In my never-ending quest to find any photos or primary documents for our family tree, I've found a few interesting things recently. One is a picture of Louisa Stalcup Gollehon from ~1890 in Shelbina, Missouri. Louisa was a sister of my g-g-grandfather Issac Stalcup. I found this picture courtesy of a Mr. Larry Smiser who had some information on a webpage of his concerning this part of his family tree. Not quite a direct family member - but really close! Louisa is seated in front, and that is her husband William T. Gollehon next to her. The picture is also on Mr. Smiser's webpage and lists the children in the picture, too. I know there must be similar type photos of our Stalcup's out there somewhere! At least this gives an idea of what folks wore from that area around 1890. The Gollehon's lived close to the Stalcup's in Virginia, and apparently moved to Missouri with the Stalcup's and others that show up in both Viriginia and Missouri. From Plat Maps and land holdings in Missouri, one can see Gollehon's and Stalcup's close together throughout Monroe and Shelby Counties.The next bit of recent discovery I have to report is a copy of a handwritten document from 1841 that was a petition for road improvements and placement in parts of Monroe an
d Shelby counties in Missouri. This comes courtesy of a research request I made of a manuscript collection at the University of Missouri. It is hard to read, but you can almost pick up on what seems to be a hint of drama and fighting amongst some others in the region. It is very hard to see without making the picture large and squinting, but there are four Stalcup signatures at the bottom of the document. A William Stallcup, and Isaac, Sampson and William Stalcup. Isaac, Sampson, and William were brothers of John Stalcup - my g-g-g-grandfather. Not quite sure who the William Stallcup is - but I'm working on that (Stalcop's who made it to Viriginia ended up with a name change to Stallcup, so he is probably an uncle to Isaac, Sampson and William). From the web page link in the above paragraph, you can see highlighted land plots that were owned by these Stalcup's! The other really cool thing here is that another signature - Larkin Harris - is the father-in-law to John's son (and my g-g-grandfather) Isaac! And the Harris family was from the same neck of the woods in Virginia, too! One can just imagine the wagon train of pioneers from SW Viriginia that came together to this spot in Missouri in the 1830's.
d Shelby counties in Missouri. This comes courtesy of a research request I made of a manuscript collection at the University of Missouri. It is hard to read, but you can almost pick up on what seems to be a hint of drama and fighting amongst some others in the region. It is very hard to see without making the picture large and squinting, but there are four Stalcup signatures at the bottom of the document. A William Stallcup, and Isaac, Sampson and William Stalcup. Isaac, Sampson, and William were brothers of John Stalcup - my g-g-g-grandfather. Not quite sure who the William Stallcup is - but I'm working on that (Stalcop's who made it to Viriginia ended up with a name change to Stallcup, so he is probably an uncle to Isaac, Sampson and William). From the web page link in the above paragraph, you can see highlighted land plots that were owned by these Stalcup's! The other really cool thing here is that another signature - Larkin Harris - is the father-in-law to John's son (and my g-g-grandfather) Isaac! And the Harris family was from the same neck of the woods in Virginia, too! One can just imagine the wagon train of pioneers from SW Viriginia that came together to this spot in Missouri in the 1830's.