Is anyone else researching the family of Jacob Luther who came to Graves County in the 1850s from Dickson County, TN? Jacob Luther (son of George and Mary Bowden Luther) was born August 14, 1815, Randolph Co, NC, and died in 1891 in Cuba, Graves County. He married (1) Elizabeth Anderson and (2) Nancy. The children of Jacob and Elizabeth Anderson Luther included Harriet, Louisa A.(m. Wm. Madison Bullock), William G.W., Mary A.(m. Thomas Easley), M. Tennessee(m. John Mack Suthard), Andrew Jackson, John F.B., Alice D.(m. ? Bennett), and Travis Newton. I have a fair amount of information on the early generations of this Luther family including their participation in the Revolutionary War. I will happily exchange information with anyone else researching this family. Betty Ravenholt

Hello, Is anyone doing research on the Hall family. I have Earl Hall born about August 12, 1884 married to Lula Heath Ford. Earl's father was James Henry Hall who married Lavada Wallace. James's father could be Patrick Henry Hall. who came from Tennessee. Any info on this line would be helpful :-) Thanks, jess

My friends - Today, we are returning to our review of Marshall County Vital Statistics births for the period 1852 - 1859. We have worked our way to the year 1855 in prior posts. We will finish that year in this installment and move into 1856. Subscribers to the lists which I host can request from me the full dataset for a birth which may be of interest by sending a message to me with the name for which the dataset(which usually includes the date of birth, the sex of the child, if not obvious, and the name of the father and maiden name of the mother) is needed. As always, please do not resend this entire message back to me with your request. There will be no data post tomorrow, as I will be doing teaching duty over on AOL. We will return to data posting on Thursday. -B +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Marshall County - Vital Statistics - 1852 - 1859 - Births - Part 20 M=Male F=Female Covington, M.E. (F) McCoy, W.B. (M) Story, Duke Bowlin, S.E. (F) Davis, E.A. (F) Tinnin, J.T. (M) Scott, W.F. (M) Arant, M.W. (F) Miller, A.O.T. (M) Bolen, J. (M) Frizzell, ------ (M) Roundtree, G. (M) Johnson, M. (F) Peck, R.J. (F) DeJarnet, S.C. (F) Ratcliffe, Jas. Leekey, O. (M) Cooper, J[ames] B[uchanan] Quick, J.M. (M) Phelps, J.B Bailey, O. (M) Provo, M.E. (F) Patterson, Robert A. Miller, ----- (M) Breezeel, Susan Jane Dix, R. (M) Averitt, Abner A. Cross, ------ (F) Anderson, Mary E. Tyree, Eliza P. Rose, Susan P. Thweatt, E.E. (F) ~to be continued~ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Bill, Please send me the birth info on the following: Davis, E.A. (F) Bailey, O. (M) Averitt, Abner A. Thanks as always. Hope you and your family had a wonderful Christmas and have a happy and healthy New Year!!! Bobbie

My friends - This is just a brief note to remind everyone that today's data posting was actually made last night - the beginning of a new series on Hickman County Vital Statistics marriage records in the 1852-1861 time frame. I will be back tomorrow with another, new, data post. -B ============================================================

Another page of photos has been submitted by Sidney Dyess. Some folks are known and some are unknown. Please visit Lake County and take a look. http://www.ecsis.net/lakecounty/history/ Click on the link to Page 2 of the Unknown photos. Remember it may take a while for the pictures to load. Please let me know if any do not appear or if it takes too long to pull them up. Thanks, Leslie Moore lmoore@ecsis.net Personal homepage: http://www.ecsis.net/~lmoore/ Lake County, TN Gen page: http://www.ecsis.net/lakecounty/history/ Kennedy Family Info: http://www.ecsis.net/~lmoore/kennedy.html Volunteer of Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness at http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnraogk/

Hello, I would like to have the marriage data for this couple. Akin, John C. Harch, Amanda M. Thank you very much. Claudine bes@arkansas.net

Bill, Would you please send me the file on the Cuba Baptist Church Cemetery? Thank you very much. Hope you and your wife had a wonderful Christmas and that you will have a healthy, happy New Year. Ann Wallace

My friends - I hope that all of you enjoyed an outstanding Christmas holiday. I understand that it was a white Christmas up in north central KY. I am posting the first of a new series today on Hickman County VS records in the 1852-1861 time frame. These are marriages, and each record will generally give the names of groom and bride, their ages, where each was born and the marriage date. Occasionally, there may be an odd extra item, but the above is the norm(and, of course, there are instances where all of the above data is not shown). If, as a subscriber to one of my lists, you see a couple in the listing below on which you would like the full dataset, containing the items shown above, just let me know and I will get that information off to you. As always, your help in not resending this entire message back to me with your request is greatly appreciated. Although this material is being posted on Sunday evening, it will serve as the regular Monday data post. -B ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Hickman County - Vital Statistics Records - 1852-1861 - Marriages - Part 1 Alderdice, Joseph Hardin, Susan M. Allison, James B. Hilboard, Bertha Allan, George Thomas Massy, Ann E. Allen, William Jackson, Emily M. Allegood, John T. Hayden, Frances A. Franklin, W.C. Armend, Sarah Bugg, Benjamin C. Allison, Mary M.C. Allison, Elbert Bugg, Nancy Jane Allison, James Bugg, Rebecca W. Campbell, Sylvester Arrington, Caroline Davis, George Baze, Mary F. Clinton, F.E, Baldwin Juliann Crutchfield, Samuel Baird, Lydia J. Featherston, H.W. Bailey, Ida Anderson, William O'Neal, Martha Jane Archie, James Stephens, Catherine Akin, John C. Harch, Amanda M. Browder, Thomas M. Bennet, Mary F. Bone, H.B. Allen, Dolly M. Bedford, Joseph J. Singeltary, Lucinda Ballard, Robert Haydon, Mary E. Byassee, Charles Zooks, Rebecca Ann Baird, John A. Farr, Martha K. Baker, M.V. Marlow, M.J. Balley, Henry Lewis, E. Bard, TJ. Roberts, E.P. Batts, Francis N. Bard, Mary L. Ayers, Drew Fleetwood, Harriett E. Ashley, J.C. Richardson, Sarah J. ~to be continued~ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

THANK YOU FOR UNLOCKING MY BRAIN. CALVIN AND MARY JANE ARE ON THE 1860 CENSUS FOR GRAVES CO. ALSO 1870 AND 1880 BALLARD CO CENSUS. THEY ALONG WITH SOME OF THEIR CHILDREN ARE BURIED IN THE PALESTINE CEMETERY IN CARLISLE CO.ACCORDING TO MY G-GRANDMOTHER'S BIBLE THEY BOTH DIED IN CUNNINGHAM HE IN 1896, HIS STONE SAYS 1886, SHE IN 1903. MARY JANE IS ON THE CARLISLE CO CENSUS FOR 1900 ALONG WITH TWO OF HER SONS, GEORGE AND DAVID. ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS HE WAS BORN IN TENN AND SHE WAS BORN IN MISS. THANK YOU AGAIN. JARARD POWERS

My friends - I had originally planned to present another in the terminology series in tonight's abbreviated data post, but, in place of that, I am going to offer a few thoughts about Christmas and how it relates to our progenitors and to us today. I think many people would be surprised to learn that Christmas was, for many working class families, just another day with its attendant chores, field work and other toils, with perhaps a piece of fruit given to each of the children, to mark the occasion. Many of our own parents and grandparents received little more than some fruit in a stocking hanging on the mantle, even well into this century. With the commercialization of Christmas, in the latter half of this century, things began to change. The peace and gentleness of the Christmas spirit has, in many ways, been lost in the hurly-burly of today's holiday season. Genealogy, in the past decade, has been rapidly rising as an avocation of millions of Americans. It is now estimated that some 50 million Americans are actively pursuing their roots, compared to perhaps 5 million just 20 years ago. What has caused this upturn in family historians? Part of it may be due to a feeling of "disconnectedness" - a subtle desire to return to a time when things were simpler and gentler and when the world was not so much with us. We see old television shows, such as The Andy Griffith Show, continuing to have great popularity. It was good entertainment, of course, but today it expresses the desire of a great many people to live in a Mayberry somewhere, where the most serious decision of the day might be determining what flavor of ice cream to order at the corner drug store. Christmas in these idyllic places would be one in which all could feel the true spirit of giving and peace was the rule, rather than the exception. Our ancestors Christmas, too, was simple and pure, and I like to think that they spent some time, at some point on that sacred day, reflecting on its meaning. I suspect that they did, and, somehow, I tend to think that they may have had a better grasp on it than we do today. So, as we sit down to our Christmas dinners with our families, let us remember those who went before, and the fact that their Christmas days were far different than ours - but just as meaningful. May you all have a wonderful Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. I'll be monitoring the list, but there will be no data posts tomorrow or on the weekend. -B ============================================================

WITH THE NEW SUBSCRIBERS ON LINE I THOUGHT THAT I WOULD TRY THIS AGAIN. CALVIN AND MARY JANE WHITE POWERS WERE MY GG-GRANDPARENTS. THEY ARE MY BRICK WALLS. IF ANYONE IS SEARCHING THIS LINE I WOULD GLADLY SHARE WHAT INFO I HAVE ON THEIR CHILDREN. THANK YOU JARARD POWERS DEVINE TEXAS

