Hello Everyone, Today i stopped in another Antique Store in town. and found an old photo Album and a loose old photo. First the loose photo it is of a lady and alittle girl. "Mrs. Weil" under that it says "Frances L. & Aslee" Below that it says "Aunt Azlee Weil and cousin Annie" On the front under the photo it says "Mrs. Weil and Annie" From looking at the Census this photo appears to be part of the Weil Family in Paducah in the 1870's. Now for the album, It appears to be from the Benton area around the turn of the 20th century. Alpha Ford Bowden Ford Harvey Parks Lewis Parks Trudie Parks Ivy Parks Lula F. Lola Lillian Reba Ford Rubena? Ford Geneva Levi (another with these) Reba Ford- Dodds & Rubena Ford-Shaw Geneva Ford-Hatcher & Elizabeth Ford-Powell Anna Faye & Effie Kay Harrison Lola Ford Kelso Lovine? Park Nellie Sue F. Rosella Adams Caleb,Bera,Zera,Area?,Rudell Jane Parks Lydia , Eulala?, Albert Benton Parks Fannie,Clyde & Eulala Parks Olive P. Raymond P. Homer,Jewell,Wims & Rosella Adams Raymond,Carmen,Era Parks Homer Adams,Levi Ford,Harvey Ford,Quiller Knight Laura Williams,Dula Knight,Ivy Ford,Trudy Ford,Jewell Parks-Adams Emma Rosella Harris Parks Albert Josiah and Emma Rosella Parks That's all :) My son has a ball game tonight so it will be later before i get these posted to my Yahoo Group. Or if you prefer just drop me a email and i'll send them out as i get them scanned. Enjoy!!! Don Howell ____________________________________________________ Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com

