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LaDon Brennan (#46902635)
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Bio Photo "Do not regret Growing Old. It is a Privilege denied to Many."

I grew up in central Missouri where my ancestors settled, most from KY; I often return and photograph cemeteries and haunt the library reference departments. Looking for gravestones for my Daniel Wells, Randolph Hazlewood/Hazelwood, Bert Thoroughman/Thurman, Bellamy/Bellomy, Lane/Lain, Pullen/Pullin/Pulliam, Gregg/Gragg and Page families; others include Dunning, Gant, Payne, Settles/Suttle(s), Stoneking, Stewart, Sudduth.

A goal is to ensure there are memorials for all known burials in the "country" cemeteries in the Bates/Cass/Henry counties where my ancestors lived and are interred, and am photo indexing as many as I can - some are in woeful condition. Too many are now in cow pastures, vandalized or stones used in barn foundations. May those with so little respect for our ancestors be haunted by their ghosts.

Corrections, updates and link requests are welcomed so "our" memorials are informative and accurate -- please send maiden names if you know them. Every person has a story - hopefully memorial managers who prefer not to update or correct their memorials will transfer them to the requesting family member/friend to maintain and add the story -- or there will be a software update that allows third parties to contribute to memorials. Thanks to all the administrators who make the site available and user-friendly, and to the many great volunteers who make "finding Grandma" possible. Special thanks to photo volunteers who spend hours searching for lost grave markers, sometimes in overgrown, tick and snake infested, unkept, unmarked cemeteries.

You are welcome to use information or grave marker photos I have entered. If you do a copy/paste of a memorial with a bio, please copy the entire memorial which includes my name, date entered and the memorial number at the very bottom -- a LOT of time and research has gone into many of these memorials. Please do not copy/post my "people" photographs on sponsored pages.

Please make your edit/transfer requests from the "edit" link of the memorial and not from the profile page which I don't view often. I generally don't transfer memorials with researched bios, nor do I transfer to requesters who are rude/demanding, have no profile or who are collectors -- but will gladly update and link memorials.

Note - Had nerve injury in left arm/hand, 2010 surgery; smashed left hand in door 2011, broke two fingers; broke left wrist in 2012 - typos during each recovery process - please call them to my attention.

When entering information from census records I use the spelling as it appears, even knowing it is wrong -- those aren't typos.
Happy graving - and remember to thank our Veterans and Active Service men and women.
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amys
RE: George Combs
Good luck with the mystery of who is who and who is truly where! Take care, Amy
Added by amys on May 13, 2013 9:04 PM
Linda Dukes
RE: Combs Cemetery
Yes. I know. Larry did a great job. I have been to Combs a few years ago and it was a total mess. Someone must have cleaned up some. thanks, Linda
Added by Linda Dukes on May 13, 2013 6:28 PM
mike shelton.
RE: Virginia Parker
thanks for the reply ladon, i hope they are what you wanted. i try to get a close up and a distant picture too. i take the pictures of other peoples loved ones like i want people to take pictures my loved ones.
Added by mike shelton. on May 13, 2013 4:19 PM
Lesa Oathout
RE: Europe Hendricks
Your welcome.
Added by Lesa Oathout on May 13, 2013 7:04 AM
JARROTT P. COX
Memorial# 104075686
Transfered to Your care please up date soon as I put the info. in Bio.
Added by JARROTT P. COX on May 11, 2013 6:37 AM
d randall
Elizabeth Cook
Looking for a way to contact a chiled of Elizabeth Cook -- Nancy Choquette. Elizabeth Cook was a grandaughter of Jessie G. Gardner Dill, sister of my Great Grandfather Presley W. Gardner. Thank you for your attention to this question. Dorothy Randall
Added by d randall on May 10, 2013 4:59 PM
Linda Dukes
RE: Cornett/Cass Co MO
Also Virginia and my Mom were in a "Coffee Clutch" with some other Mom's from the street. ahhh...the good ole days :-)
Added by Linda Dukes on May 06, 2013 5:10 PM
Linda Dukes
RE: Cornett/Cass Co MO
I was just curious, Virginia Eichman Cornett(married Joe B) and her 2 daughter's were next door neighbors when I was little, Patricia and I were great buddies...
Added by Linda Dukes on May 06, 2013 5:08 PM
James Wells
RE: Wells Cemetery
Thanks for your message. I live in Florida so cannot return. The photos I have were actually taken by my sister when she visited a few years ago. There are just a few. I do have a copy of the names of thirty-two individuals buried there that comes from the Marshall County Cemetery book by Ethel Briggs. I can send it to you if you give me your email address. Regards, James R. Wells.
Added by James Wells on May 01, 2013 6:02 AM
Bob & Nancy Cannon
Susan Page/Refuge Cemetery
Her maiden name is also Page??? Thanks.
Added by Bob & Nancy Cannon on Apr 30, 2013 4:51 AM
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