Brenda Scoby Nikirk tbnikirk@juno.com
personal benjalee@hal-pc.org - business Surnames SCOBY COOK LONG
Terry and Brenda Nikirk benjalee@hal-pc.org fax: (281) 456-0862
The Powell Ferry at Caruthersville the first
ferry to cross the Mississippi River. I have a picture of the
ferry on home page Home Page
www.tstonramp.com/~rosensam/index.htm E- Mail
rosensam@tstonramp.com
Am looking for info on any
McKinnis from Pemiscot County Grandfather Clyde McKinnis born
there (?) in 1892 Great-grandfather Sanders McKinnis Any info
contact me at kae911@aol.com
TILL posted
by S.Knight on Tuesday, December
9, 1997
My surname is TILL. Emma Till born
January 17, 1877 to Jeff or John Till. Don;t know the name of
her mother . She died in Malden, Dunklin County, Missouri on
July 6, 1922
My great grandparents moved from
Caruthersville to California in the early 1900's. Their names
were Joseph Netherland and Mary Bertha Little Cassidy
Netherland. I understand Mary had a sister who lived there till
she died in 1975 named Culperna Ann McKay, later married Allie
Howell. Karen Warren 2720 Howard Drive Redding, CA 96001
916-243-6409 kwarren@snowcrest.net
SHERRELL, Martha Elizabeth looking for
any decendents of Martha Elizabeth (New) Sherrell
(Sherrill?)..Last known living in Steele Mo . November 1930. May
have went by Jennie Sherrell (Sherrill)..Born 1851-1852?
Kentucky..8 years old on Graves Co. Ky census 1860.. Parents
were James or William New and Angeline (Tibbs) New..Does anyone
in that area know if there are any Sherrell's (Sherrill) in that
area..We seem to have hit a dead end..Any help would be
appreciated!! Thanks Bette (New) Sousa imanewtoo@aol.com
Fremont, Ca.
I am researching my father's family. The
surname is Learue or LaRue. My father's name was Ovean Learue,
he died in 1937, while residing in Steele, Missouri.I believe he
was 31 or 32. My mother's name was Verna DODD. My parents were
married in 1935, I believe in Pemiscot County. My father was the
youngest of 16 children of Alice and I believe my grandfather's
name was John. I can remember three of my father's brothers
names, Hillard, Clyne and Frank. Since my father was the
youngest child, most likely all his siblings are gone. I was
born in Steele, Missouri. May 11, 1936. My birth certificate
states Jo Alice Learue but I believe my father's brothers
spelled thier names LaRue. I have a bother Ovean Lee Leaure (now
spelling his name LaRue) born October 1937. My mother remarried
in 1942 and moved us to Oregon, she is now gone and I have lost
all resources,for information on my fathers side of my family.
Thank you so much, Jo Seidl-Leaue
Subject: HALE, CURRY, FERRELL, GINGER I am
researching the family line of James Washington HALE b 1832,
married to Martha Jane GINGER b 1844. I can connect Martha back
2 generations, but am having trouble connecting James to his
parents. I need help in this area. Census states his parents
from VA, Marriage license states he was from IN. I found on an
1850 census in IN a Charlotte WILKEY with James W. Hale, age 18,
with a younger sister Mary E., age 16, married to a Hugh WILKEY
from Ireland. Charlotte, James and Mary all state born in KY on
that census. Marriage record for Charlotte Hale, widow of John
Hale, married to Hugh Wilkey in Jefferson County, KY on
2/20/1845. Since James Washington named his first son Charles
and first daugher Mary E., the evidence is pretty strong this
could be his mother. I need more information.
My Grandfather William Alex Cooke was born
in Pemiscot Co. Caratherville, Mo. on Feb 10, 1901. His Father
Robert Jasper Cooke, and his mother Nancy Jane Gibson Cooke both
were born in Tn. and perhaps moved back to Tn after my
grandfathers birth. My Grandfather later moved to Texas where he
reared a family and died in Hunt Co. Tex. in 1935. I would luike
to buy his birthcertificate if at all possiable. I thank you for
your time and effort. Sincerely, Peggie Walker, 2023 Cross St.,
Conway, Ar. 72032
Looking for information on Robert E.
