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/RS.2ADI/1370.1 Message Board Post: You might contact the Opp News oppnews@alaweb.net or call (334)493-3595. They might just have one on file. Back years ago they published a paper that had alot of old pics in it.

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/RS.2ADI/1373 Message Board Post: I am looking for anyone with this last name or any connections to them. all were from the Opp and Andalusia area. have lots of information on them just trying to add the new family members. thanks for any replies.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ALLEN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RS.2ADI/1372 Message Board Post: Hello list members, I am searching for descendants of Willis ALLEN, Sr."MU"(my gg/gf). If you are out there, let me here from you. I am up dating the family tree. Thank you for any help...Andy Descendants of Willis ALLEN, Sr."MU", 12 Apr 2004 1. Willis ALLEN, Sr."MU", b. 1833-AL;d.1900-Pike CO., AL SP: Easter,Estha RAMBOLD RAMBO, b. 1833-SC;m.1848 2. Andrew ALLEN "MU", b. 1850-Pike CO., AL SP: Emily LOVEJOY, b. 1853-Pike CO.,AL;m.1873 3. Anna ALLEN, b. 1874-Pike CO., AL 3. William S. ALLEN, b. 1876-Pike CO., AL 3. John W. ALLEN, b. 1878-Pike CO., AL SP: Mrs. Josephine ALLEN, b. 1875-Crenshaw CO.,AL., m. 1900 3. Mabel ALLEN, b. 1881-Pike CO., AL 3. Edward ALLEN, b. 1884-Pike CO., AL SP: Loretta STEWARD, b. 1894-Crenshaw CO.,AL;m.1913;d.1976-Luverne,Crenshaw, AL 3. Walter W. Sr. ALLEN, b. 1886-Pike CO.,AL;d.1971-Luverne,Crenshaw, AL SP: Mrs. Laura Allen , b. 1885-Pike CO.,AL;m.1900 SP: Leona BARBER, b. 1892-Pike CO.,AL;m.1912 3. Luke ALLEN, b. 1888-Pike CO., AL SP: Mrs. Jammie L. Allen, b. 1890-AL;m.1909 3. Sylvester ALLEN "MU", b. 1889-Pike CO., AL SP: Minnie Belle BARBER, b. 1887-Pike CO.,AL;m.1908 3. Howard ALLEN "MU", b. 1894-Pike CO.,AL;d.1973-Luverne,Crenshaw, AL SP: Beulah May KOLB, b. 1893-Pike CO.,AL;m.1918;d.1976-Luverne,Crenshaw, AL 3. Pink ALLEN, b. 1898-Pike CO., AL 3. Josephine ALLEN, b. 1900-Pike CO., AL 2. Allen ALLEN "MU", b. 1852-Pike CO., AL SP: Louvena GORDEN, b. 1860-GA;m.1876 3. Bibb R. ALLEN "MU", b.1881-Pike CO., AL SP: Mrs. Lena Allen , b. 1882-Pike