Thank you Betty..........I figured that we had to have multiple marriages involved, especially after Mary posted John's marriages. So Cora must be the d/o Barnett Alexander McADOO & Sarah MERRITT. Wow!! Thanks!! In a message dated 1/9/2011 10:04:32 P.M. Central Standard Time, elvis500@frontier.com writes: John A PICKETT was married four times to Sarah Ellen ELKINS, Lydia HOPPER, Martha TONEY and Cordelia McADOO and trying to figure out which kids belong to what mother I just sat down tonight and wrote Aunt Judy Sink a long letter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sheldon Jones" <srjones@pcisys.net> To: <iljeffer@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 9:54 PM Subject: Re: [ILJEFFER] Obituary of Cora Runnels 1956 >I believe Mary M PICKETT (mar. John JONES) is d/o John and Martha Jane >TONEY > (I also have Ella who mar. John Whitfield WILLIS as a full sibling of > Mary); > Cora I believe is d/o John and Cordelia C McADOO ... > John also married Lydia HOPPER and Sarah Ellen ELKINS... > > Kay - yes, I believe John is s/o James Haskell PICKETT and Mary "Polly" > BARNETT > > -SRJ > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: iljeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:iljeffer- >> bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of BLS >> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 7:46 PM >> To: iljeffer@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [ILJEFFER] Obituary of Cora Runnels 1956 >> >> who was the parents of Mary m PICKETT JONES The obit says she and Cora >> were >> half sisters, I have them full sisters >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <zandz@juno.com> >> To: <ILJEFFER@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 3:19 PM >> Subject: [ILJEFFER] Obituary of Cora Runnels 1956 >> >> >> > Mt. Vernon Register News - Wednesday - 04 Jan 1956 >> > >> > Mrs. Cora RUNNELS of RFD 1, Dix, died at 10:50 p.m. Tuesday at >> > Jefferson >> > Memorial Hospital. She was 75y2m11d of age. Mrs. RUNNELS was born >> > November 22, 1880, at Ina, the daughter of John and Cordelia PICKETT. >> > >> > She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Dicey MILLER; 7 sons, Enos and > Carl >> > of Mt. Vernon; Harl, Lonnie, and Onnie of St. Louis; Carson of >> > Ferguson, >> > MO; and Lawrence of Mattoon; one brother, Andy PICKETT of Tuscola; 2 >> half >> > brothers, Irvin PICKETT of Ina and Osie PICKETT of West Frankfort; one >> > half sister, Mrs. Mary JONES of Alton; 25 grandchildren and 8 >> > great-grandchildren. >> > >> > She was a member of the Pentecostal Church at Boyd where services will >> be. >> > Burial will be in Kirk Cemetery at Ina. The body will lie in state at > the >> > Osborn Funeral Home in Dix after 2 pm Thursday. >> > >> > >> __________________________________________________________ >> __ >> > Globe Life Insurance >> > $1* Buys $50,000 Life Insurance. Adults or Children. No Medical Exam. >> > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/4d2a269a94d9ca310eest03duc >> > >> > Visit the Jefferson County ILGenWeb site at: >> > www.jefferson.ilgenweb.net >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > ILJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >> >> >> Visit the Jefferson County ILGenWeb site at: >> www.jefferson.ilgenweb.net >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILJEFFER- >> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in >> the subject and the body of the message > > > > Visit the Jefferson County ILGenWeb site at: > www.jefferson.ilgenweb.net > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > Visit the Jefferson County ILGenWeb site at: www.jefferson.ilgenweb.net ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message