I am interested in the Schrimshers that are buried in the Fowlkes Cemetery. There is: Eddie born Aug 16, 1887 - died Oct 1904 William L. born July 1891, died Jan 24, 1892 L.J. born Sept 22, 1903 - died Dec 1904 I would appreciate any information on these Schrimshers. Peggy Nerren Grisamore PEKIPAN@aol.com

I am interested in the Schrimshers that are buried in the Fowlkes Cemetery. There is: Eddie born Aug 16, 1887 - died Oct 1904 William L. born July 1891, died Jan 24, 1892 L.J. born Sept 22, 1903 - died Dec 1904 I would appreciate any information on these Schrimshers. Peggy Nerren Grisamore PEKIPAN@aol.com

Got back on line after a power surge took my computer down- it has a surger, too. Have lost everyone's addresses so am sending this to the researcher who is looking for the McMullen ancestry. I found this the other day: John McMullen b. 1785-1853; mar. a widow w/two children Ester E. Cummings; founder of the Irish colony in Tx.; murdered by unknown assassin Jan. 20,1853; bur. in the San Fernando Cathedral Cemetery in San Antonio, Tx. Hope this helps some way, Mary MILLICAN, HOWARD, GAY, BUNCH, BARNES, PARIS, MASSEY, HATFIELD, SCOTT, HEWLETT

I have never send there but have had trouble with Greene County, TN. I am a member of RAGK. Random acts of Genealogical Kindness.com . This is a group that helps out.

I sent to Madison County Probate a request for a copy of Will/estate settlement on my ancestor. They turned my letter over to someone who said she was an independant abstractor and she said that she charges $25 an hour + $1.00 a page and estimates that it will cost me $35.00. Alot of us would like to make $25 an hour. How come someone is allowed to charge that much ? Why is she estimating instead of telling me exactly how many pages there are ? She said that the papers were not located at the courthouse, I guess meaning they are located at the Madison County Records Center at the Huntsville Library. She didn't do her homework again. I had called there first and was told that the records were missing from my ancestor's file and I would have to send to the courthouse so they could copy his estate records out of the old books. I sent them his case #. Have any of you had problems like this when sending for probate records at the Madison County Courthouse ? Jane Vining

Please join us Monday night for a statewide genealogy chat for ALABAMA (all counties included): http://huntsville.about.com/mpchat.htm 9 pm Eastern; 8 pm Central; 7 pm Mt.; Pacific 6 pm If you're researching Alabama ancestors, please come and share your surnames, hints, and lookups. Everyone welcome! If you can't attend the chat, you can see the transcript at http://huntsville.about.com/library/blalchat.htm If you've never been in a chat room before or would like to be put on a chat reminder list, just send me an email. Hope to see you Monday! Jean Brandau huntsville2@comcast.net

GENEAHOLICS' SPOUSES GO TO THE DOGS by H. David Morrow Much has been written lately about the tragedy of addiction to genealogy. While one must pity those afflicted with this malady, their own disorientation pales when compared to that of those who must live with geneaholics. The geneaholic can seek counseling, can join a support group (often called a Society), and may soon even be able to get into a 12-step program. There is none of this for the spouse of a geneaholic. Night after night, male spouses must endure cold dinners, if there are any at all. They must do their own washing in order to have enough underwear to wear to work. Their beds are only rarely made and the sheets changed only when threadbare. If the spouse is older and has to make in-the-dark trips to the bathroom during the night, he or she must step carefully so as not to kick over a pile of papers. The real danger is slipping on a single piece of paper and breaking a hip. The spouse must endure interruptions of sporting events on TV in order to hear about the discovery of a relative who was "not in my direct line, but a sister of the cousin of the sixth child of my great-great-great-grandmother's third husband." Further, spouses are supposed to administer back rubs when the geneaholic has spent far too much time sitting in front of a keyboard and monitor. Spouses are also supposed to fix computer glitches that may arise from downloading megabytes of "relevant, relative" information. We are expected to drive to cemeteries, deliver film to and pick up pictures from the processor, make endless trips to the post office, take days off to visit obscure courthouses looking for sometimes elusive and mostly unreadable documents from the 1800s, and generally go to bed alone. There are, however, some upsides. The only real household chores I must do, besides cook my own dinner, are replace light bulbs in my wife's desk lamp and change cartridges in her printer. (We started using paper plates when the dishwasher and sink both were filled to capacity.) I haven't emptied the trash since I learned about the addiction. I get to spend quality time with my dog, who never regales me with stories about related horse thieves and murderers. I am considering starting a new organization called D.O.G.S., which stands for Despondents of Geneaholic Spouses. This is a good name because when the meeting notice comes, the mail person will think you are merely going to a group that appreciates dogs. The carrier won't, therefore, be able to inform all the neighbors that an addict lives on the block. Besides, when I don't give full attention to my wife's e-mail from a cousin she never knew she had, when I am not ecstatic over a new piece of information, and when I don't accept her invitation to spend hours in the library looking at census films, she thinks I'm a dog anyway. PERMISSION TO REPRINT articles from MISSING LINKS is granted unless stated otherwise, PROVIDED: (1) the reprint is not used for commercial purposes; and (2) this notice appears at the end of the reprint: Previously published in MISSING LINKS: Vol. 7, No. 8, 24 February 2002, and written by H. David Morrow, mailto:FuzzyGem@worldnet.att.net and http://www.petuniapress.com/ ---

