Hi Dawn, Thanks for the newsy message.... Have put some comments in all caps for you. Thanks again and take care - Emma In a message dated 12/15/2002 9:13:52 PM Central Standard Time, dvandover78@yahoo.com writes: > Hi Family, > > Emma...Thank you for your help with posting my > message. > When we get back with Uncle George I'll ask about > William & Cary. > I have been doing more research in the Stoddard area. > George said there was family in the Dudley area. He > also stated that there was an Ivester School house. YES - THERE WAS A iVESTER SCHOOL HOUSE IN STODDARD AND THE NEAT THING IS THAT IVESTER'S ACTUALLY TAUGHT SCHOOL THERE. I THINK ONE OF THE HISTORIES OF STODDARD HAS A PICTURE OF IT. > > did manage to find a John A. Ivester that lived in the > township of liberty & was a Union Soldier. I have not > found any information on his war record yet. THIS JOHN A. IVESTER IS THE SON OF JACOB IVESTER AND NANCY MASSEY. JOHN A IVESTER WAS BORN MAR 1843 IN GEORGIA I also > > found a Jacob Ivester along with a J.W. & a B.F. > Ivester. THE J. W. IVESTER IS POSSIBLY JOHN WESLEY IVESTER - SON OF JOHN A IVESTER AND MARTHA TILLERTSON. WHAT DID YOU FIND ON HIM? B. F. IVESTER IS PROBABLY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN IVESTER - SON OF JACOB IVESTER & NANCY E. MASSEY. OR THERE IS A BENJAMIN F. IVESTER - SON OF JOSEPH H. IVESTER AND NANCY E. SOLOMON IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU FOUND. IF YOU LET ME KNOW I COULD POSSIBLY ID WHICH ONE FOR YOU. I found Jacob in court records. I don't know > > what this dispute was about but it was Dismissed. I > found J.W. also in cout records. He and his wife > (Susie) Divorced in August of 1936. A minor child was > involved but there was no mention of a name. AM NOT SURE I FIGURED OUT WHO THAT J. W. IVESTER WAS John A. > Also Divorced his wife Jane in March 1889. There was > no mention of children. JOHN A. IVESTER MD JANE SMITH ON 10 JAN 1886 - NO CHILDREN THAT I KNOW OF B.F. was a witness and signed > > a will in May of 1900. So as you can tell I've found > some roots. But as usual the digging is going slow. If > anybody has any questions or comments or even ideas > please let me know. > > Dawn > > Take care and thanks - Emma