Hi Crosswhite Cousins, I'm not an expert on the Crosswhites, but my greatgrandfather was James Carter Donnelly, youngest brother of Rebecca Jane Donnelly Crosswhite. Out of curiosity, I looked at Tom Gentry's abstract of the the 1900, 1910 and 1920 census. You all probably have this, so I apologize for the repetition. 1900, District 2, Johnson Co., TN #239 - Crosswhite, Thomas J., 73 b. TN father b. TN mother b. TN Rebecca J.70 wife TN TN TN (Rebecca's father, William Donnelly b. VA) Rettie, 39 dau TN TN TN Eliza E., 37 dau TN TN TN Sam T., 15 GS TN TN TN Joe F., 4 GS TN TN TN 1910 - Town of Mountain City, Johnson Co., TN #83 - Crosswhite, Thomas J., 83 TN TN TN Eliza, 47 dau TN TN TN Loretta, 49 dau TN TN TN Samuel T., 25 GS TN TN TN Joseph T., 14 GS TN TN TN 1920 - Town of Mountain City, Johnson Co., TN #158 - Crosswhite, Eliza, 57, widow TN TN TN (she was listed alone) No Joseph Crosswhite, but Samuel T. Crosswhite, 34, listed as head of household with wife named Stella M., 23 and children, Shelton J., 3 8/12 and Charlotte M., 1 3/12. He was listed next to Thomas and Florence Crosswhite. Where did Joseph T. Crosswhite go?? Does anyone have his death certificate? It might not state who his father was, but it should give his mother's name. When the abstracts of the 1900 and 1910 census' was done, several important columns were left out as far as I'm concerned. One was how long husband and wife had been married and the other how many children each woman had (married or not) and how many were still living. Sure wish that same question had been asked of the men, but guess its logical a woman would know how many children she bore, but might be more difficult for a man to know how many children he fathered. <G> Another question asked on the 1910 census was how many times people had been married and how long they were married this marriage. This is invaluable, too. Don't remember if these same questions were asked in the 1920 census. If any of you have easy access to the microfilm of these census', I'd suggest you look at them and see if Loretta or Eliza Crosswhite are listed as mothers and how many children she bore and how many were still living. While in the mood, I looked at marriages and see Retta Crosswhite md. D.M. Fritts, 7 Sep 1913. The 1920 census 2nd District shows Marion Fritts, 75 and wife Retta, 59. I found no marriages for Eliza Crosswhite. At 03:07 PM 11/29/97 -0800, Crowhite@aol.com wrote: > Burt, you have started something with this poor old soul>. Found the Bible >of my great-grandfather, passed on to his daughter, Eliza Eveline Crosswhite, >my grandmother (unless?) This may or may not help you folks working on the >chronicles./ > Thomas J. Crosswhite, son of Jesse Crosswhite & Nancy R. Johnson married >Rebecca Jane Donnelly, October 27, 1851(brothers W.K. & J.C. of Mountain City >& R.H.M. Donnelly of Chuckey, Tenn.) > Seven children.>>. John Alexander Crosswhite, born June 3, 1853; Sarah >Parlee Crosswhite, born October 2, 1855; Alfred Taylor Crosswhite, born March >28, 1858; Nancy Loretta Crosswhite, born October 27, 1860; Eliza Eveline >Crosswhite, born, April 5, 1863, Robert Lincoln Crosswhite, born, December >29, 1865 and Thomas Grant Crosswhite, born April 12, 1871..> all were born in >Little Doe, Tennessee, except Thomas Grant who was shown as born in >Taylorsville, Tenn. ( Mother Rebecca Jane, was shown as being born in Bones >Creek, Tenn.) Bet thats Roan Creek - that's the creek where William and Sarah McQueen Donnelly lived, but I could be wrong. > Sarah Parlee married P.C. Lewis, July 8, 1883 > Alfred Taylor married Martha M. Willard, September 3, 1879 > Alfred Taylor married Martha C. Johnson, May 1886 > Thomas Grant married Florence Smith, December 1898 > Nancy Loretta married D.M. Fritts, September 9, 1913 > Thomas J. Crosswhite was born on February 13, 1827 > Rebecca Jane Donnelly was born October 2, 1829 > Now this is for Jo. , Worley T. Crosswhite was born June, 22, >1880 > Willie P Crosswhite, born January 5, 1882, Samuel T. Crosswhite, bornJune >30, 1884,,, and my father was born May 6, 1896.// Now what do I believe> I >think they are all brothers, and that perhaps Eliza, might have taken dad >(joseph t.) as her child and raised him under the umbrella of motherhood with >approval of her mother, Rebecca???? unless, and who knows??/ joe >crosswhite, jr.. > thanks for listening, jc > About Willie Crosswhite - the 1900 census shows: Crosswhite, Mattie, 39 Willie, 18, DAUGHTER Donnelly, 11, son Fan (probably FAW), 8, son I can't make any promises, but I'll ask one of my mother's first cousins if she can (or will) shed light on this. She's 90 years old and lives in Mountain City. I told her things she said she never knew, but when it came to mysteries like this, she didn't say anything. I think I'll send a printout of what you wrote. Still a kissin cousin and guess always will be. Mary Floy Happy Holidays, Mary Floy Katzman Framingham, Massachusetts maryfloy@mkatzman.tiac.net ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Coordinator for the Johnson Co., TN Genealogy Homepage (TNGenWeb Project) http://www.usit.net/tngenweb/johnson/ "A cemetery is where dead people live." Quote by 3 year old, David R. Bowlby, after his first visit to a cemetery with his genealogy crazed Grandma (Mary Floy Katzman).