In a message dated 2/24/2002 5:01:49 AM Central Standard Time, ALMADISO-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > . Could someone also send me Albin W. LIPSCOMB's date of death, > please? > Jennie, 1926 death date. Elizabeth Mason New Market, AL

Would like to correspond with someone re Josephine Eunice "Josie" BLANTON (1876-1963) and A. W. LIPSCOMB, M.D. (1873- ) of New Market. Their children: James, Charles DeKalb, William Haggard, and Virginia LIPSCOMB. Virginia died in infancy. Parents of Albin W. LIPSCOMB - Mollie WELLBORN and Dekalb LIPSCOMB, M.D., b.1816, TN. Parents of Josephine Eunice BLANTON - Ida Mourning SMITH (1854-1880, Franklin Co., TN) and Charles Edgar BLANTON, M.D. (1853, TN - 1920, AL). I have a copy of the writeup on Albin W. LIPSCOMB in History of Alabama and Her People, Vol II, pp 599+. Also, have original photos of him, Josie, and their children. A couple of years ago I was in New Market and copied info from their tombstones. However, part of that information is eluding me at present. Could someone also send me Albin W. LIPSCOMB's date of death, please? Thank you, Jennie Lee Perry Cabler

4.Case #154 Samuel B. James vs Jesse Peeble In April 1835, Samuel B. James, Jesse Peeble, Toliver B. Dawson and Jacob Vance entered into a partnership in negro trading. Woodruff Files Vol. 3 Pages 44&45 File Box M-9 1871 Sallie Maddox and Others vs. William Jordan and Others The Will of Sam Jordan filed in the case. Samuel Jordan died in 1834, testate, at his residence in the 1st District of Giles County. He left surviving his widow Elizabeth who died February 3, 1867. Samuel Jordan left six children surviving to wit: George J., Matthew M., Sarah W., Martha C., Ann H., Elizabeth who died before her father left no heirs. All of the children died before widow Elizabeth except Ann H., who married George Douglas, lived in Madison County, Alabama. Matthew M. Jordan died about 1858 leaving six children: William, Samuel, Mary J. who married A. J. Powell, Lucy Jack who also married A. J. Powell after the death of her sister Mary Jane, Wilbur F. Jordan and Hannah Virginia who married George W. Morris and George J. Jordan. Mary Jane Powell died in April 1859 leaving six children: John M., Mary M., Frances M., Robert T., and Amanda J. Powell. Wilbur F. Powell died in February 1864 leaving widow Martha E. and two children William A. and Mary H. Jordan. This family lived at West Point, Mississippi. Lucy Jack wife of A. J. Powell died in June 1877 without issue. Her husband died sometime before she did. Sarah W. Jordan married Jennings. She died before her mother. She left six children: Lucy Ann who married Samuel B. James of Corinth, Mississippi, Mary H. Mckinney wife of Phillip Mckinney of Kellys Creek, Lincoln County, Tennessee. Sarah H. married Robert Lewter lived in Giles County, Benjamin P. Jennings, Susan married Robert Stevenson, Elizabeth married Bartley Hindman. She died leaving two children John W. & Thomas L. Hindman. Elizabeth Jordan married Robert Johnson. She died leaving daughter Sarah who married W. S. Elmore Rowland of cotton Plant, Arkansas. (here maybe error--may be daughter Sarah Elmore and son Rowland) Virginia wife of John C. Berry. Mary Jordan married William Maddox. She died before her