Wanda, We had two Faries gals who married the same Boulden. When the first wife died (Faries) he married the sister (Faries) from the same family unit. Back then, if there were kids, and there was property, and all that jazz, they married to "stay afloat" so to speak. Also there were few in the same neighborhood, and as you see, not many traveled far to find a wife, just looked around town, or the farm. So it is possible that you have the same situation. I am going to forward you some files that I have updated. Leaving for Gail's tomorrow nite, then Norfolk Va for two weeks, then back to Gail's and back home after Labor Day weekend dies down. Will keep in touch with ya.....via e-mail.....and I hope to do some research on Va and Md Faries while down there. Carole :} Date forwarded: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 05:45:57 -0700 (PDT) Date sent: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 08:47:43 -0500 From: Wanda Rabb <wcr@netunlimited.net> Subject: [FARRIS-L] Help need with Faris-Boyd family of York Co. SC To: FARRIS-L@rootsweb.com Forwarded by: FARRIS-L@rootsweb.com Send reply to: FARRIS-L@rootsweb.com > I am trying to help another person with her Faris-Farris line out of York. > She descends from Tirzah Clarke Faris who married Thomas McGill Boyd. In > looking at my records, I noticed I also have one of TIrzah's sisters > Martha M. Faris married to a Thomas M. Boyd. Were both of these sisters > married to Thomas McGill Boyd or do I have some erroneous information here? > > Thanks, > Wanda > > > > ==== FARRIS Mailing List ==== > Your Support Keeps RootsWeb Free! > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > >

Dear Cindy and Ken, Thank you for your information which is VERY interesting. I feel sure they are the same family. It is no coincidence they each came from In to Schuyler Co., Mo. to Randolph Co., Mo. I still have relatives in Randolph Co, do you? And Higbee--there are lots of Thompsons there. Do you have the names of the children of Isaac and Mahala? I have cousins in their high 80s who may have remembered them. At this point they are "not interested" in genealogy but if I had something to jog their memories we may come up with the relationship of our families. I also have Thompson relatives with whom I have not been in contact with for about 15 years, who may be able to help me out. Thanks for renewing my interest in these lines which have plagued me for years. Looking forward to hearing from you again. I am sending this info an to my daughter who is an accomplished genealogist in hopes she may direct me as to which way to go. Eleanor

Please join me in welcoming some new members to our list: alanreed@swbell.net PLUMPUP@aol.com thomas.farris@cwix.com cannf@email.msn.com Ziggy69952@aol.com thomas.farris@cwix.com If you haven't done so already, we hope you will introduce yourselves and tell us about the family you are researching! Wanda Rabb (researching Rabb (NC/SC), Penix (NC), Bradshaw (VA>NC), (Gantt (NC), Nix, Robertson, Wilson, Conner, Harris (Rutherford Co.,NC), Laws(Yancey, Rutherford Co., NC), Edwards,Kelly (Yancey Co.,NC), Causby, Patton(Burke/McDowell Co., NC) Paxton(Union Co., NC >Lancaster, SC), Purviance (NC), Farris & Morris (York Co., SC) Lovelace, Hamrick, Green and McSwain (Cleveland Co., NC), Ledford, Black(Cleveland or Rutherford Co., NC), Towery (Cleveland or Lincoln Co., NC) Listmanager for CAUSBY-L, FARRIS-L, LAWS-L, NIX-L, PAXTON-L, PURVIANCE-L, RABB-L Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Cottage/1882/

Ken and Eleanor, I have William 'Isaac' Farris who according to census was born in Indiana. Headstone says 1822 to 14 Feb 1900. He is buried in Randolph County, MO. I have no idea who his parents were. He married Mahala Ann Roberts Byram in Schuyler County, MO 1848. They were in Schuyler County, MO census 1850 and 1860. I have been unable to locate them in 1870. Their oldest son married in Randolph County, MO about 1874. By 1880 they are in Randolph Co, Prairie Twp, near Higbee. Maybe there is a connection here also. Cindy

Dear Ken Thompson, How exciting! I believe there was an Isaac Farris (or Isiah or Elisha) in my search of Schuyler Co., Mo. The fact that my John also followed the same path from Ky to In to Mo is a good indication of some relationship. Also, I am also a descendant of the Thompsons (Nero ) on the other side of my family. My paternal grandmother was Missouri Price Thompson. My problem is that I had a computer crash a few months back and lost a lot of my data and will have to reconstruct using the notes I have, etc. As soon as I can, and that will be after October, I will try to work on these lines. Could you possibly send me what you have on Isaac Farris and Richard Thompson--dates and locations, etc? My home address is 1700 6th St. NW, Apt. B-3, Winter Haven, Fl. 33881 My Email address: Elliedu@Juno.com Eleanor DuBois

