Hi Ron Good to hear from you. Thanks for the reply. Boy the old world is getting smaller everyday. And I am most certainly glad. I would be more than glad for you to have the info. on the Besser Family I have. You mentioned you live on John Hall's old home place. Would that be north of NewWaverly, Tx. Close to the Boswell Church and cemetery? I my self live out of Huntsville, north on Hwy 19 about 8miles out right past Harmon Creek. You are most fortunate to have known your Great Grandmother. My misfortune. I miss out on knowning my dad or his parents etc. But since I have discovered who they were. I have recovered much.The Grandmother I missed knowing is Jodie Anna (Jo) Besser Sweet, a daughter of James Irwin Besser and Sarah Francis Merchant. Both J.I. & Sarah are buried at Boswell Cemetery. Grandma Jo, was married to Robert Lee Sweet. They lived at Hwy 105 West of Conroe, Tx, on McCaleb Road. Their son, is my dad, Bobby Hamp Sweet. Bobbys' second family was 4 Children . Three living, Which I have not met. I have been in contact with the oldest daughter of this marriage. She has revealed as much on the family as she knew. She was rather young, about 9 when dad died in an automobile accident in 1965.Grandma Jo used to visit your Grandmother Eliza a lot. Even after her death Grandma Jo would still frequent her grave through the years. Grandma Jo died 1964. She and grandpa Robert (Bob) and dad are buried at Copeland Chapel Cemetery * miles west on Conroe, off McCaleb Rd. I have about three folders of info. on The Besser Family, and you are welcomed to it all. If you live close maybe we could meet and exchange info. If possible I would love to get copies of the photos you have mentioned. If you wish you may also contact me by phone. 936-294-0388. If you live in the area I previously mentioned it is a local call. E-Mail Address is [email protected] Have you been to the little Besser Cemetery in New Waverly, where Gr.Gr.Gr.Grandma Julia A.Lousia Hampton Besser, John Slater Tinsley, and Elizabeth Besser Collard are buried? I have much too talk to you about. Looking forward to hearing from you soon. Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 5:00 PM Subject: [BESSER] Re: Besser Family > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RdD.2ACEB/44.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Hello, I am also a gr, gr, grandson of charles thomas besser, his daughter eliza thomas besser was my great grandmother and i had the pleasure of knowing her before she died, when i was 15. i now live on a small peice of the land that she and her husband John Hall had and farmed and was rumored to be c.t. bessers land before hand. which i am still getting to the bottom of. i have inherited a box of pictures that was all the pictures that she ever had. many can be identified of the besser family and many can not. but i do have a picture of John salter besser, and one of c.t. besser and wife. please contact me at the email that i have provided, i would love to exchange any information that you have and can copy some of the pictures i have that are dated in the late 1800, s and early 1900,s Ron Ellis > > > ==== BESSER Mailing List ==== > BESSER page is available at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~chorleywood/ > then follow the links > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >