Debbra: Would you please post any information you have on Benjamin Thomason and Temperance Rice, especially their descendants and any ancestry info on Temperance? Temperance Rice ("Tempie") is my g-g-g grandmother. I understand she had a daughter named Temperance Caroline (Callie). I assume the daughter Temperance is the one who married Benjamin Thomason. Any help you can give me will really be appreciated. Patricia

Patricia, I do not have all of the children of Benjamin and Temperance, but I can tell you that Temperance had a sister who resided in Calhoun County. Her name was Susannah Rice and she married Jolly Atkins. They had a son named Zenus Atkins who married Mary Turner (Jeptha Turner's sister) and he died during the Civil War leaving her with three children. Here is what I have on William and Elizabeth's family: William Lafayette Thomason b. 26 Jan 1847 d. 8 Aug 1934 Calhoun Co., Ar. Buried in Earnest Cemetery. He married Elizabeth Jane Earnest Turner (widow of Jeptha Turner) on 4 Dec 1867 Calhoun County, Ar. Elizabeth was b. 9 Nov 1836 Walker Co., Al. d. 17 Sep 1923 Calhoun Co., Ar. Buried in Earnest Cemetery. She was the daughter of Robert B. Earnest and Susannah Cobb. Children of William and Elizabeth were: 1) Banjamin Lafayette Thomason b. 8 Dec 1868 Calhoun Co., Ar. d. 5 Jun 1930. He married Eugenia Johnston 30 Oct 1888 Calhoun Co., Ar. 2) Thomas Alexander Thomason b. 29 Oct 1872 Calhoun Co., Ar. d. 26 Dec 1952. He married Ida Belle Spry. 3) Olley Ozelle Thomason b. 15 Mar 1875 Calhoun Co., Ar. d. 5 Jul 1949. She married Charlie Johnston 27 Aug 1910 Calhoun Co., Ar. 4) William Lee Thomason b. 14 Aug 1877 Calhoun Co., Ar. d. Oct 1964. He married Hattie F. Martindale Nov 1899 Calhoun Co., Ar. 5) Charles Bruce Thomason b. 25 Aug 1880. d. 5 Aug 1965. He married Myrtle Elsie Oliver 20 Dec 1908. 6) Temperance "Tempie" Ann Elizabeth Thomason b. 19 Apr 1884 Calhoun Co., Ar. d. 11 Nov 1967 Calhoun Co., Ar. She married Walter Sidney Nutt 25 Dec 1901 Calhoun Co., Ar. Hope this helps. You might want to check Watson Cemetery. I believe William had a brother who was buried there. I do not know his full name, but they called him "Smith" Thomason. :o) Debbra A. Szymanski Arkansas State Coordinator http://www.genexchange.org/state.cfm?state=ar Calhoun Co., Arkansas Coordinator http://www.genexchange.org/county.cfm?state=ar&county=calhoun Nevada Co., Arkansas Coordinator http://www.genexchange.org/county.cfm?state=ar&county=nevada ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 1:24 PM Subject: Re: [ARCALHOU] Thomason, Rice > Debbra: Would you please post any information you have on Benjamin Thomason > and Temperance Rice, especially their descendants and any ancestry info on > Temperance? Temperance Rice ("Tempie") is my g-g-g grandmother. I understand > she had a daughter named Temperance Caroline (Callie). I assume the daughter > Temperance is the one who married Benjamin Thomason. Any help you can give me > will really be appreciated. Patricia > > > ==== ARCALHOU Mailing List ==== > If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Calhoun Co., AR list, use > [email protected] or [email protected] if > you are on the Digest list. > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > Arkansas Cemeteries Volunteer Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcemete/arcem.htm > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > >