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From: Donna Cooper <>
Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] Puzzle!
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:28:58 -0700 (PDT)
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I think so, too, but was hoping we could get a confirmation on it before I
posted it to the cemetery files.


However, the data that you added does give more reason to believe that is where
she is buried.   

Donna



----- Original Message ----
> From: Wilma Fields <>
> To:
> Sent: Fri, July 30, 2010 12:17:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] Puzzle!
>
> Donna, Unfortunately, the obit for her that appeared in the Rogers Democrat
> April 10, 1907, does not state where she was buried, and I do not find her
> listed in Roller Cemetery at Gateway, althought that seemed the most likely.
> Here is the obit as it appears:
>
> (from R.F.D.No.5) Miss W. J. Morgan was born in Clay Co., Mo. December 30th,
> 1852; married to Henry Roller September 1876. To them were born nine
> children, four of which preceded the mother to the better world. Four of the
> remainig ones were present at the time of her death, one daughter arriving
> soon after she died at her home on Prairie creek, March 22, 1907. She was a
> christian from childhood, a member of the M. E. church, a loving wife and
> mother. Together with neighbors and friends we extend our sympathy to the
> bereaved ones. - Rogers Democrat, 4/10/07
>
> Henry's obituary on the Barry Co site, has him buried at Roller Cemetery,
> Gateway. He had re-married to Ida B. Morris in 1921. Ida is buried there, as
> is Henry's parents, Joshua & Nancy Pendergraft Roller. As you know there
> were a lot of illegible, broken and unmarked graves at Roller. Based on all
> of the above, as well as the obit you listed, my bet is that she is buried
> at Roller also.
>
> Wilma
>
>
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: Donna Cooper
> Date: 7/30/2010 11:21:30 AM
> To:
> Subject: [MOBARRY] Puzzle!
>
> List Readers, It is busy here with canning and freezing things from my
> garden -
> plus company. Summertime blessings are filling my days, but there is always
> time
>
> for Barry County!
> -----------------------------
> I have a question about this obit. What cemetery are they talking about
> here?
> Anyone know?
>
> I wonder how this Morgan is related to the Morgan families that were already
> in
> Barry Co., MO; because Thompson Morgan was in Clay Co., MO, in 1850 and 1860
>
> His birth place is given as VA, which might mean West Virginia. He moved
> right
> in among the other Morgan families so there must be a relationship there
> somewhere. But, of course, an assumption is not the way to solve this.
>
> I believe Ura Jane in the obit was the same daughter listed on the 1870
> census
> as Wrigane.
>
> Ura Jane (Morgan) Roller
> On last Saturday, 23 inst, Mrs. Ura Jane Roller, of near Rogers, Ark., died
> after years of suffering from cancer. Her maiden name was Morgan and she was
>
> born in Clay County, MO, Jan 1, 1852, hence she was 55 years, 2 months, and
> 23
> days old. She had many relatives and friends in this county, among them the
> Fawvers, Morgans et al. She was brought to a cemetery a few miles south of
> Seligman, where the writer officiated at her funeral at 2 p.m. on the
> Sabbath.
> The services were held under a large cedar tree and was listened to very
> attentively by the relatives and scores of friends. Owing to the fact that a
>
> daughter and her family who live at Coffeyville, Kan., had not arrived, Mr.
> Roller, the bereaved husband decided to stay in the cemetery with the corpse
> on
> Sunday night with the fond hope that the daughter might arrive on Monday
> morning's train. The writer presuming that the interment took place on
> Monday
> morning. The case was one that was calculated to excite pity even in the
> hard
> hearts. Mrs. Roller was a devoted Christian and had longed for death to
> relive
> her from the great suffering she had endured for many months before the
> final
> hour came. Exeter, MO, Mar 26, 1907, P. St. Clair.
>
>
> 1870 Sugar Creek Twp., Barry Co., M, household # 102.
> Thompson Morgan, farmer, age 61, VA, white, male
> Fannie, age 40, TN, white, female
> Willis, age 19, MO, white, male
> Wrigane, age 18, MO, white, female
> John, age 15, MO, white, male
> Ephraim, age 13, MO, white, male
> Katherine, age 11, MO, white, female
> David, age 7, MO, white, male
>
> Newspaper: Cassville Republican
> Date: April 6, 1907, Saturday
> Resource: State Historical Society of MO Microfilm
>
> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/data/obits/r/rollerUraJane.htm
>
> Donna Cooper
>
>
>
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