Evermore Genealogy
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The Owram and Murray Families of Liberal, Missouri and “Murray Loop”
Sitting next to me is the book, Murray Loop, written by Ted W. Cox, which is the “Journey of an Oregon Family 1808-1949”. The book covers in significant detail five generations of the family, their identity as immigrants and Oregonians, and happens to take the Owram side also through the free love community of Berlin…
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Nathaniel Atwell and Lydia Hunkins
DIRECT LINE Nathaniel ATWELL, son of John ATWELL and Bridget CUMMINGS , was born 15 Jun 1766 at Hollis, Hillsborough Co. NH. He died 13 Nov 1844 at Johnson, Lamoille Co. VT and is buried in the Plot Cemetery at Johnson. On 15 June 1794 at Bradford, Orange CO., VT., Nathaniel married Lydia HUNKINS, daughter…
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Nathaniel Sanford Straughan and Mary “Polly” Brewer
Nathaniel Straughan and Mary Polly Brewer Thanks to John Houk With a bit of photoshopping Nathaniel Sanford Straughan married Mary “Polly” Brewer, a daughter of Daniel A. Brewer Sr. and Nancy Smith. This Straughan family is not down our direct line, instead Mary Brewer is a sibling of our Daniel Levi Brewer.Nat John Houk has…
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Robert Harrington Johnson and Bathsheba/Bersheba Potter
Robert Harrington Johnson was born 11 Nov 1796 in VA, the son of Francis Johnson and Nancy Harrington. A biography gives him as dying on 21 Feb 1837 at McLean Co. IL at 40 and is buried at the Scoggin Hill Cemetery in Bloomington IL. There is however a problem with his death date as…
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Paris Wood Hackney and Dora Knox
Paris Wood Hackney was born Jan 5 1855 in Iowa, likely Van Buren county, a son of William S. Hackney and Mary Jane Enlow. When he died is unknown and he will likely remain a bit of an enigma. His sister, Sarah Hackney Crockett, gave him as going to California during “the gold rush”, writing…
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Amos S. Hackney
Amos S. Hackney, b. 1843 Nov 26 in Van Buren County, Iowa, was a son of William S. Hackney and Mary Jane Enlow. He died Sept 2 1915 an was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Belleville, Kansas. On Nov 20 1879, in Van Buren County, Iowa, Amos married Julia E. Her family is unknown…
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William France Hackney and Flora Ellen Anderson
William France Hackney, born Feb 28 1850 in Iowa, died Oct 26 1915 in Washington County, Kansas, was a son of William S. Hackney and Mary Jane Enlow. On April 10 1872 in Van Buren County, Iowa he married Flora Ellen Anderson, daughter of Foster Anderson and Mary Ann Hardesty. Mary Ann Hardesty’s parents appear…
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Addie McKenney McWhirt
A photo of Addie McKenney McWhirt at her 86th birthday party on October 10th of 1950. Addie McKenney Mcwhirt, was born 10 Oct 1864, and died March 26 1952 in Osage County, Oklahoma. She was married to Samuel McWhirt.
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Stories of Liberal, Missouri from George Ashley’s “Reminiscences of a Circuit Rider”
Note: Thanks to Greg Olson for sending me the pages of the book from which I made the following transcription. It was a surprise to see Mrs. Harmon mentioned by Ashley. This would have been Emma Viola Noyes, wife of Orrin Ellie Harmon. She was born 1860 and was the daughter of my ancestors James…
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The Spiritual Science Association and the Old Spook Hall – This Strange Town
THIS STRANGE TOWN–LIBERAL MISSOURI A HISTORY OF THE EARLY YEARS 1880 – 1910 BY J. P. MOORE Return to the Table of Contents The Spiritual Science Association and the Old Spook Hall [pages 84-90] The last of the early public buildings associated with the Freethought-Spiritualist era of Liberal to succumb to the caprice of fate…
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