Johnston b.2l Aug.1822 d. 1896 and Margaret Mayes Barbee b.3 Nov
1828 d.21 July 1865.These are my great, great grandparents. The
towns that have been mentioned to me have been Portageville and
Caruthersville, MO. area. Faye Erwin e-mail
lerwin@evansville.net
Looking for info on James Bandy,
father of James Bandy, both of Pemiscott county, sometime
between 1870 and 1890. Researching Bandy, Bass, Jones,
Dickerson, Jordan, Haas, Henry, Holtzclaw, Nickens, Raborn,
Rose, Storey, Weeks, Wood, and Young, all from the s.e. Missouri
area. Any info on either Bandy (or other surnames)will be
sincerely appreciated. Deborah Lee Bandy Chappell
fchappel@etbu.edu
I am searching for the parents of Mary
Missouri LAWSON b.1854 who married Leonard "Pete" HICKERSON b.
1846. Leonard was living in Pemiscot Co. in 1920 age 74 with his
sister Mary E.HICKERSON age 70. I believe Mary Missouri LAWSON'S
mother was the sister of my great grandfather, John W.
MILLER,who lived in Mississippi Co. AR in 1860. Mary was living
with this family at the time and was 6 years of age. Any help
will be appreciated.
SKELTON, Andrew M., b. abt. 1863, Lewis Co.,
TN, son of Garland Reeves Skelton and Nancy E. (?), married 27
Sep 1879 to Jeanette DOTSON in Lewis Co., TN. Andrew M. SKELTON
is found in Pemiscot Co. MO on 1920 census. Secondly married
Julia Ann MOLLETT. Children of Andrew and Jeanette are:Frances
E. SKELTON, born 20 Mar 1883, Lewis Co., TN; and, Will L.
"Willie" SKELTON, born about 1890 in TN. Children of Andrew and
Julia Ann include Otto Callins SKELTON. Please forward
information to Mancel SKELTON, 3811 S. Jackson St., Amarillo, TX
79110-1430 or sunag@arn.net.
DILLS, J.D., born abt 1912 in MO and is
found on the 1920 Pemiscot Co., census at age 8 in the household
of Will L. "Willie" Skelton. J.D. had a younger sister named
Pauline DILLS. Suspect they are the children of Frances E.
SKELTON and husband (?) DILLS. Please forward information to
Mancel SKELTON, 3811 S. Jackson St., Amarillo, TX 79110-1430 or
sunag@arn.net.
SKELTON, Will L. "Willie", born abt 1890,
TN, son of Andrew M. SKELTON and Jeanette DOTSON, married Annie
L. (?), two children:Will L. SKELTON, JR., born abt 1917;
Rebecca R. SKELTON, born abt 1919, MO, and found on the 1920
Pemiscot Co., MO census. Please forward information to: Mancel
SKELTON, 3811 S. Jackson St., Amarillo, TX 79110-1430 or
sunag@arn.net.
I am researching the family of John Richard
JONES, who was born in Raymondsville, MO, 2/14/1868. He married
Nancy Jane GROSS in 1890. They had 10 children, the eldest of
whom was my grandmother, Elmira Mae Jones. John Richard moved
his family to Conway Co., AR, where Nancy Jane died in 1911. She
is buried on Petite Jean Mtn. He subsequently married Martha
Grace TUCKER (HOLT, ASHCRAFT) in 1912, and they had three sons.
He later moved back to Tyler, MO, and died there in 11/05/1935.
According to his obituary, he is buried in Mt. Zion Cemetary
near Tyler. Tyler is in Pemiscot County in the Southeastern part
of the state. Any help will be greatly appreciated. My
grandmother was born in 1891. Nancy Jane Gross father was George
Washington Gross who was born in 1842 in Wayne Co., MO. I just
received a copy of John's death certificate. It states that his
father was Wesley Jones who was born in Scotland or Ireland.
Mother's maiden name and place of birth was unknown.
FISHER, MCCOLLUM I am looking for Sheldon b.
FISHER who married Emily Jane MCCOLLUM. They had a child Gladys
in 1900 in Pemiscot Co. Sheldon was born in Franklin Co and
Emily in Howell Co. Any information on them or other Fishers of
this or other counties would be helpful.