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    1. Maggie Melinda Harris
    2. Elizabeth Smiddy
    3. Hello: I am searching for anything I can find on my great-grandmother, Maggie Melinda Harris Bunch. I know all about her from about 1910 forward to her death in Dickenson County, VA. on February 13, 1967. She married Henry Bunch, son of Jesse Bunch and Ellen Williams Bunch. Jesse and Ellen were married in Hancock County, Tennessee, on October 12, 1880. That is all anyone in the family knows about them. I don't know when Henry and Maggie Melinda were married, but they lived in Hancock Co. for a short time before moving to Lone Mtn., Claiborne County, TN, where my granddaddy, James Carson Bunch was born. They are on the 1910 Claiborne County Census. In about 1912, they moved to Darwin, VA. in Dickenson County, where they lived for the rest of their lives. They are buried in Lick Fork Cemetery, above the church, between Darwin and Coeburn, VA. I have no idea who Maggie's parents were. I was told by a cousin that she was born in Hermansville, MO, but can find no such place in MO. On my granddaddy's birth certificate, it lists Maggie Harris as Mother and says she was born in Tennessee. The same cousin also told me that she had two sisters, Tyor and Mary Wallen. I have no idea why their names were Wallen and hers was Harris. She also was supposed to have had two brothers named Robert and Samuel. I know that she met Henry in Hancock County, Tennessee and Henry's parents, Jesse and Ellen Williams Bunch are buried on Newman's Ridge. I have a picture of Jesse and Ellen, the only one I know of in the family. It was found in my granddaddy's belongings after he died, and given to me. Thank goodness their names were written by him on the back, or none of us would have know who they were. He never talked about his grandparents at all. I hope that someone can help me find who Maggie's parents were and where she came from. I would sincerely appreciate any help, and hope that someone else has her in their family too. Sincerely, Elizabeth Bunch Smiddy

    06/06/2001 05:11:38