I ALSO MISSED THE SURNAME ROLL CALL. SORRY . "WREN" REGARDS, VERNON

> I know how you feel. I can't find my great grandfather. My > sister said "Forget it. When you get there, just ask him!!" *******Shirley, what you said there really hit home! <vbg> For YEARS I could not find my own great grandpa which seemed so frustrating and silly to me that Mama and her siblings did not have a clue who their grandfather was! (yup, there was a story there all right!)....well when you least expect.... last winter I shot out a query toward Davidson Co. list about the company she HAD vaguely remembered hearing he worked for (no longer there), and got untold responses about that company...but also got one fella who was kinda like "by the way maybe you might be kin to...." SHEESH. MIGHT BE? It turned out to be Mama's first cousin she had not seen since babyhood....who could not help much but DID know of a ninety year old aunt still living that Mama thought must be dead by now and had a whole different surname than the one she had when Mama knew her... we called the aunt who happily supplied the name and the county someplace we never DREAMED of looking and with a name much different than we thought it was....Clarksville library nicely did a look-up and the grandfather I could not peg suddenly had a name! Sooooo....guess I just want to encourage you a little there.... I thought I would have to wait till the great beyond to find him too.... really had given up hope...so maybe this will happen for you too! jan > > > ==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > GENEALOGY is like Hide & Seek: > They Hide & I Seek !! > > > >

Marsha, Thanks for your prompt reply. I don't have any further information on Julia, just that she married Charles W. Matheny Sept. 11, 1864 in Henry Co., TN. I don't know if she died young or not, but Charles married Amanda Ross on Dec. 8, 1874 in Benton Co., TN. Lillie

Lillie: Off the top of my head and a quick search, no. But I am still researching myself. I will continue to look for you. My Brisedines are William/Isaac/Richard/Perry etc. Most from originally from Essex Co. VA. A listing of the Brisendine Cemetary can be found at Henry Co.'s gen web page. All of those are my relatives. I'll keep looking. Marsha Marsha

Kathy: Thanks for responding. My Sykes is John Wesley or Westley Sykes. He came from Stewart County and settled in either Henry County or Calloway. He is buried in an unmarked grave in Hazel Cemetary in Hazel, Kentucky. They are sort of connected. He married I think a Fanny and they had several children: Minnie, (my ggrandmother) Mollie, Flossie, Grace, Will, Walter. Minnie married Bert Franklin Wilson and had my grandfather Lester Aubrey (an only child) Grace married his brother Nack Wilson, no children. Flossie Married Charlie George and populated a goodly portion of Kentucky. (HAHA). Mollie ended up in California I think. Married and had a least one child. Walter ran away from home and went to Hugo, Oklahoma. I posted a query there, but they haven't posted it yet. Will married Ethel Bradley and had a ton of kids. Since Miss Minnie died before my mother was born and Grace died when I was 11, I never really got to hear about the family. Most of the immediate family are dead and all the cousins are scattered to the four winds. I will share everything I know about these if they are the ones you are looking for. Here's hoping!! Marsha -----Original Message----- From: GenFoster@aol.com <GenFoster@aol.com> To: DanvilleCrossing-L@rootsweb.com <DanvilleCrossing-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, July 10, 1999 2:44 PM Subject: Re: New Subscriber >I have a lot of Sikes/Sykes information because me grandmother was married to >a Sykes. Please let me know something about your ancestry and I will be glad >to share what I have with you or anyone else on the list researching this >surname. > >Kathy Anderson Foster > > >==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== >What do you mean my Birth Certificate expired ??? > >

Kenneth Banasiewicz wrote: > > Hello: > > My name is Marsha Banasiewicz and I am a new subscriber to DanvilleCrossing-L. > > My family is mostly from Stewart and Henry County in Tennessee. Also Calloway in Kentucky but Henry and Calloway are sort of interchangeable since my folks are from Hazel/Puryear. > > My lines are Sikes/Sykes/Wilson from Stewart/Henry > Valentine/Brizendine/Brisendine from Henry > Hinchey/Aycock from Henry > Smotherman/Cope from Henry/Calloway > > I am interested in any and all information on family, history, misc. and am very happy to share. > > Thanks > > Marsha > bwhiz@mindspring.com > > =20 > > ==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > Okay.... so I don't descend from anyone...... > Now What ???? Do you have a Julia Brisendine who married Charles W. Matheny in your files? Charles W. was born c1822. Lillie Cotham

For the new members I am reposting my Henry County Lines; CAMPBELL HICKS MCCORD WRIGHT Especially looking for spouses for Martha W. MCCORD b. 7/03/1803 John C MCCORD b.2/17/1808 M. Sarah ? Amy Elizabeth MCCORD b. 11/10/1818 M. Yandell ? David B.Y. MCCORD b. 8/23/1817 M. Barbara Ann ?? Were William WRIGHT and Francis CAMPBELL from Henry CO. ? Thanks Much Susie

To the Sikes/Sykes Lines: I have a lot of information on the Arthur and Samson line, Stewart and Henry Counties will be glad to share. Ira

Sue, Are you related to any Buchanans in Humphreys Co. ? Barbara Buchanan

Hello: My name is Marsha Banasiewicz and I am a new subscriber to DanvilleCrossing-L. My family is mostly from Stewart and Henry County in Tennessee. Also Calloway in Kentucky but Henry and Calloway are sort of interchangeable since my folks are from Hazel/Puryear. My lines are Sikes/Sykes/Wilson from Stewart/Henry Valentine/Brizendine/Brisendine from Henry Hinchey/Aycock from Henry Smotherman/Cope from Henry/Calloway I am interested in any and all information on family, history, misc. and am very happy to share. Thanks Marsha bwhiz@mindspring.com =20

Marsha - I have this group of people in a book I purchased about the Sikes/Sykes family. My information shows James Allen Sikes and Frances "Fannie" Guerin were the parents of: Mary Magdalene Sikes, b. January 9, 1880 who married Tom Lowry. They had two children, Ruel Lowry and Connie Lowry. Mattie B. Sikes, b. August 10, 1881 and died December 6, 1889 at age 8. J. Walter Sikes, b. May 18, 1883 and died April 27, 1906 at age 22. He is buried in Frogville, Oklahoma. Minnie Sikes was born March 17, 1885. She married Bert Wilson and they had one child, Lester Aubrey Wilson, who was born November 8, 1907. Grace Sikes was born January 22, 1887 and died December 31, 1967 at age 80. She married Nack Wilson. He is buried in Hazel Cemetery, Hazel, Ky. William Chesley Sykes was born May 16, 1891 and died April 11, 1966. He was married to Ethel Mae Bradley and they had several children: 1) Audrie Eron Sykes; Orvis Willard Sykes; Bertha Edith Sykes; Ruth Sykes; Willie Mae Sykes; and Hilda Frances Sykes. Ula Flossie Sykes was born December 28, 1893. She married Charles Edward George and they had a bunch of kids. James Allen then married Myrtle McLean and they had two children: Cordelia Sykes and Louise Sykes. If these sound like your people, then we are definitely cousins. Let me know if this matches with her information. Guaranteed, this is not my original research, it comes from someone else and I have found some errors in it. I would be happy to share my Ged.com file with you or send you a printed copy of the information I have in my family tree. Kathy

My roll call names are: MASSEY (MASSY) AND MEEK(S). B.J. (Massey) Clay

Shirley, I'll bet your sister is just like mine. ? THEY think I'm nuts to be so exhuberant every time I find a new clue or an ancestor! Even my son gets a bored look on his face when I start telling him of my latest discoveries. ---------- >> > ---------> > > > And, some of those tears could be because they see us struggling, and wish > > they had left better records !!!!! :-) > > At the rate I'm going, I'll probably MEET them in the great beyond before > > I FIND > > them in this life ! > I know how you feel. I can't find my great grandfather. My > sister said "Forget it. When you get there, just ask him!!" > > > ==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > GENEALOGY is like Hide & Seek: > They Hide & I Seek !! > > > >

Ooohhhhh, if only !!!!!!!!!!!! What a wonderful story!! How did we ever live without "the Net"???? - > Sooooo....guess I just want to encourage you a little there.... I thought I > would have to wait till the great beyond to find him too.... really had > given up hope...so maybe this will happen for you too! > jan

I have a lot of Sikes/Sykes information because me grandmother was married to a Sykes. Please let me know something about your ancestry and I will be glad to share what I have with you or anyone else on the list researching this surname. Kathy Anderson Foster

Patricia, There are some CRUSEs connected to my BROWN and DALE family. I've attached the info below. Robert Dale BROWN and Lura Angeline DALE are my great grandparents (Henry County). Hope this helps. Looking forward to hear if there are any connections! Laura Darr Descendants of James Buel Cruse Generation No. 1 1. JAMES BUEL1 CRUSE He married MYRTIE BROWN, daughter of ROBERT BROWN and LURA DALE. She was born May 13, 1893, and died May 08, 1920. Children of JAMES CRUSE and MYRTIE BROWN are: 2. i. JAMES DALE2 CRUSE, b. July 16, 1912. 3. ii. MYRTIE ELAINE CRUSE, b. February 15, 1916; d. April 12, 1966. Generation No. 2 2. JAMES DALE2 CRUSE (JAMES BUEL1) was born July 16, 1912. Child of JAMES DALE CRUSE is: i. JAMES DALE3 CRUSE, JR.. 3. MYRTIE ELAINE2 CRUSE (JAMES BUEL1) was born February 15, 1916, and died April 12, 1966. She married IRA OWNBY. Children of MYRTIE CRUSE and IRA OWNBY are: i. DAVID3 OWNBY. ii. JEANETTE OWNBY. Michael Carlson wrote: > Hi, I just recently came across the Danville Crossing list and I am so > pleased that this site is in place!! I'm also sick that obviously I > just missed this wonderful homecoming that you all just had (especially > after I just read that sweet story Jan posted about how happy all of the > ancestors would be about their descendants getting together). > Hopefully, I'll be able to make it the next time > anyway! Families I'm researching > are: CAIN (of Benton Co), PRESSON (of Benton & Carroll Co, WATKINS (of > Henry Co), CRUSE/CREWS (of Henry & Carroll Co), MYRICK (of Henry Co), & > TURNER. My dad was in Benton > Co recently and he visited the some cemeteries and took pictures of some > of the monuments. I thought I'd post them, hopefully they'll help > someone else. > Patricia

---------- > > And, some of those tears could be because they see us struggling, and wish > they had left better records !!!!! :-) > At the rate I'm going, I'll probably MEET them in the great beyond before > I FIND > them in this life ! I know how you feel. I can't find my great grandfather. My sister said "Forget it. When you get there, just ask him!!"

In a message dated 07/09/1999 9:36:40 PM Mountain Daylight Time, abgriff@aeneas.net writes: << Bravo!!!!!Jan. Those thoughts are the thoughts that have been going through my heart and mind since the reunion. I truly enjoyed meeting everyone and am looking forward to next year. You and Cher are truly "beautiful" people in thought and deed. It is truly a pleasure to meet and come to know you. Sincerely, Brenda Griffith >> Hear, hear, I second that!! Karen Alexander

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I believe if there was a way for our > ancestors to have been standing quietly in the corners of the Paris Landing > Lodge a few weeks ago...if there was a way for them to see fourth generation > cousins that had sprung from that "little family of long ago" touch each > other, hug each other, laugh and converse for the first time in four or five > generations....if that was possible, if we maybe had "ghosts in the > wings"...then I think they stood there with tears in their eyes and hearts > full of praise and gladness. >>>>>>>>>>> > > And, some of those tears could be because they see us struggling, and wish they had left better records !!!!! :-) At the rate I'm going, I'll probably MEET them in the great beyond before I FIND them in this life ! > > > ==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > GENEALOGY is like Hide & Seek: > They Hide & I Seek !! > > > >

I must have missed the request for a surname roll call, but here are my family names: CATHEY HATFIELD JAMISON LANKFORD MCAULEY NICHOLS PATTON STAVELY TUGGLE Anne Smith