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WELCOME TO
CARROLL'S CORNER
In the Ozark Mountains of Southeast Missouri
(Established: 6 June 1998)
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WASHINGTON CO. |
GENEALOGY / HISTORY |
SOUTHEAST |
C A R R O L L ' S C O R N E R F E A T U R E D P A G E S : |
Esther M. Ziock Carroll has been doing genealogy research since 1971 and has compiled quite an extensive and interesting family history with trails going to the countries of: Canada, France; England; Ireland; Scotland; Germany, Italy, India, Egypt, Labrador, Mosquito Coast Of Nicaragua, & The Caribbean Islands Of St. John, St. Thomas & St. Croix. Esther's and Gene's ancestors include medieval knights; soldiers from the French and Indian War, the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812 and the Civil War; Clan chiefs, a Lord, Barons & a Baroness, a sheriff, a marshall, weavers, farmers, plantation owners, merchants, preachers, Moravian missionaries, moonshiners, a gangster and ancestral associations with such well known historical figures as, George Washington, President John Adams, Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, Joseph Smith & Brigham Young, Gens. Wm. T. Sherman & Ulysses S. Grant, Gen. Sterling Price, Sam Hildebrand, Wm. Clarke Quantrill and Jesse James. This site is frequently updated as new information is always being added. So kick back and visit a spell........you never know who you might find at Carroll's Corner!
EUGENE CARROLL - DESCENDANT OF: paternal surnames: Carroll, Hughes, Conner, McComb, Lewis, Hines, Berger, Armstrong, Martin, Carter maternal surnames: Sparks, Barker, Orendor, Michaels, Gilman; Wilson, Krebs, Keller, Krim, Scheiffely/Scheible, Boger/Bogner, Graesslin; Johnston, Gorham;
LIFE MEMBER OF: National Rifle Association; Tennessee Squire Association - Honorary Citizen of Moore County, Tennessee;
MEMBER OF: International Association of Fire Fighters - Local 2665; Humane Society of the Ozarks; Open Door Animal Sanctuary; Wildlife Rescue Center
PAST MEMBER OF: United States Airforce; Missouri Deputy Sheriff's Association; Sons of Union Veterans; Sons of Confederate Veterans - Sterling Price Camp #145 St. Louis; Military Order of the Star & Bars;
ESTHER M. ZIOCK CARROLL - DESCENDANT OF: paternal surnames: Ziock, Wilke, Schrobeck, Horrocks, Law, Michaud, Pensoneau, DeLorne, LeFrance, LeBoeuf dit LaFlamme, Fricon/Prignon, Gueneau; Perault/Perrot; Duclos; Schaefer, Schmids, Sieberberg, Vogelsang, Niederechholtz, Huxholt, Wunnenberg, Endemann, Peter maternal surnames: Martin, Henderson, Sollars, Alexander, Dicus, Sloan, Briley, Green, Ragsdale, Jones, Pool/Pettypool, Hoffman, Philbeck/Felbach, Skaggs, Dickey, Hawkins, Gurtner/Gortner, Ottin, Gutebach, Cooksey, Lawson, Doggett, Chattin, Jackson, Huitt/Hewitt, Webb, Wilkinson, Hand, Stringer; Wilson;
MEMBER OF: Paranormal Task Force / Missouri Paranormal Research
PAST MEMBER OF: Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War - Julia Dent Grant Tent # 16, St. Louis, Mo. - (Past) Historian, (Past) Press Correspondent; United States Daughters of 1812; Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic - (past) Vice President, St. Louis Chapter
Certificate of Tennessee Ancestry
Past Genealogy Instructor
Mineral Area CollegeCertificate of Illinois
Ancestry
ESTHER M. ZIOCK CARROLL IS THE AUTHOR OF THE FOLLOWING GENEALOGICAL/HISTORICAL BOOK ARTICLES:PVT. BRAD DICUS - Published 1990 in the history book entitled Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War - Julia Dent Grant Tent #16 (Provides history of Washington County, Missouri resident Brad Dicus.)
ORELIA MICHAUD HORROCKS - Published 1992 in the history book entitled History of St. Clair County, Illinois, Vol. II Includes Michaud, Pensoneau, Horrocks family history
Researched & written 1992-1994 & published 1994 in the
Daughters of Union Veterans history book entitled Missouri - Our Civil War Heritage. Provides exciting, adventurous, graphic accounts of Civil War incidents & battles in Washington County, Missouri including Price's devastating raid in 1864. Originally written in three parts: FIRST BLOOD; WASHINGTON COUNTY PAYS THE "PRICE"; & MISCELLANEOUS MENTIONABLES. On this website more sections/pages have been added: Introduction; The Officers Quarters; The Barracks; More Miscellaneous Mentionables; When The Boys In Blue Are Gone; Pictures of Local Civil War Sites; & Links To Other Civil War SitesMARTIN - AIKENS - HAWKINS FAMILY HISTORY - Published 1995 in the history book entitled Reynolds County, Vol. I (Gives history of Washington County, Missouri Martin family & their connection to Reynolds County, Missouri. A similar version is on the Martin page.)
HENDERSON FAMILY HISTORY - Published 1995 in the history book entitled Reynolds County, Vol. I (Gives history of St. Francois County, Missouri Hendersons & their connection to Reynolds County, Missouri.)
HENDERSON / MURPHY FAMILY HISTORY - Published July, 2000 in the history book Farmington, Missouri - The First 200 Years - 1798 - 1998
ESTHER M. ZIOCK CARROLL ALSO RESEARCHED & WROTE THE FOLLOWING (COPYRIGHTED) GENEALOGICAL/HISTORICAL ARTICLES WHICH WERE PUBLISHED IN THE WASHINGTON COUNTY NEWSPAPER THE INDEPENDENT JOURNAL & OTHER MISSOURI NEWSPAPERS:SEMO GENEALOGIST NOW REGISTERED WITH STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY - published 27 December 1984
CARROLL FAMILY REUNION ENJOYED - published 8 November 1984
CARROLL PROPERTY CERTIFIED BACKYARD WILDLIFE HABITAT - published 2 January 1986
DICUS DESCENDANT RECEIVES MEMBERSHIP IN CIVIL WAR ORGANIZATIONS - (Civil War history of Washington County, Missouri resident Brad Dicus) - published 21 September 1989
GENE CARROLL RECEIVES MEMBERSHIP IN CIVIL WAR ORGANIZATIONS - (History of Dr. James McComb of Laclede County, Missouri) - published 21 September 1989DICKEY DESCENDANT RECEIVES MEMBERSHIP IN WAR OF 1812 SOCIETY - (History of Washington County, Missouri resident Andrew S. Dickey) - published 26 March 1992
Horrible Murder & Butchery - Five Persons Brutally Massacred
The Bodies Mutilated & Burned To Cinders
This was considered the most horrible crime ever committed in Washington County and the entire state of Missouri. True story of the Lapine family who was murdered by Charlie Jolly & John Armstrong in the year 1870. Published in three parts: The Crime, 16 November 1995; The Trial, 23 November 1995; The Execution, 30 November 1995 (Two of my ancestors, Brad Dicus & Robt. Dickey, served on jury)
HAUNTED
HALLOWEEN
Poem about Lapine family
murder written by Esther M.
Carroll & published 30 October 1997WARNING:
Visit this page if you might,
If you think you can stand the fright.
Lock the doors & windows tight,
And don't read this story late at nightWASHINGTON COUNTY MISSOURI AND THE HISTORIC MORMON MOVEMENT - (Includes Henderson/Huitt family history) - published 6 June 1996
THE JAMES MARTIN FAMILY - (History of Washington County, Missouri Martin family) - published 4 June 1998
VICTORY AT VICKSBURG - (Story of Washington County, Missouri resident Pvt. Brad Dicus & the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi during the Civil War) - published 9 July 1998
ATTACK AT THE ARSENAL - (Home Guards defend Potosi arsenal from rebel attack during the Civil War.) - published 6 August 1998
REPRIEVE AND REPRISAL - (The execution of Washington County Missouri Civil War soldier, Pvt. George Bunch, in St. Louis.) - published 29 October 1998.
WASHINGTON COUNTY MISSOURI RESIDENT HAS CONNECTION
TO MISSOURI'S FAMOUS OUTLAW JESSE JAMES
Exciting, detailed account of Missouri's first train robbery at Gads Hill. Includes James/Carroll family history. - Published 28 January 1999.AINT NO HAINT GONNA RUN ME OFF! - Humorous story of my own personal encounter with a "ghost" - Published 4 November 1999
BELLE STARR - THE BANDIT QUEEN - Her possible connection to Washington County Missouri. Published 9 Nov. 2000
ROBBED NAKED - A story of Washington County Missouri settlers who were robbed by Indians in the year 1797. Published 28 February 2002.
HENDERSON HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI - There is Henderson information on this page that is not included in previous articles. Published May - August, 2005.
TEXAS PROFESSOR VISITS POTOSI ON RESEARCH TRIP - Pictures & story telling of the Professor's research of the Austin family in preparation for his writing the biography of Emily Austin Bryan Perry. Published: 3 August 2006.
COUNTY PHOTOS FEATURED ON MISSOURI FORESTKEEPERS NETWORK - Missouri Forestkeepers 2nd annual hunt for strange & extraordinary trees one of which is in Bellevue Presbyterian Cemetery. Published: 8 March 2007
MORE PAGES BY ESTHER M. ZIOCK CARROLL:
Pictures of Southeast Missouri Historic & Scenic Sites
(Includes: Washington, St. Francois, Iron, Crawford, Franklin, Jefferson, Ste. Genevieve & St. Louis)
The Tombstone Technique
How To Read Illegible Tombstone Inscriptions
With the links below you will be leaving Carroll's Corner & traveling to other sites:
WASHINGTON COUNTY GENEALOGY LINKS:
WASHINGTON COUNTY LINKS:
Sweet Memories Sandwich & Ice Cream Shop
Within Walking distance of courthouse & historic district
Mineral Area Taxi ~ 24/7 ~ 573-436-4242 ~ Within 100 miles of Potosi
Holly's Alterations & Custom Sewing
Historic Costumes - Civil War Dresses & Uniforms - 573-438-4596
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI LINKS:
ALL ABOARD!!
FREQUENTLY ROBBED BY
JESSE JAMES!
MISSOURI LINKS:
MISSOURI BIGFOOT SIGHTINGS
(Including one from Washington County)
MISSOURI UFO SIGHTINGS
(Including several from Washington Co.)
MISCELLANEOUS LINKS:
