Linda Leiby: What are your Abel, Clayton and McHenry connections? Have we corresponded previously? My paternal grandmother was Julia Victoria Abel, d/o John Wallace Abel and Rebecca Ann Morgan Abel, married Thomas Lando Gurley. John Wallace Abel was s/o Moses W. Abel and Elizabeth "Betsey" McHenry. Please write me direct. Dennis Gurley dlgjmk@bellsouth.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Lieby" <gensolutions@charter.net> To: <alcullma@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 7:06 PM Subject: Re: [ALCULLMA] Tidmore, Garren, Abel, Griffith, Clayton, McHenryy,Ratliff, Sutton, Spencer... Families > OOPS! I apologize to the list! These last four emails contained > attachments that apparently did not get through the list. > > James Pilkinton- I am trying to send you John Lanning's Revolutionary War > pension file but it did not go through. Will you please email me > privately > and give me your email address or your snail mail address and I will get > these to you. Thanks so much!!! > > Linda Lieby > > -----Original Message----- > From: alcullma-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:alcullma-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Linda Lieby > Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 3:50 PM > To: alcullma@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ALCULLMA] Tidmore, Garren, Abel, Griffith, Clayton, > McHenryy,Ratliff, Sutton, Spencer... Families > > > part 4 of 4 > > Let me know if you are missing any pages and I will resend them. Have a > GREAT day! > > Linda > > -----Original Message----- > From: alcullma-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:alcullma-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of James Pilkinton > Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 4:10 AM > To: alcullma@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ALCULLMA] Tidmore, Garren, Abel, Griffith, Clayton, > McHenryy,Ratliff, Sutton, Spencer... Families > > > Thanks for replying. Yes that is me on the net. My gr-great grandmother > was > Nancy Garren Speegle - your Tom Garren's sister. I knew that Absolom's > wife > was Winifred Sutton, but the Sitton part is my speculation so far - I > really > don't have any proof on her side. I have seen the Town Crier and have > enjoyed it very much. I do not believe I have the Lanning Revolutionary > file. Thanks again - Jim > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Linda Lieby" <gensolutions@charter.net> > To: <alcullma@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 11:04 PM > Subject: Re: [ALCULLMA] Tidmore, Garren, Abel, Griffith, Clayton, > McHenryy,Ratliff, Sutton, Spencer... Families > > >> Jim- >> >> Hey Cousin! I'm so glad you replied! How do you fit into the family? I >> found Pinkerton, but not Pilkinton. I just checked rootsweb- are you the >> James Pilkinton who has submitted under the heading: >> Pilkinton/Pinkleton/Pilkilton Families of NC,TN, IL, TX and related >> branches >> (Bates, Inman, Renfro, Speegle,Thompson, more)? If you are I will look >> on >> your site and see what you have already so I don't duplicate too much. >> The >> Suttons (Sittons), Whitakers, Reeds, Garrens, et al... are others of my >> favorite lines. You really learn to love these people the more you learn >> of >> them. From what I have learned, these were really good people. >> >> Have you gone back to the Whitakers, Lannings, Fouts, Digges, etc... If >> you >> are the same James Pilkinton then I see that you have! Very >> Impressive!!! >> Thank you for all your hard work and extensive documentation!!!! I'll >> contribute all that I can! >> >> There is a lot of information on them since they were originally Quakers >> (although I have to admit that I haven't done as much research as >> possible >> on them- yet! ) In Fairview, Buncombe, North Carolina there is a cousin >> of >> ours; Bruce Whitaker. He writes the history section for the "Fairview >> Town >> Crier". He is sooo nice and knows so much about that part of our family. >> I'll send you the link and you can check it out. >> >> http://www.fairviewcommunity.com/towncrier/ >> >> Look under "Days Gone By" and you will find quite a few of our family >> stories. There are some that are quite poignant. I loved it! Bruce gave >> me >> permission to use his stories in my database (as long as I attribute them >> to >> him). I'm sure he'll give you permission also if you want to use them. >> Like I said, he is really nice. >> >> Do you have John Lannings revolutionary war file? I can send you that if >> you don't. I'm in the process of documenting all my families right now. >> As >> I work on these lines I'll send you what I find. You may already have >> most >> of it, but you never know. >> >> Again- thank you for responding. I look forward to working with you! >> Have >> a >> GREAT day!!!! >> >> Linda Lieby >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: alcullma-bounces@rootsweb.com >> [mailto:alcullma-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of James Pilkinton >> Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 3:31 PM >> To: alcullma@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [ALCULLMA] Tidmore, Garren, Abel, Griffith, Clayton, >> McHenryy,Ratliff, Sutton, Spencer... Families >> >> >> Hello Cousin. I am sorry that I have no information for your Tidmore >> line, >> however I am related to your Garren and Sutton lines and would love to >> correspond with you concerning those. Thanks, Jim Pilkinton >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Linda Lieby" <gensolutions@charter.net> >> To: <ALCULLMA@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 5:47 PM >> Subject: [ALCULLMA] Tidmore, Garren, Abel, Griffith, Clayton, >> McHenryy,Ratliff, Sutton, Spencer... Families >> >> >>>I just joined this list and am wondering if I have any cousins out there. >>> >>> My grandmother was Mary Jane TIDMORE, daughter of William (?) TIDMORE >>> and >>> Ethel ABEL. Mary Jane was born 1920 in Nectar, Blount County. >>> >>> Ethel ABEL is the daughter of Moses ABEL and Leatha GARREN; both died in >>> Nectar. >>> >>> Moses ABEL is the son of Robert McHenry ABEL and Susan CLAYTON. >>> >>> Robert McHenry ABEL is the son of Moses ABEL and Elizabeth MCHENRY. >>> >>> Susan CLAYTON is the daughter of Littleberry CLAYTON and Sarah RATLIFF. >>> >>> Leatha GARREN is the daughter of Thomas Burgen GARREN and Mary GRIFFITH. >>> >>> Thomas Burgen GARREN is the son of Absolom GARREN and Winifred SUTTON. >>> >>> Mary GRIFFITH is the daughter of John Wiles (Wiley) GRIFFITH and Hannah >>> M. >>> SPENCER. >>> >>> I have more on these lines and would love to trade information with any >>> of >>> you!!! If you have any corrections, I'd love those also! >>> >>> I'm looking for information on my TIDMORE line as I am trying to either >>> prove or dispel the story I have been told. I really know nothing of my >>> particular TIDMORE line- although I have done extensive research on the >>> TIDMORE family in general and am in the process of entering the >>> documentation I've found so far. Please let me know if you're >>> interested >>> and I'll be happy to share the census and other information I've been >>> able >>> to gather. >>> >>> My grandmother, Mary Jane TIDMORE, died in 1966 and her mother, Ethel >>> ABEL, >>> died in 1984 so my sources for information are limited to those who >>> might >>> have known them or the family. From what I've been told, my grandmother >>> didn't really know her father. We were told that his name was William >>> TIDMORE and he apparently died either right before her birth or shortly >>> thereafter. I can find no records for a marriage for Ethel and William >>> (assuming they were married). I can't find a death record in that time >>> frame for William either. We were told that his family owned a sawmill >>> or >>> logging company and that he was killed in a logging accident. I've been >>> comparing census records from 1900 to 1920 to see if I can find any >>> dissappearing William's, but I have found nothing yet. (I just began >>> this >>> project). >>> >>> I was told by Mary Jane's half-sister that after William died, the >>> TIDMORE >>> grandparents offered to care for Mary Jane, but Ethel refused. Instead, >>> she >>> answered a classified ad and ran off to San Francisco where she married >>> a >>> man named John Charles SCHNELL. Mary Jane was raised as a SCHNELL and I >>> don't believe she ever was able to meet her TIDMORE side of the family, >>> which is unfortunate. In doing the research I have and from the online >>> relationships I have developed, I have come to really love this line! >>> >>> Does anyone know a TIDMORE family that was involved in the LOGGING >>> industry >>> around 1920, possibly located in or around Blount County? I know there >>> were >>> some TIDMORE's in Hanceville that operated a COAL mining industry of >>> some >>> kind (TIDMORE COAL), but the name of the company and an old newspaper ad >>> is >>> all I have on them. I wonder if my aunt might have confused the story >>> and >>> it might have been a coal mining accident instead. (Or perhaps my >>> great-grandmother didn't want the truth to be known so my grandmother >>> wouldn't try to find her father. She has been known to be a little >>> impetuous- but I love her anyway!) >>> >>> I do have more on some of the other lines (especially SUTTON and GARREN) >>> that I would love to share/compare with any cousins. I look forward to >>> hearing from you all. >>> >>> Have a GREAT day!!! >>> >>> Linda Lieby >>> >>> >>> >>> I am administrator of this list on a volunteer basis. I will attend to >>> problems as soon as possible. >>> Jayne Holland >>> you can email me at >>> jholland "at" coralwave.com >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> ALCULLMA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> I am administrator of this list on a volunteer basis. I will attend to >> problems as soon as possible. >> Jayne Holland >> you can email me at >> jholland "at" coralwave.com >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ALCULLMA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> I am administrator of this list on a volunteer basis. 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