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NO, I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING ABOUT WHERE HE IS BURRIED.
JOSEPH MEWMAW OF ADAMS CO IL WAS MY GRT GRT WHATEVER GRANDFATHER. I HAVE BEEN TO WHATIS
REFERRED TO AS "THE ROCK HOUSE ON POSSUM HOLLER RD". THIS IS A HOUSE THAT JOSEPH
BUILT. THERE IS A STONE SET INTO THE WALL, THAT SO STATES. WHILE I WAS THERE, MY GRAND
DAUGHTER FOUND WHAT I BELIEVE IS THE ORIGINAL HEAD STONE FOR JOSEPH. I AM TOLD THAT AT ONE
TIME THERE WAS A "MEWMAW" CEMETERY LOCATED ON THIS PROPERTY. NO ONE SEEMS TO
KNOW WHERE IT IS LOCATED. WOULD LIKE TO SPEND SOME TIME "NOSING AROUND" OVER
THERE.
I HAVE QUITE A BIT OF INFORMATION ON THE MEWMAW NAME, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE VARIOUS
SPELLINGS THAT HAVE BEEN USED OVER THE YEARS. MY RECORDS GO BACK TO 1515 IN PRUSSIA. I
BELIEVE THAT MOST OV MY DATA IS ACCURATE, BUT YOU YOU KNOW HOW THAT GOES.
I USE A PROGRAM KNOWN AS "FAMILY TREE MAKER", TO SORT IT ALL OUT IN THE
COMPUTER.
IF THERE IS ANY WAY YOU COULD USE ANY OF THIS INFORMATION, I WOULD HAVE NO RESERVATIONS
ABOUT E MAILING YOU THE FILE.
IF I CAN HELP ANY MORE, DON'T BE SHY, JUST LET ME KNOW.
WAS NICE TO HEAR FROM YOU;
BOB