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.