Okay I got your point...you ruled out your Aunt Nancy as the mother of the boys. I guess my aunt lived dangerously, since in her mid 40's it was her first and only child. She had adopted two others before this, because she was told she would never get pregnant. Sometimes life is funny....it doesn't always make sense. Debbie ----- Original Message ----- From: <solrich@juno.com> To: <GAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 7:19 PM Subject: [GAUNION] W. D. TEAGUE and GRAND AUNT NANCY "Nan" RICH > DEBBIE WOOLF: > Perhaps I used the wrong term for my Grand Aunt Nancy when I > said she was "too old" to have any children. Instead of using a general > term of "too old" I should have given the facts. My Grand Aunt Nancy > really did NOT have any children. In 1870 when she was 40 years old > she was living with her younger brother, Andrew Jackson "Jack" Rich > and keeping house for him. At that time her 3-year old niece, Carrie, > was with her at Grand Uncle Jack's house. She was keeping Carrie for > her older brother, Martin Van Buren Rich, whose wife had died. When > she married W. D. Teague in 1875, she still had Carrie with her and > she kept her niece until her niece married Richard England. So those > two boys that were living with W. D. Teague and Grand Aunt Nancy MUST > have been W. D. Teague's sons by a previous marriage, because they > certainly were not Grand Aunt Nancy's children. > I concede it is possible for women to have children at 45, > but it is usually those women who have had several children previously. > A 45-year old woman having a FIRST-TIME child is living dangerously as > you will have to admit. > SOLOMON HOWARD RICH > ========================================================== > From: "John Andrews" <johnwandrews@charter.net> > To: GAUNION-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 08:33:21 -0500 > Subject: Re:[GAUNION] Harmony Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Union Co > Amen to the weird things in genealogy. > Johnny > -============================================ > From: "Debbie Woolf" <woolfpac@prodigy.net> > To: <GAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 12:54 AM > Subject: Re:[GAUNION] Harmony Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Union Co > Why do you say she was too old to have children at age 45? The > boys were born prior to her marriage to your ancestor, probably were > his by a previous marriage, or they could be hers, adopted by him. > The kids would have been born when she was 38 and 40, not really > too old to have kids. > My grandmother had her last about age 40-42. She had 8 kids, > married in her early twenties and they were all spaced at least 2 years > part. One of my aunts had no children (couldn't they said) and then got > pregnant in her mid 40's. It happens sometimes to women who thought they > were menopausal too. Maybe a last burst of hormones. Anyway, I wanted to > comment to be cautious about assumptions. Averages are fine, but when > it comes to genealogy I've seen some weird things. > Debbie > ========================================================= > From: <solrich@juno.com> > To: <GAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2003 7:14 PM > Subject: Fw:[GAUNION] Harmony Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Union Co > ROSE: William D. Teague was one of a set of twins---his sister was his > twin. Her name was MARY LEVINA TEAGUE. They were born about 1834 in Union > County according to my information. Their father was Merriman Teague and > their mother was Anna Coffee-Teague. There was a total of 10 children in > that family. William D. Teague was sheriff of Union County, GA on two > different occasions. The first time was the period of March 1, 1864 to > January, 1867. The second time was from 1881 to 1885. > According to my information, William D. Teague married my Grand > Aunt Nancy Rich in 1875 when she was 45 years old and he was 40 years > old. She was too old to have any children; however, the 1880 census > records for Union County show that there were two boys living with them, > ages 13 and 10, which I assume were William's children by a previous > marriage. My Grand Aunt Nancy was buried in the RICH CEMETERY in the > Owltown District of Union County when she died in 1914. I have no record > of when William died, but it must have been previous to 1914 and it > appears he was buried in the HARMONY GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY. The > first person buried in the RICH CEMETERY was John Rich in January, 1889, > so it was open for business from that time on. If William D. Teague died > after that date I do not know why they chose to bury him in HARMONY > GROVE, unless it was his request that he be buried there. > You asked who was that TEAGUE buried next to him. It is a > hand-made tombstone and it is very difficult to read the first name. The > first name looks like it might "Eate." That is not a name I know, so I > do not know who that person is. It is probably one of William's kinfolk > and maybe that is the reason he was buried there. > That is about all I know about William D. Teague. I hope this is > helpful. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you, Rose. > SOLOMON HOWARD RICH > > > ==== GAUNION Mailing List ==== > If anyone has a non-genealogy problem, please contact me at > WyleneL@aol.com > > ============================== > 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 >