Faris and Johnson and WV and Indiana and Illinois woke me up! Benjamin Johnson/Johnston b 1784 Shenandoah Vly WV married Charity FARIS b 1789 in Berkeley WV married in 1809 in Warren Co Ohio. Moved to Owen Co Indiana and then to Edgar Co Il. Benjamin Johnson's father was Arthur Johnson who married Elizabeth Harrison. What do u have between Johnson and FARIS? Charity's father was David, Jr. who married Elizabeth Hendrick. Come to think of it did all of those old families have an Elizabeth LOL Reba -----Original Message----- From: Arkivemom@aol.com <Arkivemom@aol.com> To: FARRIS-L@rootsweb.com <FARRIS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, August 15, 1999 6:13 PM Subject: Re: [FARRIS-L] Welcome new subscribers >Dont all of you wonder if there was a great conspiracy at the turn of >nineteenth century? All of the FARRISes from the South decided that every >family would have at least one George Washington FARRIS in every generation. >All FARRISes would intermarry with THOMPSONs and JOHNSONs. When they got to >Indiana and Illinois they would scatter into diverse counties choosing at >least one that would have one or more courthouse fires. They would not be >content to stay in one place travelling regularly between IN, IL, MO, AR and >KY before sending future generations to TX and OK. I just dont see it any >other way. Anyway here is my revised FARRIS line: > >George Washington FARRIS b. 1811/1812 KY >married (first) S (initial only on the 1850 census) abt 1835 (probably in IN >since his first child was born there) >J. male b. abt 1836 >E. female b. abt 1837 >Jasper male b. abt 1838 >M. male b. abt 1839 >H. male b. abt 1840 >P. female b. abt 1844 >I cannot find this GW on the 1860 census so his wife may have been dead by >then and all of his children were old enough to be gone. > >In 1864 GW married Sarah E. JOHNSON WILLIAMS (daughter of Arthut Lewis >JOHNSON) in Gibson Co. IN These JOHNSONs were back and forth between White >Co. IL and Posey and Gibson Cos. IN >They had the following children: >(William) Thompson >Rosetta >John Lewis >Martha Elizabeth (Mattie) >Spicey Endia >Sarah died (in childbirth with Spicey ?)in 1873 >George W. took the children and ended up in Montague Co. TX by 1878 possibly >via Arkansas. He is on the 1880 census in Jack Co. TX and he died shortly >after. It is unlikely that a sixty year old man would take five children >including a baby to some distant place without family there or some purpose. > >It is extremely probable that Thompson FARRIS b. 1809 KY and living in >Hamilton Co. IL was his brother. He was there from the early 1830s through >the 1870 census. His wife and children were: >Julie (Juda) WEBB m. abt 1832 >Henry W. b. abt 1833 IN - all the rest were born in Hamilton Co. IL >William >George Washington b. abt 1836 >Sarah Permelia Naomi Jane (married Robert LYNN) >Samuel Slocum b. abt 1842 >Martin Webb b. abt 1844 >Greenville Robert b. abt 1848 > >I think that there is a great likely-hood that these two are cousins to: >Samuel Shelton, James B. , Elizabeth etc the children of George Washington >and Nancy SHELTON FARRIS of KY which would make them the children of either >John and Mary SHELTON FARRIS or Major and Nancy HUNGATE FARRIS. >I hope someone is working on these same two FARRISes or has information on >the above mentioned brothers John and Major that would help. > >Charmaine Riley Holley >arkivemom@aol.com > > >==== FARRIS Mailing List ==== >Your Support Keeps RootsWeb Free! >http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > >