Hi Barbara, Thanks for contributing! Hopefully there is someone out there who is researching at least one of those names! Judy jlwight@northlink.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Barbara Fullwood <fullwood@primeline.com> To: <IAMADISO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 9:04 AM Subject: Re: [IAMADISO] Introduction > My earliest ancestor to arrive in Madison County is: > > Thomas WILSON > > Lived in Bridgeport, Indiana until 1857, moved to Earlham, Iowa. > Arrived in family carriage with his wife and two daughters. Sons came > with loaded wagons and 20 sheep and forty cattle. About 1863 the > historic "grout house" was built. A light was placed in the cupola at > night to serve as a guide for travelers. This home was a way station > for the underground railroad of slavery days. > "Uncle Tommy" also served his fellow men as doctor, using native herbs > as medicine. > > Thos. WILSON was my 3xgr-grandfather. His wife was Ruth BARNETT. > ch: > Barnett, Huldah, Margaret, Seth, Jesse, Christopher, Charles C., Tamar, > John, > Martha, Ruth, Jane. (Time frame for births: 1835-1855) > > Barnett WILSON was my 2xgr-grandfather. He married Thamsen HAINES > in Guthrie County in 1864. Their children: (all born in Earlham, > Madison County) Nellie Jane, Ida Mae, Elizabeth R., Mary Ann, William > J.(time frame for births: 1865-1876. > > Nellie Jane WILSON is my gr-grandmother. She was born in Earlham in > 1869, married in 1887 in Dallas County to James A. HORTON, and moved to > CA in 1906. All their children were born in Earlham: > Emma Madge, Ner Barnett, Clifford Jacob, Harry Howard, Claire Wilson, > James Edgar. > > I have a good deal of information on my direct line, but would love more > data on the collateral lines, and will share anything I have for those > whose "brick wall" might link to any of the above lines. > > Barbara In NC > > >