Volume 36, Number 2 - Fall 1996
Bits and Pieces
by Pauline Barton
Teena Cantrell, HC 82, Box 756, Atoka, OK 74525, would like any information on her great great grandparents, JAMES ANDERSON BERSHEAR, born October 23, 1835 in Kentucky and died September 27, 1883 and MIUJE FRANCES (ROBERTS) BESHEAR born April 25, 1843 in Kentucky and died August 5, 1899. She believes they are buried in the Bowman Cemetery in Taney County. She is looking for information of the WHORTONS, BOLLINGER, BESHEAR, LAYTON and RITTENHOUSE Families. The WHORTONS came to Taney County in 1881.
Berdine E. Payne, 3704 178th Place NE, Arlington, WA 98223, is seeking information and ancestor/descendants of ASHMORE, MYERS, GARRISON, THOMPSON, BOSTON, GILLUM, FULTON, MORELAND, and CALDWELL. JOHN ASH-MORE and SIJSANNA MYERS. SUSANNA was married (1) to ALBERT PADDOCK in Vigo County Indiana. They had two children, LEWIS and MARY. ALBERT and MARY died, and SUSANNA married (2) JOHN ASHMORE. Was JOHN ASHMORE married before? Who were their parents, where were they married, and where are they buried? JOHN ASHMORE was born in Illinois, and SUSANNA was born in Pennsylvania. Their children were HARVEY who married a BOSTON, JESSE who married a CALDWELL, ALGY who married a MORELAND, SARAH who married a FULTON, SUSANNA BELLE, IDA VICTORIA married FRANCIS GILLUM of Grandview, Carroll County, Arkansas. JOHN AND SUSANNA ASHMORE moved to Kirbyville, Missouri in the 1870s, and some of the children later moved to Carroll County, Arkansas.
Mrs. Payne has some old photographs of a GARRISON family, supposedly related to the ASHMORES, but she doesn’t know how or who they are.
She also has some of the THOMPSON line.
Opal Parisotto, 1034 Laurel Street, Kiamath Falls, OR 97601, is hoping someone can help her find the death date and where her great great grandmother SARAH MATHEWS is buried. In the Christian County Missouri 1880 census she is listed along with her son JOHN MATHEWS. At that time she was 73 years old. She was alive there in 1889.
Long time WRVHS member Elizabeth Brown, 769 Shadow Rock Drive, Forsyth, MO 65653, celebrated her 92 birthday October 9th. She is looking forward to attending future WRVHS meetings. Speaking of meetings, former Boone County Arkansas Director, Glenn Eslinger, is planning on attending the next meeting after a grave illness. The WRVI{S wishes them both the very best.
In the President’s Message in the Summer 1996 Quarterly, many service and monetary contributors to the renovation of the 1913 Taney County Jail were mentioned. The secretary-treasurer received a $1000 check from Maxine and Jack Gideon toward the renovation fund. Kathy Van Buskirk purchased 24 folding chairs, and Viola Hartman purchased eight folding tables. Last and least Pauline Barton paid her life membership which helps met the costs of publishing the WRVHS Quarterlies.
The Ozark Folk Center, Mt. View, Arkansas, co-sponsored with the Arkansas Humanities Council and National Endowment of the Humanities its First Annual Ozarks Cultural Celebration on September 13 and 14. Presentations of music, folklore, legend and history surrounded an evening dinner presentation by Lynn Morrow on Silas Thrnbo, Oral Historian. The conference targeted civic organizations in the Ozarks and was covered by the Ozarks Mountaineer.
The annual Missouri Folklore Society meeting was held in Columbia, Mo., on September 26-28. A variety of paper and performing arts presentations were given. Included was a slide-illustrated program, "The Thong Tree Myth: Images and Realities," by Lynn Morrow based upon a recent Quarterly essay.
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The Missouri State Archives and the Supreme
Court Historical Society of Missouri are co-sponsoring the opening of a judicial records exhibit in late January 1997. The exhibit will highlight famous Missouri cases involving landmark decisions. Ceremony and fancy snacks will be provided.
"Scrapbook Wisdom"
My youth was my old age,
heavy and long.
I had too many cares
to think of song.
My moulting days all came
when I was young.
Now in life’s prime my soul
comes out in flower
. Late, as with Robin,
comes my singing power.
I was not born to joy
till this late hour.
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