Hi Kim, I have none of the FIKES you mention, but do have a Dena FIKES (1876-1899) probably in Walker Co.--but it could be that she links into your FIKES line somewhere. Here's what I have on her: Name: Dena FIKES (1, 2, 3) Sex: F -------------------------- Individual Information -------------------------- Birth: 21 Oct 1876 - Alabama (1, 2, 3) Christening: Death: 13 Nov 1899 - Walker County, Alabama (2, 3) Burial: in Patton Hill Cemetery, Walker County, Alabama (2, 3) Cause of Death: -------------------------- LDS Information -------------------------- Bapt.(LDS): Endow.(LDS): -------------------------- Spouses and Children -------------------------- 1. *Levi E. PATTON (5 Apr 1874 - 17 Apr 1930) (2, 4, 5) Marriage: Cir 1893 - Walker County, Alabama (1) SealS (LDS): Children: 1. William Lester PATTON (22 Aug 1895 - 16 Jan 1966) (1, 2) 2. Elsie Ester PATTON (2 Jan 1902 - 25 Dec 1988) (1, 6) 3. Alfred PATTON (20 Sep 1904 - Sep 1984) (1, 7) 4. James "Dempsey" PATTON (18 Mar 1907 - 24 May 1993) (1, 2, 3) 5. Essie PATTON (Cir 1909 - ) (1) ========================== Source Citations ========================== 1. Census Records, 1910, Walker County AL. 2. Notes from Bill Watson, Bill Watson, List of PATTON burials in Patton Hill Cemetery, (Notes received by e-mail, 11 May 2001.), Notes from Patton Hill Cemetery. 3. Here They Rest, Walker County (Alabama) Genealogical Society, Here They Rest - Cemetery Records of Walker County, Alabama, Volume VII, (Published by the Walker County Genealogical Society, 2001.), p. 123. 4. Census Records, 1900, Walker County AL. 5. 1920 Census, Federal Census, 1920, (Ancestry.com database). 6. Here They Rest, Walker County (Alabama) Genealogical Society, Here They Rest - Cemetery Records of Walker County, Alabama, Volume VII, (Published by the Walker County Genealogical Society, 2001.), p. 113. 7. Social Security Death Index. ------ See anything that matches your line? Thanks Ed Waller > Subject: > [ALTUSCAL] FIKES/FYKES > From: > "KM" <MORRISKJ@prodigy.net> > Date: > Sat, 3 May 2003 10:52:18 -0500 > To: > ALTUSCAL-L@rootsweb.com > > > Anyone doing research on the FIKES/FYKES? > > I am looking for the parents of DIXIE FIKES, b. 1893 d. 1923, aft > childbirth.....she was the wife of THOMAS HULL FOSTER, SR. b. 1890 d. 1961. > Thomas remarried to Lula A. Toomey. They all are buried at Coaling Baptist > Cemetery, in Coaling, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. There are other Fikes > buried there, Daniel Fikes, who I believe could be the grandfather of Dixie. > There is a Henry Calhoun Fikes, William T. Fikes and John T. Fikes.....they > are the sons of Daniel.....so, which one could be the father of > Dixie....some where in my data there is a Lillie Dixie Fikes b. abt 1886 > that married James Edmond Deason Bracknell....her Parents was George & > Elizabeth Hobson Fikes... > Thomas Hull Foster's father John Foster was the husband of my great > grandmother's sister Levina Black.... > I know the connection is in the right directions, but wandering if anyone > else have anything? > Thanks Kim