Sharon, The book you mentioned is not a reliable source for anything of historical facts in Morgan co. Mr.Johnson was my Civics teacher in high school. The information in this book are reports we made while in his class. The one on Wheelrim is especially false,about Wheelrim got its name. The part of the Crases could be possibly true. In fact I wrote the part on the Christian Church and it is true. I knew the boys who did Wheelrim and it is a joke. Brenda -----Original Message----- From: Sharon Warner <index@dmci.net> To: ELAM-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com <ELAM-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, August 12, 1999 11:48 AM Subject: Re: [ELAM-ROOTS] Benjamin Elam & Emily Jane Holbrook >Lou, > >Here is a little history of Wheelrim from a book called "Early Morgan >County" by Arthur C. Johnson that should help. Wheelrim is the area that >the Elams settled in. > >p. 76-77 > >WHEELRIM > >Wheelrim is a small creek on the south side of Morgan County. The name >appeared many, many years ago, when a group of people came to the mouth of >Wheelrim and camped there. While they were there, they cut a limb off a >tree and hung a spinning wheel in a bush. When people came there to settle, >they saw the spinning wheel and called the creek Wheelrim. >There were three water mills located on Wheelrim. The first was owned by >AIf Crase about 1883. >The second one was run by Ben Elam in 1885. It was first owned by his >father. One cold morning in December, Ben was walking across a log that >helped dam up the pond. There was ice on the log and the pond was frozen >over. Ben slipped and fell in the pond and broke his shoulder on the ice. >The third water mill was built by George Crase in the year of 1903. My >father, Forest Bailey, said he took corn to the mill when he was a boy to >have it ground. Some of the old mill still stands. >There were two schoolhouses on the creek. The first one was built out of >logs and was covered with boards for a roof. It was built in the year of >1880. The second one was built out of planks in the year of 1900. My >father, Forest Bailey, went to school there. >A church was built about 1915. My grandfather, Frank Press Bailey, helped >to buy material and also helped build the houses. It was pastored by Uncle >Henry Elam and Andy Crase until they died. It is a United Baptist church. >The church house is still standing. >There was one grocery store on Wheelrim. It was owned by H. Crase. It was >built in 1918. He did not stay in business very long, because two men >robbed the store and carried off most of his groceries in two coffee sacks. >The first post office was run by Kellie Risener. It was called Burk. He ran >it until he died, and then Sarah Risener ran it for a short period. Harm >Davis took it over, and he ran it until the government took it from him. >Some of the first settlers were Josh, John, Ben and Dan Elam, and Henry >Crase. George Crase, who never married, stayed with Henry until he died at >the age of 94. >This research report was given by Leondias Bailey. > > >GREEAR > >Greear is on Little Caney. It was first settled by John Elam and Johnny >CIaypool. >Greear got its name from the Greear post office, and the post office got >its name from an old man, Bill Greear, who settled there. The Greear post >office was established in 1933... > >(The section on Greear was given by Greldeen Jones and Sarah Peyton. They >interviewed Kerby Williams in October 1955.) > >-------------- >Ben's brother John was my gr gr grandfather. Looking forward to seeing the >rest of your information. > >Sharon > >>Hi cousins! I can't begin to tell you how excited I am to find all of you! >> >>As a child, I was always told by the elderly relatives that I inherited >>"that Elam pride" -- I had no idea what that meant, but they always said it >>as if it were a good thing! >> >>Before I found this website my Elam history only went back as far as >>Benjamin Elam & Emily Jane Holbrook (plus in 1983 I found an 1860 census >>record showing an elderly Gilbert living with Benjamin & Emily, so I deduced >>this was his father). I have a great deal of information on the descendants >>of Benjamin & Emily, including children, spouses, births, deaths, stories, >>etc., which I'll share in a future message. >> >>Adding your research to mine, here's my line, starting with me: >> 1. Louanna Taulbee Walker >> 2. Ella Jane Morris & Johnie Milton Taulbee) >> 3. Julian Preston Morris & Addie Elam >> 4. Benjamin Elam & Emily Jane Holbrook >> 5. Gilbert Elam & Catherine Cooley >> 6. William "Billie" Cannon Elam & Susannah Rugins >> 7. Gilbert Elam & Susanna Cannon >> 8. Robert Elam & Elizabeth Boling >> 9. Gilbert Elam & Mary Hatcher >>10. Gilbert Elam & Ann Elam >>11. Thomas Elam & Mary Shirecliffe >>11. Robert Elam (through Ann) >> >>CORRECTION: on Cassie's "James Elam Descendants", there's a 2nd marriage >>listed for Benjamin Elam (to Rebecca Burton). This must be someone else's >>Benjamin (there's an LDS report showing a Benjamin C. Elam b. 1850 m. >>Rebecca Burton in 1871). MY Benjamin was born in 1842 -- I don't have an >>exact date of death. The story handed down is that Ben was still fairly >>young when died -- he fell to his death when he climbed to the top of a >>watermill to fix a frozen waterwheel. Ben & Emily's youngest son Grant was >>born in 1892, so the earliest Ben could have died was after Emily became >>pregnant with Grant in 1891-1892, which would make Ben 50. >> >>Does anyone have any information on the ancestors of Emily Jane Holbrook >>Elam --I've reached a brick wall. There's a small penciled note in the >>Family Bible close to her name that (I think) reads: "mar'd Murphy". >>Perhaps a 2nd marriage after Ben's death? Also, "Wheelrim" is written after >>her maiden name -- maybe this is where the Holbrooks lived. >> >>Can't wait to hear from all of you. I'll organize my notes & files & send >>you the rest of what I have. >> >>Lou Walker > > >