, John Warren and Selma Purgahn Bankhead and Archer C. and Mary Chambers Bankhead are buried ...

(This sketch was submitted by Lowell Carey Bankhead, Jo. (Carey), son of Lowell Crey Bankhead (1909-1979) and Erma Lee Green Bankhead (1913-2004). Carey is a volunteer at the Randolph County Historical Society at Moberly, Missouri and specializes in his small hometown of Higbee. He would love to hear from anyone interested in these families or possibly wanting help in Randolph County.)

In Memory of Mike

Last month on October 10, another dedicated genealogist, Mike Weaver, 78, passed away at Palmyra, Missouri. We will miss Mike, but will treasure his works on the many cemeteries he surveyed and recorded. We will also treasure the many stories he loved to tell about people of Pike County and others in the surrounding areas. We will always be grateful for knowing him and for the results of his love for genealogy. May he rest in peace.

In Search of Your LNU Ancestors

Let's face it! We are probably all LNU descendants. Have you had the experience of finally finding your ancestor after years of searching? This ancestor is usually a female who has been a brick wall for years, but suddenly, there it is -- LNU. You wonder, "How do you pronounce that; what nationality is it (maybe French?) and where do I go from here?" A surname forum would be a good place to start, so you type in LNU and get 30,160 results. WOW! ...

 
Summer 2005
Election of Officers
Upcoming Events
New at the Library
Visitors since August 2004
Donations
Listing of Family History Books donated by the Bowling Green Public Library
Disposing of a Faded, Worn American Flag
Election Ballot from Pike County Post, Wednesday, Aug 5, 1896
Bits and Pieces
Great-Uncle George
Times History Column
Bowling Green Times
23 May 1918

Mrs. W.J. Rowley has our thanks for contributing the following early inscriptions in the Bowling Green Cemetery which she copied.

Lieut. Peter C. Martin, born May 9, 1837; died Septembre 27, 1861
James M. Martin, born in Louisa county, Virginia, October 21, 1811; died November 15, 1872
Mary S. Martin born February 17, 1805; died August 14, 1892, aged 87 years, 5 months, 28 days
Ann M. Blain died ...

Note: Some of these tombstones have disappeared from the Bowling Green City Cemetery. Some dates differ from the dates which were read in 2001, when the records were updated by Donna Darnell and Audrey Jones.

Letter Recently Received from the Bowling Green City Administrator

June 29, 2005

To whom it may concern:

The cemetery Board Committee of the City of Bowling Green had asked that I forward this letter to both organizations (the letter was sent to both the Pike County Genealogical and Historical Societies) notifying that all unidentifiable stones and/or grave markers within the Old Cemetery will be removed. 

The Cemetery Board Committee gave instructions that storage will occur for two years allowing for time for any possible identification before the stones and/or grave markers will be destroyed.

If your organization would like to attempt any identification, please contact our Public Works Manager Terry Merritt at 573-324-2660 or myself.

Respectfully,

Dan Gruen
City Administrator

Queries and Researchers

Fielder, Berghofer, Pohlmon (Pollmon), Hartstine, Williamson, Swalley, Barnard, Clavel, McGee, Smallwood, Starr, Hauching/Houchins, Falkinger, Stephens, Dunn, Langford, Kenney, Kinney, McAdams, Rosenburg, Taylor, McMillen, Schindler, Bibb, Hill, Lynn, Henderson, Conner, Reed, Shannon, Holliday, Biggs, Love, McCune, Ulrich, Couch, Chandler, Zumwalt, Dowell, Yager, Nesbit, Turnbough, Clayton, Richardson, Mulherrin, Ruddell, Jones, Miller, Scanland, Kerr, Allison, Wilson, Kerr, Carroll, Frier

The Past, Present & Future of Bowling Green
(Written for the Post-Observer by Perambulator)

Bowling Green is the county seat of Pike County, situated on a rich and fertile prairie about ninety miles from St. Louis. Its progress and growth was very slow--no buildings of any note being erected--until about the year 1869. At that time it contained a population of about 600 souls. That year some valuable improvements were made. The hard times setting in, no improvements of special mention were made until 1874. That year ...

