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    1. RE: [AUTRY] John Calvin Autry
    2. Pegram, Amy
    3. Mr. Brooks, "Thank you for the help. I am learning so much. > ---------- > From: RAB55@aol.com[SMTP:RAB55@aol.com] > Reply To: AUTRY-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 6:12 PM > To: AUTRY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [AUTRY] John Calvin Autry > > To Amy Pegram: > > There is not much info on this John C Autry on p. 691. It is in the Chapter > with multiple subheadings, that Cousin Mayo had collected over some 60 years. > He does comment that he knew little of Isham's family before this edition of > the book. > > There is a lot more on the first child's family, Arkatie Belle Daniel ?Autry, > than on the other 3. This suggests that her descendant may have supplied the > info. Some of these children are still alive, and I think that Andrea had to > eliminate all the living names when she put it on the internet. Mayo and I > did not have that problem when we published the book!. Unfortunately, he does > not say who sent this info. At the end of the family above (C. Archy Autry) he > comments that he has lost the name of who supplied that portion. Cousin Mayo > Bundy was 83 and did this on his typewriter, so it is not surprising that he > lost some of the sources. > > If you go back to child B. George, he says that info came from : John C. > Rosser, Jr., Route 1, Box 220, Godwin, NC 28344. But I doubt he supplied the > info on the D. John C. Autry family. I suppose it is possible he might have > information. > > In summary, it seems apparent to me that whoever sent the info on the > children of John C Autry/Margaret Atwood Daniel did not know of the first marriage, > and knew very little of child 2,3 and 4 of this marriage! And Mayo did not > record where he got the info, as he usually tried to do. As you saw in the Intro > he died before the book was published. > > If there is any info that you think the pages would give you that are not on > the Internet copy, let me know and I will send copies by snail mail. > Since this is long, involved and not very clear, I did not send it to the > Autry Rootsweb. > > Sorry cannot find more. Robert Autry Brooks > 2-12-04 > > > ==== AUTRY Mailing List ==== > Have you visited the Autrey Heritage page? It's at http://www.autreyheritage.com/ > > > > Delivered by GCSnet (t36) > > Outbound by GCSnet (t36)

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