Brad: I will try to help you as much as I can. I have a ton of stuff on the Berry line. Ella Catherine and I are 1st cousins 3 times removed. I am really interested in the descendants of Thomas & Ella if you could provide them. Ella"s parents were James Madison BERRY and Elizabeth Ann HOLDER if you don't have that info. Take care. Kenneth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Faughn" <cbfaughn@attbi.com> To: <ILMASSAC-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2002 4:13 PM Subject: Re: [ILMASSAC] Massac County Occupations??? > Yes! I haven't done a great deal on my ancestry, but I do know the Faughns > married PISTOLE AND BERRY. Any information you might want to share would > really be appreciated. If you want to speak directly, my home phone is > 904-387-3059 > > Any information you have would be greatly appreciated. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "kenneths" <kenneths@logantele.com> > To: <ILMASSAC-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 6:40 PM > Subject: Re: [ILMASSAC] Massac County Occupations??? > > > > Brad: > > > > If your gggrandfather Hardy was married to Julia PISTOLE, and your > > ggrandfather was married to Ella Catherine BERRY, I would very much like > to > > touch base with you. > > > > Kenneth R. Searles > > Huntsville, KY > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Brad Faughn" <cbfaughn@attbi.com> > > To: <ILMASSAC-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 3:03 PM > > Subject: Re: [ILMASSAC] Massac County Occupations??? > > > > > > > Hi, my name is Brad Faughn. My father was Harley Faughn, grandfather > was > > > Thomas Faughn, Jr., great-gr was Thomas Faughn, Sr., gr-gr-grandfather > was > > > Hardy Faughn. Any chance that Mary G. Faughn was a relative? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: <GComp85822@aol.com> > > > To: <ILMASSAC-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 11:45 AM > > > Subject: Re: [ILMASSAC] Massac County Occupations??? > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > My gggrandfather, Jacob R. Gates, moved to Massac Co. in about 1842 > and > > > was a hog farmer. According to ads in the newspaper, he was also a > butcher > > > and had a stall at the farmer's market in Metropolis. > > > > > > > > He was briefly the Massac Co. treasurer and ran once but lost an > > > aldermanic seat. > > > > > > > > Family history says that several of his children worked on the Ohio > > River > > > ...but I don't have any records. > > > > > > > > His wife was Mary G. Faughn and her family were farmers. > > > > > > > > Jacob and Mary and all of their children and their families moved to > > > Butler Co. Missouri in 1876 and then to Greene Co. Arkansas by 1880. > > > > > > > > Gail Compton > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >