In a message dated 10/5/03 2:27:32 PM Pacific Daylight Time, marquis@cablelynx.com writes: He was never heard from again. Talk about a brick wall! I keep wondering whether the Indians or a "bar" got him. Surely would love to know. BTW, they were both Howells, as am I. And I feel sure there are more of these happenings. In my wife's Weaver family (from Bandera Co., TX) an uncle had "family problems" and disappeared from Kimble Co., TX in 1884. His name was David Iverson Weaver, b. June 21, 1846 in Alabama. No one alive now knows exactly what kind of problems it was or who he had those problems with. Did he wind up getting shot and buried in an unmarked grave? Did he shoot someone and spend the rest of his life living under an assumed name? All we know is what I wrote above but it is interesting to speculate, interesting to construct different scenerios and play them out. Hopefully, there will be a break through someday and a DNA test will prove one line of Weaver's is related to another. Grant Johnston "The nice part about living in a small town is that when you don't know what you're doing, someone else does." -- Unknown,

I picked up a great picture of Jack Iverson that was taken at a studio in Tacoma, WA. Could he be one of yours? My guess is it was taken in the very early 1900's. I am not related nor do I know anything about this family. Priscilla -----Original Message----- From: GWJCAL@aol.com [mailto:GWJCAL@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 5:46 PM To: HOWELL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HOWELL] COLLEEN'S OCTOBER CHALLENGE In a message dated 10/5/03 2:27:32 PM Pacific Daylight Time, marquis@cablelynx.com writes: He was never heard from again. Talk about a brick wall! I keep wondering whether the Indians or a "bar" got him. Surely would love to know. BTW, they were both Howells, as am I. And I feel sure there are more of these happenings. In my wife's Weaver family (from Bandera Co., TX) an uncle had "family problems" and disappeared from Kimble Co., TX in 1884. His name was David Iverson Weaver, b. June 21, 1846 in Alabama. No one alive now knows exactly what kind of problems it was or who he had those problems with. Did he wind up getting shot and buried in an unmarked grave? Did he shoot someone and spend the rest of his life living under an assumed name? All we know is what I wrote above but it is interesting to speculate, interesting to construct different scenerios and play them out. Hopefully, there will be a break through someday and a DNA test will prove one line of Weaver's is related to another. Grant Johnston "The nice part about living in a small town is that when you don't know what you're doing, someone else does." -- Unknown, ==== HOWELL Mailing List ==== Please avoid flaming (attacking) any single person or the group. This infraction will earn you immediate removal from the list.