----- Original Message ----- From: Cher <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 2:50 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 Cher, This is Pat in Michigan, I know what you mean, My father was doing so well now he has been down in his back so bad he can't go up stairs to bed and can't take a bath. Mom is doing a lot for him. We don't know if it is the cancer in the bone, because they did say it had spread there. Or if it is arthiritis, or osteoporosis, or all the above. It has been hard for my Mother. I am still convelessing at home recovering from my mastectomy. But I am doing woderful! You take care and I will put you in my prayers tonight. Pat > > > ==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > My family tree must have been used for Firewood !!! >

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

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

I don't find info in my files on Bob Wallace and Virginia Scarborough, Jeanette. Would this Bob Wallace have been your dad's brother? Gene Wallace Antioch TN ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeanette Duncan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 7:45 AM Subject: Re: [DC] Hello Everyone! > 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 >

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 !!!

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.

"The Season of Stories" (From the Sunday Afternoon Rocking series) Afternoon All, I had asked questions many times before, rarely receiving involved answers, as if the past were past and there was really not much need in rehashing it. But wanting to know, hungry for a glimpse of a world I had not known and far different from my own, I persisted for years, when the opportunity arose. I learned bits and pieces. But one day I began to talk of someone she wanted to remember... She brought out the locket first, almost shyly showing it to me. "Jud gave me and Hazel each one of these before he went off to the war," she said. Jud was my great uncle who had been killed in the Great War. In 1918, my Aunt Helen and her sister Hazel were tiny girls, and it was sometimes hard to reconcile the picture of the two round faced youngsters in his wallet with the ladies I had known so long as my elders. Looking at the locket, I recognized it, and remembered the necklaces those two tiny girls dressed in the starched white summer frocks of a long ago day wore in that photo. I remembered how in Jud's letters home he had asked for a picture of his nieces, and realized that this photo must have come in response to that request. They were photographed wearing the lockets he gave them when he said good-bye. As if the locket had in actuality been a lock and somehow a key had been twisted that sprang wide the doors to another long ago world, Helen now began to bring other things to show me. Over the few days I spent with her I saw the postcards Jud had mailed the long ago little Helen from far away places. I saw the tiny shoes a baby Helen had worn upon her chubby feet in 1910. I saw her mother's recipe book and heard her reminisce about the grandmother I never knew. She pointed out a dish that I had long thought very pretty, but never thought to ask the origins of, and she told me its story. And so in the next several days, stories began to unfold that I doubt sincerely she had ever shared before. You see, Helen had no children. She had but two nieces, and I was the only one of those left. For those of us with children, and grandchildren, I believe there comes a day when we begin to want to pass on our stories, our roots. The tremendous responsibility we feel in raising a child, smoothing their paths, showing them the roads we feel are most "right" carries over into another way of giving as we age. Most of us wish to give them roots, to share with them the past we remember and make them feel a part of it. We want them to know those we loved before they came to us, those they never had the opportunity of knowing. And so we tell the stories, we bring out the bits and pieces of our family past to show, to talk about. Sometimes we are listened to, sometimes our words are politely brushed aside, and sometimes, sadly enough, we realize there is no one that actually wants to hear. But for most of us who have raised a child, the day comes when we try. And so it was I realized what was happening with my aunt. I had grown into what she was now doing long before, but then I had the opportunity of doing so, having grown children. It came to me as I realized her newfound pleasure in sharing, that this was actually the first time she had had such a chance, and actually it was probable that she had never really felt the need to do so before. There were no children she had needed to pass roots to, she had never felt the pressing need of a parent or grandparent to do so. Indeed, she had been confused at my questions of the past, not understanding where a need to know of it was coming. Somehow the locket had changed all that, and now she wanted very much to share. Humbled, I realized that she was noting her own mortality, and trying to give something that would live on...but had just recognized this was possible. I recognized the blessed role I was being asked to play in her closure upon the past. We are all the same I think, though some of us feel that need to link our families in a long chain of memories before others. Some of us note our mortality more quickly than others, and some of us feel the pressing need to bind our children to what has gone before more quickly than others. But we are all the same. We want to know what we have known and loved will be treasured by who we now know and love. We want to know our parents, our grandparents will not be forgotten, and it begins to dawn on us that when we are gone, perhaps no one else will live who knew them as we did, or perhaps at all. For all of us there comes a time when we wish a sense of closure, a knowing that what we have lived was important enough to be remembered, that who we loved was meaningful enough to be treasured by yet another generation. And so we begin to tell the stories, to pull out items from the past, and we are anxious that these be heard. It pains us when we realize our descendents either have not yet had time to grow into an appreciation of such things, or their personalities seem to be such that perhaps they never will. And we are thrilled when we find those who will listen, who want to listen. I have known both. And I have learned that two things seem to make the most difference among those I wish had ears to hear. Maturity and experience with life and mortality, a knowing that death is no respecter of persons and life is short is the first. And the second is parenthood, somehow having children of one's own awakens that need for a legacy of the past to give them. And for those who have not yet grown into the knowing, I write. The stories I tell and the stories that have been told for me will be there, one day whether I am or not, and they will be treasured. I want no descendent to look back as I have, and rue not listening when the opportunity was yet there. And I know more than a few will grow into wanting to know. For them the stories will still be there, in the words I wished to tell them. We are all the same, I think. We want to bring closure, we want to give a legacy. But we cannot force a season upon those not ready to listen. We can only write the stories, that these may be opened when the season comes, whether we share that season or not. Just a thought, jan Copyright ©2000JanPhilpot .________________________________________________ (Note: Afternoon Rocking messages are meant to be passed on, meant to be shared...simply share as written without alterations...and in entirety. 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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.

Hello to everyone on this list. I, too, just discovered you folks - mentioned on the Henry County queries. I am researching the Williams surname and learned there was a large group of Williams in Henry County. My James Lewis Williams was born 1836, married Effie Butler 1863. Their three oldest children were Nathan, b 1864, John Thomas (Tom) b 1865, Sarah b 1869, all born TN. The other children were born in Arkansas, the last 1879 in Sebastian County. These folks seemed to have travelled the back roads, cannot locate James Lewis or Effie Butler TN home or after their marriage. Is anyone on this list researching Williams and perhaps these names ring a bell? Many thanks. Betty > > > ==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > Okay.... so I don't descend from anyone...... > Now What ???? >

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

I am new to this list and it's nice to see that this is a lively list. I am just starting to search my father's side who at one point lived in Paris Tn/Stewert County. I live in the Chicago area though so that makes things a little challanging. I saw a number of you asking someone for help in finding information. Could someone tell me who you are seeking help from and what kind of help in general you can ask for on this list? Thank you very much Colleen Simpson ________________________________________________________________ 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.

This is the kind of thing that keeps genealogy fun. It can get dry and boring sometimes especially when you've hit a brick wall. Then something like this comes on and it keeps you going with lots of laughs. Thanks, Jessie

Cher: That was funny. Mary

I have gotten a hodge podge of email on the Homecoming..so to help me help you. I went to a polling website and created a simple poll.. PLEASE go to this address and vote. I can't do what you all want me to do, if you don't tell me what you want..<bg> IF the poll doesn't include a problem, or idea that you have in mind, PLEASE email me and let me hear your views...I may have overlooked something...it happens. This poll will be open until the 8:00 pm EST, 26th of September, 2000. At that time the total will be tallied and posted as soon as possible. http://www.misterpoll.com/poll.wga?id=927503406

----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2000 4:53 PM Subject: Re: [DC] Houston County > Thanks Pat. Could I ask one more thing? I found W.S. Ellison on the 1891 > male voters list for Houston County and I am not all that sure what this > means since I am new at this...if he was able to vote in that county wouldn't > have had to live there? And show up on a census? > > Thanks, > Suzannne > > > ==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > My family tree must have been used for Firewood !!! Suzanne, I would think he would vote in the County he lived in. Could it be he was not head of house and lived with someone of a different last name? I have 5 books and that name is not in there at all. The closest to that name is ELLIS AND ELLIOT. Sorry again. Pat >

Thanks Pat. Could I ask one more thing? I found W.S. Ellison on the 1891 male voters list for Houston County and I am not all that sure what this means since I am new at this...if he was able to vote in that county wouldn't have had to live there? And show up on a census? Thanks, Suzannne

----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2000 4:19 PM Subject: [DC] Houston County > Hello, > I am looking for help with the William S. Ellison family. > William S. Ellison was born in 1856 in Houston County (Danville) TN. I am > trying to find a marriage record of him and Amanda Jenkins, born 1861 in > Kentucky. > > Records of the birth of their children would be helpful: > Clarence E. Ellison 1880 born in TN > Carrie E. Ellison 1885 born in TN > Bessie L. Ellison 1890 born in TN > William H. Ellison 1898 born in AR > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > Suzanne > > > ==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > GENEALOGY goes on... and on... and on.. Suzanne, I checked all the census books I have and there is no listing for any Ellison's. Sorry Pat > > > > >

Hello, I am looking for help with the William S. Ellison family. William S. Ellison was born in 1856 in Houston County (Danville) TN. I am trying to find a marriage record of him and Amanda Jenkins, born 1861 in Kentucky. Records of the birth of their children would be helpful: Clarence E. Ellison 1880 born in TN Carrie E. Ellison 1885 born in TN Bessie L. Ellison 1890 born in TN William H. Ellison 1898 born in AR Any help would be greatly appreciated. Suzanne

Cher, Do you think they ever got that cow moved??!!! LOL LOL ROFLOL!!! Maybe I should get the name and address of that photography studio, if they can move a cow, maybe they could give my ggrandfather a head and right arm!!! Still giggling, Ronda

Pat, would like to know if you could look up for me: 1. George Washington Gunter born August 2, 1853, in Humphrey, TN. He died August 15, 1899, in Tubb Cemetery, south of Waverly Humphrey Co... TN. He married Lovey Susannah Tubb, who I would also like you to lookup. She was born January 18, 1858, in Humphrey, TN and died Oct 1928 in Elbridge Cemetery, Elbridge, TN. They were my GGreatparents that I can't find out anything about them. 2. James Nathan Gunter born November 1, 1883, in Humphrey, TN. He died Sept 1917. He married Trulie Joyner born July 14, 1880, Obion, TN. She died April 19, 1920. They were my Grandparents who died when my mother was four and five years old. Her older brother died in 1967 and his wife after that and mother's younger sister was two and three when they died. So you can see they were to young to have information. I would appreciate all the help you can give me. I am trying to start a Family Tree before my mother dies. She has Parkinson's Disease and doesn't have much longer to live. Again, hope that you can help me. Sincerely, Susan Jackson [email protected]