David/Meredith Fitzjerrell
  Meredith Fitzjerrell was the youngest son of William Fitzjerrell and Elizabeth Courtney.   All of Elizabeth and William’s children have been fairly easy to track down and document their marriages and children.  However, Meredith has been an elusive son.  Meredith was living with his father during the 1860 and 1870 census but could not be [...]

     Sarah Johnston Ash-McPherson
     First week of summer vacation is always my favorite week of the year!  However, my list of things that need to be done and what I want to spend my time on always exceeds the amount of summer break I have.  This week the weather has been cool and a bit [...]

Taken from:  History of Boone County, Missouri  Ramfre Press reprint 1970  Original published in 1882 by Western Historical Company.
 
Pages 630-631
 
New Salem Baptist Church
 
            A detailed history of this church, containing biographical mention of many of its members and pastors, has already been written by Dr. F.G. Sitton, and published complete in the Ashland Bugle.  The [...]

As the end of the school year approaches I have limited time for genealogy until school is out.  Please forgive any sporadic posting which my occur between now and the end of May.  Many of you know much of my summer vacation is dedicated to making new creations for our annual Halloween display.  However, our [...]