francine........... hahahaha! bebe is my aunt........my father's younger sister. isn't that funny? so...it is her grandfther's family that i am looking for. for some reason no one seems to know much about them. i seem to be "making it my life's work" to find that man and his family.......i have said that "he can run but he can't hide".........but so far he is doing a magnificient job of hiding! i think, at times, that i have really hit on something.....then another dead end. "legend" tells it that he (jonathan robert chandler) came to miller county, ark. at the age of 9 with his mother, father, sister and half brother. i am thinking that the half brother (whom an uncle calls "jack") was wyatt jackson chandler. i have received that info from several people......and have a copy of a land document (a very bad copy....can't tell much about it) that both men had signed. i am in the process of getting homestead documents for a wyatt chandler as well as a caroline chandler who were in miller county. i am just waiting for their arrival and hope they may help some. i know i will have to come to louisiana (i live in northwest ohio) and do some sleuthing on my own.........just haven't gotten there yet. actually i did come to visit my father's older sister (maurine is the oldest of the siblings and bebe is the youngest. two are deceased......my father, robert allison and his younger brother, don) about 4 years ago.........but she lives in lafayette. anyway...enough ..thank you so much for your "aid and assistance"......if you have any kind of brainstorm that you think might help i would be so ever greatful!!!!!..........and who is this homer chandler? mary ann ----- Original Message ----- From: "Francine" <granij@comcast.net> To: <LACADDO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 5:41 PM Subject: Re: [LACADDO] Marriage of James Pearson and Elizabeth/Lizzie Gibson > > Mary Ann: > > Boy, you have raised my eyebrows! My best friend growing up was Bebe > Chandler, daughter of Dennis and Gladys Allison Chandler. Bebe and I have > stayed in contact through the years. Now, do you come from her line or from > the Homer Chandler line..... or is there still another that I don't > remember? > > Francine > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mary Ann Reitzel" <marrei@bright.net> > To: <LACADDO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 3:40 PM > Subject: Re: [LACADDO] Marriage of James Pearson and Elizabeth/Lizzie Gibson > > > > thank you for the info......i am not of the pearson family (i just kind of > > "tagged on" to that subject)........my family is chandler.......my > > ggrandfather was jonathan robert chandler who founded the town of > ida....and > > it is that family that i am trying to traceback from JR. i have been told > > that he married in miller county, ark.....and i would guess it was in 1879 > > or there abouts.............appreciate your help. > > ............................... mary ann chandler reitzel > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Francine" <granij@comcast.net> > > To: <LACADDO-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 3:27 PM > > Subject: Re: [LACADDO] Marriage of James Pearson and Elizabeth/Lizzie > Gibson > > > > > > > > > > Mary Ann: > > > > > > Miller County in Arkansas was formed out of Lafayette in 1874. And yes, > > it > > > was form entirely out of Lafayette County. All records of that part of > > > Arkansas are found in Lafayette County prior to 1874. > > > > > > Is you Pearson family part of the Pearson family that lived near Ida in > > > northern Caddo Parish? I grew up there and went to school with several > > > Pearsons. > > > > > > Francine > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Mary Ann Reitzel" <marrei@bright.net> > > > To: <LACADDO-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 10:59 AM > > > Subject: Re: [LACADDO] Marriage of James Pearson and Elizabeth/Lizzie > > Gibson > > > > > > > > > > francine.........what was the date when miller county was > > formed?......and > > > > was it formed from lafayette county only???? thank you........mary > ann > > > > chandler reitzel > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Francine" <granij@comcast.net> > > > > To: <LACADDO-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 11:10 AM > > > > Subject: Re: [LACADDO] Marriage of James Pearson and Elizabeth/Lizzie > > > Gibson > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Shelby, if they were married in Caddo Parish the marriage should be > > > > recorded > > > > > in the Courthouse in Shreveport. I have gotten marriages from that > > > period > > > > > from there. Write to Office of the Parish Clerk, Caddo Parish > > > Courthouse, > > > > > Shreveport, LA 71101 and request cost of obtaining copies of that > > > > marriage. > > > > > Be sure to include a stamped, self-addressed envelope. If you get a > > > > reply, > > > > > then send the money to cover cost and they should send you a copy of > > the > > > > > marriage record. Sometimes this will work and sometimes not, > > according > > > to > > > > > how busy the clerks are at the time. If not, maybe someone will > > > volunteer > > > > > to check for you. > > > > > > > > > > If you find that their marriage is not recorded in Caddo Parish, > check > > > the > > > > > surrounding parishes, and don't forget to check in the counties of > > Texas > > > > and > > > > > Arkansas. I found a lot of Caddo Parish Marriages recorded in the > > > > > Courthouse in Lewisville, Lafayette County, AR. However, these were > > > much > > > > > earlier before Miller County, AR was taken from Lafayette County. > > > > > > > > > > I wish you a lot of luck! > > > > > > > > > > Francine Munnerlyn Jones > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "Shelby Baltzley" <eric-shelb@lanset.com> > > > > > To: <LACADDO-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > > Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2003 11:34 PM > > > > > Subject: [LACADDO] Marriage of James Pearson and Elizabeth/Lizzie > > Gibson > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Does anyone know how to find out if there was a wedding between > > James > > > > > Pearson and Elizabeth (Lizzie) Gibson, probably between 1900 - 1905 > > and > > > > > probably in Caddo Parish? 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