To submit your lineage chart, send it to June Shields by US postal service, [because her printer is not working]. Mrs. June Yale Shields 908 Hawthorne Road Marion, Indiana; 46952 June's Email address is jadnard@bpsinet.com My husband's maternal grand parents were, Clarence Arthur Brewer b. 1900, Fairmount, Grant Co., IN m. Lois Hattie Knight William Lindsay Brewer b. dec. 26, 1873, m. Emily Tomlinson Mahlon S. Brewer b. March 30, 1851, m. Winnifer O. Freeman (a twin) William Brewer b. March 25, 1812 , NC m. Nancy Elmore Solomom Brewer (speculation) b. abt. 1790, NC Gini James, Warsaw, IN ---------- : From: Ron Bliss <ronbliss@fulton-net.com> : To: Harold James <HJames@kconline.com> : Subject: Re: Grant Co., IN Surnames : Date: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 9:41 AM : : Gini, : : If you find out how and where to submit to the new publication, will you let : me know.? : : Where are your husbands' Brewers from? My mother in law was a Brewer. : : Ron : : : ----- Original Message ----- : From: Harold James <HJames@kconline.com> : To: Ron Bliss <ronbliss@fulton-net.com> : Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 9:58 PM : Subject: Re: Grant Co., IN Surnames : : : > Hello again Ron, : > I am the happy bride of Harold. My name is Gini. : > : > To answer your question: : > : > "Grant County connections", is a compilation of lineage charts, : > collected from people from , around Grant county, and of those : > researchers whose ancestors are from the county. Some families are : > better represented than others. My husband's Brewers do not have a : > mention in the whole book, but are related to a good deal of other : > surnames that are listed. It was just according to who submitted the : > information. Obviously, your family and my husband's did not submit. : > : > There is a new collection starting now, for a second volume. I : > certainly intend to submit to this volume, and suggest you do the same. : > : > The population was not great, so everyone was related to everyone else. : > Just keep posting all your surnames, and someone will pick up on one, : > and eventually you will hit on the right one. : > : > Gini : > : > ---------- : > : From: Ron Bliss <ronbliss@fulton-net.com> : > : To: Harold James <HJames@kconline.com> : > : Subject: Re: Grant Co., IN Surnames : > : Date: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 8:43 PM : > : : > : Harold, : > : : > : Just want to bother you one more time. Do you know where the : > information : > : came from that was published in the Grant County Connections? : > : : > : Was it supplied by residents of the County or by research or Copied : > from : > : County histories????? : > : : > : My Great-Great Grandfather settled in Grant Co. in the 1850s and : > owned quite : > : a bit of land and I suppose he was quite wealthy by standards of the : > day. : > : He is written up in the Grant Co. atlas which I was able to obtain a : > copy of : > : at an antique show several years back. His name was James W. Coan. : > : : > : : > : ----- Original Message ----- : > : From: Harold James <HJames@kconline.com> : > : To: Ron Bliss <ronbliss@fulton-net.com> : > : Sent: Friday, January 28, 2000 9:13 PM : > : Subject: Re: Grant Co., IN Surnames : > : : > : : > : > I'm sorry Ron, I didn't explain in your post, that it is a book. : > : > Earlier today, I posted a list of books for researchers of Grant : > : > county, Indiana, along with price, shipping and address for : > ordering, : > : > were you to care for one. Please look for the subject and title, : > : > "GRANT COUNTY CONNECTIONS", and you will see the book listed. : > This : > : > book was out of print, but filled with history, of persons who : > : > settled, and developed the community. Most were Quaker, from NC. : > : > In the last three or so years, someone was to have it reprinted, : > then : > : > add updated information. She did not do that, and left out a large : > : > amount that was in the old book. But it is still a good book to : > have. : > : > The first book is not available, and only people from that area : > ever : > : > got a copy. Shame! : > : > I wrote to the list owner, to please introduce himself to the list, : > : > now that we are more active, and to consider putting a prefix of : > the : > : > name of the list, in the subject line, so we could more easily : > access : > : > the open posts. If you don't see this come across soon, Will you : > also : > : > please request it. This one thing would help us pick this list out : > to : > : > read and correspond. : > : > : > : > I hope this helps. : > : > : > : > Gini James, Warsaw, IN : > : > ---------- : > : > : From: Ron Bliss <ronbliss@fulton-net.com> : > : > : To: Harold James <HJames@kconline.com> : > : > : Subject: Re: Grant Co., IN Surnames : > : > : Date: Thursday, January 27, 2000 4:32 PM : > : > : : > : > : I am not sure what the Grant County Connections are......I never : > : > heard of : > : > : it. My G-G grandfather was James W. Coan and was an early : > settler to : > : > Grant : > : > : co. : > : > : : > : > : : > : > : ----- Original Message ----- : > : > : From: Harold James <HJames@kconline.com> : > : > : To: <INGRANT-L@rootsweb.com> : > : > : Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 2:15 PM : > : > : Subject: Re: Grant Co., IN Surnames : > : > : : > : > : : > : > : > There is no Coan, or Coen in the index of "Grant County : > : > Connections". : > : > : > However, there is a Cones: : > : > : > : > : > : > page 114 : > : > : > : > : > : > There is not much going back: : > : > : > : > : > : > Matilda Cones : > : > : > : > : > : > m. James Duncan (no dates or places listed for either. : > : > : > : > : > : > child: : > : > : > George Duncan : > : > : > b. Jan 8, 1846, Rush Co., IN : > : > : > m. Ida Chase, on March 20, 1873 : > : > : > d. June 11, 1924, Lib. Twp. Tip Co. : > : > : > : > : > : > Is this the right timeframe? : > : > : > : > : > : > Wish I could have done more for you. : > : > : > : > : > : > Gini James, Warsaw, IN : > : > : > : > : > : > ---------- : > : > : > : From: Ron Bliss <ronbliss@fulton-net.com> : > : > : > : To: INGRANT-L@rootsweb.com : > : > : > : Subject: Re: Grant Co., IN Surnames : > : > : > : Date: Monday, January 24, 2000 8:21 PM : > : > : > : : > : > : > : I am only researching the name COAN (Coen) but I don't think : > : > anyone : > : > : > else : > : > : > : is????????????? : > : > : > : : > : > : > : > : > : : > : > : > : : > :