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February 1,
2007 -- Woods Reunion --
The biennial Woods Family reunion is scheduled
for Friday and Saturday, September 26-27. As in
the past, participants can meet Friday at the
Welcome Room at the Mountain Grove Days Inn to
visit. Saturday's activities include a potluck
lunch at the Dora White Center in Mountain
Grove, with a wienie roast in the evening
(location under discussion). For those
interested, we'll have a tour of the Denlow
Cemetery on Sunday, Sept. 28. For more
information contact,
Carole Beaver
or
Kristi Towe. {Submitted by
Kristi Towe,
Feb. 1, 2008} |
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December 7, 2007 -- Hylton Reunion -- The next HYLTON reunion will be
in
Floyd , Virginia ,
on July 5, 2008. The reunion will be held at Maynard
Hylton's farm with a rented tent and catered food. For more
information, contact Iva Bukkila at
daleiva@verizon.net.
Among the families that migrated west to Douglas County were
those of Henry Harvey Hylton (1855-1934), Daniel P. Saylor
Hylton (1830-1903) and his brother Joseph Barley Hylton
(1863-1935), Peter Neade Hylton (1845-1915) and his brother
Austin Valentine Hylton (1849-1944), and Benjamin Bowman
Hylton (1851-1928). {Submitted by
Kristi Towe,
December 7, 2007} |
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December 5, 2007 -- Church
History Book Project -- The Douglas County
Historical and Genealogical Society is currently collecting
written histories and photos of the county's past and
present churches with the plan to publish a CHURCH HISTORY
BOOK in 2008. For more information contact the
Society's President,
Sharon Sanders.
Church history survey forms and materials are to be mailed
to the Douglas County Historical & Genealogical Society,
P.O. Box 986, Ava, MO 65608. Please
click here to
download the Society's survey form. An Adobe Acrobat
Reader is required to download the survey form. Also
click the CHURCHES on the yellow menu bar to the left
to see the work in progress on a county church listing. {Submitted by
Kenneth Brown, December 5, 2007} |
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November 19, 2007
Monthly Meeting -- The November meeting of the
Douglas County Historical & Genealogical Society will be on
Monday, November 19, 2007, at 6:30 p.m. at the Museum in
Ava. |
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October 19-21, 2007 -- DOUGLAS COUNTY SESQUICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
-- A three-day celebration will be held in Ava, Missouri on
October 19-21 as the county turns 150 years old. Douglas
County was formed in 1857. |
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October 6, 2007 -- Invitation
-- Come see my Oak Forest Church
and Cemetery, Norwood, Douglas County, MO page on
Footnote.com. Since I';m an All-Access Member of
Footnote, you'll be able to see all the images attached to
this page, including premium images, for free. Click
this link for free access to premium images:
http://www.footnote.com/register.php?tp=1635.
Here's the link directly to my page:
http://www.footnote.com/page/1635. {Submitted
by ckfiler, October 6,
2007} |
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August 8,
2007 -- ELAM BARNES CEMETERY (Campbell Township) -- From
Debbie Hall.
I have finally got the o.k. from Cecil Huff to
clean up the Elam Barnes Cemetery . This is the cemetery
where Randolph Lawrence is buried. There are many people
buried in this cemetery. The cemetery is in really bad
shape. The cleanup is very extensive. Cecil will not let
them pile the brush. Everything has to be chipped and hauled
away. The cost of the cleanup will be $3500. This may seem
like alot but they will be there for at least five days.
I am asking any one who is interested to donate money toward
the clean up of the cemetery. We will be forming a cemetery
committee at the reunion this year so that we can keep the
cemetery in good shape for future generations. Please
contact me if you are interested in helping. They are going
to start the cleanup as soon as I can get the money
together. Hopefully we can get it done fairly quick. This is
a slow time for Southern Construction, which is the company
that will be doing the work. They have donated all their
equipment for this job, we are just paying for the men who
are doing the work. This is a huge savings, and a very
wonderful thing that Southern has agreed to do. If we wait
too long they won't be able to get to it. Please email me at
email:thwardn@yahoo.com.
Thank you so much Debbie Hall, Goodhope, MO (Posted August
20, 2007) |
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May 31, 2007 -- Civil War Ground Breaking at
Denlow Cemetery (Cass Township) -- From
Cathie (Alsup)
Reilly.
Some of the extended Alsup family members are currently
working on plans for a Civil War Memorial in Douglas County,
Mo. which will hopefully be in place and ready for
dedication on Memorial Day, 2008. The memorial marker
will be placed in Denlow Cemetery and will honor all of the
Civil War veterans buried there.
Ground breaking took place on May 26th following
the annual Denlow School reunion. A large number of people
were present for both events and enjoyed bluegrass
entertainment and a potluck meal. Though a goal for
this project has not yet been set, it is forth coming as
well as a blueprint. That along with all other information
is being posted regularly on the memorial website. As of
May 26th the funds were at $840. Another
memorial marker was dedicated in July, 2006 at Racetrack
Hollow in honor of the well-known racetrack established and
run by the Alsups in the 1800’s. Rick Alsup designed
and built the memorial marker at Racetrack Hollow and will
also design and build the Civil War marker. Catherine (Alsup)
Reilly is the fund raiser for this newest project.
Rick and Catherine have ancestors buried at Denlow who were
veterans of the Civil War. Catherine is also a member of
the DUV (Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War).
Anyone interested in donating to the memorial fund may still
do so by making payment to Douglas County Memorial Fund and
mailing it to Catherine Alsup Reilly at P.O. Box 1091,
Fulton, Ky 42041.
You may also contact Catherine by e-mail
donate07@bellsouth.net
or you may visit the Memorial Website for regular
updates.
http://home.earthlink.net/~cmickeys/dcm/
(Posted August 20, 2007) |
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