You are absolutely right. I checked it with Rootsweb town/county search and
apparentely misspelled the town the first time I verified the county. Thank
you for correcting me.
I just really loved this news item because it gave so much information in
such a small amount of text. The 1830 and 1840 census would only list head
of household, but now we have the wife's name. We also have a possible
maiden name based on the mention of the brother and an indication of
possibly a sister and her husbands name by the mention of a brother-in-law.
We also now know they have 5 children in 1836. And now we know why they
'disappeared'. It is difficult to trace some of these individuals in this
time period and even more difficult at times to figure out why they
separated or simply disappeared, that even though it is not anyone in my
family, when I found it, I just had to share.
Good luck in your research,
Barbara Saxbury-Freeman
Pike Co ILGenWeb County Coordinator
http://www.PikeCoILGenWeb.org
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Burow" <sburow(a)swbell.net>
To: <ilgen(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 9:30 AM
Subject: Re: [ILGEN] News Article from 1836
Morning Barbara!
I like looking in the old records too. There are often some strange
tidbits
of info that pop up.
A quick note, however ... Frankfort, Missouri is in Pike County, a very
small town midway between New London (Ralls County) and Bowling Green
(Pike
County). Other than an exit off highway 61 and a school, church, and
a
few
houses there isn't a lot there.
I believe Webster County, MO has a Frankfor(D), not a Frankfor(T).
Scott