Thanks Dallas, Guess it was Davy Pierce........ There's a connection between John & Rachels' ..Mary Caroline...and Stephen & Lavinias'...Martha Angeline... thru the Coopers, McDaniels & McKenzies..... Just can't put my finger on it right now.....and haven't found it in my notes.....Martha Angeline McDaniel (b. 1859) married to John C. Gray..........it's in there.......I've got another hard-drive to search....but not right now... Thanks again, Dave ----------------------------------------- At 01:07 PM 1/22/02 -0800, Dallas Greer wrote: >Jean and Dave. > >I have a Martha Pierce b. Feb 23,1822 the eldest daughter of John Pierce >b.1799, d. 1862 and Rachel Ross they had 10 children: >Martha, Wm Riley, Louisa, Keziah, Mary Caroline, John Wm, Rachel, Harvey R., >Evaline, Edward A., the youngest. I also have some of their spouses, don't have a >spouse for Martha. >Dave this is what we discussed, most of it is your information. > >DAL> > > >David L Snow wrote: > >> Jean, >> >> Here's the problem with the Pierces and particularly Martha Angeline........ >> >> There are 2 main Pierce lines the area....between Henry and Benton >> Counties..just like there are 3 main Dortch lines that run in the area and >> up into Kentucky.......the Pierce lines are obviously related, but back in >> N.Carolina and Kentucky.... >> >> Haven't been able to determine whether the lines are brothers or >> cousins.....one is the John Pierce-Rachael Ross line and the other is your >> Stephen Pierce-Lavinia Geers line..........there also were a couple other >> lines that moved in and out of the area. >> >> Dallas....can you help her here ???? You and I discussed this Pierce line >> before and I can't find my records....Martha Angeline is part of Kiziahs' >> line down the road.....and I can't find the connection right now.....but >> I've stumbled with Martha a number of times.......she's involved with the >> Coopers and McDaniels....just don't remember where or when (old age I >> guess).... >> >> Any of you 'old time' Pierce researchers able to help......???? >> >> Dave >> ------------------------------------------------- >> At 10:05 PM 1/21/02 -0500, GJCloke1@cs.com wrote: >> >Dave, >> > >> >Thanks anyway on the BETHANY--BEATON/BETHUNE thing. Gotta check any >> >possibility. >> > >> >I don't have a whole lot on Martha Angelina/Angeline PIERCE, who was my >> >gr-gr-grandmother. But here is what I have. According to my own estimate >> >from Census records, etc., she was born ABT 1839 in Henry Co., TN. Her >> >father was Augustus PIERCE son of Stephen PIERCE & Lavinia GEERS, but I have >> >not been able to find anything on her mother. I have seven siblings for >> >Martha...... Elizabeth Caroline, Lavinia Catherine, William B., Pinckney >> >Stephen, George W., Mary Jane, & Sarah R. Augustus is buried in Barbee >> >Cemetery in Henry Co., TN. >> > >> >She married Charles Homer BETHANY July 8, 1861 in Henry Co., TN, and moved >> to >> >Benton Co. where he lived. C.H. already had seven children of his own and a >> >step-son. This was his third marriage. Martha & C.H. had at least 12 >> >children, the second being my gr-grandmother, Martha Jane. >> > >> >Sometime toward the end of the Civil war they moved to Texas Co., MO and >> >remained there until about 1873 when they moved to Newton Co., AR. After >> >C.H. died in Dec. 1900, she kept the property for a while, but then began >> >moving around living with her children for several months to a year or so at >> >a time. She died in August 1915 near Earlsboro, Pottawatomie Co., OK while >> >living with one of her daughters, and is buried in an unmarked grave in the >> >Earlsboro Cemetery. My grandmother showed me where the grave was years ago, >> >so at least we know where it is. I hope to get a stone on it this year. >> > >> >There are a couple of discrepancies in the information I have accumulated >> >that disagree with the above info. One is that some other BETHANY >> >researchers have her middle name as Lucretia instead of Angelina. The >> second >> >is a family story that Martha Angeline PIERCE was abandoned as an infant on >> >the doorstep of the home of a minister, Augustus PIERCE. Martha was at >> >least part Indian and may have been full-blood. The PIERCE family took her >> >in and raised her as one of their own. It has been speculated that she was >> >abandoned during the removal of the Cherokee's to Indian Territory since two >> >of the trails used went through the area of Henry Co., TN where the PIERCE >> >family lived. One theory is that her mother had died and she was left >> there >> >so she would be taken care of. >> > >> >This is about all I have on her, other than a couple of pictures other >> >researchers have sent me. I can send those directly to you, if you like. >> > >> >Do you have some additional info on Martha or C.H.? >> > >> >Thanks and have a good day, >> >Jean >> > >> > >> >==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== >> >Hi Ho! Hi Ho! Now where did my ancestors go ?? >> > >> >> ==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== >> My genealogy software won't accept "spaceship" >> as a "Place of Birth"..... Now What ???? > > >==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== >GENEALOGY goes on... and on... and on... >