I wish to hear from any of the Pickard family that are descended from John Pickard and Susan Edwards; The John and Susan Pickard family lived in Cass County, Ga;, they went to Marion Co:, Ala. some time in the 1850's to work in a thread factory. The factory was established by Mel Allen. The settlement and neighborhood was known as Allen's Factory. Here the first Pickard and King families were buried. This cemetery is described in CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS OF MARION CO., ALA. Vol I. By 1860, John and Susan were living in Marion Co., Ala. John and Susan remained there until their deaths; They are buried in the old Allen's Factory Cemetery. Some of the children with descendants' in this area were; Henry Duncan 'Dunk' Pickard who married Mollie Caroline King John Richard 'Dick' Pickard who married 3 times 1st to Elizabeth who died by 1870. 2nd to ElRutha S. McCollough and 3rd to Ida E. Adkins Mary Margaret A. Pickard who married Dennis Miller Charlotte Tabitha Pickard married William Pruitt/Prewit Underwood from Marion Co., Ala. they moved to Texas in the 1880's Malone Emiline PICKARD married in Marion Co., Ala. Felix Houston Gilbert Corbell from Ms. they too moved to Texas by 1870. Catherine 'Kit' M. Pickard and Susan M.J. 'Jim' Pickard lived at Bear Creek and died in Marion Co., Ala. I'm unable to locate any marriage record for either of them. Susan M.J. 'Jim' did have offspring. I would love to have someone to fill in any gaps. Thanks Katie Johnston