(This article which appeared in the Post-Observer in August 1879 was submitted by Harriett Worrell. Thanks Harriett.)

Haley Car is Found Sunday Badly Wrecked
Investigation by Sheriff Uncovers Accident Early Sunday

The Oakland sedan which was stolen from the garage of W.B. Haley, Seventh and Carolina streets, early last Saturday was found in a badly wrecked condition in a lane near the Jewish cemetery. Mr. Haley telephoned Sheriff Harry C. Carroll who went to Louisiana to make investigation into the theft.

It was learned that at about 1:30 o'clock Sunday morning there had been an accident in front ofStark Brothers Nurseries office on U.S. 54, west of Louisiana. A car having run into the rear of a wagon. Mr. Haley and the sheriff interviewed ...

This article was found in The Bowling Green Times Dec. 10, 1931 issue. Thanks to Mae Dameron for submitting this article.

Old Grassy Creek Cemetery

Work is in progress to fence the Old Grassy Creek Cemetery that contains the remains of many of the area's early pioneers. There is much more which needs to be done to the cemetery. There is evidence of 73 families represented in this cemetery. One grave is that of J.S. Smith, Co. C., 39th Inf., a veteran of the Civil War, who died in 1897. Other families buried there are: Ashburn, Baxter, Biggs, Bolomey, Brimer, Bryson, Caverly, Chapius, Clayton, Collins, Davenport, Dent, Dougherty, Douglas, Downing, Eaton, Elder, Ferguson, Finley, Grant, Hammar, Henderson, Hobbs, Holliday, Hoover, Houchin, Houchins, Hughart, Ince, Jackson, Johnson, Jonhes, Kuntz, Lewis, Love, Maddox, Markwell, Mayhall, McClellan, McCormack, McGary, McQuie, Milroy, Nalley, Nally, O'Harrow, Poague, Reading, Richard, Richards, Rieves, Rose, Rule, Rutherford, Schultz, Scroggins, Schwimmer, Smith, South, Sparks, Thornton, Todd, Travis, Tribble, Waddell, Wade and Yeater.

Donations would be welcome from anyone interested in the early history of Pike County , Missouri. Donations may be sent to Old Grassy Creek Cemetery Fund, c/o Elinor Waddell, 17784 Pike 135, Louisiana, MO 63353.

(Article from People's Tribune, July 26, 2005)

 
Spring 2005
Upcoming Events
Coming Soon
Census Date: Important Part of Research
Pike County Population data
Current Prices as Listed in a 1970 Diary
Fun and Facts
Donations
Bug Remedies
Farmstead Where Some Believe Daniel Boone Buried Goes on the Market
Queries and Researchers

Holman, Worthington, Waugh, Bradbury, Mummey, Nichols, Street, Grifith, Mulherin, Swisher, Amos, McKee, Gillum, Wren, Morris, Monaghan, Gillum, Gallion, Riley, Johnson, Eddington, Jenkins, Ayres, Hughes, Wells, Janis, Loving, Gilmer, Taliaferro, Pace, Bondurant, Dillard, Cook, Jennings, Todd, Rogers, Lacey, West, Thornton, Lucas, Cash, Corwine, Clift, Scott, Wahl, Edgar, Evans, Lybarger, Evans, Lovelace, Hickman, Cobb, Abbott, Carr, Bracy, Gosline, Tilton, Keith, Templeton, Watson, Skidmore, Miller, Fellinger/Fillinger, Brandstetter, Chamberlain, Barrett, Craig

Biographical Sketch of Kitty Ann Jefferson Norton

Kitty Ann Jefferson was born 28 May 1859, a daughter of William Lewis Jefferson and Louise (Johnson) Jefferson. Kitty and her three younger brothers, John J. born 1861, Wm. Freeman born 1863 and Charles Benton born 1867, were left orphans on the death of their mother in 1875. Two infant siblings died in 1865 and 1869.

On 13 October 1878 Kitty married ...

Revolutionary Soldiers

John Poenix, buried in the family burying ground on Sugar creek, was born in Virginia, September 2, 1757, and died in Pike county September 11, 1839. He served under General Green and was present at the surrender of Cornwallis.

William Patterson, buried on his farm nine miles from Louisiana on the road to Eolia, was born in North Carolina, came to Pike county in 1818, and died in 1849.

Roland Burbridge, born in Virginia, died in Pike county in 1842, was buried in Buffalo cemetery. His tombstone inscription states that he was in the battle of Cowpens.

James Mackey, born in South Carolina in 1743, died in Pike county in 1855, was buried at Buffalo. The inscription on his monument reads: "An American patriot who lived to see the success of the American arms."

James M. McElwee, buried at ...

This article was typed as found in History of Northeast Missouri by Walter Williams (1913) and published by Lewis Publishing Co.

Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 214
Cemeteries

Tombstones, fences, destroying or mutilating in abandoned family or private cemetery -- abandoned or private burying ground defined.
Every person who shall knowingly ...

Visiting abandoned family or private burying ground surrounded by private property, right of access, when, enforcement by sheriff--court's power to disinter.
1. Any person who wishes to visit an abandoned family cemetery ...
2. The sheriff or chief law enforcement officer ...
3. Nothing in section 214.131 and this section shall be construed to limit ...

Riverview Cemetery Entrance Repair

The entryway to the historic Riverview Cemetery at Louisiana, Missouri was accidentally destroyed by city equipment quite some time ago. The Pike County Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) commissioned the entryway in 1911 and since the accident have worked diligently raising money to restore it similar to the original. The iron archway alone was estimated to cost $11,000. That amount has recently been raised through generous donations and fund-raisers and the materials needed have been ordered. Donations are still needed to complete the restoration and add the finishing touches after the iron arch is completed. The National Society DAR has been contacted to approve a new marker and the original DAR plaque will be remounted. Donations to help complete this long awaited restoration can be sent to Anne Keller, Pike County Chapter DAR, 205 Washington St., Louisiana, MO 63353-1724.

Biographical Sketch of William C. Craig

WILLIAM CYRUS CRAIG. Foremost in the ranks of the prominent and prosperous agriculturists of Pike county, who by indefatigable perseverance and untiring energy have hewed their way onward and upward, stands William Cyrus Craig, whose handsome, well-cultivated farm is located about ten miles southeast of Vandalia. Mr. Craig comes of a family of agriculturists, and is in the third generation of the name to carry on operations in northeastern Missouri. His grandfather, Thomas Craig, was born in Kentucky about 1790, and came to the state of Missouri in 1829, settling on land in Indian township, Pike county, about one and one-half miles north of the farm of William C. Craig. On this land, which he secured from the government, he spent the remainder of his life in agricultural pursuits ,and there died in 1846. While still a resident of Kentucky, he was married to Rachel Smith, and they had a family of eight children, namely: John T., William, Paulina, Virginia, Isabelle, Permelia and two died in infancy. Mr. Craig was a stanch Whig in his political views, and with his wife and children, attended the Methodist church, of which he was a consistent member and liberal supporter.

John T. Craig was born 1829, in Kentucky, and was six weeks of age when he was brought by his parents to Pike county, Missouri. Educated in the district schools ...

William Cyrus Craig was born November 3, 1855, on his father's farm in Pike county, and there secured his education in the district schools. General farming has claimed ...

Typed as found in History of Northeast Missouri by Walter Williams, published by Lewis Publishing Co. 1913.

 
Winter 2005
In Memory
Coming Soon
1870 Pike County Missouri Census Now Available
A Listing of Family History Books on the Shelves at the Genealogy Library
Fun and Facts
Conditions to be Included in Your Family Medical Tree
Websites to Check Out
The Perfect Genealogist
Queries and Surnames

Roberts, Dudding, Alford, Howard, Smith, McCune, Burks, Burroughs, Cash, Millner, Shotwell, Walker, Wenkle, Riley, Dempsey, Hornaday, Russell, Palmer, Akers, Norvell, Netherlands, Price, Gordon, Lenington, Goodin, Nelson, Jones, Smith, Beck, Ingram, Morehead, Dowell, Henderson, Ware, Haymes, Dodd, Griffith, Turner, Weldhy, Layne, Johnson, Moore, Roveer, Worthington, Griffith, Warren, Boyd, Baxter, Parker, Griffith, Fullerton, Brown, Beshears, Boyd, Butler, Carter, Collins, Doss, Dowell, Dudley, Evans, Hendrix, Inlow, Leake, Ledford, Liter, Livers, McCune, Phipps, Poole, Robey, Rupp, Smith, Snedigar, Turner, Unsell, Utterback, Wasson, Weakly, Widaman, Shy, Worthington, Morris, Cummins, Myser, Harris, Humphrey, Robinson, Clendenny, Barnes, Sterne, Dennison, McCarter, Bell, Lytle, Manker, Wells, Haugen, Stoops, Youse, Schumm, Sinclear, Neale, Lane, Smarr, Glascock, Whaley, Whiteside, Bowles, Mackay, Motley, Willard, Wright, Bonham, Branstetter, Brown, Butler, Dowell, Gay, Hopke, Inlow, Leake, Lynn, Muffley, Rissmiller, Trower, Woodson, Yager

First Settlers

The first families from North and South Carolina were the Watson brothers -- John, James, David and Samuel; Jordon brothers -- John, James and Robert; Alexander Allison; William McConnell; Thomas Cunningham; John Turner; John Walker and Abraham Thomas. All these came in 1808.

John Watson settled at  ...

These are the settlers in 1808 when a colony from Kentucky arrived -- James O'Neil; James and Arthur Burns. All settled near Clarksville.

In 1810 a second colony arrived from Kentucky and settled on Ramsey Creek -- Joseph McCoy, Eli Burkalew, George Myers, Daniel McCue, Andrew Edwards and Joel Harpole. Still another band came in 1811 including John Mackey and James Templeton, with his nephew Mijamin Templeton, who settled on Buffalo Creek.

In December 1811, a meeting of those who had settled on Buffalo and Noix Creek was held to consider building a fort. Work was begun immediately. The fort was built on a farm ...

This article was copied from Sesquicentennial Louisiana, MO 1818-1968.

 
Fall 2004

Indian Creek Township Organized a Military Company in 1844
N. Massey, Capt.

Nathan Massey settled in Indian Creek Township early in the settlement of the western part of Pike County. He was a good citizen, a patriotic, rock-ribbed Democrat and a leader of men in patriotism and fidelity to the institutions of his country. Early in the history of Pike County and the State, all men over twenty-one years and under fifty had to be formed into companies and muster four times a year. In 1844 Indian Creek Township organized a company and Nathan Massey was captain and I remember well, though but a small boy, of going with my father to muster.

They met and mustered near the spring on the farm now operated by John Hagan and where he now lives. They drilled in military tactics, and manifested a great interest and enthusiasm in this government being of the people for the people.

Time of mustering was April, May, September and October of each year.

The following is a copy of the old muster roll which Captain Massey had ...

This article was originally printed in the Vandalia Leader. It was copied by the Bowling Green Times, November 9, 1916.

Did You Know?

In 1873, suffragist, Susan B. Anthony, was fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 Presidential election. The fine was never paid. (Women's World June 15, 2004 issue)

Researchers and Surnames
Websites to Check Out
New Year's Resolutions

Biographical Sketch - Levi S. Moore

Levi S. Moore was born 31 O ctiber 1817 in Tennessee, the fifth of a family of six children of James Moore and Elizabeth Shellhorse. When he was an infant his father came to Missouri, which was then only a territory. The family settled on Loutre Island in Montgomery County in 1819 for a few months then moved to Pike County a few miles south of the town of Ashley, where he spent the rest of his life.

For eighty years Levi S. Moore lived in Pike County where on 3 May 1849, he married Paulina Jane Motley, the daughter of Daniel Motley and Jane Shellhorse. The issue of this marriage was nine children, five who were surviving at his death: Sarah Frances Palmer, Mary Susan Harrelson, Missouri Catherine Keith, Daniel W. Moore, and Lewis Clay Moore.

On 16 January, 1859, he was ... 

 
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