Hi Virginia, My name is Diane Minton Smith. I live in Winder, GA. I am researching my mother's side of the family PARIS(PARRIS) / CLINE / NEWTON / SHAW / GOODWIN / KITE . I have several brick walls at this point, but I am still just beginning parts of this.1) Christopher Columbus PARIS (PARRIS) "Lum", b. 1852, m. Amanda Narcissus CLINE, d. 1892 in Bartow Co. and is buried in the Cassville Cemetery. I don't know anything at all about him. Would love to find siblings, parents, anything. I believe he might have been from NC only because I have recent information that Amanda was probably born in Cherokee Co. NC. I had originally thought Cherokee Co, GA because her death certificate just said Cherokee Co and I made an assumption and we all know what that led to. Anyway I recently found her on a census showing that she was born in NC., so I suspect that is where she met and married "Lum". I don't know when the family moved to GA. Amanda's mother Polly Ann NEWTON CLINE was! living with one of her siblings in Emerson, GA and she and several or her children are buried in Emerson Cemetery. 2) John Leonard SHAW, b. abt. 1852 (1880 census Kingston, GA shows him to be 24 yrs old.) , m. 1) Freda ? 2)Mary Thenie GOODWIN, was killed by a train sometime between Jan and Oct 1890. My grandmother Jennie Leonard SHAW, was born Oct 6 1890 after her father had been killed. I would love to find information on John. I don't even have an idea whether he was run over by a train or was traveling on a train somewhere in the US and it wrecked and he was killed. I have no idea where he is buried. No idea on parents or siblings. My mother had always thought that all of her aunts were her mothers full sisters but the 1880 census told us differently. He and his 1st wife Freda had 3 daughters according to the 1880 census 1) Anna married a HICE and had 13 children 2) Katie Irene married William Daniel PARIS (PARRIS) and had 2 children Ruby & Paul 3) Carey married ! Will Mahaffey and adopted a son, Eugene. John and his 2nd wife Mary Thenie GOODWIN had 4 children 1) Mary married ? had 3 or 4 children and lived in TX, 2) James "Jim" married Mae ? had 4 children Nellie, Benjamin "Bennie", Eula, Mattie, 3) Edward "Ed" married Millie ? had 3 children Ruth, Naomi "Omi", Robert, 4) Jennie Leonard "Lennie" married Samuel Jones PARIS (PARRIS) they had 3 children Mabel Truitt, Charles Wesley, Elsie Loraine. If any of these names connect to anyone out there I would love to hear from you. Diane M. Smithim-horse-crazy@excite.com _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web!