This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: my family tree with many limbs and native roots Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.letcher/2040/mb.ashx Message Board Post: looking for needles in a haystack: George FRAZIER born Letcher County, md. Lucinda ALLEN (1856) dau. of Irven/Erven and Lydia BARRETT/BARRETS...need parentage and info this FRAZIER and the BARRETT's...either line is connected with a Jenny/Ginny GRIFFIN/GRIFFEN who is a sister to either George or Lucinda. Sintha/Cintha Hall b. 1818 VA and md Eli Lewis (?) in Harlan...daughter Sarah Rebecca md. William Allen Hensley. Their Hensley dau. md. a Sergent who then md a COMBS. These are my lines with a Letcher/Harlan/Knox/Bell Ky link: Combs, Brewer, Morgan, Jenkins, Jones, Lewis, Hensley, Hall, Baker, Bird, Riddle, Barrett, Barger, Allen, Frazier,

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Houston, Smith, Harris Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.letcher/2039/mb.ashx Message Board Post: NOTE: I DO NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS INDIVIDUAL. JUST POSTING THE OBITUARY ON BARRY B. HOUSTON SR. FROM DAYTON (OH) DAILY NEWS 2/7/07 Barry B. Houston Sr. Age 56, of Bethel Township, OH passed away very unexpectedly 4, 2007, at his home. Barry was born November 22, 1950 in Letcher County, KY to Hargis Jr & Mae (Smith) Houston. Barry is survived by his wife of the past 12 years, Connie J. (Harris) Houston; his mother, Mae Houston; two sons, Barry Jr & wife, Jennifer Houston and Justin Hargis Houston; and by one brother, Larry & wife, Vicki Houston. Barry was a member of the Huber Heights Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses. He was the owner of "The Houston Horse Company" caring daily for 35 head of Paint Horses at his farm in Tipp City, OH. He was a member of the Local Millwright Union. Memorial services will be held at 1:30 PM Febraury 10, 2007 at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 1161 Bartley Road, Dayton, OH. Everyone is welcome to attend. Flowers may be delivered to the Kingdom Hall on February 10, 2007 at Noon. To send a special message to the family, please visit www.NewcomerFamily.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.letcher/2038/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am looking for someone that has detailed information on the family of John D. Caudill, born about 1866 in KY who married Elizabeth Wells in Letcher KY 31 Aug 1887. Their children include: Maggie (b. 1892) William (b. 1893) Annie Belle or Nannie Belle (b. 1896) Leonard (b. 1898) Jennie (b. 1904) James (b. 1907) This family was located in Wise VA in 1900 and 1910, although all of the children are listed as having been born in KY. I am particularly interested in the daughter Annie Belle or Nannie Belle.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Caudill, Craft, Mullins Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.letcher/1002.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I do believe I am from Caudill / Craft family that you are looking for... My Mom: 1 Stephen Caudill 2 James Caudill, Sr. 3 Matthew Caudill 4 Abner Caudill 5 Abijah Caudill 6 Isaac Caudill 7 Hardin Caudill 8 Cordelia Caudill (m: Jeff Mullins) 9 Ollie Mullins (m: Tony Craft) 10 Thelma (Craft) Caudill 11 Carolyn A. Caudill You can email me at bcbdhearts4u@aol.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Burns, Arnett Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.letcher/2037/mb.ashx Message Board Post: February 1, 2007 Thursday Western Star, Lebanon, Ohio Robert BURNS Jr., of Lebanon died January 26, 2007. He was 77, and a longtime Warren County resident. Born in Neon, (Letcher County), Kentucky January 10, 1930 to parents Robert Sr. and Dora (nee: Arnett) Burns. He retired from Ford Motor Company, was a member of UAW Union 863 of Sharonville, loved horses, was an avid reader, and had a perfect bowling game. Preceded in death by his parents, brothers Patrick and Conrad Burns, sister Eleanor Bently, survivors include his wife Julia (nee: Ambrifi) Burns of Lebanon, OH; son David Brian Burns of Maineville, OH; daughter Lisa M. Vaught (Mike) of Greensboro, NC; grandchildren David Jr. and Brittany Burns, both of Fayetville, OH, and Kaleb Burns of Lebanon, OH; sisters Geneva McDonough, Betty Pigg and Deborah Purdy, and a host of other relatives and friends. Visitation was Tuesday, January 30, 2007 from 6-8 PM, with funeral service Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at 10 AM, all at the Oswald-Hoskins Funeral Home, Lebanon. Pastor Shawn Wa! tson officiated and interment followed in Gate of Heaven Cemetery. Memorial Donations directed to the Alzheimer's Association. Online condolences available at www.hoskinsfh.com.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Salyers, Hays, Howard Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.letcher/2036/mb.ashx Message Board Post: NOTE: I DO NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS INDIVIDUAL. JUST POSTING THE OBITUARY ON LOVELLE HOWARD FROM DAYTON (OH) DAILY NEWS 1/27/07. Lovelle Salyers Howard, of Dayton OH passed away January 26, 2007 at Hospice of Dayton. She was born in Blackey, KY to Orb and Urilla (Hays) Salyers on June 8, 1939. She is preceded in death by her parents and 2 brothers. She is survived by her husband of 49 ½ years, Leonard Howard; 2 daughters and sons-in-law, Delores and Jim Bowman and Donna and Kevin Williams; 3 grandchildren, Heather Pohl, Christopher Williams, and Jonathan Williams; and 2 sisters and brothers-in-law, Lovetta Cottle and Ben Ballard and Monetta and George Shupert; and 1 brother and sister-in-law, Orb Junior and Opal Salyers. Lovelle was a member of Northridge Free Will Baptist for several years. Funeral service will be held on January 29, 2007 at 10:00 AM at TOBIAS FUNERAL HOME- BEAVERCREEK CHAPEL, 3970 Dayton-Xenia Road. Pastor Tim Hamilton officiating. Interment at Valley View Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on January 28, 2007 from 4-6 PM. Condolences may be sent ! to her family at www.tobiasfuneralhome.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.letcher/860.5.3.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Kay, I sent the newspaper copy to you. I posted that I had an original of the newspaper...I meant to write that I had a microfilm copy. Carol

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Caudill, Banks Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.letcher/860.5.3.1.2.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: For those researching Connie's line, she found the info she was looking for through Brian Caudill's website (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/c/a/u/Brian-K-Caudill/GENE4-0018.html#CHILD299)and from the 1920 Letcher County, KY Census.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.letcher/860.5.3.1.2.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Connie, I have searched all the census records that I can find, and I do not find a Joseph Whitaker with a wife names Elizabeth, or a daughter Mary b. ca 1895 /- 5 years I will take this evening and go through Clayton Cox's books to see if he has one listed. later, K

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.letcher/860.5.4.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Connie, I am not 100% sure I have the correct parents of Mary Ann, but I am about 90%. I have taken a few days and researched all the resources. KY Vitals provides a birth record for three children b. in Letcher Co, KY to Mary Whitaker, namely Mamie 1933, Cormie 1935, and James Curtis 1937. Given there were no earlier births, I expected her to have been born ca 1915, and I found one Mary Ann b. 1 apr 1915 Letcher Co, KY to Elijah and Minnie (Stamper) Whitaker. However, I find that Walter Banks was born c 1895 the son of Frazier and Rhoda (Back) Banks (I take this line back also. Now, since Walter would have been so much older than the first Mary Whitaker that I found, I am wondering if perhaps Your Mary Ann might have been born earlier, and I did find another Mary Whitaker b. ca 1905, to the same parents, Elijah and Minnie (Stamper) Whitaker. I have lineages back on both lines, but too voluminous to include here. If you will send me your regular email address, I will be happy to send you pedigree charts and genealogical reports. These families were almost always (in every census) surrounded by Caudill families, so it is not surprising to find they have intertwined, however, I have not certainly identified your Watson Caudill yet, as I have several in my files. That may take a bit longer. Thanks, Gloria Kay Vandiver Inman "Kay"

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.letcher/860.5.3.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Carol, Thanks so much. I would love to have a copy my email address is bokay1@cox.net Again, Thanks

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gibson, Schear. Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.letcher/708.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Are you looking for the Alonzo Gibson who was married to Anna M. Schear? He was born in Texas, Mother Sarah .?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.letcher/860.5.3.1.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Connie....my email address is floydroots@comcast.net The other email address? If you're referring to Kay (Gloria) she'll receive your response on this board. I'm not sure I can be of help but I'll sure try to connect our lines or yours if they differ from mine. There's a large network of folks researching our Surnames. Let's continue to post our findings here for all to benefit. Best Wishes, Carol

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.letcher/860.5.3.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: hi carol i don't have your email address mine is clawson821@comcast.net. please email me there. also i do have elizabeth on the banks side. just can't find my grandmother..could you please give me the other email address you were talking about so i can email her..love and blessings connie

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.letcher/860.5.3.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Connie...I'm so sorry that I can't help you with your Whitaker line. I don't have any info in my family file on your Mary Ann Whitaker but maybe Kay (Gloria) can help. I do have an Elizabeth Jane Banks (1859-1931) who married William M. Cornett (1860-1936)...does that ring a familiar bell? Please continue to post or email me directly in case we can connect our ancestral dots. Carol Thompson

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.letcher/860.5.3.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Connie...I'm so sorry that I can't help you with your Whitaker line. I don't have any info in my family file on your Mary Ann Whitaker but maybe Kay (Gloria) can help. I do have an Elizabeth Jane Banks (1859-1931) who married William M. Cornett (1860-1936)...does that ring a familiar bell? Please continue to post or email me directly in case we can connect our ancestral dots. Carol Thompson

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.letcher/860.5.3.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: hi carol, my name is connie lawson, my grandfather was walter banks of letcher co. and the son of frazier banks. grandpa was married to mary ann whitaker, at least that is all we have on her, she died when my mother was 5 giving birth to james curtis banks in 1937..my grandfather and her had a son that they took to raise his name was watson caudill. my mother mamie, remembers something about the caudill's being related to her mother. i do have lots of caudill's in my family tree. i have been tring to find my grandmothers mother, father where she was born, ect. but no luck. if you could help i would appreciate any info and help i could get. blessings connie

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: banks, caudill, whitaker Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.letcher/860.5.4/mb.ashx Message Board Post: hi gloria, my name is connie lawson, my grandfather walter banks and grandmother mary ann whitaker took in watson caudill in letcher co. when he was a baby. somehow we don't know to much about my grandmother as all we can find is mary ann whitaker and there isn't any info on her except that she married my grandfather nothing else. i have gotten stories from the family that somehow she was related to watson or my grandfather was. mary died in 1937 after giving child birth to james curtis banks in 1937. my mothers name is mamie, and her sister was carmie. any info would be grately appreciated..blessings dear cousin..connie

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Caudill Floyd Stamper Whitaker Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.letcher/860.5.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello Kay...we've been in touch over the last couple of years. For all who have posted re: Harlan Caudill....I have just a couple of sentences about him leaving MO for WA as well as Leroy Caudill and J.E. Whitaker. These "shorties" appeared in the Taney County Republican in 1909. I have a copy of the original newspaper. If you'd like to have a copy just email me and I'd be glad to send it to you...I'm at floydroots@comcast.net I'm a direct descendant of Anderson and Elizabeth (Roberts) Floyd, et al.....Caudill, Stamper and Whitaker lines to name a few. Best Regards, Carol Thompson

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Yancey Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.letcher/2033/mb.ashx Message Board Post: NOTE: I DO NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS INDIVIDUAL. JUST POSTING THE OBITUARY ON PAUL DAVID YANCEY FROM DAYTON (OH) DAILY NEWS 1/13/07. On January 5, 2007, Paul David Yancey, Sr., 59, passed into eternal rest at his home in Crosby, TX. He was born March 6, 1947 in Seca, KY. Paul served on the USS Yancey and is a Navy veteran of the Vietnam War (1964-1968). He is husband to Bonnie Belle Yancey, whom he married on January 23, 1969 in Spring Valley, OH. In addition to his beloved wife of 37 years, Paul is survived by his children, daughter Jacqueline Marie Whitt; son Paul David Yancey, Jr. and wife Tisha; and daughter Jennifer Pauline Cessna and husband Christopher. He is also survived by his very special grandchildren, Matthew, Sherri, Christopher, Shawn, Rachel, Aimee, Nicholas, Grant, Gracie and Olivia; and his siblings whom he loved very much; Gary, Linda, Debbie, Donny, Kay, Pam and Leroy and their parents. As a long-haul truck driver, Paul spent many of his days on the road, driving into beautiful horizons across the United States, however he lived for the days he would spend at home with his family and! his golf clubs. He is a loving and devoted husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend. Those who know and love him will always remember his tireless patience, extreme generosity, timely sense of humor and passionate views on the world. Most of all, he will be remembered for the loving sacrifices he has made for those he loved. He will live forever in our hearts. It was Paul's wish to donate his body for scientific study in hope of finding cures and saving lives - an extension of his selflessness and sacrifice. A private memorial gathering for friends and family will be held at the home of his daughter Jennifer in Crosby, Texas on January 13, 2007 at 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.