DAILY MESSENGER Mayfield, KY July 18, 1904 ____________________ CAPT. KEY IS NO MORE. __________ Another Prominent Citizen of Graves County Gone to His Reward. __________ DIED SATURDAY AFTERNOON. Mr. John Baker Key, one of Graves County's honored citizens, died at his home in this city late Saturday afternoon of the lingering effects of typhoid fever. He was born in Smith County, Tenn., Dec. 8th 1826, and came with his parents to Graves County when only two years old. He was raised and has lived in this county ever since, being over 76 years. He has been married twice, the first time to Miss Pharabah I. Adams. By this union eight children were born, five of whom are yet living, as follows: Mrs. Nettie Gillum, Mr. Wallace Key, Mrs. J. W. Cummins, of Olney, Ill., Charles P. and Hubbard Key. Miss Alta Key, the popular young lady who died at their home two years ago, was the only child by his last marriage. His last wife, who survives him, was Mrs. Rachel Rogers. Mr. Key, though not a member of any church, was a man of high moral convictions and a great advocate of the temperance cause. Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. C. A. Waterfield, of the Methodist Church, and his remains laid to rest by the Masons. He was an enthusiastic member of the Masonic lodge, and was a strong advocate of the many good things done by fraternal orders. He was a strong healthy man until a week or so after he was 75 years old, when he took typhoid fever, and never fully recovered from its effects. He has been feeble for the past year or two. His body was taken to Trinity Church, four miles north of the city and laid to rest in the cemetery, which he laid out and planned himself and in which he took great interest. Mr. Key was a lifelong Republican and loved his party, but he was always courteous to his friends who saw different in political matters. No man stood higher among his fellow men than did Mr. John Baker Key. It can truthfully be said that another of the honored pioneers of Graves County has passed into the great beyond.

My friends - Just a quick note today to say that we have now reached the number 88 in our march to have 100 interested parties for a possible JP regional conference in Paducah in the summer. We are drawing closer. I will, of course, keep you posted. -B ====================================================================

Am looking for the following surnames: Elliott-Davidson-Underwood-LaFever-Hackney-McKinney to name a few Graves Co., area Dana Elliott

Bill, Several points of interest: Alexander and White Counties in Illinois also may have had some JP migrations. I still suspect that at least one of the WINCHESTERs of Marshall County came to White County. Where online could I obtain maps and articles showing routes and transportation means of that era? For instance, when did the first railroad lines come about in the JP area? Are there township platt maps in the 1870 time for Marshall Co showing property owners? Also, does anyone have a copy of the Guardian Settlement Book v1, 1856-1934 for Marshall County? It is listed as one of the Extant Records of Marshall County. I wonder if there's any WINCHESTER entries, esp Thomas WINCHESTER. Terry Winchester Evansville, IN --------------------------------- Yahoo! Photos Got holiday prints? See all the ways to get quality prints in your hands ASAP.

I am researching Andrew Smith, David Smith, Thomas McElrath, Edmund Curd, Eliza Curd Smith Starks, and their descendents. dennishsmith1960@aol.com

For 19 years I've been researching the family of my ggg-grandfather, Dr. Jesse Dodson, died in 1839, Hickman County, Kentucky. His last wife and widow (not my ancestor) was Elizabeth Hardin d/o Col. James Hardin (brother of Joseph Hardin that Hardin Co Tennessee is names for). The executor of his will was Rev. David N. Dodson of Hickman, Ballard & Graves counties. I believe David N. Dodson was the son of Absalom who lived in Graves Co. Shown in the 1850 Ballard Co. census, there is an A. Dodson, age 70, in the home of Rev. David Dodson ) whom I believe was Absalom (s/o David & Elizabeth (Dodson) Dodson (Elizabeth was d/o Thomas "Second Fork" Dodson) She and her husband were first cousins. I "believe" (but without proof) Dr. Jesse Dodson was the son of Thomas "Second Fork" Dodson. Quite a few people from this family moved to the Jackson Purchase area. The tiniest shred of information will be appreciated. Patsy Seay McGregor, Texas

M AYFIELD MONITOR Mayfield, KY May 2, 1894 ____________________ Trinity neighborhood lost two of its good citizens on Tuesday, the 24th ult., in the persons of Messrs. W. H. C. Key and W. T. Chapman. They were reared together, lived neighbors, were near the same age and their bodies were laid to rest at the same time in the presence of a large concourse of friends in the cemetery at Trinity Church. Both leave families. Mr. Key was a member of the M. E. Church at Trinity. Mr. Chapman was a member of the Christian Church at Hickory Grove. The funeral services were conducted at the graves by Eld. J. C. Shelton and Rev. J. W. Deweese, pastors respectively of the deceased.

My friends - I am again stopping by with a daily conference numbers update. But, before going to that topic, our good friend Mary Louise Gossum, one of our tenured subscribers and an excellent researcher, has made a major discovery of an error in the 1910 Graves County census. There are approximately 32 pages of this census which have been misplaced into the 1910 Floyd County census. These pages appear in both the Heritage Quest and Ancestry.com databases for the 1910 Floyd County census, which indicates that this was an error by either the census bureau originally in misplacing sheets(and I tend to believe these may have been loose sheets rather than bound ones, as was the norm)from Graves into Floyd, or by the National Archives, in having inadvertently microfilmed the Graves County sheets as a part of Floyd County. These 32 pages appear to be a part of Magisterial District #1 in Graves County. If you are not finding a family member who is believed - or known - to be in Graves County in 1910, it would be wise to check Floyd County. The indices for both HQ and Ancestry may actually indicate that an individual is present on a certain page in Graves County, but when the page is examined, the person is not there. This would be a prime candidate to be found on the Graves sheets misfiled in Floyd County. I will be sending this information along to ProQuest(owner of Heritage Quest), as well as Ancestry so that this error can hopefully be corrected. Many thanks to Mary Louise for calling this to my attention. As far as I can determine, this is the first time that the discovery has come to light. Moving to the proposed conference in Paducah in the summer, our list of interested parties has increased now to 83. We are continuing to attempt to reach 100 by 10 January for planning purposes. The TN county lists have been notified, as have two regional lists. The Illinois regional lists will be notified today, as well as county lists for the southern part of that state. I will continue to keep the lists updated on a daily basis. -B +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Regarding my earlier inquiry about the Guardianship Settlement Books of 1856-1934 for Marshall County. The dates surrounding Thomas WINCHESTER would have been between 1870 and 1880. Thanks, Terry Winchester --------------------------------- Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less

My friends - Today, in addition to an update on the possible 2006 JP genealogical conference update, I am sending along another of the little essays written by Dr. Gordon Wilson in his little book entitled, "Fidelity Folks". He was born and grew up in Fidelity, better known to us as New Concord, in Calloway County. He was a well known writer and storyteller and was head of the Department of English at Western Kentucky University for a number of years. The title of today's piece is 'Over the Hills & Far Away'. Moving now to an update on the possible 2006 JP conference that may be held in Paducah in the late July time frame based in Paducah, I have received 78 expressions of interest and desire to attend such a conference, which is moving closer to the minimum number of 100 that will be needed to proceed. January 10 has been set(but not necessarily in concrete) as the date by which the goal of 100 needs to be met, so that planning can begin immediately. I will be posting an announcement of this possible conference on several other regional lists that cover central KY and the KY counties just east of the Tennessee River, as I know that we have folks there who have family connections in the 1800's in JP counties. In addition, I may also send announcements to the Massac and Pope County, IL lists, given the fact that crossover traffic was so great between McCracken County and those two IL counties, especially Massac. I will continue to keep the lists posted on a daily basis concerning the progress on conference numbers. -B +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY -Dr. A. Gordon Wilson "Fidelity Folks" "In spite of the barriers at Fidelity, we sometimes went beyond them as a splurge, risking a fearful working of horseflesh. When I was a small boy, I went with Father on one of his calls across the state line in Tennessee, my first journey outside my native state. Though Tennessee was only four miles away, we had no business in that direction, that is, none of us but Father, who took in some sixty square miles in his practice. I was excited as we neared the line, for I expected it to be a bold one, as it was pictured in my geography book. I may have expected a line fence or, as sometimes occurred in our neighborhood, two line fences between farms where the owners could not agree. To my surprise, I did not know when we crossed the imaginary line, for the poor farms seemed the same, the same mud holes were duplicated in the road, the same stolid people greeted the doctor. But the thrill of having been out of the state made me feel big for days; I was a sort of Marco Polo, who had traveled far and seen much. When I was big enough to drive the family buggy, my older sister and I decided to spend a weekend with one of our cousins, who lived in a Tennessee village all of twelve miles from our house. We stopped nearly everybody we met after we got out of our own neighborhood and carefully asked the way, receiving as many answers as there were people. In those days there were no markers on any road, big or little; you had to depend on what you could learn from people along the way. We finally arrived at our destination, elated at being bright enough to interpret all the directions we had received. While at the foreign village we visited a brick works; attended church and Sunday School in the strange church, where I saw my first pair of pressed trousers; asked innumerable questions about the odd manners of the people so far away and in another state; and came away feeling that it was queer how people who did not live at Fidelity had some likable characteristics. I determined then and there that I would grow up to be a rich man so I could travel even farther and see the big world. About once every two years I went with Mother to the west side of the county to visit the relatives on both sides of the house. Usually we had a hard time getting Mother to leave home, for she hated to be away enjoying herself when Father could have no vacation. Doctors did not have vacations then; neither did sickness. We hitched up the old family nag to the roomy old buggy, and away we went for four or five days, our clothes packed in the telescope. We were received royally wherever we went, and we should have been, for all the rest of the time we entertained every weekend some of the numerous Wilsons and Robertsons and their in-laws. I was put through my paces as a reader and singer of ballads, we ate enormous quantities of good plain food, and then we turned back to Fidelity and its humdrum life, away back in the hills. Ulysses, you remember, returned to Ithaca after his marvelous adventures in the Trojan War. Now "up the creek" was not so far, but a journey in that direction seemed an adventure to us all. The slightly different neighborhood up Beechy Fork and Blood River had its own ways of doing things; some of the ladies could cook things that tasted vastly better than our customary fare; family relics may not have been any better, but they seemed finer, up the creek. And some of our young bucks, including two of my brothers, went courting up the creek and married there, bringing their wives back to Fidelity and Beechy Fork. When the services up the creek at some church seemed particularly attractive, we would organize a party and go in a wagon, with our own private dinner on the ground. Church, as I have said, was our one chance of going somewhere, not because of our religious nature but because of our desire to go "over the hills and far away." When you consider that in winter the high-wheeled buggies of the time mired to the hub out in the flatwoods on the only road between Fidelity and the county seat[Murray], you can see why we did not make many long journeys in that direction. On two occasions I mired my mule down in the public road, not far from Sulphur Springs Church at that. We called such places quick­sand, but they were really just plain clay, the crawfishy kind of the bottoms or the red fire clay of the hills. In the many years since Father died, I have often thought of the bravery that he had to show by going everywhere on those trails and roads in all sorts of weather. We all think that his hard life ended when it did because of the strain on him; how he lasted forty-four years as a country doctor is still a puzzle to us who knew and loved him. Mud could not daunt him and his old yellow horse; not even the three-foot snow of 1886 kept him from going to the limits of his big practice area. What was for us younger people a pleasure jaunt in summer had to be for him an area to be covered to reach those in distress." +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

If anyone on the list is keeping up with the Cooper family of Southwest Calloway County, I now have documented verification back to 1756. We also know that our surname changed prior to this date. I lost momentum in my research when I was transferred to Owensboro this summer but am now getting back in step. I also intend to spend more time on the Atkins, Rogers, and Armstrong lines as well. Roger Cooper

My friends - Since making my earlier posting today, one of our subscribers, Robert Webb, has been in touch with me and passed along a really excellent site which covers his findings after many years of research on the subject of these Primitive Baptist churches, not just in KY, but in many other parts of the US. I've looked at it, and it is well worth a visit. It is located here: http://www.carthage.lib.il.us/community/churches/primbap/pbl.html The information on the Calloway, Graves and Marshall county churches on the site are very nearly identical with what I included in my earlier posting. But I felt some of our subscribers would be interested in other such churches in other areas of the country, and this site is a really outstanding resource. -B ====================================================================

Can anyone on the list put me in touch with Lucille Harp? She recently wrote a nice story in the "Roots Digger" about my greandfather Rev. Lester A. Willis and i'd love to get in touch with her. Thanks! Don Howell __________________________________ Yahoo! for Good - Make a difference this year. http://brand.yahoo.com/cybergivingweek2005/

My friends - I am stopping by today and pass along yet another update on a possible JP 2006 genealogical conference next summer, based in Paducah. I also have a little information on a few of the Primitive Baptist Churches in the JP region which I came across and want to pass along. As of today, at this time, we have 64 folks who have expressed interest in attending the second such conference in the JP region. We are edging closer to the minimum 100 mark necessary for us to proceed with planning. January 10th is the target date for determination of whether the numbers justify proceeding. I know that there have been people who have been out of pocket/out of town, etc., for the past week or more, so I will be stopping by each day with an update, in the event that some of our subscribers did not see the original and subsequent posts on this subject. One question which has arisen several times since I last sent an update has to do with a possible projected date for the conference, should it occur. The suggestions from the 2000 questionnaires most often placed the best time around the end of July - after the 4th of July holiday, but not past the first week of August, since many school terms in the country may begin as early as the second week in August. That is certainly not set in stone, and no one time frame will be workable for all people, but this was the most often suggested time in the 2000 questionnaires. I recently came upon some little bits of information about a few of the Primitive Baptist churches in the JP region, and I am showing that data below. I cannot, unfortunately, give a source citation for it, as it is contained in some old(very old, as the paper is turning yellow)notes that came to me from my original mentor, Ola Johnson Graham, of Murray, back in the early 1960's. Knowing the care that she took with her work, I suspect the information is reliable. -B ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Primitive Baptist Churches(Partial) - JP Region Calloway County: NEW PROVIDENCE: KNOWN MEMBER SURNAMES: Galloway, Grogan, Hutchens, McKinney, McNeely, Miles, Paschal, Poyner, Summers, Swann SHILOH KNOWN MEMBER SURNAMES: Holland, Parker, Rose OLD CONCORD NO KNOWN EARLY MEMBERS SURNAMES ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Graves County: OLD BETHEL BRUSH CREEK ZION KNOWN MEMBERS' SURNAMES: Adams, Bell, Boaz, Bowden, Brandon, Chester, Craft, Cross, Darnall, Davis, Haley, Hamilton, Lawson, Mathis, Perkins, Pryor, Rudd, Saffer, Smith, Vaughn NORTH MT. ZION KNOWN MEMBERS' SURNAMES: Gilbert, Lock, Miller PILGRIM'S REST KNOWN MEMBERS' SURNAMES: Beard, Kaler, Overby, Owen, Wolford MT. PLEASANT KNOWN MEMBERS' SURNAMES: Boaz, Collier, Davis, Shaffer, Vandergriff HARMONY KNOWN MEMBERS' SURNAMES: Crouch, Pullen, Turner ~~~~~~~~~~ Marshall County: SOLDIER CREEK (1820-1821) Soldier Creek Church, which was originally on Clark's River, was constituted May 13, 1820, at the home of William Owens (on Soldier Creek) with twelve members, viz., Leonard Kayler, William Baker, Selah Baker, Abraham Copeland, Sally Copeland, Mary Smith, Parker Harrell, Deliah Harrell, Anna Baland, Gabriel Washburn, Martha Henson and Henry Darnall. The presbytery was composed of Elders Fielding Wolfe, Henry Darnall and an Elder Payne. Soldier Creek Church was, perhaps, the oldest church in Kentucky west of the Tennessee River. When it was organized the State Legislature gave it eight acres of land, on which is located one of the oldest and largest graveyards in the County. In 1830 the Church received a deed to the land signed by Governor Metcalf. Hugh Gilbert was the first pastor of the Church. The first meeting house was built of logs and for a long time had no floors. KNOWN MEMBERS' SURNAMES: Adams, Baker, Baland, Bell, Bowden, Chester, Copeland, Craft, Creason, Darnall, Free, Hamilton, Harrell, Henson, Kayler, Locke, Lyles, Mathis, Rudd, Smith, Vaughn, Washburn, Wiley ORIGINAL MT. MORIAH Original Mt. Moriah Church, on Mt. Moriah Road, west of Calvert City, was organized in 1844 under the leadership of Elder Isaiah King, who served as pastor for the first seven years of the church's history. The church met at first in a small log cabin. Later pastors have included Elders Thomas Harrison, J. N. Wallace, E. M. Brashear, J. D. Shain, R. N. Grave, Gordon Hearon, and Arlie Larimer, the present pastor. A frame building replaced the log structure in 1871, and another frame building was built in 1906. KNOWN MEMBERS' SURNAMES None beyond those shown above. ROUGH CREEK KNOWN MEMBERS' SURNAMES: None have been located. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

My friends - I want to stop by on this New Year's Eve and pass along my wishes for all of our subscribers to enjoy a healthy, safe and prosperous New Year. This past year has been a rough one in many ways with natural disasters as well as personal ones for many people. We can hope that 2006 will be a better experience. I also will give an update on the numbers associated with a possible JP genealogical conference in the summer of 2006. As of now, 44 individuals have responded as being interested in attending such an event, if it should occur. Our goal is at least 100, since a number under that plateau would not be sufficient to warrant all of the planning and preparatory work necessary. We have, I am sure, a number of our subscribers who are away on holiday, or necessarily tied up with family gatherings at this time. We'll extend the time frame for interested parties to let me know of their interest to January 10th. Should the conference "make", planning and preparation will have to start immediately thereafter. I also have received a number of questions, which I have answered in each case by private response to the inquirer, but I will repeat them here, as others may be interested in the answers to the questions: Q: Is there any speculated time in the summer when the event might be held? A: The time most frequently mentioned in the 2000 questionnaires was late July or very early August, so that is a possibility. Q: Are the only people who can attend subscribers to the maill lists you host? A: No. Anyone with an interest in Jackson Purchase genealogy/history(including those with an interest in the TN portion of the JP region)are welcome to attend. Q: Can family members of subscribers also attend? A: Absolutely, and, in the 2000 conference, they were wonderful links to an earlier generation and were delightful to have with us. Q: What sort of fees do the nationally known speakers charge? A: It varies considerably, but generally, between $300 and $500, plus transportation, lodging and meals. Q: Could someone from each county's genealogical/historical society give a short presentation of what resources they have available in their counties and where to find and access them? A: We would try to put this sort of presentation together. It was mentioned in the 2000 questionnaires as a possibility for the next conference. Q: Will there be genealogical book vendors present again? A: Probably a few. Q: Can a family have a surname table at the conference, as was done in the 2000 event? A: We would expect to be able to do the same thing this next time. Q: Will there be a Planning Committee as we had in 2000? A: Yes, if the conference reaches the needed attendee plateau, I will be calling for volunteers for this purpose. Those are the questions I have received so far, and I will continue to post and answer others as they come in. I will keep the lists posted on a daily basis in this subject area. ~~~~~~~~ And now, as we usher in the New Year, let us look back to the 19th century, and a group known as Father Kemp & His Old Folks, who presented songs of that era and earlier. A descendant brought this material to light recently. The program always closed with Father Kemp's slightly altered version of Auld Lang Syne, which seems very appropriate for those us who spend our mental energy peering through the mists of time, to know and honor our forbears. Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to mind; Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And songs of auld lang syne? To sing the songs our fathers sang In days of auld lang syne We've passed through many varied scenes, Since youths' unclouded day; And Friends and hopes and happy dreams Time's hand hath swept away. And voices that once joined with ours, Are silent now and blend no more In songs of auld lang syne. Yet ever has the light of song Illumed our darkest hours, And cheered us on life's toilsome way, And gemmed our path with flowers; The sacred songs our fathers sang, Dear songs of auld lang syne; The hallowed songs our fathers sang In days of auld lang syne. Here we have met, here we may part, To meet on earth no more; And we may never sign again The cherished songs of yore; 'The sacred songs our fathers sang In days of auld lang syne; We may not meet to sing again The songs of auld lang syne. But when we've crossed the sea of life, And reached the heavenly shore, We'll sing the songs our fathers sang, Transcending those of yore; We'll meet to sing diviner strains Than those of auld lang syne; Immortal songs of praise, unknown In days of auld lang syne. ~~~~~~~~~~ -B ====================================================================

Hello Again, Today i have a very interesting little item for everyone. A lady in Kevil gave me copies of three old tin type photos and said they where found with a diary in the Hinkleville area. According to her they belonged to a Mattie L. Skinner-Rollings and she believes these photos are of Mattie and her husband Jefferson Davis Rollings and their daughter Marie. She is hoping to find their family in hopes of getting these items home. If anyone would like copies of the photos let me know and i'll send them your way, as for the Diary it awaits a new home in Kevil. :) If this is your family let me know and i'll point you in the right direction. Don Howell __________________________________ Yahoo! for Good - Make a difference this year. http://brand.yahoo.com/cybergivingweek2005/

My friends - I hope everyone is enjoying these few days of the Holiday season which we have remaining. Last week, I mentioned a couple of terms which were more common in the 19th century than in the 20th, and said I would be back to define them this week, so here I am. I had a number of private replies to one of the terms("keeping batch") and one to the other term. "Keeping batch" referred to a single man, or perhaps two or three(sometimes brothers)who were living in the same household without women present(perhaps away at school together if they were older) - no wives, sisters, etc. They were keeping their bachelorhood, and were, therefore, "keeping batch". The quantity involved with a "turn" of corn was about a bushel and a half. One of our astute subscribers mentioned to me that it was often the miller's "cut" of the crop he was milling - one turn of the milling wheel's worth of the crop. Just as an FYI, those who use the Bureau of Land Management website may have noticed last week, after it was reopened, that it became difficult or impossible to reach. Apparently, as the word rapidly spread among former users, the site was overrun with hits and just stopped working under the load. It seems to be back in operation again now. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Question Most of our tenured subscribers will recall that in 2000, we had a genealogical conference in Murray which we dubbed, "The 2000 Jackson Purchase Homecoming Genealogical Conference". We had an attendance of about 150 individuals, which was outstanding. It was the first such endeavor to be undertaken by the subscribers of a larger mail list, as far as I could determine at the time. I think most of the attendees felt it was a success, given the fact that it was a first effort. At the time, there was also a general consensus that we would explore again the possibility of another conference in about 5 years. Those 5 years have now passed, and I am wondering if there is sufficient interest among the subscribership to look toward holding another such conference, perhaps next summer, headquartered in Paducah at one of the hotels there, which would allow conference facilities and lodging in the same building, if one wished to avail themselves of that convenience. We asked for written, anonymous feedback at the close of the conference from the attendees of the 2000 event, and found that the most often mentioned ideas for changes, should we do it again in the future, were to hold it in the summer(children out of school, vacation time available, etc.), have a central point offering lodging and the conference facilities together, and to obtain some lecturers who could cover a broad range of KY research. In this latter case, we could very likely have someone from the KY Land Office come to present particulars about the land office and the overall land grant system in KY, in the JP and elsewhere for those working with other parts of KY. In addition, we could also very likely obtain one or two nationally known speakers, although those would be fee based. Without any research having been done at all as yet, I could only speculate at this point as to what the conference registration fee would be in order to cover the expenses of the event, but, as a ballpark figure, and perhaps a little on the liberal side, I would look at $65 or so per attendee. That is, as I said, only speculation and research would have to be done to determine the exact figure, which could be somewhat more or less. So, my question to our subscribers is this: would you be interested in attending an event such as this in the summer of 2006? We would probably have to have an attendance figure of at least 100 people to justify moving forward. Our current subscribership to this JP List in 752. The other JP county lists which I host have a total subscribership of 322, but many of the subscribers to those lists also subscribe to this JP regional List. Please send a *private* message(not to the lists, please, so we won't fill up everyone's inbox) to me indicating if you have an interest in doing this sort of thing. A lot has changed since 2000, especially in the world of technology(which could be a topic for a speaker to address), so the time may be ripe to get together again and refresh our knowledge, as well as our contacts and networking, which is done so well by subscribers to the JP List. I will keep the lists posted on the results of this informal poll. -B ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Hello Again, Well i found another old album full of named photos :) This one seems to be from Calloway Co. & Henry Co.,Tn., but that's just my guess from the photos. Here are the names: Death Card for Archie Salmon Mark Hutson J. D. McClure family of Jim Christman a grante uncle to Helen Jossie Hutson age 20 uncle Dick & Aunt Shellie Hutson Edd & Dora Hutson Myrtle a sister Risty Hutson Calman a second Cuison to Helen Eva Hutson Taylor a Aunt to Helen Henry Hutson a second cousin to Helen Eula Hutson McClure a Aunt to Helen Tom & Rosa Hutson & Sam Ernest a Uncle to Helen Herman L. Baker father to Helen Edd & Dora Hutson and Conard? uncle to Helen Conard? & David Hutson cousins to Helen Judge Joe Robbins a great uncle to Helen Dick Hutson, Uncle Tom Hutson, Uncle Grandma Hutson Helen's mother Plus several unnamed photos.... Are these your "Kin Folk" ??? Don Howell __________________________________ Yahoo! for Good - Make a difference this year. http://brand.yahoo.com/cybergivingweek2005/

Thank you to all the people who sent me tips, information, advise, and contacts for searching my Lucy Ann Stubblefield Lamb. What a wonderful group your are! I really appreciate your help and am now busy following through on the above. Nina Williams

I hope all had a very Merry Christmas and will be looking forward to a great New Year where I may finally find the answers to my HOWARD/CURLEE/ARMSTRONG/RUBY/MERRIMAN/KING/HERRON/ families and my McCLAIN/JOHNSON/TIBBS/WEBB/JONES/WILLIAMS/STARK/S/MORRISON/McCLURE/GORE/DARNELL/HUFF/BLACKBURN/KING/COUTS/THORNTON/ PENNINGTON and related families........... and may each and every one of you do the same and find that one tiny link that will led you to that great break through in our genealogy world.........so from our home to your and from all of us to all of you................MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR