Janice I didn't find Nathan Morgan married to a Watson but did find three others... Nathan E. Morgan md. Harriett N. Moore in Pulaski Co., KY on 9-26-1874; Nathan A. Morgan md. Elen H. Settles in McLean Co., KY on 12-5-1871; and Nathan Morgan md. Catherine Cooper in Fayette Co., KY on 1-1-1814. I did find them in the 1910 & 1920 Whitley County Census. I'll send that to you if you haven't seen it. Mary S. ----- Original Message ----- From: Janice To: KYWHITLE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 9:24 PM Subject: [KYWHITLE] MARRIAGE LOOKUP, PLEASE Could someone with a Whitley Marriage Book look up Nathan Morgan and Candice or Kansas Watson? Thanks . Janice Morgan --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.419 / Virus Database: 235 - Release Date: 11/13/02 ==== KYWHITLE Mailing List ==== The Delk Family http://www.expage.com/page/delk ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Could someone with a Whitley Marriage Book look up Nathan Morgan and Candice or Kansas Watson? Thanks . Janice Morgan --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.419 / Virus Database: 235 - Release Date: 11/13/02

I think my father worked on the WPA and my uncles worked on the CCC. I remember the "Happy Pappys" probably in the 60'. One of my uncles worked on that. One thing I remember they done was work on country roads. I can remember seeing them doing that. This was in Knox County. Mary S. ----- Original Message ----- From: Evelyn E. Watson To: KYWHITLE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 12:59 PM Subject: Re: [KYWHITLE] CCC & WPA Another reason the person was known as a Republican is that the people who gave out these jobs were local residents and knew the political affiliation of most of the applicants. In fact they often got the job of hiring the workers because they were small-time politicians in that area. In Whitley County as in much of Kentucky, jobs administered through the state have often been based on political party affiliation. My father tried to get on with the WPA but was not hired. Somehow or other my parents managed to raise us without it and even fed people who came through asking for a little food on their way to who knows where. Those were hard times. Evelyn ----- Original Message ----- From: <RBSGEN@aol.com> To: <KYWHITLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 3:26 PM Subject: Re: [KYWHITLE] CCC & WPA > In a message dated 11/27/02 11:26:02 AM Central Standard Time, > sandrajpc2000@yahoo.com writes: > > > > ? I am wondering how they knew that my grandfather was a Republican to be > > able to deny him a job. > > If you want to vote in a primary election to nominate a candidate for the > general election, you have to register stating your party affiliation. Voter > registration rolls are open for inspection to any interested person. > > > ==== KYWHITLE Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > ==== KYWHITLE Mailing List ==== ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Another reason the person was known as a Republican is that the people who gave out these jobs were local residents and knew the political affiliation of most of the applicants. In fact they often got the job of hiring the workers because they were small-time politicians in that area. In Whitley County as in much of Kentucky, jobs administered through the state have often been based on political party affiliation. My father tried to get on with the WPA but was not hired. Somehow or other my parents managed to raise us without it and even fed people who came through asking for a little food on their way to who knows where. Those were hard times. Evelyn ----- Original Message ----- From: <RBSGEN@aol.com> To: <KYWHITLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 3:26 PM Subject: Re: [KYWHITLE] CCC & WPA > In a message dated 11/27/02 11:26:02 AM Central Standard Time, > sandrajpc2000@yahoo.com writes: > > > > ? I am wondering how they knew that my grandfather was a Republican to be > > able to deny him a job. > > If you want to vote in a primary election to nominate a candidate for the > general election, you have to register stating your party affiliation. Voter > registration rolls are open for inspection to any interested person. > > > ==== KYWHITLE Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

In a message dated 11/27/02 11:26:02 AM Central Standard Time, sandrajpc2000@yahoo.com writes: > ? I am wondering how they knew that my grandfather was a Republican to be > able to deny him a job. If you want to vote in a primary election to nominate a candidate for the general election, you have to register stating your party affiliation. Voter registration rolls are open for inspection to any interested person.

We could use more Presidents like FDR.

I too know about the WPA and CCC, I was born in 1926.