CO.,AL;m.1906;d.1980-Luverne,Crenshaw, AL 3. Lily M. ALLEN, b. 1883-Pike CO., AL 3. Glennie A. ALLEN, b. 1885-Pike CO., AL 3. Fred Parker ALLEN, b. 1889-Pike CO.,AL;d.1976-Luverne,Crenshaw, AL 3. Pearl V. ALLEN, b. 1891-Pike CO., AL 3. Andrew S. ALLEN, b. 1893-Pike CO.,AL;d.1978-Naoma,RALeigh,Wv 3. Isham E. ALLEN, b. 1895-Pike CO.,AL;d.1972-Pike CO., AL 3. Joseph H. ALLEN "MU", b. 1900-Pike CO., AL 3. Halsey ALLEN, b. 1902-Pike CO., AL SP: Mrs. Elizabeth Allen , b. 1857-GA;m.1878 3. Hubbard ALLEN, b. 1879-Pike CO., AL 2. William ALLEN "MU", b. 1854-Pike CO., AL SP: Anna GAMBLE, b. 1862-Pike CO.,AL;m.1879 3. Jonas ALLEN "MU", b. 1880-Pike CO., AL SP: Mrs. Lilla Allen "MU", b. 1884-Pike CO.,AL;m.1901 2. Mary ALLEN "MU", b. 1856-Pike CO., AL SP: UNKNOWN 3. Monk ALLEN, b. 1876-Pike CO., AL 2. Eliza ALLEN "MU", b. 1858-Pike CO., . AL.;d.1910-Luverne,Crenshaw,AL. SP: Willis JACKSON, b. 1852-AL;m.1876;d.1920-Luverne,Crenshaw,AL. 3. Dora Frances JACKSON, b. 1877-Pike CO.,AL;d.1907-Luverne,Crenshaw, AL SP: William LONG MU, b. 1874-Luverne,Crenshaw,AL;m.1894 3. Nancy A. JACKSON, b. 1880-Crenshaw CO., AL 3. Shelly JACKSON, b. 1882-Crenshaw CO., AL 3. Oscar JACKSON, b. 1884-Crenshaw CO.,AL;d.1970-Centreville, AL SP: Mrs. Irene Jackson , b. 1888-Luverne,Crenshaw,AL;m.1905 SP: Bertha Lee MINEARD, b. 1882-Crenshaw CO., AL 3. Clemmie M. JACKSON "Clem", b. 1886-Crenshaw CO.,AL;d.1933-Jefferson CO., AL SP: Ada MCMILLAN "MU", b. 1887-Crenshaw CO.,AL;m.1907 3. William JACKSON, b. 1887-Crenshaw CO., . AL.;d.1917-Crenshaw CO., . AL. SP: Anna Lee TISDALE, b. 1887-Luverne,Crenshaw,AL., m. 1905;d.1932-Florala,Covington,AL. 3. Victorea JACKSON, b. 1890-Luverne,Crenshaw,AL;d.1939-Jefferson CO., AL SP: Jackson MOORE, b. 1884-Luverne,Crenshaw,AL;m.1907;d.1970-Birmingham, AL 3. Gussie JACKSON, b. 1891-Luverne,Crenshaw, AL SP: Charley BLUE, b. 1894-Luverne,Crenshaw,AL;m.1912 3. Lougina JACKSON, b.1894-Luverne,Crenshaw, AL 3. Gertrude JACKSON, b. 1895-Luverne,Crenshaw,AL;d.1958-Montgomery, AL SP: Alex "Albert" COWART, b. 1896-Troy,AL;m.1915;d.1973-Gary,IN 2. Martha ALLEN "MU", b. 1862-Pike CO., AL 2. Willis ALLEN, Jr."MU", b. 1864-Pike CO., AL SP: Mary J. PROVITT, b. 1863-Crenshaw CO.,AL;m.1884 3. Kate E. ALLEN, b. 1884-Pike CO., AL 3. Arnie C. ALLEN, b. 1885-Pike CO., AL 3. Sallie O. ALLEN, b. 1887-Pike CO., AL 3. Elizabeth Anna ALLEN, b. 1891-Pike CO., AL 3. Mannie E. ALLEN, b. 1894-Pike CO., AL 3. James Extra ALLEN, b. 1895-Pike CO., AL SP: Mrs. Eva L. ALLEN, b. 1899-Pike CO.,AL. 2. Stephen ALLEN, b.1866-Pike CO., AL 2. Laura ALLEN, b. 1867-Pike CO.,AL. 2. Samuel ALLEN "MU", b. 1868-Pike CO., AL 2. Darrel Frank ALLEN, b.1869-Pike CO., AL SP: Annie OLIVER "MU", b. 1873-Luverne,Crenshaw,AL;m.1889 3. Jefferson ALLEN, b. 1891-Pike CO., AL SP: Mattie MARTIN, b. 1890-Crenshaw CO.,AL;m.1908 3. Fannie ALLEN, b. 1893-Pike CO., AL 3. Darcus Darkis ALLEN, b. 1896-Luverne,Crenshaw, AL 2. David F. ALLEN, b. 1871-Pike CO., AL 2. Henry A. ALLEN "MU", b. 1872-Pike CO., AL SP: Mrs. Abbie Jane , b. 1871-Pike CO.,AL;m.1890 3. Allie M. ALLEN, b. 1891-Pike CO., AL SP: Anderson THOMAS, b. 1893-Crenshaw CO.,AL., m. 1927 3. Clara M. ALLEN, b. 1892-Pike CO., AL 3. Lela Pearl ALLEN, b. 1895-Pike CO., AL 3. Samuel ALLEN, b. 1896-Pike CO., AL 3. Willie Lula ALLEN, b. 1899-Pike CO., AL SP: Henry GRAHAM, b. 1893-Crenshaw CO.,AL;m.1919 3. Homer ALLEN, b. 1901-Pike CO., AL SP: Lula THOMAS, b. 1904-Pike CO.,AL;m.1922 3. Johnie Mae ALLEN, b. 1903-Pike CO., AL SP: Grady BRYANT, b. 1900-Pike CO.,AL;m.1936 3. Anna Liza ALLEN, b. 1905-Pike CO.,AL;d.1982-Troy,Pike, AL SP: James BERRY, b. 1903-Pike CO.,AL;m.1924 3. Henry Jr. ALLEN, b. 1920-Crenshaw CO., AL 2. Clara M. ALLEN "MU", b. 1874-Pike CO., AL 2. Oliver ALLEN "MU", b. 1879-Pike CO., AL SP: Mrs. Henrietta Allen , b. 1875-Pike CO.,AL;m.1900 3. Henry W. ALLEN, b. 1903-Pike CO., AL SP: Mrs. Lydia Mae Allen , b. 1903-Crenshaw CO.,AL;m.1923;d.1993-Luverne,Crenshaw, AL 3. Georgiana A. ALLEN, b. 1904-Pike CO.,AL;d.1984-Crenshaw CO.,AL. 3. Marie A. ALLEN, b. 1911-Pike CO., AL 3. Rebecca ALLEN, b. 1913-Pike CO., AL 2. Daniel ALLEN, b. 1883-Pike CO., AL SP: Jammie OLIVER, b. 1888-Pike CO.,AL;m.1908 3. Ruthie B. ALLEN, b. 1911-Crenshaw CO.,AL. 3. Eunice ALLEN, b. 1913-Crenshaw CO.,AL. 3. Alvin ALLEN, b. 1920-Crenshaw CO.,AL. 3. Mable ALLEN, b. 1922-Crenshaw CO.,AL. 3. Helen ALLEN, b. 1924-Crenshaw CO.,AL. 3. Ruby Lee ALLEN, b. 1928-Crenshaw CO.,AL.

