Karen, There are Parr's and Root's in Grundy Co. Mo. I have no idea if these are related to you or not. Many folks relocated to Grundy Co Mo. from Ia. Could be --or a wild goose chase. Good luck in your search Joleen Karen Hall Blunk wrote: > Hoping someone can see a connection with this family! Have info > Esther ROOT, but M.K.H. REED is hiding from me. > > Connections, ideas, suggestions...all welcomed! > > M.K.H. REED - d. 2 Sept 1886 in Clarence, Cedar County, Iowa > from Death Cert: b. 1824 Yellow Springs, Blair County, > Pennsylvania > m. Esther O. ROOT 8 April 1855 prob. Clarence, IA > Children, all born in Clarence, IA: > Lucien M. (1857-1887?) m. Molly FORNE > John E. b. abt 1861 > Clara M. (1867-1887?) m. _____ NUTLEY > Mary Bell (1869-1932) m. Emanual L. PARR > Fred M. (1873-1909) m. Emma BEHRENS > > He (M.K.H.) is on the 1860 Jones County index (I have not been > able to see the actual census yet) in Hale Township. > > He was known as Mack Reed - was a stock and grain buyer and often > made trips to Chicago. (Per "A Branch of the Root Family") > > Many years ago received correspondence from the caretaker at > Diamond Cemetery in Clarence where family is buried. He stated > that his father knew Mack Reed and remembered hearing the story > of Mack's birth. (paraphrasing) "The family was enroute to Iowa > from Maryland when his mother went into labor. With few > resources they had to stop at a tavern in Pennsylvania where Mack > was born. He was named after the midwife and others who assisted > with the birth. > His given names were: Maxwell Kincaid Hare." > > *However*, from certification of marriage of his daughter, Mary > Bell REED to M. L. (Emanuel Leonard) PARR, I find that affidavits > are by Mrs. E.O. REED and L. HARE. So, naturally, I now wonder > if he was possibly named after a "Hare branch" of his family??? > > On the same cert of marriage, witnesses are grooms sister, Nettie > PARR and an A. REED. > > Karen Hall Blunk, Realtor > karenblunk(a)msn.com > *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* > To know what is right and not do it > is the worst cowardice. --Confucius > *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* > Got the genealogy bug!! > Surnames I am researching: > Bennett, Bybee, Cooley, Giles, > Hale, Hall, Harris, Hash(e), > Higley, King, Lewis, Neibaur, > Norton/Naughton, Osborn(e), > Parr, Reed, Root, Rosenbaum, > Tippett(s)/Tippet(s)/Tibbet, > Winter(s) > *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* > __Support ROOTSWEB__ > http://www.rootsweb.com