Thank you all for the wonderful education on this part of History. I cant imagine being a 34 yr old man with five children at home and being told that the government would not give me a job due to my political beliefs. I would think that would have been very disheartening to have to walk away from there knowing there isnt any Jobs to be had. I am sure that going through the great depression was also very hard for families. My grandfather on my father's side lost his Lumber Business during that time and it pretty much wiped out their financial security during that time. I am really amazed that political beliefs in those days played such a major role in wether you got a job or not. Or in every day life for that matter. I have never studied politcal history but I am thinking now that I am going to have to get a clearer understanding how people thought about Democrats and Republicans. I know the Civil War was based a lot on Political Beliefs after reading the book "The Civil War History". Did this cause all the strife with Political Parties and was it just carried on down through the early 1900's or am I missing something important with our History that caused such bias against others of different political beliefs? Does any one know if we are able to get copies of these application to CCC and W. P. A.? Has any one ever seen one or remember seeing one? I am curious if there is a question on there asking if you are a Democrat or Republican, does any one know? I am wondering how they knew that my grandfather was a Republican to be able to deny him a job. Thank you all again, Sandra Lester Burger <lburger@blueriver.net> wrote:My father was in the CCC as well as a lot of other men from Whitley and Laurel and other counties. They built bridges and dams among other things,and the WPA enabled women to work who didn't have any job experience so they could take care of their families. F.D.R.was a caring president who helped people survive as long as they were willing to work. Some of us would not be here researching those ancestors had they not had that chance as there were a lot of people who couldn't cope and took suicide as the way out. My 2 cents worth Ferby ==== KYWHITLE Mailing List ==== ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now

My father was in the CCC as well as a lot of other men from Whitley and Laurel and other counties. They built bridges and dams among other things,and the WPA enabled women to work who didn't have any job experience so they could take care of their families. F.D.R.was a caring president who helped people survive as long as they were willing to work. Some of us would not be here researching those ancestors had they not had that chance as there were a lot of people who couldn't cope and took suicide as the way out. My 2 cents worth Ferby

In a message dated 11/26/02 12:45:29 PM Central Standard Time, sandrajpc2000@yahoo.com writes: > Also..was it common for the government to deny men rights to work due to > their political beliefs of that time frame? I cant imagine this due to, in > my generation, Political beliefs are not a big deal at all. Has any else > heard of this with their ancestors? > Have you never heard of ex governor Huey Long of Louisiana who replied when asked if he believed in the "merit system", replied, "Of course I do. My friends have more merit than anybody".

Anyone used a census Soundex? This was another WPA project and was only one of many in an effort to get unemployed people back to work during the "great depression" of the 30's. Few are alive today who experienced that dismal period of our history.

My hometown had a CCC camp. CCC = Civilian Conservation Corps Hope this helps!! Civilian Conservation Corps by Randy Golden As the country suffered the economic woes of The Great Depression, Franklin Delano Roosevelt extolled the virtues of hard work. It was in his acceptance of the Democratic nomination for president in July, 1932 that FDR began his conservation movement, proposing putting city men to work restoring the country to its "former beauty." According to Harry Rossoll, the Civilian Conservation Corps, or CCC, was "a massive salvage operation destined to become the most popular experiment of the New Deal." It was on the day of his inauguration that President Roosevelt began creating an alphabet soup of agencies to help battle the economic and social problems that beset our country. In early March, 1933 he summoned Congress to our nation's capitol and in an emergency session on March 9th Congress heard his plan to enlist 250,000 men in an effort to "preserve the natural resources of these United States." Suprisingly, organized labor mounted a campaign against FDR's proposal, however, the bill was signed into law on March 31, 1933. <snipped> ----- Original Message ----- From: <Joytohal@cs.com> To: <KYWHITLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 6:36 PM Subject: [KYWHITLE] Re: KYWHITLE-D Digest V02 #171 <snipped> My half brothers were older than I and went to the CCC program, don't recall what that stood for. It too was a government program. Joyce Holt Taylor

WPA was a government works program during depression. Construction, maintenance and building bridges would fall under WPA at that time. My father worked for WPA wages as did my brother in law. They had big white W.P.A. painted on the seat of their pants, that's about all I remember about it. I lived in a steel mill town, the plants were shut and men out of work trying to support their families. My half brothers were older than I and went to the CCC program, don't recall what that stood for. It too was a government program. They were sent away to build parks, etc, and kept at the camps, they sent money home to help support us, along with relief where we were given some food and kerosene for cooking. I was born April 15, 1933 Granite City, Illinois. Joyce Holt Taylor

President Roosevelt instigated the WPA to put people to work, must have been the person to whom he applied for a job that told the man that?

