----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Pierce" <mpierce62281@hometel.com> To: <mrsmouse15@aol.com> Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 10:49 AM Subject: Re: Riley and Nancy Henderson? > 1850 census of st francis co mo(across the river from ill.) shows a family > named henderson with riley---nancy---andrew--- thomas-- margaret--hannah--- > and alfred. if this is the right family let me know because the birth > dates you have are all wrong according to what i found while browsing the > census looking for my people... > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <mrsmouse15@aol.com> > To: <ILALEXAN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 9:46 AM > Subject: Riley and Nancy Henderson? > > > > I am deeper into a mystery than ever: We had always heard that my > > great-grandfather, George, and his cousin, Lemuel Henderson, from Thebes, > has > > killed a man and changed their name from Greene to Henderson. I could > find > > no proof of it anywhere! Someone killed someone somewhere, that is a > > certainty. Well, now I have been doing some further research and want a > > 'splanation, Lucy, as Ricky Ricardo would have said: George was born in > > 1864. Alfred Alexander Henderson was born in 1898. Both have Ril(e)y and > > Nancy Henderson listed as their parents. BUT: Riley was born in 1815, > and > > Nancy in 1820!!! It is not possible!!! Even two sons born 25 years apart > > would be a stretch! Please, did anyone know them or of the family there?! > > My dad, Lonnie, remembers Lemuels' son, Millard, coming to Sunday dinner > most > > weeks at his mom, Lois', and dad, Johns' house when he was a little boy, > so > > maybe someone else remembers, too?!?! Thank you for any assistance, Jane > > Henderson Day > > > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > > >