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----- Original Message ----- From: cindy <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 5:32 PM Subject: Re: [DC] Hello Everyone! > Dear Hoppy ? (BG) > I am intersted to see if'd you look up some names for me? > They are the Grimes,Briggs,and Edwards.. > I have access to Hickman county books and I live in West Tennessee,so I can > and will look up names in those counties ( Gibson) > Thanks in advance > Cindy > -----Original Message----- /Cindy, Could you do a lookup on a Lum Jones, possibly a Columbus Jones? He married a Dora Beecham in Houston Co. Tn. But I have been unable to find him in any census so far. Could have moved to Kentucky.? Who are the Grimes you are looking for. I communicate with a 88 year old woman named Rosie Capps who is the daughter of a Girtie Grimes from Lyles Tn. That is where a whole lot of Grimes live!! Pat in Michigan > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 9:26 AM > Subject: Re: [DC] Hello Everyone! > > > >What county in Tennessee does Colleen need for a cemetery look up? I have > >the 2 cenetery books for Humphreys County. I found my grandparents who > were > >born in 1891 and 1888 listed but no parents or siblings listed with them. > >Jessie > > > > > >==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > >GENEALOGY is like Hide & Seek: > >They Hide & I Seek !! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > GENEALOGY goes on... and on... and on... > > > > >

Thank Jessie The cemetary look up I do believe would be Stewert county. Right Jeanette? How do you all have access to these books? Col On Tue, 22 Aug 2000 12:22:13 EDT [email protected] writes: > What county in Tennessee does Colleen need for a cemetery look up? I > have > the 2 cenetery books for Humphreys County. I found my grandparents > who were > born in 1891 and 1888 listed but no parents or siblings listed with > them. > Jessie > > > ==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > GENEALOGY is like Hide & Seek: > They Hide & I Seek !! > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Thanks Jeanette! I wish there was some way I could contribute to the list. If anyone needs help with ancestors in Chicago I will try and help. Since my kids are still young and not in school yet...its been kind of hard to get to the wonderful libraries in the area....but I will try and help any way I can. :) Colleen On Tue, 22 Aug 2000 13:47:15 -0400 Jeanette Duncan <[email protected]> writes: > Hi Colleen: > > Yahoo Yellow Pages has the address and phone number for the First > Christian Church > as below. They don't list the pastor's name. I tried calling Aunt > Lucy today and > she wasn't home. Will try again later and let you know what she can > remember. > > Talk to you later. > > First Christian Church > 235 Church St > Dover, TN 37058 > (931) 232-5583 > > Jeanette > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > GENEALOGY goes on... and on... and on... > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Dear Hoppy ? (BG) I am intersted to see if'd you look up some names for me? They are the Grimes,Briggs,and Edwards.. I have access to Hickman county books and I live in West Tennessee,so I can and will look up names in those counties ( Gibson) Thanks in advance Cindy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 9:26 AM Subject: Re: [DC] Hello Everyone! >What county in Tennessee does Colleen need for a cemetery look up? I have >the 2 cenetery books for Humphreys County. I found my grandparents who were >born in 1891 and 1888 listed but no parents or siblings listed with them. >Jessie > > >==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== >GENEALOGY is like Hide & Seek: >They Hide & I Seek !! > > > > > >

Cher, We are praying for you and your Dad. May God Bless you and comfort you both. Rick ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Cher" <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [DC] Dad's report Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 14:50:31 -0400 For my friends that are praying for Dad, We are slipping off a plateau to another level...just how far we will slip remains to be seen.. I will spare you the details... I am just so focused on God's mercy for him.... This is not a very good day... Cher ==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== My family tree must have been used for Firewood !!! ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Hi Colleen: Yahoo Yellow Pages has the address and phone number for the First Christian Church as below. They don't list the pastor's name. I tried calling Aunt Lucy today and she wasn't home. Will try again later and let you know what she can remember. Talk to you later. First Christian Church 235 Church St Dover, TN 37058 (931) 232-5583 Jeanette > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

Colleen--- See? I told you that all you have to do is tell something about who you are looking for! Looks like you've already found "family" and have offers of look-ups! Now, don't forget to check all the web sites---you might just get lucky again! Sandy Ellis

What county in Tennessee does Colleen need for a cemetery look up? I have the 2 cenetery books for Humphreys County. I found my grandparents who were born in 1891 and 1888 listed but no parents or siblings listed with them. Jessie

That's good to know because I'm new to the list and I almost unsubscribed. I'm looking for information on the Cavitt/Cavette/Cavett family from Henry County. My ggrandfather was Frank Cavette who married Susie Cook probably around 1870. My grandfather was Edward Houston Cavitt (they kept changing the spelling of the name), born in 1874. He had twin brothers (Wrather and Dawson) who were both killed in Kentucky in 1911 & 1913. There were also brothers Eugene, Walter and sister Edna. If anyone has any information on this family, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. > -----Original Message----- > From: Marietta Sexton [SMTP:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 10:58 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [DC] Oops > > Apologies are unessary, Coleen....Henry County IS a part of Danville > Crossing list. > > ---------- > > I sent a lot of information before and I couldn't figure out how to > > retrieve it. A good portion of that info is in Henry County which I > know > > isn't a part of this board. But the rest was for Stewert County. > > > > Thanks > > > > Colleen > > ________________________________________________________________ > > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > > Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > > Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: > > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > > > > > ==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > > Hi Ho! Hi Ho! Now where did my ancestors go ?? > > > > > > ==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > GENEALOGY is like Hide & Seek: > They Hide & I Seek !! > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ The e-mail address and domain name of the sender changed on November 1, 1999. Please update your records. The information contained in this communication may be confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient named above, and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication, or any of its contents, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please re-send this communication to the sender and delete the original message and any copy of it from your computer system. Thank you. For more information about Piper Marbury Rudnick & Wolfe, please visit us at http://www.piperrudnick.com/ ____________________________________________________________________________

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Minnie was a member of the Maplewood Baptist Church of Paris in her later years. Does anyone have the phone number & address of this church & the Christian Church of Dover? Thanks! Colleen ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