I can tell you where I found the information, but I can't lay my hands on it. The information was in some articles on the Lawson's in Whitley Branches, Volume 7, September/October 1998. That was the first issue I received and for some reason it is not with the other copies. The back issues (Volumes 1-22) are available so I have decided to order the first seven. I might find some other information I need. I will let you know when I get my copies. Evelyn ----- Original Message ----- From: <Sharp2tono@aol.com> To: <KYWHITLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 11:44 PM Subject: Re: [KYWHITLE] James Lawson & Elizabeth "Pheobe" Croley/Crowley > > Hi Evelyn > > Are you basing Elizabeth Daugherty & Nathan Lawson on > family history or have you been able to find some records or > proof of any kind on this. It would sure be nice to finally have something > concrete on these elusive ancestors.....Lois > > > > In my records, I have that the Nathan Lawson who was married to Malinda > > Bennett was the son of James "Big Red" Lawson and Elizabeth Croley Lawson. > > James was the son of another Nathan Lawson and Elizabth Daugherty. > > Elizabeth Croley was the daughter of Littleberry Croley and Mary "Polly" > > Gibson Croley. > > > > Evelyn Egner Watson > > > > > > "Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble > remembering how to fly." > > > ==== KYWHITLE Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Lois, Thank you for the wonderful information. That was exactly what I was seeking. I was told by Aunt Pat and Aunt Vel that a Government company refused his offer to work on a bridge due to him being Republican. He received a letter from the President of the United States (Rosevelt???) telling him to take that letter back down to the "company" and that they would hire him regardless of what his political preference was. I have never seen this letter but would love to get a copy of it. Would any one know where I might be able to obtain a copy? I am wondering if this W.P.A. would have a place to send away for records to? Does any one know? Also..was it common for the government to deny men rights to work due to their political beliefs of that time frame? I cant imagine this due to, in my generation, Political beliefs are not a big deal at all. Has any else heard of this with their ancestors? Thanks, Sandra Sharp2tono@aol.com wrote: Sandra WPA wasn't a company. Here is a definition of what it actually was. "Works Progress Administration or WPA A program of the New Deal in the 1930s. The WPA built sidewalks, government buildings, and similar public works throughout the United States. During the Great Depression, the WPA employed many people who could not find other work." You should be able to click on the blue links and learn more about it. You would see many WPA projects around, especially in the larger cities. Most often there is a plaque, or something, noting the building, bridge etc had been a WPA project......Lois > > I received my grandfather Frank Welsey Lawson's Social Security Act > (application) and his parents were listed as Joe Lawson and Martha Perkins. > > I am curious as to the business that is listed under employment: > W.? P. A. 4-118-344-2762. cl. address: Rockholds, R. #2, Whitley > County, Ky. > I know he was a Baptist Preacher and I have heard a few stories about him > working some thing similiar to contruction or building bridges. I was > wondering if any one knew what the name of this business was..or any > suggestions on where to contact to find out that information? > This application was signed in 1937 so this business more than likely is > not there any more. > Thanks, > Sandra > "Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly." ==== KYWHITLE Mailing List ==== ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now

Evelyn Thank You So Much Barb in OK --- "Evelyn E. Watson" <eew72@comcast.net> wrote: > In my records, I have that the Nathan Lawson who was > married to Malinda > Bennett was the son of James "Big Red" Lawson and > Elizabeth Croley Lawson. > James was the son of another Nathan Lawson and > Elizabth Daugherty. > Elizabeth Croley was the daughter of Littleberry > Croley and Mary "Polly" > Gibson Croley. > > Evelyn Egner Watson > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Barbara Carlile" <br_car@yahoo.com> > To: <KYWHITLE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 10:13 PM > Subject: Re: [KYWHITLE] James Lawson & Elizabeth > "Pheobe" Croley/Crowley > > > > Does anyone know whom the Parents of Nathan Lawson > was > > > > Barb in OK > > --- Jjemmett@aol.com wrote: > > > The Whitley County Historical book lists a James > > > Madison Lawson who married > > > Minnie Siler. This James was the son of Nathan > > > Lawson and Malinda Bennett > > > Lawson. James Madison Lawson was born in 1869 > near > > > Barbourville. He was a > > > schoolteacher and a lawyer. > > > > > > Jan Wilson > > > Kings Mills, Ohio > > > > > > > > > ==== KYWHITLE Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > > > online genealogy records, go to: > > > > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up > now. > > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > > > > > ==== KYWHITLE Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > online genealogy records, > go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > ==== KYWHITLE Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com

Sandra WPA wasn't a company. Here is a definition of what it actually was. "Works Progress Administration or WPA A program of the <A HREF="http://lookup.atomica.com/atomica2/lookup.pl?cid=75_1374075824&uid=348341033&gwp=1&ver=2.3.0.227&ttport=9092&bRegistered=1&curtab=75_1">New Deal</A> in the 1930s. The WPA built sidewalks, government buildings, and similar public works throughout the United States. During the <A HREF="http://lookup.atomica.com/atomica2/lookup.pl?cid=75_1843037993&uid=348341033&gwp=1&ver=2.3.0.227&ttport=9092&bRegistered=1&curtab=75_1">Great Depression</A>, the WPA employed many people who could not find other work." You should be able to click on the blue links and learn more about it. You would see many WPA projects around, especially in the larger cities. Most often there is a plaque, or something, noting the building, bridge etc had been a WPA project......Lois > > I received my grandfather Frank Welsey Lawson's Social Security Act > (application) and his parents were listed as Joe Lawson and Martha Perkins. > > I am curious as to the business that is listed under employment: > W.? P. A. 4-118-344-2762. cl. address: Rockholds, R. #2, Whitley > County, Ky. > I know he was a Baptist Preacher and I have heard a few stories about him > working some thing similiar to contruction or building bridges. I was > wondering if any one knew what the name of this business was..or any > suggestions on where to contact to find out that information? > This application was signed in 1937 so this business more than likely is > not there any more. > Thanks, > Sandra > "Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly."

Hi Evelyn Are you basing Elizabeth Daugherty & Nathan Lawson on family history or have you been able to find some records or proof of any kind on this. It would sure be nice to finally have something concrete on these elusive ancestors.....Lois > > In my records, I have that the Nathan Lawson who was married to Malinda > Bennett was the son of James "Big Red" Lawson and Elizabeth Croley Lawson. > James was the son of another Nathan Lawson and Elizabth Daugherty. > Elizabeth Croley was the daughter of Littleberry Croley and Mary "Polly" > Gibson Croley. > > Evelyn Egner Watson > "Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly."

In my records, I have that the Nathan Lawson who was married to Malinda Bennett was the son of James "Big Red" Lawson and Elizabeth Croley Lawson. James was the son of another Nathan Lawson and Elizabth Daugherty. Elizabeth Croley was the daughter of Littleberry Croley and Mary "Polly" Gibson Croley. Evelyn Egner Watson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Carlile" <br_car@yahoo.com> To: <KYWHITLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 10:13 PM Subject: Re: [KYWHITLE] James Lawson & Elizabeth "Pheobe" Croley/Crowley > Does anyone know whom the Parents of Nathan Lawson was > > Barb in OK > --- Jjemmett@aol.com wrote: > > The Whitley County Historical book lists a James > > Madison Lawson who married > > Minnie Siler. This James was the son of Nathan > > Lawson and Malinda Bennett > > Lawson. James Madison Lawson was born in 1869 near > > Barbourville. He was a > > schoolteacher and a lawyer. > > > > Jan Wilson > > Kings Mills, Ohio > > > > > > ==== KYWHITLE Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > > online genealogy records, go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > > ==== KYWHITLE Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >