This is being forwarded from the message boards. If you can help, please reply to johnlyon7654@msn.com or to http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HS.2ADE/378 THANKS! Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: <johnlyon7654@msn.com> To: <ALLAUDER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 8:30 PM Subject: Isaac Newton "Newt" Gresham-1999 Inquiry > 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/HS.2ADE/378 > > Message Board Post: > > To All: I am posting an inquiry I made to an e-mail that bounced and am hoping to connect with anyone to see if I am on the right path......I am currently not subscribed to the LAUDERDALE MAIL-LIST, so I would appreciate a private e-mail and if you are inclined, you can post publicly also to get the info OUT THERE!. > > Hi Peggy---I was wondering if anyone ever responded to you inquiry (below) concerning Newt Gresham's place of birth. I believe I have found his family in Lauderdale Co., AL. His father being Henry Gresham (and various spellings) and his mother was Narcissa R. Wilcoxin. It appears this family traveled to Hood Co., TX between 1858-1863 (probably after the Civil War). > After Narcissa Wilcoxin-Gresham died, Henry Gresham married my widowed 2nd grgrmother, interestingly named NARCISSA also (Narcissa Luton-Hall-Gresham). > If you would like to correspond, I am willing to share my info in exchange for anything you are willing to exchange. > Looking forward to hearing from you---Sincerely, > Patricia Walker Lyon > ---------------- > ORIGINAL INQUIRY: > > > Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 19:48:36 -0500 > From: Wayne & Peggy Horton <wphor@ccape.net> > To: ALLAUDER-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <3818EEE3.FBE15789@ccape.net> > Subject: [ALLAUDER] ISAAC NEWTON GRESHAM > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > I have some information to share and also a question. > > We were at the Lone Star Cemetery near Point, Rains County, Texas, yesterday and saw a > Texas Historical Marker and a tall headstone for ISAAC NEWTON GRESHAM, b. Feb. 28, 1858, > (on headstone; marker had Feb. 20, 1858); d. April 10, 1906. The marker was in memory of > his founding the Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union of America and stated that he > had been a native of ALABAMA. There was also another marker at the foot, dedicated "to > the memory of its illustrious founder on the 50th anniversary of the Farmers Educational > and Cooperative Union of America". The tree-trunk shaped headstone also had a Woodmen of > the World insignia at the top. > > As I am a NEWTON descendant, I am curious if ISAAC NEWTON GRESHAM was related to the > NEWTONs of Lauderdale County or Lawrence County, Tn. Does anyone know? > > Peggy Horton > Marshall, Tx. > > ______________________________ > ------------------------------ > > > > >