This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4R.2ADE/99.124.2.2.1.1.2 Message Board Post: My father-in-law, Joel Gulmar Nobles, was born in Conecuh County. His grandfather, William Alexander Nobles, died in Evergreen but during his early childhood his parents, who I think was William and Eliza Lackey Nobles, lived in Shelby County, Al and then moved to Texas and then returned to Shelby County, AL. I know Joel had a cousin named Cullen Nobles (family name passed down?). Are you of this same family? E-mail me. Thank you.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DEAN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4R.2ADE/1656.2 Message Board Post: I have some information about Garrison DEAN and family from the Conecuh County AL area. Not sure about his ancestors, but I do have a list of his children. This info is on my genealogy web site, in the "People" section: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~unclejoe If you have some additional info on this DEAN family you would like to share, I would be happy to add it.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Andress, Brooks, Gibbons, Harrison, Howell, Mellinger, others Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4R.2ADE/1660 Message Board Post: James Clayton Harrison obituary- Montgomery Advertiser- November 23, 1935 “James Harrison is dead at 64. Served on Advertiser Staff after leaving Ministry: Rites Sunday Afternoon.” The Rev. James Clayton Harrison, 64, died at his home on Capitol Parkway early yesterday morning following a stroke of paralysis, the culmination of a long period of declining health. Mr. Harrison was well known as a Methodist minister and newspaperman. Some years ago he was telegraph editor of The Advertiser and at one time was on the staff of The Journal. He had marked talent as a newspaperman and had he made a career of journalism, his friends often told him he would have achieved distinction in that field. Though a large and powerful man physically, it has been remarked that such was the personality of Jim Harrison that his companions were never conscious of his strength. He walked lightly and gracefully, he spoke softly and pleasantly, spicing his conversation with wholesome, incisive humor, always giving generously of his honest friendship to those who merited it. In the later years of his life, Mr. Harrison held no pastorates, preferring other fields of usefulness. Besides his newspaper work, he served as prison chaplain by appointment of Gov. Miller, to whom he had been devoted over a long period of years. Mr. Harrison was born Sept. 19, 1871, the son of Carter and Nancy Ann Harrison, who were Georgians. In 1898, he married Miss Emma Gibbons of Autauga County, who survives him. Nine children were born to them and all survive him. They are: Mrs. J.A. Watkins, Mrs. A.M. Story, Mrs. R. H. Godwin, Miss Mildred Harrison, Clayton Gibbons Harrison, Elton Morrison Harrison, Milton Vance Harrison, all of Montgomery, and Homer Wood Harrison of New York. He had wide family connections in Alabama. The funeral will be conducted by Diffly from the Harrison home, 402 Capitol Parkway, Sunday afternoon at 2:30. Interment in Greenwood Cemetery. Note: Mr. Harrison’s connections in Conecuh are as follows: He was a full brother to Della Harrison Mellinger, wife of George Mellinger of Belleville. He was also a half brother to Charles Stanley Howell of Belleville. The obituary of Charles Stanley Howell’s eldest son, William Stanley Howell, Sr. has already been posted on this same site. Charles’ father was Bryant Stanley Howell, killed in action during the Battle of Resaca, Georgia on Sunday, May 15, 1864. Around 1868, Nancy Ann Elizabeth Brooks Howell, wife of Bryant Stanley Howell, married J. Carter Harrison. Other siblings of Mr. Harrrison were Ambrose Dewitt Howell, Sr. of New Orleans; John Bryant Howell, and Mary Frances Andress of Andalusia.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ford, elliott, sheffiled, bafford ,wiggins Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4R.2ADE/1341.1 Message Board Post: my line is from daughter anna [belle] ford -elliott i am also looking for info on the ford family. belle married wiley a. elliott,they had seven children .please let me know if you need this info.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: PURNELL/HARPER/FOSHEE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4R.2ADE/1637.1.1.1.1.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Jean, I beleive we are 3rd cousins. Robert Alexander HARPER & Susannah/Susan Ann PURNELL are my GG grandparents. I descend via their daughter Virginia Jenett HARPER (11 Mar 1860 - 11 Mar 1905) who married John Grey FOSHEE (14 Jun 1857 - 11 Feb 1920). They married 2 Feb 1881 in Herbert, Conecuh Co., AL. (Both are buried at Long Branch Baptist Church Cemetery, Cohassett, AL) Their son Clarence "Clant" Earnest FOSHEE was my grandfather. Virginia Jenett's sister Isabella Carolina "Belle" HARPER (2 Feb 1857 - 8 Feb 1940) married John Grey's brother James Madison FOSHEE (18 Dec 1855 - 8 Dec 1930). They married 2 Feb 1881. Please let me know if need anything on their siblings or children.

Looking for marriage record/dates for: Leroy Page & Catherine D. Witherington ........probably before 1868 in Conecuh County. She was born 13 Apr 1844 in Conecuh County <daughter of Daniel & Melissa King Witherington> He was born "about 1842" in Butler County <son of Bennett Leroy Page and Gracey White> Can anyone help us? Bill King 281-493-6767 BillKing@houston.rr.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4R.2ADE/1659 Message Board Post: looking for information on what was called oliver baptist church now called new hopewell baptist it has a cemetery in the back i believe the road is called or was called hogs spring also there was a old school on that road name james school if anyone could help i would greatly appreciated it wanted to know the history behind it my ancestor went to the church and my grandmother went to james school connie

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4R.2ADE/1658 Message Board Post: looking for information on henry j. stanford he lived around bushey creek and around repton area connie

Mr. Johnston: I do not know your family. I am in Spanish Fort AL just across the Bay from Mobile. I pray you will get some word of your family. New Orleans took the full force of the hurricane, apparently. It is being totally evacuated, according to news. This area got hit pretty hard too, lots of flooding in Mobile and roads across the bay closed for a couple of days, power outages and telephones out. We got the backlash with winds stronger than any hurricane to date, but nothing like the coast of Mississippi and Louisiana. I pray you will have some good news of your family soon by news or somehow. Power and telephone in those areas are just not there. Gertrude J. Stephens Spanish Fort, Al

Hello, I finaly got through to a cousin. My 86 year-old Aunt Marie and my cousin sat through the storm north of Lake Pontichtrain. After seeing the news yeterday they decided to just go on to Texas. They don't think they'll be going back, not to live. My Aunt Marie grew up on Desiree Street in NO. (Called A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Wiliams.) It doesn't look like she'll be going back home anytime soon. Thanks for the prayers and positive energy but don't stop yet. There are still a lot of Marie's stuck in NO. (There's a LA State law requiring everybody to have an Aunt Marie.) On 9/1/05, thehornguy <thehornguy@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > > > Hello, Grant. > > I am so sad to see the terrible devastation in the gulf Coast area, from > Florida to western Louisiana!! It appears to me that New Orleans may not > ever be totally re-built, in it former glory, because of the loss of > physical as well as of cultural aspects!! > I am from Houston, originally, and those storms have always done more > damage > than predicted, ever since the early 1900's when Galveston was totalled > out > in 1900. > > I surely do hope and pray that your family is found to be well, and in > good > health and good surroundings, when they can be located. From the looks of > things, on my boob-tube, the 'hunt and search' efforts will take a long > while, to find where everyone went, and what happened to them!! And the > real concern is for those still left in the original area, subject to > vandalism and banditry!! It seems such a difficult situation to me!! >

In response re: Storm Damage..Power is still out in places in Alabama too, like areas of Mobile, Theodore, and areas in Washington county also..not sure about others. Some people in those areas can be reached by phone or cell phone, others not. Gulf Coast hospitals are flying and busing patients to Mobile area hospitals and I am sure other places too. We have 1 or 2 gas stations in my area that say they will have gas today, then it may be another week before they get more in..We live about 100 miles south of Mobile..Monroe County, which is next to Conecuh. I hope you find your aunt ok...Kathleen -------Original Message------- From: ALCONECU-L@rootsweb.com Date: 09/01/05 03:00:12 To: ALCONECU-D@rootsweb.com Subject: ALCONECU-D Digest V05 #165

Hello, If anybody in south Alabama is still online please send us a status report. I've totally lost contact with my relatives in New Orleans -- actually Metterie and Covington and I'm really worried about my 85 year-old Aunt. I've tried calling but the cell phone numbers just have a message saying "All cell phone service is out in this area code." The land line just repetes the message 'all circuits are busy." Grant W. Johnston, Chico, CA Researching MIDDLETON, WILKINSON, BYRD, BRANTLEY, BENNETT

Looking for any info on Louisa Agnes "Lou" Goodwin b. Abt. 1862 d. Abt 1902. She married Nathan Columbus Cook in 1881. Any help with Louisa is greatly appreciated. Leon

I am looking for any info on Charles Whitehead. I have nothing on him. All i know he was the father of Jane Whitehead b. November 11, 1825 at Claiborne, Monroe County, Alabama who married Samuel Wiles Cook. Any help is greatly appreciated. Leon

i am looking for any info on Susan Ella Northcutt, who was born Jan 1876 and was from the Conecuh County, area. She married Nathan Columbus Cook July 03, 1918. After he died in 1928 she remarried (I dont have thios info) and I am unsure when she died. any info appreciate on Susan. Leon

I am looking for the burial location of John Thomas Cook, who died August 19, 1895. He married Ada Wright nd was the son of Samuel Wiles Cook and Jane Whiteahead. Any help is appreciated. Leon

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4R.2ADE/1637.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Jean, Yes we are cousins. I am away on travel so I don't have access to all the info but will check and reply later. Thanks. Trish

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Harper,Purnell,Odom,Vickery,McPherson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4R.2ADE/1637.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hello, We maybe cousins? My great grandfather was James Robert Harper b Nov 1, 1858 Herbert, Conecuh Cty, Al. d 20 Apr 1942 Herbert, Conecuh Cty, Al. His parents were: Robert Alexander Harper and Susanna Purnell. My grandmother was Mamie Emma Harper, b 1892 Herbert, Conecuh Cty, Al. d 1991 Mo.married Martin Odom of McKenzie, Al. Do know that Robert A. Harper and Susanna are both buried at Herbert Cemetery, Conecuh Cty, Al. Do you have any information on your lines? jean

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4R.2ADE/1637.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: My dad (Robert) is from Conecuh Co. (Burnt Corn) any relative? My name is Robert James Harper My uncle owned Harper's Store (Arthur Harper)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4R.2ADE/965.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: IT'S SO GOOD TO HAVE SOMEONE THAT KNOWS SOME OF MY DADDYS FAMILY. I NEVER KNEW TO MUCH ABOUT SOME OF THEM. COUSIN CLANT AND HIS FAMILY WERE RIGHT THERE IN RED LEVEL, AND WORKED WITH THE FAMILY. UNCLE WHEELER ALWAYS SAID THAT HE WAS A GREAT BOOKKEPPER. SMART. I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO GO DOWN TO RED LEVEL YET HOPE TO GO IN A WEEK OR TWO. WILL GET THOSE COPIES FOR YOU. WE DIDN'T GET MUCH FROM THE STORM. OUR LIGHTS WERE OUT FOR ABOUT 4 HOURS AND A LITTLE RAIN. THANK THE LORD. STAY IN TOUCH. BETTYE