My friends - Today we are looking at another of the delightful narratives written by Dr. Alexander Gordon Wilson, as taken from his little book, "Fidelity Folks". Dr. Wilson(the son of Dr. Marquis Pillow Wilson) was born in Fidelity - better known to us as New Concord - and was raised there to an adult. Today's essay is entitled "Sulphur Springs Church", and is a sentimental reminder to us of how things used to be in the old country churches. -B +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ SULPHUR SPRINGS CHURCH -Dr. A. Gordon Wilson "Fidelity Folks" Much of my childhood revolved around Sulphur Springs Church, which has now been moved to Fidelity because of the great Kentucky Lake flooding the area in winter. The nearness of the church to my home made me a Methodist, even though my parents were Presbyterians. This same nearness made our home the official headquarters of preachers during protracted meetings. And many visitors came to our house when the season was not suitable for dinner on the ground. Some of the fields I cultivated were near the church, with the result that I passed it nearly every day of my life. Hence the sadness at seeing it disappear as a building, though the organization continues intact in the village. Sunday School froze out at Sulphur Springs late in the fall and did not return until the first Sunday in April. Then we started all over again, with good smelling Sunday School books and bright cards. April meant spring, and spring meant wild flowers in bloom around the church and small fish building their nests in the shallow creek. April meant new leaves, and odors of blossoming vegetation drifting into the church through the open windows and somewhat softening the harsh theology that we had to listen to. All through the summer we kept up attendance rather well, unless the young people wanted to go a farm wagon up the creek to a foot-washing at a Primitive Baptist church or planned to go still farther away to some all-day meeting with dinner on the ground. The preacher came pretty regularly on second Sundays through the good months and always staged a protracted meeting right in the hottest, dustiest part of the summer. All this kept the Sunday School going, but I doubt whether the working of miracles could have made it "evergreen," that is, lasting through the cold months. Winter was for neighborhood visiting and rabbit hunting and parties. No night ever got too cold for us to ride horseback miles to a frolic, however easily a mere Sunday School might freeze out. Right now I could go through the catechism I used to say every Sunday when I was a little boy. It was not the Shorter Catechism or any published form but concerned itself with the oldest, wisest, strongest, and other famous people of the Bible. It became such a matter of associative memory that if the teacher had suddenly asked us who swallowed a whale, we would have yelled "Jonah" before we could think, if we ever thought, anyway. The catechism was not a part of the lesson proper. The lesson, for the very small ones, at least, was printed cards in question-and-answer form. Big Sister or Mother taught it to us by rote. Since there were only a few questions, we soon had our lesson said and had to be kept quiet while the elderly people discussed with more heat than light some abstruse points in theology raised by the lesson for the day. I always shone on these drills, for I had a good memory and an auctioneer's voice and could drown out six to ten ordinary youngsters. For rewards we got cards, much like the ones mentioned in TOM SAWYER. I never knew of any one's trading cards as Tom did, but some of us might have if we had not feared the "wrath to come," or, more specifically, our parents. One year I attended Sunday School every Sunday and had a perfect lesson, whatever that meant; consequently, I got a Bible for a reward. Since then I have taken several degrees and have had some college honors, but none of them made me feel as big as I did when I marched down the aisle of the little country church to get my Bible. At Sunday School, as at church, people were kept separated into the two sexes, just as the Lord had made them. The men sat one side, from the Amen Corner, with its elders and respectable gentlemen, back to the disorderly bunch near the door. We even invented the term "Awomen Corner" to designate the dignified group of elderly women. At Sulphur Springs, unlike many country churches, there was a middle row of seats where men and women could sit together. This space came to be largely for young courting couples. Then there was, later times, the choir, where it was very appropriate for the sexes to sit together. To sit either place and fan one's best girl with an open-and-shut fan while all the bad boys of the neighborhood looked on is one of the hottest jobs I ever tackled. Fidelity, though loudly proclaiming its individuality, feared to be different. Consequently, when other churches of circuit and some of the Baptist churches got organs, sentiment began to develop for an organ at our church. Some conservative members opposed the idea, saying that they could find no organ in their Bibles. They could not find any buggies, either, but they never thought of that. The persistent souls ultimately got the organ, paid for it, and installed it in our church. It was thought best to enlarge the preacher's little platform to include the choir loft. When the new organ was dedicated, along about 1897, the whole area turned out, Methodists and Baptists and Christians, those who approved of organs and those who did not. I as a child singer did my part in the Children's Day exercises with which we began the new era. From the day that we got the organ our music changed. Formerly we had sung only to the monotonous lining of the parson on preaching Sundays and from memory an Sunday School mornings. Now we had to have new songbooks. Only rarely did an old-fashioned Preacher like our superannuated Methodist dentist-preacher insist on having at least one lined hymn a service. We got to singing snappy songs from newer books and increased the tempo of our religion a bit. The old-timers, who sat down in the church and not on the stage, had difficulty in keeping up with, and sometimes came in a length behind, the choir. The organist did her best to keep us all together and by degrees got the older ones to stay fairly close to the rest of us. The organ loft, made of wide planks, looked somewhat bare. Some good women suggested that it be carpeted. The same conservatives opposed and lost. And so a carpet was put on the choir loft and down the two aisles to the doors. When all this was done, the church looked dressed up and must have tempted the preacher mightily to discuss the worldliness of his congregation, but for some strange reason he did not. And the organ, with its new brightness, brought a whole reform into the little old church and helped keep it alive until the great power dam backed the waters of the Tennessee River up the creek and covered forever the site of Sulphur Springs. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Hello Everyone, This is Don Howell i had to subscribe to the list under my yahoo address thanks to WK.net & Norton Anti-Virus not getting along. Today i received a small collection of old photos from what appears to be the Grogan/Kelly/Fulton Family. Here are the names: Nell Grogan Fulton, taken in Paducah niece Josephine, taken in Bowling Green Patrick Edward Grogan, taken in Paducah Kate Kelly, taken in Paducah Plus a few unnamed photos. I'll try to get them scanned and posted in the McCracken County Folder of my Yahoo Group later tonight. Or if you prefer i can send you a copy through email. Enjoy! Don Howell __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Is there such a thing as a index to the 1840 KY census? If so, can someone tell me the counties they find Murrell listed? It might be spelled Munel, or Murrel, Murril, Morrell, Murl, Meryl, Meril or even Murret. Thank you, Sincerely, Pat Mata pjmata@cox.net

Dear List: Would anyone who has the list of "1852 - 1859 Graves County Births" please check for the surname of ALEXANDER - the parents were ANDREW BAXTER ALEXANDER and ELIZA JANE SNOW ALEXANDER. When I was in Salt Lake City recently at the Library, I copied all of the names from that document that I thought were SNOW family related. Now that the names have been identified on the 1900-1910 Funeral Picture, along with some other related pictures, I find that there might be additional names that are needed. Thanks so much for all your help. Janis SNOW Mundy Reno, NV

Thanks to all who did a look up on William Robert Mayfield for me. I had a wrong death date and my computer program was giving me fits. Now it will give me some peace. Thanks, you're all great! Nina Williams

Was wondering if someone might have a Graves County Cemetery Book? Would like a look up for death date of William Robert Mayfield born 8 June 1898. He's buried in Antioch Cemetery in Graves Co, I'm told. Thanks for any help. Nina Williams

Hello all - I've had several e-mails inquiring about this book, so I thought I would post information to the list. Sorry I miss-stated the title a bit on my original post - "100" is spelled out "Hundred". The book is still available new from Amazon.com, and Amazon also shows 100-some copies available used from $1.25 on up. Hume and his wife have a few other books written on colonial Virginia archaeology, which are also found on the Amazon.com search. I believe the other book I mentioned, but could not name, was "The Virginia Adventure" which is about Roanoke and Jamestown colonies. He also has books about his archaeological digs in Britain. Rhonda, the ISBN on my hardcover first edition is ISBN: 0394507282. Didn't realize I had a first edition till now - too bad the book is not collectible! All of his books are pretty entertaining reading for us closet archaeologists! Not dry reading, and quite a lot of information on the life and times of the colonists, as we understand it. Amazon has "look inside the book" feature on "Martin's Hundred", so you can get a little preview. Enjoy! Bonnie

For anyone who is interested in reading further about the Martin's 100 plantation excavation, Ivor Noel Hume has written a book titled "Martin's 100", and also another book about excavations he has worked on at Colonial Williamsburg. Fascinating reading. Bonnie

Bill, There is an unusual museum in Springfield, IL that is dedicated to the American Funeral Customs. This museum is located next to the cemetery where the Lincolns are buried in their tomb. If one is going to visit the new Lincoln Library and Museum in Springfield this place is a must. Roy ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Utterback<mailto:billco@ARN.NET> To: KYJacksonPurchase-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:KYJacksonPurchase-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 5:44 PM Subject: [KYJP] Burial Containers My friends - I apologize for having been away from the List for a longer period than I would have liked, but a number of extracurricular activities has severely limited my time in the past couple of weeks. Recently, one of the JP List subscribers - our good friend, Shannon McFarlin - inquired here about an unusual burial container which had, through soil erosion and heavy rains, had surfaced in Henry County, Tennessee in 1960. Shannon is preparing a retrospective article for the autumn edition of "Paris!" magazine about this unusual event. She and I undertook to try to discover more about the unusual burial container, resembling a sarcophagus, with a head glass, in which a small child had been placed, and, in 1960, the face of the child, very well preserved, could be seen through the glass. This was the item that was exposed from its resting place in 1960. Shannon's article will, I am sure, be excellent reading and I look forward to learning more about that 1960 event. The subject of burial containers is not one which I have discussed here in the past, in any detail, if at all. So, I will spend a few lines of this posting to give a few facts about burial customs and containers. Today, most people use the terms "coffin" and "casket" interchangeably, but there is a technical difference between the two. A coffin is six-sided, broader at the shoulders than at the foot, while a casket is rectangular in form(which is what we use today in most cases). The burial of the dead has varied in custom from time to time, moving from simply digging a grave and placing the body into it and then covering it up, to the massive rituals expressed by the Egyptians, back again to simple burial of the body often without an enclosure, and then, in America, the use of simple pine boxes, with the last rites generally occurring within no more than two days after the death of the individual, due to the decomposition process before embalming was discovered and used widely. Last rites were usually held in the home of the deceased, or at the cemetery, or, occasionally, in a church or other public place. Gradually, toward the end of the 19th century, and as embalming become more common, churches and "undertakers salons" became the place of choice for a funeral. Pine coffins, in the 19th century, could be had from most carpenters or cabinet makers for around $5.00, plus the cost of hardware, such as handles, etc. A hardwood coffin could cost as much as $30, exclusive of the hardware. Embalming, available as early as 1840 in the US, did not come into use to any great extent until the time of the War Between the States, when it became imperative that slain soldiers' bodies be preserved for shipment back to their families. The process was used by progressive morticians prior to the WBTS, but the use of embalming in that war greatly expanded the use of it during and after the war. If a mortician handled the preparation of a body in the late 19th century, the living relative or individual who was paying for the funeral would be charged extra for embalming(usually about $3-$5), and for any burial clothing beyond a simple "wrapper". A "robe" would cost about $1.50, and a full suit or dress could cost as much as $8.00. In some cases, the funeral director would also handle the erection of the grave marker, which could be an additional charge of perhaps $10.00, unless the family requested granite or marble, which could add another $20 to the cost. It was, however, usually left to the family to erect the marker themselves. Wooden containers were not the only choice available, however in some places. That brings us to the device containing the small child which appeared in Henry Co., TN in 1960. This was a Fisk Metallic Burial Container, Model # 1. They were available in sizes from 29 inches to 84 inches. They were expensive(about $40-$50)and were advertised as the best burial containers available, sealed so completely that an embalmed body could stay preserved indefinitely. The containers always had a viewing glass in the head region. The 1960 incident substantiates the claim, as the child within appeared to be almost perfectly preserved, even though this young person had passed on perhaps 100-110 years earlier. We know that the child died between about 1850 and 1860, since Fisk introduced Model # 2 in 1858. Model # 2 did not resemble a sarcophagus nearly as much as did Model # 1, hence we can date, within about a decade, the time of this child's passing. We can also deduce that the family to whom she belonged was reasonably well to do financially, as the cost of these metallic containers was not inexpensive. Unfortunately, the identity of the child was never established and a private reinterrment for it occurred several months after the container washed up. I have seen one or two other Fisk containers in photos of the grave removals in the TVA archives. But they were unusual in the JP region of both KY and TN in the 1850's. I intend to bring another of Gordon Wilson's narratives later this week. -B ===================================================================== ==== KYJacksonPurchase Mailing List ==== Have general questions about the Jackson Purchase? Visit the Jackson Purchase Frequently Asked Questions(FAQ)web site at: http://users.arn.net/~billco/jacksonfaq1.html<http://users.arn.net/~billco/jacksonfaq1.html>

Bill, That was an interesting piece you wrote about burial containers. I then got curious what one looked like and found this site. The picture is at the bottom of the page. Dori http://www.history.org/Foundation/journal/Spring05/funerals.cfm#top Alas, Poor ...Who? Or, Melancholy Moments in Colonial and Later Virginia by Ivor Noël Hume

My friends - I apologize for having been away from the List for a longer period than I would have liked, but a number of extracurricular activities has severely limited my time in the past couple of weeks. Recently, one of the JP List subscribers - our good friend, Shannon McFarlin - inquired here about an unusual burial container which had, through soil erosion and heavy rains, had surfaced in Henry County, Tennessee in 1960. Shannon is preparing a retrospective article for the autumn edition of "Paris!" magazine about this unusual event. She and I undertook to try to discover more about the unusual burial container, resembling a sarcophagus, with a head glass, in which a small child had been placed, and, in 1960, the face of the child, very well preserved, could be seen through the glass. This was the item that was exposed from its resting place in 1960. Shannon's article will, I am sure, be excellent reading and I look forward to learning more about that 1960 event. The subject of burial containers is not one which I have discussed here in the past, in any detail, if at all. So, I will spend a few lines of this posting to give a few facts about burial customs and containers. Today, most people use the terms "coffin" and "casket" interchangeably, but there is a technical difference between the two. A coffin is six-sided, broader at the shoulders than at the foot, while a casket is rectangular in form(which is what we use today in most cases). The burial of the dead has varied in custom from time to time, moving from simply digging a grave and placing the body into it and then covering it up, to the massive rituals expressed by the Egyptians, back again to simple burial of the body often without an enclosure, and then, in America, the use of simple pine boxes, with the last rites generally occurring within no more than two days after the death of the individual, due to the decomposition process before embalming was discovered and used widely. Last rites were usually held in the home of the deceased, or at the cemetery, or, occasionally, in a church or other public place. Gradually, toward the end of the 19th century, and as embalming become more common, churches and "undertakers salons" became the place of choice for a funeral. Pine coffins, in the 19th century, could be had from most carpenters or cabinet makers for around $5.00, plus the cost of hardware, such as handles, etc. A hardwood coffin could cost as much as $30, exclusive of the hardware. Embalming, available as early as 1840 in the US, did not come into use to any great extent until the time of the War Between the States, when it became imperative that slain soldiers' bodies be preserved for shipment back to their families. The process was used by progressive morticians prior to the WBTS, but the use of embalming in that war greatly expanded the use of it during and after the war. If a mortician handled the preparation of a body in the late 19th century, the living relative or individual who was paying for the funeral would be charged extra for embalming(usually about $3-$5), and for any burial clothing beyond a simple "wrapper". A "robe" would cost about $1.50, and a full suit or dress could cost as much as $8.00. In some cases, the funeral director would also handle the erection of the grave marker, which could be an additional charge of perhaps $10.00, unless the family requested granite or marble, which could add another $20 to the cost. It was, however, usually left to the family to erect the marker themselves. Wooden containers were not the only choice available, however in some places. That brings us to the device containing the small child which appeared in Henry Co., TN in 1960. This was a Fisk Metallic Burial Container, Model # 1. They were available in sizes from 29 inches to 84 inches. They were expensive(about $40-$50)and were advertised as the best burial containers available, sealed so completely that an embalmed body could stay preserved indefinitely. The containers always had a viewing glass in the head region. The 1960 incident substantiates the claim, as the child within appeared to be almost perfectly preserved, even though this young person had passed on perhaps 100-110 years earlier. We know that the child died between about 1850 and 1860, since Fisk introduced Model # 2 in 1858. Model # 2 did not resemble a sarcophagus nearly as much as did Model # 1, hence we can date, within about a decade, the time of this child's passing. We can also deduce that the family to whom she belonged was reasonably well to do financially, as the cost of these metallic containers was not inexpensive. Unfortunately, the identity of the child was never established and a private reinterrment for it occurred several months after the container washed up. I have seen one or two other Fisk containers in photos of the grave removals in the TVA archives. But they were unusual in the JP region of both KY and TN in the 1850's. I intend to bring another of Gordon Wilson's narratives later this week. -B =====================================================================

A patron of KY Gen Soc wants to contact anyone researching the name STUBBLEFIELD. Her ancestor, Robert Loxley Stubblefield, his son Stephen & wife, Sarah Easley, left Virginia and went to Texas. Her name: Brenda Johnston Baker 12380 Chapman Rd. Tyler, TX 75708-3208 (903) 877-3923 Thank you, Roberta Padgett

Looking for info on John W. Byrd and wife Alice Sandridge: 1880 Census Census Place: Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky Source: FHL Film 1254415 National Archives Film T9-0415 Page 178A Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace John BYRD Self M W W 34 KY Fa: TN Mo: TN Alice BYRD Dau F S W 13 KY Occ: Keeps House Fa: KY Mo: KY Charles BYRD Son M S W 8 KY Fa: KY Mo: KY Herbert BYRD Son M S W 6 KY Fa: KY Mo: KY His parents were: Jethro (1804-1847) and Elizabeth Haywood Byrd (1808-1894) of Ballard Co. as of 1840. Thanks for any help, Georgia Bengel Tatum _GATATUM@aol.com_ (mailto:GATATUM@aol.com) "A people who are not proud of their forebears will never deserve the pride of their descendants." -- John E. Gratke Researching: Ashe, Bengel, Bird/Byrd, Burris, Carson, Cotton, Curry, Dowdle, Ford, Haywood, Huffer, Johnson, Lovelace, Lynn, Miller, Owens/Owen, Parmer, Petrey, Rowland, Sadler, Tatum, Trawick, Tyler, Walston, Wolfe

Company D, Sixteenth Kentucky Cavalry, USA. Scruggs, James M.: Pvt.; enrolled 1/5/64 at Paducah, KY; enlisted 3/17/64 at Paducah, KY; Born December 27, 1846 in Calloway County, KY; died May 10 or 11, 1935 at Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA; buried Martin Chapel Cemetery, Calloway County, KY; son of William Scruggs; husband of Ellen (Perkins) Scruggs. LEDGER & TIMES Murray, KY May 16, 1935 ____________________ CHAGE SCRUGGS, 89, DIES IN CALIFORNIA __________ Civil War Veteran, Native of County, Buried Here; Lived at Hazel. Chage Scruggs, 89 years of age, died Saturday night in Los Angeles, Calif., after a lengthy illness. Mr. Scruggs was a former citizen of Paris, having moved to Los Angeles about three years ago. He died at the home of his late wife's niece, Mrs. Charles Hendley, also formerly of Paris. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Scruggs and was born near Murray. He served during the Civil War as a Federal soldier under the Union flag, having joined a Kentucky regiment early in the war. It was learned from relatives here that he was captured and wounded during the war, but the exact dates or places could not be learned. He moved to Paris in 1919, having retired from farming and operating a mercantile store near Hazel, and lived on Head Street in this city for 12 years. He was married to Miss Ellie Perkins, who has been dead for several years. They had no children. He was a member of the Methodist Church at Martin's Chapel, three miles from Murray, and was a staunch Republican. Surviving are one brother, W. C. Scruggs, of Hazel; two sisters, Mrs. Jim Lamb and Mrs. Bob Farmer, both of Hazel; and a nephew, Dr. Elroy Scruggs, of this city. His remains will be cremated and funeral services will be held at Martin's Chapel Church, the exact date of which has not been announced.

Dear List: Is there anyone on the List who is related to INEZ RUDOLPH and/or ROZZIE RUDOLPH? They are on the funeral picture of my relative, ELIZA JANE SNOW ALEXANDER (which was made in a front yard in Carlisle County (probably) between 1900 and 1910. I have just learned the names of most of the people on this picture - mostly relatives of ELIZA JANE SNOW ALEXANDER but don't know the connection of INEZ and/or ROZZIE RUDOLPH. If you can help, please advise. Janis SNOW Mundy Reno, NV

Hello Everyone, I just purchased a stack of old papers that apparently came from the L.A. & Sarah Tharp-Cash Family and i thought I'd share. ===================================================== State of Kentucky, County of Graves. Affidavit. The affiant, Joe M. Carrico, says that he is 69 years of age, and has been a resident of Graves County, Kentucky, for 69 years, that he knew the heirs of L. A. Cash, at the time of the death of said L. A. Cash, and at the time the division was had by said heirs of said Cash landed estated, and that said heirs were as follows; and their marital status as hereinafter stated: Sarah Cash, his widow; his children. Belle Willett, widow of C. C. Willett, deceased. Bettie Elliott, wife of C. V. Elliott, Julia Carrico, wife of L. J. Carrico, and the following grandchildren, the children of W. T. Cash, deceased, who was the son of the said L. A. Cash, deceased: W. A. Cash, whose wife was Oga Cash, Teresa Skinner, wife of Ed Skinner, J. J. Cash, whose wife was Dora Cash, Bernard or S. B, Cash, whose wife was M. Tossie Cash, Fred Cash, single, Lena Cash, single, Ralph Cash, single, and Mabel Cash, single; the mother of said grandchildren and widow of the said W. T. Cash, deceased, being M. I. Cash; that the said Lena Cash later married Chesney Willett, and the said Mabel Cash later married Joseph Kilcoyne. The affiant also states that he knew S. B. or Bernard Cash who died on or about the 20th day of October, 1926, and left as his only heirs at law his widow, M, Tossie Cash, and the following children; Louis Eutrell Cash, Joseph E. Cash, Lewis A. Cash, Rosa Mary Cash, Isabell Cash, William S. Cash, Paul A. Cash, Terrell Cash, S. B. Cash Jr, and Linda Marie Cash, who were all unmarried in 1928, when suit was had in the Graves Circuit Court for a division and settlement of the estate of the said S. B. Cash, deceased. Joe M. Carrico Subscribed and sworn to before me by Joe M. Carrico, this the 12th day of September, 1934, C. H. Bennett, Clerk Graves County Court, KY ======================================================= Enjoy! Don Howell

