This is from Barbara Poythress Neal BarbPoythressNeal@CompuServe.com Please respond to her as she is not subscribed = = = = While at the Family History Library in Salt Lake in January 1998, I extracted the below info on Poythress marriages from film #0899110, "Lauderdale County, Mississippi General Index to Marriage Records, white, 1839-1938." I had made a notation while extracting, that there were no records indexed for 1845-1851, thus there could be additional Poythress marriages during that 7 year period, within the film's-named-100-year period. Listed below for each Poythress marriage that I spotted, are the year of the marriage; the names as listed in the Index; the Book #; and the page # [The notes in square brackets offer clarifying identification from my research; this info does not appear in the Index] These Index listings should enable anyone desiring the full marriage documentation to more easily locate it. Algernon E. Poythress, mentioned in my bracketed notes below, was born 12 Aug 1844. He was my great-grandfather, who had in 1853, moved from Mecklenburg Co, VA to Sumter Co, AL, as a child with his 7 siblings and their father James E. Poythress & mother Catherine Preston. James E. Poythress was possibly a son of Lewis Poythress. James E. Poythress (who died 17 Jan 1863) & his wife Catherine Preston (who died 18 Oct 1884) are buried in graves that are no longer marked, at Sumterville Methodist Cemetery, Sumter Co, AL. Algernon E. Poythress & his wife Ellen Belle McKinley had 11 children, 8 of whom lived to be adults. A.E. Poythress (a carpenter and farmer) & wife Ellen lived in Sumter Co, AL (except for less than 2 yrs in Florida in the mid-1870s) until they moved to Lauderdale Co, MS after purchasing land there on 1 Nov 1899. A.E. Poythress died 11 April 1918, and his wife Ellen died 6 Aug 1918; they are buried at Magnolia Cemetery in Meridian near the Poythress family marker, with neither having an individual marker, in Lot 4, Section 5. James Speed Poythress, mentioned in my bracketed notes below, was born 24 Sep 1829. He was a son of David Poythress & grandson of Lewis Poythress. They also lived in Mecklenburg Co, VA for many years. Lewis Poythress died in that area of VA. Lewis' son David Poythress moved, apparently in the late 1850s, across the state line to NC; he died 26 Sep 1876 and is buried at Elmwood Cemetery, in Henderson, Vance Co, NC. David's son James Speed Poythress moved to Sumter Co, AL from Mecklenburg Co, VA, possibly in the same wagon train with the family of James E. Poythress & Catherine Preston, above. James Speed Poythress and his wife "Mattie" Martha Grice Raiford had 9 children born in Sumter Co, AL, who lived to be adults. J.S. Poythress moved his family to Meridian by about 1893; he was a storekeeper there. J.S. Poythress died 17 March 1923; his wife Mattie had died 19 Aug 1917; they are buried at Rose Hill Cemetery in Lot 358. Markers for them were placed at that Lot in Spring 1998 by descendants and Poythress researchers. In order by MEN, who had "Poythress" for surname: 1902 John T. & Grace D. Dunn; 4; 194 [John Thomas Poythress, a son of James Speed Poythress] 1908 B.R. & Bessie Robinson; 7; 209 [Bryant Richardson Poythress, Sr., a son of James Speed Poythress] 1917 C.H. & Pearl Beasley; 17; 210 [Carl Hutton Poythress, a son of James Speed Poythress] 1918 B.E. & Lena Spinks; 17; 550 [Bennie Edward Poythress, Sr., a son of Algernon E. Poythress] 1922 Charles W. & Minnie M. Tutt; 23; 289 [Charles William Poythress, Sr., a son of James Speed Poythress, marrying second wife Minnie (nee Mitchell) Tutt] 1924 R.L. & Florence L. Hawkins; 27; 157 [Robert Lee Poythress, Jr., son of Robert Lee Poythress, Sr. & grandson of James Speed Poythress] 1925 James S. & Rose E. Jones; 27; 314 [James Stroble Poythress, son of James David Poythress & grandson of James Speed Poythress] 1925 J. W. & Martha Lois Corbitt; 27; 494 [John Wallace Poythress, son of Robert Lee Poythress, Sr. & grandson of James Speed Poythress] 1929 J. W. & Mary E. Brett; 33; 197 [John Wallace Poythress, son of Robert Lee Poythress, Sr. & grandson of James Speed Poythress] 1929 Robert L. Jr. & Addie K. Husband; 33; 459 [Robert Lee Poythress, Jr., grandson of James Speed Poythress] 1934 Harold Frederick & Violet E. Crook; 38; 16 [Harold Frederick Poythress, son of Robert Lee Poythress, Sr. & grandson of James Speed Poythress] 1935 Norbert Earl & Sarah Francis Davis; 39; 207 [Norbert Earl Poythress, son of James David Poythress & grandson of James Speed Poythress] In order by WOMEN, who at time of marriage had "Poythress" for surname: 1903 Annie P. & Charles A. Curtis; 4; 494 [Annie Priscilla Poythress, daughter of Algernon E. Poythress] 1904 Sallie G. & C. M. Card; 5; 51 [Sallie G. Poythress, daughter of James Speed Poythress] 1904 Adelaide E. & Thomas M. Curtis; 5; 223 [Adelaide Ellen or Elenor Poythress, daughter of Algernon E. Poythress] 1910 Roberta C. & Walter J. Gartin; 8; 96 [Roberta Clare or Clair Poythress, daughter of Algernon E. Poythress] 1914 Willie M. & Wm. John Trest; 13; 571 [Willie Mae Poythress, daughter of James David Poythress & granddtr of James Speed Poythress] 1917 Grace & Malcolm McCraw; 17; 253 [Grace Beulah Poythress, daughter of James David Poythress & granddtr of James Speed Poythress] 1920 Kate & W. J. Gartin; 21; 92 [Frances Katherine Poythress, daughter of Algernon E. Poythress; married Walter J. Gartin after death of her younger sister Roberta, above] 1925 Annie Grice & Everett Shamburger; 29; 58 [Annie Grice Poythress, daughter of James David Poythress & granddtr of James Speed Poythress] 1927 Helen Grace & John J. Watts; 31; 167 [Helen Grace Poythress, daughter of John Thomas Poythress & granddtr of James Speed Poythress] 1928 Martha & George E. Thompson; 31; 538 [Martha Corbitt, then divorced from John Wallace Poythress, above] 1928 Eleanor & Thomas C. Clancy; 33; 31 [Eleanor Grace Poythress, daughter of Robert Lee Poythress, Sr. & granddtr of James Speed Poythress] 1932 Katherine & L. R. Bass; 37; 228 [Katherine Poythress,daughter of John Thomas Poythress & granddtr of James Speed Poythress] 1935 Margaret Elizabeth & Edw. Speed; 38; 522 [Margaret Elizabeth Poythress, daughter of James David Poythress & granddtr of James Speed Poythress] 1938 Rose Jones & W. B. Wilmurth Jr.; 41; 364 [Rose Jones, then divorced from James Stroble Poythress, above]