father. (not a typo-- She married Samuel Maddox. She died before her father left five children: Samuel of Holmes County, Mississippi, William Maddox, Mary and Sallie Maddox and Elizabeth wife of Ralph York of Giles County. George J. Jordan died leaving two children Thomas and Virginia wife of ----Rushing, Mary France Tunley and Paschal who was deceased. There were two others whose names were unknown. Daniel Mosley was the administrator of the estate of Elizabeth Jordan. Samuel Jordan died owning 270 acres lying on the waters of Sinking Creek adjoining the lands of Richard L. Holloway & others. Samuel Jordan also had slaves which were emancipated. Lucy J. Powell testified she was 48 years of age and resided in Colfax County, Mississippi. She gives the names of children and grandchildren of Matthew M. Jordan. Ann H. Jordan married first Jesse Peebles, second George Douglas. Virginia S. Rushing testified she was the daughter of George J. Jordan, deceased, that she and Thomas B. Jordan were the only living children of George J. Jordan. She lived in Lafayette County, Mississippi. Thomas B. Jordan resided in Shreveport, Louisiana. File Box M-9 Case 2963 Amended Bill (left off on 1st sheet, my error) continued Giles County,TN. A deed dated January 15, 182l between James Terrill and Samuel Jordan, two town lots in Elkton lying on the river and adjoining the ferry landing and designated on plan as lot #110 111. May 30, 1871--"We the undersigned heirs of the estate of Samuel Jordan, deceased, do hereby petition to the Chancery Court at Pulaski, Tennessee, to order and Decree that one acre of land be exempt from the sale of said as a family graveyard. We ask this because we do not want the graves of our relatives and friends sold and they cover nearly an acre of land now. We submit the above to your honor hoping that you will grant our request, Yours_ ______", signed by several of the heirs. Mary E. Jordan of Clay County, Mississippi and widow of Wilbur F. Jordan petitiones the court for guardianship of William A. & Mary H. Jordan her children. NOTE: Deed Book "C", page 353, Deed for 170 acres on Sinking Creek, registered December 18.1818 between George Jude Sr., of Madison County, Alabama and Samuel Jordan. This being part of a tract of 640 acres of land sold by William Lytles of Nashville to Thomas Hudson of Davidson County and Hudson sold to George Jude Sr., Deed Book "D", page372 Matthew Weaver Agent Deed to Samuel Jordan registered March 7, 1821, 150 acres of land on Sinking Creek. Land was bounded by lands of John Hawkins, John Vance, James Jones, Curtis Terry, Edward Douglas, and others which said tract of 150 acres was claimed land and held by Samuel Jordan and wife Elizabeth, Edward Douglas and wife Mary Ann, Matthew Weaver and wife Lucy, John Phillips and wife Sarah W. and George Jude Jr., as being heirs and devisies of George Jude Sr., late of Madison County, Alabama (then territory) . Note: Clara M. Parker, Frank Tate Jr., Bill Rogers, Elizabeth & Jack White went to this Cemetery in the summer of 1985. We found eight graves; Samuel & Elizabeth Jordan, Sallie & Mary Maddox, Lucy G. Hankins, E. E. & M. A. Holt and E. O. McNeely. The Cemetery was very overgrown. We thought we were very lucky not to have been snake bitten.

