Forwarded to Jackson Co. and Washington Co. Lists Can anyone on the lists help Mary? If so, please respond directly to her.. Thanks!! James ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Wachob" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 3:08 PM Subject: The Search > For two years I have been searching for the grave of my husband's > grandmother, Mary Jane Swailes who died around 1864- 1870. > Her story and line of descent is thus: > > Joseph F. WACHOB came to Wash. Co area from Ireland late 1820s > > His youngest son was Francis Marion WACHOB b. c 1836 > > Francis Marion WACHOB marries Mary Jane SWAILES and in the 1860 Wash. > Co. Fl. census Francis and Mary Jane are shown with two small girls Mary > and Jane. In the 1860 AGRI census he is also shown as a land owner ( > along with many of his brothers who own land and whose names are > mis-spelled WACHAT} > > In 1862 Francis Marion WACHOB and some of his brothers enlist in the > Confederate Army. > One brother, Joseph WACHOB is wounded, but Francis Marion WACHOB dies in > Va. in 1863, the same year his youngest son, Francis Marion WACHOB is > born. > > Widow Mary Jane Swailes WACHOB is recorded seeking her late husbnd's > back army pay in 1864. > > She does not appear in the 1870 census, nor do her two sons, Burris > Alexander WACHOB, (b. 1861) or Francis Marion WACHOB ( B. 1863) > Family history says all of her children were orphaned when she died in a > fire while her children were small. > > Her youngest child, Francis Marion WACHOB born in Aug 1863 (who > preferred to be called Frank) is my husband's father. My husband is > Hugh Hill WACHOB who was born in Okeechobee, Fl. in 1920. > > > I have a great deal of material on the two brothers once they were > older, but nothing on those early years after their mother died. The > only clue I have is in something called "Family Tree" which mentions a > Francis M. WACHOB and a Burris Alexander WACHOB in those years following > their mother's death, but although I have tried I cannot join or buy > the C.D as I am on webtv which is not programble etc. etc. ( I have > webtv so my spouse, almost blind, can see it on a large screen TV} > Now, have I successfully passed on my great frustration to you, or > worse, completely confused you? I confuse many, because they are all > several generations removed from the original Joseph WACHOb (from > Ireland) and keep referring to his son, also Joseph Wachob, and > insisting that he had no son named Francis Marion WACHOB. (True, HE > didn't !) > > Obviously I need someone who has more knowledge than I at getting this > history. I only hope you may have a clue as when and where the widow > M.J.WACHOB died, and her what happened to her children ( especially > Framcis Marion) after her death. > > Thanks and sorry I took up so much of your time. Mary Helen Wachob >