Hi I read with much interest the inclosed message. I am seeking a Isaac Farris/Pharis who possibly was in Missouri for a short time in the 1840/50's. This Isaac married an unknown d/o Richard Thompson/Thomson about 1805 in Russell Co., Va.. Was in Russell Co. 1810 and in Lawrence Co., Ky. in the 1820's before going to Jefferson Co., Indiana in 1830. I have been unable to locate Isaac after 1830 and there is a possibility that he removed to Missouri where many of the Thompson's of Lawrence Co., Ky. were in the late 1840's. Do you see any connection ? kt Eleanor W DuBois wrote: > Dear Annette, > > Did your Elias live in Schuyler Co., Missouri? If so, I think we are > looking at the same family, and it isn't easy. My grandfather was > William Z. Farris and he was born in Schuyler County, Mo. in 1853. His > father was John Farris born in Ky in 1815. Since Wm.Z. had only sisters, > all born in Schuyler Co.Mo, except the oldest who was born in Tennessee > in 1842, it appears that John moved to Tennessee shortly before 1840, > and originally from Ky. > > I am stuck on John Farris because I don't know yet what county in > Kentucky he lived in. Only know he was born there and married Rebecca > Dickson and had 7 children, was in Tn in 1840 and Schuyler Co.Mo. in > 1850. Later he moved to Randolph Co., Mo. > > I think where we both need to concentrate is on Schuyler Co., Mo. as > there were several Farris families there and they apparently had all come > from Tn. and Ky. Please keep in touch with me as I feel very strongly > there is a tie in. Where do you live? I live in Fl and originally from > Mo. Currently I have not been working very hard on genealogy, but hope > to soon. > Eleanor DuBois > Email address: Elliedu@Juno.com > > ==== FARRIS Mailing List ==== > You may search the Farris-L archives on the Rootsweb web site at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > In the surname field, type in Farris

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------7501757C4B721ABBC72352CA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Found this on the Obion Co. TN list thought it might help some one. --------------7501757C4B721ABBC72352CA Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: from mail-gw3.pacbell.net (mail-gw3.pacbell.net [206.13.28.55]) by mail-sf1.pacbell.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id FAA09735 for <svega@chumash.snfc21.pbi.net>; Tue, 10 Aug 1999 05:54:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.27]) by mail-gw3.pacbell.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id FAA07841; Tue, 10 Aug 1999 05:54:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id FAA22521; Tue, 10 Aug 1999 05:54:27 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 05:54:27 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <19990810125356.42035.qmail@hotmail.com> X-Originating-IP: [142.51.234.59] From: "Cora Ann Brown" <ajobebrown@hotmail.com> Old-To: TNOBION-L@rootsweb.com Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 08:53:55 EDT Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Subject: [TNOBION] Re: [TNOBION-L] Obion County Roll Call FAIRES (FARRIS) Resent-Message-ID: <jrO3MC.A.OfF.BECs3@bl-11.rootsweb.com> To: TNOBION-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: TNOBION-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <TNOBION-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/1254 X-Loop: TNOBION-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: TNOBION-L-request@rootsweb.com >My ancestors in Obion County were the Faires family with Faires being >spelled in different ways. Some of the first names were: > I am trying to find out some information on the family of Leander Farris who married Mahala VINSON Dec 9, 1885 McNairy Co, Tn. Mahala was d/o Jesse Vinson Jr. and Lucinda Donahoo of McNairy Co, Tn. I am also looking for the parents of Margaret R. 'Maggie' Sutton who married Solomon Pleasant Farris. Their son, Solomon Dee Farris born in l876 married Florence Isadora Stutts - a Visnon descendant. However, I also know that the Suttons were related to the Vinsons in several ways and Margaret is one that I have not placed as of yet. I have Solomon Pleasant Farris as the d/o Commodore Farris. Thanks, Ann ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ==== TNOBION Mailing List ==== Obion County, Tennessee, TNGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnobion/ --------------7501757C4B721ABBC72352CA--

I know a little more now about my gg grandmother; Parents of Mary Ann Farris were Eli FARRIS b. abt 1798 & Francis Morris (or Morrison) b. 1779 Sisters were: Susan (spouse Francis Maxwell) & Martha Jane "Patsy" Farris (spouse Wm Harvey McMurry) Mary Ann married John Newton Hamil abt 1840 prob. in TN or TX She was born in Al (Lauderdale Co. ?) & died in Fannin Co., TX, she is buried at Allen's Chapel in Honey Grove. Any bells anyone? Travis Allen

