Muscogee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Smith, Charlie 1888 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carla Miles http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00010.html#0002476 November 6, 2004, 10:44 am The Marion County Patriot, May 4, 1888 The Marion County Patriot, No. 18 May 4, 1888 Page One Two boys named Charlie Smith and Henry Martin were drowned in the Chattahoochee river near Columbus Sunday afternoon. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/muscogee/obits/s/ob5773smith.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.8 Kb

Muscogee-Marion County GaArchives Obituaries.....Peacock, Infant May 1888 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carla Miles http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00010.html#0002476 November 6, 2004, 10:41 am The Marion County Patriot, May 18, 1888 The Marion County Patriot, No. 20 May 18, 1888 Page Three Personals Mr. R.H. Peacock, of Columbus, came over Saturday afternoon with the remains of his little three-months-old child which were buried at the Methodist cemetery Sunday morning. The friends of the family sympathize with them in the loss of their loved one. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/muscogee/obits/p/ob5772peacock.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.0 Kb

Chattahoochee-Muscogee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Adams, Mrs. Tom May 1888 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carla Miles http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00010.html#0002476 November 6, 2004, 10:35 am The Marion County Patriot, June 1, 1888 The Marion County Patriot, No. 22 June 1, 1888 Page Three Mrs. Tom Adams died at her home in Chattahoochee County yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Adams was a daughter of the late Mr. George Y. Banks, and was raised in this city, where she has many friends. Mrs. Adams was married a short time ago, and was an estimable Christian lady. – Columbus Enquirer File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/chattahoochee/obits/a/ob5768adams.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.0 Kb

Muscogee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Coots Sr. , Geral Dean November 2 1996 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Anne Brown [email protected] November 6, 2004, 2:20 pm Hernando Today, Brooksville, FL, Nov. 4, 1996 Gerald Dean Coots, Sr., 74, of Brooksville, died Thursday, Nov. 2, at home. He was born in LaGrange, Ga., and moved to this area 14 years ago, after spending over 25 years as a business owner in Columbus, Ga. He retired from his position of Vice President in Charge of Production, Lawson Industries in Miami, Fl after 18 years. Befroe that he had worked for 11 years at Look Products in Miami. He was a World War II Air Force Veteran and a member of Brooksville Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife of 52 years, Mary Frances; two daughters, Anne Brown (Mrs. Joe) and Paula Pacitti; two sons, Gerald Dean Jr.(& wife Jackie) and James Harold, all of Brooksville; two brothers, Ernest B. of Archer, FL and Eddie Frank of Tampa, FL.; 14 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. Friends will be received, Sunday, Nov. 5th at the Brooksville Chapel of Brewer Memorial Funeral Home, 1190 S. Broad St., from 2 to 4 p. m. and 6 to 8 p. m. Chapel service will be held on Monday, Nov. 6th at 11:30 a. m. ay the Brooksville Chapel, officiated by Pastor Chris Wheeler. Interment to follow at Florida National Cemetery. In leu of flowers, the family request that donations be made to Hernando/Pasco Hospice, 12130 Cortez Blvd., Brooksville, FL. 34613 or Brooksville Baptist Church, P. O. Box 10886, Brooksville, FL. 34601. Additional Comments: Gerald D. Coots was the son of Ernest James Coots, born 10 Sep 1898, in Woodbury, GA and his wife, Lelia Jane Beverly, born 25 Nov 1899, in Barbour Co., AL. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/muscogee/obits/c/gob1988cootssr.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb

Muscogee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Jeffries, William Curtis August 16 1980 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Anne Brown [email protected] November 6, 2004, 1:38 pm Columbus Ledger, Aug. 17, 1980 Local Labor Head Dies William Curtis Jeffries was a big man in his stature and in his work. The former labor leader died Saturday at Muscogee Manor Nursing Home in Columbus. He was 78. Jeffries was 6 foot one and weighed 225 pounds - and on the labor scene, he couldn't be missed. He was president of the Columbus Central Labor Union (forerunner of the Chattahoochee Valley Central Labor Council) and vice president of the old Georgia Federation of Labor. He tried to organize a textile union but it was unsuccessful. He was 15 when he became a projectionist showing silent films at the Benieta Theater downtown. The business had already been unionized by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. He loved motion pictures, and he was a projectionist for 52 years. He was also a reporter for the Ledger. Jeffries, 1215 21st St., was born Aug. 2. 1902, in Columbus, son of Mr. And Mrs. John S. Jeffries. The outgoing, likeable man had lived in Columbus all of his life and was a member of the St. Mark United Methodist Church. Survivors include two daughters, Margaret J. Plott of Columbus and Frances Coots of Hollywood, Fla., three sons, William O. and Clifford K. Jeffries of Columbus, and John S. Jeffries of Miami; a brother, Clifford J. Jeffries, of Columbus, 19 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Tuesday at Striffler-Hamby Mortuary's 13th Street Chapel, with the Rev. C. M. Skipper and Elder William O. Jeffries officiating. Interment will be in Riverdale Cemetery. Active Pallbearers will be the grandsons and honorary pallbearers will be the members of the I.A.T.S.E. local No. 568. Additional Comments: W. C. Jeffries was the son of John Swept Jeffries and Sannie Mae Burton. His Paternal Grandparents were, William Robert Jeffries and Margaret Kennington. Maternal Grandparents were William E. Burton and Mary Elizabeth Willis, of Phenix City, AL His lineage traces back to Capt. Lodowick Tuggle, Patriot of the American Revolutionary War. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/muscogee/obits/j/gob1987jeffries.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb

Muscogee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Jeffries, Mrs. Clara Elizabeth Salter October 30 1974 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Anne Brown [email protected] November 6, 2004, 1:06 pm Columbus Enquirer, Sept. 2, 1974 JEFFRIES Mrs, Clara S. Jeffries, 71 of 1215 21 st. St. died Friday at Hollywood, Fla. Mrs. Jeffries was born Dec. 25, 1902, in Columbus. A daughter of the late Sgt. Harry M. and Margaret Ham Salter. She was a member of St. Marks Methodist Church. Survivors include her husband, William C. Jeffries, Columbus, three sons, William O. Jeffries, and Clifford K. Jeffries both of Columbus, and John S. Jeffries, Miami, Fla.;two daughters, Mrs. Margaret Plott, Columbus and Mary Frances Coots, Hollywood, Fla.; two brothers, Harry Salter, Washington and Bernard Salter, Long Beach, Calif; 15 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren. Funeral services for will be held Tuesday at 4 p. m. from the grave side in Riverdale Cemetery with Rev. C. H. Donaldson, Rev. Michael McAfee and Rev. C. M. Skipper officiating. The following will serve as pallbearers; Stanley Jones, Scott Whitley, Jack Bennefield, Charles Bausch, Harold Bishop, Hubert Martin, Harry Payne, E. L. Gullate, John Bausch, George Reese, Gordon Plott, and Mac Bennefield,. Funeral Arrangements by Striffier-Hamby Mortuary. 13th street File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/muscogee/obits/j/gob1986jeffries.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb

Muscogee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Jefferres, Jno. W. April 17 1915 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Anne Brown [email protected] November 6, 2004, 12:48 pm Columbus Enquirer, April 18, 1915 The death of Mr. John W. Jefferres, occurred yesterday afternoon at his home, 2313 Third avenue, following an illness of some length from a complication of diseases. The deceased was 37 years of age, and is survived by his wife and one sister, Mrs. E. B. Lesuer of Madison, Ga. The funeral arrangements will not be completed until today. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/muscogee/obits/j/gob1985jefferre.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.0 Kb

Muscogee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Cody, Mrs. W. E. March 26 1925 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Anne Brown [email protected] November 6, 2004, 12:41 pm Columbus Enquirer, March 29, 1925 Mrs. W. E. Cody The funeral services of Mrs. W. E. Cody were held Saturday morning at 10 o'clock at the family residence on Macon Road. Dr. Johnson A. Davison of the First Baptist church officiated. Interment was in Riverdale cemetery. Additional Comments: This page was cut off. I am sure there is more information available. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/muscogee/obits/c/gob1984cody.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb

Muscogee County GaArchives Obituaries.....King, Thomas J. March 25 1925 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Anne Brown [email protected] November 6, 2004, 12:38 pm Columbus Enquirer, March 29, 1925 Thomas J. King Due to the inability of J. E. King of Tampa, Fla., to reach here in time for the funeral of his father, Thomas J. King, was postponed from 3:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon until 3 o'clock this after noon. Rev. L. A. Henderson of the Rose Hill Baptist church will conduct the services at the residence 1206 Twentieth St., after which the interment will take place at Girard cemetery. The following gentleman will act as pallbearers; W. G. Stratford, Dan Mc cook, Thomas Cain, D. W. Teal, C. E. Mize and J. W. Chadwick. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/muscogee/obits/k/gob1983king.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb

Muscogee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Shelnut, Myrtle Louise March 27 1925 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Anne Brown [email protected] November 6, 2004, 12:36 pm Columbus Enquirer, March 29, 1925 Myrtle Louise Shelnut ten month old daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Earl Shelnut died at the residence, 2 Beachwood Heights, Bibb City at two o'clock Saturday morning after an illness of ten days of pneumonia. Besides the parents the deceased infant is survived by one little sister, Edna, three brothers; Howard, Horace, and Wallace, all of this city. The funeral services were conducted at the residence at 4 o'clock Saturday by Rev. J. D. Sharp. Interment in Pine Grove cemetery. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/muscogee/obits/s/gob1982shelnut.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb

Muscogee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Campbell, Jesse H. April 1888 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carla Miles http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00010.html#0002476 November 5, 2004, 4:57 pm The Marion County Patriot, April 20, 1888 The Marion County Patriot, No. 16 April 20, 1888 Page Two Rev. Jesse H. Campbell, an aged Baptist preacher, of Columbus, and father of Rev. A.B. Campbell, died at his home in Columbus Monday night. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/muscogee/obits/c/ob5763campbell.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.8 Kb

Chattahoochee-Muscogee County GaArchives Biographies.....Tolbert, Lane Y. unknown - living in 1933 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher [email protected] November 5, 2004, 6:56 pm Author: N. K. Rogers L. Y. TOLBERT Mr. Lane Y. Tolbert when a resident of Chattahoochee, which he was until his home became a part of the reservation, was (and is of same type in the adjoining county, now) a citizen, of the highest type—always taking a decisive stand on all moral issues. He represented this county in the general assembly 1911-12 having entered the race as a candidate favoring the strict enforcement of the prohibition laws. Mr. Tolbert's private life has been consistent with the principles advocated for the public welfare. Another representative of this name, the wife of Mr. Tolbert's brother, Mrs. W. C. Tolbert was a member of the legislature being the first lady to represent Muscogee County, and proving the capability of womanhood in legislative affairs. Another brother, A. S. Tolbert who married Miss Maude Dodson, with their daughter Catherine resided here until they removed to Texas with several other members of this family about twenty years ago. L. Y. Tolbert married Miss Carrie, a daughter of Ross (dec'd) and Mrs. Nora (Johnson) Snellings who still resides at her home in Muscogee, not far from the line of Chattahoochee County. Mr. and Mrs. Tolbert whose splendid family consists of two sons and three daughters, three of whom are married, have lived at Midland since they left Chattahoochee where they were among its most estimable citizens. Additional Comments: From: HISTORY OF CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY, GEORGIA By N. K. Rogers Dedicated to KASIHITA CHAPTER U. D. C. and all worthy descendants of the County's first settlers. Copyright 1933 by N. K. ROGERS PRINTED BY COLUMBUS OFFICE SUPPLY CO. COLUMBUS, GA. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/chattahoochee/bios/gbs599tolbert.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb

Chattahoochee-Muscogee-Wilkes County GaArchives Biographies.....Howard, C. N. (Jr.), Hubert B. And G. H. unknown - unknown ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher [email protected] November 5, 2004, 5:54 pm Author: N. K. Rogers Dr. C. N. Howard, Jr., Hubert B. and Judge G. H. Howard Dr. Charles Nelson Howard, Jr., son of Dr. Charles H. Howard Sr., and his wife Mrs. Emaline Wooldridge Howard, is a grandson of two of Chattahoochee's original settlers, Nimrod N. Howard and Wm. 0. Wooldridge and a great grandson of William House who came from Wilkes to Muscogee County. On Feb. 5, 1896, Dr. Howard married Cora Angelina, daughter of Jas. P. and Vann Osteen Brooks, whose ancestors also were among the earliest settlers in this section of Georgia. Dr. Howard graduated from the Cusseta High School in 1886, the Medical Department, University of Georgia, 1888 and Polyclinic of New York in 1891. He began the practice of medicine in Cusseta:; but practiced in Columbus from 1909 to 1920 when he returned to Cusseta. Since then he has not only practiced his profession, but has been active in the civic and politcal affairs of the county. He has been mayor of Cusseta two terms; is a newspaper contributor and has represented this county in the legislature for half a dozen terms. He is now senator-elect from the 24th district. In all his speeches and writings, loyalty to the traditions of his people and advocacy of any legislation favorable to the inhabitants of the country- counties, one of which is his own, is evident. He was a leader in the legislation looking to the equalzation of funds that proper educational facilities may be maintained for all the children of the state. Dr. Howard is not only one of Chattahoochee's most illustrious sons, but one of the state's mental giants. His heritage of intellectual vigor from both the Howard and Wooldridge families has been enriched through years of cultivation and now his grasp of any subject shows the marked ability of a deep thinker. And, like all deep thinkers, he not only understands the fundamental principles of legislation, but the reason for the application of those principles. He has carried forward the family record for legislators in a manner worthy of any of his distinguished kinsmen and ancestors noted for their brilliance of intellect. Dr. Chas. N. and Mrs. Emma (Wooldridge) Howard had three sons; a sketch of the life of the oldest preceding this; the youngest Hubert B. Howard was ordinary of this county when his death occurred February 14, 1929. Of these three brothers gifted in the art of public speaking, Hubert was considered the finest orator. But the other brother Judge G. H. Howard of Atlanta, who has had the unusual distinction of being judge in two circuits of Georgia, having first become judge of the Chattahoochee circuit which includes his home county, is the most widely known. He is a Spanish-American war veteran having been a private in Company A, First Georgia Volunteers which also enrolled several others from here—among them Frank, Charlie and Crawford Davis and Wade H. Shipp, all of whom with Judge Howard are descendants of Absolom Wooldridge whose family was among the pioneers of this section of Georgia. Judge Howard who was educated at the Cusseta High and the Law Department of Mercer University, practiced law in Sandersville, Columbus and Atlanta; also codefied the laws of Sandersville and Columbus. He is a Baptist, Democrat, Mason, Odd Fellow, Red Man, and K. of P. His hobby, horticulture, indicates a taste inherited from ancestors who were great land owners. He married May Belle King of Cusseta June 8, 1899: their children are Eva (Mrs. T. W. Hill—who has three sons) Ross H. m. Mary Strayhorn; Gus Hill Jr. m. Addie Myra Chandler, (one dau. Beverly DeVon), Edwin (dec'd), Charles, Catherine, May Belle and William D. Additional Comments: From: HISTORY OF CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY, GEORGIA By N. K. Rogers Dedicated to KASIHITA CHAPTER U. D. C. and all worthy descendants of the County's first settlers. Copyright 1933 by N. K. ROGERS PRINTED BY COLUMBUS OFFICE SUPPLY CO. COLUMBUS, GA. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/chattahoochee/bios/gbs589howard.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 4.6 Kb

Chattahoochee-Muscogee County GaArchives Biographies.....Brooks, J. P. unknown - unknown ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher [email protected] November 5, 2004, 5:44 pm Author: N. K. Rogers BROOKS Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Brooks Mr. and Mrs. Brooks were natives of this county and spent the greater portion of their lives here. Mr. Brooks and his brother Thos. E. were reared by-"Aunt Patsy" Cobb, whose daughter Angelina, their mother, died when they were small children. Their father, Charles Brooks, went to Alabama, married a second time and had a family there. The care and devotion of their grandmother were rewarded by the knowledge that "Pack and Tom" were cheerfully practicing the Christian virtues as taught by precept and example. For "Aunt Patsy" lived to see these beloved grandsons happily married and living of sobriety, honesty, and uprightness. When he was comparatively a young man, Mr. Thos. E. Brooks with his family removed to Americus, Ga., where his widow died recently. J. P. Brooks married Vandora Osteen Nov. 25, 1875 and they continued to live in this county until their children were grown and settled in life. Mrs. Brooks was a daughter of Gabriel and Zillianne Osteen, kindly, Christian people and staunch supporters of Harmony Missionary Baptist Church. Mr. and Mrs. Brooks, while not possessing much of this world's goods during the early days of their wedded life, made a home which impressed all who entered it as one of happiness and good cheer. Mrs. Stella Osteen says it was one of the pleasantest places to visit that she ever saw. It was one of the most popular places in Cusseta for, although Mrs. Brooks, on account of her duties and frailty of body, rarely left home. the friends and neighbors, both old and young, liked to call and spend hours with her, A lover of flowers, their culture proved a bond of congeniality between her and others whose tastes were similar. But whether in her home or yard, the unstudied graciousness of her manner and tranquility of spirit were magnets which drew all to her. She dispensed true hospitality; for, as Dr. Howard says guests were at ease and never made to feel that their entertainment was anything except a pleasure. Like many southern people of gentle blood who reared families during the years immediately subsequent to civil war days, Mr. and Mrs. Brooks possessed a true sense of values— unconsciously exemplifying the fact that a heritage emphasizing human dignity and line character is more impressve than earthly possessons for defining one's social status. The charm of this home was interwoven with the lives of the children, and the daughters, Mrs. Cora Howard and Mrs. Mollie Holt pay their parents the high tribute of believing mere words inadequate to express their appreciaton of the persistent industry and cheerful courage which provided for the physical and spiritual needs of that household. Their church held its rightful place in their well ordered lives; for Mrs. Brooks eventually united with Mt. Olive, the church to which her husband had been carried in his infancy and the fellowship of which meant so much to him as the years passed. For years, when Mr. and Mrs. Brooks were among its leading members, Rev. Hezekiah Bussey, the pastor, spent one week-end of each month at their home. Unostentatious in their religious observances as in all phases of living their family were more aware of its reality than of any outward form; so when their son Belmont, who had reached young manhood, lay dying, he asked, "Papa, are you praying for me?; to which Mr. Brooks replied, "Son, I am and I have prayed for you every day since you were born." The other son, Tom, a salesman who lives in Atlanta, has the same high regard as his sisters for the unstinted care and devotion lavished upon them by their parents. In later years Mr. and Mrs. Brooks lived Columbus where he was a salesman for Bush Hardware Co., to which work he carried much knowledge of the value of tools acquired in practical experience as a mechanic. Their lives in Columbus were marred by the constant illness of Mrs. Brooks, but their devotion and congeniality, remained the same throughout the years, and Mr. Brooks survived her less than a year. All who knew them remember them as a genial, likable man and a quiet, attractive woman who wrought well in the years allotted them for life's work. A wholesome optimism permeated the whole fabric of their lives and endures in the lives of their children; and grand-children. Additional Comments: From: HISTORY OF CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY, GEORGIA By N. K. Rogers Dedicated to KASIHITA CHAPTER U. D. C. and all worthy descendants of the County's first settlers. Copyright 1933 by N. K. ROGERS PRINTED BY COLUMBUS OFFICE SUPPLY CO. COLUMBUS, GA. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/chattahoochee/bios/gbs588brooks.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 5.2 Kb

Chattahoochee-Muscogee-Hancock County GaArchives Biographies.....Broadnax, Samuel Irvin 1897 - 1918 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher [email protected] November 5, 2004, 5:13 pm Author: N. K. Rogers BROADNAX Data Furnished by Mrs. Collye E. Broadnax Porter and Mrs. A. A. Phelts The only member of Chattahoochee's quota engaged in the World War giving his life in that great conflict was Samuel Irvin Broadnax, who enlisted in Americus, Ga.,in 1917. He was sent to Camp Wheeler and went overseas with the Rainbow Division; was later transferred to 91st Division, 316 Engineers. He was wounded at the Battle of the Argonne Sept. 26th, and died Oct. 4, 1918 in the hospital at Anjiers, France. In July 1921, his body was brought back to Columbus, Ga., and interred with military honors in the family cemetery at Providence Church six miles from Columbus. His grandfather, Rev. James Edward Broadnax, with his brothers settled near Columbus and was pastor of the Free Will Baptist Church where the Broadnax family have their burial plot. One of these brothers, John M. Broadnax, died from accidental wounds received during the War Between the States and is buried, at Providence with Irvin near him. The crest of the Braodnax family is in possession of. members of the family living in Atlanta, Ga. (Rev.) James Edward Broadnax m. Martha Watkins, 7 ch.; Ann, Bettie, Lenora, Martha, Mary, Travis, and Lula. Mary m. Alfred Asa Phelts and is now living in Columbus, Ga., with her daughter, Mrs. John Albrecht. James Samuel Travis b. March 13, 1860; d. Apr. 17, 1922; m. Dec. 23, 1883. Charlotte Isabel Hoopaugh, b. March 4, 1866. whose father had come from Aberdeen, Scotland. Ch. of J. S. Travis and Charlotte I. Hoopaugh Broadnax: (1) Charles Edward b. Oct. 8 ,1884; m. Roxy Felton; two ch. Joseph and Ferol; (2) Minnie laVerna b. Aug. 27, 1886; m. Samuel Hill Cooksey; four ch. Verna (dec'd), William, Samuel and James Cooksey; (3) Collye Elizabeth b. Sept. 11, 1888; m. Otis Wilmer Porter; (4) James Edward b. Feb. 8, 1891; m. Susie Wooley, one ch. Margaret; (5) William Travis b. Aug. 22, 1894, m. Mary Lou Smith; four ch. viz: William Travis III, Harold, Edwin and Carlton; (6) Samuel Irvin b. Dec. 1, 1897; d. Oct. 4, 1918; (7) Ransome Lester b. Dec. 25, 1900, m. Bessie Smith, two ch. Helen and Dorothy (8) Martha Melissa b. Sept. 20, 1905; m. Rudolph Preston, five ch. viz: Charlotte, Elizabeth. Jeanette, Rudolph and Tom Preston. (Rev.) Jas. Edward Broadnax, whose descendants have been given, was son of John Travis Broadnax whose other children were Ruth, Frances, Georgia, Martha, Sarah, Adelia, Samuel, Ellen, John, and Vanarah. John Travis Broadnax, a veteran of War of 1812. was living in Hancock, Co., Ga., in 1827, where he drew in that land lottery. Mrs. A. A. Phelts says her father. Jas. E. Broadnax was born in Hancock County, Ga. Her sister, Mrs. Lula McBride, is only other member of the family living. The goodness and faithfulness of Rev. Jas. E. Broadnax was appreciated by the whole neighborhood where he preached for 35 years. Additional Comments: From: HISTORY OF CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY, GEORGIA By N. K. Rogers Dedicated to KASIHITA CHAPTER U. D. C. and all worthy descendants of the County's first settlers. Copyright 1933 by N. K. ROGERS PRINTED BY COLUMBUS OFFICE SUPPLY CO. COLUMBUS, GA. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/chattahoochee/bios/gbs587broadnax.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 3.8 Kb

Chattahoochee-Stewart-Muscogee County GaArchives Biographies.....Watkins, John Wesley unknown - unknown ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher [email protected] November 5, 2004, 2:54 pm Author: N. K. Rogers JOHN WESLEY WATKINS John Wesley Watkins was overseer on large plantation along the river in both Stewart and Chattahoochee Counties. He served in Capt. Moses' Company of Muscogee County during the War Between the States. He was a member of a Masonic Lodge. He married first Eliza A. Massey, Jan. 9, 1851. She was daughter of Eli Massey, a brother of Jerry and Hiram Massey. A son and daughter of J. W. and Eliza A. M. Watkins lived in Chattahoochee County many years after they married. Their daughter Clara (Mrs. Alvah D. Thomas) lived near Cusseta; five children viz.: Minnie (Mrs. Geo. E. White) who has one son Geo. Elbert White Jr., student at Alabama Polytechnic Institute; Lottie (Mrs. A. F. Castleberry). They reside in Columbus. Charlton B. lives in Alabama. Wm. Cleveland of Bainbridge, Ga. and Douglas (dec'd.) Their son Charles H. Watkins who lived on river plantation m. Alice Winifred Helms; one son Clark Hudson Watkins who was educated at Columbus Industrial High School and at Auburn, Ala. where he finished in 1915. He married Frances Rebecca Fox of Detroit, Mich, in 1916; 3 children viz.: Alyce Leah age 15, Clark Hudson Jr. age 13 and Eleanor Jane Watkins age 7 (1932). Additional Comments: From: HISTORY OF CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY, GEORGIA By N. K. Rogers Dedicated to KASIHITA CHAPTER U. D. C. and all worthy descendants of the County's first settlers. Copyright 1933 by N. K. ROGERS PRINTED BY COLUMBUS OFFICE SUPPLY CO. COLUMBUS, GA. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/chattahoochee/bios/gbs582watkins.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb

Chattahoochee-Muscogee-Gwinnett County GaArchives Biographies.....Dillard, S. M. unknown - unknown ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher [email protected] November 5, 2004, 1:24 pm Author: N. K. Rogers S. M. DILLARD According to family tradition Mr. Dillard's ancestors came from Holland to America. John Dillard, first comer of this name to what is now Chattahoochee Co., married Hiley Watson. Their grandson John Dillard who lives in Cusseta recalls this story: A brother of his grandmother, Hiley Watson Dillard, who lived in north Georgia, saw many signs of bear, so a party was preparing to go bear-hunting—part of the preparations being the cooking of food to last them several days, during which activities Mr. Watson carried a fretting child outside the fort. Indians sprang from ambush, wounded him and killed this child, then attacked the fort. A young man within saddled a horse and went for help during the battle. This family had other encounters with Indians as well as enduring hardships incident to living on the frontier of civilization. John Dillard and his wife Hiley Watson came from Gwinnett Co. to the southern portion of Muscogee (in original survey, part of Lee) in 1834 where their son Starling M. Dillard was born Sept. 27, of that year. In this family were seven sons and one daughter viz.: Starling M., Tapley, Crawford, William, James, Alexander, Jackson, and Elizabeth. The father of the family reached this section of the state at the time the Creek Indians were making their last effort to resist white invasion of their territory. He was in Stewart Co. at the battle of Sheppard's plantation, for with the other men of the community he joined the forces which succeeded in driving the red men from eastern Georgia. John Dillard, a Revolutionary soldier, was a resident of Rabun Co., Ga. in 1827 and drew lots in original Troup and Lee Counties. It is believed he was father of John Dillard who fought the Indians. A quarter of a century later the Indian fighter had a half dozen sons in the Confederate Army. Among them was the subject of this sketch who lived at his father's later home near Slaughter Creek until his marriage to Miss Jincey Tomblin (originally spelled Tomberlin) daughter of Pleasant and _______ Tomberlin, Nov. 22, 1859. Within less than three years he departed from his new home as a private in Co. D, 46th Regt., Ga. Inf. to remain in active service throughout the war except for thirty days when he was recovering from a wound received at Chickamauga, while trying to save one of his comrades. His five brothers were discharged from Lee's army all able to resume their former occupations and S. M. Dillard from the Western Army under Johnston and Hood during whose campaigns he was slightly wounded several times but not disabled for service then nor when he and his wife reared a family of seven sons and three daughters whose excellence of character has often been praised. Mr. Dillard reached his home about the middle of May 1865 and immediately began preparations for making a crop. With one plow he was ready to plant corn June 19th and raised 160 bushels of corn and plenty of peas that year. For a quarter of a century he remained in the same section of the county, a prosperous farmer, whose worth to his community was appreciated by his neighbors. But his brothers had been living in Alabama for many years, so in 1890, he removed to Ozark, Dade County, Ala., but remained there only a year. Upon his return he bought the Matthews place in south eastern part of this county where his son W. F. Dillard now lives. When he reached the age of seventy and was no longer able to be actively engaged in farming he and his wife bought a home in Richland where they spent the remainder of their long and useful lives. After sixty years of wedded life Mrs. Dillard preceded him to the grave by a little less than four years. Only two of their sons J. W. and W. F. Dillard and families now reside in this county, the other children with exception of George who died young, and their families are scattered over the state—the same type of sturdy, industrious, law abiding citizens their forefathers were. Mr. Dillard liked to recall the days when he and Mr. Brewer were neighbors and were ever ready, not only to lend, but to offer the use of any tool and farm implement, or household convenience needed by the other. In fact it was a great source of pride to him that he had always lived in peace and harmony with his friends and neighbors. He and his family were members of Liberty Hill M. E. Church to the support of which they were liberal contributors. But the out-standing characteristics of Mr. Dillard and his wife—good will towards all with whom they were associated, expressed in kindly, neighborly deeds—was pictured in the benevolence of their faces and remembered by those fortunate enough to have known them. Those honorable parents have left to their descendants a heritage fine enough to be treasured and emulated by those who are the present standard bearers of this name. Additional Comments: From: HISTORY OF CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY, GEORGIA By N. K. Rogers Dedicated to KASIHITA CHAPTER U. D. C. and all worthy descendants of the County's first settlers. Copyright 1933 by N. K. ROGERS PRINTED BY COLUMBUS OFFICE SUPPLY CO. COLUMBUS, GA. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/chattahoochee/bios/gbs577dillard.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 5.8 Kb

Chattahoochee-Muscogee-Stewart County GaArchives Biographies.....Stephens, John unknown - unknown ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher [email protected] November 5, 2004, 1:16 pm Author: N. K. Rogers JOHN STEPHENS Mr. Stephens was a citizen of that order whose living in the county meant living for the best interests of his county. For his acumen in business affairs necessarily taught him that his own prosperity depended upon the general prosperity of the county. So he encouraged and aided all industrial effort in his own neighborhood. After returning from the Civil War, he clerked in the store of N. N. Howard, thereby gaining some experience in the art of buying and selling goods. In 1866 he began the mercantile business on a small scale. He added agricultural pursuits, gradually expanding until he was operating both on an extensive scale. At the height of his prosperity he sold from $10,00.00 to $12,000.00 worth of-goods each month; the volume of his business reaching approximately $125,000.00 yearly. He handled everything usually called for and if any article called for was not in stock, he added this to his list to be purchased at once. Some one said: "The store of Mr. John Stephens of Cusseta comes as near having everything we can call for as any country store in the Columbus District." Profits were spent in the development of his varied enterprises in the county, thus giving employment to all idle laborers. He kept his own money in circulation and acted as banker for people in the county. They brought their money to him for safe-keeping and he paid them interest for its use. If more was brought than he could use, he assumed responsibility and placed it with others. His methods of farming are said to have been 25 years ahead of his time. He saw the value of diversification, and experimented with new ideas. He salted from 100 to 150 hogs each winter, raising them on his farm and selling them through his store. He raised cows —sold about 100 annually—also ponies and mules. Lot compost enriched his lands, and he kept all his farm land in excellent condition with ditches, fences and tennant houses in perfect order. So it is not surprising that he made three-fourths of a bale of cotton per acre upon land others considered of little value due to soil erosion and its attendant evils. His large ginnery operated by steam prepared the cotton to be marketed. Mr. Stephens raised all feed for his cattle and hogs, being the first man to plant peanuts on a large scale to fatten hogs. He shipped the only car loads of watermelons ever sent from Chattahoochee County while Mr. Eli Averett shipped many car loads from Renfroe, but his farm was principally in Stewart County. Before the railroads were built through this county, Mr. Stephens had two wagons making regular trips to Columbus to bring goods for the store. In addition to this, all the farmers who passed through Cusseta going to Columbus with loads of cotton brought freight for him at a fixed price per hundred pounds. He never had any trouble about the delivery of goods and never had a shortage of labor because he gave every one a fair deal. His children memorialized his honesty by inscribing upon his tombstone "An honest man is the noblest work of God." While obtaining prominence in the community he had the encouragement and assistance of a noble wife, Mrs. Sallie Mozelle Patterson Stephens. Of no lady was the following tribute ever more truly spoken, "As a Christian she was consecrated; true as a wife, a devoted mother, an excellent neighbor, a sincere friend, uniformly kind to all." The lives of Mr. and Mrs. Stephens were positive forces in the development of everything beneficial to the community and county. Calvin and Martha (Saffold) Stephens, parents of Mr. John Stephens, reared a large family. Another of their sons, C. W., who married Miss Julia Averett, spent his life in this county and his son, Curtis V. Stephens, lives at Renfroe. Peter Stephen, a son of Calvin, once owned a plantation near Renfroe, removing to Webster Co., thence to Texas. He married a daughter of Thos. and Epsy A. (Watkins) Bush who also married in Muscogee Co. (May 30, 1839). Mrs. G. H. Sapp says when her husband was teaching in that community, Mrs. Peter Stephens was one of the best neighbors she ever had. Her father, Thos. Bush, had a plantation with slaves and the usual chattels necessary for comfortable living at that time, as records of inventory of his estate show. He died in 1858, comparatively a young man, for census records of 1850 indicate that he was 35 and his wife 25 that year. His sister, Zilphia, (25) who had married Henry Stringfellow in 1842 lived near Mr. Bush's homestead. The Stephens and Bush families settled in Harris Dist., Muscogee Co., which became part of Chattahoochee in 1854. Mrs. Calvin Stephens, Mrs. Samuel Brady (later Mrs. Wm. McBride) and their brother-Adam Saffold were born in Washington Co., Ga., where men of this name attained prominence in political affairs. Additional Comments: From: HISTORY OF CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY, GEORGIA By N. K. Rogers Dedicated to KASIHITA CHAPTER U. D. C. and all worthy descendants of the County's first settlers. Copyright 1933 by N. K. ROGERS PRINTED BY COLUMBUS OFFICE SUPPLY CO. COLUMBUS, GA. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/chattahoochee/bios/gbs575stephens.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 5.7 Kb

Chattahoochee-Burke-Muscogee County GaArchives Biographies.....Gilbert, Thomas 1793 - 1881 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher [email protected] November 5, 2004, 12:38 pm Author: N. K. Rogers SAPP All members of the Sapp family who first settled in Muscogee, (later Chattahoochee), including Forsyth, Madison, Theophilus and Hardy Council Sapp came from Burke Co., Ga. when moving here. The records in Columbus show that Hardy Council Sapp of Burke Co., bought Lot 208, 6th Dist. Feb. 2, 1832. There are other records of land transfers as follows: Stephen Beck to H. C. Sapp 1. 209 in 3’rd D. July 26, 1833; witnesses Madison Sapp and Jeremiah G. Walker. Madison Sapp to H. C. Sapp. 1. 177 in 6th D. Jan. 16, 1835; witnesses Jas. McLester and J. G. Walker, J. P.; another by a resident of Green Co. to H. C. Sapp Dec. 14, 1836. These deeds had not been recorded evidently, when the courthouse at Columbus was burned in 1838 as all were recorded the same year, 1839. Of the four children of Hardy Council and his wife Elizabeth Bowers Sapp only the oldest, John, was born in Burke Co. the other three were born in Muscogee Co. according to census records. The Sapp family were among the first settlers in the western part of what later became Chattahoochee Co., and that portion of it was called Sapp's District in the 1839 land lottery record. The first reference to H. C. Sapp in Martin's History of Columbus is "J. C. Holland and H. C. Sapp were elected Justices of the Inferior Court in August 1838. Second reference. "After October election (1839) in the county, the State Rights' ticket was beaten for the first time . . • But Columbus have a majority for the State Rights' ticket, which was comprised of Hampton L. Smith for Senator and Messrs. W. H. Mitchell, Wiley Williams. S. W. Flournoy and H. C. Sapp for Representatives." "In 1840, at the October election J. S. Calhoun was elected Senator and Messrs. Flournoy. Chipley, Alexander, and Sapp (Harrison men) were elected Representatives." In 1841 H. C. Sapp was again elected a Justice of the Inferior Court. There are no further references to him in this history of Muscogee and the records of Administrator's returns show that he died in 1846. Theophilus Sapp, his cousin, and his friend G. J. Walker were the administrators. His wife Elizabeth Bowers was born in 1800 in South Carolina and lived to be 83 years old, continuing to live in that home they had built when their son Wm. A. was a small child. His nickname "Sandy" was acquired at that time on account of the color of his hair—for the principal workman had hair of the same color and was known as "Sandy." And Dr. "Sandy" Sapp lived at this place for 80 years, or until it became part of Fort Benning reservation. The house was of excellent material and workmanship—the walls being palstered and wood work of walnut with cherry stairway all cut on land owned by H. C.Sapp. There were eight large rooms, four downstairs and four upstairs and a kitchen and dining-room at back of these. The grandchildren recall the extreme neatness of that house and the methodical care with which everything was kept in order. An unusual feature was a postoffice kept in the home. The Star-route mail carrier emptied the mail pouch upon a square table always in the center of the living room and then Dr. Sapp sorted this mail and placed it in the pigeon holes of a secretary which stood in the hall. A grand-daughter, Mrs. G. W. King, says all the grandchildren learned that they could never touch anything placed upon this table reserved for "Uncle Sam's business." Dr. W. A. Sapp, who represented the county in the legislature in 1890-91 and his brother Prof. Geo. H. Sapp were educated at Old Oglethorpe University at Milledgeville. G. H. Sapp read law and practiced for a short time with E. G. Raiford but preferred teaching for his profession. He was a Justice of the Peace for many years and was able to give sound legal advice whenever the need arose. A former pupil of his likes to recall the fluency of Prof. Sapp's speech. He was also an excellent musician playing both the violin and the flute. While descendants of W. A. and G. H. Sapp have continued to reside in this county, none of the children of G. H. Sapp by his first marriage have lived here for many years. His son, Hardy Council, married the daughter of a well known M. E. preacher, Rev. Jesse Littlejohn, who lived at Cusseta for several years about half a century ago. There is a tradition about the beauty of a daughter Helen Sapp (Mrs. S. H. Black of Arizona). Children of his second marriage are all well known here as his widow, Mrs. Ella Harden Sapp. has lived in Cusseta for many years. A daughter, Mrs. Ella B. Sapp Spivey has the distinction of being the first woman to hold an elective office in Chattahoochee, being the very efficient ordinary at present. She is also registrar of the local U. D. C. Chapter and the national registrar pronounced all papers she had sent to be the most perfect aggregate submitted. In addition to this her birthday occurs February 29. another enviable advantage, since she can remain perenially young with birthdays occurring one fourth as often as those of less favored mortals. Prof. and Dr. Sapp enjoyed the unusual blessing of freedom from bodily pain—never having headaches, until they had reached an advanced age, when the ordinary diseases to which the human body is subject, attacked them. They, with many other Chattahoochee men served in a famous cavalry regiment which was part of Gen. Joe Wheeler's Brigade. Mrs. Ella Sapp enjoys the distinction of being both the daughter and a widow of Confederate veterans, her father, Thos. M. Harden having been in service and his family had his overcoat worn then many years afterward. Prof. and Dr. Sapp were members and high in the council of the local masonic lodge; Prof. Sapp being worshipful master during the last years of his life. All members of this family have been affiliated with the Baptist church; when living in this county with membership either at Good Hope (abolished when land was purchased by the government) or at Harmony (Cusseta). For many years the Sapp and allied families were said to be "the backbone of Good Hope." Members of this family now form vertebrae in the backbone of any community where they reside and help, to support the schools, churches and all worthy institutions created for the advancement of the human race. Additional Comments: From: HISTORY OF CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY, GEORGIA By N. K. Rogers Dedicated to KASIHITA CHAPTER U. D. C. and all worthy descendants of the County's first settlers. Copyright 1933 by N. K. ROGERS PRINTED BY COLUMBUS OFFICE SUPPLY CO. COLUMBUS, GA. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/chattahoochee/bios/gbs573gilbert.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 7.2 Kb

Hi all, For those of you receive the weekly RootsWeb Review, I apologize for the duplicate info. For the rest of you, maybe it will help you on your family quest. kemis * * * 1b. TIPS FROM READERS Creative Spelling for Genealogists By Lori McLeod Wilke http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~formyfamily/ Who would have thought that Smald K. McLEOD was actually my grandfather, Donald Ross McLEOD? But that is exactly how he was listed in the 1920 Census index. If I hadn't known better I would have gotten a persecution complex while browsing that particular index because my granduncle was also listed incorrectly as "Worteleam" McLEOD! What was his real name? William Norman McLEOD. Those are examples of extreme issues encountered while browsing census indexes. While the experience was frustrating, it was also educational. I learned to not give in when I know that I know that my relative was in a particular area at a particular time. I eventually found Smald K. and Worteleam, I mean, Donald Ross and William Norman by going image by image through the area where I knew they would have lived in 1920. Another example involved searching an index of wills in Sumter County, South Carolina. Three generations of researchers had looked for the estate file (probate) of our Daniel McLEOD who died in 1852 in that county. None had been able to find it. Out of curiosity I looked at the estate file of another Daniel McLEOD who died a few years later than ours and was surprised to find the appraisal of the estate of MY Daniel mistakenly filed in with the other Daniel. I went back to the index and read that there was a file for a David McLEOD with a death year the same year my Daniel died and with a widow administering the estate with the same name as my Daniel's widow. Pulling the records revealed that the indexer had mistakenly headed that particular file as that of a David and not a Daniel McLEOD. Mystery solved. It pays to look at everything more than once and to spend time going through the files that you just know don't connect to your family. The persons doing the indexing and the filing do not know the family lines the way we researchers do, and therefore mistakes are easily made, even if not so easily found! [Editor's note: The calligraphic look-alikes -- Daniel and David -- are a common problem for researchers as are phonetic equivalents, such as Sincere for St. Cyr and other spelling irregularities, such as Cowper (pronounced as Cooper). See "Why U Can't Find Your Ancestors: Misspeld Knames -- A Commun Probblem for Reeserchors": http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/lesson8.htm and "Do You Ear what I Ear?" by Michael John Neill: http://www.ancestry.com/dailynews/07_27_99.htm#3 ] * * * REPRINTS. Permission to reprint articles from RootsWeb Review is granted unless specifically stated otherwise, provided: (1) the reprint is used for non-commercial, educational purposes; and (2) the following notice appears at the end of the article: Previously published in RootsWeb Review: 3 November 2004, Vol. 7, No. 44. * * * *