--WebTV-Mail-15092-5928 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Shirley Your name is also familier to me. Maybe from the Dale County website. But your husbands names are more familier. My mother was Roxey Ann Clark daughter of Wm. Henry Clark. Her sister Minnie L. Clark married Isreal Garner. Her sister Mandy Jane Clark married General Clayton Brackin. Her brother Wm. Harvey Clark married Mary L. Williams. They had one bro Wesley Clark who was killed in a hurricane 1926 in Fl. My Uncle William Harvey Clark lived in Houston County near Cottonwood untill his death in 1956. He was 78 yrs old, some of his children are buried in Madrid Cemertary in Houston County. My Aunt Mandy Clark Brackin lived there also. My mother had lots of brothers and sisters who she had lost track of after their mothers had died. 7 of the children had been sold or given away. My mother was raised by a stepmother. It has been said my grandfather had been married 7 times. When i was abt 7 or 8 yrs old. We went to Holmes County to a Clark Family reunion. I don't remember if it was her bros or an Uncle. But i do know she had two bros who moved to Fl. And an Uncle. Her bro William Harvey Clark's son Buster Clark moved to Green Cove Springs Fl. and his daughter Frances Kelly lives there now. Well I am sorry, i get carried away when i talk abt my kin. I only wish i had listened to my mother more closely when she talked abt her family. It would have been much easier to find them now. If you have any info on the Clark's , I would be glad to share. I belong to several Clark Groups and have gathered alot of info. But this is one crazy mixed up bunch. Every family has the same names handed down from each family. It is hard to tell who belongs where. I think every man and woman was married at least 3 or 4 times. Thanks for letting me bend your ear. If i get to be a pest to anyone, just tell me . Jimmie in Largo Fl. --WebTV-Mail-15092-5928 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from smtpin-2103.public.lawson.webtv.net (172.16.213.113) by storefull-2212.public.lawson.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Sun, 29 Dec 2002 12:54:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from lists2.rootsweb.com (lists2.rootsweb.com [207.40.200.39]) by smtpin-2103.public.lawson.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix+sws) with ESMTP id E5EEBFE4F; Sun, 29 Dec 2002 12:54:32 -0800 (PST) Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists2.rootsweb.com (8.12.4/8.12.4) id gBTKoUvm015414; Sun, 29 Dec 2002 13:50:30 -0700 Resent-Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 13:50:30 -0700 X-Original-Sender: shirleycalhoun@msn.com Sun Dec 29 13:50:30 2002 X-Originating-IP: [65.146.208.199] From: "Shirley Calhoun" <shirleycalhoun@msn.com> Old-To: <FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com> References: <1965-3E0F1700-9632@storefull-2218.public.lawson.webtv.net> Subject: Re: [FLHOLMES] Re: Jimmie Dixon Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 14:44:15 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: MSN Mail 8.00.0022.3100 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V8.00.0022.3100 Message-ID: <DAV91YzL897J1ACTOWZ0002c04a@hotmail.com> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 29 Dec 2002 20:50:33.0622 (UTC) FILETIME=[EE741B60:01C2AF7B] Resent-Message-ID: <LItQJC.A.ewD.WA2D-@lists2.rootsweb.com> To: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/554 X-Loop: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: FLHOLMES-L-request@rootsweb.com I agree Jimmie,love the smaller towns the best.Your email to Holmes was very nice.My sons grandmother,and so many other relitives came from Geneva County.She told all the stories of picking cotton f4om sun up too sundown,pea shelling parties,hog killing time,which was a very special treat.She taught me an awful lot.My side,came from Holmes,Jackson,and some in Geneva as well.Want you too know Jimmie,those greens and sweet potatoes tasted a lot better when cooked on the old wood stove. Thanks Jimmie,love responces like yours,brings back home. Yes I agree,the Holmes list is great,and I love seeing all the post on it. My families are,Rudd,Warren,Peters,Thompson,Presley,Rutherford,and Spears.My hubbys side is,Calhoun,Clark,Holmes,Cotton.They were mostly from Jack Alabama,Elba,Geneva. Anyways,thanks for a sweet down home email.. Best Regards, Shirley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jimmie Dixon" <ninnid@webtv.net> To: <FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 9:38 AM Subject: Re: [FLHOLMES] Re: FLHOLMES-D Digest V02 #9 > > --WebTV-Mail-10213-4145 > Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit > > Hope I'm not butting in. But it does my heart good to hear people talk > abt their heritage and the land where our relatives strived to make an > easier life for their families. I was born in Geneva County Al 1927. I > moved away when I was 14 yrs old . > Where i live is a nightmare, with so much traffic and crime. I long to > be on a farm with only a rolling store to buy what i need to live on. Do > any of you remember that? > I remember the hard work from daylight till dark. My bros getting > their chores done and being in the field to pick cotton by daylight. > Even my mom would have breakfast done and dinner ready to cook. And > still go to the field and help gather the crops, whatever it took she > was always there. > We had relatives in every county of SE Al and North Fl. Clark's, > Ezell's, Brackin's, Hughes, Benefield's, Kirkland's, > Garner's, White's, Hutto's, Sim's, and Adkins and so many i can't name > them all. > All the names i see on your site, I can associate with some relative, > friends or nieghbor. What i am trying to say, I admire all of you who > are trying to keep our hertiage alive. > I started researching my families abt. 3 yrs ago. And if it wasn't > for sites like yours and the work you people do. I would be up the > creek without a paddle. > So keep up the good work, and may God Bless you. > > Talk later, > > Jimmie > > > --WebTV-Mail-10213-4145 > Content-Disposition: Inline > Content-Type: Message/RFC822 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit > > Received: from smtpin-2203.public.lawson.webtv.net (172.16.213.133) by > storefull-2214.public.lawson.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Sun, 29 Dec > 2002 05:48:00 -0800 (PST) > Received: from lists2.rootsweb.com (lists2.rootsweb.com [207.40.200.39]) by > smtpin-2203.public.lawson.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix+sws) with ESMTP > id 6F5B9FE58; Sun, 29 Dec 2002 05:47:59 -0800 (PST) > Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists2.rootsweb.com (8.12.4/8.12.4) id > gBTDkeEQ011617; Sun, 29 Dec 2002 06:46:40 -0700 > Resent-Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 06:46:40 -0700 > X-Original-Sender: lippy01@yahoo.com Sun Dec 29 06:46:39 2002 > Message-ID: <20021229134643.10021.qmail@web13402.mail.yahoo.com> > Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 05:46:43 -0800 (PST) > From: Janice Redmon Smith <lippy01@yahoo.com> > Old-To: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com > In-Reply-To: <200203270301.g2R31qM24216@lists2.rootsweb.com> > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Subject: [FLHOLMES] Re: FLHOLMES-D Digest V02 #9 > Resent-Message-ID: <TGMh-.A.D1C.AzvD-@lists2.rootsweb.com> > To: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com > Resent-From: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com > Reply-To: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com > X-Mailing-List: <FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/544 > X-Loop: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com > Precedence: list > Resent-Sender: FLHOLMES-L-request@rootsweb.com > > > Yes, Holmes Counties are wonderful people! I've lived > there before. My husband is part of the Miller's > Crossroads bunch. (Millers and Faircloths) > It seems isolated to some who have lived in the city > but it's not too far to go places but just not > everyday. You can't just run to Wal-Mart in 5 > minutes. My husband loves it dearly! He wants to > move back there. If we ever do, I'll try my best to > help with some of the volunteer work. > Janice Redmon Smith > > > Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 09:17:21 -0500 > > From: "Sue Cronkite" <cronkite@gtcom.net> > > To: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [FLHOLMES] Re: FLHOLMES-D Digest V02 #7 > > > > Hi, > > The dream of the Historical Society members is to > > have the museum open -- > > but it takes volunteers who have the time to go > > there and stay. > > The Frist Saturday is just a start. Hopefully it can > > be extended. > > Meanwhile, when you know you are going to Holmes > > County, call Hazel > > Maringer, (850) 956-2065, and she will be happy to > > meet you there, or call > > someone who can. > > Isn't Holmes County wonderful? I told one of my year > > of 1951 classmates that > > I love the very dirt of Holmes County and he replied > > that there "ain't much > > else up there to love." I assured him that the > > people from Holmes County are > > the greatest in the world, can do anything, and > > those born during the > > depression can survive and thrive on nearly nothing. > > Best regards, > > Sue Riddle Cronkite > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. 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I agree Jimmie,love the smaller towns the best.Your email to Holmes was very nice.My sons grandmother,and so many other relitives came from Geneva County.She told all the stories of picking cotton f4om sun up too sundown,pea shelling parties,hog killing time,which was a very special treat.She taught me an awful lot.My side,came from Holmes,Jackson,and some in Geneva as well.Want you too know Jimmie,those greens and sweet potatoes tasted a lot better when cooked on the old wood stove. Thanks Jimmie,love responces like yours,brings back home. Yes I agree,the Holmes list is great,and I love seeing all the post on it. My families are,Rudd,Warren,Peters,Thompson,Presley,Rutherford,and Spears.My hubbys side is,Calhoun,Clark,Holmes,Cotton.They were mostly from Jack Alabama,Elba,Geneva. Anyways,thanks for a sweet down home email.. Best Regards, Shirley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jimmie Dixon" <ninnid@webtv.net> To: <FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 9:38 AM Subject: Re: [FLHOLMES] Re: FLHOLMES-D Digest V02 #9 > > --WebTV-Mail-10213-4145 > Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit > > Hope I'm not butting in. But it does my heart good to hear people talk > abt their heritage and the land where our relatives strived to make an > easier life for their families. I was born in Geneva County Al 1927. I > moved away when I was 14 yrs old . > Where i live is a nightmare, with so much traffic and crime. I long to > be on a farm with only a rolling store to buy what i need to live on. Do > any of you remember that? > I remember the hard work from daylight till dark. My bros getting > their chores done and being in the field to pick cotton by daylight. > Even my mom would have breakfast done and dinner ready to cook. And > still go to the field and help gather the crops, whatever it took she > was always there. > We had relatives in every county of SE Al and North Fl. Clark's, > Ezell's, Brackin's, Hughes, Benefield's, Kirkland's, > Garner's, White's, Hutto's, Sim's, and Adkins and so many i can't name > them all. > All the names i see on your site, I can associate with some relative, > friends or nieghbor. What i am trying to say, I admire all of you who > are trying to keep our hertiage alive. > I started researching my families abt. 3 yrs ago. And if it wasn't > for sites like yours and the work you people do. I would be up the > creek without a paddle. > So keep up the good work, and may God Bless you. > > Talk later, > > Jimmie > > > --WebTV-Mail-10213-4145 > Content-Disposition: Inline > Content-Type: Message/RFC822 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit > > Received: from smtpin-2203.public.lawson.webtv.net (172.16.213.133) by > storefull-2214.public.lawson.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Sun, 29 Dec > 2002 05:48:00 -0800 (PST) > Received: from lists2.rootsweb.com (lists2.rootsweb.com [207.40.200.39]) by > smtpin-2203.public.lawson.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix+sws) with ESMTP > id 6F5B9FE58; Sun, 29 Dec 2002 05:47:59 -0800 (PST) > Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists2.rootsweb.com (8.12.4/8.12.4) id > gBTDkeEQ011617; Sun, 29 Dec 2002 06:46:40 -0700 > Resent-Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 06:46:40 -0700 > X-Original-Sender: lippy01@yahoo.com Sun Dec 29 06:46:39 2002 > Message-ID: <20021229134643.10021.qmail@web13402.mail.yahoo.com> > Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 05:46:43 -0800 (PST) > From: Janice Redmon Smith <lippy01@yahoo.com> > Old-To: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com > In-Reply-To: <200203270301.g2R31qM24216@lists2.rootsweb.com> > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Subject: [FLHOLMES] Re: FLHOLMES-D Digest V02 #9 > Resent-Message-ID: <TGMh-.A.D1C.AzvD-@lists2.rootsweb.com> > To: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com > Resent-From: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com > Reply-To: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com > X-Mailing-List: <FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/544 > X-Loop: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com > Precedence: list > Resent-Sender: FLHOLMES-L-request@rootsweb.com > > > Yes, Holmes Counties are wonderful people! I've lived > there before. My husband is part of the Miller's > Crossroads bunch. (Millers and Faircloths) > It seems isolated to some who have lived in the city > but it's not too far to go places but just not > everyday. You can't just run to Wal-Mart in 5 > minutes. My husband loves it dearly! He wants to > move back there. If we ever do, I'll try my best to > help with some of the volunteer work. > Janice Redmon Smith > > > Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 09:17:21 -0500 > > From: "Sue Cronkite" <cronkite@gtcom.net> > > To: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [FLHOLMES] Re: FLHOLMES-D Digest V02 #7 > > > > Hi, > > The dream of the Historical Society members is to > > have the museum open -- > > but it takes volunteers who have the time to go > > there and stay. > > The Frist Saturday is just a start. Hopefully it can > > be extended. > > Meanwhile, when you know you are going to Holmes > > County, call Hazel > > Maringer, (850) 956-2065, and she will be happy to > > meet you there, or call > > someone who can. > > Isn't Holmes County wonderful? I told one of my year > > of 1951 classmates that > > I love the very dirt of Holmes County and he replied > > that there "ain't much > > else up there to love." I assured him that the > > people from Holmes County are > > the greatest in the world, can do anything, and > > those born during the > > depression can survive and thrive on nearly nothing. > > Best regards, > > Sue Riddle Cronkite > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > --WebTV-Mail-10213-4145-- > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

What Yarbrough's are you related to? And Petty's, also. Faye Bryan ----- Original Message ----- From: <JohnArden@aol.com> To: <FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 9:41 AM Subject: Re: DYKES Re: [FLHOLMES] Message from listowner HOLMES COUNTY > I'm not very lazy, just been working hard. Am a real estate appraiser in > Dothan, > and have my son and two more guys working with me. Business nearly > overwhelms > us. Some people have refinanced twice in a year as the rates keep going down > - down. > > My gr grandfather ws Calvin E. Dykes. His first wife and child died after > war. > He taught in a one room school right on AL line. Lived on Bascom to Neal's > Landing road. Sold him land to his Yarbrough kin and came across line to > this area in 1896. He was an early freewill Bap preacher at Howards Grove, > just north of > Cottonwood, on Ashford road. He married one of his former students, Laura > Simmons, who was 18 and he was 36 or so when they married. He was a freewill > preacher, but she was a Primitive (foot washing) Baptist. I have his civil > war pistol > and her glasses. He was in Co B, 15th FL Cav, as were most of his kin, and > was > in Battle of Marianna. I hve a book on tht battle. All my grandparents and > 3 great > grandfathers and two great grandmothers, are all buried at Howards Grove. > Have not been able to find burial place of James R and Jane. With at least > three > Dykes Cem in Jackson Co, seems like it would have been easier. > Wonder if they were shippped back to GA for burial. The bro of James, Sr was > Burrell, whose photo is in a Cochran history book that I have for > Pulaski-Bleckley Counties, GA. Burrell donated the land for Andersonville > prison, and there is a > Dykes cem near the prison, although I have never been. > > Our Dykes ancestor in VA refused to fight against the Bristish and they took > his land and sold it to pay someone to fight in his place. He moved to NC to > live with his > son, who had marr into Granberry family and Everett family. > > Have ordered a book from Ebay, a large book on those whose loyalties were > with > the British during the war. Should get it in next day or two. Will be > interesting in > see if any Dykes are in there, or Dyches as some called it. Got a copy of > the old > will from one Dykes inSC, and they spelled it Dyches, and all the sums were > in > pounds, shillings, etc. > > My wife's family is the Petty family. Her grandfather is buried in old Sweet > Gum > Head Cem in Holmes County, FL, out in middle of forks in the road. Her > father was > born in Westville, raised in Panama City, and now is retired and lives in > Branford, FL. > Her parents were divorced, and she has several half bro/sisters. I have > photos of > Calvin's bro William and at least two of the sisters, if I can remember where > I put them. Someone from Marianna sent them to me. My wife has about taken > over my > computer at home as she is hooked on the free AOL games, primarily super > solitaire. Merry Christmas. I know a lot of trivia, but not much of > anything of any > importance! > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

In a message dated 12/29/02 11:51:36 AM Central Standard Time, lippy01@yahoo.com writes: > I'm related to the Calvin John Toole on my Dad's > lineage. His second wife, Nancy A. Miles, is my > lineage. Are you related to his first wife, Sarah > Jane Register? > Also, Yohns were married into my Worley line several > times. Janice, Yes, I'm descended through Sarah Jane Register & Calvin John Toole. However, I do think Sarah was his second wife. He first married Nancy Miles, had Missouri, born 1861, then had Calvin B., born 1863. He then married Sarah Jane Register in 1865. They were married until his death in 1910. Sources tell me that Nancy died in 1863. My direct line is: g-grandparents: Calvin John Toole & Sarah Jane Register grandparents: Rose Ann Toole & John Henry Yon parents: John Calvin (Jake/J.C.) Yon & Jane R. Chester me: Deretha Elizabeth (Liz) Yon & Valentine L. Gerlits, Jr. I would like to compare notes. I'll send my file to you privately. Would appreciate it if you will do the same. I don't have any info regarding Yohn's & Worley's. Thanks! Liz ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ "Recipes from Family, Friends & Strangers," by Liz Gerlits (a cookbook with a genealogy flavor). Email me privately at DLizgerlits@aol.com for details.

Your right! Nancy was his first wife. I don't know why I said Sarah was his first wife. I'll be glad to share files with you. Many people have shared with me or I wouldn't have most of what I have. I don't have as much as I use to because some of my disk were destroyed in a house fire we had a couple of years ago. I don't mind returning the favors which was bestowed on me. Where would we be if we didn't share. My ancestors are: Calvin John Toole/Nancy A. Miles (3rd great grandparents) Calvin B. Toole/Ellen Hinson (2nd great grandparents) Sukey Ann Missouri Toole/John Jefferson Redmon (my great grandparents) Coy Russuel Redmon/Bessie Beatrice Worley (my grandparents) John Sanders Redmon/Betty Myrle Pelham (my parents) Janice Marie Redmon/Stanley Dale Smith (me) --- DLizgerlits@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 12/29/02 11:51:36 AM Central > Standard Time, > lippy01@yahoo.com writes: > > > > I'm related to the Calvin John Toole on my Dad's > > lineage. His second wife, Nancy A. Miles, is my > > lineage. Are you related to his first wife, Sarah > > Jane Register? > > Also, Yohns were married into my Worley line > several > > times. > > Janice, > > Yes, I'm descended through Sarah Jane Register & > Calvin John Toole. However, > I do think Sarah was his second wife. He first > married Nancy Miles, had > Missouri, born 1861, then had Calvin B., born 1863. > He then married Sarah > Jane Register in 1865. They were married until his > death in 1910. Sources > tell me that Nancy died in 1863. > > My direct line is: > > g-grandparents: Calvin John Toole & Sarah Jane > Register > grandparents: Rose Ann Toole & John Henry Yon > parents: John Calvin (Jake/J.C.) Yon & > Jane R. Chester > me: Deretha Elizabeth (Liz) Yon & > Valentine L. Gerlits, Jr. > > I would like to compare notes. I'll send my file to > you privately. Would > appreciate it if you will do the same. > > I don't have any info regarding Yohn's & Worley's. > > Thanks! > Liz > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > ~ ~ > "Recipes from Family, Friends & Strangers," by Liz > Gerlits (a cookbook with a > genealogy flavor). Email me privately at > DLizgerlits@aol.com for details. > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com

Got to thinking 'bout the good ole days and forgot to mention that my father, his family and ancestors were from Jackson, Holmes & Washington Co, FL and south AL. My maiden name was Yon. Others names from that area are Toole, Register, Mashburn, Philips & Snellgrove. Liz Gerlits Palm Bay, FL ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ "Recipes from Family, Friends & Strangers," by Liz Gerlits (a cookbook with a genealogy flavor). Email me privately at DLizgerlits@aol.com for details.

--WebTV-Mail-6260-6156 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Janice I lived that life for 14 years, but i've never been back to see anything except when we took my mother back to put her next to my daddy at Shiloh Baptist Cemetary. Hartford Al. I was so young when we left and was the only girl and the youngest of 7 brothers. I did go to the fields and help . but most of the time i was riding on the cotton sack of one of my brothers. So all my memories are good ones. Except for loseing my Dad , bro Byrd Ezell and my grandma Willie Hannah Adkins Ezell in 1935 and 1936. We had some Pelham nieghbors. When I was abt 5 yrs old we went to visit them one night to a Peanut Shelling Party they were having. And of course it was close enough we were walking. One family with a little girl was walking in head of us ( don't remember their name), but the little girl got bit by a rattle snake. I guess that is why i still remember. At that time we were living near Wicksburg. How abt those clay hills. My dad had a Model A Ford. We had to all sit in the back seat to get enough traction and back up the hill to get to the top. And when they were wet, we slipped and slided like we were on ice or snow. I moved to Penacola with my husband when i was abt 14 years old. I got married when i was 13. But we only lived there abt a year. Then we moved to Largo Fl. to be with my mother after 2 of my bros joined the Army in WW2. So i have been here ever since. I have nieces that live in or near Graceville. And a bro Richard Ezell who lives in Live Oak Fl. But i never visit them, just talk to them on the phone. My brother Isacc Henry Ezell married Vera Kirkland abt 1927 in Geneva County. Henry died in 1944 in Largo, but Vera and thier kids moved back to Graceville. Two of the Girls married McCallister's. Vera had remarried several times, the last one was a Hicks, she just passed away around Xmas of last year. Do you know any of them. Gotta Go for now Talk later, Jimmie --WebTV-Mail-6260-6156 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from smtpin-2107.public.lawson.webtv.net (172.16.213.117) by storefull-2216.public.lawson.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Sun, 29 Dec 2002 08:20:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from lists2.rootsweb.com (lists2.rootsweb.com [207.40.200.39]) by smtpin-2107.public.lawson.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix+sws) with ESMTP id AFC05FE52; Sun, 29 Dec 2002 08:20:28 -0800 (PST) Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists2.rootsweb.com (8.12.4/8.12.4) id gBTGGASg004245; Sun, 29 Dec 2002 09:16:10 -0700 Resent-Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 09:16:10 -0700 X-Original-Sender: lippy01@yahoo.com Sun Dec 29 09:16:10 2002 Message-ID: <20021229161615.76915.qmail@web13404.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 08:16:15 -0800 (PST) From: Janice Redmon Smith <lippy01@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [FLHOLMES] Re: FLHOLMES-D Digest V02 #9 Old-To: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com In-Reply-To: <1965-3E0F1700-9632@storefull-2218.public.lawson.webtv.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Resent-Message-ID: <wlQcC.A.8BB.K_xD-@lists2.rootsweb.com> To: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/547 X-Loop: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: FLHOLMES-L-request@rootsweb.com Your not butting in, Jimmie! I love to hear people tell of their memories! When I lived there, Jimmie, I didn't appreciate it as much as I do now. I'm a raised city girl, Pensacola,Fl., and thought it to be very isolated when I moved there at age 19 and then back there at age 22. We moved away at age 24 but we have oftened visited there since then. Now, I appreciate the people and the isolation as far as the quietness and the neighbors not in your backdoor or in your bedroom window. I love to get out and roam the country side looking for my ancestors and the churches they attended and the places they lived. I loved standing on a open wooden bride looking through the cracks and over the sides where my mother and siblings played when they were younguns. Looking and watching the fields and meadows where she said she played. Thinking about the woods she would cut through to get to her grandmothers, neighbors she played with, and to the church. Riding down those dirt roads in a car is a whole lot different than when she rode in a wagon to go to Graceville. But I'll tell you what, the drugstore in Graceville is not much different than it was when I was a kid getting an ice cream cone there on visits to my grandmother's house. My mother was a Pelham/Baxter decendant and my Dad was a Redmon/Worley decendant. They all were from in and around Holmes, Jackson Cos., Florida and Houston, Geneva Cos., Alabama. Country living and city living certainly is a whole lot different. I think there are positives and negatives about both. I like the convenience of the city but I like the quietness of the country. By the way, my Pelham lineage was Epenetus Pelham married Amanda Jane Kirkland. Fellow researcher, Janice Redmon Smith --- Jimmie Dixon <ninnid@webtv.net> wrote: > Hope I'm not butting in. But it does my heart good > to hear people talk > abt their heritage and the land where our relatives > strived to make an > easier life for their families. I was born in Geneva > County Al 1927. I > moved away when I was 14 yrs old . > Where i live is a nightmare, with so much traffic > and crime. I long to > be on a farm with only a rolling store to buy what i > need to live on. Do > any of you remember that? > I remember the hard work from daylight till > dark. My bros getting > their chores done and being in the field to pick > cotton by daylight. > Even my mom would have breakfast done and dinner > ready to cook. And > still go to the field and help gather the crops, > whatever it took she > was always there. > We had relatives in every county of SE Al and > North Fl. Clark's, > Ezell's, Brackin's, Hughes, Benefield's, Kirkland's, > Garner's, White's, Hutto's, Sim's, and Adkins and so > many i can't name > them all. > All the names i see on your site, I can associate > with some relative, > friends or nieghbor. What i am trying to say, I > admire all of you who > are trying to keep our hertiage alive. > I started researching my families abt. 3 yrs > ago. And if it wasn't > for sites like yours and the work you people do. I > would be up the > creek without a paddle. > So keep up the good work, and may God Bless > you. > > Talk later, > > Jimmie > Resent-Sender: FLHOLMES-L-request@rootsweb.com > > > Yes, Holmes Counties are wonderful people! I've > lived > there before. My husband is part of the Miller's > Crossroads bunch. (Millers and Faircloths) > It seems isolated to some who have lived in the city > but it's not too far to go places but just not > everyday. You can't just run to Wal-Mart in 5 > minutes. My husband loves it dearly! He wants to > move back there. If we ever do, I'll try my best to > help with some of the volunteer work. > Janice Redmon Smith > > > Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 09:17:21 -0500 > > From: "Sue Cronkite" <cronkite@gtcom.net> > > To: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [FLHOLMES] Re: FLHOLMES-D Digest V02 > #7 > > > > Hi, > > The dream of the Historical Society members is to > > have the museum open -- > > but it takes volunteers who have the time to go > > there and stay. > > The Frist Saturday is just a start. Hopefully it > can > > be extended. > > Meanwhile, when you know you are going to Holmes > > County, call Hazel > > Maringer, (850) 956-2065, and she will be happy to > > meet you there, or call > > someone who can. > > Isn't Holmes County wonderful? I told one of my > year > > of 1951 classmates that > > I love the very dirt of Holmes County and he > replied > > that there "ain't much > > else up there to love." I assured him that the > > people from Holmes County are > > the greatest in the world, can do anything, and > > those born during the > > depression can survive and thrive on nearly > nothing. > > Best regards, > > Sue Riddle Cronkite __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --WebTV-Mail-6260-6156--

In a message dated 12/29/02 9:39:03 AM Central Standard Time, ninnid@webtv.net writes: > I long to > be on a farm with only a rolling store to buy what i need to live on. Do > any of you remember that? > I remember the hard work from daylight till dark. My bros getting > their chores done and being in the field to pick cotton by daylight. > Even my mom would have breakfast done and dinner ready to cook. And > still go to the field and help gather the crops, whatever it took she > was always there. I was born in 1941 in Gadsden Co, FL, but I remember the rolling store and the little country store where we bought all we needed to live on. I worked in the tobacco fields 10 hours a day Monday through Friday all summer. I started when I was 6 years old. I was making a whopping $3.00 a DAY by the time I was 17. I also picked pecans, beans, tomatoes, etc. The farmers wife, who was the best country cook in the world (except Mama & Grandma), fixed the noon meal for us field hands. The work hard and the weather was hot, but we survived and were, for the most part, happy. Yes, I do long for the good ole days when life was simple. Liz Gerlits Palm Bay, FL ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ "Recipes from Family, Friends & Strangers," by Liz Gerlits (a cookbook with a genealogy flavor). Email me privately at DLizgerlits@aol.com for details.

--WebTV-Mail-10213-4145 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Hope I'm not butting in. But it does my heart good to hear people talk abt their heritage and the land where our relatives strived to make an easier life for their families. I was born in Geneva County Al 1927. I moved away when I was 14 yrs old . Where i live is a nightmare, with so much traffic and crime. I long to be on a farm with only a rolling store to buy what i need to live on. Do any of you remember that? I remember the hard work from daylight till dark. My bros getting their chores done and being in the field to pick cotton by daylight. Even my mom would have breakfast done and dinner ready to cook. And still go to the field and help gather the crops, whatever it took she was always there. We had relatives in every county of SE Al and North Fl. Clark's, Ezell's, Brackin's, Hughes, Benefield's, Kirkland's, Garner's, White's, Hutto's, Sim's, and Adkins and so many i can't name them all. All the names i see on your site, I can associate with some relative, friends or nieghbor. What i am trying to say, I admire all of you who are trying to keep our hertiage alive. I started researching my families abt. 3 yrs ago. And if it wasn't for sites like yours and the work you people do. I would be up the creek without a paddle. So keep up the good work, and may God Bless you. Talk later, Jimmie --WebTV-Mail-10213-4145 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from smtpin-2203.public.lawson.webtv.net (172.16.213.133) by storefull-2214.public.lawson.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Sun, 29 Dec 2002 05:48:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from lists2.rootsweb.com (lists2.rootsweb.com [207.40.200.39]) by smtpin-2203.public.lawson.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix+sws) with ESMTP id 6F5B9FE58; Sun, 29 Dec 2002 05:47:59 -0800 (PST) Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists2.rootsweb.com (8.12.4/8.12.4) id gBTDkeEQ011617; Sun, 29 Dec 2002 06:46:40 -0700 Resent-Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 06:46:40 -0700 X-Original-Sender: lippy01@yahoo.com Sun Dec 29 06:46:39 2002 Message-ID: <20021229134643.10021.qmail@web13402.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 05:46:43 -0800 (PST) From: Janice Redmon Smith <lippy01@yahoo.com> Old-To: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com In-Reply-To: <200203270301.g2R31qM24216@lists2.rootsweb.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: [FLHOLMES] Re: FLHOLMES-D Digest V02 #9 Resent-Message-ID: <TGMh-.A.D1C.AzvD-@lists2.rootsweb.com> To: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/544 X-Loop: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: FLHOLMES-L-request@rootsweb.com Yes, Holmes Counties are wonderful people! I've lived there before. My husband is part of the Miller's Crossroads bunch. (Millers and Faircloths) It seems isolated to some who have lived in the city but it's not too far to go places but just not everyday. You can't just run to Wal-Mart in 5 minutes. My husband loves it dearly! He wants to move back there. If we ever do, I'll try my best to help with some of the volunteer work. Janice Redmon Smith > Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 09:17:21 -0500 > From: "Sue Cronkite" <cronkite@gtcom.net> > To: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [FLHOLMES] Re: FLHOLMES-D Digest V02 #7 > > Hi, > The dream of the Historical Society members is to > have the museum open -- > but it takes volunteers who have the time to go > there and stay. > The Frist Saturday is just a start. Hopefully it can > be extended. > Meanwhile, when you know you are going to Holmes > County, call Hazel > Maringer, (850) 956-2065, and she will be happy to > meet you there, or call > someone who can. > Isn't Holmes County wonderful? I told one of my year > of 1951 classmates that > I love the very dirt of Holmes County and he replied > that there "ain't much > else up there to love." I assured him that the > people from Holmes County are > the greatest in the world, can do anything, and > those born during the > depression can survive and thrive on nearly nothing. > Best regards, > Sue Riddle Cronkite __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --WebTV-Mail-10213-4145--

Yes, those clay roads are terrible when it rains. Seems like most of the time when my mother and I have been back over there it's been raining too. We get clay all over the car! Mother says, there is no use in washing the car before we go. She lived in the Poplar Springs, Holmes county area before she moved away from there. She's never mentioned any of her sisters getting bit by a rattlesnake though. I think I would have heard of that one. I don't have a Vera Kirkland in my database but I have a Kirkland book which may have her in it. I'll have to look it up. I have an Aunt on my Redmon side that was married about 13 or 14. Still married to the same husband too! They were born in 1925 and 1932. I was born in 1948, married at age 18, and been married for 36 years now. I've lived in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Hawaii, and Tennessee. Lived away from my Mother more than I've lived around her but we talk on the phone alot. I usually try to visit her two or three times a year, no matter where I live. Exception! One a year when we lived in Hawaii. It was too expensive to fly home more than that. That was the only way to get off the island. Janice Redmon Smith PS: I stated I stood on a wooden bride in the last message. That's not true! I stood on a wooden bridge and looked over the sides. I bet that was a "HUH?" to everybody! --- Jimmie Dixon <ninnid@webtv.net> wrote: > > --WebTV-Mail-6260-6156 > Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit > > Janice > I lived that life for 14 years, but i've never > been back to see > anything except when we took my mother back to put > her next to my daddy > at Shiloh Baptist Cemetary. Hartford Al. > I was so young when we left and was the only girl > and the youngest of > 7 brothers. I did go to the fields and help . but > most of the time i was > riding on the cotton sack of one of my brothers. So > all my memories are > good ones. Except for loseing my Dad , bro Byrd > Ezell and my grandma > Willie Hannah Adkins Ezell in 1935 and 1936. > We had some Pelham nieghbors. When I was abt 5 yrs > old we went to > visit them one night to a Peanut Shelling Party they > were having. And of > course it was close enough we were walking. One > family with a little > girl was walking in head of us ( don't remember > their name), but the > little girl got bit by a rattle snake. I guess that > is why i still > remember. At that time we were living near > Wicksburg. > How abt those clay hills. My dad had a Model A > Ford. We had to all > sit in the back seat to get enough traction and back > up the hill to get > to the top. And when they were wet, we slipped and > slided like we were > on ice or snow. > I moved to Penacola with my husband when i was > abt 14 years old. I > got married when i was 13. But we only lived there > abt a year. Then we > moved to Largo Fl. to be with my mother after 2 of > my bros joined the > Army in WW2. So i have been here ever since. > I have nieces that live in or near Graceville. > And a bro Richard > Ezell who lives in Live Oak Fl. But i never visit > them, just talk to > them on the phone. My brother Isacc Henry Ezell > married Vera Kirkland > abt 1927 in Geneva County. Henry died in 1944 in > Largo, but Vera and > thier kids moved back to Graceville. Two of the > Girls married > McCallister's. Vera had remarried several times, the > last one was a > Hicks, she just passed away around Xmas of last > year. Do you know any of > them. Gotta Go for now > > Talk later, > > Jimmie __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com

I'm related to the Calvin John Toole on my Dad's lineage. His second wife, Nancy A. Miles, is my lineage. Are you related to his first wife, Sarah Jane Register? Also, Yohns were married into my Worley line several times. Janice Redmon Smith --- DLizgerlits@aol.com wrote: > Got to thinking 'bout the good ole days and forgot > to mention that my father, > his family and ancestors were from Jackson, Holmes & > Washington Co, FL and > south AL. My maiden name was Yon. Others names from > that area are Toole, > Register, Mashburn, Philips & Snellgrove. > > Liz Gerlits > Palm Bay, FL > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > ~ ~ > "Recipes from Family, Friends & Strangers," by Liz > Gerlits (a cookbook with a > genealogy flavor). Email me privately at > DLizgerlits@aol.com for details. > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com

