why do you say she was too old to have children at age 45? the boys were born prior to her marraige to your ancestor, probably were his by a previous marriage, or they could be hers, adopted by him. the kids would have been born shen 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 ----- Original Message ----- From: <solrich@juno.com> To: <GAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2003 7:14 PM Subject: Fw: RE: [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 > ================================================== > From: "Rose Birdwell" <birdwell@webworkz.com> > To: GAUNION-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 11:24:30 -0500 > Subject: RE: [GAUNION] Harmony Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Union Co > > Solomon, I have made the Rd. changes that you sent, thank you so much. > Can you tell me more about W.D. Teague? Also, the stone next to his, also > a > Teague, who was that? I will add the information as soon as you send it, > giving you credit, of course. And if there is any more info that you > want > to add about anyone in that cemetery, please let me know. > Merry Christmas > Rose > > > ==== GAUNION Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political/religious statements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact > 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 >

Amen to the weird things in genealogy. Johnny ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debbie Woolf" <woolfpac@prodigy.net> To: <GAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 12:54 AM Subject: Re: 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 marraige to your ancestor, probably were > his by a previous marriage, or they could be hers, adopted by him. > > the kids would have been born shen 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 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <solrich@juno.com> > To: <GAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2003 7:14 PM > Subject: Fw: RE: [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 > > ================================================== > > From: "Rose Birdwell" <birdwell@webworkz.com> > > To: GAUNION-L@rootsweb.com > > Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 11:24:30 -0500 > > Subject: RE: [GAUNION] Harmony Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Union Co > > > > Solomon, I have made the Rd. changes that you sent, thank you so much. > > Can you tell me more about W.D. Teague? Also, the stone next to his, also > > a > > Teague, who was that? I will add the information as soon as you send it, > > giving you credit, of course. And if there is any more info that you > > want > > to add about anyone in that cemetery, please let me know. > > Merry Christmas > > Rose > > > > > > ==== GAUNION Mailing List ==== > > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, > political/religious statements, current events, items for sale, personal > messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be > grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact > > 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 > > > > > ==== 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 > >