Mary, I don't have children of Drury D. ELAM & Phebe MAY, I have Drury D. ELAM b.15 Dec 1822 NC d. 16 Oct 1865 Johns, Appanoose, Iowa married 13 April 1843 Bond Co, IL. Phoebe MAY. Drury ELAM's parents were Joel E. ELAM b.23 May 1795 Mecklenburg, VA d.25 January 1867 Johns Twp. Appanoose, Iowa buried Concord Cemetery married abt 1819 VA #3 UNKNOWN. Drury had a brother Elijah and half-siblings. His father Joel E. ELAM married #1 20 Feb 1812 Mecklenburg, VA Susannah ELAM, married #2 11 June 1824 Mary AIKEN, married #4 abt 1837 Frances SMITH. Joel E. ELAM was a brother of my Thomas ELAM who married Elizabeth (ELAM). 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