This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Witherspoon, Beckham, Pigg, Nash Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lY.2ADE/662 Message Board Post: Hi Mike... Needless to say, I haven't checked the Fremont County queries in quite some time...moving, settling into a new job, etc., have taken up a great deal of energy. Anyway, I was awfully surprised and pleased to see a reply regarding the maternal side of my family. I do have records regarding the introduction of Nettie Opal Nash into the Witherspoon family through her marriage to John Robert Witherspoon. My mother fondly refers to him as simply "Uncle Bob." And, my mother also remembers some of the Nash family including Nettie Opal Nash as she used to visit the Witherspoons while spending summers with her grandparents, Charlie and Fannie (Witherspoon) Beckham. She does have a few photos of the Beckham homestead, her grandmother and grandfather, etc., which I would be most happy to scan and send to you. In a recent conversation with her, she also menntioned the name David Nash whom she believed at one time actually took over the Witherspoon Ranch. True or not, I assume you must be related to him as well. My sister and I are planning a trip to Colorado sometime this summer to visit my daughter who's a ski fanatic and living near Breckenridge. Ann and I would also like to spend time in the Canon City vicinity visiting our ancestors places. I know the ranch is somewhere near Guffey although I am unsure where that might be located. If you know of anybody I could contact, I'd certainly appreciate the information. We not only have Hiram and Kate Witherspoon as great-great grandparents, but great-great grandparents on my maternal grandmother's side also buried in Florence. So, the cemeteries are full of relatives!!! Unfortunately, my mother and a great aunt, one of Charlie and Fannie's daughters, and Bill Black (Marian Beckham Black's son) are the only surviving family members directly related to the Witherspoons and Beckhams. Would so much like to hear from you. Sorry for the delay in a reply...just busy. Kath McChesney-Lape Great-great grandaughter of Hiram and Kate Witherspoon Great-grandaughter of Charles Thomas and Francis Beckham Grandaughter of William Charles Beckham Daughter of Betty Beckham McChesney