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/RS.2ADI/1371.1 Message Board Post: Glyn, you might want to get a copy of the Heritage of Covington County--there are several sections in the FAMILY PAGES on ADAMS; however, after looking at the Covington County Census records for 1850, 1860 & 1866, I see some discrepancies with the names in the articles in the Heritage Book. Maybe these family members have more access to family records than there are on the census records. The Library here in Evergreen does have an extensive amount of info on Covington County, including Land Sales & Grants, Census, Marriage, etc Records. You might could contact The Andalusia Star News and ask about the Genealogy Column that Curtis does--he's covered alot of the family lines there in Covington County. I did find on page 456 of "Original Land Sales & Grants in Covington Co." by Wyley D. Ward a land grant for a David F. ADAMS, S26 T4 R18 dated 10/29/55. However, if that was your DAVID, he would have been about 18 years old at the time of this land grant sale. From what I've gath! ered from the Heritage book articles, there is a DAVID ADAMS, SR as well, so we may be seeing his name too. Good Luck.

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Jordan, Fowlers,Ashers Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/RS.2ADI/438.441.449.1.2 Message Board Post: Sorry the names I am searching for is Robert C.Jordan, or Sheperds. Cazi or Casi is on my mothers side which are ashers, Fowlers from Gasonaid co,ashers from Licking mo

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: cazi,casi,Jordan,Asher Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/RS.2ADI/438.441.449.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I have no idea where the Henry come in at but my grandfathers name was Robert C.Jordan married to Virginia m.cazi or casi from Ill.I don't know any and I mean any of my grandfathers family. Ellen

1867 voter lists gave slaves' last names http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1081847818306640.xml Birmingham News 1867 voter lists gave slaves' last names 04/13/04 DAVID WHITE News staff writer MONTGOMERY - In faded black ink etched on yellowed paper, cursive handwriting records the names of about 100,000 blacks and 60,000 whites who registered to vote in Alabama in 1867, two years after the Civil War. The names are listed in county-by-county books kept for decades in the Capitol basement and now stored nearby in the state archives building. The registration books, many of them two feet wide and three feet tall, are some of the earliest listings of the last names of black men in Alabama who had been slaves just a few years before and hadn't had last names. State archivists are photographing book pages and typing names and other information from them into a computer database. The work may take two years to finish, said Tracey Berezansky, assistant director for government records at the archives. But she said information for Winston and Wilcox counties should be available online within a few months at www.archives.state.al.us, the Internet home page of the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Information from other counties will follow. Archives Director Ed Bridges predicts the online listings from the books will be a boon to genealogists, especially people whose ancestors were slaves. "This is during the period when those who didn't have a legal last name were choosing for themselves their last names," Bridges said. "It'll reflect the population of the state as the state settled out again after the Civil War." Gained right to vote: The registration books commemorate when blacks in Alabama gained the right to vote, a right imposed on a defeated, one-time Confederate state by occupying Union troops who enforced laws passed by the U.S. Congress. In Pike County, the people who registered to vote in 1867 included S.H. Williams, Thomas Walton, Joseph Wilson and other whites as well as Sip Smith, Jim Weed, Holland Williams, Friday White, Moses Wynn and other blacks. Women couldn't vote, but any man 21 or older who had lived in Alabama for at least 12 months could qualify regardless of property ownership or military service. A few decades later, Alabama's Constitution of 1901 imposed property, literacy and poll tax requirements that greatly restricted voting by blacks and poor whites. Besides the name, county, precinct and election district of each man who qualified to vote, the registration books list the number of the loyalty oath that each man, white or black, had to take before he could register. Federal law barred from voting anyone who was a legislator, member of Congress, judge or other officeholder before the Civil War who then "engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the United States." Everyone else, before they could vote, had to sign an oath to "faithfully support the Constitution and obey the laws of the United States." Those county-by-county oath books also are kept at the archives. Many men in 1867 were illiterate and marked the oaths with an X. Registrars signed their names by their marks. Bob Booth, a black man, on Aug. 5, 1867, made his mark on oath number 2174, recorded on page 87 of the third oath book for the second precinct of Autauga County. Joseph Basill, a white man, made his mark the same day on oath number 2198, recorded on page 99 of the same book. Michael Fitzgerald, a historian of the Reconstruction era that followed the Civil War, said putting the registration information online should be a big help to historians, but especially to people tracing their family histories. "For people who are trying to find their ancestors, especially, I expect, for African-Americans, this would be one of the first places you would find names of individuals," said Fitzgerald, who teaches at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn. He said blacks weren't listed by name in any U.S. census through 1860 unless they were free. "You run into a brick wall in terms of trying to trace ancestors, with slavery," Fitzgerald said. Most blacks were slaves: Some free blacks, who had first and last names, did live in Alabama before the Civil War, especially in Mobile County, but slaves far outnumbered free blacks. Fitzgerald said slaves had little use for a last name because they had few rights. Slaves under Alabama law could not enter into contracts, lend money, own a horse or dog, buy liquor or leave a plantation without a written pass, according to the 1994 book "Alabama: The History of a Deep South State." But when ex-slaves after the Civil War gained full rights as U.S. citizens under federal law, Fitzgerald said, they often took the last names of former masters, or took famous last names such as Jefferson or Lincoln. "What happened at the end of the war, suddenly people had to have a legal last name," Fitzgerald said. "And they ran out and picked one." Information from other counties down the alphabet will also go online as it is typed in and proofed, Berezansky said. Once the names are online, people will be able to click on a name and see the image of each listing from its registration book. People will be able to search for a person by last name and home county. Archives library technician Dianne Jackson is slowly but surely typing voter information into the database, among her other jobs. She said the Spencerian handwriting common in America in the 1860s is generally easy for her to read, except that M sometimes looks like W, and a lower-case s sometimes looks like ee or oo. A question mark: If she can't clearly identify a letter, even after using a Spencerian script guide, Jackson said she puts a question mark by the word. "You really have to concentrate on what you're looking at," she said. "We do quite a bit of question marks." The 1867 database will join several others already available online at the archives home page, under "Search our databases." They include a list of the roughly 2,000 Alabamians who died in service during World War I. Computer users may search for a person by last name, branch of service, military unit, race, hometown and county. Another database lists Alabamians who fought in the Civil War. The listing so far includes 106,000 entries on veterans whose last names began with A through K. Some people have more than one entry. Finishing the Civil War database likely will take several more years, archives officials said. Computer users may search for a Civil War veteran by last name, branch of service, regiment or company. Some listings include the person's rank, battle history and dates of service.

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/RS.2ADI/1371 Message Board Post: I am still looking fo any information on David Adams. According to the 1850 census, David was born in Alabama and his parents were born in Georgia. They Were John W. and Nancy Adams. In 1865, David was in Lavca County, Texas. He married Nancy Tidwell December 7, 1865. Glyn Adams

I, AM LOOKING FOR ANY INFORMATION ON THE FOLLOWING; A.W. SASSER (AMANUEL) WILLIAM SASSER B. 1877 MARRIED \ MARCH 22, 1899 COVINGTON CO.,.TO VIOLA HOBBS B. 1879 I HAVE SOME, BUT WOULD LIKE TO COMPLETE THIS FAMILY FILE ANY HELP APPRECIATED. CLAUDIA --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online by April 15th

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/RS.2ADI/827.1 Message Board Post: I am also seeking information on James Madison Smith of Covington Co. I will be glad to share what I have on him. Pauline

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/RS.2ADI/1370 Message Board Post: The old Opp post office downtown had a wood carving placed in the lobby in 1940. It was entitled "Opp". I was told recently by a staff member at the post office that the carving had been stolen. Does anyone happen to have a picture of the carving before it disappeared?? I'm trying to get pictures of artwork of this type in AL post offices before they disappear, but am too late for this one probably. Thank you. Jimmy Emerson Stevenson AL

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/RS.2ADI/1369 Message Board Post: Looking for help in searching the where abouts of our grandfather from 1913 to 1922. He is one of the twin boys of George "Wash" Nelson and Elizabeth Maddox. He was married to Beetta S. Gatlin.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Barnes Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RS.2ADI/1368 Message Board Post: Having trouble locating a copy of this page. Local library does not have it. Wondering if I could get a copy. grandpaw@comcast.net

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Mitchell, Coleman Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RS.2ADI/273.2 Message Board Post: Barb, My husband's mother is a direct descendent of Jefferson C. Mitchell and his wife, Tabitha Matilda (Mattie), through their daughter Catherine. We have been searching for information about Catherine for years and are always stopped at Jefferson C. Family lore has it that Catherine was full-blooded cherokee, however, we can't find any evidence of that. Catherine married Michael Coleman and had 2 daughters, Almeda and Clara. Clara is my husbands grandmother. She divorced Coleman before 1880 and married Thomas Judge McDade before 1885. They lived in Crestview, FL. If you have more information on this line, I would love to share. Sherrie Johnson

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Moody, Stringer Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/RS.2ADI/884.1.1.2.2.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Asa Moody and Charity Pippins married Sept 25, 1792 in Covington County, S.C. Asa died Covington Co, S.C.