Dear Annette, Did your Elias live in Schuyler Co., Missouri? If so, I think we are looking at the same family, and it isn't easy. My grandfather was William Z. Farris and he was born in Schuyler County, Mo. in 1853. His father was John Farris born in Ky in 1815. Since Wm.Z. had only sisters, all born in Schuyler Co.Mo, except the oldest who was born in Tennessee in 1842, it appears that John moved to Tennessee shortly before 1840, and originally from Ky. I am stuck on John Farris because I don't know yet what county in Kentucky he lived in. Only know he was born there and married Rebecca Dickson and had 7 children, was in Tn in 1840 and Schuyler Co.Mo. in 1850. Later he moved to Randolph Co., Mo. I think where we both need to concentrate is on Schuyler Co., Mo. as there were several Farris families there and they apparently had all come from Tn. and Ky. Please keep in touch with me as I feel very strongly there is a tie in. Where do you live? I live in Fl and originally from Mo. Currently I have not been working very hard on genealogy, but hope to soon. Eleanor DuBois Email address: Elliedu@Juno.com

In a message dated 8/9/99 9:10:07 PM, SandyMc620@aol.com writes: << Thanks, Sherri. I know all the Edwards are confusing! Sandy >> Okay, how is Edward in PA or DE connected to the York, SC Faries? Kurt Matheson Greenville, SC

>Wanda, > In reference to all the different lists, do you suppose it would do any >good for us to let Rootsweb know how we feel about the numerous lists? If >each person would let them know, maybe it would keep them from splintering >the group quite so much, and those of us who watch for all spellings wouldn't >have to join multiple lists. I would think that splitting the lists would be >more cost for Rootsweb also, in the long run. > >Sandy > Sandy, You can certainly try, but I don't believe this will be changed. The listowners literally pitched fits to no avail. Rootsweb is having to compete with the other "for-profit" services online that offer multiple surname lists. I believe this is probably why it was done. They are also running banner advertisements on all the newly created GenConnect Boards so I am sure that was part of the reason - to obtain more funds to operate on. Rootsweb had solely depended upon donations and I think they were forced to get into the advertising arena in order to survive. This is all just "my opinion"...I could be wrong! Wanda

I have just started looking into my family history. I have gotten as far as my great grandfather and have gotten stuck. I cannot find any information on the parents of Elias D. Farris. He was born in Feb 3rd 1856. He married Mary A. Middleton in 1879? and had 10 children. They lived in Schuyler County. Has anyone run across any information on him?? Any ideas where to look? Annette Bednar

Sandy, I get confused talking about all these different Edwards but I want to recap what I have because I have enter addition info on one of Edwards since last writing her. 1. EDWARD2 FARRIS (WILLIAM1 FARIS) was born Abt. 1745 in Augusta Co., VA, and died Aft. 1793 in Washington Co., VA. He married AGNES Abt. 1760 in Washington Co., VA. She died Aft. 1820 in Washington Co., VA. Notes for EDWARD FARRIS: Edward was raised by guardian, Francis McCown. Children of EDWARD FARRIS and AGNES are: 2. i. WILLIAM3 FARIS, b. Abt. 1775, 7-Mile Ford, VA; d. Bet. 1825 - 1830, Washington Co., VA. ii. THOMAS FARRIS, b. Abt. 1776. iii. EDWARD FARRIS, b. Abt. 1778. iv. LEVIA FARIS, b. Abt. 1779; m. NIMROD FARRIS. v. ROBERT FARRIS, b. Abt. 1781. Notice here Edward (1) born and died in VA. (2)EDWARD3 FARRIS (EDWARD2, WILLIAM1 FARIS) was born Abt. 1778. I have no other info on him think he maybe the one that went to Tennessee but have no hard evidence of this. (3)EDWARD4 FARIS (WILLIAM3, EDWARD2 FARRIS, WILLIAM1 FARIS) was born December 22, 1792 in Washington Co., VA, and died December 22, 1876. He married (1) MARY BISHOP March 20, 1820. He married (2) KEZIAH BLANKENBECKER July 20, 1858. More About EDWARD FARIS: Military service: 1812, Served in Bradley Regiment of the VA militia in the War of 1812 Children of EDWARD FARIS and MARY BISHOP are: i. WILLIAM5 FARIS, b. Abt. 1821. ii. S.W. FARIS, b. Abt. 1823. iii. MARGARET FARIS, b. Abt. 1827. iv. ELIZABETH FARIS, b. Abt. 1828. Notice that the 1st and the 3rd Edward were both born and died in VA. I can find no other info on (2)Edward of 1778. But I am researching will let you know what I find. Sherri Faris

Thanks, Sherri. I know all the Edwards are confusing! Sandy

Here is a website many of you might be interested in, particularly if you are living in a small town where genealogy reference materials are scarce. This is the web address for the Mid-Continent Library in Independence, MO that has several thousand genealogy books available through your local library on interlibrary loan. If your library doesn't have internet access, there are cloth bound catalogs of the genealogy library available. Also, they are always glad to recieve new or used genealogy books to add to their collection. To check out what they have here is the address: http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us Sandy

Wanda, In reference to all the different lists, do you suppose it would do any good for us to let Rootsweb know how we feel about the numerous lists? If each person would let them know, maybe it would keep them from splintering the group quite so much, and those of us who watch for all spellings wouldn't have to join multiple lists. I would think that splitting the lists would be more cost for Rootsweb also, in the long run. Sandy

Sandy I understand what you are talking about on the two Edward Farris's now. You are right I though you were talking about the same man. Sylvia Baisden

-----Original Message----- From: Wanda Rabb <wcr@netunlimited.net> To: FARRIS-L@rootsweb.com <FARRIS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, August 08, 1999 5:45 PM Subject: [FARRIS-L] Multiple Faris, Farris, etc. lists >> >Crystal and the list - - > >I do not know of a way to tie all these lists together. It really is >bothersome that Rootsweb chose this route without consulting the listowners >first. I believe if they had, they would have made their decision a bit >differently, but that is all water under the bridge. I can see the merit >of possibly having an active FERRIS or PHARES list as those names do not >cross over quite as much as the other variations of spelling. >Nevertheless, I would have preferred to have kept a single list so >everyone wouldn't have to join multiple lists. It's difficult enough to >keep up with the volume of one list sometimes when you also subscribe to >other surname lists. > >One thing I have considered is making a welcome letter that would simply >explain this situation to the subscriber and request that they subscribe to >the Farris-L instead. What do y'all think of this idea? One problem I >see with it is....many times people do not bother reading the welcome >letter! Perhaps I could make it stand out somehow. Any suggestions >are welcome from you folks regarding this. > >Wanda > > Hi Wanda, That would be a good idea, but then you do have the problem of people not reading that welcome letter, I have no suggestions on hat:( sorry. Crystal

Hello all, First: Wanda is there a way you could tie all post of the other lists in to one? It seems like a good idea to have these others list, because like so many have pointed out some may only look for one particular spellings, but it also takes so much away from this list. I rather enjoy reading everyone's post, and have come to think of everyone as my "computer family" . And I would hate to see some go because there was another list specifically for that spelling. But on to my main reason for posting!!! This isn't my line (as of yet) I can not tie my Farris' to Vires directly, but I have been asked many times by cousins that I have found, through the computer, on my Vires side, they always ask me about my Farris' because they are connected to them. Vires is spelled many ways, some are: VIA, VIERS, VIAH and so on, they start in VA. and move throughout KY. Apparently most of the Vires are looking for Farris' in KY. Does anyone have these lines of Farris'? Thank You, Crystal Farris

>Hello all, >First: Wanda is there a way you could tie all post of the other lists in to >one? It seems like a good idea to have these others list, because like so >many have pointed out some may only look for one particular spellings, but >it also takes so much away from this list. I rather enjoy reading everyone's >post, and have come to think of everyone as my "computer family" . And I >would hate to see some go because there was another list specifically for >that spelling. >Crystal Farris > > Crystal and the list - - I do not know of a way to tie all these lists together. It really is bothersome that Rootsweb chose this route without consulting the listowners first. I believe if they had, they would have made their decision a bit differently, but that is all water under the bridge. I can see the merit of possibly having an active FERRIS or PHARES list as those names do not cross over quite as much as the other variations of spelling. Nevertheless, I would have preferred to have kept a single list so everyone wouldn't have to join multiple lists. It's difficult enough to keep up with the volume of one list sometimes when you also subscribe to other surname lists. One thing I have considered is making a welcome letter that would simply explain this situation to the subscriber and request that they subscribe to the Farris-L instead. What do y'all think of this idea? One problem I see with it is....many times people do not bother reading the welcome letter! Perhaps I could make it stand out somehow. Any suggestions are welcome from you folks regarding this. Wanda