I have long been interested in Robert Stephenson and his wife Susan F. Stephenson of Madison County,AL. Robert Stephenson was living in Madison County,AL in 1850: Robert Stephenson age 26 b. AL. Susan F. Stephenson,age,23,b.TN James B. Stephenson,age 2 b.AL By 1860 Sarah A.E. Stephenson had been added to this family in Madison: 1860 Census of Madison Robert S. Stephenson 39 Susan F. 30 James B. 11 Sarah A.E. 9 I have not been able to identify this Robert S. Stephenson,but I have recently received information that sheds some light on his wife Susan F. Stephenson. Pauline Gandrud,a genealogist, copied courthouse records in Madison County,she mentioned a William Stephenson that must have died around 1879. His wife was a Mary Clutts and Susan F. Stephenson,wife of Robert, and a Mary Maddox of Giles County,TN. were mentioned. Gandrud referred to Susan F. Stephenson's maiden name as Jude or Douglas? It seems from information I have received that Susan F. Stephenson's maiden name was probably JENNINGS. Sarah W. Jordan married Samuel Jennings and Samuel Jennings' mother was an Elizabeth Jennings. I am going to list many names and places in hopes someone might have a clue to Robert Stephenson's connections. Sarah W. Jordan was the daughter of Samuel Jordan and his Elizebeth ____: Giles County Will Abstracts 1814 - 1900 Compiled by Clara M. Parker 1988 Jordan, Samuel--------will written 1843; In order to divide my estate fairly, I make the following legacies to two of my children and my son-in-law to make them equal with what I have formerly given to my other children. To daughter Sarah W. Jennings and her heirs negro girl Betsy. To daughter Elizabeth M. Johnson and her heirs negro girl Minerva. To son-in-law John Hankins negro girl Louisa. All the balance of my estate to be equally divided among my children that may be living and grandchildren. If wife marries she shall have half of my estate and at her death be divided among children. Executors: Thomas Batte, James Abernathy Witnesses: W. P. Richardson, George Small. Sarah W. Jordan married Samuel Jennings. She died before her mother. She left six children: Lucy Ann who married Samuel B. James of Corinth, Mississippi, Mary H. Mckinney wife of Phillip Mckinney of Kellys Creek, Lincoln County, Tennessee. Sarah H. married Robert Lewter lived in Giles County, Benjamin P. Jennings, Susan married -Robert STEVENSON, Elizabeth married Bartley Hindman. She died leaving two children John W. & Thomas L. Hindman. Elizabeth Jordan married Robert Johnson. She died leaving daughter Sarah who married W. S. Elmore Rowland of cotton Plant, Arkansas. (here maybe error--may be daughter Sarah Elmore and son Rowland) Virginia wife Elizabeth Jennings, mother of Samuel Jennings, mentions her grandaughter Susan Frances Stephenson in a will in Lincoln County,TN. Who could Robert Stephenson,husband of Susan F. Stephenson have been? My Samuel Stephenson b. 1795 in York County,South Carolina, went to Giles County,TN. before 1820. Samuel's father was Robert Stephenson and Samuel had a brother named Robert Stephenson b. 1793. The "Holt" surname is mentioned on a second email I am sending ,and my Sylvester Brown Stephenson married Mary Holt of Giles County,TN. in 1857. The last place my Samuel Stephenson was living was in Madison County,Alabama in 1860. I also know that a John Stephenson of the Fayette County,PA. Stephenson b. 1798 married Anne Steger in Madison County,AL. and went on to live in Wood County,WV. Could this Robert Stephenson be related to the Robert Stephenson who once lived in Lincoln County,Ky. and died in 1830 Limestone County,AL.,which is the next county west of Madison? I noticed at the Stephenson Forum at the Genforum that an Elizabeth Stephenson married a Jonathan Jennings and second to a Nixon. Elizabeth Stephenson was from the line of Edward Stephenson and Margaret McNeil. Nixons from Kentucky married into the family of Robert Stephenson of Lincoln County,KY. and Limestone County,AL. If anyone notices anything interesting,please let me know. Tom Stephenson

Please give some indication of when & where the death toook place. None of the names you mention are in the 1850 Alabama Mortality Schedule, but they might well be in the mortality schedule for some other census. I have only the 1850 schedulke -- in printed form and arranged by couinties. Al Hill

Where does one find a Huntsville Map, or Madison County Map? Joanne jhm12345@aol.com

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Would like any information on CL Toney or Edgar Toney approx. 1880's. Thank you. R. Smith Researching Toney/Horsley/Ragland families _________________________________________________________________ iVillage.com: Solutions for Your Life Check out the most exciting women's community on the Web http://www.ivillage.com

Does anyone have any information on George W. Sweeny or Madison Co. abt 1880. Thank you. R.Smith _________________________________________________________________ iVillage.com: Solutions for Your Life Check out the most exciting women's community on the Web http://www.ivillage.com

If anyone has access to Ala death index would you kindly lookup: Eva Halsey or Eva Bradford Adsonia Halsey (could be Adsonia Ragland or Adsonia Toney) Thank your for your help. R. Smith _________________________________________________________________ iVillage.com: Solutions for Your Life Check out the most exciting women's community on the Web http://www.ivillage.com

I have a Lowe Ave. on my Huntsville map (but I have no idea if it's the one you're speaking of - but it is the only Lowe listing). It is located in downtown Huntsville. There is not a listing for Bartes. In a message dated 2/20/02 6:02:05 AM Central Standard Time, ALMADISO-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > I found ancestors in city directory who lived at "309 Lowe" and also > "Bartes". > > Where are these located in Huntsville area? > > Thank you. > R. Smith >

I found ancestors in city directory who lived at "309 Lowe" and also "Bartes". Where are these located in Huntsville area? Thank you. R. Smith _________________________________________________________________ iVillage.com: Solutions for Your Life Check out the most exciting women's community on the Web http://www.ivillage.com