One of he mayors of Jacksonville listed was Philip Fraser. He married one of my Dewees relatives who was the widow of ship Capt. Uriah Poinsett. Fraser was a Federal judge appointed after the War between the States because he had sided with the Union. The Fraser family were probably forced to leave Jax later after the War because of people's animosity. Poinsett came from a long line of ship captains and was reported to have been born in the Jax area before Jax existed, probably on his father's ship, and when he died he was buried where the Episcopal cathedral now is located in down town Jax. Whether his body was moved, as was many of the others to other cemeteries, is a question. Ed T of PGH -------- On May 17, 2007, at 7:08 PM, James Boehm wrote: > Sorry not to be of much help. It doesn't seem like he would have been > mayor > of Jacksonville: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Jacksonville,_Florida > > Though that doesn't mean he wasn't a mayor of a nearby town. > > James > > On 5/17/07, JRA <janie_reb_aingeal@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> Hello, my name is Lena & currently I am working on my Griner >> family >> for my grandfather, who is a Griner, who will be 89 in July. >> >> Right now I find his Uncle Clayton, as he calls him, to be a >> stumbling block for he & his family have hidden themselves quite well >> in >> that pesky 'Ancestor Relocation Program' we all know & love. >> >> Uncle Clayton was born up here in Jawgha, in the city of >> Nashville >> county of Berrien, on 09 September of 1879 to my second >> great-grandparents >> Martin Jasper & Olive Missouri NASH Griner. In 1900 he is listed in >> Clarke >> County, Georgia (was a student at UGA) & from there went to Mercer & >> graduated with a law degree. Come 1910 he is in D.C. as a legal >> secretary >> for a member of Congress from Georgia, 1920 & 1930 he is in >> Jacksonville >> with his wife Edna SAVILLE Griner (18 September 1882 - 28 October >> 1979) & >> children Oliver Clayton Jr. (died in 1923) & Samuel Saville Griner ( >> 28 >> September 1918 - 20 January 1997). >> Uncle Clayton passed-away 18 September 1976 in Jacksonville as did >> the >> others. >> >> He was the President of an insurance company in Jacksonville & >> is >> said to have been the mayor at one point. >> >> I am looking for any obituaries, relatives, etceteras. >> >> Thank You, >> Lena >> >> >> --------------------------------- >> Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: >> mail, >> news, photos & more. >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> FLDUVAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FLDUVAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Ann & James, Thank y'all for your reply. I googled 'list of mayors for Jacksonville' after I sent the message & found the link you mention James. This goes to show, as y'all know, why we should always prove our family roots when they are sent by someone else to you (not trying to sound rude, I apologize if I do). Ann, I will check-out South Jax later today, am about to go get ready to go over to my grandfather's for lunch then to with him to visit my Dad in rehabilitation for his right leg was amputated above the knee last month. I will ask Ray where the information about his Uncle Clayton being Mayor could have come from & see if he knows. What are some local Jax newspapers? Thank You, Lena --------------------------------- Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell.