Thanks Celeste. It is good. And right now I am adding more branches that have now extended to Goshen, Addison County, VT all descended from Daniel Hooker (1817 - 1850). Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: Adella Holly To: hooker@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 7:56 PM Subject: Re: [HOOKER] Atten Linda L. That is great news, Linda, breakthroughs are always good!! Celeste --- lindalathrop@tds.net wrote: > > I believe it has been thought that the Buffalo St. > Presbyterian Cemetery in Gowanda, NY, which had alot > of Hookers buried there, including my > gggggrandparents, had been plowed under. > > Well, my brother has been in touch with the > Cattaraugus County Museum and found out that they > have records showing that the bodies were moved from > the Buffalo St. cemetery to the Pine Hill Cemetery > up the road. > I have a list of the Hookers that are buried there > along with wives and parents > related by marriage to the Hookers such as Goss and > Seitz. > > This was good news for me because I was able to > identify the three small children that were buried > in the same plot as my Stephen Hooker Sr and Abigail > Goss Hooker who are my Stephen G. Hooker's parents. > They are the children of Harry Newell Hooker and > Julia Ward Hooker. > So if those names are familiar to anyone, pls > contact me. > > Harry and Julia are both buried at Pine Hill also. > > I also found out that Stephen Hooker Sr's first wife > was: > Anna Woodward. He had two small sons with her that > both died and > are buried with Daniel Hooker in Brandon, Vt. > His second wife was Abigail Goss and they had six > children...one being, I > believe,my ggggrandfather Stephen G Hooker. > His third wife was Anna Carpenter and they had one > son, Otis Walker Hooker. > I have copies of both Stephen's and Anna Carpenter's > wills. > > I had kept thinking this last Anna was Stephen Sr's > daughter because one of the census records show him > living with her and his daughter Emma who was 19. > But after reading the wills, I knew the truth. > > I have also been finding more Hookers that are all > connecting to my line...cousins, etc. So if anyone > has Hookers in NY or VT or IL they are looking for, > I might > know of them. > > Talk about exciting stuff. > Has anyone else had any breakthroughs at all? > I'm thinking of writing this all out in an article > and submitting it to > Ancestry for their magazine. > Talk about a wild and crazy ride I have had for > almost a year now. > > Happy hunting, > Linda Hooker/Farrell Lathrop > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to HOOKER-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > test'; "> ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HOOKER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message