Looking for some help on WILLIAM TIFIS FLINN//FLYNN b in 1865 in Arkansas and married LAURA METCALF (dau of WILLIAM W. METCALF) abt 1888. Children to this marriage are: 1. ADA----b 1889 in AR 2. WILLIAM BOYD----b 1890 in AR 3. OTHIE-----b 1892 in AR 4. JESSE EDGAR----b 1894 in AR 5. RENIA MARY----b 1895 in AR 6. ELZIA----b 1896 in AR 7. EARTICE(?)----b 1898 in AR 8. & 9. TWINS----b 1900 in AR 10. LILLY BEATRICE----b 1902 in AR 11. JOHNNIE VIOLET----b 1904 in AR 12. ROLAND JOSEPH----b 1907 in AR 13. OBIE EDGAR----b 1908 in TX 14. TIFIS WILLIAM---- b 1910 in TX 15. LAURA PLASEDE---- b 1913 in TX. I list the children to see if they follow any other family names. WILLIAM TIFIS FLINN/FLYNN married and lived in Independence Co, Woodruff Co. He also lived in Batesville. He may have lived, as a child, with a family with the last name of DUNLAP/DUNLOP. His mother's name possibly was RENIA OR MARY SCOGGINS. The census', 1900,1910,1920 show he was born in Arkansas, but may have been born in Cut Throat, MO. Family stories have been told that the Metcalfs did not like him because he was smaller than them and tried to tell him how to do things. His daugther Renia told the story that "When I was 14yrs old we left Arkansas in the middle of the night, because grandpa Metcalf would have killed daddy if he knew we were leaving." That is when they moved to Hill County, Texas. Between 1920 and 1923 is when WILLIAM died in Milam Co, Texas. A Harry Metcalf had come to visit and after eating supper William began foaming at the mouth and died later that night. William's older children believed he had been poisoned. It is said that he was called "Doc" sometimes, for treating horses. Could my WILLIAM TIFIS FLINN be connected to Jesse W. Flinn or William Tivis Flinn and his family. We cannot find a death certificate(family members say he is buried in String Prairie Methodist Cemetery,in Milam Co, Tx, but there is no marker), a birth certificate and we cannot find him in any census before 1900. I am hoping the stories or something might ring a bell with someone. Sorry to write a book, but my head hurts from banging it against this brick wall. Thank you for listening. Pattie Reeves