My grandfather, Lewis Harvey Beaman, owned a garage in Murray in the 1920s and 30s. I believe the name was simply Beaman Garage. I think at one point there may have been three locations, and I think his brother Roscoe may have been co-owner. I would love to have any information about the garages. I don't even know where in town they were located. Any directory listings or advertising would be wonderful! Brenda Beaman Parker Houston, TX

My friends - As this is the evening on which I teach the land and propeorty research class over at the AOL On-Line Campus, there will be no data post today. I will, however, try to get all of the requests for the newspaper snippets filled before the evening is out. We will move over to Hickman County for tomorrow's data posting. -B ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Bill, Please send me the info on Maggie Leach Thanks!! Bobbie

Bill, it would be appreciated if you could send the snippet containing the FUTRELL listing. We had a FUTRELL that married into the MESHEW family.

Bill, Please send "Grandma Hudspeth" and Albert Jenkins. Thanks. Nina

Hi- Please send Graves Co. snippet on Wesley Morris. Thanks. Cherilyn Trusty

Bill, Just add me to the Yellow Fever File Epidemic, if you would. Thanks Donna Petkus Eagle River, WI

Bill, I would like the snippet for Mrs. M. E. Reynolds, when you have time. Thanks a million. Zoe

My friends - I had intended to head over to Hickman County for today's posting, but I have a few more snippets from Graves County newspapers in the 1875-1880 time frame, so I have decided to go ahead with those today. We'll get back over to Hickman County before the week is out. These snippets can range from anything as simple as a one line statement that someone is visiting someone else, to a paragraph detailing the death of a citizen. Marriages are often mentioned, as are births. You never know what you might get from one of these - it may be of no value at all, or it could be invaluable. Given the fact that we have such a lack of records in Graves County, due to the 1887 courthouse fire, we grasp at whatever we can find for graves County. Subscribers to this List who see a name in the list below which may be connected with their family can obtain the full text of the snippet by letting me know you need it, and I will ship it off to you. As always, your help in not resending this entire message back to me with your request is greatly appreciated. Finally, several of you have noted that I made a typo in the last Skills Puzzler original narrative, when I stated that the pension year of death given for Josephus Snurd was, in fact, the actual year that he died. That original narrative should have read "1897" on the pension application. Mea culpa. -B ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Graves County - Early Newspaper Snippets - Part 4 J[oseph] H. & Jennie Langridge Richard & Sarah Gregory Crit Elsey Annie Dozier Lewis Helfer Floyd Futrell Mrs. John Dodson Samuel Sanderson Samuel Sneed Mrs. Sarah Horn Mrs.M.E.Reynolds Israel Kimmel John Irvin William Gamble Miss S.H.Watson George Meadows L.F.Norris Belle Sullivan Richard L. Mayes James O'Daniel Eli Trevathan Andrew Russell(of Clinton Co.) William Rives Maggie Leach John A. Jack Bettie Payner "Grandma" Hudspeth Wesley Morris Albert Jenkins Mrs. Augusta Drennan ~to be continued~ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Hi Bill, Could I get the snippet on Mrs. Horn of Graves Co. 12/14/99. Thanks gescott@aol.com

Hi Bill, Could you please send me the information for Mrs. John Dodson. Graves County - Early Newspaper Snippets - Part 4 Happy Holidays, Patsy Seay

Bill, Please send me the Yellow Fever File. Thanks. Nina

Bill, Please send me info on James Lamb & Arthur Lamb. Thanks. Nina

Bill, Please send me info on all the Lambs: George W., Mary R. & V.C. (f). Thanks, Nina

Hello List! Wondering if there are any Slaughter researchers out there who could provide information regarding M. ORR listed on the SLAUGHTER family Graves County 1850 Census as follows: W.M Slaughter, age 30, male, farmer F. Slaughter, age 35, female K.F. Slaughter, age 7, male T.A. Slaughter, age 6, male M.M. Slaughter, age 4, female M. Orr, age 78, female Thank you, and please excuse any errors in the initials. My copy is not very legible, and I have difficulty distinguishing between letters in the old fashioned cursive. Nancy Orr

My friends - As we begin another week, we are going back to our review of some of the loose marriage record materials which we have for Marshall County. These consist of consents, the occasional bond, or some other record associated with the names you will see below in the list. These are generally in the period 1870-1885 Subscribers of the lists I host who may see a couple in the list below on whom they would like the full transcription of the material contained in the record can request that from me, and I will forward it on to you. As is customary, your help in not resending this entire message back to me is greatly appreciated. Tomorrow, we will return to Hickman County. -B +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Marshall County - Miscellaneous Marriage Data - Part 9 Henderson, John L. Josefen, Ellen Jones, Franklin T. Kennady, N.C. Thomas, R.A. Grubbs, Victoria Morefield, Robert Norwood, Nancy Curor Banks, E.A. McCarty, L.J. Anderson, Phillip Boyd, Jane Boggess, Thomas Richard Nanney, Mary Ann Tennessee Tucker, Wm Wesley Inman, Adaline Cathey, C.T. Page, Ellen Boyrley, Henry Green, Juda Philbeck, John H. -------------------- Bondurant. George W. Wood, Mary E. McCrory, J.H. Miller, Bettie Emery, John Hatley, Viola Rebecca Gaiter, Henry Grady, Safronia ~to be continued~ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

My friends - I had intended to have this posted yesterday evening, but other business intervened and prevented my doing so. You will recall that our problem was centered around trying to determine which, if any, of a group of different years was the correct one for the death of Josephus Snurd. There were 12 folks who sent me their thoughts on this one, and all were headed in the right direction and about two-thirds "nailed" it. The researcher who was trying to establish the exact date of death for Josephus(who was her great-grandfather) had exhausted every approach to determining whether old Josephus had died in 1896, 1897, or 1898 - except one, which she missed, and which she should not have missed, because she knew the records were there. It was well known in the family that there was a child born not long after the death of Josephus, but which only survived for about three months. The child died, and thus had to be buried, and a burial record was created. We knew that such records existed in this case, because the researcher had tried to use them to determine the year of death for Josephus, but the final digit was missing in that record, and the grave marker was not legible enough to determine if it read 1896 or 1898. However, the infant child died in August of 1896, and was therefore born probably in May of 1896, which gives us the year for the death of Josephus, which is also 1896. Several people wanted to know why the widow waited so many years to apply for a widow's pension. I asked the same question, just as a matter of curiosity. It appears that the widow lived with her children for many years, until she became too infirm to remain at home. She went to live in an "Old Folks Home", as they used to be termed. When the staff at the home found that she was the widow of a Civil War vet, they insisted that she apply for the pension, so that they could appropriate all or part of it. However, the widow's daughter filled out the application for her mother, whose memory was almost gone, and the date for the death of the vet was wrong. Ironically, the pension was rejected, as she had not been married to the vet at the time he was in service, and mention was made in the rejection letter of an earlier attempt by this widow to apply for the same pension(which was also rejected), but no documents associated with the earlier application were ever found. This was a situation in which the researcher had about reached the point of not being able to see the forest for the trees, and sometimes we all get to that point. At such times, an "outsider" can occasionally see something somewhat obvious that we may have missed. -B ============================================================

Bill, I would like to request a copy of *File LG884*. thanks for all that you do, I have only subscribed for a few weeks, and have enjoyed the information. Linda Harris Memphis, TN -----Original Message----- From: KYJacksonPurchase-D-request@rootsweb.com <KYJacksonPurchase-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: KYJacksonPurchase-D@rootsweb.com <KYJacksonPurchase-D@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, December 12, 1999 4:25 AM Subject: KYJacksonPurchase-D Digest V99 #462

Does anyone know exactly what records are available for Callowy Co.? I have searched only to find very little available. My family is not listed anywhere. They lived there from 1840 to about 1865. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Debbie

I am looking for anyone who has a connection to the surname WRAY. My g-grandfather (Benjamin Waller HUDSON b 30 Jan 1844 Obion Co., TN) married his second wife, Sarah Penelope WRAY 14 Oct. 1884. She was born 10 May 1857 location unknown. Her first husband was a Mr. Cooper and her second a Mr. Cook. She had a son with each of her first two husbands. Walter Cooper b 2 June 1879 and Henry Cook b 10 Aug. 1881. I noticed on the most recent land grant post (File LG884) that a Stephen WRAY had purchased three 160 acre parcels. I am hoping someone on the list is connected to this surname. I would also be interested in anyone with information about COOPER or COOK. Thanks, Lonna Jean Conroy