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    1. [ARCONWAY-L] Dead end family lines
    2. jcampbell
    3. Hello, I am new to the list and like everyone else, I need help. I have several lines I have reached a " dead end" on. Can anyone out there give me information on the following family lines? Jesse Wells, born 1812 in Orange County, Indiana, (parents unknown). Married Martha Overlin, born May 27, 1807 in Kentucky. Known children: Sarah E., born 1849; Washington Co. Missouri; Elizabeth Jane, born 1834, Indiana. William J. Wells, born 1837, Orange Co. Ind., one possible son,born 1872 Arkansas, named H. L. Wells and Sena Anne Wells, born 1846, Washington Co. Missouri. Jesse moved from Orange Co., Ind. to Washington Co. Mo., to Denton County, Texas. He came to Conway County, Arkansas after the civil war. He and Martha both died in the early 1880's. 1880 Conway Co. census lists a Jane Wells and son H. L. Wells living with them. They came to Conway county with their daughter, Sena Anne and her husband, Levi Wallace. Levi W. Wallace born 1828 in Marion County, Alabama ( parents unknown ) had brother, Joseph Wallace born 1839. Alabama. Both came to Conway County after the civil war, Levi from Texas and Joseph from Mississippi. Joseph married a Martha Anne McCurley in Ms., then married a widow, Nancy Warren, in 1873 in Conway Co., their children, John Franklin Wallace, born 1875, James Marion, born 1877, and Virgil born 1881. Levi's children: Letha Frances born 1869, Ar., married Newton Floyd Andrews in 1884; Alice , born 1872; Sena Idora, born 1875; Mary E, born 1881 and Louraney Arella, born 1885. Levi may have had another son named Levi H. Wallace who married Sarah Jane Reid. Roland Watkins, born 1825 in South Carolina. ( Parents Unknown) married Melinda E. Roberts, born 1835 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. Came to Conway County in 1867-68 after the civil war, with the Roberts, Andrews, Hopson, Poe, Morris, Cranford, Maddox families from Fayette County, Alabama. Roland had several children, lived at Lick Mountain on a 240 acre homestead until around 1900. Roland and Melinda are taken out of the county to live and just disappear. I have been seeking their dates of death and place of burial to no avail. Any help offered on these family lines will be greatly appreciated. Virginia

    07/31/1999 05:00:37