From the:
1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg 546
Alfred G. Dillon, farmer and stockman, proprietor of a splendid farm of 280 acres in Windsor Township, Henry County, is a member of one of the old pioneer families of this county. He was born November 12, 1856, on a farm [...]

I have added an Amazon link (right sidebar) to the family tree software Roots Magic.  Roots Magic is one of the lesser known genealogy computer programs but don’t let its low profile fool you.  As a family researcher I have tried several different well known programs to house my data, I was never fully satisfied [...]

The following image was taken from Nancy Sappington’s probate file.  Nancy Sappington was the wife of R. Sappington, probably Richard and the mother of Green, Foster, Squire, Elizabeth, Mark, John, Sarah and Mary Sappington.  The image shows the payment of $51.05 each from Nancy’s estate.  Nancy died in Boone County, Missouri in 1844.  The following names are [...]

Joseph Lambeth, son of Samuel Lambeth, and father of Judge Joseph Marion Lambeth died in Pulaski County, Missouri in 1884.  The date of his death has frequently been listed on some sites as 1883, however records from his probate file on record at the Missouri State Archives list his death as “about the ___ day [...]

To reach the Lambeth Cemetery in Osage County, MO.  take U.S. Hwy 50 East out of Linn, MO.  Travel 7.8 miles to State road N, turn north on N.  Follow N through the town of Freedom to County road 201, about 3.0 miles.  You will now be on a gravel road and will immediately cross [...]

Footnote is a newcomer to genealogy subscription sites.  Footnote has made available, through their partnership with the National Archives, original source documents that include information about an individual’s birth, immigration history, marriage, occupation, death, and other genealogical research data.  I was looking for Moses Lambeth’s Revolutionary War pension file this summer and found the entire [...]

     You might have notice in my post about the Lambeth family cemeteries I mentioned baby powder.  There are some genealogists who may be fuming at the thought of using baby powder to aid in the transcription of tombstones.  However, if the tombstone is not readable then the point of having a tombstone has been [...]

Pointer’s Creek Cemetery
     We don’t get very many nice days in January here but today was one of them.  We took advantage of the dry and warm weather to visit and photograph some Lambeth family cemeteries.  The first stop was Pointer’s creek Cemetery in Osage County, MO just outside of Linn, MO.  After a bit [...]