This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jclement002 Surnames: Mansell,Palmer, Harris Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.alabama.counties.marion/2299.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My husband is related to Morning Dove, but I would need to find the exact link. His mother was a Harris. I do have some emails with some un-researched info. Maybe it will help you. The following info was sent by Ira Harris: Here's another analysis of this issue. If Morning Dizena Mansell's father, William Mansell was 1/2 Cherokee (his mother reportedly was named Mourning Flower), given that her mother Morning Dove White was full-blood Cherokee, then Morning Dizena Mansell Palmer would be 3/4 Cherokee. Then further, if there is no Indian-blood in the Palmer side, the sons and daughters of Dr. Russell Porter Palmer would all be 3/8 Cherokee. > Mourning Dizena Mansell Palmer was half Indian, her mother, Mourning Dove > was pure Cherokee. > > > > > Hi to you all on the Marion County web.I have got several e-mails asking > about Morning D.Palmer wife of Russell Palmer,Like was she an Indian?What > tribe?Inc.That I dont know.But this is the way she died.As told by. > > > > > > My Father (James H Palmer)said he remembered the day his grandmother > (Morning D.)died like it was yesterday.She had been living with his family > as for back as he could remember. He was only five at the time. The year was > 1911 and they(Dr.John and most of the boys) were down on the lower field > cutting sprouts when his brother (Ben about 7 years old) came running up > with a wild look on his face and said"SOMETHING IS TO MATTER WITH GRANNY YOU > ALL BETTER COME ON TO THE HOUSE AND SEE ABOUT HER"so away we all went > running as fast as we could go.When I got there she was laying on the bed > like she was asleep with her pipe on the table beside her.Daddy (John H. > Palmer)said she has been dead for a while for she is cold and her pipe is > cold too. > > So with the help of some of the neighbors they made a box of wood and th e > next day they carried her to the Palmer grave yard and buryed her. > > Then they went around the field with the wagon and picked up rocks untill > they had enough to cover her grave so the wolfs would not dig her up.The > rocks are there now.She was 85 years old.jp > > > > > > > > > --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] . Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.