While scrolling through FHL film 930,929 (an index to
Lawrence County, Missouri deeds), I discovered that a man named Thomas Fox also
bought land from the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad Company on the same
day (14 September 1877) that Cornelius and John Scanlon bought their land from
the railroad.
Thomas’ land was situated between Cornelius’ and
John’s
[1].
Thomas was born in Ireland as was his wife Bridget [2]
A little digging produced what is likely their headstones in
the same cemetery where Cornelius is most likely buried. These stones, just as Cornelius’ did, place
both Thomas’ and Bridget’s birth in County
Waterford as well [3].
And so now I'm wondering if Thomas and Bridget migrated to Missouri from Massachusetts, as did Cornelius, where his oldest known son (John Scanlon) was born [4].
And so now I'm wondering if Thomas and Bridget migrated to Missouri from Massachusetts, as did Cornelius, where his oldest known son (John Scanlon) was born [4].
Notes:
[1] An Illustrated
Historical Atlas of Lawrence County, Missouri (1879), Missouri County Plat
Books, online database, Missouri Digital
Heritage http://www.sos.mo.gov/mdh/
: accessed 18 September 2013).
[2] 1880 U. S. census, Lawrence County, Missouri, population
schedule, Mt. Pleasant, Enumeration District 86, p. 39, sheet 483C, dwelling
329, family 333, Thomas Fox; digital image, Ancestry.com
(http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14
September 2013), citing Family History Library microfilm 1,254,698; citing
National Archives microfilm publication T9, roll 698.
[3] See Memorial 51116621,
digital image of headstone photographed by Tammi, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com
: accessed 4 October 2013), Missouri, Lawrence County, Pierce City, St.
Patrick’s Cemetery, entry for Thomas
Fox, b. 1833-d. 1907.
[4] Lawrence County, Missouri censuses agree that Cornelius' oldest son John was born in Massachusetts. See 1880 U. S. census, Lawrence County, Missouri, population schedule, Mt. Pleasant, Enumeration District 86, p. 39, sheet 483C, dwelling 331, family 335, Cornelius Scanlon; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 September 2013), citing Family History Library microfilm 1,254,698; citing National Archives microfilm publication T9, roll 698. Also see 1900 U. S. census, Lawrence County, Missouri, population schedule, Mt. Pleasant, Enumeration District 78, Sheet 2A, dwelling 22, family 22, Cornelius Scanlon; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 September 2013), citing Family History Library microfilm 1,240,870; citing National Archives microfilm publication T623, roll 870.
