The following was posted by Brad Cope <brad.cope@home.com> on Mon, 06 Mar 2000 on the Tehama County GenConnect Query Forum: - -------------------------------------------------------------------- Surname: BELCHER, CHANCE, GENTRY, RICHARDSON Seeking information on the families of Belcher, Chance, Gentry and Richardson who were in the Tishomingo area of Johnston County, OK, in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Thomas Marshall Richardson (1849-1925) married Clarissa Chance (died 1878) in 1871 in Lawrence County, MO. They moved to Tishomingo, Indian Territory, OK, where their son, Clarence Elmer Richardson (born 1872 in Missouri, died 1956 in Texas), married Cora Effie Belcher (born 1880 in Arkansas, died 1967 in Texas) circa 1894 in Tishomingo. Clarissa Chance's parents were Washington Chance and Angeline Luttrell of Marion County, IL. Cora Effie Belcher's mother, Sarah Ellen Gentry, eventually moved to California with her son, Benjamin Belcher, and died in 1924 in Red Bluff, CA. Need information on the parents/ancestors of both Thomas Marshall Richardson and Cora Effie Belcher. Please contact: Brad Cope, 921 10th Street, No. 214, Santa Monica, CA 90403, email: brad.cope@home.com - -------------------------------------------------------------------- Any replies should be sent to the Tehama County GenConnect Query Forum [<http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ca/Tehama>] unless it is personal or involves live people addresses etc. when it should be sent to Brad Cope <brad.cope@home.com>. --