Looking for anyone with information relative to Alex Marshall HILL. He was born about 1828 in Kentucky or Stewart County, TN. I find him listed on the 1870 census of Graves County, KY with the following family members: Wife: Nancy (WILFORD?), born about 1836, died/divorced before 1880 Charles, born about 1860 Tamerew E. "Fanny", born March 1862 Nancy E. F., born about 1863 Lula V., born about 1868 I then find Alex listed on the 1880 Graves County, KY census with a new wife and two more children: Wife: Louisa E., born about 1846 John R., born about 1872 Addie M. born July 1880 There is a marriage record in Graves County, KY for an M. HILL and Nancy WILFORD on 15 Dec 1855. Was this Alex and his first wife Nancy? This record indicates the groom was from Stewart County, TN. This has been a very tough nut to crack. PLEASE, isn't there anyone out there who can help me make a dent in this family? Where did they come from? Which HILL line did they descend from? What happened to the descendants of all these children? Please write me back if you have any information, or perhaps some time to maybe help me work on this. I am a college student with three small children, so my access to records is extremely limited. I have utterly exhausted my resources here. Take care, Rob Williams Ashland, Oregon

In a message dated 12/23/1999 10:56:28 AM Central Standard Time, will7370@tao.sou.edu writes: << There is a marriage record in Graves County, KY for an M. HILL and Nancy WILFORD on 15 Dec 1855. Was this Alex and his first wife Nancy? This record indicates the groom was from Stewart County, TN. >> Hi ,,, my great aunt , Beatrice Watts , married a Lila (Man) Hill on Dec 29, 1920. I don't know much about him, except that they lived in Graves Co. and he was a preacher,,, I think. I have records of their children, but nothing more on him , I'm afraid. Janice Watts Lester Nashville, Tn.

My friends - Just dropping by to repeat my comment from last night that there will be no data post tonight. I will be over at AOL doing my teaching duties this evening. I believe all requests have been answered, however. In accordance with the abbreviated posting schedule which I mentioned yesterday, this week's final data post will be tomorrow(Thursday). There will be no data post on Christmas Eve, and the weekend follows that, on which I do not post data in any event. I want to take a moment and express my gratitude and appreciation to all of those who have sent me Christmas and holiday greetings, and several very nice virtual Christmas cards, all of which were viewed and gratefully received. I will have some thoughts on Christmas in tomorrow's post. Until then.......... -B ============================================================

Hi Bill, Please send info on birth of James O. Burnham. Nina

Hi Bill, Please send info on Spencer S. Cope & Lettis Pace marriage. Nina

Please send information re James O. Burnham. Thank you very much.

My friends - Today we are going to return to our review of the Marshall County Vital Statistics birth records. In prior segments of this series, we had moved from 1852 to 1855, and we will continue with that year in this installment. The list below will be somewhat abbreviated, due to a large number of requests for data from last night's posting on Calloway County marriage records that I will be working on late into the evening. I have a small personal request - would the individual who had e-mailed me concerning the Toon family contact me again via private e-mail. The original message which was sent seems to have disappeared from my mail program. If subscribers to the lists which I host see a name in the list below for which the full dataset on that individual would be useful(which normally includes the date of birth, sex of the child if not obvious, name of the father and maiden name of the mother), I'll be happy to forward that information on to you, if you will let me know the name on which you need the data. As always, please avoid resending this entire message back to me with your request by not using the "Reply to" function on your mail program. As I noted yesterday, there will be no data post tomorrow due to my teaching obligation over on AOL. I'll repost that fact tomorrow, however. -B +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Marshall County - Vital Statistics Records 1852-1859 - Births - Part 19 M=Male F=Female Looker, L. (M) Heath, P.A. (F) Holland, Frances A. Wyatt, L.L. (F) Foutch, M.H. (F) Johnston, L.A. (F) Burnham, James O. Good, James H. Lindsey, L.L. (M) Cox, Levi Nimmo, J.A. (M) Tubbs, M.C. (F) Aston, C.C. (M) Biggs, E. (F) Waldrup, M.E. (F) Bridges, Enoch W. James, N.C. (M) Hamby, M.S. (F) Raines, ------ (F) Raines, ------ (F) twins Dunn, M.M. (F) Brown, S.M. (M) Ezell, G.N. (M) Winchester, S. (M) Henderson, H.M. (M) Roden, Mary E. Allen, M.E. (M) Brown, J.S. (M) Dorroh, C.E. (F) Yancy, J.T. (M) Heath, Thos M. ~to be continued~ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Bill, please send the Cuba Baptist Cemetery List. Nina