I forgot to tell Jimmie I, also, remember the rolling store when I visited my grandparents. It was so unique and exciting as a city raised girl to walk down the dirt road from my grandmother's house to the rolling store on the next dirt crossroads or have it pull up in front of the house. Trying to see inside the door while my Grandmother gave her order of groceries at the food stuff or pots and pans or trying to figure out the excite piece of candy I wanted to purchase. Janice Redmon Smith --- DLizgerlits@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 12/29/02 9:39:03 AM Central > Standard Time, > ninnid@webtv.net writes: > > > > I long to > > be on a farm with only a rolling store to buy what > i need to live on. Do > > any of you remember that? > > I remember the hard work from daylight till > dark. My bros getting > > their chores done and being in the field to pick > cotton by daylight. > > Even my mom would have breakfast done and dinner > ready to cook. And > > still go to the field and help gather the crops, > whatever it took she > > was always there. > > I was born in 1941 in Gadsden Co, FL, but I remember > the rolling store and > the little country store where we bought all we > needed to live on. I worked > in the tobacco fields 10 hours a day Monday through > Friday all summer. I > started when I was 6 years old. I was making a > whopping $3.00 a DAY by the > time I was 17. I also picked pecans, beans, > tomatoes, etc. > > The farmers wife, who was the best country cook in > the world (except Mama & > Grandma), fixed the noon meal for us field hands. > The work hard and the > weather was hot, but we survived and were, for the > most part, happy. Yes, I > do long for the good ole days when life was simple. > > Liz Gerlits > Palm Bay, FL > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > ~ ~ > "Recipes from Family, Friends & Strangers," by Liz > Gerlits (a cookbook with a > genealogy flavor). Email me privately at > DLizgerlits@aol.com for details. > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com

Your not butting in, Jimmie! I love to hear people tell of their memories! When I lived there, Jimmie, I didn't appreciate it as much as I do now. I'm a raised city girl, Pensacola,Fl., and thought it to be very isolated when I moved there at age 19 and then back there at age 22. We moved away at age 24 but we have oftened visited there since then. Now, I appreciate the people and the isolation as far as the quietness and the neighbors not in your backdoor or in your bedroom window. I love to get out and roam the country side looking for my ancestors and the churches they attended and the places they lived. I loved standing on a open wooden bride looking through the cracks and over the sides where my mother and siblings played when they were younguns. Looking and watching the fields and meadows where she said she played. Thinking about the woods she would cut through to get to her grandmothers, neighbors she played with, and to the church. Riding down those dirt roads in a car is a whole lot different than when she rode in a wagon to go to Graceville. But I'll tell you what, the drugstore in Graceville is not much different than it was when I was a kid getting an ice cream cone there on visits to my grandmother's house. My mother was a Pelham/Baxter decendant and my Dad was a Redmon/Worley decendant. They all were from in and around Holmes, Jackson Cos., Florida and Houston, Geneva Cos., Alabama. Country living and city living certainly is a whole lot different. I think there are positives and negatives about both. I like the convenience of the city but I like the quietness of the country. By the way, my Pelham lineage was Epenetus Pelham married Amanda Jane Kirkland. Fellow researcher, Janice Redmon Smith --- Jimmie Dixon <ninnid@webtv.net> wrote: > Hope I'm not butting in. But it does my heart good > to hear people talk > abt their heritage and the land where our relatives > strived to make an > easier life for their families. I was born in Geneva > County Al 1927. I > moved away when I was 14 yrs old . > Where i live is a nightmare, with so much traffic > and crime. I long to > be on a farm with only a rolling store to buy what i > need to live on. Do > any of you remember that? > I remember the hard work from daylight till > dark. My bros getting > their chores done and being in the field to pick > cotton by daylight. > Even my mom would have breakfast done and dinner > ready to cook. And > still go to the field and help gather the crops, > whatever it took she > was always there. > We had relatives in every county of SE Al and > North Fl. Clark's, > Ezell's, Brackin's, Hughes, Benefield's, Kirkland's, > Garner's, White's, Hutto's, Sim's, and Adkins and so > many i can't name > them all. > All the names i see on your site, I can associate > with some relative, > friends or nieghbor. What i am trying to say, I > admire all of you who > are trying to keep our hertiage alive. > I started researching my families abt. 3 yrs > ago. And if it wasn't > for sites like yours and the work you people do. I > would be up the > creek without a paddle. > So keep up the good work, and may God Bless > you. > > Talk later, > > Jimmie > Resent-Sender: FLHOLMES-L-request@rootsweb.com > > > Yes, Holmes Counties are wonderful people! I've > lived > there before. My husband is part of the Miller's > Crossroads bunch. (Millers and Faircloths) > It seems isolated to some who have lived in the city > but it's not too far to go places but just not > everyday. You can't just run to Wal-Mart in 5 > minutes. My husband loves it dearly! He wants to > move back there. If we ever do, I'll try my best to > help with some of the volunteer work. > Janice Redmon Smith > > > Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 09:17:21 -0500 > > From: "Sue Cronkite" <cronkite@gtcom.net> > > To: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [FLHOLMES] Re: FLHOLMES-D Digest V02 > #7 > > > > Hi, > > The dream of the Historical Society members is to > > have the museum open -- > > but it takes volunteers who have the time to go > > there and stay. > > The Frist Saturday is just a start. Hopefully it > can > > be extended. > > Meanwhile, when you know you are going to Holmes > > County, call Hazel > > Maringer, (850) 956-2065, and she will be happy to > > meet you there, or call > > someone who can. > > Isn't Holmes County wonderful? I told one of my > year > > of 1951 classmates that > > I love the very dirt of Holmes County and he > replied > > that there "ain't much > > else up there to love." I assured him that the > > people from Holmes County are > > the greatest in the world, can do anything, and > > those born during the > > depression can survive and thrive on nearly > nothing. > > Best regards, > > Sue Riddle Cronkite __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com

Yes, Holmes Counties are wonderful people! I've lived there before. My husband is part of the Miller's Crossroads bunch. (Millers and Faircloths) It seems isolated to some who have lived in the city but it's not too far to go places but just not everyday. You can't just run to Wal-Mart in 5 minutes. My husband loves it dearly! He wants to move back there. If we ever do, I'll try my best to help with some of the volunteer work. Janice Redmon Smith > Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 09:17:21 -0500 > From: "Sue Cronkite" <cronkite@gtcom.net> > To: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [FLHOLMES] Re: FLHOLMES-D Digest V02 #7 > > Hi, > The dream of the Historical Society members is to > have the museum open -- > but it takes volunteers who have the time to go > there and stay. > The Frist Saturday is just a start. Hopefully it can > be extended. > Meanwhile, when you know you are going to Holmes > County, call Hazel > Maringer, (850) 956-2065, and she will be happy to > meet you there, or call > someone who can. > Isn't Holmes County wonderful? I told one of my year > of 1951 classmates that > I love the very dirt of Holmes County and he replied > that there "ain't much > else up there to love." I assured him that the > people from Holmes County are > the greatest in the world, can do anything, and > those born during the > depression can survive and thrive on nearly nothing. > Best regards, > Sue Riddle Cronkite __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com

I'm not very lazy, just been working hard. Am a real estate appraiser in Dothan, and have my son and two more guys working with me. Business nearly overwhelms us. Some people have refinanced twice in a year as the rates keep going down - down. My gr grandfather ws Calvin E. Dykes. His first wife and child died after war. He taught in a one room school right on AL line. Lived on Bascom to Neal's Landing road. Sold him land to his Yarbrough kin and came across line to this area in 1896. He was an early freewill Bap preacher at Howards Grove, just north of Cottonwood, on Ashford road. He married one of his former students, Laura Simmons, who was 18 and he was 36 or so when they married. He was a freewill preacher, but she was a Primitive (foot washing) Baptist. I have his civil war pistol and her glasses. He was in Co B, 15th FL Cav, as were most of his kin, and was in Battle of Marianna. I hve a book on tht battle. All my grandparents and 3 great grandfathers and two great grandmothers, are all buried at Howards Grove. Have not been able to find burial place of James R and Jane. With at least three Dykes Cem in Jackson Co, seems like it would have been easier. Wonder if they were shippped back to GA for burial. The bro of James, Sr was Burrell, whose photo is in a Cochran history book that I have for Pulaski-Bleckley Counties, GA. Burrell donated the land for Andersonville prison, and there is a Dykes cem near the prison, although I have never been. Our Dykes ancestor in VA refused to fight against the Bristish and they took his land and sold it to pay someone to fight in his place. He moved to NC to live with his son, who had marr into Granberry family and Everett family. Have ordered a book from Ebay, a large book on those whose loyalties were with the British during the war. Should get it in next day or two. Will be interesting in see if any Dykes are in there, or Dyches as some called it. Got a copy of the old will from one Dykes inSC, and they spelled it Dyches, and all the sums were in pounds, shillings, etc. My wife's family is the Petty family. Her grandfather is buried in old Sweet Gum Head Cem in Holmes County, FL, out in middle of forks in the road. Her father was born in Westville, raised in Panama City, and now is retired and lives in Branford, FL. Her parents were divorced, and she has several half bro/sisters. I have photos of Calvin's bro William and at least two of the sisters, if I can remember where I put them. Someone from Marianna sent them to me. My wife has about taken over my computer at home as she is hooked on the free AOL games, primarily super solitaire. Merry Christmas. I know a lot of trivia, but not much of anything of any importance!

Is this Nathan (Nathaniel) Jackson a son of Rufus and Mariah Jackson? Thanks, Winnette MOUNT IDA CEMETERY, New Hope Community, Holmes County, Florida JACKSON, N., b. May 29 1860 d. Dec 13 1933, s/s unknown adult --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.431 / Virus Database: 242 - Release Date: 12/17/02

Sharon and all you nice people, I want to thank you for all the hard work you are doing for us. Some of us live so far away this will be a great help. I am searching for information on Wilson Orlando "Red" Collins family. He lived North west of Bonifay and died 12 jul 2001. He married Lillian Whitaker. I appreciate any information. Thanks again, Have a happy Christmas!!!!!!!! Lucille Auburndale, FL

In a message dated 12/20/2002 11:23:31 PM Eastern Standard Time, cathy@sw.rr.com writes: > Also, if any of our members have any year books that they would be willing > to loan to me, we can get the information published (along with the > pictures) to the web site also. > Laverne Curry's family donated her collection of HCHS yearbooks to Holmes County High School. These may be able on loan for research. Other schools may have their own collections, as well. Would love to have these accessible via the Internet!

I'm back for a little bit of time. I have made the following changes to our web site: Oak Grove Cemetery updated thanks to Sharon Tibbits Grant Shady Grove Cemetery updated thanks to Sharon Tibbits Grant Hickory Hill Cemetery updated thanks to Sharon Tibbits Grant Bethlehem Cemetery updated thanks to Sharon Tibbits Grant Winterville Cemetery added thanks to Sharon Tibbits Grant East Mt Zion Cemetery updated thanks to Sharon Tibbits Grant Liberty Cemetery added thanks to Sharon Tibbits Grant New Bayview Cemetery added thanks to Sharon Tibbits Grant Noma Cemetery updated thanks to Sharon Tibbits Grant Bethel Cemetery updated thanks to Sharon Tibbits Grant Mt Olive Cemetery updated with information supplied by Wilda Jean Anderson Virtual Tour of the East Mt Zion Methodist Cemetery added; thanks to Angela Williams Virtual Tour of the Union Hill Baptist Cemetery added; thanks to Angela Williams Updated the Popular Head Cemetery, Reese Cemetery and Royals Cemetery with some additional information -- our thanks to Allen Rex Jones Genealogical Files have been updated with the JONATHAN BROOKS family file; thanks to Ray Brooks, John Hartman, and Susan Hoover Link added for the Florida Census and County Formation Maps Look for a bunch more updates between now and the New Year. Sharon Tibbits-Grant has been very busy conducting cemetery census' for us to post to the web site. Also, if any of our members have any year books that they would be willing to loan to me, we can get the information published (along with the pictures) to the web site also. Enjoy all of the new information -- Ann and I hope that it will assist you in your searches. Cathy Strickland Popp Co-Coordinator for the Holmes County Genealogical Web Site email: cathy@sw.rr.com

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