Yesterday morning I read in the Paintsville Herald the obituary of Ada Conley Ross. This afternoon I told my Mom and Dad about her passing. My Dad always loves to tell stories and I always love to listen. My Dad is George Jackson, son of Milt Jackson (Elijah Milton) and Ida Bell Barker. This is the story that Dad told me about Ada Conley and himself: "The worst whipping I ever got in my life was over Ada Conley." "We lived up on the hill and Millard and his family lived down over the hill. You know how the hills are up there",motioning with his hands. " We could stand in our back yard and talk to them in their back yard. They came to our house everyday. Me and Ada were about the same age." (Dad was born in March of 1920 and Ada in February) "One day Ada was up at our house. Me and her were a fightin` and a wrestlin` and a rollin` in the floor. About that time Aunt Del walked in. She said, " Oh, look at you, you`re a huggin` my daughter." " I jumped up and looked at her and said, "You old fool!" "Dad got a hold of me and gave me the worst whippin I ever had. I thought he was going to kill me that day, and Ma too." Well, Dad, I don`t think Ada Conley was the reason you got that whipping that day. And I think that I would be safe to say that even though you are now eighty years old, and Delphia Conley was not your Aunt, that whipping was the reason you referred to her as "Aunt Del" today. Barb Johnson Williston, FL We are but the sum of our ancestors. Emerson URL: www.angelfire.com/fl3/barbiej e-mail: [email protected]

Bud, While looking for my elusive relatives I found the following. Took a minute and wrote it down just in case it could help you: West Paintsville Precinct 2 1920 Johnson Co. Census Arnold Caudill age 11 listed as stepson living with Fleet and Maudie Roman Also listed in same house is Lucy Caudill age 8 listed as a daughter Next door we find Ethel Caudill niece age 13 living with Margaret Reffeth Pike Co. 1920 census Lower Elkhorn Precinct #13 household 153 line 49 Caudille Bernie 28 Bessie 16 wife Caudille Chester age 26 boarder (next door) Pond Precinct Caudill, Emmett age 35 Sallie 34 Lily 14 ?Galphia 11 Ida 7 Berth 3 Gladys 8mos. If you have a special name you'd like me to keep an eye out for please let me know. Semper Fi, Mary Surnames Researched: Hajduk,Welch, Collins, Litton, and Szela Proud member of the Women Marines Association Proud lister at [email protected]