Dear Deborha: It is sad that hoodlums exist. I was interested in the fact that you have a relative by the name Alexamder Faires (Farris). My ggrandfather was Alexander D. Farris born 1812 in Madison Co. Ky. He moved with his family in the early 1830"s to MO. He married and lived the rest of his days in MO. He died 7-4-1900 in Lancaster MO. We are not certain of his father's name, and just wondered if your Farris line could be kin?? Bob Farris --- Burriss <[email protected]> wrote: > Many of you are familiar with the discussions about > Alexander and > Jennet Faires of Fort Mill, S.C. This Revolutionary > War-era couple is > buried in Old Unity Cemetery close to my parents' > house. A few weeks > ago, my father took my niece to see the gravestone, > but they could > not find it. So yesterday, Daddy and I tried again. > > The stone has been broken for some time, so the top > portion - with > Alexander's name - had been leaning against the > still-standing bottom > part. > > I found the bottom part right away, with Jennet's > name barely > decipherable. But the top portion was gone. Daddy > and I walked the > whole cemetery, which is small, in hopes of finding > Alexander's part > lying on the ground or against the stone cemetery > wall. But no luck. > > This historic cemetery was badly damaged by > Hurricane Hugo and has > been vandalized numerous times in the past. I find > it so sad that > someone would make away with this small piece of > history. > > On a happier note, please join me in welcoming a new > Farris into the > world: Donovan Patrick Farris, son of my cousin > Kerry Lee Farris and > his wife, Sharon Miller Farris. Donovan was born > March 12 and has an > older brother, Devan, and an older sister, Lauren. > > Deborah > > > > > ==== 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 > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com