Friday, July 2, 2010

Marie Stokke Passes Away

Marie Stokke passed away February 20, 2010. Graveside services were held on April 17, 2010 at Shandon Cemetery, Shandon, CA. Her cremated ashes were buried at the foot of her father, Frank Scholl's grave.

Friday, December 25, 2009

Frances Swanson

Frances Swanson had always been a fighter but ended her fight with cancer Friday, Dec. 4, 2009, at her home. She lived in San Luis Obispo County for over 40 years and always had a need and desire to help those less fortunate than herself. Frances is survived by her husband of 33 years, Rodney Swanson; five daughters Brenda Hutchings, Carol Burchard, Crystal Butler, Ruth Swanson and Judy Swanson; seven grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; three sisters; and many friends. A memorial service will be held for Frances at noon Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009, at the Paso Robles Moose Lodge, 2548 Spring St. in Paso Robles.

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Sunday, November 1, 2009

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Suggested Reading

Here is a list of books that we read dealing with the time period in which William M. & Sarah G. Scholl lived, the Civil War in Missouri, Slavery, or other topics related to the family.

Noted Guerrillas, John Edwards

A Terrible Quintette, John Edwards

The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies

Jo Shelby’s Iron Brigade, Deryl P. Sellmeyer

The Civil War in Missouri: Day by Day 1861-1865, Carolyn M. Bartels

General Jo Shelby: Undefeated Rebel, Daniel O’Flaherty

The Shamrock High School 1921-1928, Grace Dillard

A Short Story of the Scholl Family and Their Association with the Boones, the Berry and Lincoln Families – Their Westward Movement, and Some of the Things that Influenced Their Lives, Their Trials and Tragedies, Harry Merle Scholl

133rd Anniversary of: The Battle of Moore’s Mill

Hoecakes, Hambone, and All That Jazz: African American Traditions in Missouri, Rose M. Nolen

Confederate States Army Trans-Mississippi Order Book 1862-1864. Volume I & II, Carolyn M. Bartels

Scholl, Sholl, Shull Genealogy 1930, John William Scholl

Liberty Christian Church, Grace Dillard

Units of the Confederate States Army, Joseph H. Crute, Jr.

Cavaliers of the Brush: Quantrill and His Men, Michael E. Banasik

Three Years with Quantrill, O.S. Barton

Jesse and Frank James: The Family History, Phillip W. Steele

Slaves in the Family, Edward Ball

We Band of Angels: The Untold Story of American Nurses Trapped on Bataan by the Japanese, Elizabeth M. Norman

Celia, A Slave, Melton A. McLaurin

Slavery, Southern Culture, and Education in Little Dixie, Missouri, 1820-1860, Jeffrey C. Stone

Bloody Dawn: The Story of the Lawrence Massacre, Thomas Goodrich

The Devil Knows How to Ride: The True Story of William Clarke Quantrill and His Confederate Raiders, Edward, E. Leslie

Gray Ghosts of the Confederacy: Guerrilla Warfare in the West 1861-1865, Richard S. Brownlee

We Rode With Quantrill, Donald R. Hale

The Story of James Cummins as Written by Himself, Jim Cummins

Black Flag: Guerrilla Warfare on the Western Border; 1861-1865, Thomas Goodrich

Kirby Smith’s Confederacy: The Trans-Mississippi South, 1863-1865, Robert L. Kerby

Missouri’s Confederate: Claiborne Fox Jackson and the Creation of Southern Identity in the Border West, Christopher Phillips

Daniel Boone and the Defeat at Blue Licks, Neal O. Hammon

Missouri Confederate Surrender 1865: Shreveport & New Orleans, Carolyn M. Bartels

Jesse James and the Civil War in Missouri, Robert L. Dyer

Bloody Bill Anderson: The Short, Savage Life of a Civil War Guerrilla, Albert Castel & Thomas Goodrich

The Story of Cole Younger, Cole Younger

The Rise and Fall of Jesse James, Robertus Love

Cole Younger: Last of the Great Outlaws, Homer Croy

Jesse James Was His Name, Willam A. Settle, Jr.

Inside War: The Guerrilla Conflict in Missouri During the American Civil War, Michael Fellman

Branded as Rebels: A list of Bushwhackers, Guerrillas, Partisan Rangers, Confederates and Southern Sympathizers from Missouri during the War Years, Volume I & II, Donald R. Hale & Joanne C. Eakin

A Reunion in Death: Gravesites of the Quantrill men and the James gang, Volume I & II, Duncan E. Hansen

The William Clarke Quantrill Men Reunions 1898 – 1929, Donald R. Hale

The Boone Family: A Genealogical History of the Descendants of George and Mary Boone Who Came to America in 1717, Hazel Atterbury Spraker

The Makings of a Missouri Rebel, Joanne Webb Chiles Eakin

Friday, October 2, 2009

Hughes Cemetery, Callaway County, Missouri


Two of William and Sarah Scholl's small sons are buried here as well as Sarah's parent's and some of her siblings. William's mother, Elizabeth, is also buried here.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Scholl 60th Anniversary

Bob and Marge Scholl, 303 E. Main St., Flora, will observe their 60th wedding anniversary on Thursday.

Scholl and the former Marjorie Brubaker were married Sept. 24, 1949. He is a retired farmer and she is a housewife.

They have two children, Gary Scholl (wife: Susan) of Flora and Colleen Scholl, who is deceased. They also have two grandchildren and one great-grandson.

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