I havn't seen this Coppedge book either but I have heard about it. Looks like we going to have to check out the Stewert Times and see if there is any information or photo's to be found. Who knows....maybe they kept photo's of their employees. Did the Coppedge's in your line have a "James Ivan (?) Coppedge" in their line anywhere? I just discovered his name. Colleen ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Well That's good information to know! Hahaha. Okay...on to the census's. :) On Mon, 21 Aug 2000 13:45:02 -0500 "Sandra Ellis" <[email protected]> writes: > Colleen, > > I don't think you will be able to get a birth certificate because > Tennessee > didn't require them prior to 1908. I'm sure someone with the > cemetery books > will do a look-up for you and will pass along that information. > (Sorry, I > don't have the books!) If I were researching this family, I would > be > looking at the 1910 census. You will (hopefully) find Clayton and > "Minnie" > listed with their parents and sibblings. > > Good luck! > > Sandy Ellis > > > ==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > What do you mean my grandparents didn't have any kids ??? > ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Hi Jeanette! How exciting! Wouldn't it be something is we were somehow distantly related? I just discovered Catherine Scarborough name so I don't have much on her.....yet! :) I just love this stuff. Anyways..... Yep Aunt Mattie COPPEDGE was a member of the Christian Church of Dover. The story given to me by my mother, is that my father threw up quite a ruckus in the church when he found out she left everything to them. So....the pastors and any witness's who remember that might have a bad taste in their mouth when they remember "Billy F. Coppedge". How would I find the Stewert County Burial Book if someone on the list doesn't have one? Ask aunt Lucy if she remembers any of them: Clayton Coppedge; Minnie Brewer Coppedge, Mattie Coppedge, Emily Coppedge Holiday or James Coppedge & Catherine Scarborough. :) Or the trouble maker (Billy Frank Coppedge) Its amazing how them older folks can remember the past sometimes. MY 75 year old father n law can remember things from the past soooo well. Talk to you all soon! Colleen On Mon, 21 Aug 2000 08:45:58 -0400 Jeanette Duncan <[email protected]> writes: > Hi Colleen, > > As far as a birth certificate on Clayton, you will probably have to > request it from > the State of Tennessee, Dept of Vital Statistics. > > I don't have a lot of info to offer, however, do you know if Mattie > was a member of > the Christian Church of Dover. The First Christian Church of Dover > has a very large > cemetery on its grounds and if Mattie was a member there, or 'gave > her money' to > them, there is a good possibility that she is buried there. You > might check with > the pastor of the church. > > Since you have Scarboroughs in your line also, in the Dover Cemetery > which is just > across the road from the National Cemetery on the road that leads to > Dr. Charlie > Crow's old place, there are a lot of Scarboroughs buried here as > well as related > family members. My Uncle Bob Wallace married Virginia Scarborough > and they both are > buried in this cemetery. If someone has the Stewart County Burial > book, you might > have them do a look up for you. > > This next item is just bragging; sorry, can't help it. My Aunt Lucy > is one of the > oldest living members of this church. About 5 years ago or maybe a > little bit > longer, she was honored at the church for being the church member of > having taught > Sunday School the longest. At that time, she had been teaching > Sunday School for 55 > years. I am so proud of her. When Mrs. Eurton died a few months > back, I believe > this left Aunt Lucy as the oldest living member of the church as a > whole. Aunt Lucy > is now 85 years old and her memory is not as good as it used to be. > I will try and > call her later this week and see if she remembers Clayton and his > sisters and will > pass along any information she might be able to provide. > > Welcome to the list and Happy Hunting. > > Jeanette Wallace Duncan > > Colleen C Simpson wrote: > > > Thanks Sandy! > > > > Okay...then Dover...that's the one in Stewert right? > Hahaha. It seems > > the family came from Dover TN. A few of them moved to Paris. > > > > Okay....Here is what I'm searching so far. > > > > I am searching for information on Clayton Coppedge & his > wife Minifred > > "Minnie" Brewer. They had two children. Billy (william?) Frank > Coppedge > > & Catherine Coppedge Speight (hubby's name Wayne) > > Billy Frank was my father. > > I have a copy from the SSDI of Clayton's application. > > His birthday is Sept 3, 1904 and he was born in Dover, > Stewert County. > > His father appears to be John "Ivan"? Coppedge & Mother is > Catherine > > Scarborough. > > At the time Clayton filled out the application, John was > dead. Date of > > the application is June 23, 1937. So it appears John Ivan > Coppedge died > > somewhere between 1903 and 1937. (Just a guess) > > > > Clayton had two sisters. Emily Coppedge Holiday & Mattie > Coppedge > > > > Mattie never married but was the postmaster of Dover. It > is a guess > > that Mattie & Emily died around 1979 or 1980 > > the family story is that Mattie gave all her money to the > Christian > > Church of Dover. > > > > > > Minnie Coppedge married a Hatfield sometime after Clayton > died. She was > > a member of the Maplewood Baptist Church of Paris. She might have > died > > around 1979 or 1980 as well. > > > > Possibly they are buried in a small Dover Cemetary. > Roadside type > > cemetary. > > > > At the time of Clayton's SS application he was working at > the Stewert > > County Times. My mom believes he left the paper and started his > own > > paper or print shop in Paris. > > > > I guess my next step at this point is to order Clayton's > birth > > certificate. Do I just call the Henry County courthouse for a > 1904 birth > > certificate? > > The next step I guess is to find the date Clayton and > Minnie married. > > > > Any other suggestions or tips? > > > > Colleen > > > > On Sun, 20 Aug 2000 07:14:07 -0500 "Sandra Ellis" > > <[email protected]> writes: > > > Colleen, > > > Welcome to the list! All you have to do is let folks know who > you > > > are > > > looking for and anyone with information will send you what they > > > have. You > > > might get lucky and meet a fellow reseacher---a new "cousin"! > Maybe > > > someone > > > has a book and will do a look-up for you. Just send some > > > information to the > > > list! We need names and if you have any dates or approximate > time > > > periods > > > it helps to know them. > > > > > > By the way, Paris is in Henry County. Henry County and Stewart > > > County are > > > seperated by the Tennessee River. Do you happen to have the > name of > > > some > > > community that the folks lived in? If you do, it might be > helpful > > > if you > > > mentioned it. > > > > > > Don't worry if you don't find a cousin today! The list has been > a > > > little > > > slow as people are finishing up their gardens, getting the kids > back > > > in > > > school, and all those other things we have to deal with these > days. > > > > > > Good luck with your search! > > > > > > Sandy Ellis > > > > > > > > > ==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > > > Okay.... so I don't descend from anyone...... > > > Now What ???? > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > > Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > > Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: > > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > > > ==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > > My family tree must have been used for Firewood !!! > > > ==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > Hi Ho! Hi Ho! Now where did my ancestors go ?? > ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! 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Colleen, My ggrandmother was Samantha Coppedge daughter of Alexander Humphrey Coppedge and Emeline Elliot. From the 1850 census of Stewart Co., TN. Alexander and Emeline children were: Sarah, Mary, Elisabeth, John, Lewis, Louisa, Alexander, Penina, Charles and Samantha. By the way the my great grandfather Samuel James Highsmith Samantha's husband was also connected the Stewert County Times. There is a book out on the Coppedges I have not seen it yet. Chris Highsmith > I am searching for information on Clayton Coppedge & his wife Minifred > "Minnie" Brewer. They had two children. Billy (william?) Frank Coppedge > & Catherine Coppedge Speight (hubby's name Wayne) > Billy Frank was my father. > I have a copy from the SSDI of Clayton's application. > His birthday is Sept 3, 1904 and he was born in Dover, Stewert County. > His father appears to be John "Ivan"? Coppedge & Mother is Catherine > Scarborough. > At the time Clayton filled out the application, John was dead. Date of > the application is June 23, 1937. So it appears John Ivan Coppedge died > somewhere between 1903 and 1937. (Just a guess) > > Clayton had two sisters. Emily Coppedge Holiday & Mattie Coppedge > > Mattie never married but was the postmaster of Dover. It is a guess > that Mattie & Emily died around 1979 or 1980 > the family story is that Mattie gave all her money to the Christian > Church of Dover. > > > Minnie Coppedge married a Hatfield sometime after Clayton died. She was > a member of the Maplewood Baptist Church of Paris. She might have died > around 1979 or 1980 as well. > > Possibly they are buried in a small Dover Cemetary. Roadside type > cemetary. > > At the time of Clayton's SS application he was working at the Stewert > County Times. My mom believes he left the paper and started his own > paper or print shop in Paris. > > I guess my next step at this point is to order Clayton's birth > certificate. Do I just call the Henry County courthouse for a 1904 birth > certificate? > The next step I guess is to find the date Clayton and Minnie married. > > Any other suggestions or tips? > > Colleen

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I have a new name to look up MARY ANN ELLIOTT b. Nov 10, 1831. Married RICHARD MURPHY on July 27, 1854. Would like to find out her parents and if there is any Native American on this line? They lived in Montgomery Co TN. Pat

Anyone out there know where I can find the list of passengers coming in through Savannah, Georgia? 1820-1850? Pat

Cher, My thoughts and prayers are with you and Dad right now and think of you both often. Pat Mc ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cher" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 1:50 PM Subject: [DC] Dad's report > For my friends that are praying for Dad, > We are slipping off a plateau to another level...just how far we will slip > remains to be seen.. > I will spare you the details... > I am just so focused on God's mercy for him.... > This is not a very good day... > Cher > > > ==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > My family tree must have been used for Firewood !!! > >