There were FARISSes (spelled like that) in Maury County, TN, and some of them went to TX, and some had the middle name "Fletcher." Susan Hurt thurt@redrock.net -----Original Message----- From: Textor1@aol.com <Textor1@aol.com> To: FARRIS-L@rootsweb.com <FARRIS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, May 31, 1999 4:57 AM Subject: [FARRIS-L] Welcome new subscribers >Hello everyone. > >My grandmother Mary Ann Fariss' (note spelling) parents were James Fletcher >Fariss b 1/21/1864 in Harden (I can only find a Hardin County) County, TN and >d. 7/27/1939. He was married to Nettie Jane Townsend b. 3/10/1869 in Bell >ounty, TN and d. 3/17/1954 in Blanket, TX. > >They had 3 children: >1. Mary Ann (b. 4/18/1892 in Comanche County, TX d. 10/3/1956) as noted >above, who > married James Cleveland Herring on 10/11, 1908, in Eureka, TX. >2. Samuel Van Buren Fariss b. 8/14/1887 in Comanche County, TX. d. ?, m. >Lula Lane >3. Tommie Fariss b. ? d. ? m. Nora Green > >James Fletcher Fariss' parents were S. Summerfield Fariss b. 8/13/1837 d. >1/25/1898. He was married to Elizabeth ? who was born on April 19, 1844 d. >9/26/1881. They had 3 children. > >1. James Fletcher mentioned above. >2. J.E. b 5/24/1862 d. 8/8/1888 >3. Bud b. 12/24/1854 c. 8/27/1945 > >No one seems to know where S. Summerfield Fariss was born, so that is as far >back as I have been able to go. Any help will be appreciated! > > >==== 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 >