I just heard on the Radio news that a gunman possibly 2 fired shots in the Salt Lake City Family History Center Library today. They have one gunman in custody, but they think there is another. They have 1 confirmed death & 7 injured. Its 12:12 pm my time in Idaho & I heard this less than an hr. ago. I just heard about the number of people hurt just before I got connected. How terrible. Why would anyone do something so sick, they couldn't be mad about not finding info. on their ancestor's. Hopefully, I will hear more on this & get those answer's. I just thought this would be of interest. Alli

Hi MAry Ann I have a Samuel Phariss born 1797 oct 31 TN..no other infor on him,,he was the son of robert and Nancy Phariss.....do you think they are one of the same...? let me know...i have more on the family, but not any thing on him..jenell

Has anyone found a relative who is a FARRIS but it was spelled Harris (in any records or something)? I know many times i have to say F as in Frank when spelling my last name for people and was wandering if anyone has found that their ancestors has been listed as a HARRIS instead of FARRIS. Thanks, Crystal Farris +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | The coolest site for free home pages, email, chat, e-cards, movie info.. | | http://www.goplay.com - it's time to Go Play! | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Sorry that the last post was somewhat scrambled up. I had copied and pasted the text into the email and obviously, that didn't work well. If it's too confusing, simply visit: http://members.aol.com/wmbigham/bigham/bighamsc.html and search for Faires. Wanda

Steele Creek Presbyterian Church was one of the primary churches in early western Mecklenburg County, NC. There is now a web site with the cemetery listing for this church at http://members.aol.com/wmbigham/bigham/bighamsc.html The following Faires names were found buried there: *********NAME************ *BIRTH** *DEATH** ********COMMENTS***************** FAIRES, CORA WHITESIDE 10-10-1869 12-31-1955 FAIRES, EARL W. 10-15-1952 AGE 55 YEARS FAIRES, INFANT 6-21-1848 SON OF SAMUEL J. & E.E.FAIRES FAIRES, INFANT 9-7-1852 DAU OF SAMUEL J. & E.E. FAIRES FAIRES, INFANT 4-19-1837 DAU OF MARGARET M. FAIRES FAIRES, IRA BROWN 2-12-1910 7-23-1911 SON OF I.B. & CORA FAIRES FAIRES, ISSAC BEATY 5-11-1865 4-19-1950 FAIRES, MARGARET M 4-20-1837 WIFE OF J.W. FAIRES FAIRES, MARTHA WILSON 3-12-1854 WIFE OF WALTER FAIRES FAIRES, MARY SPRATT 10-16-1898 3-4-1971 FAIRES, WALTER 9-27-1841 AGE 56 YEARS

I am searching for a connection to the following people They were involved in a lot of Court of Pleas cases in the late 1700's and early 1800's in York County, SC Alexander FAIRES b 1758 his wife Elizabeth STRAIN b unknown Samuel BROWN b ? d 1793 his wife ? was said to be sister to Elizabeth Strain Court records state that Katherine (or Catherine) McFARLAN was the Mother to Elizabeth STRAIN and Samuel BROWNS wife. Other Court records show a John McFARLAN and Catherine McFARLAN involved in a guardianship battle over Samuel BROWN's two children after his death. His Children were: Elizabeth Strain BROWN and Catherine McFarlan BROWN If anyone could shed some light on the STRAIN's McFARLAN's and BROWN's I would be very grateful. Thank You, Sharon Vega

I just went & checked out the web site..for the first time I might add & I am very impressed with it. For those of you who haven't, you should go pay a visit to it & add to the several different areas available to post info. Good job Wanda Alli Wanda Rabb wrote: > > I thought I would let y'all know I have been posting some obits and wills > to the Farris Surname Boards this morning. Please check them out and > while you are there, you might want to sign up to be notified automatically > when new posts appear on the board. > > Please feel free to post your own queries, obits, bios, Bible records, > deeds, wills, etc. to the board! > > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Cottage/1882/farrismain.html > > 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, Morrison, Sparks(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), > Granger, 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/ > > ==== FARRIS Mailing List ==== > Submit your "Most Wanted Farris" to me and I will place your query on the "FARRIS MOST WANTED" web site at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Cottage/1882/FMW.html

I thought I would let y'all know I have been posting some obits and wills to the Farris Surname Boards this morning. Please check them out and while you are there, you might want to sign up to be notified automatically when new posts appear on the board. Please feel free to post your own queries, obits, bios, Bible records, deeds, wills, etc. to the board! http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Cottage/1882/farrismain.html 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, Morrison, Sparks(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), Granger, 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/

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There is for sale on www.amazon.com in their new auction section, a Bible from the family of Davd D. Dunbar and Helen H. Skinner, married in Weston, New Jersey. The Bible is dated 1880 and there is a picture. Please pass this information along to anyone on a Dunbar or a Skinner or a New Jersey list. Someone might want it! Mary Ann Ashworth Pasadena, California

The question about the Farris-Riggins connection was interesting to me because my grandfather, who began his life as Willie or William D. Farris and ended it as D. W. Farris (for reasons that have no bearing here), had two relatives named Ben or Benjamin. I know one was a first cousin and the son of Mycajah (Cage) Farris. I don't know what kin the other was. My mother, who is now 75, met one of those Ben's (when she was a child) at a gathering and asked him if he was Ben Riggins. He was not, but laughed at the question. The point is, my grandfather had a relative named Ben (or Benjamin) Riggins Farris. Coincidence? Maybe! But maybe not! As far as I have been able to learn, most of Grandaddy's family stayed in the Washington County and Smyth County region with quite a few of them clustered around the Saltville area. Grandaddy was born in 1889, and most of his siblings and first cousins would have been born from the early 70's up to 1900. One first cousin was born in 1902, and one may have been born in the early 1920's, but the rest would have been born in the last 30 years of the nineteenth century. Maybe some of the Farris researchers will have information on Ben Riggins Farris and will be able to tell us if or how the families are connected. Lillie Munford

I have both of these people...give my a few days...I think I broke through my own Riggins brick wall and I'm afraid to let go of the thread. Maryellen

W. Littleton Riggins married Mary Gant (John2, John1) in probably Orange Co in abt 1796. They went to Rowan CO.NC and then possibly SC, and on to GA (Green, Hancock, Jackson Co.s) and then to AL (Bibb and Talledega Co.s) Faris and Green people marry early into this line. Another branch married a Kelly. would love to hear from you, Wanda as we hit in a few places. Maryellen

The Faris family may be key to our brick wall. We are the Riggins family and two branches of this prolific bunch left NC about 1795-1805. One group went to TN,KY,IL,MO. The other branch went to SC,GA,AL. Both traveled with Faris families. Margaret Faris dau of James Faris and Anne married John Riggin about 1807 in TN(?) and they are found in Madison Co IL in the early 1800's. Margaret's parents seem to have birthed two younger siblings of Margaret's in SC in the late 1700's. The other group of Riggins/Faris people were in Talledega Co. Al in the 1850's. Before that time they were in Ga, and possibly SC. Wesley M.D. Faris, James Faris and Mary Long (Lang) Faris were all listed in the 1880 AL census as being born in Al (all in 20's-30) with a Mother from TN and a father from Georgia. They all married Riggins' and lived next to each other. Help! Thanks , Maryellen

Please join me in welcoming some new members to our list: Morganspel@aol.com llenard@evcom.net patseym@simplynet.net 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, Morrison, Sparks(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), Granger, 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/

Welcome everyone I am researching Farris in Springfield,Mo,Ok,Ar,TN,VA Where are your Faris/Farris?Ferris's from Hope Farris -----Original Message----- From: Wanda Rabb <wcr@netunlimited.net> To: FARRIS-L@rootsweb.com <FARRIS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, April 07, 1999 9:49 PM Subject: [FARRIS-L] Welcome new subscribers >Please join me in welcoming some new members to our list: > >Morganspel@aol.com >llenard@evcom.net >patseym@simplynet.net > >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, Morrison, Sparks(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), >Granger, 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/ > > > >==== FARRIS Mailing List ==== >Submit your "Most Wanted Farris" to me and I will place your query on the "FARRIS MOST WANTED" web site at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Cottage/1882/FMW.html >

I am sorry to send this to the list i think I am having trouble sending e-mail. Also i dont think I have been getting any Farris e-mail lately? Is that correct or have I been unsubscribed? Thank you, Hope Farris

Welcome to all the new subscriber's (including the one's before these). I wish you good luck w/ your various Farris/Phariss,etc. name research. This is a great & very helpful list to be on. Good luck Alli researching: ABRAM, JOHNSON, McKAY, McCALL, PHARISS, WHITE, LOVELL, THOMPSON, ADAMS. MORRISON, HAMPTON, HANSON, CHRISTENSEN, IVERSON BARTLETT, FAGENBUSH, McDONALD, COX, JOHNSON, BEEDLE, KELLY, & some other's. Wanda Rabb wrote: > > Please join me in welcoming some new members to our list: > > Morganspel@aol.com > llenard@evcom.net > patseym@simplynet.net > > 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, Morrison, Sparks(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), > Granger, 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/ > > ==== FARRIS Mailing List ==== > Submit your "Most Wanted Farris" to me and I will place your query on the "FARRIS MOST WANTED" web site at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Cottage/1882/FMW.html

"Rob Hudson" <r_hudson2@email.msn.com> wrote on Monday April 5, 1999 at 5:17pm: > > >>I have a Samuel B. Fariss, b. 8 Apr 1817 Maury Co TN. Is this your Samuel? >> >>Emma >> >No, 'fraid not. Mine was born in 1797, and *married* in 1817 (September >18). <sigh> > >How can it be so difficult to find a man who named his sons Handsberry and >Houston, for goodness sake? > >Mary Ann > > Hello Mary Ann and everyone, I know what you mean about not being able to find someone with weird anmes. My Great Grandfathers name was Hima or Himmie FARRIS and his brothers were named: Harley, Alva,Archie and one normal name Freddie. I couldnt find these people for the longest time, then one dy i sat and went through the soundex cards for 1920 and found some of them now I get hit after hit!! I will post my family info though later because of all the new people who have joined the list!!! Thanks, Crystal FARRIS > > > >==== FARRIS Mailing List ==== >Submit your "Most Wanted Farris" to me and I will place your query on the "FARRIS MOST WANTED" web site at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Cottage/1882/FMW.html > +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | The coolest site for free home pages, email, chat, e-cards, movie info.. | | http://www.goplay.com - it's time to Go Play! | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Surfing the web and found this on the Greene County, Alabama Web Page FIRST FAMILIES OF GREENE CO. AL (A-F) CADE, James B. 17 Mar 1827 Marriage Recorded Married Sarah Ann Faris Here is the URL http://www.apc.net/rodbush/galffam2.htm Hope this helps someone, Sharon