i have Elizabeth who was the second wife of Willima C. Parks with a last name of evans *Name* *William Calhoun Parks* Birth 23 Jan 1811 Lincoln County GA Death aft 1856 Alabama Father Lewis William Parks (1785-1855) Mother Catherine (Kitty) Cooksey (1789-1865) *Spouses* *1* *Mary Ann Wheat* Death 1837 Father Harvey Wheat Mother Nancy Marriage 10 Dec 1835 Lincoln, Geogia Children Ann Elizabeth (1837-1904) *2* *Eliza Evans* Marriage 13 Sep 1838 *Notes for William Calhoun Parks* 1825 May 22nd. "Sunday morning at place of babtising." William, belonging to William Parks, RE. William Cahhoun Parks and Eliza Evans were married Sep, 13, 1838 Linco ln Co. Ga. Their daughter was the mother of Luckie Evans Young, huband of Ann Lou Lyon. The Parks moved to alabama On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 12:00 AM, <galincol-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Burgess, Tyler, Houghton (Michele Lewis) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:16:39 -0400 > From: "Michele Lewis" <cranberryfrog@charter.net> > Subject: [GALINCOL] Burgess, Tyler, Houghton > To: "Lincoln Co, GA Mailing List" <galincol-l@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <1AC707D9273E4B74B455A3CA0C952719@MicheleLaptop> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Okay, Lincoln Co is driving me CRAZY!!! > > Dilemma #1 - Rev. Pleasant F. Burgess married Nancy E. Tyler on 01 Jan 1857 > and then she died shortly thereafter. I am trying to figure out who > Nancy's > parents were. Pleasant was the administrator of James Tyler's will so I am > thinking that Nancy is his daughter. James Tyler did have a daughter named > Elizabeth born abt. 1836. So are Nancy E. and Elizabeth one and the same? > I think so but I can't prove it. > > Dilemma #2 - William A. Burgess married Mary E. Tyler 28 Jun 1858. I don't > know where either of these fit in. Is William a brother to Pleasant? Mary > E. Tyler.... who knows! James Tyler didn't have a daughter named Mary. > BUT, there was a daughter named Redora [?] born abt. 1835. Could that be > Eudora? That is a possible name and then maybe Mary E. and Eudora are one > and the same [yeah, yeah, I know, this one is a little more far fetched] > > Dilemma #3 - Wiley J. Spires married Martha G. Houghton on 10 Sep 1865. I > can't figure out who Martha belongs to. She should be with her parents in > 1850 and 1860 but I can't find her in the census. I have a will for an > Elizabeth Houghton dated 10 Jul 1857. She names son William Michael > Houghton and daughter Eleanor Elizabeth Parks, wife of William C. Parks. I > am sure Martha ties in but how? She probably isn't Elizabeth's daughter > since she isn't named. > > One the 1870 census we have... > > Wily J. Spires, age 45, male, white, farmer, value of real estate $400, > value of personal estate $600, born in GA > Martha E. Spires, age 26, female, white, keeping house, born in GA > Robert L. Spires, age 3, male, white, born in GA > Mary Haughton [possible middle initial of A or N. . It is unreadable to > this compiler] age 66, female, white, at home, born in GA > > So it appears that Mary is Martha's mother. > > > DOES ANYONE KNOW THESE PEOPLE SO THAT I DON'T LOSE MY MIND? > > > Michele Simmons Lewis, Staff Genealogist > McDuffie Mirror > Thomson, McDuffie Co, GA > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the GALINCOL list administrator, send an email to > GALINCOL-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the GALINCOL mailing list, send an email to > GALINCOL@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GALINCOL-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of GALINCOL Digest, Vol 4, Issue 17 > *************************************** >

Hummmmmm, hummmmmmm, Eliza Evans and Eleanor Elizabeth Houghton one and the same? That would mean she was married to an Evans BEFORE she married William Parks which of course is certainly possible. However, I do not show a marriage for Eleanor Houghton to an Evans in the Lincoln Co marriage book. The plot thickens.... michele ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Querna" <karen@pqproducts.com> To: <galincol@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 10:21 AM Subject: Re: [GALINCOL] GALINCOL Digest, Vol 4, Issue 17 >i have Elizabeth who was the second wife of Willima C. Parks with a last > name of evans > > > *Name* *William Calhoun Parks* > > Birth 23 Jan 1811 Lincoln County GA > > Death aft 1856 Alabama > > Father Lewis William Parks (1785-1855) > > Mother Catherine (Kitty) Cooksey (1789-1865) > > *Spouses* > > *1* *Mary Ann Wheat* > > Death 1837 > > Father Harvey Wheat > > Mother Nancy > > Marriage 10 Dec 1835 Lincoln, Geogia > > Children Ann Elizabeth (1837-1904) > > *2* *Eliza Evans* > > Marriage 13 Sep 1838 > > *Notes for William Calhoun Parks* > > 1825 > > May 22nd. "Sunday morning at place of babtising." William, belonging to > > William Parks, RE. > > William Cahhoun Parks and Eliza Evans were married Sep, 13, 1838 Linco ln > Co. Ga. Their daughter was the mother of Luckie Evans Young, huband of > Ann > Lou Lyon. The Parks moved to > > alabama