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/RS.2ADI/68.334.1.1.2.3.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Bob, Do you have access to the 1820 census of Alabama? Would you please do a look up of Hugh G. Chisholm or just Hugh Chisholm... born 1823 in Alabama? His parents "may" have been Daniel A. Chisholm and Mary Allred from Montgomery County, North Carolina. His brothers "may" have been John S., Richard P., Thomas, etc. Daniel, Thomas and John are listed on the 1840 Monroe County, AL census. Richard P. and Hugh are not... BUT on the Bureau of Land Management, it shows: CHISHOLM, DANIEL AL Monroe 10/15/1835 Cahaba 20678 AL0540__.360 CHISHOLM, HUGH G AL Monroe 10/15/1835 Cahaba 20679 AL0540__.361 CHISHOLM, HUGH G AL Monroe 10/15/1835 Cahaba 20680 AL0540__.362 CHISHOLM, HUGH G AL Monroe 8/10/1837 Cahaba 29635 AL1710__.233 CHISHOLM, JOHN AL Monroe 10/15/1835 Cahaba 20681 AL0540__.363 CHISHOLM, RICHARD P AL Monroe 4/10/1837 Cahaba 22275 AL0570__. I just have been unable to find Hugh on a census except for the Escambia County, FL census in 1850. Thanks, Teresa

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hart Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RS.2ADI/1367 Message Board Post: Does anyone have any information on the history and ancestry Lon Hart who died in 1965 He lived near Yellow River on on Hwy 55.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MATTHEWS, Wyrosdick, HARTLEY, Bush, McDaniel, Adkinson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RS.2ADI/86.97.413.424 Message Board Post: Descendants of Edmond P. MATTHEWS 1 Edmond P. Matthews 1848 - 1921 +Helen Jane Wyrosdick 1862 - 1929 ..2 Augusta "Gussie" Matthews 1878 - ..2 William Albert Matthews 1887 - 1925 ...... +Gahazia "Haze" HARTLEY 1884 - 1981 ..2 Edmond Demetris Matthews ..2 Columbus "Lum" Matthews 1892 - ..2 Bert Matthews 1894 - 1964 ..2 Clinton C. Matthews 1897 - 1971 ...... +Bama Dee McDaniel 1901 - 1988 ..2 Thelma Matthews ..2 Ruth Matthews ..2 Unknown Matthews ...... +Unknown Bush ---------------------------- I do not research WYROSDICK, but have an interest in the MATTHEWS family or families of the Butler, Covington, Conecuh Co. area. Gahaza HARTLEY above was my grandmother's sister. She married William A. Matthews about 1906. The surname MATTHEWS connects to my Hartley, Morris, Lee, and Peavy research. I got the names in the info above about three years ago from Voncile MATTHEWS CROSS PEAVY (now deceased), who was in her 90's at the time I spoke to her. She was my father's first cousin and was the daughter of Gahazia Hartley and Wm. A. Matthews above. Voncile told me that her brother Thomas Albert MATTHEWS (who died as an infant) was buried at Long Branch Cemetery. I found on line the listing of Long Branch Cemetery at Cohassett (done by Ruth Hester and posted on Robert Gibson and Charles Lee's website) and found some of Wm. A. Matthews' family buried there. William, Haze, and Voncile Matthews are buried at Bushfield Cemetery. I have not found the parents of Edmond Matthews. I do not know if he is related to any of the other Matthews families connected to my research. I found one Edmond Matthews (living in HH with parents and siblings) in Dale Co., Alabama in 1870 who is the right age to be this one born in 1848, but don't know if he is the same one. I believe I found Edmond Matthews (above) in the 1880 and 1920 censuses (See below). 1880 Conecuh Co. Census Jamestown Precinct Edmond _.? MATHEWS 31 <1849> Alabama Self Married White Male Jane H. MATHEWS 19 <1861> Alabama Wife Married White Female Auguster MATHEWS 2 <1878> Alabama Dau Single White Female --------------------- 1920 Covington Co. Alabama East Street Andalusia Town Precinct 1 ED 49 St. 31 A 655/670 MATHEWS, Edward 71 Ala. SC Ala. Jane 59 Columbus 28 laborer ----------------------- Let me know if you can fill in any blanks.