I would like to know a little more about the child, Rufus, if you have anything you might could share. I've searched throughout Heard County, GA trying to figure out why my grandfather named my father Rufus. It really was not that common a name back in those days (Dad was born 1897 in Heard County). His full name was Rufus Andrew Ashley, but so far I have not found a similar name in any of the Bell, Hammond, Thompson, Ashley, Bozeman, etc. families that I am directly connected to except indirectly through the Hardy, Kight families. I'll have to look back through my notes to find that to make sure but seem to remember one of the Kight family members being named Rufus. ----- Original Message ----- From: <dorothy917@bellsouth.net> To: <GAHEARD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 10:28 AM Subject: [GAHEARD] Alexander P. Daniel - Amanda C. McComb / McCombs - Heard County > Amanda C. McComb married Alexander P. Daniel and they had twelve children: John, Mary, William, Missouri, Rufus, Zilphia, Julia, Sarah, Rebecca, Joseph, Lucy, and Martha. I have further info on most of these children, if anyone wants/needs

It's a sad story . . . Rufus (middle name believed to be Alexander) Daniel was "killed in a gin accident when 11 years of age. He got his head hung in a horse-drawn lever. He is buried at Salem Methodist Church" (quoted from the DLB notes). Your grandfather might have named your father in his memory. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane Benson" <jab50@bellsouth.net> To: <GAHEARD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 2:12 PM Subject: Re: [GAHEARD] Alexander P. Daniel - Amanda C. McComb / McCombs - Heard County > I would like to know a little more about the child, Rufus, if you have > anything you might could share. I've searched throughout Heard County, GA > trying to figure out why my grandfather named my father Rufus. It really > was not that common a name back in those days (Dad was born 1897 in Heard > County). His full name was Rufus Andrew Ashley, but so far I have not > found a similar name in any of the Bell, Hammond, Thompson, Ashley, Bozeman, > etc. families that I am directly connected to except indirectly through the > Hardy, Kight families. I'll have to look back through my notes to find > that to make sure but seem to remember one of the Kight family members being > named Rufus. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <dorothy917@bellsouth.net> > To: <GAHEARD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 10:28 AM > Subject: [GAHEARD] Alexander P. Daniel - Amanda C. McComb / McCombs - Heard > County > > > > Amanda C. McComb married Alexander P. Daniel and they had twelve children: > John, Mary, William, Missouri, Rufus, Zilphia, Julia, Sarah, Rebecca, > Joseph, Lucy, and Martha. I have further info on most of these children, if > anyone wants/needs > > > ============================== > 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 >