Mary, I don't have a direct line HINTON either, but there are a couple of HINTON in my file database. William HINTON, ( was son of John HINTON & 1st wife Jane HARRISON), b.abt 1857 d. ?__ marrried 10 Oct 1882 IL Rachel HAYS, Now Rachel HAYS, (dau of William HAYS & Elizabeth GASS), was married 1874 IL #1 to Hiram F. ELMORE, (was son of Lawrence ELMORE & Sabra Charlotte ELAM). My Sarah Elizabeth ELMORE who married Henry BESS, was a sister of Hiram F. ELMORE. John HINTON b.16 May 1828 Montgomery Co, IL d.10 July 1914 buried Old Hurricane/Whitten Cemetery was married __? IL? #1 Elizabeth ?___ b. d.1896 buried Old Hurricane/Whitten Cemetery. http://members.truepath.com/beverly/index.html Beverly (HIMES) BARGER in NM mhomesley@mo-net.com wrote: > Beverly, excuse me for jumping in here but I too am kin to the Kimbros > and Mays. John R. May and Elizabeth Kimbro are my ggreatgrandparents. > They married 1866 in Bond Co., IL. John R's father, Wiley May is a > brother to Phebe May who married Drury Elam. Wiley May married Sarah > (Hinton) Prator in Fayette, IL 1846. That is all I have been able to > find out about Wiley. He is thought to be kin to Hannah May but I cannot > prove it yet. If anyone has information to help in this search I would > love to hear from you. I have information on the John R and Elizabeth > May family to share. > > Mary Homesley in Missouri > > tim wrote: > > > > Angela, > > Do you have any any DATES etc. for George W. KIMBRO & Hannah MAY > > Also her Siblings names? > > One Phebe MAY who married Drury ELAM; > > One John R. MAY married Elizabeth daughter of a George KIMBRO & Hannah; > > One Susannah MAY married Gideon WALKER; > > One Nancy Jane MAY married M. L. WRIGHT; > > One Rebecca Ann MAY married Charles WRIGHT; > > I do not have a direct KIMBRO or MAY surname line, but thought I > > might have something in my files that you could use. > > My paternal 2nd great grandmother was *Sabra Charlotte ELAM, > > (dau of *Thomas ELAM & *Elizabeth (ELAM)), > > who married 1852 Fayette Co, IL *Lawrence ELMORE, > > (son of *Hiram ELMORE & *Sarah WALKER); > > My paternal 3rd great grandmother was *Sarah WALKER, > > (dau of *James WALKER & *Nancy BRADLEY), > > who married abt 1825 KY *Hiram ELMORE, > > (son of *James ELMORE & *Elizabeth (?___)); > > My paternal Great Grandfather *Henry BESS,(son of *Abraham/Absolum & *Sarah > > MCDONOUGH), who married 1876 Fayette Co, IL *Sarah Elizabeth ELMORE, > > (dau of *Lawrence ELMORE & *Sabra Charlotte ELAM) > > had a sister Sarah Agnes BESS who married in Fayette Co, IL James Washburn > > WRIGHT; > > As you see and if you read my homepage my grandmother *Morna Evalene BESS, > > (daughter of *Henry BESS & *Sarah Elizabeth ELMORE), > > who married *Ernest William HIMES. > > was some sort of distant cousin to most of the early Bond, Fayette and > > Montgomery Co, IL surnames. > > *My direct surnames ancestry is in the HIMES line link of our homepage. > > http://members.truepath.com/beverly/index.html > > Beverly (HIMES) BARGER in NM > > > > Theresa Hunter wrote: > > > > > Tim, > > > Are you related to the George Washington Kimbro line? I have information on > > > the Kimbros but I'm looking for his wife, Hannah May's line. Do you have > > > anything? > > > Thanks, > > > Terri Burke-Hunter > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: tim <grvtrain@twrol.com> > > > To: <ILBOND-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Saturday, November 27, 1999 4:30 PM > > > Subject: Re: [ILBOND-L] > > > > > > > Angela, > > > > What are the names & dates you are searching for? > > > > My paternal grandmother Morna Evalene (BESS) HIMES born Fayette Co, IL > > > > had BESS, BEST, ELMORE, ELAM,CASEBEER, MCDONOUGH ancestors > > > > who had Illinois cousins with surnames MERRIMAN, KIMBRO, ANDREWS, > > > > SMILEY, JOHNSON and many other Bond, Fayette and Montgomery Co, IL > > > > cousins. They are not my direct line, but were some sort of cousins. > > > > Grandmother's ancestors came to Illinois starting 1820 on. She was related > > > to > > > > nearly all the early surnames in the area. My direct line ancestry is in > > > the > > > > HIMES > > > > line link of our homepage. > > > > http://members.truepath.com/beverly/index.html > > > > Beverly (HIMES) BARGER in NM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Myline99@aol.com wrote > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Angela > > > > > > > > > > My Family Tree > > > > > > > > > > Main Tree line Branches > > > > > WATSON ROBINSON > > > > > PERRY KIMBRO/UGH > > > > > BINYON JACKSON > > > > > MERRIMAN HISER > > > > > DWYER SMILEY > > > > > JOHNSON BOYD > > > > > WEDDLE KINNINGHAM > > > > > ANDREWS NALL > > > > > STEPHENS ROBISON > > > > > > > > > > -- > MZ