Steve....I descend from Willis Boutwell....Nancy's sister Mary M Boutwell married Elijah Fortune....They are my gg-grandparents. Do you have more information past William? If so ..Please email me cwest1@gte.net Thanks, Cheryl Cook West -----Original Message----- From: Steve Groh <stevegroh@sprynet.com> To: ALHENRY-L@rootsweb.com <ALHENRY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 5:16 PM Subject: Re: 150th ALabama Guard Unit Company F Rhine Bridge. > >> Did any of your Boutwells marry Dowlings one of my >> thirdgreatgrandfather Oates's sisters Anna M. married a Edward Dowling >(his >> Mama and Daddy were Martha Stokes and Rev. Dempsey Dowling.) his >> grandparents were John Dowling and Nancy Boutwell. Both of Jeffries Creek >> South Carolina. > >Greetings,....I'm just jumping into this conversation (pardon me), but >Dempsey and Martha are one pair of my 32 gggggrandparents. I suppose we >share a few genes. Just wanted to say "hello" to another distant cousin. - >Steve Groh > > > > >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <Keithflk@aol.com> >> To: <ALHENRY-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 5:59 AM >> Subject: Re: 150th ALabama Guard Unit Company F Rhine Bridge. >> >> >> > Dear Le, >> > >> > I happen to have in front of me a picture that names the Engineer Groups >> that >> > constructed the Railroad Bridge accross the Rhine at Mainz. It is a >> picture >> > taken at the dedication of the Bridge which was completed in 9 1/2 days, >> bridg >> > e length- overall 4,502 ft, span 2.221 ft. This is the bridge >that >> got >> > our troops to badly need oil and supplies. The picture belongs to my >> father >> > who mobilized with Co. E, 106th Engineers, 31st Dixie Division,of >> > Apalachicola, Florida. Soon after he was sent to Officers Candidate >> School >> > and ended up withe the 389 Eng. Gs Regt. I am afraid it is not proper >to >> > insert the picture into a maillist document. >> > There are two signs on the bridge, one gives statistics, the second >gives >> > >> > CONSTRUCTED BY >> > ADV. SEC. >> > ENGINEER GROUP "B" >> > 347 Eng. G.S. Regt. | 417 Eng. D.T. Co. >> > 389 Eng. G.S, Regt. | 3063 Eng. D.T. Co. >> > 333 Eng. Spc. Ser. Rgt. | 3088 Eng. Wld. Det. >> > 1057 Eng. PC.R. Grp. | 975 Eng. Main Co. >> > 329 H. C. Co. | 1995 Labor Supv. Co. >> > >> > . >> > >> > >> > Incidently, I am searching for KEITH, DIXON HEWLETT/HUELLET BOUTWELL, >> LOPER, >> > PIPPIN, and JAMES, families in central and southern Alabama, Florida, >> > Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina. >> > >> > Frances >> > >> > >> >> __________________________________________ >> NetZero - Defenders of the Free World >> Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at >> http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html >> >