Month: December 2012
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Thomas Strickland and Elizabeth Shock
Thomas Strickland, b. Oct 18 1802 at Williamson Co., Tennessee, was a son of Thomas Strickland Sr. and Zelpha Slocum. On June 8 1826, in Boone County, Missouri, he married Elizabeth Shock, daughter of John Shock and Mary Bealor. She was born Oct 28 1807 at Fayette Co., Kentucky and died Jan 1853. Thomas and…
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1892 Oct 17, Letter from Ray Noyes to Caroline Atwell Noyes
A letter from Ray Noyes of Liberal, Missouri to his mother Caroline Atwell Noyes. Paul and Edna Stark had married on June 8 1891 and their daughter Grace was born March of 1892. Paul and his family stayed in Miller, Oklahoma in 1892/93 in preparation for the land run of 1893. I don’t know where…
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1892 April 23, Letter from Caroline Atwell Noyes to Ray Noyes
A letter from Caroline Atwell Noyes to her son Ray in Liberal, Missouri. She was staying with son Allen Marble Noyes who made the land run in 1889. The letter is courtesy of Nancy Benton. Miller Oklahoma April 23, 1892 Dear Ray. — I thought you would like to hear from Allens place I will…
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Robert Gwyn Mitchell and Lena Bell Carhart
Born 19 Oct. 1852 in Monroe Co. MO, Robert Gwyn MITCHELL was the 3rd son and fourth child of James Bourne MITCHELL and Martha Cowden DYSART. James Bourne was 31 and Martha was 27 at the time of Robert Gwyn’s birth. On 5 August 1891, in Macon Co., MO., Robert Gwyn, 38, married Lena Bell…