No, Sarah Rebecca was his grandmother The book is correct. A. J. & Hattie are my grandparent's 1- Should have been: James Solomon b. 1770 D. 1855 m 1st unk m.Sarah Rebecca Youngblood b 1816 d. 1920 2- Jm A. b. 1834 M. 1st Elizabeth Cato. 2- Jm A. b. 1834 & Cassander Cato [pardner] Elizabeth & Cassander are 1st cousin's Cassie was Jm. A & Elizabeth's housekeeper Cassie was later Housekeeper for Edmon Spivey. Cassie was never Married to anyone. 2- M. 2nd Martha Jane Bowen. Jm A.& cassie had a daughter, Olive Jane Jm A. & Martha had a son, Jm William Which makes Ollif jane & Jm william 1/2 bro. & 1/2 sis. Ollif jane & Jm William were Married to each other & had a large Family. Ruby/Apopka, Fl. My cousin, Margaret Leavens married into the Youngblood line. I believe his name was Alma? I'll look it up. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lourice Merritt" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 31, 2004 4:45 PM Subject: Re: [GACOFFEE] SOME SOLOMONS WERE CRIMINALS: > According to the book, "Coffee County Georgia Cemeteries 1837-1978", Andrew > "A. J." Solomon [b] 1 Feb. 1885 [d] 3 July 1913 [md.] Hattie Spivey, was the > s/o James William Solomon & Ollie Spivey. Did he also marry this > Youngblood? My paternal grandmother was Annie Belle Youngblood Lott, d/o > John Youngblood and Mary Tanner. > > Lourice Lott Merritt > -----Original Message----- > From: Ruby Slaven <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, December 30, 2004 10:55 PM > Subject: Re: [GACOFFEE] SOME SOLOMONS WERE CRIMINALS: > > > >ATK'S Grannie, > >If you find anything MORE about James Solomon & wife Sarah Rebecca > >Youngblood. Pease me know. > >We are looking for Sarah Rebecca's gravesite. She lived to be 104 yr's old. > >My line > >1- Solomon 1770 & Sarah Rebecca Youngblood > > 2- Jm A. Solomon & Cassandra Cato {pardner] > > 2- Jm A. Solomon & Martha Jane Bowen > > 3- Jm William 1861 & Olive Jane Cato/Solomon/Spivey > > 4- Andrew J. Solomon 1885 [Outlaw] & Hattie Spivey > > 5- Mamie Solomon & Dellie Gilliard > > 6- Ruby N. Gilliard Slaven > >Thank You, > >Ruby/Apopka, Fl. > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "ATK's Grannie" <[email protected]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 8:41 PM > >Subject: [GACOFFEE] SOME SOLOMONS WERE CRIMINALS: > > > > > >> I found this while searching for the Brown Murder of 1893. A little > >something to read.....Winn > >> > >> SOME SOLOMONS WERE CRIMINALS: > >> http://reworth.home.comcast.net/solomon.txt > >> > >> Two sons of James William Solomon supplied Coffee Countians with epi- > >sodes reminiscent of the James > >> Brothers of western fame. After a trail of train robberies, shootings, > >arson and thefts, the > >> Solomon Brothers were gun- ned down by law enforcement officers on July > 3, > >l913. Randall, an > >> escapee from prison, was wounded with five bullets and Andrew was killed. > >Family menbers believed > >> that many of the things attributed to the brothers were done by other > >people. The following reports > >> give more details: > >> > >> 1. Newspaper, July 8 - Slipping up on the home of Henry Merrier, half a > >mile from Kirkland, Andrew > >> Solomon and Randall Solomon, wanted for car robberies, burglaries and > >assaults with attempt to > >> murder, were late p5 today surprised by a posse of five county deputies. > >When he responded to a > >> call of halt by bringing his shot gun up for action Andrew Solomon was > >shot and killed. Randall > >> Solomon received from which it is feared he will die. Although in a dying > >condition, Randall told > >> members of the posse that if he lived he would get some of them. Since > >Feb. Randall has been wanted > >> for escaping from Berrien County gang where he was serving a 15-year > >sentence for arson. Andrew had > >> been wanted for assault with intent to murder in Coffee County. Edgar > >Carver, the first member of > >> the gang arrested, said the Solomons were hired to do the shooting that > >wounded three men in a > >> Kirkland store a month ago. The Solomon brothers have been for some time > >fortified in a large > >> swamp(Roundabout) in lower Coffee Co. In their clothing was found > evidence > >of various burglaries. On > >> one was a Smith & Wesson revolver which was identified as having been > >stolen from a store at > >> McDonald. On the other were three diamond rings identified as having been > >stolen from a store in > >> Pearson. In addition their were two bunches of keys consisting of 200 or > >more keys to fit every kind > >> of lock immaginable. The brothers were wanted for robbing a freight train > >a few days ago. Both of > >> the brothers had served previous chain gang sentences in Coffee County. > >> > >> 2. The Enterprise, Douglas, Ga. Leaving a trail of train > >robbery,shootings, arson and theft across > >> their county, two Coffee County brothers, Andrew and Randall Solomon, > were > >gunned down in early > >> July, 1913.Reminiscent of characters of the "wild west" such as the James > >Brothers the Solomon > >> brothers had residents of Coffee and Atkinson Counties literally shaking > >in their boots. Speaking > >> frankly about his brothers, Walter Solomon believes many of the incidents > >attributed to them were > >> untrue. "Once they got into trouble, he declared, people tried to blame > >them for everything that > >> ever happened." 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