Jenna: My great-great grandfather was William Fletcher Bottoms. He was married in Illinois to Latha Jane Boyd, fought in the Civil War for the North, and moved with his family to Texas, northwest of Ft. Worth. He was a farmer, postmaster of Bryson, Texas, and later a merchant. His daughter Rebecca married John Morrow and moved to the Ada, Oklahoma area. They were my great-grandparents. Several of Rebecca and John's children moved to Pauls Valley and Paoli in Garvin County, Oklahoma. If you can trace your family to either Newton Wesley or William Fletcher Bottoms, I can help you with the rest of the kin. The Indian relationship is another story altogether. Jim Lantrip is a great source and has been responsible for establishing the Bottoms webpage. Let me hear from you regarding the six generations of Bottoms in your mother's house. Also, what's with the fourhcouncil.edu? (My mother Vera Hatcher was the Garvin County, OK representative the 4H national convention held in St. Louis in the early 1930's.) David Davis St. Louis, MO dda@inlink.com From: Jenna Carter <Jcarter@fourhcouncil.edu> To: BOTTOM-L@rootsweb.com <BOTTOM-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, May 25, 1999 8:28 AM Subject: [BOTTOM-L] Roots >Hello everyone. Thanks to Mr. Jim Lantrip, I have been informed that >I have some relatives out there that I was unaware of. Let me tell >you all what I know and if any of you can help me, I would greatly >appreciate it. > >My grandfather's name was Oscar Foy Bottoms. He had two sisters, >"Fat" and Willa Mae. The three of them were the children of William >Ira Bottoms and Ollie Killian. > >Mr. Lantrip gave me some names of others who are relatives, and they >were names I had heard of before but could not remember on my own. >They were Newton Wesley Bottoms and William Fletcher Bottoms. > >My grandfather's family as well as my mom and aunt grew up in >Oklahoma, but we have since spread out across the country. I am going >home (Las Vegas) for a visit this week, so I will try and gather some >more information from my mom. We have a set of sketches in our >hallway that include pictures of six male generations starting with my >brother and going backwards. I would love any information you all >might have for me. I'm just starting my search and have three more >sides of my family to uncover. Thank you so much! > >Jenna Carter >jcarter@fourhcouncil.edu > > >==== BOTTOM Mailing List ==== >If you have a url for a Bottom/Bottoms Web site send it in Email to me at JLANTRIP@prodigy.net and I will place it in one of these Tab lines. > >