Researching my Byrd family. Need help with the following please: Mary Byrd b. 30 Aug. 1835 Tn. died when & where? married ? Ederington, when & where? Children ? John W. Byrd b. abt. 1844, d. abt. 1923 married Alice Sandridge when & where? Children? Jethro L. Byrd, Jr. b. 08 Sept. 1847, Ballard Co. Ky. d. 5 May 1881 Ballard Co. Ky. married? Children? Thanks for your help, Georgia Bengel Tatum Odessa, Tx. _GATATUM@aol.com_ (mailto:GATATUM@aol.com) "A people who are not proud of their forebears will never deserve the pride of their descendants." -- John E. Gratke Researching: Ashe, Bengel, Bird/Byrd, Burris, Carson, Cotton, Curry, Dowdle, Ford, Haywood, Huffer, Johnson, Lovelace, Lynn, Miller, Owens/Owen, Parmer, Petrey, Rowland, Sadler, Tatum, Trawick, Tyler, Walston, Wolfe

Was wondering if anyone could look up 2 old obituarties please. 1) Carnier could be spelled with a (m) instead of a (n) Cashum born Nov 21 1877 died Feb 12, 1908 age 30 married to a Della Scott Nov 8 1902. If anyone also has the cemetry & his parents. 2) Myrtle Allie Cashon age 4 yrs mother is Della Scott Cashon. This is Carnier daughter. They was living with Della Dad Winfield Scott at the time of her death. In the 1910 census she was 1yr old. She was at the Harmony funeral home. If anyone knows the cemetery please in clued that. He also had a son Johnie Cashan that is my hubby gfather. Thank you very much Betty Herron -- Quality Internet Express (c) 2004 -- All rights reserved. Unlimited Internet - $9.95 a month! (810) 244-0870

I am looking for information on the following family: Generation No. 1 1. JAMES WILSON2 JOHNSON (UNKNOWN1) was born abt 1825 in KY.. He married SARAH UNKNOWN. She was born abt 1830 in KY.. Children of JAMES JOHNSON and SARAH UNKNOWN are: James' parents may have been from SC i. NANCY3 JOHNSON, b. 1848, KY.; m. David LEVERT, Charles Gilchrist, Charles Tripplet, adn Miles Abernathy ii. WILLIAM JOHNSON, b. 1852, KY.; m. MINTA APINETTA; b. 1858, AR. 2. iii. HENRY JOHNSON, b. 1855, KY..m Frances DeVault 3. iv. ANDREW JOHNSON, b. 1857, KY.; d. 1925. m Mary Robbins v. ANGELINE JOHNSON, b. 1859, KY.. 4. vi. BETSY L JOHNSON, b. September 14, 1862, KY.; d. August 19, 1934. William Calvin Robinson 5. vii. JAMES WILSON JOHNSON JR., b. April 24, 1864, KY.; d. Abt. 1899, Ar.. married Martha Robinson viii. MARGARET JOHNSON, b. 1866, KY..married General Jackson G J Canada 6. ix. ISABELLE JOHNSON, b. 1872, AR.; d. Abt. 1920, m William Lowery in Poplar Bluff, MO. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1850 Decatur Co., TN #31 James W. Johnson 25 KY; Sarah 22 KY; Nancy 2 KY; William B. 6 months TN In 1860 They were back in Madison KY where both James and Sarah (Reedermay have been her maiden name) were born. By 1870 They were in Randolph Co AR. Never left the area as far as I can determine. Do you have any information on this family? or possible siblings or parents. Patricia Murrell Mata pjmata@cox.net